the first half was very good. After this, just average.
the first half was very good. After this, just average.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
2. Wolverton Station by Joe Hill
3. The Princess and the Queen by George R.R. Martin
4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
5. Indignities of the Flesh by Bentley Little
6. Knowing Darkness by George Beahm
7. Read if You Dare edited by Catherine Gourley
8. Phoenix by Chuck Palahniuk
9. Nightmares in the Sky by Stephen King
10. Thumbprint by Joe Hill
11. Dracula by Bram Stoker
12. American Supernatural Tales edited by S. T. Joshi
13. File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents by Lemony Snicket
14. Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
2012 List
2013 List
2014
1. Shift - Hugh Howey (read - carryover from 2013)
2. Wolverton Station - Joe Hill (read)
3. At Any Price - Brenna Aubrey (read)
4. Arden House: Flight (book 1) - R.M. Bryan (read)
5. The Twistrose Key - Tone Almhjell (read)
6. Divergent - Veronica Roth (read)
7. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (read)
8. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (read)
9. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King (read)
10. The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean - David Almond (read)
11. The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison (read)
12. Red Rising -Pierce Brown (read)
13. The Scrivener's Tale - Fiona McIntosh (reading)
14. The King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (read)
15. The King - JR Ward (read)
16. Night Broken - Patrica Briggs (read)
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
Novels, collections, novellas:
1. Christopher Fulbright - The Bone Tree
2. Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Midnight Palace
3. Keith Minnion - Bone Worms
4. George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones
5. Robert R. McCammon - Blue World
6. China Mieville - Embassytown
7. Arthur Clarke & Frederik Pohl - The Last Theorem
8. Turn Down the Lights - anthology *
9. Ursula K. LeGuin - Changing Planes
10. Lucius Shepard - The Golden
11. Michael Slade - Hangman
12. Alan Moore - Voice of the Fire
13. Robert J. Sawyer - Flash Forward
14. George R.R. Martin - A Clash of Kings
15. Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates
16. Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Watcher in the Shadows
17. Dean R. Koontz - Hideaway
18. Walter M. Miller Jr. - A Canticle for Leibowitz
19. Brian James Freeman - Weak and Wounded
20. Jack Vance - The Eyes of the Overworld
21. Robert R. McCammon - Gone South
22. Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
23. Robert R. McCammon - Mystery Walk
24. Joe Haldeman - Tool of the Trade
25. Ira Levin - The Stepford Wives
26. Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife
27. Prime Evil - anthology
28. Arthur C. Clarke - Against the Fall of Night
29. Robert Heinlein - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
30. C.M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl - Wolfbane
31. Dan Simmons - The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz
32. Arthur C. Clarke - The Hammer of God
33. Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
34. Gene Wolfe - The Shadow of the Torturer
35. Harlan Ellison - Onix In Mefisto
36. George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords
Graphic novels, collections etc. :
1. Joe Harris - Great Pacific: Trashed!
2. Joe Casey - Sex Vol. 1, The Summer of Hard
3. Greg Rucka - Lazarus Vol. 1
4. Jim McCann - Mind the Gap, Vol. 1: Intimate Strangers
5. Grant Morrison - Animal Man 1
6. James Stokoe - Orc Stain 1
7. Grant Morrison - Animal Man 2: Origin of the Species
8. Grant Morrison - Animal Man 3: Deus Ex Machina
9. Ed Brisson - Sheltered, A Pre-Apocalyptic Tale
10. Harlan Ellison - Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor
11. Joe R. Lansdale - The Drive-In
12. Jay Faerber - Near Death 1
13. Joe Kelly - Four Eyes
14. Eric Stephenson - Nowhere Men 1: Fates Worse Than Death
15. Jordan Raskin - Industry of War
16. Greg Rucka - Queen and Country 1, definitive edition
17. Greg Rucka - Whiteout 1
17. Neil Gaiman - Books of Magic
18. Darwyn Cooke - Richard Stark's Parker, book two, The Outfit
19. Darwyn Cooke - Richard Stark's Parker, book three, The Score
20. Stan Lee - Starborn
21. Dan Didio - Deadman Vol. 1
22. Robert Kirkman - Invincible 1. Family Matters
23. Robert Kirkman - Invincible 2. Eight is Enough
24. Chuck Dixon et al. - Batman: Knightfall 1
25. Andy Diggle - The Losers, book 1
26. Greg Rucka - Whiteout Vol. 2: Melt
27. Jonathan Hickman - The Manhattan Projects 1
28. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 2, Inside Man
29. Jonathan Hickman - The Manhattan Projects 2
30. Jim McMann - Mind the Gap 2, Wish You Were Here
31. Nick Spencer - Bedlam
32. Gerard Way - Umbrella Academy 1: Apocalypse Suite
33. Matt Kindt - Red Handed
34. David Finch - The Dark Knight 1: Knight Terrors
