2012 Book List

[bluelph24]

Since no one has this up yet, I'll do the honors :)


2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=665044&viewfull=1#post665044)

1. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-

[Jean]

thank you for starting this thread, bluelph!

[WeDealInLead]

I'm technologically challenged. How do I make a hyperlink with my 2011 list?

[Jean]

click on the number of your post with the newest updated list (the number with the # sign at the top right-hand corner of your post), and copy the address that will appear in the address bar, then paste it where you need it.

[DoctorDodge]

1. The House of Silk (reading)
2. Doctor Who - The Silent Stars Go By (reading)
3. Artemis Fowl (re-reading)

[Ben Staad]

1) Eleven Twenty Three by Jason Hornsby
2) Offline by Kealan Patrick Burke
3) The Last Rakosh by F. Paul Wilson
4) Among the Dead by Timothy Long
5) Survivors by Sophie Littlefield
6) Timber Gray by Ronald Kelly
7) All the Young Warriors by Anthony Neil Smith
8) Seven Stories by Brian James Freeman
9) Harry Truman vs. The Aliens by Emerson Lasalle AKA Victor Gischler
10) Spores by Ian Woodhead
11) Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-

[Merlin1958]

2012 Reading list:

1. Finish "The Strain" books
2. WTTKH
3. Re-read Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
4. Gotta try and finish "Game of Thrones"
5. "Dr. Sleep". I am soooo looking forward to this!!!!
6. Somewhere in this year I hope to read the next "The Passage" book by Mr. Cronin!!!

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz (reading)
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman (reading)
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (re-reading)

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

[WeDealInLead]

2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=659775&viewfull=1#post659775)

Books

Stephen King - Secret Windows
Stephen King - 11/22/63 -reading
Edgar Allan Poe - Eight Tales of Terror - reading

Graphic novels and trade paperbacks

Blood and Water
The Possessed
Hellboy Library Edition 1 - reading

[WeDealInLead]

Damn... how do I rename that link to "2011"?

[Erin]

WeDealInLead,

To make a link "say" what you want it to, when you have the link copied, in a reply box, click on the picture of the small Earth with what looks like a white infinity symbol in front of it. When the box pops up, paste the link into it and hit OK. When the long string of letters and numbers appears, just start entering 2011 (or whatever you want to name the link). It will replace the highlighted area with your new name for it. Then post your reply.

Did that make any sense? :lol:

[Jean]

I have done it now (edited your post) - you can see the code if you click "edit post"

The steps are:

1. You type the text you want to appear (for example, "2011")
2. You copy (CTRL+C) the url you want your link to lead to
2. You highlight the text ("2011") with your mouse
3. Click on the "Insert Link" icon
4. Paste the copied url there (CTRL+V)

ETA: was typing as Erin :rose: was posting... I am sure the directions she gave are better than mine! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif

[WeDealInLead]

Thanks to both y'all.

[CRinVA]

2012 List

In progress or completed:
1. 11/22/63 (hold in your hands book)
2. Dune: House Atreides (audiobook)
3. HG Wells The Time Machine (ebook)

To be read this year:
1. The Wind Through THe Keyhole
2. Dr Sleep!
3. Finish entire Dune series (I recently re-listened to (original) Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune)
4. The Passage - I have started and stopped several times - I vow to re-start and finish this year!
5. IT (I now have It on audio)
6. The Stand audio
7. American Gods - I have always wanted to read this.
8. Dracula (I have the ebook on my iphone actually)

[Darkthoughts]

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett currently reading

[onlylivingboyinny]

2012 Completed:

11/22/63
Locke & Key: Welcome To Lovecraft - Joe Hill
Walking Dead Vol. 15 - Moore/Kirkman

To read:

The Stand
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Sword of Truth Series - Terry Goodkind
A Song of Fire & Ice Series - George R.R. Martin
The Prince of Thieves - Chuck Hogan
Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
& all new King, obviously

[Ricky]

Jean and Erin: thanks for the link instructions. It really helped in the movie thread. :)

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-

[Darkthoughts]

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread) currently reading

[Jean]

Jean and Erin: thanks for the link instructions. It really helped in the movie thread. :)
it was intended

... and yes, we are awesome!

[Darkthoughts]

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale currently reading

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - (currently reading)

[DoctorDodge]

1. The House of Silk
2. Doctor Who - The Silent Stars Go By (reading)
3. Artemis Fowl (re-reading)
4. A Game of Thrones (reading)

[onlylivingboyinny]

Does anyone here have a goodreads.com account? If so, we should amass usernames to easily share our reviews of King & other author's works.

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

[Patrick]

I always want to keep track of this stuff, then I always forget. So I'll just try to read whatever Erin reads and let her remember to write it all down.

Here is my list thus far:

2012 Book List

1. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
2. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
3. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

4. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern [Currently reading]

[Erin]

:lol: Sounds like a plan, copycat.

[Ricky]

2011 List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=665927&viewfull=1#post665927)

2012 List:

1. Legion - William Peter Blatty

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)

[Jean]

1. Black House - SK (5)
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[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Jean, it is because of your opinion on Black House that I decided to go ahead and read it, even though I didn't particularly love The Talisman. I'm glad, because it was infinitely better IMO.

[Merlin1958]

Jean, it is because of your opinion on Black House that I decided to go ahead and read it, even though I didn't particularly love The Talisman. I'm glad, because it was infinitely better IMO.

Oh yeah!!! I liked "Talisman", but BH can barely be called a "sequel" to me. It's a novel unto itself except for the character of Jack Sawyer. Plus, I liked BH 10x more than Talisman.

Good call!!!

[Jean]

: happy bear :

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Vol. 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope

[DoctorDodge]

1. The House of Silk
2. Doctor Who - The Silent Stars Go By (reading)
3. Artemis Fowl (re-reading)
4. A Game of Thrones (reading)
5. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (reading)

Nice to have a short story collection in the mix. The main novel I'm focused on atm is GoT, which I'm really enjoying, but it's nice to have the occasional break from such an EPIC fantasy and read a quick 30 page Sherlock Holmes story from time to time.

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman (reading)
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (re-reading)
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

I found a .pdf file of Catching Fire on my computer today...and I accidentally read all of it :lol:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)

[Patrick]

2012 Book List

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins
3. MOCKINGJAY, by Suzanne Collins

4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern :thumbsup:

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Vol. 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini

[CyberGhostface]

Probably missing some stuff...

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=475231&viewfull=1#post475231)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=586303&viewfull=1#post586303)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657224&viewfull=1#post657224)

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. The Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

[Patrick]

2012 Book List

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins
3. MOCKINGJAY, by Suzanne Collins

4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern :thumbsup:
5. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, by Mark Haddon
6. BEATRICE & VIRGIL, by Yann Martel

7. ROADWORK, by Richard Bachman (currently reading)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)

[Darkthoughts]

3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)
I LOVED that book!!! Are you enjoying it?

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale
5. The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken (reread)
6. IQ84 ~ Haruki Murakami currently reading

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)

[Patrick]

2012 Book List

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins
3. MOCKINGJAY, by Suzanne Collins

4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern :thumbsup:
5. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, by Mark Haddon
6. BEATRICE & VIRGIL, by Yann Martel

7. ROADWORK, by Richard Bachman
8. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Vol. 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman

[Bethany]

I've never done this before. Let's see what comes of it.

2012 Books
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
World War Z
The Family by Mario Puzo
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Dragonflight by Anne Mahaffey

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini

*edit* The obsessive compulsive part of me likes that my book titles go in descending order from longest to shortest at the moment.

[Bethany]

2012 Books
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
World War Z
The Family by Mario Puzo
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Storm Front by Jim Butcher

[Jean]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini

*edit* The obsessive compulsive part of me likes that my book titles go in descending order from longest to shortest at the moment.

also recommended:

Popsy
1922
Run
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[Erin]

:lol:

I :wub: you, Jean.

[Jean]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Messages/snuggleupbear.gif

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)
4. ???



3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (currently reading)
I LOVED that book!!! Are you enjoying it?


It was a fun read! Not perfect by any means, but very entertaining. :)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)

[CyberGhostface]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=475231&viewfull=1#post475231)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=586303&viewfull=1#post586303)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657224&viewfull=1#post657224)

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. The Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
6. Books of Blood v.1 by Clive Barker

[Thorin Oakenshield]

2012 Completed:
11/22/63 by SK
The Sister Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Blockade Billy by SK
The Gunslinger by SK
The Drawing of the Three by SK
The Wastelands by SK
Wizard and Glass by SK
World War Z by Max Brooks

In Progress:
Wolves of the Calla by SK

Upcoming:
Song of Susannah by SK
The Dark Tower by SK
The Wind Through the Keyhole by SK
Dr. Sleep by SK
The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo

The list will keep on growing no doubt about it.

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)

[Ricky]

2011 List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=665927&viewfull=1#post665927)

2012 List:

1. Legion - William Peter Blatty
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
3. How I Got This Way - Regis Philbin
4. The Lorax - Dr. Seuss

[Darkthoughts]

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale
5. The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken (reread)
6. IQ84 ~ Haruki Murakami currently reading
7. Explosive Eighteen ~ Janet Evanovich
8. The Fry Chronicles ~ Stephen Fry

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
4. The Giver - Lois Lowry (currently reading)

[Bethany]

How are you liking The Giver? Annabeth wants me to read it, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

[Patrick]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini

*edit* The obsessive compulsive part of me likes that my book titles go in descending order from longest to shortest at the moment.

also recommended:

Popsy
1922
Run
UR
N

:rofl:

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished

[becca69]

Does anyone here have a goodreads.com account? If so, we should amass usernames to easily share our reviews of King & other author's works.

i do. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2514208

you should start a goodreads group for us ;)

[becca69]

2012 Book List

1. Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)

Reading:
1. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore

To Read:
1. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (re-reading)
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub (currently reading)

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished

[Brice]

Strangely, I don't believe I've read a single book yet this year.

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
6. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini

[Erin]

Strangely, I don't believe I've read a single book yet this year.

*gasp* What's up with that, Brice?

[Brice]

Giving y'all a head start. :P







No, seriously...I don't know. I just haven't been able to get into anything. Also I've had some pretty bad bouts of migraines lately.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Wow, feast or famanine eh Brice?

[Brice]

It looks that way. :( I want to read; I just can't.

[Erin]

Awww, I'm sorry to hear that, Brice. *hugs* I hope the migranes slow down.

[fernandito]

No, seriously...I don't know. I just haven't been able to get into anything. Also I've had some pretty bad bouts of migraines lately.

Do you use glasses ?

[Brice]

No, I am supposed to though. I haven't worn glasses in years.

Erin, actually they got significantly worse today. I slipped on a towel someone left on the bathroom floor and smacked my head on the bathroom sink. Fifteen minutes later I almost fell out of a chair I was just sitting in. I've had crazy fuckin' headaches all day....not to mention pain in my right shoulder, back, and right hip joint.

[fernandito]

No, I am supposed to though. I haven't worn glasses in years.


There's your problem. Reading without glasses when you're supposed to be using them is a surefire way to get migraines. Especially if you read at night in artificial lighting. I used to get migraines all the time, not using my glasses even though I was supposed to, and when I finally started using them again (two subscriptions later [/irresponsible]) the migraines ceeased.

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher

[Brice]

No, I am supposed to though. I haven't worn glasses in years.


There's your problem. Reading without glasses when you're supposed to be using them is a surefire way to get migraines. Especially if you read at night in artificial lighting. I used to get migraines all the time, not using my glasses even though I was supposed to, and when I finally started using them again (two subscriptions later [/irresponsible]) the migraines ceeased.

Perhaps you're right. I am prone to severe migraines anyhow though. As I recall they were worse when I wore them regularly. Still I have thought about getting them again.

[Mattrick]

2012


The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Under The Dome by Stephen King
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
4. The Giver - Lois Lowry
5. Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger (currently reading)

[Mattrick]

Shadows of the Empire was a fun book. Best Star Wars book I'd ever read, followed by Dark Apprentice.

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (re-reading)
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub (currently reading)
8. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (currently reading)

[Jean]

2008 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?1772-2008-Book-List&p=314038#post314038), 2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=468695#post468695), 2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=566941&viewfull=1#post566941), 2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657625&viewfull=1#post657625)

In English:

1. Stephen King. Nightmares and Dreamscapes (reread)
2. Stephen King. 11/22/63. - Novel
3. Stephen King. Sun Dog. - Novelette (reread)
4. Dean Koontz. Dark Rivers of the Heart. - Novel

In Russian:

1. Татьяна Устинова. С небес на землю. - Novel
2. Татьяна Устинова. Неразрезанные страницы. -Novel
3. Александра Маринина. Смерть как искусство: Маски. -Novel (vol.1)
4. Александра Маринина. Бой тигров в долине. - Novel (vol.1)
5. Татьяна Устинова. Колодец забытых желаний. - Novel

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

[CyberGhostface]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=475231&viewfull=1#post475231)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=586303&viewfull=1#post586303)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657224&viewfull=1#post657224)

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. The Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
6. Books of Blood v.1 by Clive Barker
7. Books of Blood v.2 by Clive Barker
8. Books of Blood v.3 by Clive Barker
9. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (currently reading)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread) its a childrens book, but I came across it the other day and remembered liking it when I was a kid, so I had to reread it as an adult. If you have a 4th to 6th grader at home, I would highly recommend it.

[Darkthoughts]

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale
5. The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken (reread)
6. 1Q84 (Book One & Two) ~ Haruki Murakami
7. Explosive Eighteen ~ Janet Evanovich
8. The Fry Chronicles ~ Stephen Fry
9. 1Q84 (Book Three) ~ Haruki Murakami currently reading

[Mattrick]

2012


The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Under The Dome by Stephen King
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Lesson of the Mster by Henry James
Candide by Voltaire

[mae]

Strangely, I don't believe I've read a single book yet this year.

I've read a couple, but it pains me to read these lists where people seem to devour books one after another.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Its funny how the person responsible for my inspiration to read more this year hasnt read a single book.

[Jean]

2008 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?1772-2008-Book-List&p=314038#post314038), 2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=468695#post468695), 2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=566941&viewfull=1#post566941), 2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657625&viewfull=1#post657625)

In English:

1. Stephen King. Nightmares and Dreamscapes (reread)
2. Stephen King. 11/22/63. - Novel
3. Stephen King. Sun Dog. - Novelette (reread)
4. Dean Koontz. Dark Rivers of the Heart. - Novel

In Russian:

1. Татьяна Устинова. С небес на землю. - Novel
2. Татьяна Устинова. Неразрезанные страницы. -Novel
3. Александра Маринина. Смерть как искусство: Маски. -Novel (vol.1)
4. Александра Маринина. Бой тигров в долине. - Novel (vol.1)
5. Татьяна Устинова. Колодец забытых желаний. - Novel
6. Алина Знаменская. Свидетельница. - Novel
7. Татьяна Устинова. Хроника гнусных времен. - Novel (reread)

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

[Mattrick]

2012


The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Under The Dome by Stephen King
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Lesson of the Master by Henry James
Candide by Voltaire
Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Bethany, did you quit your job? You're on quite a roll this year.

[Bethany]

Bethany, did you quit your job? You're on quite a roll this year.

So many books, so little time :panic:
I have a lot to make up for. I went 5 months without reading anything at all last year after Ricky broke my spirit with Winter's Bone.

[Brice]

Strangely, I don't believe I've read a single book yet this year.

I've read a couple, but it pains me to read these lists where people seem to devour books one after another.

Usually I have ten to twenty going at once. I got just under a hundred books last year. I haven't gotten five pages into a single book this year. That's not even a complete short story in most cases. :(

[Brice]

Its funny how the person responsible for my inspiration to read more this year hasnt read a single book.

Me?

[Ricky]

I went 5 months without reading anything at all last year after Ricky broke my spirit with Winter's Bone.

HA! :rofl:

And has it already been a year? Jeeze.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Yeah Brice....You WERE my inspiration to read more. GET SOME GLASSES!!!

[Brice]

I should, but I really don't think that's the problem. It's nice to know I helped motivate you to read more. :)

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
6. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
7. Inheritance - Christopher Paolini

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub
8. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (currently reading)
9. The Krytos Trap - Michael A. Stackpole

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
4. The Giver - Lois Lowry
5. Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger (currently reading)
6. Akira Vol. 1 - Katsuhiro Otomo (currently reading)
7. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (currently reading)

[Ricky]

You haven't had the desire to go on to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, feev?

[Garrell]

2011 Read List
Walking Dead Comic 1-78 - Robert Kirkman
Wolves Of The Calla - Stephen King
Song of Susannah - Stephen King
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
11/22/63 - Stephen King

2012
Horns - Joe Hill
Duma Key - Stephen King
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin (currently reading)

[Erin]

Awww yeah. I'm digging all the A Song of Ice and Fire love going on here recently.

[fernandito]

You haven't had the desire to go on to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, feev?

Not yet, I generally like to take breaks between series-books. I'm definitely going to read it sometime this year though. Curious to see how it all wraps up !

[Ricky]

Gotcha. :thumbsup:

[Patrick]

You haven't had the desire to go on to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, feev?

Not yet, I generally like to take breaks between series-books. I'm definitely going to read it sometime this year though. Curious to see how it all wraps up !
I hear you on that, Feev. I'm the same way.

[Patrick]

2012 Book List

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins
3. MOCKINGJAY, by Suzanne Collins

4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern
5. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, by Mark Haddon
6. BEATRICE & VIRGIL, by Yann Martel

7. ROADWORK, by Richard Bachman
8. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey
9. IT, by Stephen King

10. A GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1), by George R.R. Martin (currently reading)

[Darkthoughts]

4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
6. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
7. Inheritance - Christopher Paolini

How did you find these, Erin? A friend of mine raved about Brisingr, but I haven't read any of his books yet.

[becca69]

Awww yeah. I'm digging all the A Song of Ice and Fire love going on here recently.

I'm wondering why there isn't a dedicated collecting thread for GRRM (or am I missing something)?

[Brice]

I don't think there is a collecting thread for him yet.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)

[Erin]

4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
6. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
7. Inheritance - Christopher Paolini

How did you find these, Erin? A friend of mine raved about Brisingr, but I haven't read any of his books yet.

The first book was just alright to me. However, I got really sucked into Eldest and Brisingr and thought they were awesome. The 4th book is pretty great as well, but I was very disappointed with the ending.

Overall though, they were very enjoyable books, even if they can be a bit formulaic at times. It's a very expansive world and I really enjoyed the history of the Dragon Riders and the dwarves that Paolini creates. I'd recommend them to anyone, but it's obvious that they are targeted towards a more PG-13, young adult crowd.

[Darkthoughts]

Cool, that was exactly what I wanted to know! :D

My "to read" pile is huge so I've banned myself from buying anything new...but there's always the library...

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher

[Brice]

Still no books. I just read my first short story of the year.

[Garrell]

bethany reads faster than I can look, wow...

[Mattrick]

How was Weaveworld Bethany? It's own I've owned for a long time but never got around to reading.

[Jean]

2008 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?1772-2008-Book-List&p=314038#post314038), 2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=468695#post468695), 2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=566941&viewfull=1#post566941), 2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657625&viewfull=1#post657625)

In English:

1. Stephen King. Nightmares and Dreamscapes (reread)
2. Stephen King. 11/22/63. - Novel
3. Stephen King. Sun Dog. - Novelette (reread)
4. Dean Koontz. Dark Rivers of the Heart. - Novel
5. Stephen King. Just After Sunset. - Short stories (selective reread)
6. Stephen King. Pet Sematary. - Novel (reread)

In Russian:

1. Татьяна Устинова. С небес на землю. - Novel
2. Татьяна Устинова. Неразрезанные страницы. -Novel
3. Александра Маринина. Смерть как искусство: Маски. -Novel (vol.1)
4. Александра Маринина. Бой тигров в долине. - Novel (vol.1)
5. Татьяна Устинова. Колодец забытых желаний. - Novel
6. Алина Знаменская. Свидетельница. - Novel
7. Татьяна Устинова. Хроника гнусных времен. - Novel (reread)
8. Татьяна Устинова. Подруга особого назначения. - Novel

[Bethany]

How was Weaveworld Bethany? It's own I've owned for a long time but never got around to reading.

I really like it, Matt. This is actually my second copy of the book since my first was read to tatters.

[fernandito]

Still no books. I just read my first short story of the year.

wtf ? no, I refuse to accept this. you should have 40 books read by now. unacceptable.

[Erin]

Brice is waiting until August to start and he will still beat all of us with 120 books.

[Brice]

I was gonna' start in december. :P

Ferny: It was a good story though...ten whole pages of stephen king awesomeness. :D

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher
20. Small Favor by Jim Butcher

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
4. The Giver - Lois Lowry
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Akira Vol. 1 - Katsuhiro Otomo
7. Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger (currently reading)

[Brice]

Head start is over now, friends. You had three plus months. I'll be coming after y'all. :emot-cthulhu:

[fernandito]

... we're f*cked :lol:

[Brice]

pretty much! ;)

[Bethany]

Oh yeah?

[Brice]

Do you need a few more months, B? I could wait.

[Jean]

Head start is over now, friends. You had three plus months. I'll be coming after y'all. :emot-cthulhu:
I'd rather you posted more. I remember last year too vividly. The only thing you posted was the booklist. How the hell am I supposed to paste "What Brice said" under a motherfucking booklist?

[DoctorDodge]

Head start is over now, friends. You had three plus months. I'll be coming after y'all. :emot-cthulhu:
I'd rather you posted more. I remember last year too vividly. The only thing you posted was the booklist. How the hell am I supposed to paste "What Brice said" under a motherfucking booklist?

:rofl:

[Brice]

Read the same books? :lol:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Glad to see you back Brice, I withdraw the birthday card jab.

[Brice]

Oh, I actually literally laughed out loud.

[Empath of the White]

2012 List

1. The Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd
2. The Grave Thief by Tom Lloyd
3. The Ragged Man by Tom Lloyd
4. The Dusk Watchman by Tom Lloyd
5. The Wind Through the Key Hole by Stephen King
6. Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore
7. The Masked Witches by Richard Lee Byers
8. Berserk Volumes 15-whatever I can afford by Kentaro Miura(No one carries it locally, so I binge buy em when I'm in Baton Rouge).
9. The Cornelius Quartet by Michael Moorcock

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher
20. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
21. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher
20. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
21. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
22. Changes by Jim Butcher

[Darkthoughts]

2008 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=303151&postcount=458)
2009 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=473037&postcount=513)
2010 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=581216&viewfull=1#post581216)
2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=662678&viewfull=1#post662678)

1. Snuff ~ Terry Pratchett
2. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ~ Mark Haddon (reread)
3. Mary Poppins ~ P L Travers (reread)
4. The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher - or - The Murder At The Road Hill House ~ Kate Summerscale
5. The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase ~ Joan Aiken (reread)
6. 1Q84 (Book One & Two) ~ Haruki Murakami
7. Explosive Eighteen ~ Janet Evanovich
8. The Fry Chronicles ~ Stephen Fry
9. 1Q84 (Book Three) ~ Haruki Murakami
10. The Earthsea Quartet ~ Ursula Le Guinn currently reading

[fernandito]

Bethany - have you read Imajica by Barker ?

[Bethany]

I have not. Should I?

[fernandito]

Yes. I love those books. It's very Dark Tower esque, but on a somewhat smaller scale. It has all of the quintessential Barker tropes; plenty of other worldly creatures and inter dimensional travel. It's only two volumes so you should be able to get through it relatively quickly.

[Darkthoughts]

I tried really hard with Barker, but I just could not get into him. The Great and Secret Show, Imajica and Weaveworld - only managed a couple of chapters of each. I kept going back to it because you (Feev) and Erin really rated them, but...I dunno, to me it seemed like he rambled too much and never got to the point.

[Jean]

I tried really hard with Barker, but I just could not get into him. The Great and Secret Show, Imajica and Weaveworld - only managed a couple of chapters of each. I kept going back to it because you (Feev) and Erin really rated them, but...I dunno, to me it seemed like he rambled too much and never got to the point.Yes. And - you don't know it yet, but when he does get to the point, he pumps it dry and then rambles on forever.

