Well, 2019 is finally over and boy, what a year it has been! It’s not been my favourite year for several reasons, but in one area at least it wasn’t a complete dumpster fire, books. This year I read 39 books, some amazing some, not so much but all of them worth a look (except The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights, that was one hell of a slog). Before we get on to the winner lets have a look at some stats:

So the winner and probably my new favourite Author goes to…

*Drum Roll*

The Mortal Tally by Sam Sykes

This one has it all. It has great characters, brilliant action scenes, comedy, tragedy and I honestly had no idea how it was going to end. Superb from start to finish it is a worthy winner.

The complete shortlist was:

• • Radicalized By Cory Doctorow
  • The Mortal Tally by Sam Sykes
  • The City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven, #1) by Sam Sykes
  • Ale & Blood: A Bring Down Heaven Novella by Sam Sykes
  • Sea of Silver Light: Otherland Book 4 by Tad Williams
  • The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy
  • The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
  • Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman

If you want to see all my book reviews (they are short and painless I promise), you can check out all my reviews on my Goodreads page right here.