Ah, since The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest arrived today I'm going to dump this years list on everyone now. =P
-- Katie's Book list 09-10
Start date: October 6th 2009
End date: October 6th 2010
Aiming for 25 books for now. I'm in my first month of university so there isn't as much free time for reading for pleasure as I've been used to!
Completed:
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest- Steig Larsson
~ 602 pages
2. Dawn of the Dumb- Charlie Brooker
~ 345 pages
3. Popular Music- Mikael Niemi
~ 368 pages
4. After the Fireworks- Aldous Huxley
~ 124 pages
5. Mister Roberts- Alexei Sayle
~ 180 pages
6. Belle and Sebastian: Just a Modern Rock Story- Paul Whitelaw
~ 305 pages
7. The Thousand Orcs- R.A. Salvatore
~ 367 pages
8. Third Girl- Agatha Christie
~ 365 pages
9. The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud
~ 480 pages
10. The ABC Murders- Agatha Christie
~ 221 pages
11. The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross
~ 311 pages N/A Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1- Kazuki Takahashi
~ Manga
12. Torchwood: Skypoint- Phil Ford
~ 256 pages
13. Doctor Who: The Stone Rose- Jacqueline Rayner
~ 249 pages N/A Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 2- Kazuki Takahashi
~ Manga
N/A Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward- Tom Waltz
~ Comic
N/A The Sandman Presents: The Furies- Mike Carey
~ Comic
N/A Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 3- Kazuki Takahashi
~ Manga
14. Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos- Gary Russell
~ 236 pages
15. Vile Bodies- Evelyn Waugh
~ 221 pages N/A Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 4 + 5- Kazuki Takahashi
~ Manga
16. Andromeda: The Attitude of Silence- Jeff Mariotte
~ 267 pages N/A Death: The High Cost of Living- Neil Gaiman
~ Comic
17. Andromeda: Waystation- Steven E. McDonald
~ 271 pages
18. Stardust- Neil Gaiman
~ 194 pages N/A 52- DC
~ Comic
19. BtVS: Apocalypse Memories- Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz
~ 242 pages N/A Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 6 + 7- Kazuki Takahashi
~ Manga
20. Where Angels Fear To Tread- E. M. Forster
~ 135 pages
21. And another thing... - Eoin Colfer
~ 336 pages
22. (Douglas Adams's) Starship Titanic- Terry Jones
~ 241 pages
23. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight- Simon Armitage (translator)
~ 160 pages
24. Sourcery- Terry Pratchett
~ 269 pages
25. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 352 pages
26. Driven to Distraction- Jeremy Clarkson
~ 412 pages
27. A Study in Scarlet- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 176 pages
28. Cat Among the Pigeons- Agatha Christie
~ 352 pages
29. Unseen Academicals- Terry Pratchett
~ 400 pages N/A Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere- Mike Carey
~ Comic
30. Doctor Who: The King's Dragon- Una McCormack
~ 245 pages
31. The Hound of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 209 pages
32. The Jennifer Morgue- Charles Stross
~ 340 pages
33. Liver- Will Self
~ 288 pages
34. Robot Wars Technical Manual- Alan Baker
~ 144 pages
35. Doctor Who: The Price of Paradise- Colin Brake
~ 249 pages
36. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 280 pages
37. The Return of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 342 pages
38. The Sign of Four- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 160 pages
39. Doctor Who: Nightshade- Mark Gatiss
~ 161 pages
40. The Valley of Fear- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 224 pages
41. His Last Bow- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 256 pages
42. The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ 304 pages
43. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya- Nagaru Tanigawa
~ 202 pages
44. Jacob's Hands- Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood
~ 122 pages
45. The Vesuvius Club- Mark Gatiss
~ 240 pages
46. Colony- Rob Grant
~ 290 pages N/A Y: The Last Man 1-2
~ Comic
47. The Devil in Amber- Mark Gatiss
~ 248 pages
48. Black Butterfly- Mark Gatiss
~ 204 pages
49. Looking for Alaska- John Green
~ 270 pages
50. Doctor Who: The Glamour Chase- Gary Russell
~ 243 pages
51. The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls- John R. King
~ 350 pages
In progress:
:boogie:
Book total: 51
Page total: 13198
Books I'd like to read this yearX
Vile Bodies- Evelyn Waugh
2001: A Space Odyssey- Arthur C. Clarke
Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess
Nineteen Eighty-four- George Orwell
Island- Aldous Huxley
The Innocence of Father Brown- G. K. Chesterton
The Time Machine- H.G. Wells
Orlando- Virginia Woolf
Catch 22- Joseph Heller
Pippi Longstocking- Astrid Lindgren
Faceless Killers- Henning Mankell
Recommendations from friendsX
Tess of the d'Urbervilles- Thomas Hardy
The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?- Philip K. Dick
Wuthering Heights- Emily Brontë
The Shadow of the Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Book Thief- Marcus Zusak
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I used to read some books in English as well, but after having to read tons of difficult-to-understand academic books for university - all English- I now enjoy reading in my own mother language xD
aww, lucky duck! you can read in your mother language >.< Sadly I can only speak poor chinese and can't read or write it >.<
Iltu>> I did consider being a librarian for about a bit of a while, but then I thought that I wouldn't be able to take all the quietness ALL the time and can't be a policemen because then I'll never get a good vacation :P
ooo This challenge should be fun. I've been having trouble finding the time to read because <.< the internet is very distracting. Hopefully this can inspire me to get back on track. ^^
Sunlit.Rains Book List:
Started 10/6/09
Ends 10/6/10
1. The Child Thief by Brom 481 out of 481 pgs read
2. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 8 out of 406 pgs read
3. Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan 12 out of 379 pgs read
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Reason: Double Posting
@Sunlit.rains ~ Hime's correct. Double posting is not allowed here. We ask that if no one has posted after you in a thread that you please edit your first message, rather than create a new one. It is okay to double post though if at least five hours has passed and the post is on topic. :)
Meant to start this yesterday, but didn't have the time. So I'll start now.
