Book Log (year in review)
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mikeknSince I'm not going to finish either of the two books I'm working on in the next few days I'll put this up now.
2011 was almost identical to 2010 as far as reading went. Fewer physical books got read, but a few more audio books made up the difference. The big problem is that my "to read" list went up by 50(!) books. A good chunk of that is audio books that I picked up through my Audible membership (now canceled). The rest came in via book sales and picking up the latest from my usual authors.
43 books finished
17 physical books
26 audio books
808 books left to read
I am still using LibraryThing for my book catalog, but I also signed up with Goodreads. I figured I'd check out the features there and see what it is like. There I'm only tracking the fiction I read and not worrying about the rest.
January
1. METAtropolis: Cascadia - Jay Lake (editor) *
2. Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher
3. The God Engines - John Scalzi *
4. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
5. Babel-17 - Samuel R. Delany
6. Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner
7. Last Call - Tim Powers *
8. The Awdrey-Gore Legacy - Edward Gorey
February
9. City of Thieves - David Benioff *
March
10. Don Quixote, Part 1 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (John Ormsby Translation)*
11. Watership Down - Richard Adams *
12. Declare - Tim Powers *
April
13. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
14. The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson *
15. The Alchemist and The Executioness - Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S.Buckell *
16. Indigara - Tanith Lee *
17. Midnight Riot - Ben Aaronovitch
18. With a Little Help - Cory Doctorow *
May
19. A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin *
20. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing - Jasper Fforde
June
21. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
22. Variable Star - Robert Heinlein & Spider Robinson *
23. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
24. Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi *
Little Fuzzy - H. Beam Piper *
25. Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher
July
26. Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson *
August
27. King Rat - China Mieville
28. Hounded - Kevin Hearne
29. A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin *
30. Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan
31. Ghost Story - Jim Butcher *
September
32. Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher
33. A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin *
34. Tiassa - Steven Brust
October
35. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin *
November
36. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
37. The Meowmorphosis - Franz Kafka, Cook Coleridge
38. A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin *
December
39. The Dying Earth - Jack Vance *
40. Snuff - Terry Pratchett
41. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes *
42. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline *
43. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones *
* audio book
2011 was almost identical to 2010 as far as reading went. Fewer physical books got read, but a few more audio books made up the difference. The big problem is that my "to read" list went up by 50(!) books. A good chunk of that is audio books that I picked up through my Audible membership (now canceled). The rest came in via book sales and picking up the latest from my usual authors.
43 books finished
17 physical books
26 audio books
808 books left to read
I am still using LibraryThing for my book catalog, but I also signed up with Goodreads. I figured I'd check out the features there and see what it is like. There I'm only tracking the fiction I read and not worrying about the rest.
January
1. METAtropolis: Cascadia - Jay Lake (editor) *
2. Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher
3. The God Engines - John Scalzi *
4. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
5. Babel-17 - Samuel R. Delany
6. Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner
7. Last Call - Tim Powers *
8. The Awdrey-Gore Legacy - Edward Gorey
February
9. City of Thieves - David Benioff *
March
10. Don Quixote, Part 1 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (John Ormsby Translation)*
11. Watership Down - Richard Adams *
12. Declare - Tim Powers *
April
13. Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
14. The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson *
15. The Alchemist and The Executioness - Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S.Buckell *
16. Indigara - Tanith Lee *
17. Midnight Riot - Ben Aaronovitch
18. With a Little Help - Cory Doctorow *
May
19. A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin *
20. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing - Jasper Fforde
June
21. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
22. Variable Star - Robert Heinlein & Spider Robinson *
23. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
24. Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi *
Little Fuzzy - H. Beam Piper *
25. Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher
July
26. Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson *
August
27. King Rat - China Mieville
28. Hounded - Kevin Hearne
29. A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin *
30. Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan
31. Ghost Story - Jim Butcher *
September
32. Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher
33. A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin *
34. Tiassa - Steven Brust
October
35. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin *
November
36. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
37. The Meowmorphosis - Franz Kafka, Cook Coleridge
38. A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin *
December
39. The Dying Earth - Jack Vance *
40. Snuff - Terry Pratchett
41. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes *
42. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline *
43. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones *
* audio book
