CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Have you ever been really enjoying one thing, when you got a craving for another? Well, that's what happened this month when, in the middle of reading the Dick Francis novels I own, I had a sudden craving for Ann Aguirre's gritty space adventure science fiction. And then, I couldn't help but think I might need to read some of Mike Shepherd's naval science fiction. Choices, choices, choices. Here's what I ended up reading this month:

This month saw the start of an attempt to read all the Dick Francis novels I own. Dick Francis wrote over 30 novels in his lifetime, and I count him amongst the best authors I've come across. Whenever I read his work I am inspired to try to write as well as he did. I have only 10 gaps I need to fill in my Dick Francis collection, pending any more co-written work put out by his son Felix. This month, I read the following books: