2007 Book List

[Steve]

Off the top of me head:



The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (greatest book ever written save for "The Stand")
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Blaze by Richard Bachman
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Whistle by James Jones
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

[Jean]

re-reads:

Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar

I just picked up a paperback of this book, which I've never read. It's on my short list to read in 2008.

Thats uncanny, i was looking at that on Amazon just now.

it's absolutely normal. There's a link between us, via roses, stones, and doors. I hope you'll like the book, by the way.

I read it in my junior-or senior-year of high school. I think we had to choose between that and The Catcher in the Rye.

It's the female counterpart in the coming-of-age/angst-ridden youth going nuts in post-industrial America novel.

Oh, come on... it's a very good book, a human story, honestly told, with plenty of humor quite unusual and worthy of admiration in the disastrous situation she is describing. Nothing like the ideological construct of The Catcher, to which what you said applies perfectly.

[Ruthful]

I like Sylvia Plath, but I can't get over the quiet sense of forboding I have whenever I read her.

The absence of hope and her fatalism is just something that bothers me, although the ambiguity of The Bell Jar, especially the denouement, is interesting.

As I said, I think she wrote some stunning prose and poetry in her life-time, but I do have problems with ithe anomie that inhabits her writing, not that it's restricted to her necessarily.

[Jean]

at least with her it didn't acquire the status of ideology. Whatever anomie she manifests is caused by actual disease of mind which she so courageously and honestly describes.

[Cutter]

Off the top of me head:
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

Steve, was this any good? I've put this one off for a while because of the size of the book.

[Ruthful]

Off the top of me head:
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

Steve, was this any good? I've put this one off for a while because of the size of the book.

Spoiler:

He dies.

[sarajean]

updated...nothing terribly interesting.

[Steve]

Off the top of me head:
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

Steve, was this any good? I've put this one off for a while because of the size of the book.

I enjoyed it. It's my favorite true crime novel, I'll say that. To hell with "In Cold Blood." Mailer's where it's at.

[Cutter]

Off the top of me head:
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

Steve, was this any good? I've put this one off for a while because of the size of the book.

I enjoyed it. It's my favorite true crime novel, I'll say that. To hell with "In Cold Blood." Mailer's where it's at.

Thanks Steve, that sounds like a good enough reference.

[Patrick]

Off the top of me head:
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

Steve, was this any good? I've put this one off for a while because of the size of the book.

I enjoyed it. It's my favorite true crime novel, I'll say that. To hell with "In Cold Blood." Mailer's where it's at.

Thanks Steve, that sounds like a good enough reference.

I thought IN COLD BLOOD was excellent, so if you say true, then I want to read THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG.

[Patrick]

updated...nothing terribly interesting.

What, do you expect us to go scrolling through all three whole pages of this thread searching for your damn list again? Time is valuable, lady. Either show your updated list in your new post or provide a link to the original post with updates. Sheesh.



Oh, I almost forgot. I updated my list too.

[Storyslinger]

[sarajean]

updated...nothing terribly interesting.

What, do you expect us to go scrolling through all three whole pages of this thread searching for your damn list again? Time is valuable, lady. Either show your updated list in your new post or provide a link to the original post with updates. Sheesh.



Oh, I almost forgot. I updated my list too.

ah, yes, but mine is on the first page of this thread.

cos i'm cool like that.

</digable planets>

[sarah]

rowling
fablehaven---brandon mull

you seriously read this all the way through? I gave up on page 100 and that was being very generous.

[sarajean]

you didn't like it? he's no rowling, but i was better than some of the other crap that's out there.

next year, i'm going to read all of the secrets of droon books so i can talk about them with drake and not have him exchange knowing looks with jeff when i don't understand a comment he makes. that "well, mommy just doesn't get it, does she?" look.

[Patrick]

... next year, i'm going to read all of the secrets of droon books so i can talk about them with drake and not have him exchange knowing looks with jeff when i don't understand a comment he makes. that "well, mommy just doesn't get it, does she?" look.

The fact that you are going to do that is very sweet.