[Jean]

2008 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?1772-2008-Book-List&p=314038#post314038), 2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=468695#post468695), 2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=566941&viewfull=1#post566941), 2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657625&viewfull=1#post657625)

In English:

1. Stephen King. Nightmares and Dreamscapes (reread)
2. Stephen King. 11/22/63. - Novel
3. Stephen King. Sun Dog. - Novelette (reread)
4. Dean Koontz. Dark Rivers of the Heart. - Novel
5. Stephen King. Just After Sunset. - Short stories (selective reread)
6. Stephen King. Pet Sematary. - Novel (reread)

In Russian:

1. Татьяна Устинова. С небес на землю. - Novel
2. Татьяна Устинова. Неразрезанные страницы. -Novel
3. Александра Маринина. Смерть как искусство: Маски. -Novel (vol.1)
4. Александра Маринина. Бой тигров в долине. - Novel (vol.1)
5. Татьяна Устинова. Колодец забытых желаний. - Novel
6. Алина Знаменская. Свидетельница. - Novel
7. Татьяна Устинова. Хроника гнусных времен. - Novel (reread)
8. Татьяна Устинова. Подруга особого назначения. - Novel
9. Татьяна Устинова. Пороки и их поклонники. - Novel

[Darkthoughts]

:lol: Jean, you're like my Knight of Anti Tedium!

[Jean]

à votre service

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2uxi1Nwv61qzsuffo1_400.jpg

[DoctorDodge]

Is that a Star Wars reference I see before me, Jean? Surely not!

[Jean]

No.

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher
20. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
21. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
22. Changes by Jim Butcher
23. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

:lol: Done with Dresden, now I can branch out some.

[Brice]

I tried really hard with Barker, but I just could not get into him. The Great and Secret Show, Imajica and Weaveworld - only managed a couple of chapters of each. I kept going back to it because you (Feev) and Erin really rated them, but...I dunno, to me it seemed like he rambled too much and never got to the point.Yes. And - you don't know it yet, but when he does get to the point, he pumps it dry and then rambles on forever.


I love Barker but he does tend to ramble and be in need of some serious editing in some of his novels. Have you read his short stories?

[Jean]

I was, actually, talking about short stories. I dread to think how long the long ones might be.

[Brice]

:cry: Barker is one of brices favorite writers. It makes us sad to think bears can't enjoy his stories.

[Jean]

bears liked one or two. Bears sincerely wish they liked more.

[DoctorDodge]

:cry: Barker is one of brices favorite writers. It makes us sad to think bears can't enjoy his stories.

Something that bears and Brice disagree on? :o Say it ain't so! (On the plus side, this does make me feel a lot less of a freak for really not enjoying Carnivale much.)

[Brice]

Oh, now you are just trying to make me cry. <_<

[Darkthoughts]

:lol: No Bricey, I haven't tried the short stories.

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub
8. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (currently reading)
9. The Krytos Trap - Michael A. Stackpole
10. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

[Darkthoughts]

Whoa, that's uncanny! I was just skimming through Neverwhere an hour or so ago as research for an art project!

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)

[Darkthoughts]

I loved All The Pretty Horses too, admittedly it took me a little while to get in to it, but I'm glad I stuck with it.

[Erin]

I tried really hard with Barker, but I just could not get into him. The Great and Secret Show, Imajica and Weaveworld - only managed a couple of chapters of each. I kept going back to it because you (Feev) and Erin really rated them, but...I dunno, to me it seemed like he rambled too much and never got to the point.

:lol: He does tend to ramble, doesn't he? For a really awesome, quick, non-rambly Barker read, try The Thief of Always, his "kid" book. It's soooo good and a lot different from his other stuff, I think.

[Darkthoughts]

Perfect! But I do kind of think to myself, if I can read GRRM I must be able to get through Barker! :D

[fernandito]

In true Barker manner, I'm sure we've gone over this a hundred times Erin, but I really need to read Thief of Always :lol:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I'm trying to find a copy of The Crossing, but no luck so far.

[Darkthoughts]

Have you checked Amazon? I get loads of books second hand off there, out of print ones too - even with shipping it's usually cheaper than the book shop.

[Brice]

:lol: No Bricey, I haven't tried the short stories.

Well, do so. :)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)

[mae]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)

Just started this. Very beautiful language, but very unorthodox.

[becca69]

2012 Book List

1. Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)
14. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)
15. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (read)
16. The Ice Dragon - GRRM (read)
17. Off Season - Jack Ketchum (read)

Reading:
1. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15.The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16.Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

[WeDealInLead]

I've been keeping busy:

Books:

January: 6

Stephen King - Secret Windows
Stephen King - 11/23/63
John Brunner - The Sheep Look Up
Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan - The Night Eternal
Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn
Lucius Shepherd - Vacancy & Ariel

February: 8

Stephen King - Lisey's Story
Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion
Justin Cronin - The Passage
Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore - The Children of the New Disorder
Roger Zelazny - Dark Travelling
Gene Wolfe - Stories from the Old Hotel
Feast of Fear, Conversations with Stephen King
Horror Drive-In Presents...


March: 13

Tim Lebbon & Jack Ketchum - Absinthe
Robert J. Wiersema- World More Full of Weeping
Tim Lebbon - The Fire Wolves
Christopher Golden - The Secret Backs of Things
Stephen King - Black House
Stephen King - Dreamcatcher
Stephen King - Bag of Bones
Tom Piccirilli - Night Class
Robert Silverberg - The Alien Years
Tim Curran - The Underdwelling
Arthur C. Clarke - Space Odyssey 2001
James Newman - Olden
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream...


April: 12

Stephen King - Gerald's Game
Stephen King - The Wind..
Tim Lebbon and others - In That Quiet Earth
Ronald Malfi - Skullbelly
Dean Koontz - 77 Shadow Street
Dan Simmons - Children of the Night
Carlos Ruis Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind
Joe Lansdale - Edge of Dark Water
Tony Burgess - People Live Still In Cashtown Corners
John Scalzi, Jay Lake and other - Metatropolis
Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg - Nightfall
William Ollie - The Mountain

May:

Suzane Collins - The Hunger Games
Robert McCammon - Swan Song
Tim Lebbon - Cabin in the Woods
John Urbancik - Shadows, Legends and Secrets
Bentley Little - The Mailman
Gene O'Neil - Rusting Chickens




Graphic novels and TPBs:

January: 7

Mike Mignola - Hellboy Library Edition 1
Warren Ellis - Absolute Planetary 1 & 2
Jeff Lemire - Sweet Tooth 4
Star Wars Legacy 11: War
Judd Winick - Blood & Water
Ed Brudabeker - The Possessed

February: 2

Garth Ennis - Dan Dare omnibus
Alex Ross etc. - Project Superpowers vol. 2

March: 6

Neil Gaiman - Absolute Sandman 4
Alan Moore - Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths
Garth Ennis - Chronicles of Wormwood
Alex Ross etc - Project Superpowers 2, chapter 2
Brian Wood - DMZ 11. Free States Rising
Brian Wood - Northlanders 6. Thor's Daughter

April: 6

Alex Ross - Masquerade
Howard Chaykin - Barnum
F. Paul Wilson - The Keep
Jeff Lemire - Essex County
Mike Mignola - Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 2
Bill Willingham - Fables Deluxe Edition Book Four

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)
13. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (4)

[becca69]

Book List

1. Damed - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)
14. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)
15. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (read)
16. The Ice Dragon - GRRM (read)
17. Off Season - Jack Ketchum (read)
18. Offspring - Jack Ketchum (read)

Reading:
1. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)
13. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (4)
14. The Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (4)

[WeDealInLead]

Book List

1. Damed - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)
14. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)
15. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (read)
16. The Ice Dragon - GRRM (read)
17. Off Season - Jack Ketchum (read)
18. Offspring - Jack Ketchum (read)

Reading:
1. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore

What did you think of Hyperion? I thought it was above average science fiction. It's basically a 500+ page prologue to the second book.

You know where things really get going? In Fall of Hyperion, in a big way. It's massive in scope and the themes and characters are bigger than life. I listened to Hyperion on CD unabridged and it's read by multiple actors, it's absolutely brilliant. Fall of Hyperion is read only by one person but again, very impressive.

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher
20. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
21. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
22. Changes by Jim Butcher
23. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
24. The Wind Through The Keyhole by I forget who :P

[becca69]

What did you think of Hyperion? I thought it was above average science fiction. It's basically a 500+ page prologue to the second book.

