THIS POST IS ABOUT BOOKS GODDAMN
Last year I think the only resolution I made was to read 100 books. If I said anything else, I don't remember. And at this point I don't care.
Fiction
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Scion - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
Santa Olivia - Jacqueline Carey
Naamah's Kiss - Jacqueline Carey
Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente
The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
Austenland - Shannon Hale
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
Shadow Magic - Jaida Jones + Danielle Bennett
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
The Persian Boy - Mary Renault
The Iliad - Homer
The Odyssey - Homer
Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
The Aeneid of Virgil - Virgil
Paradise Lost - John Milton
The Prelude - Wordsworth
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye - A. S. Byatt
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
Graphic/Illustrated Novels:
Murder Mysteries - Neil Gaiman + P Craig Russell
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Versus The World - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Jack of Fables Volume 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape - Bill Willingham
Jack of Fables Volume 2: Jack of Hearts - Bill Willingham
Jack of Fables Volume 3: The Bad Prince - Bill Willingham
The Three Incestuous Sisters - Audrey Niffenegger
Marvel 1602 - Neil Gaiman
The Good Neighbors - Holly Black
Chicken With Plums - Marjane Satrapi
The Plain Janes - Cecil Castellucci
Janes In Love - Cecil Castellucci
Demo: The Collected Edition - Brian Wood
Ex Machina Vol 1: The First Hundred Days - Brian K. Vaughan
Ex Machina Vol 2: Tag - Brian K. Vaughan
Token - Alisa Kwitney
The New York Four - Brian Wood
Skim - Mariko Tamaki
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 - Svetlana Chmakova
Madame Xanadu Vol 1: Disenchanted - Matt Wagner
Peach Girl Vol 1-8 (it would have been dumb to just write them all out)
Uncle Sam - Steve Darnall
Clover (complete) - CLAMP
Nonfiction/School Related/Whatever
The Symposium - Plato
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
Sufism: The Alchemy of the Heart - Muhammad Isa Waley
A Mathematician's Apology - G. H. Hardy
The Double Helix - James D. Watson
20 Master Plots And How To Build Them - Ronald B. Tobias
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction - J.N. Williamson
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction - Lisa Tuttle
The Authoress of the Odyssey - Samuel Butler
The Philosophy of Technology - Various
The Sufi Path of Knowledge - William Chittick
Most are listed in the order read!
I didn't italicize anything because I know for a fact I'm going to come back to this page and see all those italicized words so close together and cringe.
Also, I consider this goal met, because even though the list is around 75 books, I didn't list rereads, and I'm sure the number of times I've re-read The Time Traveler's Wife, American Gods, or Kushiel's Dart is definitely enough to put me over 100, and I'm not even going to think about re-reads of graphic novels. I also only sort-of counted textbooks, as a lot of the nonfiction was read for my Honors/Philosophy class (ugh, the Double Helix? I wanted to slap James Watson repeatedly). All of those "how to write" books I read for the sake of my thesis novel.
I read so many good fiction books this year that I couldn't tell you what my favorite one was. Seriously, I can't. (And that fabulous English class on epic poetry rocked my world.) The Iliad? One of the classics to end all classics. So compelling and powerful! The Lions of Al-Rassan? I was so utterly taken by it that I swear I finished it it instead of studying for an exam. It left such a strong impression that I don't know if I can re-read it any time soon, I still feel it bouncing around in my head and heart. Guernsey? Adorable. Made me smile big. Kushiel's Dart? Where do I even begin with that one? I friended the author on facebook and draw fanart for it! I could talk about them all for hours and hours. Consider anything on the fiction list excellent by my standards (even Her Fearful Symmetry, haha). I think the one that stands out like a sore thumb might be Austenland, but I think chick-lit surrounding Jane Austen is justified...
In related news, Waldenbooks is closing. The one near me had their fiction and sf sections marked down to 50%. I...couldn't help myself. Luckily I justified a lot of what I bought (I did. I swear.). I just hope I don't go near the mall again, or I don't know if I can control myself. Friendslist, you must all go seek out the nearest Waldenbooks in my stead.
Anyway, the one un-book-related thing I wish to say is: NEW PLAYLIST ! It's supposed to be winter themed. Gnossienne might be one of my favorite melodies of all time. This time if you like what you hear, YOU CAN TAKE A COPY OF THE SONGS! Yippee.
