Saturday, November 19, 2011

Year Four

Well folks, it's been one hell of a year! Honestly I cannot believe that this is my fourth year doing this, granted I'm not too terribly active these days, but still! I certainly read a lot this past year, for many reasons, but in the end it was a great year of reading. Lots of fantasy on this list (about 36% to be precise), but the other big hitter was non-fiction (27%) and damn were those interesting. There's a big chunk in there about chess, all of which I highly recommend for those interested in chess, but my favorite was definitely Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond; if you're interested in history, anthropology, psychology, evolution, biology, or sociology pick it up! 

As always, hit me up if you're curious about any of the titles and I'll write a little review! 
  • Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
  • Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Acacia by David Anthony Durham
  • The Other Lands by David Anthony Durham
  • You Do Not Talk About Fight Club Edited by Read Mercer Schuchardt
  • The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
  • Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
  • Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend by Joshua Blu Buhs
  • What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
  • The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
  • Misery by Stephen King
  • Endgame by Frank Brady
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin
  • The Chess Artist by J. C. Hallman
  • The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
  • The Wise Mans Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
  • The Line of Polity by Neal Asher
  • The Brass Man by Neal Asher
  • Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
  • Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick
  • Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
  • Seeing by Jose Saramago
  • A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist
  • Bonk by Mary Roach
  • The Unremembered by Peter Orullian
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
  • Perfect Shadow by Brent Weeks
  • Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen
  • Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich & Leo Janos
  • One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  • Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
  • House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
  • Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb
  • Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
  • Assassins Quest by Robin Hobb
  • Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds
  • Without Conscious by Robert Hare
  • The Steal by Rachel Shteir
  • The Magician King by Lev Grossman
  • Blowing My Cover by Lindsay Moran
  • The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
  • The Edge of Ruin by Melinda Snodgrass
  • The Windup Girl  by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
  • Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling
  • Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
  • Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • White King and Red Queen by Daniel Johnson
Total (Nov. 19th, 2010 - Nov. 19th, 2011): 53

Grand Total (Nov. 19th, 2007 - Nov. 19th, 2011): 198