2015 book list

[CRinVA]

2015 Book List

1. Just After Sunset (Audio), Stephen King
2. Lisey's Story (Audio), Stephen King
3. 11/22/63 (Audio), Stephen King
4. Irreparable Harm, Sasha McCandless
5. The Gingerbread Girl (Audio), Stephen King
6. Cell (Audio), Stephen King
7. The Journals of Eleanor Druse (Audio), Eleanor Druse (Richard Dooling)
8. Blockade Billy (Audio)< Stephen King
9. The Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
10. American Gods, (Audio), Neil Gaiman
11. Stephen King, Uncollected, Unpublished, Rocky Wood
12. Mentats of Dune, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
13. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
14. Revival, Stephen King
15. Brother Odd (Audio), Dean Koontz

[Stebbins]

1. BUTCHER'S MOON- Richard Stark
2. FOUNDATION- Isaac Asimov
3. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE- Isaac Asimov
4. UNLIMITED POWER- Anthony Robbins
5. SECOND FOUNDATION- Isaac Asimov
6. HOW TO WIN AT THE SPORT OF BUSINESS- Mark Cuban
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE- J. D. Salinger
8. THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SALES- Jeffery Gitomer
9. THE ALADDIN FACTOR- Jack Canfield
10. THE ART OF LEARNING- Josh Waitzkin
11. 4-HOUR WORKWEEK- Tim Ferriss
12. 4-HOUR BODY- Tim Ferriss
13. THE QUICK AND EASY WAY TO EFFECTIVE SPEAKING- Dale Carnegie
14. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES- Lynne Truss
15. ONE SECOND AFTER- William R. Forstchen
16. GETTING PAST NO- William Ury
17. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING- Al Ries and Jack Trout
18. GROWTH HACKER MARKETING- Ryan Holiday
19. THE GETAWAY CAR- Donald Westlake
20. LETTERS FROM A STOIC- Seneca
21. A RAGE IN HARLEM- Chester Himes
22. PICK-UP- Charles Willeford
23. TRUST ME, I'M LYING- Ryan Holiday
24. THE REAL COOL KILLERS- Chester Himes
25. EINSTEIN- Walter Isaacson
26. THE KILLER INSIDE ME- Jim Thompson

[Heather19]

2015

1. NOS4A2 -Joe Hill
2. Eerie - Blake Crouch
3. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
4. Revival - Stephen King
5. A Most Haunted House - G.L. Davies
6. Abandon - Blake Crouch
7. Misery - Stephen King
8. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier (audio)
9. Run - Blake Crouch
10. The Birds - Daphne du Maurier
11. Miramont's Ghost - Elizabeth Hall
12. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson (audio)
13. The Langoliers - Stephen King
14. The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon (audio)
15. The Island - Elin Hilderbrand (audio)
16. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (audio)
17. Desert Places - Blake Crouch
18. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (audio)
19. Fully Loaded: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch (currently reading)
20. Draculas - Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson

[Ricky]

2011 List
2012 List
2013 List
2014 List

2015 List:

1. Snowblind - Christopher Golden
2. Wild - Cheryl Strayed
3. We Are Pirates - Daniel Handler
4. Pines - Blake Crouch
5. Wayward - Blake Crouch
6. The Last Town - Blake Crouch
7. The Stranger on the Train - Abbie Taylor (currently reading)

[Stebbins]

1. BUTCHER'S MOON- Richard Stark
2. FOUNDATION- Isaac Asimov
3. FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE- Isaac Asimov
4. UNLIMITED POWER- Anthony Robbins
5. SECOND FOUNDATION- Isaac Asimov
6. HOW TO WIN AT THE SPORT OF BUSINESS- Mark Cuban
7. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE- J. D. Salinger
8. THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF SALES- Jeffery Gitomer
9. THE ALADDIN FACTOR- Jack Canfield
10. THE ART OF LEARNING- Josh Waitzkin
11. 4-HOUR WORKWEEK- Tim Ferriss
12. 4-HOUR BODY- Tim Ferriss
13. THE QUICK AND EASY WAY TO EFFECTIVE SPEAKING- Dale Carnegie
14. EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES- Lynne Truss
15. ONE SECOND AFTER- William R. Forstchen
16. GETTING PAST NO- William Ury
17. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING- Al Ries and Jack Trout
18. GROWTH HACKER MARKETING- Ryan Holiday
19. THE GETAWAY CAR- Donald Westlake
20. LETTERS FROM A STOIC- Seneca
21. A RAGE IN HARLEM- Chester Himes
22. PICK-UP- Charles Willeford
23. TRUST ME, I'M LYING- Ryan Holiday
24. THE REAL COOL KILLERS- Chester Himes
25. EINSTEIN- Walter Isaacson
26. THE KILLER INSIDE ME- Jim Thompson
27. THE DARK TOWER- Stephen King (re-read)
28. BREAKOUT- Richard Stark (re-read)

