Saturday, 9 January 2010

2010 Reading List

One of my goals for 2010 is to read 75 books. Here, I shall add books as I read them. A public record of the progress, and of course to share with you what I read.


Having gone slightly mental with book buying in 2009 (okay before that too, but especially last year I think), I find myself in posession of over 100 books which I have yet to read. And no doubt I will probably be too tempted to buy more before I have read those, so really, far too much choice and hard to pick the next great novel or non-fiction as the case maybe. But there is a great satisfaction in looking at a large pile of books inviting me.


Feel free to make your comments, opinions about any you might have read. This post will be available by easy access under the "Reading" section.


BOOKS READ


  1. The Dancers at the End of Time - Michael Moorcock - 08/01
  2. Life in Harem - K. Erhan Bozkurt - 09/01
  3. The Hand of Oberon - Roger Zelazny - 12/01
  4. Write the Breakout Novel - Donald Maass - 13/01*
  5. The Court of Chaos - Roger Zelazny - 14/01
  6. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank - 20/01
  7. Proust was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer - 02/02
  8. Dying Inside - Robert Silverberg - 10/02
  9. Description & Setting - Ron Rozelle - 15/02
  10. A Writer's Diary - Virginia Woolf - 14/03
  11. Journal to the Self - Kathleen Adams - 16/03
  12. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - 24/03
  13. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - 25/03
  14. No Second Chance - Harlan Coben - 31/03
  15. Gilgamesh - N. K. Sandars. translator - 13/04
  16. Trumps of Doom - Roger Zelazny - 22/04
  17. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien - J. R. R. Tolkien - 25/04
  18. Getting Into Character - Brandilyn Collins - 03/05
  19. The Inimitable Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse - 04/05
  20. Thief With No Shadow - Emily Gee - 15/05
  21. Artemis Fowl* - Eoin Colfer - 20/05
  22. Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal - J. K. Rowling - 20/05
  23. Stargate Atlantis: Casualties of War - Elizabeth Christensen - 29/05
  24. Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (audio book)* - J. K. Rowling - 15/06
  25. Science Fiction 101, Short Stories & Essays - Robert Silverberg - 19/06
  26. Journey Into Space - Toby Litt - 20/06
  27. Blood of Amber - Roger Zelazny - 22/06
  28. Sign of Chaos - Roger Zelazny - 23/06
  29. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J. K. Rowling - 23/06
  30. Forbidden Fruit - From the Letters of Abelard & Heloise - 23/06
  31. Dispatches from the Heart: Love Letters from the Front Line - Jamie Amrbose, Editor - 24/06
  32. Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks - 27/06
  33. Nella Last's War - Nella Last - 01/07
  34. Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self - Joseph Galliano - 03/07
  35. On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony - 12/07
  36. Nella Last's Peace - Nella Last - 22/07
  37. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident* - Eoin Colfer - 26/07
  38. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code - Eoin Colfer - 27/07
  39. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception - Eoin Colfer - 29/07
  40. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony - Eoin Colfer - 30/07
  41. Lord Edgware Dies - Agatha Christie - 31/07
  42. The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie - 02/08
  43. Dumb Witness - Agatha Christie - 04/08
  44. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case - Agatha Christie - 04/08
  45. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe - 12/08
  46. For One More Day - Mitch Albom - 13/08
  47. First Law Book 1: The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie - 15/08
  48. Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne - 18/08
  49. The Pocket Power Book of Integrity - Byrd Baggett - 20/08
  50. Zer to Pidha Chhe Jani Jani - Manubhai Pancholi - 22/08
  51. Sleeping Murder- Agatha Christie - 23/08
  52. The Outsider - Albert Camus - 24/08
  53. Love Story - Erich Segal - 24/08
  54. The Hitch-hiker's guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 26/08
  55. The Catcher In the Rye - J. D. Salinger - 31/08
  56. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman - 03/09
  57. N or M? - Agatha Christie - 06/09
  58. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone* - J. K. Rowling - 08/09
  59. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* - J. K. Rowling - 11/09
  60. Tempest - Jamie Debree - 12/09
  61. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* - J. K. Rowling - 15/09
  62. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers - Rennie Browne & Dave King - 18/09
  63. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare - 19/09
  64. How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy* - Orson Scott Card - 20/09
  65. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling - 23/09
  66. Writing the Breakout Novel* - Donald Maass - 25/09
  67. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke - 28/09
  68. Execution Dock - Anne Perry - 01/10
  69. Naked in Death - J. D. Robb - 06/10
  70. The City and the Stars - Arthur C. Clarke - 09/10
  71. The Door Through Space - Marion Zimmer Bradley - 13/10
  72. Damnation Alley - Roger Zelazny - 18/10
  73. Storm Front* - Jim Butcher - 21/10
  74. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams - 24/10
  75. Mahatma nu ardhu ang: Kasturba - Navjeevan Prakashan Mandir - 24/10
  76. Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams - 26/10
  77. Flights of Love - Bernhard Schlink - 29/10
  78. The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester - 05/11
  79. Three Hearts & Three Lions - Poul Anderson - 09/11
  80. Memory in Death - J. D. Robb - 12/11
  81. Princess Diaries Book 1 - Meg Cabot - 15/11
  82. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - 16/11
  83. Buckingham Palace Gardens - Anne Perry - 18/11
  84. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick - 19/11
  85. Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay - 24/11
  86. Superstate - Brian Aldiss - 25/11
  87. The Fountains of Paradise - 29/11
  88. The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton - 04/12
  89. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle - 06/12
  90. Princess Diaries Take Two - Meg Cabot - 07/12
  91. Princess Diaries Third Time Lucky - Meg Cabot - 07/12
  92. The Hours - Michael Cunningham - 10/12
  93. The Road - Cormac McCarthy - 13/12
  94. Before They Are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie - 17/12
  95. Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie - 19/12
  96. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher - 20/12
  97. Princess Diaries Mia Goes Fourth - Meg Cabot - 29/12
  98. Princess Diaries Give Me Five - Meg Cabot - 30/12
  99. Princess Diaries Sixsational - Meg Cabot - 31/12

