Chris Branch (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} strangertides) wrote,@ 2007-01-02 23:00:00 |
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Normally I post this as a comment to lonesomenumber1's list, but I guess it more properly belongs here, and anyway my own journal has few enough entries as it is.
The number of books (about 50) is a record for me, which I somehow managed to do in addition to writing a record number of words for NaNoWriMo in November (100K) and thus doing virtually no reading during that month!
Rather than order them alphabetically by author or title or even chronologically, they're in order by my personal rating on a scale from 1 to 10 on the left side, thus also addressing the obvious question "Well, did you like them?" Books in parentheses are re-reads. Yes, I re-read Julian May's entire Pliocene Exile/Galactic Milieu series; it's one of my faves. And yes, I am aware that one book on my list is a children's book and that another is only 20+ pages long, and as long as I'm disclosing fully, the last three I did not exactly read cover to cover, nor did I rate them, as they were not read for pleasure.
9 Anansi Boys, Gaiman
9 Before the Dawn, Wade
9 (Diamond Mask, May)
9 Night of the Jaguar, Gruber
9 (The Golden Torc, May)
9 (The Many-Colored Land, May)
9 The System of the World, Stephenson
8 Improbable, Fawer
8 (Jack the Bodiless, May)
8 (Magnificat, May)
8 Mockingbird, Stewart
8 (The Adversary, May)
8 The Confusion, Stephenson)
8 (The Nonborn King, May)
8 The Story of the Stone, Hughart
8 Three Days to Never, Powers
7 Collapse, Diamond
7 Coyote Blue, Moore
7 (King Rat, Mieville)
7 Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Einstein
7 Resurrection Man, Stewart
7 Roadshow, Peart
7 Sammy’s Hill, Gore
7 The Coffee Trader, Liss
7 The Graveyard Game, Baker
7 The Language of God, Collins
7 The Log From the Sea of Cortez, Steinbeck
7 (The Metaconcert, May)
7 (The Surveillance, May)
6 Beyond the Outer Shores, Tamm
6 Eight Skilled Gentlemen, Hughart
6 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Clarke
6 Religion and Science, Russell
6 Spin State, Moriarty
6 The Calcutta Chromosome, Ghosh
6 The Codex, Preston
6 Toad Heaven, Gleitzman
5 Mendoza in Hollywood, Baker
5 The Bible Repairman, Powers
5 The Geographer’s Library, Fasman
5 The Planets, Sobel
4 Baudolino, Eco
4 Iron Council, Mieville
4 King Solomon’s Mines, Haggard
4 Saving Fish From Drowning, Tan
4 Sixpence House, Collins
4 Write Away, George
3 Cannery Row, Steinbeck
3 Towing Jehovah, Morrow
- Java Programming, Farrell
- Migrating to IPv6, Blanchet
- The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, Kowalski
lonesomenumber1's list, but I guess it more properly belongs here, and anyway my own journal has few enough entries as it is.The number of books (about 50) is a record for me, which I somehow managed to do in addition to writing a record number of words for NaNoWriMo in November (100K) and thus doing virtually no reading during that month!
Rather than order them alphabetically by author or title or even chronologically, they're in order by my personal rating on a scale from 1 to 10 on the left side, thus also addressing the obvious question "Well, did you like them?" Books in parentheses are re-reads. Yes, I re-read Julian May's entire Pliocene Exile/Galactic Milieu series; it's one of my faves. And yes, I am aware that one book on my list is a children's book and that another is only 20+ pages long, and as long as I'm disclosing fully, the last three I did not exactly read cover to cover, nor did I rate them, as they were not read for pleasure.
9 Anansi Boys, Gaiman
9 Before the Dawn, Wade
9 (Diamond Mask, May)
9 Night of the Jaguar, Gruber
9 (The Golden Torc, May)
9 (The Many-Colored Land, May)
9 The System of the World, Stephenson
8 Improbable, Fawer
8 (Jack the Bodiless, May)
8 (Magnificat, May)
8 Mockingbird, Stewart
8 (The Adversary, May)
8 The Confusion, Stephenson)
8 (The Nonborn King, May)
8 The Story of the Stone, Hughart
8 Three Days to Never, Powers
7 Collapse, Diamond
7 Coyote Blue, Moore
7 (King Rat, Mieville)
7 Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Einstein
7 Resurrection Man, Stewart
7 Roadshow, Peart
7 Sammy’s Hill, Gore
7 The Coffee Trader, Liss
7 The Graveyard Game, Baker
7 The Language of God, Collins
7 The Log From the Sea of Cortez, Steinbeck
7 (The Metaconcert, May)
7 (The Surveillance, May)
6 Beyond the Outer Shores, Tamm
6 Eight Skilled Gentlemen, Hughart
6 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Clarke
6 Religion and Science, Russell
6 Spin State, Moriarty
6 The Calcutta Chromosome, Ghosh
6 The Codex, Preston
6 Toad Heaven, Gleitzman
5 Mendoza in Hollywood, Baker
5 The Bible Repairman, Powers
5 The Geographer’s Library, Fasman
5 The Planets, Sobel
4 Baudolino, Eco
4 Iron Council, Mieville
4 King Solomon’s Mines, Haggard
4 Saving Fish From Drowning, Tan
4 Sixpence House, Collins
4 Write Away, George
3 Cannery Row, Steinbeck
3 Towing Jehovah, Morrow
- Java Programming, Farrell
- Migrating to IPv6, Blanchet
- The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, Kowalski
