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carnifexpress
Sage
      
Date Joined Feb 2005
Total Posts : 1314
| Posted 1/13/2007 4:11 PM (GMT -4) |   | | Let's try this again...
INSTRUCTIONS... this thread is a bit different from all the other threads, in that we want no comments or opinions posted here, use the old thread for that...
each person gets ONE post here, which they can update as often as they like with a listing of the books that they've read so far in 2007... nice and simple, no critiques of the books or opinions, etc. just a list of the books so that others can see them as they are read... if you have a question about someone elses list, use the old thread to ask the questions please...
I will start the thread out by posting what I've read so far, and then I hope everyone will follow the example...
And I will say that this isn't a race but I'm sure someone will see this as a challenge and try to read the most books... het, whatever gets you to read, right?
Armand Rosamilia
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Freehold short stories:
"Dew Scented" Stalking Shadows anthology
The Freehold site is now up!
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carnifexpress
Sage
Date Joined Feb 2005
Total Posts : 1314
| Posted 1/13/2007 4:12 PM (GMT -4) | | | Armand Rosamilia's Updating 2007 Reading List
January 2007
"The Eye of Charon" by Richard A. Knaak (Age of Conan)
"The Silent Enemy" by Richard A. Knaak (Age of Conan)
"Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground" by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind
"Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of The Ramones" by Everett True
"The Dream Spheres" by Elaine Cunningham (Forgotten Realms)
"Horselords" by David Cook (Forgotten Realms)
"Dragonwall" by Troy Denning (Forgotten Realms)
"Crusade" by James Lowder (Forgotten Realms)
"Realms of The Elves" anthology (Forgotten Realms)
"Realms of The Deep" anthology (Forgotten Realms)
"The Farm" by Scott Nicholson
"The Collection" by Bentley Little
"The Association" by Bentley Little (re-read)
"Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of Kiss" by Dale Sherman
February 2007
"Death Instinct" by Bentley Little
"Hell's Hangmen: Horror In The Old West" edited by Ron Shiflet
"Master of Chains" by Jess Lebow (Forgotten Realms)
"Son of Thunder" by Murray Leeder (Forgotten Realms - reread)
"Bladesinger" by Keith Francis Strohm (Forgotten Realms)
"Ghostwalker" by Erik Scott de Bie (Forgotten Realms)
March 2007
Armand Rosamilia
(I am not going to include magazines in my list, nor manuscripts that I read for Carnifex Press... and no short stories, unless as a collection)
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von Darkmoor
Small Press Publisher (and Dancer still)
Date Joined Dec 2005
Total Posts : 2992
| Posted 1/13/2007 5:46 PM (GMT -4) | | Howard & Jason's Perpetually-Updating 2007 Reading List:
(My reviews and commentary can be found on my blog as I finish each entry)
1. 300: The Art of the Film - Frank Miller & Zack Snyder - finished
2. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War - Evan Wright - finished
3. The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English - John Bunyan, updated by L. Edward Hazelbaker - reading aloud to my daughters
4. Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor - edited by Paula Regan - reading
5. Battles of the Medieval World 1000 ~ 1500 - edited by Michael Spilling - reading
6. How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, & Science Fiction - edited by J.N. Williamson - reading
7. Stars in the Corps: Movie Actors in the United States Marines - James E. Wise, Jr. & Anne Collier Rehill - reading
8. Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow - David Gemmell - finished (for review)
9. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova - finished - Yes!