35. Grant Morrison - Batman, The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul
36. Jonathan Hickman - The Manhattan Projects 3
37. Jeff Lemire - Animal Man 1: The Hunt
38. Jonathan Lethem - Omega the Unknown
39. Nick Spencer - Bedlam Vol. 2 Who I Am
40. Dean Motter - The Compleat Terminal City
41. Hugo Pratt - Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
42. Grant Morrison - Fantastic Four: 1 2 3 4
43. J. Michael Straczynsky - Superman: Grounded
44. Grant Morrison - Batman: Time and the Batman
45. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 3, Dead Man's Knock
46. Matt Fraction - Satellite Sam 1
47. Frank J. Barbiere - Five Ghosts
48. Brian K. Vaughn - Saga Vol. 3
49. Jim McMann - Mind the Gap 3, Out of Bodies
50. Joshua Williamson - Ghosted 1: Haunted Heist
51. Brandon Graham - Prophet 3: Empire
52. Warren Ellis - Frankenstein's Womb
53. Brian K. Vaughn - False Faces
54. Gerard Way - Umbrella Academy 2: Dallas
55. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 4: Leviathan
56. Sean Murphy - Punk Rock Jesus
57. Neil Gaiman - Violent Cases
58. Greg Rucka - Batwoman: Elegy
59. Gerry Duggan - The Infinite Horizon
60. Jonathan Hickman - The Red Wing
61. Ales Kot - Zero Vol. 1: An Emergency
62. Ian Edington - Hinterkind Vol. 1: The Waking World
63. Jeff Lemire - Animal Man Vol. 2: Animal Vs. Man
64. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 4: On to Genesis
65. Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451, official adaptation
66. Alan Moore - Neonomicon
67. Warren Ellis - Orbiter
68. Warren Ellis - Global Frequency
69. Jamie Delano - Cruel and Unusual
70. Jamie Delano - Constantine Hellblazer 2: The Devil You Know
71. Bill Willingham - Fables: The Deluxe Edition 6
72. Simon Oliver - FBP 1: The Paradigm Shift
73. Harlan Ellison w/ Rick Berry - "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktock Man
74. Eddie Campbell - The Fate of the Artist
1. THE GREEN RIPPER- John D. MacDonald
2. THE UNLOVED- John Saul
3. THE RED HOT TYPEWRITER- Hugh Merrill
4. FREEFALL IN CRIMSON- John D. MacDonald
5. MIDNIGHTS WITH THE MISTIC- Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
6. THE BIG SLEEP- Raymond Chandler
7. RED HARVEST- Dashiell Hammet
8. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY- Raymond Chandler
9. THE DAMSEL- Richard Stark
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
11. THE DAIN CURSE- Dashiell Hammet
12. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
13. GRIFTER'S GAME- Lawerence Block
14. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
15. THE MALTESE FALCON- Dashiell Hammet
16. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE- J. K. Rowling
17. THE TIPPING POINT- Malcom Gladwell (re-read)
18. CINNAMON SKIN- John D. MacDonald
19. QUOTATIONS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON- Thomas Jefferson
20. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX- J. K. Rowling
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
01. Great House - Nicole Krauss - 1/1-1/5
02. Amulet - Roberto Bolaño - 1/5-1/7
03. The Nick Adams Stories - Ernest Hemingway - 1/7-1/9
04. Bleeding Edge - Thomas Pynchon - 1/9-1/15
05. The Circle - Dave Eggers - 1/15-1/19
06. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid - 1/19-1/21
07. The Sound of Things Falling - Juan Gabriel Vásquez - 1/21-1/23
08. The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida - 1/23-1/24
09. Foreskin's Lament - Shalom Auslander - 1/24-1/29
10. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell - 1/29-1/30
11. Lawrence in Arabia - Scott Anderson - 1/30-2/8
12. Petroleum Venus - Alexander Snegirev - 2/8-2/12
13. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - 2/12-2/18
14. The Broom of the System - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-2/24
15. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves - Karen Russell - 2/24-2/26
16. Adam in Eden - Carlos Fuentes - 2/26-3/2
17. The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa - 3/2-3/5
18. The Good Lord Bird - James McBride - 3/5-3/12
19. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid - 3/12-3/14
20. At Night We Walk in Circles - Daniel Alarcón - 3/14-3/20
21. How Music Works - David Byrne - 3/20-3/24
22. White Teeth - Zadie Smith - 3/24-3/30
23. A Prayer Journal - Flannery O'Connor - 3/30-3/31
24. Z - Therese Anne Fowler - 3/31-4-5
25. Zeitoun - Dave Eggers - 4/5-4/28
26. Hungry Hearts - Anzia Yezierska - 4/28-5/1
27. The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara - 5/1-
Other
01. The Jerusalem Bible - Various - 2/28/13-
02. Água Viva - Clarice Lispector - 2/9-2/11
03. American Hippopotamus - Jon Mooallem - 2/12-3/2
04. Coronado High - Joshua Bearman - 3/2-3/14
05. Love and Ruin - James Verini - 3/14-3/30
06. Sleep Donation - Karen Russell - 3/30-2/26
07. The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap - Matt Taibbi - 4/15-4/22
08. Finding Shakespeare - Daniel Fromson - 4/27-
Comics
01. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Trapped on Treasure Island - Floyd Gottfredson - 8/22/13-1/20
02. Buddha Vol. 1 - Osamu Tezuka - 1/19-1/30
03. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: High Noon at Inferno Gulch - Floyd Gottfredson - 1/20-
04. Buddha Vol. 2 - Osamu Tezuka - 1/30-3/15
05. Revival Vol. 1 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 2/17-2/17
06. The Secret History of D.B. Cooper Issues 1-5
07. Sex Criminals Issues 1-5
08. Saga Issues 13-18
09. Revival Vol. 2 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 3/5-3/5
10. Revival Vol. 3 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 3/5-3/6
11. The Manhattan Projects Vol 1 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/6-3/6
12. The Manhattan Projects Vol 2 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/6-3/7
13. The Manhattan Projects Vol 3 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/7-3/7
14. The Manhattan Projects Issues 16-18
15. Revival Issues 18-19
16. Stray Bullets: Über Alles Edition - David Lapham - 3/14-4/27
17. Shutter Issues 1-1
18. Stray Bullets Killers Issues 1-1
19. Chew Vol 1 - John Layman and Rob Guillory - 4/29-5/1
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
2012 List
2013 List
2014
1. Shift - Hugh Howey (read - carryover from 2013)
2. Wolverton Station - Joe Hill (read)
3. At Any Price - Brenna Aubrey (read)
4. Arden House: Flight (book 1) - R.M. Bryan (read)
5. The Twistrose Key - Tone Almhjell (read)
6. Divergent - Veronica Roth (read)
7. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (read)
8. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (read)
9. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King (read)
10. The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean - David Almond (read)
11. The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison (read)
12. Red Rising -Pierce Brown (read)
13. The Scrivener's Tale - Fiona McIntosh (reading)
14. The King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (read)
15. The King - JR Ward (read)
16. Night Broken - Patrica Briggs (read)
17. Emperor of Thorns (read)
18. Preternatural: A Collection of Peculiar Short Stories - G.S. Anderson (read)
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
1. THE GREEN RIPPER- John D. MacDonald
2. THE UNLOVED- John Saul
3. THE RED HOT TYPEWRITER- Hugh Merrill
4. FREEFALL IN CRIMSON- John D. MacDonald
5. MIDNIGHTS WITH THE MISTIC- Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
6. THE BIG SLEEP- Raymond Chandler
7. RED HARVEST- Dashiell Hammet
8. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY- Raymond Chandler
9. THE DAMSEL- Richard Stark
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
11. THE DAIN CURSE- Dashiell Hammet
12. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
13. GRIFTER'S GAME- Lawerence Block
14. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
15. THE MALTESE FALCON- Dashiell Hammet
16. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE- J. K. Rowling
17. THE TIPPING POINT- Malcom Gladwell (re-read)
18. CINNAMON SKIN- John D. MacDonald
19. QUOTATIONS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON- Thomas Jefferson
20. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX- J. K. Rowling
21. THE LONELY SILVER RAIN- John D. MacDonald
Sloth Love Chunk
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
01. Great House - Nicole Krauss - 1/1-1/5
02. Amulet - Roberto Bolaño - 1/5-1/7
03. The Nick Adams Stories - Ernest Hemingway - 1/7-1/9
04. Bleeding Edge - Thomas Pynchon - 1/9-1/15
05. The Circle - Dave Eggers - 1/15-1/19
06. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid - 1/19-1/21
07. The Sound of Things Falling - Juan Gabriel Vásquez - 1/21-1/23
08. The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida - 1/23-1/24
09. Foreskin's Lament - Shalom Auslander - 1/24-1/29
10. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell - 1/29-1/30
11. Lawrence in Arabia - Scott Anderson - 1/30-2/8
12. Petroleum Venus - Alexander Snegirev - 2/8-2/12
13. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - 2/12-2/18
14. The Broom of the System - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-2/24
15. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves - Karen Russell - 2/24-2/26
16. Adam in Eden - Carlos Fuentes - 2/26-3/2
17. The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa - 3/2-3/5
18. The Good Lord Bird - James McBride - 3/5-3/12
19. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid - 3/12-3/14
20. At Night We Walk in Circles - Daniel Alarcón - 3/14-3/20
21. How Music Works - David Byrne - 3/20-3/24
22. White Teeth - Zadie Smith - 3/24-3/30
23. A Prayer Journal - Flannery O'Connor - 3/30-3/31
24. Z - Therese Anne Fowler - 3/31-4-5
25. Zeitoun - Dave Eggers - 4/5-4/28
26. Hungry Hearts - Anzia Yezierska - 4/28-5/1
27. The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara - 5/1-5/4
28. By Night in Chile - Roberto Bolaño - 5/4-
