Alchemic Hues.

Here we are once again! My favorites in bold, and rereads in parentheses. While I didn't have a favorite book from 2010, this year I had The Magician King followed closely by A History of the World in 100 Objects - and both were even published in 2011.

75 Years of DC Comics - Paul Levitz
The Public Burning - Robert Coover(Wild Cards - George RR ( Read more... )

I am closing my journal indefinitely. It no longer serves a worthwhile purpose for me.

My favorites in bold. No single book really stood out this year, which is pretty sad. Maybe next year I'll have a hard time choosing!

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
The Soul of a Chef - Michael Ruhlman
Blue Kansas Sky - Michael Bishop
The Translator - John Crowley
Wisconsin Death Trip - Michael Lesy ( Read more... )

Here we are again - my seventh annual post where I list the books I read in the past year that didn't stink. Since most of my book reviews and posts are now on Facebook or Goodreads, this list may not have much of an audience. Then again, who knows ( Read more... )

It's that time again - favorites in bold. Mostly in order, too.

The Ghost Brigades - John Scalzi
Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
Virtual Death - Shale Aaron
The Last Colony - John Scalzi
King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochschild
Galveston - Sean Stewart
The Lucifer Principle - Harold Bloom
The Somnambulist - Jonathan Barnes
Sarah Canary - ( Read more... )

Well, it's that time again, time for a public post. No solicitors.

I spent the early part of the year reading relatively little, and the later part reading a bunch, thanks to my newfound friends at http://www.goodreads.com . My favorites in bold.

The Dragon Waiting - John M. Ford
Rats: ( Read more... )

Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I now have my 2002 book list. As always, the best are in bold.

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This will be the fourth year, not counting my now-nonexistent lists for GothicPlanet, in which I have made up a list of the best books I read this year. As time has worn on, I've learned that I mostly do this for myself. Such is life.

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Some might say it's a tad early, but I have some free time and nothing else to talk about.

Herein you will find a list of everything I read this year that I can heartily recommend to everyone. I have emboldened the cream of the crop. I read a lot of good non-genre fiction this year, it seems.

The Sleepwalkers - Arthur Koestler (nonfiction)
The ( Read more... )