10. Fablehaven - Brandon Mull - finished (for review)
11. Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson - finished
12. His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - finished
13. All Possible Worlds: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories - edited by Jason Champion - finished (for review)
14. Swords and Deviltry: The First in the Series of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser Sagas - Fritz Leiber - reading
15. The Healthy Dead - Steven Erikson - finished
16. The Lees of Laughter's End - Steven Erikson - finished
17. Gunfighters of The West - Lea F. McCarty - finished
18. Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik - finished (for review)
19. Jim Baen's Universe Oct 2006 - edited by Eric Flint - finished (for review)
20. Freehold: The Protector - Monroi Pass II - edited by Armand Rosamilia - finished
21. Deadline - Randy Alcorn - next up
22. Legendary Characters of the Old West - edited by Reader's Digest - finished
23. Knights - - reading aloud to my daughters
24. Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Vol 1 - Harold Lamb, edited by Howard Andrew Jones - reading
25. Swords of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Vol 4 - Harold Lamb, edited by Howard Andrew Jones - reading
26. Amazing Journeys Magazine #9 - edited by Edward Knight - finished
27. The Orc King: Transitions Book 1 [ARC] - R.A. Salvatore - finished (for review)
28. Flashing Swords! #1 - edited by Lin Carter - finished
(Last updated 12-30-07)
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Bill Ward
Biblioholic
Date Joined Jul 2006
Total Posts : 1670
| Posted 1/13/2007 9:30 PM (GMT -4) | | My E-log.
My Criteria: Only published books finished in the year 2007, no magazines or other periodicals, manuscripts, etc. Works previously read denoted with an (r), abridged works denoted with an (a), graphic novels denoted with a (g), multivolume works bearing seperate titles listed as seperate works (ie. The Lord of the Rings is three books, a multivolume Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one).
Consider Phlebas ____________________Iain M. Banks
The Evolution of Desire ________________David M. Buss
Engineering in the Ancient World _________J.G. Landels
The Black Company ___________________Glen Cook
Ariel _______________________________Sylvia Plath
Five Great Short Stories ________________Anton Chekhov
Hellas: A Short History of Ancient Greece___C.E. Robinson
Greek City-States_____________________Kathleen Freeman
Dreams of Iron and Steel_______________Deborah Cadbury
The Dragon Masters___________________Jack Vance
The Last Castle______________________Jack Vance
Lest Darkness Fall____________________L. Sprague deCamp
Iron & Silk__________________________Mark Salzman
The Last Incantation__________________Clark Ashton Smith
Three Hearts and Three Lions___________Poul Anderson
Nightwings__________________________Robert Silverberg
Ancient Rome________________________Robert Payne
The Roman Forum_____________________Ezra Nahmad
The Birth of the Republic 1763-89_________Edmund S. Morgan
Veniss Underground___________________Jeff VanderMeer
The Island of the Colorblind_____________Oliver Sacks
Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men________Harold Lamb
Hippo Eats Dwarf_____________________Alex Boese
300________________________________Frank Miller (g)
The Pastel City_______________________M. John Harrison
The Decline of Rome___________________Soloman Katz
Strange Travelers_____________________Gene Wolfe
A Brief History of the Vikings_____________Jonathan Clements
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes__________Lawrence Block
A Brief History of Time__________________Stephen W. Hawking
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy_____Orson Scott Card
How Precious Was That While____________Piers Anthony
Writer of the Purple Rage________________Joe R. Lansdale
Hunted Past Reason____________________Richard Matheson
The Lottery & Other Stories______________Shirley Jackson
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?____________Jeff VanderMeer
Western Europe in the Middle Ages_________Joseph R. Strayer
In Search of the Dark Ages________________Michael Wood
Kull: Exile of Atlantis_____________________Robert E. Howard
Beowulf_______________________________Seamus Heaney, trans.
Doing Our Own Thing____________________John McWhorter
Grendel_______________________________John Gardner
The Byzantine World_____________________J.M. Hussey
The Girl With the Long Green Heart__________Lawrence Block
The Player of Games_____________________Iain M. Banks
The Art of War in the Middle Ages___________Charles W. C. Oman
Morality Play___________________________Barry Unsworth
Mediaeval Feudalism_____________________Carl Stephenson
A History of Reading_____________________Alberto Manguel
The Knight_____________________________Alan Baker
King Harald's Saga_______________________Snorri Sturluson
Use of Weapons_________________________Iain M. Banks
Brassey's Book of the Crusades_____________David Miller
Nordic Gods & Heroes_____________________Padraic Colum
What Might Have Been: Alternate Empires_____Benford & Greenberg, eds.