Other
01. The Jerusalem Bible - Various - 2/28/13-
02. Água Viva - Clarice Lispector - 2/9-2/11
03. American Hippopotamus - Jon Mooallem - 2/12-3/2
04. Coronado High - Joshua Bearman - 3/2-3/14
05. Love and Ruin - James Verini - 3/14-3/30
06. Sleep Donation - Karen Russell - 3/30-2/26
07. The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap - Matt Taibbi - 4/15-4/22
08. Finding Shakespeare - Daniel Fromson - 4/27-5/4
09. Murder on the Mekong - Jeff Howe - 5/4-
Comics
01. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Trapped on Treasure Island - Floyd Gottfredson - 8/22/13-1/20
02. Buddha Vol. 1 - Osamu Tezuka - 1/19-1/30
03. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: High Noon at Inferno Gulch - Floyd Gottfredson - 1/20-
04. Buddha Vol. 2 - Osamu Tezuka - 1/30-3/15
05. Revival Vol. 1 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 2/17-2/17
06. The Secret History of D.B. Cooper Issues 1-5
07. Sex Criminals Issues 1-5
08. Saga Issues 13-18
09. Revival Vol. 2 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 3/5-3/5
10. Revival Vol. 3 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 3/5-3/6
11. The Manhattan Projects Vol 1 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/6-3/6
12. The Manhattan Projects Vol 2 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/6-3/7
13. The Manhattan Projects Vol 3 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/7-3/7
14. The Manhattan Projects Issues 16-18
15. Revival Issues 18-19
16. Stray Bullets: Über Alles Edition - David Lapham - 3/14-4/27
17. Shutter Issues 1-1
18. Stray Bullets Killers Issues 1-1
19. Chew Vol 1 - John Layman and Rob Guillory - 4/29-5/1
20. Morning Glories Vol 1 - Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma - 5/2-5/2
21. East of West Vol 1 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta - 5/3-5/3
22. Fatale Vol 1 - Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - 5/4-5/4
23. Lazarus Vol 1 - Greg Rucka, Santiago Arcas, and Michael Lark 5/5-
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. THE GREEN RIPPER- John D. MacDonald
2. THE UNLOVED- John Saul
3. THE RED HOT TYPEWRITER- Hugh Merrill
4. FREEFALL IN CRIMSON- John D. MacDonald
5. MIDNIGHTS WITH THE MISTIC- Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
6. THE BIG SLEEP- Raymond Chandler
7. RED HARVEST- Dashiell Hammet
8. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY- Raymond Chandler
9. THE DAMSEL- Richard Stark
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
11. THE DAIN CURSE- Dashiell Hammet
12. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
13. GRIFTER'S GAME- Lawerence Block
14. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
15. THE MALTESE FALCON- Dashiell Hammet
16. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE- J. K. Rowling
17. THE TIPPING POINT- Malcom Gladwell (re-read)
18. CINNAMON SKIN- John D. MacDonald
19. QUOTATIONS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON- Thomas Jefferson
20. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX- J. K. Rowling
21. THE LONELY SILVER RAIN- John D. MacDonald
22. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE- J. K. Rowling
2012 List
2013 List
2014
1. Shift - Hugh Howey (read - carryover from 2013)
2. Wolverton Station - Joe Hill (read)
3. At Any Price - Brenna Aubrey (read)
4. Arden House: Flight (book 1) - R.M. Bryan (read)
5. The Twistrose Key - Tone Almhjell (read)
6. Divergent - Veronica Roth (read)
7. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (read)
8. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (read)
9. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King (read)
10. The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean - David Almond (read)
11. The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison (read)
12. Red Rising -Pierce Brown (read)
13. The Scrivener's Tale - Fiona McIntosh (reading)
14. The King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (read)
15. The King - JR Ward (read)
16. Night Broken - Patrica Briggs (read)
17. Emperor of Thorns (read)
18. Preternatural: A Collection of Peculiar Short Stories - G.S. Anderson (read)
19. At Any Turn - Brenna Aubrey (read)
20. By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain - Joe Hill (read)
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
1.Trunk Music/Michael Connelly (started in December)
2.Sourcery/Terry Pratchett (re-read)
In Digitized Remorse
1. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
3. The Wind through the Keyhole - Stephen King
4. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
5. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Stephen King (re-read)
Doctor Who
1. Timewyrm: Exodus - Terrance Dicks
2. Timewyrm: Apocalypse - Nigel Robinson
3. Timewyrm: Revelation - Paul Cornell
4. Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible - Marc Platt
5. Tales of Trenzalore - Various
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