    * rereads
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    23 comments:

    1. TerryLynnJohnson9 January 2010 at 21:50

      Love your post! I can use this when my man makes his next comment about my own book buying addiction! Awesome. I haven't heard of your book #1, I'll go check it out.

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    2. Dolly10 January 2010 at 00:10

      Thanks for stopping by TerryLynn :) I will be sure to keep an eye on your reading list.

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    3. Jamie D.10 January 2010 at 01:31

      Looks like you're off to a good start...lots of sci-fi in that list. :-) I'll look forward to watching this grow...

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    4. Ann Vevera10 January 2010 at 12:58

      Your reading goal, 75 books, inspired me to make my own goal. Though, I'll have to divide yours with five! I'm a real slowbo. You don't mind if I link this page to my blog --do you?

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    5. Dolly10 January 2010 at 13:29

      Jamie, that was my sci-fi buying whim. I still have to read quite a few of them so hopefully they will be among the 75.

      Ann, glad that this post was help to you. Of course you can link it to your blog. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

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    6. TOM VOWLER10 January 2010 at 14:38

      Hope you enjoy The Book Thief as much a I did.

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    7. Dolly10 January 2010 at 14:41

      Tom,

      I have read it. Totally loved it. Now it's one of my all time favourites. The story is so compelling, and written so beautifully, it's impossible not to be moved by it.

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    8. K M Kelly10 January 2010 at 15:17

      I used to love those Michael Moorcock books!! Takes me right back. :-)

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    9. jonathan pinnock10 January 2010 at 19:04

      Dropped in courtesy of Nicola M's blog party. Nice place you have here :) And I don't feel quite so bad about the slightly smaller pile of books I've got lined up to read now ... (and The Book Thief is fab)

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    10. Elen C10 January 2010 at 20:40

      Hello!
      Also popped in from Nicola's. I couldn't get on very well with the Book Thief, but the Time Traveller's Wife is fab! Have fun with them all!

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    11. Dolly10 January 2010 at 22:21

      Kate, this is the first Moorcock I read. First bit took some time getting into, but then really enjoyed it.

      Jonathan, thanks for stopping by. :-) I love the Book Thief.

      Elen, thanks for stopping by. I loved Time Traveller's Wife too, though must admit, I like The Book Thief more.

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    12. catdownunder10 January 2010 at 23:26

      Prowling in from Nicola's party because I am determined to visit someone who says "Lost Wanderer". Oh my goodness, 75 thick books to get your paws around before the end of the year? Is that why you are lost? Being lost in a good book sounds fun though.

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    13. Dolly10 January 2010 at 23:39

      Catdownunder, Nice of you to stop by here. No..one couldn't be lost because of the books, though perhaps in them. Just lost in a maze of my own mind.

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    14. TerryLynnJohnson27 March 2010 at 14:34

      I've read only two on your list. But great list so far! Keep it up!

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    15. Dolly27 March 2010 at 16:38

      Thanks for your comment Terry - it reminded me to update the list :P

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    16. erica m. chapman24 October 2010 at 21:28

      Woo Hoo!!! Congrats ;o)

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    17. Adam16 November 2010 at 19:54

      Bloody hell! :O

      Adam

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    18. Dolly16 November 2010 at 19:55

      :-) Nice to keep adding things !!

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    19. Adam16 November 2010 at 19:57

      Yer a readin' machine, Dolly! :D

      I'm at 26, and hoping to beat 30 by the end of the year. ;)

      Adam

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    20. Dolly16 November 2010 at 20:00

      Off to checkout your 26 books list :-)

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    21. Nofretiri30 December 2010 at 11:39

      Oh, you haven't added your holiday books yet ... I wonder how close you've gotten to 100 books?!?! I'm too curious to now the final result!

      Well, I decided for my 2011 New Years Resolution to make a book list, too! But not so many books, I start with humble 52 books ... and see how far I can get! ;-)

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    22. Anonymous30 December 2010 at 17:38

      The Book Thief is close to the top of my to-read pile, which has been bulked out by Christmas books. 75 books is very impressive!

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    23. Dolly30 December 2010 at 21:48

      Hierath,

      The Book Thief is fantastic. One of my favourite books now. You must read it :-))

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