There Are Doors_________________________Gene Wolfe
The Medieval Soldier______________________A.V.B. Norman
The African Queen________________________C.S. Forester
Gather, Darkness!________________________Fritz Leiber
The Practice Effect________________________David Brin
Babel-17________________________________Samuel R. Delany
Hawksbill Station_________________________Robert Silverberg
Osprey: The Vikings_______________________Ian Heath
Writing the Novel_________________________Lawrence Block
The First Men in the Moon___________________H.G. Wells
god is not Great__________________________Chritopher Hitchens
The Chrysanthemum & The Sword____________Ruth Benedict
The Physiognomy_________________________Jeffrey Ford
In the Midst of Death______________________Lawrence Block
Fight Club_______________________________Chuck Palahniuk
The Archaeology of Weapons________________R. Ewart Oakeshott
The Sins of the Fathers_____________________Lawrence Block
The Golden Compass_______________________Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife___________________________Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass________________________Philip Pullman
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell________________Susanna Clarke
Lincoln & His Generals_______________________T. Harry Williams
The Turk_________________________________Tom Standage
The Civil War______________________________Bruce Catton
The Scar__________________________________China Mieville
Time to Murder & Create_____________________Lawrence Block
On Becoming a Novelist______________________John Gardner
The Killer Angels____________________________Michael Shaara
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam______________James M. McPherson (r)
Sherman: Fighting Prophet___________________Lloyd Lewis
Deadwood________________________________Pete Dexter
Strategy__________________________________B.H. Liddell Hart
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America____________Christopher Hitchens
Dark Moon________________________________David Gemmell
Cell______________________________________Stephen King
Natural History_____________________________Justina Robson
George Washington: The Founding Father________Paul Johnson
The March_________________________________E.L. Doctorow
Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero______________Michael Korda
The Conquering Sword of Conan________________Robet E. Howard
A Stab in the Dark___________________________Lawrence Block
The Alteration_______________________________Kingsley Amis
Ruled Britannia______________________________Harry Turtledove
Reading Lolita in Tehran_______________________Azar Nafisi
Spineless Wonders___________________________Richard Conniff
The Grand Cham_____________________________Harold Lamb
The Dead Letters____________________________Tom Piccirilli
Ender's Game______________________________Orson Scott Card (r)
World War Z________________________________Max Brooks
J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth____________Daniel Grotta
The Life Eaters______________________________Brin & Hampton (g)
Rogue Sword________________________________Poul Anderson
Hot Sky at Midnight___________________________Robert Silverberg
McClellan, Sherman, and Grant__________________T. Harry Williams
The Long Goodbye____________________________Raymond Chandler
Swords Against Wizardry_______________________Fritz Leiber
Our Culture, What's Left of It____________________Theodore Dalrymple
All Quiet on the Western Front___________________Erich Maria Remarque (r)
Almuric______________________________________Robert E. Howard
The Book of Three_____________________________Lloyd Alexander (r)
The Black Cauldron_____________________________Lloyd Alexander
The Castle of Llyr______________________________Lloyd Alexander
Taran Wanderer_______________________________Lloyd Alexander
The High King_________________________________Lloyd Alexander
Smoke and Mirrors_____________________________Neil Gaiman
Ficciones_____________________________________Jorge Luis Borges
Hrolf Kraki's Saga______________________________Poul Anderson
The Zimmermann Telegram_______________________Barbara W. Tuchman
Steppenwolf__________________________________Hermann Hesse
The Underdogs________________________________Mariano Azuela
Galactic Effectuator_____________________________Jack Vance
The Immortalists_______________________________David M. Friedman
The Vikings and Their Origins_____________________David M. Wilson
Warlords of China, 700BC-AD1662__________________Chris Peers
The Best of Crank!______________________________Bryon Cholfin, ed.
