Annual book logging

[korafox]

Yesterday was my birthday, so it is once again time to log my annual reading for posterity!  I am happy to have reached a total of 50 books this year, only two of which were re-reads (marked with an asterisk).  Next year I have a specific goal, which is to read all the non-textbooks used by faculty in one of my departments. (i.e., I'm not reading ten different freshman composition textbooks, thank you very much.)  I hope it will be interesting and get me into some areas I don't usually read about (some non-fiction, huzzah!).

The list of books I read this year, behind the cut.  As always, I am happy to take questions or comments about my experience with any of these:

Naomi Alderman, The Power
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
Jane Austen, Emma
Richard Bachman, Thinner
Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias Buckell, The Tangled Lands
Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades
Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Miracles
Fatima Bhutto, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion
Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt
Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric's Demon
Octavia Butler, Clay's Ark*
Octavia Butler, Mind of My Mind
Octavia Butler, Patternmaster
Adrienne Maree Brown & Walidah Imarisha, eds.; Octavia's Brood
Jacqueline Carey, Miranda and Caliban
Samuel R. Delany, The Einstein Intersection
Matthew Desmond, Evicted
Dorothy Gilman, The Tightrope Walker
Mira Grant, Parasite
Mira Grant, Blackout
Mira Grant, Deadline
Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds*
N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky
Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King, Finders Keepers
Stephen King, 11/22/63
Rosemary Kirstein, The Steerswoman
Rosemary Kirstein, The Outskirter's Secret
Rosemary Kirstein, The Lost Steersman
Rosemary Kirstein, The Language of Power
Mary Robinette Kowal, Ghost Talkers
Ann Leckie, Provenance
David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy
Sophie Littlefield, Rebirth
Karen Lord, The Best of All Possible Worlds
Marina Lostetter, Noumenon
Seanan McGuire, Magic for Nothing
Seanan McGuire, Tricks for Free
Alan Neidle, Fables for the Nuclear Age
Nnedi Okorafor, Binti
Daniel Mallory Ortberg, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
Jean Shepherd, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman
Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land
Sheri Tepper, The Visitor

Comments

[cereta]

Have you been watching the Mr. Mercedes TV show? It's actually quite good.

[korafox]

I have not; I don't believe we have the platform that airs on. Plus too many other things to watch. @___@

[cereta]

Well, if you decide you want to, just let me know ;).

[grammarwoman]

A very happy belated birthday to you! Huzzah! :)

[yhlee]

Happy belated birthday!

[korafox]

Thank you! ^__^

[korafox]

Thankies! ^___^

[umadoshi]

Happy belated birthday! And what a great list of books for the past year. ^_^

I'm always interested to hear what people think of Newsflesh.

[korafox]

Thanks! I definitely improved over last year's total.

George and Shaun are awesome--I think I liked the first book best from a plot standpoint and getting George as the POV character, as I like her best. I kinda bounced off the thing wot was revealed towards the middle of the last book, but that is just a personal squick. I kinda suspected it throughout but stuck my fingers in my ears and went lalala. ^^;

[umadoshi]

I kinda bounced off the thing wot was revealed towards the middle of the last book, but that is just a personal squick.

I very much do not share this feeling, but I know you're far from alone, and it's a totally valid response.

[korafox]

Haha, I gathered based on your fic output. :)

(I did actually end up reading the trilogy because of the bits of non-spoilery stuff I saw about it on your journal, so!)

[umadoshi]

Haha, I gathered based on your fic output. :)

La la la!

(I did actually end up reading the trilogy because of the bits of non-spoilery stuff I saw about it on your journal, so!)

Oh, yay! That makes me very happy. ^_^