LonePiper Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Wow... Tashishka, I think you win! Anyway, I have to slide one sideways in here because I forgot to add it earlier! 1. After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC - Steven Mithen 2. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris 3. A Brief History of Time - Steven Hawking 4. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien 5. The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind 6. Bad Astronomy - Philip Plait 7. The Ring Sets Out - J.R.R. Tolkien I'm catching up, but I'm still behind :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stitch Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 So far... 1. Poison Study 2. Magic Study 3. Fire Study 4. Storm Glass 5.Sea Glass 6. Veronika Decides To Die 7. Dune 8. Dune Messiah I definitely recommend the Study/Glass seris by Maria V Snyder, her site's at www.mariavsnyder.com. The first chapter of Poison Study is up :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Various Authors, trans. Giles Murrary Absolution Gap - Alistair Reynolds Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Various Authors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 1. A Promise Kept - Elise Crawford - short autobiography 2. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - epic Indian-subcontinent adventure 3. Down There By the Train - Kate Sterns - gothic romance set on an island 4. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King - fourth installment of the Dark Tower series 5. Guns of the Timberlands - Louis L'Amour - western 6. The Surrendered - Chang-Rae Lee - cross-cultural introspective 7. Riders From Long Pines - Ralph Cotton - western 8. Legends - [collection] - science fiction / fantasy novellas 9. Silversword - Phyllis A. Whitney - Hawaiian mystery/romance/suspense 10. The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn - Liz Johnson - religious rom./susp. ( ) 11. Rupture - Simon Lelic - British detective mystery and social commentary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest fridayoak Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I can only remember 3 novels that I've finished this year The anomolies Joey Goebel Disgrace JM Coetzee Darkly Dreaming Dexter Jeff Lindsey I have a habbit of getting to about 50 pages and deciding to either stop completley, put off, or carry on. I probably only finish about 10% of books that I start so the chances of me getting to 50 this year are astronomical. I'm just about to start The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, anyone read it and reckon it'll be worth my while? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LonePiper Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 1. After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC - Steven Mithen 2. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris 3. A Brief History of Time - Steven Hawking 4. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien 5. The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind 6. Bad Astronomy - Philip Plait 7. The Ring Sets Out - J.R.R. Tolkien 8. The Real Middle Earth - Brian Bates Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blerdivor Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Jango William Nicholson The Morningstar Strain High King's Tomb Kristen Britain I am the New Black Tracy Morgan Catching Fire Suzanne Collins Essays Wallace Shawn The Wind up Girl Paolo Bacigalupi The Iron Heel Jack London The Chrysalids John Wyndham Sun of Suns Karl Schroeder Pump Six Paolo Bacigalupi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Display Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I've read 57 books since September 2009 so that averages out to about 114 books a year. I should mention that I haven't been in school for the past 3 months and haven't started officially working yet. And 45 of the 57 books I mentioned were read during these 3 months. Lol. A disproportionately large number of these books have been about deafblind people, which is why I didn't bother listing them. (If anyone has a Helen Keller fetish, I'd be more than happy to list them for you. ;)) Nika Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blerdivor Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I've read 57 books since September 2009 so that averages out to about 114 books a year. I should mention that I haven't been in school for the past 3 months and haven't started officially working yet. Nika Yeah I will only read books when I'm on the bus. At home there's tv, movies and games and everywhere else I'm doing things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Display Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 I've read 57 books since September 2009 so that averages out to about 114 books a year. I should mention that I haven't been in school for the past 3 months and haven't started officially working yet. Nika Yeah I will only read books when I'm on the bus. At home there's tv, movies and games and everywhere else I'm doing things. That's another thing. You do a whole lot more reading when TV and video games aren't an option, lol. I do go online a lot though, but I can only go online so much before I've replied to every thread on every forum and replied to every email and chatted in every chat room till it's died out, though. That's when I go over to reading mode. Lol. Nika Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hallucigenia Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 1. Axis - Robert Charles Wilson 2. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle - Daniel L. Everett 3. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman 4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (and Three Stories) - Oscar Wilde 5. What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been - Robert Cowley (ed.) 6. Mother Aegypt - Kage Baker (collection of short stories) 7. The Elements of Reasoning: Fifth Edition - Ronald Munson and Andrew Black 8. Ever Since Darwin - Stephen Jay Gould (essay collection) 9. Blind Lake - Robert Charles Wilson *plods along* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LonePiper Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 1. After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC - Steven Mithen 2. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris 3. A Brief History of Time - Steven Hawking 4. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien 5. The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind 6. Bad Astronomy - Philip Plait 7. The Ring Sets Out - J.R.R. Tolkien 8. The Real Middle Earth - Brian Bates 9. The Ring goes South - J.R.R. Tolkien 10. The Black Pearl - Scott O'Dell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 1. bicycle diaries - david byrne ***** 2. story of a shipwrecked sailor - gabriel garcia marquez **** 3. The Holy City - Patrick McCabe * 4. Superfreakonomics - Stephen Levitt & Steven Dubner ** 5. The Irish (and Other Foreigners) - Shane Hegarty **** 6. A very short introduction to the Celts - Barry Cuniffe*** broke the streak of bad books with that one . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pawprint prettysure Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Wohoo. My first addition to the list :P 1. Dean Koontz - Velocity I found a mentioning of asexuality in it! "His parents have always seemed to him to be asexual, attractive but indifferent to such desires. If he had ever wondered about his conception, he would have attributed it to marital duty and to a desire for family rather than to passion." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Wohoo. My first addition to the list :P 1. Dean Koontz - Velocity I found a mentioning of asexuality in it! "His parents have always seemed to him to be asexual, attractive but indifferent to such desires. If he had ever wondered about his conception, he would have attributed it to marital duty and to a desire for family rather than to passion." reminds me of a stand up bit from seinfeld :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Various Authors, trans. Giles Murrary Absolution Gap - Alistair Reynolds Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Various Authors Communism: A Very Short Introduction - Leslie Holmes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hallucigenia Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 1. Axis - Robert Charles Wilson 2. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle - Daniel L. Everett 3. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman 4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (and Three Stories) - Oscar Wilde 5. What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been - Robert Cowley (ed.) 6. Mother Aegypt - Kage Baker (collection of short stories) 7. The Elements of Reasoning: Fifth Edition - Ronald Munson and Andrew Black 8. Ever Since Darwin - Stephen Jay Gould (essay collection) 9. Blind Lake - Robert Charles Wilson 10.The Lying Ape - Brian King Yay! 1/5 of the way done! In, um... A quarter of the available time. Yep, still gotta hurry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 1. A Promise Kept - Elise Crawford - short autobiography 2. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - epic Indian-subcontinent adventure 3. Down There By the Train - Kate Sterns - gothic romance set on an island 4. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King - fourth installment of the Dark Tower series 5. Guns of the Timberlands - Louis L'Amour - western 6. The Surrendered - Chang-Rae Lee - cross-cultural introspective 7. Riders From Long Pines - Ralph Cotton - western 8. Legends - [collection] - science fiction / fantasy novellas 9. Silversword - Phyllis A. Whitney - Hawaiian mystery/romance/suspense 10. The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn - Liz Johnson - religious rom./susp. ( ) 11. Rupture - Simon Lelic - British detective mystery and social commentary 12. Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King - YA fantasy adventure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LonePiper Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 1. After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC - Steven Mithen 2. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris 3. A Brief History of Time - Steven Hawking 4. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien 5. The Pigeon - Patrick Suskind 6. Bad Astronomy - Philip Plait 7. The Ring Sets Out - J.R.R. Tolkien 8. The Real Middle Earth - Brian Bates 9. The Ring goes South - J.R.R. Tolkien 10. The Black Pearl - Scott O'Dell 11. He Died with a Felafel in his Hand - John Birmingham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 1. A Promise Kept - Elise Crawford - short autobiography 2. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - epic Indian-subcontinent adventure 3. Down There By the Train - Kate Sterns - gothic romance set on an island 4. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King - fourth installment of the Dark Tower series 5. Guns of the Timberlands - Louis L'Amour - western 6. The Surrendered - Chang-Rae Lee - cross-cultural introspective 7. Riders From Long Pines - Ralph Cotton - western 8. Legends - [collection] - science fiction / fantasy novellas 9. Silversword - Phyllis A. Whitney - Hawaiian mystery/romance/suspense 10. The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn - Liz Johnson - religious romance/susp. 11. Rupture - Simon Lelic - British detective mystery and social commentary 12. Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King - YA fantasy adventure 13. Shootout at Picture Rock - Joseph A. West - western Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Various Authors, trans. Giles Murrary Absolution Gap - Alistair Reynolds Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Various Authors Communism: A Very Short Introduction - Leslie Holmes John Dies at the End - David Wong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I'm starting this too. So far this year I read these (not much but...) 1.Iliad 2.The Catcher in the Rye 3.Goldsmith's gold 4.Antigone (Sophocles) 5.Aulularia by Plautus 6.Dead Until Dark 7.Living Dead in Dallas 8.Club Dead 9. Dead to the World 10.Dead as a Doornail 11.Definitely Dead 12.All Together Dead 13.From Dead to Worse 14.Lord of the Flies 15.Fathers and Sons 16.Anna Karenina 17.Three Sisters Ah, damn it. And it's April already. :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Various Authors, trans. Giles Murrary Absolution Gap - Alistair Reynolds Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Various Authors Communism: A Very Short Introduction - Leslie Holmes John Dies at the End - David Wong The Book of Tea - Okakura Tenshin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mindsword Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Do rereads count? If so, I'm probably almost done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 1. A Promise Kept - Elise Crawford - short autobiography 2. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - epic Indian-subcontinent adventure 3. Down There By the Train - Kate Sterns - gothic romance set on an island 4. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King - fourth installment of the Dark Tower series 5. Guns of the Timberlands - Louis L'Amour - western 6. The Surrendered - Chang-Rae Lee - cross-cultural introspective 7. Riders From Long Pines - Ralph Cotton - western 8. Legends - [collection] - science fiction / fantasy novellas 9. Silversword - Phyllis A. Whitney - Hawaiian mystery/romance/suspense 10. The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn - Liz Johnson - religious romance/suspense 11. Rupture - Simon Lelic - British detective mystery and social commentary 12. Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King - YA fantasy adventure 13. Shootout at Picture Rock - Joseph A. West - western 14. Texas - James A. Michener - epic historical fiction of Texas land & people 15. A Boy Called Bracken - Elizabeth Webster - fiction; nature and philosophy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hallucigenia Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Oh! I almost forgot comic books count, as long as they're 50 pages or more. 1. Axis - Robert Charles Wilson 2. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle - Daniel L. Everett 3. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman 4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (and Three Stories) - Oscar Wilde 5. What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been - Robert Cowley (ed.) 6. Mother Aegypt - Kage Baker (collection of short stories) 7. The Elements of Reasoning: Fifth Edition - Ronald Munson and Andrew Black 8. Ever Since Darwin - Stephen Jay Gould (essay collection) 9. Blind Lake - Robert Charles Wilson 10.The Lying Ape - Brian King 11. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 8, volume 5 (graphic novel) 12. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 8, volume 6 (graphic novel) 13. Farthing - Jo Walton 14. Speaking of Faith - Krista Tippett Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LonePiper Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Gaahhh!! I really have to catch up! I'm still wading through a book I started over two weeks ago about Mesopotamia! It's a good book, but I just haven't had any time to dedicate to just finishing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - Bobby Henderson Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text - Various Authors, trans. Giles Murrary Absolution Gap - Alistair Reynolds Halo Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Various Authors Communism: A Very Short Introduction - Leslie Holmes John Dies at the End - David Wong The Book of Tea - Okakura Tenshin Bad Science - Ben Goldacre Excellent book. Read it in 4/5 days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
+Lee Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Oooo! I'm doing this on another thread and I would love to do it here as well, especially since I'm hardly on that forum anymore (and there it's only 30). I haven't had much time to read so far this year so it's a bit puny (And I forget some book's I've read. First four are copied and pasted): 1: Stardust- Neil Gaiman (Not sure if I started this in 2010...) 2: I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to kill you- Ally Carter (Ugh, kinda sorta liked it but mostly irritating) 3: Beowulf 4: 1984- George Orwell (Good) 5. The Hobbit 6. Raising Kane 7. The Fellowship of the Ring- Reading right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azaria Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Yay! Good game :) 1. The Translator - Daoud Hari. 2. Without Apology - Leah Hager Cohen. 3. Screwed - Joanna Kenrick. 4. The Sea - John Banville. (Does it count if I skipped half cause it sucked?) 5. Beasts of No Nation - Uzodinma Iweala. 6. Deogratias - Jean-Philippe Stassen. 7. The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television - Steven Pinker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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