Bridge of Birds_________________________________Barry Hughart
Ghost of the Wall_______________________________Jeff Mariotte
The Dream Hunters_____________________________Gaiman & Amano
The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, v1__________Moore & O'Neill (g)
The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, v2__________Moore & O'Neill (g)
Storeys From the Old Hotel_______________________Gene Wolfe
Charlie Wilson's War____________________________George Crile
Fer-de-lance___________________________________Rex Stout
Mucho Mojo___________________________________Joe R. Lansdale
Churchill Revised_______________________________A.J.P. Taylor et al.
Dzur_________________________________________Steven Brust
The Doorbell Rang______________________________Rex Stout
The Knight____________________________________Gene Wolfe
The Wizard____________________________________Gene Wolfe
Prisoner's Base________________________________Rex Stout
Savage Season________________________________Joe Lansdale
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Dragon Angel
Lord Dragon
Date Joined Sep 2004
Total Posts : 1066
| Posted 1/13/2007 10:02 PM (GMT -4) | | | "Twenty Years After" by Alexander Dumas.
"Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
"Esperance" from Sam's Dot Publishing
"Just Because, the Works of James Baker" from Sam's Dot Publishing
Slan by A.E. Van Vogt
You: The Owner's Manual
How to win friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Japanese Fairy Tale Book by Ozaki
Heinlein: Tunnel in the Sky,
Time for the Stars,
Citizen of the Galaxy,
Starship Troopers,
Rocket Ship Galileo,
Space Cadet,
Red Planet,
Farmer in the Sky
Madwand and Changeling by Roger Zelazny
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Fredrick Douglass
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Fellowship of the Ring by
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
The Invisible Man by H.G Wells
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Not Buying it by (someone)
Nickel and Dimed by (someone)
The Elegent Universe by Briane Greene
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Best of E. E. "Doc" Smith
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by P.K. Dick
Over Water, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
An issue of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.
a half dozen issues of Spider
a half dozen issues of Ladybug
a half dozen issues of Click
An issue of Beyond Centauri (Good kid's science fiction and fantasy!)
Essential Spiderman vol 1
Essential Spiderman vol 2
Essential X-men vol 1
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 1
And all of the stories in the Sword Review, as I edit there.
read free fiction and poetry at http://www.geocities.com/davidolson22/index.html
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Jeff Stehman
Sage
Date Joined Mar 2005
Total Posts : 1224
| Posted 1/14/2007 8:29 PM (GMT -4) | | January
Hex and the City, Simon R Green
Paths Not Taken, Simon R Green
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth, Simon R Green
Nightside City, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Hell to Pay, Simon R Green
February
The White Plague, Frank Herbert
Black Brillion, Matthew Hughes
The Sure Death of a Mouse, Dan Crawford
Ingwe, Ingwe (nf)
Clash of Steel: Demon, ed. Armand Rosamilia
America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy, Francis Fukuyama (nf)
March
Whatchagot Stew: A Memoir of an Idaho Childhood, with Recipes and Commentaries, Patrick F McManus & Patricia McManus Gass (nf)
The Vondish Ambassador, Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Deer on a Bicycle: Excursions into the Writing of Humor, Patrick F McManus (nf)
Ithanalin's Restoration, Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, Diana Wynne Jones
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli, tl. George Bull (nf)
Majestrum: A Tale of Henghis Hapthorn, Matthew Hughes
April
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles C Mann (nf, audio)
Brothers in Arms, Lois McMaster Bujold (audio)
Six with Flinteye, Sean TM Stiennon
Street Life in Medieval England, GT Salusbury (nf)
The Spell of the Black Dagger, Lawrence Watt-Evans
May
Blood and Honor, Simon R Green
Poachers Caught! Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden, Tom Chapin (nf)
The Blood of a Dragon, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Man-Eaters of Kumaon, Jim Corbett (nf)
