2011 Book List
1. Swan Song - Robert McCammon
2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memior - Cara Muhlhahn
4. The Passage - Justin Cronin
5. The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
6. Gone - Michael Grant
2011 Book List
1. Swan Song - Robert McCammon
2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memior - Cara Muhlhahn
4. The Passage - Justin Cronin
5. The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
6. Gone - Michael Grant
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
1. Side Jobs - Jim Butcher
2. The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
3. John Dies at the End - David Wong
4. Night of the Humans - David Lleywn
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
6. The Spine of the World - R.A. Salvatore
7. The Forgotten Army - Brian Minchin
8. The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses - Dorothy Crawford (for school)
9. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher (currently re-reading)
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
2010 Book List
1. 13 Specimens-Jeffrey Thomas
2. In The Mean Time-Paul Tremblay
3. Chimerascope-Douglas Smith
4. Neil Gaiman-Odd And The Frost Giants
5. Rust And Bone-Craig Davidson
6. Cities Of Night-Philip Nutman
7. Destinations Unknown-Gary A. Braunbeck
8. Sinister Purposes- Gary Raisnor
9. Horror Story And Other Horror Stories- Robert Boyczuk
10. Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Masters of the Macabre-edited by Peter Crowther
11. Haunted House and other Presidential Horrors-Edward Lee
12. Do Unto Others- J.F. Gonzales
13. Sleep Disorder-Jack Ketchum & Edward Lee
14. Haunter Of The Threshold-Edward Lee
15. Fear Of Gravity- Brian Keene
16. Dangerous Red-Mehitobel Wilson
17. Kill Whitey-Brian Keene
18. The Stickmen-Edward Lee
19. Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King
20. When The Darkness Falls-J. F. Gonzales
21. Tales From The Nightside-Charles L. Grant
22. Needles And Sins-John Everson
23. Assassination: Political Murder Through the Ages-Xavier Waterkeyn
24. The Black Train-Edward Lee
25. Beware-Richard Laymon
26. The Woods Are Dark-Richard Laymon
27. Friday Night In Beast House- Richard Laymon
28. Cuts- Richard Laymon
29. Old Flames- Jack Ketchum
30. Urban Gothic- Brian Keene
31. Bestial-Ray Garton
32. A Gathering Of Crows- Brian Keene
Jeez Brice, I thought I was doing well so far this year...
2011 Book List
1. Full Dark, No Stars -Stephen King
2. Falling Angel -William Hjortsberg
3. Lovedeath -Dan Simmons
4. The Overton Window -Glenn Beck
5. The Hot Kid -Elmore Leonard
6. Old Man's War -John Scalzi
7. In The Blink Of An Eye -Michael Waltrip
8. Adv of the Princess & Mr. Whiffle -Patrick Rothfuss --*Graphic Novel
9. Questions For A Soldier -John Scalzi --*Chapbook
10. The Ghost Brigades -John Scalzi --(Currently reading)
Hoping to catch up this year on some long put off Dan Simmons & Elmore Leonard.
Working on deferred Scalzi now...
Karl
I am determined to do that which I didn't succeed at last year...read 100 books. I am a third of the way there at a quarter of a year.
Originally Posted by Erin
For what its worth, "Swan Song" was great!!!!!!! "The Passage" was also pretty darn good (slow in some parts, but worth it) and shows much promise as I understand it will be a trilogy. "Swan Song" is very "The Stand"-ish, but has its own charm. You will most likely really enjoy it. Though it ain't King!!!!! Still a really good read. mcGammon is a really good author!!!! IMHO
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I did enjoy Swan Song. That's my list of books I've read so far this year.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
2009
2010
01. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote - 12/30-1/4
02. Let Me In - John Ajvide Lindqvist - 1/4-1/8
03. The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon - 1/8-1/15
04. Skippy Dies - Paul Murray - 1/15-1/26
05. Signifying Rappers - Mark Costello & David Foster Wallace - 1/26-1/29
06. 60 Years Later - John David California - 1/29-2/4
07. The Universal History of the Destruction of Books - Fernando Báez - 2/4-2/12
08. 22 Uncollected Short Stories - J.D. Salinger - *nook* - 2/12-2/16
09. Witz - Joshua Cohen - 2/16-2/24
10. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon - 2/24-3/4
11. The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac - 3/4-3/11
12. The Waitress Was New - Dominique Fabre - 3/11-3/12
13. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre - 3/12-3/16
14. One Hundred and Forty-Five Stories in a Small Box - Eggers, Manguso, and Unferth - 3/16-3/19
15. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen - 3/19-3/29
16. The Pale King - David Foster Wallace - 3/29-
School
01. The First World War - John Keegan - Finished
02. Nicholas and Alexandra - Robert K. Massie - Finished
03. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - Finished
04. Paris 1919 - Margaret Macmillan
05. All Quiet on the Western Front - Remarque
06. The Tempest - Shakespeare - finished
Comics Read On Top of Books
01. The Walking Dead 1-82
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
I'm digging your avatar and sig, bluelph. I re-read Slaughterhouse about three weeks ago!