1.Trunk Music/Michael Connelly (started in December)
2.Sourcery/Terry Pratchett (re-read)
3.Shadowfires/Dean Koontz
In Digitized Remorse
2012 List
2013 List
2014
1. Shift - Hugh Howey (read - carryover from 2013)
2. Wolverton Station - Joe Hill (read)
3. At Any Price - Brenna Aubrey (read)
4. Arden House: Flight (book 1) - R.M. Bryan (read)
5. The Twistrose Key - Tone Almhjell (read)
6. Divergent - Veronica Roth (read)
7. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (read)
8. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (read)
9. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King (read)
10. The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean - David Almond (read)
11. The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison (read)
12. Red Rising -Pierce Brown (read)
13. The Scrivener's Tale - Fiona McIntosh (reading)
14. The King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (read)
15. The King - JR Ward (read)
16. Night Broken - Patrica Briggs (read)
17. Emperor of Thorns (read)
18. Preternatural: A Collection of Peculiar Short Stories - G.S. Anderson (read)
19. At Any Turn - Brenna Aubrey (read)
20. By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain - Joe Hill (read)
21. City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare (read)
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
01. Great House - Nicole Krauss - 1/1-1/5
02. Amulet - Roberto Bolaño - 1/5-1/7
03. The Nick Adams Stories - Ernest Hemingway - 1/7-1/9
04. Bleeding Edge - Thomas Pynchon - 1/9-1/15
05. The Circle - Dave Eggers - 1/15-1/19
06. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid - 1/19-1/21
07. The Sound of Things Falling - Juan Gabriel Vásquez - 1/21-1/23
08. The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida - 1/23-1/24
09. Foreskin's Lament - Shalom Auslander - 1/24-1/29
10. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell - 1/29-1/30
11. Lawrence in Arabia - Scott Anderson - 1/30-2/8
12. Petroleum Venus - Alexander Snegirev - 2/8-2/12
13. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - 2/12-2/18
14. The Broom of the System - David Foster Wallace - 2/18-2/24
15. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves - Karen Russell - 2/24-2/26
16. Adam in Eden - Carlos Fuentes - 2/26-3/2
17. The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa - 3/2-3/5
18. The Good Lord Bird - James McBride - 3/5-3/12
19. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid - 3/12-3/14
20. At Night We Walk in Circles - Daniel Alarcón - 3/14-3/20
21. How Music Works - David Byrne - 3/20-3/24
22. White Teeth - Zadie Smith - 3/24-3/30
23. A Prayer Journal - Flannery O'Connor - 3/30-3/31
24. Z - Therese Anne Fowler - 3/31-4-5
25. Zeitoun - Dave Eggers - 4/5-4/28
26. Hungry Hearts - Anzia Yezierska - 4/28-5/1
27. The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara - 5/1-5/4
28. By Night in Chile - Roberto Bolaño - 5/4-5/18
29. Oblivion - David Foster Wallace - 5/18-
Other
01. The Jerusalem Bible - Various - 2/28/13-
02. Água Viva - Clarice Lispector - 2/9-2/11
03. American Hippopotamus - Jon Mooallem - 2/12-3/2
04. Coronado High - Joshua Bearman - 3/2-3/14
05. Love and Ruin - James Verini - 3/14-3/30
06. Sleep Donation - Karen Russell - 3/30-2/26
07. The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap - Matt Taibbi - 4/15-4/22
08. Finding Shakespeare - Daniel Fromson - 4/27-5/4
09. Murder on the Mekong - Jeff Howe - 5/4-
Comics
01. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Trapped on Treasure Island - Floyd Gottfredson - 8/22/13-1/20
02. Buddha Vol. 1 - Osamu Tezuka - 1/19-1/30
03. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: High Noon at Inferno Gulch - Floyd Gottfredson - 1/20-
04. Buddha Vol. 2 - Osamu Tezuka - 1/30-3/15
05. Revival Vol. 1 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 2/17-2/17
06. The Secret History of D.B. Cooper Issues 1-5
07. Sex Criminals Issues 1-5
08. Saga Issues 13-18
09. Revival Vol. 2 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 3/5-3/5
10. Revival Vol. 3 - Tim Seeley and Mike Morton - 3/5-3/6
11. The Manhattan Projects Vol 1 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/6-3/6
12. The Manhattan Projects Vol 2 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/6-3/7
13. The Manhattan Projects Vol 3 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra - 3/7-3/7
14. The Manhattan Projects Issues 16-18
15. Revival Issues 18-19
16. Stray Bullets: Über Alles Edition - David Lapham - 3/14-4/27
17. Shutter Issues 1-1
18. Stray Bullets Killers Issues 1-1
19. Chew Vol 1 - John Layman and Rob Guillory - 4/29-5/1, Issues 1-5
20. Morning Glories Vol 1 - Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma - 5/2-5/2, Issues 1-38
21. East of West Vol 1 - Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta - 5/3-5/3, Issues 1-11
22. Fatale Vol 1 - Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - 5/4-5/4
23. Lazarus Vol 1 - Greg Rucka, Santiago Arcas, and Michael Lark 5/5-5/6
