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books 2010: review
I read 73 books this year, 11.5 were rereads. The half is an annoted version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - the annotations and essays were extensive, and I read them all.
I think I'm done keeping track of my reading. I may start a paper journal for my own records, but I think I'm not keeping a list on LJ this -
November/December: Books 59-73
59. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
60. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, Bill Bryson
61. Anne of the Island, L.M. Montgomery (reread)
62. Anne of Avonlea, L.M. Montgomery (reread)
63. Fables: The Dark Ages (Vol. 12) (graphic novel), written by Bill Willingham and illustrated by Mark Buckingham and Mike Allred
64. Anne's House of ( Read more... ) -
October: Books 54-58
54. The Road to San Giovanni, Italo Calvino
55. The Princess Bride (25th Anniversary Edition), William Goldman (reread)
56. The God of the Hive (Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes), Laurie R. King
57. The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
58. Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery (reread ( Read more... ) -
July: Books 33-40
33. The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester. (4/5)
34. The Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, Rosalie K. Fry. (4/5)
35. Parable of the Talents, Octavia E. Butler. (4/5)
36. The Moon of Gomrath: A Tale of Alderly, Alan Garner. (4/5)
37. The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight, Gina Ochsner. (3.5/5)
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June: Books 25-32
Only providing my star-ratings because I don't have the energy for much else.
25. The Game (Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes), Laurie R. King. (4/5)
26. Makers, Cory Doctorow. (4/5)
27. Angel: After the Fall Vol. 1, written and illustrated by a bunch of people, including Brian Lynch and Franco Urru (graphic novel). (3.5/5)
28. Locked Rooms (Mary ( Read more... ) -
May: Books 13-24
13. Justice Hall (Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes), Laurie R. King. As always, King's characters and settings absolutely shine. Holmes and Russell, of course, but also the secondary, tertiary, and incidental characters, are well-crafted individuals that are interesting to read about. However, I thought that the mystery here, while compelling in terms ( Read more... ) -
April: Books 8-12
8. We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle.
9. Farewell to Matyora, written by Valentin Rasputin, translated by Antonina W. Bouis.
10. O Jerusalem (Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes), Laurie R. King.
11. Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4), written by Joss Whedon and Jeff Loeb; illustrated by Karl Moline, Eric Wight, ( Read more... ) -
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- 23:12 It seems that our oven smokes when it gets over 400. Awesome? #
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January - March: Books 1-7
During which time I wasted valuable study time reading these books:
1. The Blythes Are Quoted, L.M. Montgomery. I found this fascinating. For those of you who read all of the Anne books, this one is particularly interesting. It's a little bit darker and more cynical than the other Anne books. It is The Road to Yesterday as Montgomery originally ( Read more... )