You know where things really get going? In Fall of Hyperion, in a big way. It's massive in scope and the themes and characters are bigger than life. I listened to Hyperion on CD unabridged and it's read by multiple actors, it's absolutely brilliant. Fall of Hyperion is read only by one person but again, very impressive.

I loved it actually. Couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed the characters different background stories with Hyperion and how they all came together. I just wasn't expecting it to end the way it did (or I guess didn't end) although I liked the Wizard of Oz bit. I really need to get the next one soon. I haven't had luck with audio books. I just can't focus for some reason.

[LostAlivE]

Has anyone read this I am going to be getting a S/L of it when it comes out. Can anyone tell me anything about it.
Weaveworld by Clive Barker

[Bethany]

Has anyone read this I am going to be getting a S/L of it when it comes out. Can anyone tell me anything about it.
Weaveworld by Clive Barker

I love it. It's a little hard to get in at first but I find the story very engaging.

[becca69]

I've been trying to decide whether to get the Weaveworld S/L or not. I haven't read the story but it looks interesting. Maybe i'll get the trade edition. It's reasonably priced.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)
13. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (4)
14. The Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (4)
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson (5)

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-5/11
18. AM/PM – Amelia Gray – 5/11-5/12
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King - 5/12-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15. The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16. Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

Comics Read on Top of Books
01. Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughn

Fact'ry Read'n
01. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett – 5/7-5/10
02. Night Flight – Antoine de Saint Exupery – 5/10-5/11

[WeDealInLead]

What did you think of Hyperion? I thought it was above average science fiction. It's basically a 500+ page prologue to the second book.

You know where things really get going? In Fall of Hyperion, in a big way. It's massive in scope and the themes and characters are bigger than life. I listened to Hyperion on CD unabridged and it's read by multiple actors, it's absolutely brilliant. Fall of Hyperion is read only by one person but again, very impressive.

I loved it actually. Couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed the characters different background stories with Hyperion and how they all came together. I just wasn't expecting it to end the way it did (or I guess didn't end) although I liked the Wizard of Oz bit. I really need to get the next one soon. I haven't had luck with audio books. I just can't focus for some reason.

I know some folks try to have the audiobooks as a background while they're doing something else. It doesn't work that way, that's like trying to read a book while doing dishes. I listen to audiobooks either in a car on my way to work or I'll set aside an hour and just lie down on the couch to listen to it. You probably could get away listening to Dan Brown or similar beach reading but someone as King and Simmons demand full attention.


Back on topic, here's my list for May, to be added to the full list later:

Suzane Collins - The Hunger Games
Robert McCammon - Swan Song
Tim Lebbon - Cabin in the Woods
John Urbancik - Shadows, Legends and Secrets

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub
8. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
9. The Krytos Trap - Michael A. Stackpole
10. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
11. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King
12. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
13. The Gunslinger - Stephen King

[Ricky]

I can't believe I haven't posted in here for 2 months. Now that I'm out of school, I can read again! :excited: :lol:

2011 List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=665927&viewfull=1#post665927)

2012 List:

1. Legion - William Peter Blatty
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
3. How I Got This Way - Regis Philbin
4. The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
5. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
6. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen king
7. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (currently reading)

[stkmw02]

I'm having such a fun time reading through your book lists! Do any of you have shelfari accounts?? Look me up under the same name I have here!

[Jean]

I'm having such a fun time reading through your book lists! post your own :rose:

[stkmw02]

2012 Reading List:
January/February
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (read/review/author meet)
I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak (read)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon (read)
Various text books...

March
Encyclopedia of the End - Deborah Noyes (read)
Animals Make Us Human - Temple Grandin (read)
Confessions of an Alien Hunter - Seth Shostak (read/skimmed)
Briar Rose - Jane Yolen (read)
The Burn Journals - Brent Runyon (read)
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (read/teach)
When Jeff Comes Homes - Catherine Atkins (read)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (re-read)
Various text books...

April
Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry (re-read)
Will You Still Love Me? - Carol Roth (read/review)
What Am I? - Anne Lewis (read/review)
Bambino - P. I. Maltbie (read/review/teach)
Boy, Bird, and Dog - David McPhail (read/review)
Videogames: In the Beginning - Ralph Baer (read/referenced)
The Perfect Game - Time Balderramos (referenced)
Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records - Walter Day (referenced)
The Ultimate History of Video Games - Steve Kent (referenced)

May
Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies - Joe Garner (read)
Walt Disney - Neal Gabler (referenced)
The Disney Films - Leonard Maltin (referenced)
The Art of Video Games - Chris Melissinos (referenced)
Messenger - Lois Lowry (re-read)
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book - Anita Silvey (read)
Poems of New York - Everyman's Pocket Library (read)
Classic Novels - Simon Mason (read)
Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories - Audrey Penn (read)
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? - Mo Willems (read)
Sasquatch - Rupert Matthews (read)
Atonement - Ian McEwan (read)
Language Maven Strikes Again - William Safire (read)
The Composers: A Hystery of Music - Kevin Reeves (read)
The Lost World - Michael Crichton (re-read)
The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton (re-read)
The Buddy Files: The Case of the School Ghost - Dori Butler (read/reviewed)
The Talisman Volume 1: The Road of Trials - Robin Furth, Stephen King, Peter Straub (read)
The Stand: Captain Trips (read)
The Stand: American Nightmares (read)
Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich (read)
The Complete History of Return of the Living Dead - Christian Sellers (read)
Empty Arms - Erika Liodice (read/reviewed)
Correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald (read)
Book Lust - Nancy Pearl (read)

June
Pirates: The Ring of Hope - Daryl Cobb (read/reviewed/teach)
The Stand: Soul Survivors (read)
The Stand: Hardcases (read)
The Stand: No Man's Land (read)
The Stand: The Night Has Come (read)
The Haunted Bookshop - Christopher Morley (read)
Skeletons in the Closet - Elizabeth Linington (read)
The Nightbreed Chronicles - Clive Barker (read)

July
The Reading Promise - Alice Ozma (read)
Dewey - Vicki Myron (read)
Dewey's Nine Lives - Vicki Myron (read)

The Wind Through the Keyhole - King (reading)
The Complete Idiot's Guide: Massage - Victoria Stone (referencing)
Flat Belly Diet! - Liz Vaccariello (skimming)
The Mommy Diet - Alison Sweeney (pre-reading)

Plan to Read
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (teach)
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins (teach)
Portrait of a Killer - Patricia Cornwell
Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden
The Family Fang - Kevin Wilson
Fangoria: Masters of the Dark - Tony Timpone
11/22/63 - King
The Terminal Man - Michael Crichton (re-read)
Disclosure - Michael Crichton
What to Expect When You're Expecting - Arlene Eisenberg (when needed ;) )
From the Dust Returned - Ray Bradbury
Sunset and Sawdust - Joe Lansdale
So Glad We Waited - Lois Nachamie
Babyhood - Paul Reiser (need to buy)

- when I finish this list, I will have read every book currently in my collection (890 of them) plus two ebooks on my iPad and one newly purchased book... not to mention whatever other books fall into my hands. One of my new years resolutions is to be sure I have read every book I own, since I accumulated a lot in 2011.

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-5/11
18. AM/PM – Amelia Gray – 5/11-5/12
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King - 5/12-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15. The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16. Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

Comics Read on Top of Books
01. Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughn

Fact'ry Read'n
01. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett – 5/7-5/10
02. Night Flight – Antoine de Saint Exupery – 5/10-5/11
03. The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett - 5/14-

[CyberGhostface]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=475231&viewfull=1#post475231)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=586303&viewfull=1#post586303)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657224&viewfull=1#post657224)

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. The Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
6. Books of Blood v.1 by Clive Barker
7. Books of Blood v.2 by Clive Barker
8. Books of Blood v.3 by Clive Barker
9. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
10. The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

[becca69]

Book List 2012

1. Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)
14. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)
15. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (read)
16. The Ice Dragon - GRRM (read)
17. Off Season - Jack Ketchum (read)
18. Offspring - Jack Ketchum (read)
19. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore (read)

[Patrick]

Impressive list, stkmw02, and quite a goal!