Los̶ ver 4 Life -- @shakyandspiky on Instagram -- PMs welcome
2011 Book List
1. Swan Song - Robert McCammon
2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memior - Cara Muhlhahn
4. The Passage - Justin Cronin
5. The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
6. Gone - Michael Grant
7. Hunger - Michael Grant
8. Divine Guidance - Doreen Virtue
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
I haven't posted this year's list at all yet! Now I fully realize how busy I've been. Not a very long list, either:
In English
1. Jerzy Kosiński. The Painted Bird.
2. Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The Club Dumas
3. Peter Straub. In the Night Room (finishing)
In Various Languages: everything Polanski-related (articles, reviews, transcripts, interviews, blogs, memoirs etc)
In Russian:
1. Дмитрий Быков. Остромов, или Ученик чародея. - Novel
2. Людмила Улицкая. Зеленый шатер. - Novel
3. Александра Маринина. Личные мотивы. - Novel
4. Татьяна Устинова. С небес на землю. - Novel
5. Николай Носов. Иронические юморески. - Non-fiction
6. Людмила Петрушевская. Девятый том. - Non-fiction
7. Юрий Герт. Кто, если не ты? - Novel
8. Лев Корнешов. Зона риска. - Novel
9. Михаил Веллер. Легенды Арбата. - Non-fiction (reread)
10. В. Тублин. Гонки в сентябре. - Novel (children's)
11. Михаил Веллер. Слово и профессия. - Non-fiction (reread)
12. Виктор Пелевин. Операция "Burning Bush" - Novelette
13. Виктор Пелевин. Зенитные кодексы Аль-Эфесби. - Novelette
14. Виктор Пелевин. Тхаги. - Novelette
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Stephen King - Song of Susannah