24. Invincible Vol 1 - Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker - 5/6-5/7
25. Hellboy Issues 1-4
26. Locke and Key Issues 1-6
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.Trunk Music/Michael Connelly (started in December)
2.Sourcery/Terry Pratchett (re-read)
3.Shadowfires/Dean Koontz
4.Body Rides/Richard Laymon
In Digitized Remorse
1. THE GREEN RIPPER- John D. MacDonald
2. THE UNLOVED- John Saul
3. THE RED HOT TYPEWRITER- Hugh Merrill
4. FREEFALL IN CRIMSON- John D. MacDonald
5. MIDNIGHTS WITH THE MISTIC- Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
6. THE BIG SLEEP- Raymond Chandler
7. RED HARVEST- Dashiell Hammet
8. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY- Raymond Chandler
9. THE DAMSEL- Richard Stark
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
11. THE DAIN CURSE- Dashiell Hammet
12. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
13. GRIFTER'S GAME- Lawerence Block
14. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
15. THE MALTESE FALCON- Dashiell Hammet
16. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE- J. K. Rowling
17. THE TIPPING POINT- Malcom Gladwell (re-read)
18. CINNAMON SKIN- John D. MacDonald
19. QUOTATIONS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON- Thomas Jefferson
20. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX- J. K. Rowling
21. THE LONELY SILVER RAIN- John D. MacDonald
22. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE- J. K. Rowling
23. THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH- Norton Juster
24. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS- J. K. Rowling
2012 List
2013 List
2014
1. Shift - Hugh Howey (read - carryover from 2013)
2. Wolverton Station - Joe Hill (read)
3. At Any Price - Brenna Aubrey (read)
4. Arden House: Flight (book 1) - R.M. Bryan (read)
5. The Twistrose Key - Tone Almhjell (read)
6. Divergent - Veronica Roth (read)
7. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (read)
8. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (read)
9. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King (read)
10. The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean - David Almond (read)
11. The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison (read)
12. Red Rising -Pierce Brown (read)
13. The Scrivener's Tale - Fiona McIntosh (reading)
14. The King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (read)
15. The King - JR Ward (read)
16. Night Broken - Patrica Briggs (read)
17. Emperor of Thorns (read)
18. Preternatural: A Collection of Peculiar Short Stories - G.S. Anderson (read)
19. At Any Turn - Brenna Aubrey (read)
20. By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain - Joe Hill (read)
21. City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare (read)
22. The Buffalo Hunter - Peter Straub (read)
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
Novels, collections, novellas:
1. Christopher Fulbright - The Bone Tree
2. Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Midnight Palace
3. Keith Minnion - Bone Worms
4. George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones
5. Robert R. McCammon - Blue World
6. China Mieville - Embassytown
7. Arthur Clarke & Frederik Pohl - The Last Theorem
8. Turn Down the Lights - anthology *
9. Ursula K. LeGuin - Changing Planes
10. Lucius Shepard - The Golden
11. Michael Slade - Hangman
12. Alan Moore - Voice of the Fire
13. Robert J. Sawyer - Flash Forward
14. George R.R. Martin - A Clash of Kings
15. Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates
16. Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Watcher in the Shadows
17. Dean R. Koontz - Hideaway
18. Walter M. Miller Jr. - A Canticle for Leibowitz
19. Brian James Freeman - Weak and Wounded
20. Jack Vance - The Eyes of the Overworld
21. Robert R. McCammon - Gone South
22. Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
23. Robert R. McCammon - Mystery Walk
24. Joe Haldeman - Tool of the Trade
25. Ira Levin - The Stepford Wives
26. Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife
27. Prime Evil - anthology
28. Arthur C. Clarke - Against the Fall of Night
29. Robert Heinlein - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
30. C.M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl - Wolfbane
31. Dan Simmons - The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz
32. Arthur C. Clarke - The Hammer of God
33. Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
34. Gene Wolfe - The Shadow of the Torturer
35. Harlan Ellison - Onix In Mefisto
36. George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords
37. Brian Keene - Dead Sea
38. Brian Keene - Entombed
39. Ray Bradbury - R is for Rocket
40. Gene Wolfe - The Claw of the Conciliator
41. Hiroshi Sakurazaka - All You Need Is Kill
42. Brian Keene - The Rising, author's preferred edition
43. Ben Bova - Farside
44. Harlan Ellison - Flintlock
45. Clive Barker - Books of Blood II
Graphic novels, collections etc. :