Fiction
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Scion - Jacqueline Carey
Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
Santa Olivia - Jacqueline Carey
Naamah's Kiss - Jacqueline Carey
Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente
The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
Austenland - Shannon Hale
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
Shadow Magic - Jaida Jones + Danielle Bennett
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
The Persian Boy - Mary Renault
The Iliad - Homer
The Odyssey - Homer
Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
The Aeneid of Virgil - Virgil
Paradise Lost - John Milton
The Prelude - Wordsworth
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye - A. S. Byatt
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
Graphic/Illustrated Novels:
Murder Mysteries - Neil Gaiman + P Craig Russell
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Versus The World - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Jack of Fables Volume 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape - Bill Willingham
Jack of Fables Volume 2: Jack of Hearts - Bill Willingham
Jack of Fables Volume 3: The Bad Prince - Bill Willingham
The Three Incestuous Sisters - Audrey Niffenegger
Marvel 1602 - Neil Gaiman
The Good Neighbors - Holly Black
Chicken With Plums - Marjane Satrapi
The Plain Janes - Cecil Castellucci
Janes In Love - Cecil Castellucci
Demo: The Collected Edition - Brian Wood
Ex Machina Vol 1: The First Hundred Days - Brian K. Vaughan
Ex Machina Vol 2: Tag - Brian K. Vaughan
Token - Alisa Kwitney
The New York Four - Brian Wood
Skim - Mariko Tamaki
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 - Svetlana Chmakova
Madame Xanadu Vol 1: Disenchanted - Matt Wagner
Peach Girl Vol 1-8 (it would have been dumb to just write them all out)
Uncle Sam - Steve Darnall
Clover (complete) - CLAMP
Nonfiction/School Related/Whatever
The Symposium - Plato
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
Sufism: The Alchemy of the Heart - Muhammad Isa Waley
A Mathematician's Apology - G. H. Hardy
The Double Helix - James D. Watson
20 Master Plots And How To Build Them - Ronald B. Tobias
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction - J.N. Williamson
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction - Lisa Tuttle
The Authoress of the Odyssey - Samuel Butler
The Philosophy of Technology - Various
The Sufi Path of Knowledge - William Chittick
Most are listed in the order read!
I didn't italicize anything because I know for a fact I'm going to come back to this page and see all those italicized words so close together and cringe.
Also, I consider this goal met, because even though the list is around 75 books, I didn't list rereads, and I'm sure the number of times I've re-read The Time Traveler's Wife, American Gods, or Kushiel's Dart is definitely enough to put me over 100, and I'm not even going to think about re-reads of graphic novels. I also only sort-of counted textbooks, as a lot of the nonfiction was read for my Honors/Philosophy class (ugh, the Double Helix? I wanted to slap James Watson repeatedly). All of those "how to write" books I read for the sake of my thesis novel.
I read so many good fiction books this year that I couldn't tell you what my favorite one was. Seriously, I can't. (And that fabulous English class on epic poetry rocked my world.) The Iliad? One of the classics to end all classics. So compelling and powerful! The Lions of Al-Rassan? I was so utterly taken by it that I swear I finished it it instead of studying for an exam. It left such a strong impression that I don't know if I can re-read it any time soon, I still feel it bouncing around in my head and heart. Guernsey? Adorable. Made me smile big. Kushiel's Dart? Where do I even begin with that one? I friended the author on facebook and draw fanart for it! I could talk about them all for hours and hours. Consider anything on the fiction list excellent by my standards (even Her Fearful Symmetry, haha). I think the one that stands out like a sore thumb might be Austenland, but I think chick-lit surrounding Jane Austen is justified...
In related news, Waldenbooks is closing. The one near me had their fiction and sf sections marked down to 50%. I...couldn't help myself. Luckily I justified a lot of what I bought (I did. I swear.). I just hope I don't go near the mall again, or I don't know if I can control myself. Friendslist, you must all go seek out the nearest Waldenbooks in my stead.
Anyway, the one un-book-related thing I wish to say is: NEW PLAYLIST ! It's supposed to be winter themed. Gnossienne might be one of my favorite melodies of all time. This time if you like what you hear, YOU CAN TAKE A COPY OF THE SONGS! Yippee.