What I read in 2009:

Jan 18, 2010 21:02

In roughly chronological order. The pagecounts are obviously a pretty poor measure of volume -- the graphic novels (Watchmen, Scott Pilgrim) all being significantly less dense in words/page than anything else, and other things (like the hundred pages of endnotes in small type in Infinite Jest) being significantly denser. Also varying page sizes, ( Read more... )

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lunanoire January 19 2010, 04:12:34 UTC
How was Her Fearful Symmetry?

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tsuyokunaritai January 19 2010, 04:14:44 UTC
Very good. Very sad, in a different way than The Time Traveler's Wife. Also twisted and fucked up in parts. Recommended!
(The Three Incestuous Sisters not so much though, it's like she's trying to be Edward Gorey and failing. And the sisters are not actually incestuous.)

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wanderingcherie January 19 2010, 04:27:06 UTC
I didn't like it as much as I liked "The Time Traveler's Wife."

Also, this is a great meme, though I am not sure I tracked my readings well enough to do this one.

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tsuyokunaritai January 19 2010, 04:29:04 UTC
No, I didn't like it as much either, but that still gives it a lot of room to be great!
I wouldn't go so far as to call this a meme. I just felt like I hadn't read much for a while before last year, and figured I ought to see how much I read. Also, sometimes I look at my bookshelf and wonder if I've read something or not, and continuing to do this should help with that :)

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wwww January 19 2010, 16:18:41 UTC
I'm so glad you got to read Infinite Jest.

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tsuyokunaritai January 19 2010, 16:30:08 UTC
Me too. Now that I've read it, every time I find out that someone else I know has I get excited to have shared that experience with them.

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mayucat January 20 2010, 18:15:31 UTC
That's a lot of pages. I barely read 1/10 of that. x.o

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tsuyokunaritai January 20 2010, 18:22:21 UTC
I want to read more this year! Rawr!

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