1. Joe Harris - Great Pacific: Trashed!
2. Joe Casey - Sex Vol. 1, The Summer of Hard
3. Greg Rucka - Lazarus Vol. 1
4. Jim McCann - Mind the Gap, Vol. 1: Intimate Strangers
5. Grant Morrison - Animal Man 1
6. James Stokoe - Orc Stain 1
7. Grant Morrison - Animal Man 2: Origin of the Species
8. Grant Morrison - Animal Man 3: Deus Ex Machina
9. Ed Brisson - Sheltered, A Pre-Apocalyptic Tale
10. Harlan Ellison - Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor
11. Joe R. Lansdale - The Drive-In
12. Jay Faerber - Near Death 1
13. Joe Kelly - Four Eyes
14. Eric Stephenson - Nowhere Men 1: Fates Worse Than Death
15. Jordan Raskin - Industry of War
16. Greg Rucka - Queen and Country 1, definitive edition
17. Greg Rucka - Whiteout 1
17. Neil Gaiman - Books of Magic
18. Darwyn Cooke - Richard Stark's Parker, book two, The Outfit
19. Darwyn Cooke - Richard Stark's Parker, book three, The Score
20. Stan Lee - Starborn
21. Dan Didio - Deadman Vol. 1
22. Robert Kirkman - Invincible 1. Family Matters
23. Robert Kirkman - Invincible 2. Eight is Enough
24. Chuck Dixon et al. - Batman: Knightfall 1
25. Andy Diggle - The Losers, book 1
26. Greg Rucka - Whiteout Vol. 2: Melt
27. Jonathan Hickman - The Manhattan Projects 1
28. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 2, Inside Man
29. Jonathan Hickman - The Manhattan Projects 2
30. Jim McMann - Mind the Gap 2, Wish You Were Here
31. Nick Spencer - Bedlam
32. Gerard Way - Umbrella Academy 1: Apocalypse Suite
33. Matt Kindt - Red Handed
34. David Finch - The Dark Knight 1: Knight Terrors
35. Grant Morrison - Batman, The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul
36. Jonathan Hickman - The Manhattan Projects 3
37. Jeff Lemire - Animal Man 1: The Hunt
38. Jonathan Lethem - Omega the Unknown
39. Nick Spencer - Bedlam Vol. 2 Who I Am
40. Dean Motter - The Compleat Terminal City
41. Hugo Pratt - Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
42. Grant Morrison - Fantastic Four: 1 2 3 4
43. J. Michael Straczynsky - Superman: Grounded
44. Grant Morrison - Batman: Time and the Batman
45. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 3, Dead Man's Knock
46. Matt Fraction - Satellite Sam 1
47. Frank J. Barbiere - Five Ghosts
48. Brian K. Vaughn - Saga Vol. 3
49. Jim McMann - Mind the Gap 3, Out of Bodies
50. Joshua Williamson - Ghosted 1: Haunted Heist
51. Brandon Graham - Prophet 3: Empire
52. Warren Ellis - Frankenstein's Womb
53. Brian K. Vaughn - False Faces
54. Gerard Way - Umbrella Academy 2: Dallas
55. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 4: Leviathan
56. Sean Murphy - Punk Rock Jesus
57. Neil Gaiman - Violent Cases
58. Greg Rucka - Batwoman: Elegy
59. Gerry Duggan - The Infinite Horizon
60. Jonathan Hickman - The Red Wing
61. Ales Kot - Zero Vol. 1: An Emergency
62. Ian Edington - Hinterkind Vol. 1: The Waking World
63. Jeff Lemire - Animal Man Vol. 2: Animal Vs. Man
64. Mike Carey - The Unwritten 4: On to Genesis
65. Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451, official adaptation
66. Alan Moore - Neonomicon
67. Warren Ellis - Orbiter
68. Warren Ellis - Global Frequency
69. Jamie Delano - Cruel and Unusual
70. Jamie Delano - Constantine Hellblazer 2: The Devil You Know
71. Bill Willingham - Fables: The Deluxe Edition 6
72. Simon Oliver - FBP 1: The Paradigm Shift
73. Harlan Ellison w/ Rick Berry - "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktock Man
74. Eddie Campbell - The Fate of the Artist
75. Joseph Mallozi - Dark Matter 1: Rebirth
76. Rene Goscinny - Asterix the Goul
77. Franz Kafka - The Castle
78. Bill Willingham - Fairest 1, Wide Awake
79. Geoff Johns - Superman, Secret Origin
80. Connor McCreery & Anthony Del Col - Kill Shakespear 1, A Sea of Troubles
81. Frank Miller - 300
82. Mark Waid - Steed and Mrs. Peel: A Very Civil Armageddon
83. Mark Waid - Potter's Field
84. Dan Abnett - The New Deadwardians
85. Stephen King - The Gunslinger Born
86. HP Lovecraft - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
87. Mike Carey - Unwritten 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words
88. Jonathan Hickman - Teeth
89. Kelly Sue Deconnick - Pretty Deadly 1
90. Brandon Graham - Multiple Warheads