Allail's Reading List Starts 10/6/09
Ends 10/6/10
1_The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller-640 of 640 pages read.
2_The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller-712 of 712 pages read.
3_The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud-462 of 462 pages read.
4_The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud-562 of 562 pages read.
5_Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card-324 of 324 pages read.
Yeah, it was a stupid question of my part ^_^
Ah, so many books I have to dig my teeth in one day; Can you believe I've never read 'clockwork orange' nor have I watched the movie :o
-torn at what to do first-
I've never seen or read clockwork orange either. I keep seeing it at work and pondering picking it up but then I always get distracted. So anyone have any books they'd like to suggest? :)
The Clockwork Orange is a quick read. Not terribly long and engaging enough to read in one sitting. It's a good one for most reading lists.
If you want fast reads, anything by Louis L'Amour- but I love cheesy westerns. I read a Louis L'Amour book in like an hour- two hours tops. Lots of fun and just easy to read. No heavy thinking and guns and horses and good ol' spaghetti western awesomeness.
I've seen those books. A western might be fun. Something different from what I typically read. Do you have any specific suggestions for what to start with?
If you guys like Clockwork Orange, I highly suggest that you pick up some of Anthony Burgess' other works. Like most authors, his most famous novel isn't necessarily his best. :lol:
I tend to read stuff in the fantasy and sci-fi genre usually. I also have a fondness for graphic novels and historical fiction. So any suggestions along those lines are welcome too :)
...I'm feeling a little bad that I've never read Clockwork Orange now. :gonk:
Sunlit- I can help with the fantasy genre! The Firekeeper Saga, The Eyes of a King, Sabriel, The Sight, Abarat, Wildwood Dancing, anything and everything by Diana Wynne Jones, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, the Inkheart trilogy, just to name a few of my favorites. I don't read as much sci-fi, but I ADORE Fahrenheit 451, and Libyrinth was okay.
@sunlit - Well, one of his best is considered to be Haunted Mesa- its less of the spaghetti western and brings in some ghostly stuff, so it might be a good gateway western for someone not used to reading them. I am a fan of Sackett, Catlow and The Quick and the Dead.
For historical fiction, Diana Gibaldon is okay. There is always the Jean Auel Children of the Earth stuff is pretty good and well researched. James Clavells Asian Saga is pretty good as well.
I always tend to grab historically based or/and adventure books (situated in an exotic environment) whenever I go to the library. Or some fantasy books, but it's been since Harry Potter since I've read one of those ^^
I especially love Harry Mulisch, it's a German author who usually write about the Hitler-area; from the Jewish perspective. He likes to mix up historical facts with fiction. For example, his book 'Siegfried', is about a journalist, investigation if Hitler had a son.
Very interesting book :yes:
@ Iltu and Moxie: Thanks I'll have to check some of those out once I'm done what I'm currently on. I'll keep an eye out for them while I shelve at borders and peek at the backs :P
@ *Hime*: Siegfried sounds intriguing. I love historical fiction where it's a "what if this happened" or what if "this person didn't exist" or something.
@Sunlit.Rains: Have you read any of Tamora Pierce's books? As far as fantasy goes, she's one of my favorites. ^^
@Iltu: Oooh, I like the look of the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica. :yes: And the description at Amazon reminded me that I've never actually read the original Alice in Wonderland. It was written by Lewis Carrol, correct?
I read Trickster's Choice and loved it, but I just haven't gotten around to reading more of her books. Plus I'd need to reread it before reading Trickster's Queen. Alice in Wonderland is indeed written by Lewis Carrol. I am in love with that book. Also Alice through the looking glass <3
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Mmmm, I love the Trickster books. xD I was shocked at how she did them, because before that, she always wrote in quartets. However, all of the individual books were shorter than either of the Trickster books I believe, so I suppose it was the same amount of literature broken up differently.
Ah, excellent. I've heard good things about it for years, and for some reason still haven't gotten around to it... lol
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On another note: Just finished Bloody Irish. It was very good, and I highly recommend it. While none of the stories concern more 'traditional' vampires, I thought they were excellent. The one about the hand kind of creeped me out though.
Now, to start Merlin. ^^ The rest of the books should be arriving in a few days, so I figure I'm safe.
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It's a small collection(three or four stories) of vampire myths from Ireland. All of the vampires are very different, and some can even go about in daylight. I'm pretty sure the only thing they all shared in common was the need to obtain blood in some fashion, and the ability to affect people's dreams and/or mental state. ^^ So, yeah. Not exactly Dracula(although I should really read that too, lol), and most definitely not Edward Cullen.
Sounds good. I can usually handle them going out in the daylight as long as they aren't sparkling. Dracula is pretty excellent. I definitely recommend it as it was pretty genre defining.
So I updated my list today and I got to thinking about what I am going to read for my 200 books. I was thinking I would add some of the classics I haven't read. Since I have actually read quite a few classics, I had to go and look up some I haven't read. I realized I hadn't read David Copperfield or Huckleberry Finn. I sat there thinking, how could I have possibly not read these two books? Especially when I actually read War and Peace (and had to keep sticky notes to keep track of all the characters). Is anyone else adding classics to their list? To sort of catch up on those you missed or just haven't read.