2012 Book List

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins
2. CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins
3. MOCKINGJAY, by Suzanne Collins

4. THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern
5. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, by Mark Haddon
6. BEATRICE & VIRGIL, by Yann Martel

7. ROADWORK, by Richard Bachman
8. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey
9. IT, by Stephen King

10. BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS, by Anne Tyler snore
11. A GAME OF THRONES (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1), by George R.R. Martin
12. A CLASH OF KINGS (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2), by George R.R. Martin

13. THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, by Stephen King (currently reading)

After this, I think I'll read BLOCKADE BILLY by SK. Then I'll get back to the Ice and Fire series. It is so totally awesome, I miss it.

[Dan]

I wasn't here last year, so I included 2011 in my list as far back as I started keeping record.

2011
Garden of Beasts (Jeffery Deaver) 05/22
Monster (Jonathan Kellerman) 05/22-05/28
Cross (James Patterson) 05/29-06/04
Pop Goes the Weasel (James Patterson) 06/05-06/06
Double Cross (James Patterson) 06/06-06/10
Along Came a Spider (James Patterson) 06/10-06/11
Jack & Jill (James Patterson) 06/12-06/24
Kiss the Girls (James Patterson) 06/26-07/01
Cat & Mouse (James Patterson) 07/02-07/07
Roses are Red (James Patterson) 07/08-07/18
Violets are Blue (James Patterson) 07/22-07/24
Four Blind Mice (James Patterson) 07/25-07/27
The Big Bad Wolf (James Patterson) 07/27-07/30
London Bridges (James Patterson) 07/30-08/01
Mary, Mary (James Patterson) 08/02-08/04
Cross Country (James Patterson) 08/05-08/06
Alex Cross’s Trial (James Patterson) 08/7-08/8
I, Alex Cross (James Patterson) 08/08-08/09
Hide & Seek (James Patterson) 08/10-08/12
The Midnight Club (James Patterson) 08/13-08/15
Beach Road (James Patterson) 08/17-08/20
Cross Fire (James Patterson) 08/2-08/23
Sam’s Letters to Jennifer (James Patterson) 08/24-08/26
Honeymoon (James Patterson) 08/26-08/28
Judge & Jury (James Patterson) 08/28-09/01
The Beach House (James Patterson) 09/02-09/04
Sunday at Tiffany’s (James Patterson) 09/05-09/06
The Quickie (James Patterson) 09/08-09/10
When the Wind Blows (James Patterson) 09/11
1st to Die (James Patterson) 09/12-09/14
2nd Chance (James Patterson) 09/15-09/17
3rd Degree (James Patterson) 09/18-09/20
4th of July (James Patterson) 09/21-09/23
The 5th Horseman (James Patterson) 09/24-09/25
The 6th Target (James Patterson) 09/27-10/01
7th Heaven (James Patterson) 10/2-10/5
The 8th Confession (James Patterson) 10/06-10/07
9th Judgment (James Patterson) 10/10-10/11
10th Anniversary (James Patterson) 10/11-10/17
Sail (James Patterson) 10/19-10/22
The Taking (Dean Koontz) 10/23-10/25
Your Heart Belongs to Me (Dean Koontz) 10/28-11/02
One Door Away From Heaven (Dean Koontz) 11/03-11/11
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Stephen King) 11/11-11/13
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) 11/13-11/20
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) 11/22-11/23
The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger) 11/23-11/25
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) 11/26-11/27
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) 11/28-12/03
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) 12/03-12/09
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) 12/11-12/15
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) 12/18-12/25
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) 12/26-12/28
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) 12/29
Rose Madder (Stephen King) 12/30-01/01

2012
Cujo (Stephen King) 01/02
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) 01/04-01/12
The Gunslinger (Stephen King) 01/13-01/14
The Drawing of the Three (Stephen King) 01/14-01/16
The Waste Lands (Stephen King) 01/16-01/20
Wizard and Glass (Stephen King) 01/21-01/27
The Talisman (Stephen King) 01/28-02/02
Black House (Stephen King) 02/03-02/09
Wolves of the Calla (Stephen King) 02/11-02/15
Song of Susannah (Stephen King) 02/16-02/18
The Dark Tower (Stephen King) 02/19-02/26
The Dead Zone (Stephen King) 02/27-02/29
Insomnia (Stephen King) 03/01-03/09
IT (Stephen King) 03/10-03/25
The Long Walk audiobook (Stephen King) 03/14
The Eyes of the Dragon (Stephen King) 03/26-03/27
Dracula audiobook (Bram Stoker) 03/27-04/10
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King) 03/28-04/05
The Colorado Kid (Stephen King) 04/05-04/06
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith) 04/6-04/9
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Comics 1-7 (Stephen King) 04/09-04/11
Under the Dome (Stephen King) 04/11-04/17
Herman Wouk is Still Alive audiobook(Stephen King) 04/16
The Haunting of Hill House audiobook(Shirley Jackson) 04/17-04/22
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill) 04/18-04/20
Pet Sematary (Stephen King) 04/20-04/24
Fahrenheit 451 audiobook (Ray Bradbury) 04/23-04/25
Needful Things (Stephen King) 04/24-05/04
The Running Man audiobook (Stephen King) 04/25-05/02
I Am Legend audiobook (Richard Matheson) 05/03-05/07
The Wind Through the Keyhole (Stephen King) 05/04-05/09
Everything’s Eventual (Stephen King) 05/10-05/14
Frankstein audiobook (Mary Shelley) 05/09-
The Passage (Justin Cronin) 05/14-

[Patrick]

Wow, Dan, that's quite a year-to-date list you're building!

[WeDealInLead]

I've been keeping busy:

Books: 55 finished as of May 20th

January: 6

Stephen King - Secret Windows
Stephen King - 11/23/63
John Brunner - The Sheep Look Up
Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan - The Night Eternal
Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn
Lucius Shepherd - Vacancy & Ariel

February: 8

Stephen King - Lisey's Story
Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion
Justin Cronin - The Passage
Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore - The Children of the New Disorder
Roger Zelazny - Dark Travelling
Gene Wolfe - Stories from the Old Hotel
Feast of Fear, Conversations with Stephen King
Horror Drive-In Presents...


March: 13

Tim Lebbon & Jack Ketchum - Absinthe
Robert J. Wiersema- World More Full of Weeping
Tim Lebbon - The Fire Wolves
Christopher Golden - The Secret Backs of Things
Stephen King - Black House
Stephen King - Dreamcatcher
Stephen King - Bag of Bones
Tom Piccirilli - Night Class
Robert Silverberg - The Alien Years
Tim Curran - The Underdwelling
Arthur C. Clarke - Space Odyssey 2001
James Newman - Olden
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream...


April: 12

Stephen King - Gerald's Game
Stephen King - The Wind..
Tim Lebbon and others - In That Quiet Earth
Ronald Malfi - Skullbelly
Dean Koontz - 77 Shadow Street
Dan Simmons - Children of the Night
Carlos Ruis Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind
Joe Lansdale - Edge of Dark Water
Tony Burgess - People Live Still In Cashtown Corners
John Scalzi, Jay Lake and other - Metatropolis
Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg - Nightfall
William Ollie - The Mountain

May: 16 so far

Suzane Collins - The Hunger Games
Robert McCammon - Swan Song
Tim Lebbon - Cabin in the Woods
John Urbancik - Shadows, Legends and Secrets
Bentley Little - The Mailman
Gene O'Neil - Rusting Chickens
Arthur C. Clarke - 2010: Odyssey Two
Tim Curran - Graveworm
Douglas Clegg - Mischief
Stephen King - Duma Key
Iain M. Banks - The State of the Art
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Neil Gaiman - Stardust
Roger Zelazny - Home is the Hangman / Samuel R. Delany - We, in some strange power's employ..
Fred Vargas - The Chalk Circle Man
William Meikle - Crustaceans




Graphic novels and TPBs:

January: 7

Mike Mignola - Hellboy Library Edition 1
Warren Ellis - Absolute Planetary 1 & 2
Jeff Lemire - Sweet Tooth 4
Star Wars Legacy 11: War
Judd Winick - Blood & Water
Ed Brudabeker - The Possessed

February: 2

Garth Ennis - Dan Dare omnibus
Alex Ross etc. - Project Superpowers vol. 2

March: 6

Neil Gaiman - Absolute Sandman 4
Alan Moore - Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths
Garth Ennis - Chronicles of Wormwood
Alex Ross etc - Project Superpowers 2, chapter 2
Brian Wood - DMZ 11. Free States Rising
Brian Wood - Northlanders 6. Thor's Daughter

April: 6

Alex Ross - Masquerade
Howard Chaykin - Barnum
F. Paul Wilson - The Keep
Jeff Lemire - Essex County
Mike Mignola - Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 2
Bill Willingham - Fables Deluxe Edition Book Four

[Dan]

Wow, Dan, that's quite a year-to-date list you're building!