2. Stephen King - The Dark Tower
3. Robin Furth - The Complete Concordance
4. Stephen King - Everything's Eventual
5. Stephen King as Richard Bachman - Regulators
6. Stephen King - Desperation
7. Stephen King - The Green Mile
8. Stephen King - On writing, a memoir of the craft
9. Stephen King - Danse Macabre
10. Stephen King - The Talisman
11. Stephen King - Black House Currently reading
Cam-a-cam-mal, Pria-toi, Gan delah
2009
2010
01. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote - 12/30-1/4
02. Let Me In - John Ajvide Lindqvist - 1/4-1/8
03. The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon - 1/8-1/15
04. Skippy Dies - Paul Murray - 1/15-1/26
05. Signifying Rappers - Mark Costello & David Foster Wallace - 1/26-1/29
06. 60 Years Later - John David California - 1/29-2/4
07. The Universal History of the Destruction of Books - Fernando Báez - 2/4-2/12
08. 22 Uncollected Short Stories - J.D. Salinger - *nook* - 2/12-2/16
09. Witz - Joshua Cohen - 2/16-2/24
10. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon - 2/24-3/4
11. The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac - 3/4-3/11
12. The Waitress Was New - Dominique Fabre - 3/11-3/12
13. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre - 3/12-3/16
14. One Hundred and Forty-Five Stories in a Small Box - Eggers, Manguso, and Unferth - 3/16-3/19
15. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen - 3/19-3/29
16. The Pale King - David Foster Wallace - 3/29-4/9
17. Maps and Legends - Michael Chabon - 4/9-
School
01. The First World War - John Keegan - Finished
02. Nicholas and Alexandra - Robert K. Massie - Finished
03. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - Finished
04. Paris 1919 - Margaret Macmillan - Finished
05. All Quiet on the Western Front - Remarque - Finished
06. The Tempest - Shakespeare - Finished
Comics Read On Top of Books
01. The Walking Dead 1-83
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
In English
1. Jerzy Kosiński. The Painted Bird.
2. Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The Club Dumas. - Novel
3. Peter Straub. In the Night Room (finishing). - Novel
4. Helen Fielding. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. - Novel
5. Roman Polanski. Interviews. (Edited by Paul Cronin, 2005). - Nonfiction
In Various Languages: everything Polanski-related (articles, reviews, transcripts, interviews, blogs, memoirs etc)
In Russian:
1. Дмитрий Быков. Остромов, или Ученик чародея. - Novel
2. Людмила Улицкая. Зеленый шатер. - Novel
3. Александра Маринина. Личные мотивы. - Novel
4. Татьяна Устинова. С небес на землю. - Novel
5. Николай Носов. Иронические юморески. - Non-fiction
6. Людмила Петрушевская. Девятый том. - Non-fiction
7. Юрий Герт. Кто, если не ты? - Novel
8. Лев Корнешов. Зона риска. - Novel
9. Михаил Веллер. Легенды Арбата. - Non-fiction (reread)
10. В. Тублин. Гонки в сентябре. - Novel (children's)
11. Михаил Веллер. Слово и профессия. - Non-fiction (reread)
12. Виктор Пелевин. Операция "Burning Bush" - Novelette
13. Виктор Пелевин. Зенитные кодексы Аль-Эфесби. - Novelette
14. Виктор Пелевин. Тхаги. - Novelette
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2011 Book List
1. Swan Song - Robert McCammon
2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memior - Cara Muhlhahn
4. The Passage - Justin Cronin
5. The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
6. Gone - Michael Grant
7. Hunger - Michael Grant
8. Divine Guidance - Doreen Virtue
9. One Last Time - John Edward
10. Lies - Michael Grant
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
2010 Book List
1. 13 Specimens-Jeffrey Thomas
2. In The Mean Time-Paul Tremblay
3. Chimerascope-Douglas Smith
4. Neil Gaiman-Odd And The Frost Giants
5. Rust And Bone-Craig Davidson
6. Cities Of Night-Philip Nutman
7. Destinations Unknown-Gary A. Braunbeck
8. Sinister Purposes- Gary Raisnor
9. Horror Story And Other Horror Stories- Robert Boyczuk
10. Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Masters of the Macabre-edited by Peter Crowther
11. Haunted House and other Presidential Horrors-Edward Lee
12. Do Unto Others- J.F. Gonzales
13. Sleep Disorder-Jack Ketchum & Edward Lee
14. Haunter Of The Threshold-Edward Lee
15. Fear Of Gravity- Brian Keene
16. Dangerous Red-Mehitobel Wilson
17. Kill Whitey-Brian Keene
18. The Stickmen-Edward Lee
19. Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King
20. When The Darkness Falls-J. F. Gonzales
21. Tales From The Nightside-Charles L. Grant
22. Needles And Sins-John Everson
23. Assassination: Political Murder Through the Ages-Xavier Waterkeyn
24. The Black Train-Edward Lee
25. Beware-Richard Laymon
26. The Woods Are Dark-Richard Laymon
27. Friday Night In Beast House- Richard Laymon
28. Cuts- Richard Laymon
29. Old Flames- Jack Ketchum
30. Urban Gothic- Brian Keene
31. Bestial-Ray Garton
32. A Gathering Of Crows- Brian Keene
33. Savage-Richard Laymon
2009
2010
01. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote - 12/30-1/4
02. Let Me In - John Ajvide Lindqvist - 1/4-1/8
03. The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon - 1/8-1/15
04. Skippy Dies - Paul Murray - 1/15-1/26
05. Signifying Rappers - Mark Costello & David Foster Wallace - 1/26-1/29
06. 60 Years Later - John David California - 1/29-2/4
07. The Universal History of the Destruction of Books - Fernando Báez - 2/4-2/12
08. 22 Uncollected Short Stories - J.D. Salinger - *nook* - 2/12-2/16
09. Witz - Joshua Cohen - 2/16-2/24
10. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon - 2/24-3/4
11. The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac - 3/4-3/11
12. The Waitress Was New - Dominique Fabre - 3/11-3/12
13. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre - 3/12-3/16
14. One Hundred and Forty-Five Stories in a Small Box - Eggers, Manguso, and Unferth - 3/16-3/19
15. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen - 3/19-3/29
16. The Pale King - David Foster Wallace - 3/29-4/9
17. Maps and Legends - Michael Chabon - 4/9-4/18
18. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky - 4/18-
School
01. The First World War - John Keegan - Finished
02. Nicholas and Alexandra - Robert K. Massie - Finished
03. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - Finished
04. Paris 1919 - Margaret Macmillan - Finished
05. All Quiet on the Western Front - Remarque - Finished
06. The Tempest - Shakespeare - Finished
Comics Read On Top of Books
01. The Walking Dead 1-83
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
1. Side Jobs - Jim Butcher
2. The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
3. John Dies at the End - David Wong
4. Night of the Humans - David Lleywn
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
6. The Spine of the World - R.A. Salvatore
7. The Forgotten Army - Brian Minchin
8. The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses - Dorothy Crawford (for school)
9. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
10. A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin
11. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
time to catch up
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer (what a way to start the year *shakes head*)
Duma Key -- Stephen King
The Passage -- Justin Cronin
Prom Nights From Hell -- Various Authors
20th Century Ghosts -- Joe Hill
Feed -- Mira Grant
Astro City: Life in the Big City (GN)
MorningGlories Vol 1 (GN)
The Academy -- Bentley Little
The Loving Dead -- Amelia Beamer
I Am Not A Serial Killer -- Dan Wells
She-Hulk vol 6: Jaded (GN)
Fables vol 1: Legends in Exile (GN)
Fables vol 2: Animal Farm (GN)
John Dies at the End -- David Wong
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife -- Mary Roach
The Undead- Flesh Feast. A Zombie Anthology
The Great Santa Search -- Jeff Guinn
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman -- John Krakauer
I lurk, therefore I am.