Taking Flight, Lawrence Watt-Evans
June
The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold (audio)
The Warrior's Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (audio)
Poetics, Aristotle, tl. Gerald F Else (nf)
Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them, Bill Walsh (nf)
The Changeling Sea, Patricia A McKillip
July
More Poachers Caught! Further Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden, Tom Chapin (nf)
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone, Rajiv Chandrasekaran (nf)
The Book of Atrix Wolfe, Patricia A McKillip
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
The Mad Trapper, Rudy Wiebe
August
Dzur, Steven Brust
Sung in Blood, Glen Cook
September
Screwtop, Vonda N McIntyre / The Girl Who Was Plugged In, James Tiptree Jr (Tor double)
Tales of Mithgar, Dennis L McKiernan
War-Gamers' World, Hugh Walker
Ely Echoes: The Portages Grow Longer, Bob Cary (nf)
The Spiral Labyrinth, Matthew Hughes
Root Beer Lady, Bob Cary (nf)
October
Pursuit on Ganymede, Michael D Resnick
Infinite Dreams, Joe Haldeman
Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing, Patrick F McManus
A Pilgrim's Regress, CS Lewis
Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W Bush, Robert Draper (nf)
November
Ask, Thank, Tell, Charles R Lane (nf)
Sword-Edged Blonde, Alex Bledsoe
The Bear in the Attic, Patrick F McManus
Canoeing With the Cree, Eric Sevareid
December
Cetaganda, Lois McMaster Bujold (audio)
The Spriggan Mirror, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Gentlemen of the Road, Michael Chabon
Prince Caspian, CS Lewis
Elric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock
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Nicholas
Faculty X Mage
Date Joined Jun 2006
Total Posts : 1025
| Posted 1/15/2007 5:50 AM (GMT -4) | | Oct
- The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson (3rd time)
- Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories Chuck Palahniuk
- Why Buffy Matters Rhonda V. Wilcox
Sep
- Daredevil: The Murdock Papers Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- Daredevil: Decalogue Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- Daredevil: Golden Age Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- My Year of Meats Ruth L. Ozeki
- Daredevil: The Widow Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- Daredevil: King of Hell's Kitchen J. Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev (graphic novel)
- Reading the Vampire Slayer The New, Updated Unofficial Guide to ANGEL and BUFFY
- Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies that Changed History! Joe Bob Briggs
Aug
- Profoundly Erotic: Sexy Movies that Changed History Joe Bob Briggs
- Gods of Riverworld Riverworld Saga Book V Philip Jose Farmer
July
- The Dark Design Riverworld Saga Book IV Philip Jose Farmer
- Black Rednecks and White Liberals Thomas Sowell (audio)
- The Fantastic Four (527-532) J Michael Straczynski (graphic novel)
- Richard Blade #30: Dimension of Horror Jeffrey Lord (ghostwritten by Ray Nelson)
- A Handbook of American Prayer Lucius Shepard (don't let the title fool you--this is a marvelous spec fic novel)
- The Dark Design Riverworld Saga Book III Philip Jose Farmer
June
- Kiowa Trail Louis L'Amour (audio)
- Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson (audio)
May
- Louisiana Breakdown Lucius Shepard
- In Cold Blood Truman Capote (audio)
- The Fabulous Riverboat Riverworld Saga Book II Philip Jose Farmer
- Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2007
April
- Riders of the Dawn Louis L'Amour (audio)
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go Riverworld Saga Book I Philip Jose Farmer
March
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology Simon Winchester (audio)
- A Man Called Trent Louis L'Amour (audio)
February
- Hondo Louis L'Amour (audio)
January
- The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg
- Daredevil Vol. 7 Hardcore J. Michael Bendis (graphic novel)
- Sin City Vol. 1 The Hard Goodbye Frank Miller (graphic novel)
- SMAX Alan Moore (graphic novel)
- Sin City Vol. 2 A Dame to Kill For Frank Miller (graphic novel)
- Studies in Fantasy Literature Issue #3 (journal)
http://ozment.livejournal.com
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xiaotien
Adept
Date Joined Jul 2006
Total Posts : 585
| Posted 2/5/2007 8:23 PM (GMT -4) | | cindy's 2007 list:
january
friday by heinlien (my first sci fi book!)