I don't watch much tv.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)
13. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (4)
14. The Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (4)
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson (5)
16. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (4)

[Brice]

My list still doesn't merit a list. Last year I read more books in the first day then I've read all of this year. :(

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Whatever Brice, I'm expecting any day to see a post on here with 30 or 40 books on it from you.

[Brice]

I hope you're right, but as it is now I've read like just under two books and they were both short ones. This is my slowest year for reading in decades...maybe ever.

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-5/11
18. AM/PM – Amelia Gray – 5/11-5/12
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King - 5/12-5/20
20. Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down - Rosecrans Baldwin - 5/20-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15. The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16. Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

Comics Read on Top of Books
01. Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughn

Fact'ry Read'n
01. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett – 5/7-5/10
02. Night Flight – Antoine de Saint Exupery – 5/10-5/11
03. The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett - 5/14-5/17
04. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 5/18-5/19
05. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - 5/21-
~06. The Secret Sharer - Joseph Conrad - 5/25-5/25~ (If all goes to plan)

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Well, you may have only gotten in two books, but I'm sure my poem made up for it right? RIGHT?

Hello?

Brice?

[Brice]

In fact it did. I enjoyed it alot, personally.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Cool, well thanks, I was just kidding. But I'm glad you liked it.

[Brice]

I know you were, mind you it has nothing to do with it's inclusion, but I personally liked it.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I don't really care if it is included or not, other than I'd like other people to read it.

[becca69]

Book List 2012

1. Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)
14. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)
15. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (read)
16. The Ice Dragon - GRRM (read)
17. Off Season - Jack Ketchum (read)
18. Offspring - Jack Ketchum (read)
19. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore (read)

20. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (currently reading)

[Bethany]

2012 Books
1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
2. The Stand, Unabridged by SK (I finished my re-read after the year changed)
3. World War Z
4. The Family by Mario Puzo
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
7. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan Gurganus
8. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
9. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
11. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
13. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
14. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
15. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
16, Weaveworld by Clive Barker
17. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
18. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
19. White Night by Jim Butcher
20. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
21. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
22. Changes by Jim Butcher
23. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
24. The Wind Through The Keyhole
25. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

FINALLY! I hate when it takes me forever to finish a book :(

[alkanto]

2012 List:

1. The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
2. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
3. The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
4. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reading short stories)
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Wedge's Gambit - Michael A. Stackpole
7. Black House - Stephen King, Peter Straub
8. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
9. The Krytos Trap - Michael A. Stackpole
10. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
11. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King
12. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
13. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
14. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
15. The Waste Lands - Stephen King

[Patrick]

...
20. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (currently reading)
What do you think?

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-5/11
18. AM/PM – Amelia Gray – 5/11-5/12
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King - 5/12-5/20
20. Paris, I Love You But You're Brining Me Down - Rosecrans Baldwin - 5/20-5/28
21. The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West - 5/28-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15. The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16. Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

Comics Read on Top of Books
01. Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughn

Fact'ry Read'n
01. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett – 5/7-5/10
02. Night Flight – Antoine de Saint Exupery – 5/10-5/11
03. The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett - 5/14-5/17
04. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 5/18-5/19
05. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - 5/21-5/24
06. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury - 5/21-5/27
07. We - Eugene Zamiatin - 5/29-

[WeDealInLead]

Books: 62 finished as of 6/15

January: 6

Stephen King - Secret Windows
Stephen King - 11/23/63
John Brunner - The Sheep Look Up
Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan - The Night Eternal
Peter S. Beagle - The Last Unicorn
Lucius Shepherd - Vacancy & Ariel

February: 8

Stephen King - Lisey's Story
Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion
Justin Cronin - The Passage
Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore - The Children of the New Disorder
Roger Zelazny - Dark Travelling
Gene Wolfe - Stories from the Old Hotel
Feast of Fear, Conversations with Stephen King
Horror Drive-In Presents...


March: 13

Tim Lebbon & Jack Ketchum - Absinthe
Robert J. Wiersema- World More Full of Weeping
Tim Lebbon - The Fire Wolves
Christopher Golden - The Secret Backs of Things
Stephen King - Black House
Stephen King - Dreamcatcher
Stephen King - Bag of Bones
Tom Piccirilli - Night Class
Robert Silverberg - The Alien Years
Tim Curran - The Underdwelling
Arthur C. Clarke - Space Odyssey 2001
James Newman - Olden
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream...


April: 12

Stephen King - Gerald's Game
Stephen King - The Wind..
Tim Lebbon and others - In That Quiet Earth
Ronald Malfi - Skullbelly
Dean Koontz - 77 Shadow Street
Dan Simmons - Children of the Night
Carlos Ruis Zafon - The Shadow of the Wind
Joe Lansdale - Edge of Dark Water
Tony Burgess - People Live Still In Cashtown Corners
John Scalzi, Jay Lake and other - Metatropolis
Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg - Nightfall
William Ollie - The Mountain

May: 18 so far

Suzane Collins - The Hunger Games
Robert McCammon - Swan Song
Tim Lebbon - Cabin in the Woods
John Urbancik - Shadows, Legends and Secrets
Bentley Little - The Mailman
Gene O'Neil - Rusting Chickens
Arthur C. Clarke - 2010: Odyssey Two
Tim Curran - Graveworm
Douglas Clegg - Mischief
Stephen King - Duma Key
Iain M. Banks - The State of the Art
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Neil Gaiman - Stardust
Roger Zelazny - Home is the Hangman / Samuel R. Delany - We, in some strange power's employ..
Fred Vargas - The Chalk Circle Man
William Meikle - Crustaceans
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring
Kage Baker - Rude Mechanicals

June: 5

Dean Koontz - Shattered
Ray Bradbury - The Day It Rained Forever
Clive Barker - The Hellbound Heart
William Gibson - Neuromancer
Dean Koontz - What The Night Knows




Graphic novels and TPBs:

January: 7

Mike Mignola - Hellboy Library Edition 1
Warren Ellis - Absolute Planetary 1 & 2
Jeff Lemire - Sweet Tooth 4
Star Wars Legacy 11: War
Judd Winick - Blood & Water
Ed Brudabeker - The Possessed

February: 2

Garth Ennis - Dan Dare omnibus
Alex Ross etc. - Project Superpowers vol. 2

March: 6

Neil Gaiman - Absolute Sandman 4
Alan Moore - Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths
Garth Ennis - Chronicles of Wormwood
Alex Ross etc - Project Superpowers 2, chapter 2
Brian Wood - DMZ 11. Free States Rising
Brian Wood - Northlanders 6. Thor's Daughter

April: 6

Alex Ross - Masquerade
Howard Chaykin - Barnum
F. Paul Wilson - The Keep
Jeff Lemire - Essex County
Mike Mignola - Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 2
Bill Willingham - Fables Deluxe Edition Book Four

May: 7

Jamie Delano - Constantine Hellblazer vol. 1 Original Sins
Jason Aaron - Ultimate Captain America
Chuck Dixon - Winterworld
Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden - Baltimore 1, Plague Ships
Grant Morrison - Batman, Incorporated (HC)
Alan Moore - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Century: 1969
Joe Quesada - Daredevil: Father

[Brice]

Now I know where my motivation to read went. <_<

[WeDealInLead]

Haha. That's how I felt last year looking at your list.

[Brice]

:) I just seriously want to cry now.

[Erin]

2011 Book List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=666120&viewfull=1#post666120)

2012 Book List

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
4. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
5. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
6. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
7. Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
8. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
9. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
10. Stranglehold - Jack Ketchum
11. The Wastelands - Stephen King

[Brice]

How was the Ketchum, Erin? I love his books and I hadn't heard of that one.

[Erin]

Oh wow, it was brutal. I love his books, too, and this one has been the most intense of his that i've read since The Girl Next Door.

