Obligatory Book List of 2006!
Jan. 1st, 2007 12:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talkstowolvesSadly, this year saw me reading less than the previous year. I would like to say that this is purely because I was writing more, but it was really due to a variety of factors. I've been journaling more, working through some issues, and I've started a job that is quite more time-consuming than my previous one. Enough said.
Still, what I did manage to read:
Tales of the Vampires by Joss Whedon, et al
Tales of the Slayer, Volume 1 by Yvonne Navarro, et al
The Stand by Stephen King
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World by Jan Goodwin
Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Preacher: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis
Raiser of Gales by Hideyuki Kikuchi
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Hellblazer: Original Sins by Jamie Delano
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Helmet of Horror by Victor Pelevin
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (mostly)
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare*
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston*
Books read: 20
*Technically I have a bit left on these books that I've been going through with my classes, but they're finished enough to count as having read in 2006. They're re-reads anyway. The only re-reads for the year, as a matter of fact.
Greatest literary discovery of 2006:
George R. R. Martin. Honestly, I'm sad that I let Robert Jordan ruin me on fantasy epics for so long. This man is a genius, and his series full of political intrigue, hard-nosed realism, subtle mysticism, and engaging plot has gotten me, hook, line, and sinker.
On the docket for 2007:
I'd like to read more classics. I'm also due for a re-read of The Lord of the Rings and probably Dune. I've also got a few books lined up that I've purchased or been given since returning home: Night Watch, Savage Beauty, The Story of O, Kushiel's Scion, etc. And I've got a couple of fairy tale collections that I need to review for GMR. Oh, and then there's Fahrenheit 451 and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for classes.
Currently reading:
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin.
Other than that, I'm open for suggestions. What do you guys think I should read in 2007?
Still, what I did manage to read:
Tales of the Vampires by Joss Whedon, et al
Tales of the Slayer, Volume 1 by Yvonne Navarro, et al
The Stand by Stephen King
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World by Jan Goodwin
Fables, Volume 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Preacher: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis
Raiser of Gales by Hideyuki Kikuchi
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Hellblazer: Original Sins by Jamie Delano
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Helmet of Horror by Victor Pelevin
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (mostly)
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare*
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston*
Books read: 20
*Technically I have a bit left on these books that I've been going through with my classes, but they're finished enough to count as having read in 2006. They're re-reads anyway. The only re-reads for the year, as a matter of fact.
Greatest literary discovery of 2006:
George R. R. Martin. Honestly, I'm sad that I let Robert Jordan ruin me on fantasy epics for so long. This man is a genius, and his series full of political intrigue, hard-nosed realism, subtle mysticism, and engaging plot has gotten me, hook, line, and sinker.
On the docket for 2007:
I'd like to read more classics. I'm also due for a re-read of The Lord of the Rings and probably Dune. I've also got a few books lined up that I've purchased or been given since returning home: Night Watch, Savage Beauty, The Story of O, Kushiel's Scion, etc. And I've got a couple of fairy tale collections that I need to review for GMR. Oh, and then there's Fahrenheit 451 and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for classes.
Currently reading:
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin.
Other than that, I'm open for suggestions. What do you guys think I should read in 2007?