in cold blood by capote (couldn't put it down. compelling.)
characters and viewpoint by card
splendors of china's forbidden city
february
the virgin's lover by gregory (disappointed. found the writing too distracting.)
how to write science fiction and fantasy
by card (not very helpful)
brave new world by huxley (great read. amazing stuff for being published in 1932.)
march
pride and prejudice by austen (language and references
confusing at times, but enjoyed it)
shadowplay by tad williams
april
an unofficial rose by iris murdoch
amber and iron by margaret weis
this side of paradise by f scott fitzgerald
once a hero by elizabeth moon
may
shadowplay by williams (finished)
dream of the red chamber
book one by cao (still enjoyed it second time around)
the only grammar book you'll ever need
by susan thurman (learned a little)
june
the golden compass
by pullman
the goosegirl by
shannon hale
dream of the red chamber
book two by cao (current)
shapechanger's song
by jennifer roberson (stopped reading) american gods by neil gaiman (loved it!) july
first five pages by lukeman (helpful) neverwhere by gaiman (enjoyed it. but american gods wowed me more.) soul song by liu (read in less than 24 hours. paranormal romance, my first!)
your first novel (current)
the left hand of darkness
by le guin (interesting themes)
confessions of an ugly stepsister
by maguire (i really enjoyed it. great prose,
good storytelling set in a historical city.)
august
a word child
by iris murdoch (not one of my
favorites, but still intriguing.)
the deeds of paks
by elizabeth moon (current reread)
september
stardust by neil gaiman
atonement by ian mc...
(i don't often read literary fiction.
he is a good prose writer. i skipped
and skimmed some parts, however.)
the court of the air by stephen hunt (?)
i returned this book after reading the
first three chapters or so. nothing hooked
me, not the characters presented, not the
world presented, not the writing. ouch.
labyrinth by kate mosse (not bad. just okay.)
tiger eyes by marjorie liu (enjoyed it. great
novel debut.)
the boleyn legacy by phillipa gregory (despite the
triple narrations from first person pov and the
use of both past and present tense in telling the
tale, i really enjoyed this story.)
october
iris murdoch as i knew her
by a.n. wilson
dead witch walking
by kim harrison (couldn't finish)
the dogs of babel
by carolyn parkhurst (ambivalent about
recommending. strong narration and prose,
ludicrous plot toward the end.)
young bess
by margaret irwin
twilight
by stephenie meyer (enjoyed it. prose wasn't
great, storytelling was good. def a ya novel
setting. romance, tension, angst.)
november
bridge of birds
by barry hughart
(entertaining, took me over
three weeks to read, tho.)
the meaning of night
by michael cox (best book i've read this year)
the blood of flowers
by anita amirrezvani (fantastic debut novel.
one of my top five this year.)
anne boleyn
by norah lofts (interesting take
on anne boleyn. the fotos and illustrations
are the best part of the book.)
december
peony in love
by lisa see (managed to finish
it, had some issues. the second
part where she is in the underworld
drew me more than the first--when
our heroine was alive.)
the privelige of the sword
by ellen kushner (different than any
other fantasy i've read. really
enjoyed it.)
through a glass darkly
by karleen koen (well written
historic romance novel. i really
enjoyed it and stayed up till 2am
to finish the book.)
cindy p.a little sweet, a little sour.
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che2000
doc caliban
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 465
| Posted 2/6/2007 10:16 AM (GMT -4) | | So Far...
Infidels by Andrew Wheatcroft
Innocents Aboard by Gene Wolfe
Dreams in the Witch House H.P Lovecraft
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 by Roger Crowley.
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Swashbuckler
One-man sword-and-sorcery machine
Date Joined Mar 2006
Total Posts : 1255
| Posted 2/7/2007 5:18 AM (GMT -4) | | OK, here's my list for 2007. I am excluding short stories (except for collections), although I track those too over on my blog. I also post notes about all these books on my blog. This list is inverted, with the newest reads at the top, just so I won't have to scroll down when I add books:
The Secret Sharer, a novella by Joseph Conrad
Captain Pamphile, a novel by Alexandre Dumas
Mere Anarchy, short stories by Woody Allen
Buddha, a novel by Deepak Chopra
What Makes You Not a Buddhist, non-fiction by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
The Taking of Calais, a novel by Paul Meurice writing under the guidance of Alexandre Dumas and published under Dumas' name.