[sarajean]

updated and quoted so that patrick doesn't freak out.

half blood prince---rowling
even cowgirls get the blues---tom robbins
pippi on the run---astrid lundgren
the end---lemony snicket
lisey's story---stephen king
perfume---patrick süskind
mrs. pigglewiggle---betsy macdonald
hello, mrs. pigglewiggle---betsy macdonald
mrs. pigglewiggle's farm---betsy macdonald
flow my tears, the policeman said---philip k dick
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe---c.s. lewis
the horse and his boy---c.s. lewis
the greedy bastard tour---eric idle
dave barry's bad habits---dave barry
son of a witch
heart-shaped box---joe hill
running with scissors---augusten burroughs
everything's eventual---stephen king
two dead girls---stephen king
the mouse on the mile---stephen king
coffey's hands---stephen king
the bad death of eduard delacroix---stephen king
night journey---stephen king
coffey on the mile---stephen king
the invaders plan---l. ron hubbard
black genesis---l. ron hubbard
a long way down
the book of lost things---john connolly
re-read of hbp (in preparation)
salmon of doubt---douglas adams
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
fablehaven---brandon mull
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
eragon---christopher paolini
harry potter and the chamber of secrets---rowling
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban---rowling
gil's all fright diner by a. lee martinez
a nameless witch by a. lee martinez
harry potter and the goblet of fire---rowling
wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west
harry potter and the order of the phoenix---rowling
harry potter and the half-blood prince---rowling
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
four past midnight---stephen king
the tommyknockers---stephen king
a game of thrones---george r. r. martin
IT---stephen king
perfume---patrick süskind
the golden compass---phillip pullman
the subtle knife ---phillip pullman
the amber spyglass---phillip pullman
the unfortunate miss fortunes---i've already forgotten
battlefield earth---l. ron hubbard
black friday---james patterson
jack and jill---james patterson
re-read of eric idle's greedy bastard tour diary (i needed a laugh)
thr3e---ted dekker
twilight---stephenie meyer
the gunslinger---stephen king

thank bob for my reading regatta.

total so far for this year: 59

[Patrick]

updated and quoted so that patrick doesn't freak out.

...
total so far for this year: 59

[sarajean]

half blood prince---rowling
even cowgirls get the blues---tom robbins
pippi on the run---astrid lundgren
the end---lemony snicket
lisey's story---stephen king
perfume---patrick süskind
mrs. pigglewiggle---betsy macdonald
hello, mrs. pigglewiggle---betsy macdonald
mrs. pigglewiggle's farm---betsy macdonald
flow my tears, the policeman said---philip k dick
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe---c.s. lewis
the horse and his boy---c.s. lewis
the greedy bastard tour---eric idle
dave barry's bad habits---dave barry
son of a witch
heart-shaped box---joe hill
running with scissors---augusten burroughs
everything's eventual---stephen king
two dead girls---stephen king
the mouse on the mile---stephen king
coffey's hands---stephen king
the bad death of eduard delacroix---stephen king
night journey---stephen king
coffey on the mile---stephen king
the invaders plan---l. ron hubbard
black genesis---l. ron hubbard
a long way down
the book of lost things---john connolly
re-read of hbp (in preparation)
salmon of doubt---douglas adams
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
fablehaven---brandon mull
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
eragon---christopher paolini
harry potter and the chamber of secrets---rowling
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban---rowling
gil's all fright diner by a. lee martinez
a nameless witch by a. lee martinez
harry potter and the goblet of fire---rowling
wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west
harry potter and the order of the phoenix---rowling
harry potter and the half-blood prince---rowling
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
four past midnight---stephen king
the tommyknockers---stephen king
a game of thrones---george r. r. martin
IT---stephen king
perfume---patrick süskind
the golden compass---phillip pullman
the subtle knife ---phillip pullman
the amber spyglass---phillip pullman
the unfortunate miss fortunes---i've already forgotten
battlefield earth---l. ron hubbard
black friday---james patterson
jack and jill---james patterson
re-read of eric idle's greedy bastard tour diary (i needed a laugh)
thr3e---ted dekker
twilight---stephenie meyer
the gunslinger---stephen king
new moon---stephenie meyer
eclipse---stephenie meyer

total: 61

[NeedfulKings]

Here is my UPDATED '07 list.

