Reading Between the Lines

[shanmonster]

Because I thought I was getting out of my old habit of reading enough, I started listing the books I've read or currently am reading this year:

1. Abel, Jessica. La Perdida
   
2. Armour, Richard. Twisted tales from Shakespeare
   
3. Banks, Iain. Espedair Street
   
4. Banks, Iain. The Wasp Factory
   
5. Baum, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz
   
6. Boyer, Robert H. & Zahorski, Kenneth J. Dark Imaginings: A Collection of Gothic Fantasy
   
7. Bulgakov, Mikhail. The Master and Margarita (abandoned halfway through)
   
8. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes
   
9. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Return of Tarzan
   
10. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Beasts of Tarzan
    
11. Carey, Gary. Anita Loos
    
12. Chan, Jackie. I Am Jackie Chan : My Life in Action
    
13. Comins, Neil F. What If the Moon Didn't Exist? (unfinished)
    
14. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness
    
15. Dahl, Roald. Boy: Tales of Childhood
    
16. Djoumahna, Kajira. The Tribal Bible, Exploring The Phenomenon That Is American Tribal Style Bellydance
    
17. Donaldson, Stephen R. Lord Foul's Bane
    
18. Donaldson, Stephen R. The Illearth War
    
19. Donaldson, Stephen R. The Power That Preserves
    
20. Donaldson, Stephen R. The Wounded Land
    
21. Donaldson, Stephen R. The One Tree
    
22. Donaldson, Stephen R. White Gold Wielder
    
23. Fraser, George MacDonald. Black Ajax
    
24. Fraser, George MacDonald. Flashman and the Redskins
    
25. Gerrold, David and Niven, Larry. The Flying Sorcerors
    
26. Graham, Harry. Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes and More Ruthless Rhymes
    
27. Humphrey, Doris. The Art of Making Dances
    
28. Huxley, Aldous. Devils of Loudun
    
29. Le Guin, Ursula K. The Word For World is Forest
    
30. London, Jack. The People of the Abyss
    
31. Mackay, Charles. Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
    
32. Marcus, Steven. World of Modern Fiction (unfinished)
    
33. McClellan, Pam. The Organization Map (unfinished)
    
34. McKinley, Robin. The Outlaws of Sherwood
    
35. Mieville, China. King Rat
    
36. Mieville, China. The Scar
    
37. Moore, Christopher. Bloodsucking Fiends
    
38. Morrell, David. First Blood
    
39. Morrow, James. City of Truth
    
40. Morrow, James. The Eternal Footman
    
41. Niven, Larry. Scatterbrain
    
42. Palahniuk, Chuck. Lullaby
    
43. Peake, Mervyn. Gormenghast Trilogy
    
44. Pratchett, Terry. Sourcery
    
45. Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
    
46. Rinella, Jack. Partners in Power: Living in Kinky Relationships
    
47. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    
48. Snickett, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Trouble Begins
    
49. Suskind, Patrick. Perfume : The Story of a Murderer
    
50. Taylor, Theodore. The Cay
    
51. Verne, Jules. Journey to the Centre of the Earth
    
52. Warren, John. The Loving Dominant
    

I may have missed a few. Is there a common theme? I don't know.

In other news, I've been regularly working on my balance by riding my bike without using my hands. Maybe I should skip it and just invest in a unicycle.

Comments

[mightywombat.livejournal.com]

Damn. I keep meaning to do that... Argh. Maybe I should start now.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

What? Ride a unicycle?

[mightywombat.livejournal.com]

Or keep a list of books?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'd say Harry Potter was one of the weakest of the books I've read recently. It was ok, but nothing to write home about.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm curious to see what non-HP books she'll write, if any. She may feel far less pressured with them.

[opts.livejournal.com]

I love Banks' SF stuff. When he writes as Iain M Banks. Do you read those too? I'm thinking that you might, since Niven's on your list as well.

Mervyn Peake and Roald Dahl, aaah that's brilliant stuff ,)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I haven't read anything else by him yet. These are the first books I've ever read by him. I heard good things about his science fiction, though, so I'll probably be reading that, if I see some of it floating around.

[opts.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll like it. I like Banks' SF very much. The Player of Games is said to be a good place to start.

[http://users.livejournal.com/neongrey_/]

Geez. I could never keep track of what I read. How in the world do/did you do it?

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

As I've been reading books, I've been noting them on my website. I'd also been half-heartedly keeping a list. Last night, I decided to update it more rigourously.

[http://users.livejournal.com/neongrey_/]

Duh, right. Totally forgot that part of the sidebar. I don't usually scroll down that far.

Some good reading, that....

[madmcdan.livejournal.com]

Bloodsucking Fiends has one of my absolute favourite lines in it ever. (okay I might be a bit low-brow) "So you really are a vamipre?... that's the coolest thing I've ever heard, let's do it with our shoes off this time!" priceless!

... and I have to comment that even if the Scar wasn't written vy China Mieville, who is just plain *fun* to read, how could Lannie not like a book all about pirates?!?!?

Couldn't get through Peake, my god that man uses a damn lot of words.....

-Mad

Re: Some good reading, that....

[elanya.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it? :o