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, non-fiction by Christopher Hitchens.
Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones (And It's Not the Way You Think), by Dayn Perry
Gilgamesh, a verse translation by Herbert Mason.
Tros, a novel by Talbot Mundy
The Quotable Atheist, a collection of quotes from noted atheists, noted theists, world leaders, scientists, etc., edited by Jack Huberman.
Not In Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong For Our Schools, a collection of essays edited by Eugenie C. Scott and Glen Branch of the National Center for Science Education
Bardelys The Magnificent, a novel by Rafael Sabatini
Sit Down and Shut Up!, non-fiction by zen teacher Brad Warner
Galapagos, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut.
My Lord Barbarian, sword-and-sorcery in space by Andrew J. Offutt.
Buddhism: Plain and Simple, by Steve Hagen
The Devil Wives of Li Fong, a novel by E. Hoffman Price
Booby Trap, murder mystery by Rex Stout
Not Quite Dead Enough, murder mystery by Rex Stout
The Companions of Jehu, a novel by Alexandre Dumas
Hornblower During The Crisis, an incomplete novella by C.S. Forester
Rebel Force, number 341 in the "Executioner" action novel series. This one, the first "Executioner" book I've ever read, was written by my online friend Nathan Meyer.
The Big Time, science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber.
Arrogance: Rescuing America From The Media Elite, non-fiction by Bernard Goldberg.
Mr. Bligh’s Bad Language, non-fiction by Greg Dening.
Our Friends From Frolix 8, a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick.
The Dispossessed, science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Doctor Dogbody’s Leg, a collection of nautical tall tales by James Norman Hall.
Mistress Wilding, historical adventure fiction by Rafael Sabatini.
The God Delusion, non-fiction by British scientist and hardcore atheist Richard Dawkins.
Conservatives Without Conscience, non-fiction by John W. Dean of Watergate fame.
Plot It Yourself, a Nero Wolfe murder mystery by Rex Stout.
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| Posted 2/21/2007 6:34 PM (GMT -4) | | Stein on Writing-- Sol Stein
Story Structure Architect -- Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Between the Lines--Patricia Morrell
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes: (And How to Avoid Them) by Jack M. Bickham
Writing the Short Story, a complete course -- Jack M. Bickham
The Art of Fiction -- John Gardner
Fiction Writing Demystified -- Thomas B. Sawyer
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit -- Lawrence Block
Word Painting -- Rebecca McClanahan
The Complete Writers Guide to Heroes & Heroines -- Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever and Sue Viders
The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier -- Bonnie Trenga
How to Grow A novel -- Sol Stein
The Elements of Editing-- Arthur Plotnik
Writing Magic--Gail Carson Levine
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Under the Sweetwater Rim -- Louis l'Amour
Flint -- Louis l'Amour
Utah Blaine -- Louis l'Amour
Kilkenny -- Louis l'Amour
The Broken Gun -- Louis l'Amour
Borden Chantry -- Louis l'Amour
The Ferguson Rifle -- Louis l'Amour
The Trouble Shooter -- Loius l'Amour
Westward the Tide -- Louis l'Amour
The Californios -- Louis l'Amour
The Lonesome Gods -- Louis l'Amour
The Haunted Mesa -- Louis l'Amour
The Devil's Dance Floor -- Gordon D. Shirreffs
Southwest Drifter -- Gordon D. Shirreffs
The Walking Sands -- Gordon D. Shirreffs
The Pursuit Of The Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Courage of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Trek of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Betrayal of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Harry Potter and the Death Hallows -- J.K. Rowling
Code of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Battle of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone | | Back to Top | | |
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