It's about a father who is sexually abusing his son and how the legal system fails when the mother tries to protect the boy. It's typical Ketchum and is extremely graphic and realistic. I literally read it in a day.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=472581&viewfull=1#post472581)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=576058&viewfull=1#post576058)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=664521&viewfull=1#post664521)

1-5 rating as usual.
1. Black House - SK (5)
2. Pirate Latitudes - Chrichton (4)
3. The Winter of Our Discontent - Steinbeck (4)
4. The Chamber - John Grisham (5)
5. Life - Keith Richards (2)
6. Horns - Joe Hill (5)
7. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (5)
8. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy (5) - my favorite of his so far
9. Trapped in Death Cave - Bill Wallace (4) - (reread)
10. Different Seasons -SK - (reread) (5)
11. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift (5)
12. Blockade Billy - SK (3)
13. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (4)
14. The Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (4)
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson (5)
16. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (4)
17. Cycle of the Werewolf - SK (4) reread

[Brice]

Oh wow, it was brutal. I love his books, too, and this one has been the most intense of his that i've read since The Girl Next Door.

It's about a father who is sexually abusing his son and how the legal system fails when the mother tries to protect the boy. It's typical Ketchum and is extremely graphic and realistic. I literally read it in a day.

*remembers to hide the signed Ketchums if Erin ever visits*

:)


Sounds great! I'll have to pick up a copy. Is it new? What have you read by him?

[Ricky]

2011 List (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=665927&viewfull=1#post665927)

2012 List:

1. Legion - William Peter Blatty
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
3. How I Got This Way - Regis Philbin
4. The Lorax - Dr. Seuss
5. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
6. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen king
7. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
8. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
9. The Ridge - Michael Koryta (currently reading)

[stkmw02]

One book finished on the first of the month... I wonder if I could read 30 books this month?

[WeDealInLead]

I read one yesterday too. I got... uhmm.. other plans for today so no, no reading today.

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-5/11
18. AM/PM – Amelia Gray – 5/11-5/12
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King - 5/12-5/20
20. Paris, I Love You But You're Brining Me Down - Rosecrans Baldwin - 5/20-5/28
21. The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West - 5/28-6-3
22. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Vol. 40 - ed. Dave Eggers - 6/3-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15. The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16. Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

Comics Read on Top of Books
01. Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughn
02. The Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City - Brendan Leach

Fact'ry Read'n
01. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett – 5/7-5/10
02. Night Flight – Antoine de Saint Exupery – 5/10-5/11
03. The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett - 5/14-5/17
04. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 5/18-5/19
05. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - 5/21-5/24
06. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury - 5/21-5/27
07. We - Eugene Zamiatin - 5/29-6/1
08. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous - 6/4-

[CyberGhostface]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?6593-2009-Book-List&p=475231&viewfull=1#post475231)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9925-2010-Book-List&p=586303&viewfull=1#post586303)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=657224&viewfull=1#post657224)

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. The Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
6. Books of Blood v.1 by Clive Barker
7. Books of Blood v.2 by Clive Barker
8. Books of Blood v.3 by Clive Barker
9. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
10. The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
11. It by Stephen King
12. Beware! by R. L. Stine
13. Weaveworld by Clive Barker (currently reading)

[stkmw02]

I'm hoping the rest of my The Stand graphic novels arrive in the mail today so I can finish that up and start on the Dark Tower graphics.

[WeDealInLead]

I have all the single issues of The Stand from start to finish and only the first hardcover. I'm holding out for the oversized slipcased edition before I do a re-read.

[becca69]

Book List 2012

1. Damned - Chuck Palahniuk (read)
2. Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (read)
3. Blue - Lou Aronica (read)
4. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (Read)
5. Song Yet Sung- James McBride (Read)
6. Dark Taste of Rapture - Gena Showalter (Read)
7. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon (Read)
8. The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice - (read)
9. Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones (read)
10. A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (read)
11. Lover Reborn - JR Ward (read)
12. A Dance with Dragons - GRRM (read)
13. Sacrificial Magic - Stacia Kane (read)
14. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)
15. Wind Through the Keyhole - SK (read)
16. The Ice Dragon - GRRM (read)
17. Off Season - Jack Ketchum (read)
18. Offspring - Jack Ketchum (read)
19. Sacré Bleu - Christopher Moore (read)
20. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (read)
21. The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons (read)

[Garrell]

2011 Read List
Walking Dead Comic 1-78 - Robert Kirkman
Wolves Of The Calla - Stephen King
Song of Susannah - Stephen King
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
11/22/63 - Stephen King

2012
Horns - Joe Hill
Duma Key - Stephen King
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
A Clash of Kings - George RR Martin (reading)

[bluelph24]

2009 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=475904&postcount=527)
2010 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=582125&postcount=527)
2011 (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=665044&postcount=527)

01. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon - 1/1-1/3
02. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 1/3-1/4
03. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - 1/4-1/5
04. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - 1/5-1/6
05. All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren - 1/6-1/9
06. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 1/9-1/16
07. Hope: A Tragedy - Shalom Auslander - 1/16-1/21
08. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern 39 - Ed. Dave Eggers - 1/21-1/23
09. The Third Reich - Roberto Bolaño - 1/23-2/4
10. The Ecstasy of Influence - Jonathan Lethem - 2/4-2/18
11. Consider the Lobster - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-3/7
12. People Who Eat Darkness - Richard Lloyd Parry - 3/7-3/9
13. Threats - Amelia Gray - 3/9-3/16
14. Pulphead - John Jeremiah Sullivan - 3/16-4/23
15. The Secret of Evil - Roberto Bolaño - 4/23-4/26
16. I Pass Like Night - Jonathan Ames - 4/26-4/28
17. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides - 4/28-5/11
18. AM/PM – Amelia Gray – 5/11-5/12
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King - 5/12-5/20
20. Paris, I Love You But You're Brining Me Down - Rosecrans Baldwin - 5/20-5/28
21. The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West - 5/28-6-3
22. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Vol. 40 - ed. Dave Eggers - 6/3-6/7
23. In My Home There Is No More Sorrow - Rick Bass - 6/7-6/11
24. Isn't It Pretty to Think So? - Nick Miller - 6/11-

For School
01. To Teach - William Ayers - Finished
02. I Am a Pencil - Sam Swope - Finished
03. The Call of the Wild - Jack London - Finished
04. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney - Finished
05. Inside Teaching - Mary M. Kennedy - Finished
06. Kidwatching - Owocki and Goodman - Finished
07. Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck - Finished
08. Hey, Wait… - Jason - Finished
09. The Left Bank Gang - Jason - Finished
10. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides - Finished
11. Lenses on Reading - Tracey & Morrow - Finished
12. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell - Finished
13. The Footnote - Anthony Grafton - Finished
14. Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer - Finished
15. The Devil's Details - Chuck Zerby - Finished
16. Invisible Forms - Kevin Jackson - Finished

Comics Read on Top of Books
01. Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughn
02. The Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City - Brendan Leach

Fact'ry Read'n
01. The Thin Man – Dashiell Hammett – 5/7-5/10
02. Night Flight – Antoine de Saint Exupery – 5/10-5/11
03. The Dain Curse - Dashiell Hammett - 5/14-5/17
04. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 5/18-5/19
05. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - 5/21-5/24
06. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury - 5/21-5/27
07. We - Eugene Zamiatin - 5/29-6/1
08. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous - 6/4-6/7
09. The Secret Sharer - Joseph Conrad - 6/8-6/8
10. The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey - 6/11-

[stkmw02]

I should finish up The Stand graphic novel series tonight. Then, I was going to start on The Dark Tower graphic novels... but I think I'll hold off and read a few other random books instead. I'm missing a few of the DT books anyway and it might be awhile before I can make any more King purchases.

[fernandito]

2011. (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?11818-2011-Book-List&p=655551&viewfull=1#post655551)

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
2. Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire - Steve Perry
3. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
4. The Giver - Lois Lowry
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
6. Akira Vol. 1 - Katsuhiro Otomo
7. Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
8. Wind Through The Keyhole - Stephen King

[Ricky]

Did I ask you what you thought of TGWPWF already?

[fernandito]

nnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyes?

I don't recall lol.

[Ricky]

Me either. Haha. So...what'd you think?

I started it almost right after I posted. A little more than 50 pages in and loving it!