The Book of a Thousand Sins by Wrath James White
Alarms by Richard Laymon
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Messenger by Edward Lee
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
The Familiar Stranger by Brett McBean
Love Lies Dying by Steve Gerlach
Bite by Richard Laymon
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Association by Bentley Little
Succulent Prey by Wrath James White
Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Blue November Storms by Brian Freeman
Hunting Zoe by Steve Gerlach
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
1408 by Stephen King (short story)
Beware by Richard Laymon
Monstrosity by Edward Lee
Billy by Whitley Strieber
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Live Girls by Ray Garton
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
The Midnight Tour by Richard Laymon
Sleeping Beauty by Phillip Margolin
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Bitten by Kelly Armstrong
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich ReMarque
The Mailman by Bentley Little
The Last Motel by Brett McBean
Graven Image by Ray Garton
Licker by Michael Arnzen
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote *current read*

[Patrick]

List updated:

It has never occurred to me to track the books I read over the course of a year. Cool idea, Sarah!

Here's what I can recall for 2007 in approximate reverse-chronological order. I've probably left something out.

Diary - Palahniuk (currently reading)
The Sandman, Volume IV: Season of Mists (currently reading)
A Clockwork Orange
Fragile Things
The Road
Lolita
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Blaze
The Sandman, Volume III: Dream Country
The Kite Runner
The Sandman, Volume II: The Doll's House
Three Cups of Tea
The Sandman, Volume I: Preludes and Nocturnes
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Paradise - Dante (still reading)
Purgatory - Dante
The Inferno - Dante
The Memory of Running
Invisible Monsters
Choke
McSweeny's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
Dreamcatcher
Anansi Boys
American Gods
On the Road (the only re-read on the list)
20th Century Ghosts
Heart-Shaped Box
Carrie
Survivor
Cell
Assassination Vacation
The Book With No Name
Brother Odd
Lonesome Dove
Master and Commander



... Where The Wild Things Are and a ton of other children's books that I read to my kids.

[sarajean]

half blood prince---rowling
even cowgirls get the blues---tom robbins
pippi on the run---astrid lundgren
the end---lemony snicket
lisey's story---stephen king
perfume---patrick süskind
mrs. pigglewiggle---betsy macdonald
hello, mrs. pigglewiggle---betsy macdonald
mrs. pigglewiggle's farm---betsy macdonald
flow my tears, the policeman said---philip k dick
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe---c.s. lewis
the horse and his boy---c.s. lewis
the greedy bastard tour---eric idle
dave barry's bad habits---dave barry
son of a witch
heart-shaped box---joe hill
running with scissors---augusten burroughs
everything's eventual---stephen king
two dead girls---stephen king
the mouse on the mile---stephen king
coffey's hands---stephen king
the bad death of eduard delacroix---stephen king
night journey---stephen king
coffey on the mile---stephen king
the invaders plan---l. ron hubbard
black genesis---l. ron hubbard
a long way down
the book of lost things---john connolly
re-read of hbp (in preparation)
salmon of doubt---douglas adams
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
fablehaven---brandon mull
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
eragon---christopher paolini
harry potter and the chamber of secrets---rowling
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban---rowling
gil's all fright diner by a. lee martinez
a nameless witch by a. lee martinez
harry potter and the goblet of fire---rowling
wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west
harry potter and the order of the phoenix---rowling
harry potter and the half-blood prince---rowling
harry potter and the deathly hallows---rowling
four past midnight---stephen king
the tommyknockers---stephen king
a game of thrones---george r. r. martin
IT---stephen king
perfume---patrick süskind
the golden compass---phillip pullman
the subtle knife ---phillip pullman
the amber spyglass---phillip pullman
the unfortunate miss fortunes---i've already forgotten
battlefield earth---l. ron hubbard
black friday---james patterson
jack and jill---james patterson
re-read of eric idle's greedy bastard tour diary (i needed a laugh)
thr3e---ted dekker
twilight---stephenie meyer
the gunslinger---stephen king
new moon---stephenie meyer
eclipse---stephenie meyer
the beginner---blake m. petit

total: 62

[Ruthful]

Off the top of me head:
The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer (RIP sir!)

Steve, was this any good? I've put this one off for a while because of the size of the book.

Spoiler:

He dies.

Oh man, I didn't even notice this until now.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[Darkthoughts]

I've not updated my 2007 list, I'm going to note everything I read in 2008 though

[Ruthful]

Yeah, I might just begin to do that.