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
2010 Book List
1. 13 Specimens-Jeffrey Thomas
2. In The Mean Time-Paul Tremblay
3. Chimerascope-Douglas Smith
4. Neil Gaiman-Odd And The Frost Giants
5. Rust And Bone-Craig Davidson
6. Cities Of Night-Philip Nutman
7. Destinations Unknown-Gary A. Braunbeck
8. Sinister Purposes- Gary Raisnor
9. Horror Story And Other Horror Stories- Robert Boyczuk
10. Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Masters of the Macabre-edited by Peter Crowther
11. Haunted House and other Presidential Horrors-Edward Lee
12. Do Unto Others- J.F. Gonzales
13. Sleep Disorder-Jack Ketchum & Edward Lee
14. Haunter Of The Threshold-Edward Lee
15. Fear Of Gravity- Brian Keene
16. Dangerous Red-Mehitobel Wilson
17. Kill Whitey-Brian Keene
18. The Stickmen-Edward Lee
19. Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King
20. When The Darkness Falls-J. F. Gonzales
21. Tales From The Nightside-Charles L. Grant
22. Needles And Sins-John Everson
23. Assassination: Political Murder Through the Ages-Xavier Waterkeyn
24. The Black Train-Edward Lee
25. Beware-Richard Laymon
26. The Woods Are Dark-Richard Laymon
27. Friday Night In Beast House- Richard Laymon
28. Cuts- Richard Laymon
29. Old Flames- Jack Ketchum
30. Urban Gothic- Brian Keene
31. Bestial-Ray Garton
32. A Gathering Of Crows- Brian Keene
33. Savage-Richard Laymon
34. The Asylum Prophecies-Daniel Keyes
35. The Reach-Nate Kenyon
36. Fears Unnamed-Tim Lebbon
2011 Book List
1. Swan Song - Robert McCammon
2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memior - Cara Muhlhahn
4. The Passage - Justin Cronin
5. The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
6. Gone - Michael Grant
7. Hunger - Michael Grant
8. Divine Guidance - Doreen Virtue
9. One Last Time - John Edward
10. Lies - Michael Grant
11. After Life - John Edward
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
I'm convinced that Brice doesn't sleep, ever.
2011 List:
1. Psycho - Robert Bloch
2. Swan Song - Robert McCammon
3. The Long Walk - Stephen King
4. The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub
5. Black House - Stephen King & Peter Straub
6. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell
7. Rant - Chuck Palahniuk (currently reading)
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Of course not. Evil Never sleeps.
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
2010 Book List
1. 13 Specimens-Jeffrey Thomas
2. In The Mean Time-Paul Tremblay
3. Chimerascope-Douglas Smith
4. Neil Gaiman-Odd And The Frost Giants
5. Rust And Bone-Craig Davidson
6. Cities Of Night-Philip Nutman
7. Destinations Unknown-Gary A. Braunbeck
8. Sinister Purposes- Gary Raisnor
9. Horror Story And Other Horror Stories- Robert Boyczuk
10. Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Masters of the Macabre-edited by Peter Crowther
11. Haunted House and other Presidential Horrors-Edward Lee
12. Do Unto Others- J.F. Gonzales
13. Sleep Disorder-Jack Ketchum & Edward Lee
14. Haunter Of The Threshold-Edward Lee
15. Fear Of Gravity- Brian Keene
16. Dangerous Red-Mehitobel Wilson
17. Kill Whitey-Brian Keene
18. The Stickmen-Edward Lee
19. Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King
20. When The Darkness Falls-J. F. Gonzales
21. Tales From The Nightside-Charles L. Grant
22. Needles And Sins-John Everson
23. Assassination: Political Murder Through the Ages-Xavier Waterkeyn
24. The Black Train-Edward Lee
25. Beware-Richard Laymon
26. The Woods Are Dark-Richard Laymon
27. Friday Night In Beast House- Richard Laymon
28. Cuts- Richard Laymon
29. Old Flames- Jack Ketchum
30. Urban Gothic- Brian Keene
31. Bestial-Ray Garton
32. A Gathering Of Crows- Brian Keene
33. Savage-Richard Laymon
34. The Asylum Prophecies-Daniel Keyes
35. The Reach-Nate Kenyon
36. Fears Unnamed-Tim Lebbon
37. The 5th Witch-Graham Masterton
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