91. Brandon Graham - Perverts of the Unknown
92. Brandon Graham - King City
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 2013
In English:
1. Tim Lebbon. Fears Unnamed. - Four Novellas (Remnants; White; The Unfortunate; Naming of Parts)
2. Shirley Jackson. Just an Ordinary Day. - Short Stories
3. Shirley Jackson. We Have Always Lived in the Castle. - Novel
4. Dean Koontz. The Eyes of Darkness. - Novel
5. Dean Koontz. Phantoms. - Novel
6. Shirley Jackson. The Lottery and Other Stories. - Short Stories
7. Ransom Riggs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. - Novel
8. Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. - Novel
9. Stephen King. Storm of the Century. - Screenplay
10. Brenna Yovanoff. The Replacement. - Novel
11. Susan Hill. The Woman in Black. - Novel
In Russian:
1. Аркадий Аверченко. Шутка мецената. - Novella
2. Аркадий Аверченко. в Западную Европу сатириконцев: Южакина, Сандерса, Мифасова и Крысакова. - Novella (reread)
3. Аркадий Аверченко. Подходцев и двое других. - Novella
4. Аркадий Аверченко. Круги по воде. - Short Stories
5. Дмитрий Быков. Икс. - Novel
6. Дмитрий Быков. Сигналы. - Novel
7. Дмитрий Быков. Астромов, или ученик чародея. - Novel (reread)
8. Дмитрий Быков. Прощай, кукушка. - Short Stories
9. Дмитрий Быков. Оправдание. - Novel (reread)
10. Любовь Воронкова. Старшая сестра. - Novel
11. Любовь Воронкова. Личное счастье. - Novel
12. Юрий Сальников. Шестиклассники. - Novella
13. Евгений Титаренко. Критическая температура. - Novella
14. Владимир Киселев. Девочка и птицелет. - Novel
15. Валерий Алексеев. Прекрасная второгодница. - Novella
16. Сусанна Георгиевская. Отрочество. - Novel (reread)
17. Леонид Нечаев. Ожидание друга, или признания подростка. - Novella
18. Галина Щербакова. Отчаянная осень. - Novella
19. Герман Матвеев. Семнадцатилетние. - Novel
20. Герман Матвеев. Новый директор. - Novel
21. Елена Матвеева. Черновой вариант. - Novel
22. Сергей Голицын. Страшный Крокозавр и его дети. - Novel
23. Вадим Фролов. Невероятно насыщенная жизнь. - Novella
24. Иван Зюзюкин. Из-за девчонки. - Novella
25. Михаил Коршунов. Бульвар под ливнем (Музыканты). - Novel
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. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
3. The Wind through the Keyhole - Stephen King
4. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
5. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Stephen King (re-read)
6. A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin
Doctor Who
1. Timewyrm: Exodus - Terrance Dicks
2. Timewyrm: Apocalypse - Nigel Robinson
3. Timewyrm: Revelation - Paul Cornell
4. Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible - Marc Platt
5. Tales of Trenzalore - Various
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
1. THE GREEN RIPPER- John D. MacDonald
2. THE UNLOVED- John Saul
3. THE RED HOT TYPEWRITER- Hugh Merrill
4. FREEFALL IN CRIMSON- John D. MacDonald
5. MIDNIGHTS WITH THE MISTIC- Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
6. THE BIG SLEEP- Raymond Chandler
7. RED HARVEST- Dashiell Hammet
8. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY- Raymond Chandler
9. THE DAMSEL- Richard Stark
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
11. THE DAIN CURSE- Dashiell Hammet
12. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
13. GRIFTER'S GAME- Lawerence Block
14. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN- J. K. Rowling (re-read)
15. THE MALTESE FALCON- Dashiell Hammet
16. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE- J. K. Rowling
17. THE TIPPING POINT- Malcom Gladwell (re-read)
18. CINNAMON SKIN- John D. MacDonald
19. QUOTATIONS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON- Thomas Jefferson
20. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX- J. K. Rowling
21. THE LONELY SILVER RAIN- John D. MacDonald
22. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE- J. K. Rowling
23. THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH- Norton Juster
24. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS- J. K. Rowling
25. THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS- James M. Cain
26. THE GUNSLINGER- Stephen King
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