[Girlystevedave]

2015

1. Revival - Stephen King
2. Replay - Ken Grimwood
3. Ack Ack Macaque - Gareth Powell
4. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
5. The Secret of Spring - Piers Anthony
6. All's Fair In Love & Seduction - Beverley Kendall (don't judge me!)
7. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
8. The Recollection - Gareth Powell
9. Misery - Stephen King
10. Roadwork - Richard Bachman/Stephen King (whatever)
11. Pines - Blake Crouch
12. Wayward - Blake Crouch
13. The Last Town - Blake Crouch (currently reading)

[Ricky]

Jeeze, you're blazing through them.

[Girlystevedave]

They're SO good!

[Heather19]

I was just going to say the same thing. You must love them.
I'm reading the Wayward Pines Genesis series by Steven Konkoly. It's ok, but not near as good as the original series by Blake.

[Girlystevedave]

I was just going to say the same thing. You must love them.
I'm reading the Wayward Pines Genesis series by Steven Konkoly. It's ok, but not near as good as the original series by Blake.

I do. I do love them!
I posted about them in the what are you currently reading thread this morning and said they are easily some of the best books I've ever read. It's safe to say that they are already on my favorite's list. I really do love everything about them.

So, what exactly is it that you're reading? (Without giving spoilers since I'm not yet done with The Last Town. )

[Heather19]

2015

1. NOS4A2 -Joe Hill
2. Eerie - Blake Crouch
3. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
4. Revival - Stephen King
5. A Most Haunted House - G.L. Davies
6. Abandon - Blake Crouch
7. Misery - Stephen King
8. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier (audio)
9. Run - Blake Crouch
10. The Birds - Daphne du Maurier
11. Miramont's Ghost - Elizabeth Hall
12. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson (audio)
13. The Langoliers - Stephen King
14. The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon (audio)
15. The Island - Elin Hilderbrand (audio)
16. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (audio)
17. Desert Places - Blake Crouch
18. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (audio)
19. Fully Loaded: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch
20. Draculas - Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson
21. Wayward Pines: Genesis Collection - Steven Konkoly (currently reading)
22. Beautiful Day - Elin Hilderbrand (currently listening to)

Amanda, I just responded in the other thread

[Girlystevedave]

2015

1. Revival - Stephen King
2. Replay - Ken Grimwood
3. Ack Ack Macaque - Gareth Powell
4. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
5. The Secret of Spring - Piers Anthony
6. All's Fair In Love & Seduction - Beverley Kendall (don't judge me!)
7. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
8. The Recollection - Gareth Powell
9. Misery - Stephen King
10. Roadwork - Richard Bachman/Stephen King (whatever)
11. Pines - Blake Crouch
12. Wayward - Blake Crouch
13. The Last Town - Blake Crouch

I finished The Last Town last night. I feel incredibly bummed out today.

[Girlystevedave]

Heather, how was The Time Traveler's Wife? I've heard very mixed reviews of it, but the concept of it always intrigued me. Would you recommend it? And be brutally honest.

[Ricky]

I finished The Last Town last night. I feel incredibly bummed out today.

What did you think about that epilogue?

(So did you end up giving up on The Long Walk? )

[Girlystevedave]

I finished The Last Town last night. I feel incredibly bummed out today.

What did you think about that epilogue?

(So did you end up giving up on The Long Walk? )

I really liked that epilogue! It was to the point and said so much with such few words.

Spoiler:

And I really liked that it was left open for continuation.

And, fuck yes, I gave up on the Longest Walk Ever.
All those contestants' feet can fall off for all I care.

[Ricky]

I really liked that epilogue! It was to the point and said so much with such few words.

Spoiler:

And I really liked that it was left open for continuation.

I liked it too (it reminded me of the epilogue to The Talisman...or Black House. I can't remember).

I think that it would've been a little more plausible if

Spoiler:

it weren't such a long amount of time though. It took awhile for me to accept the 2,000 years in the future thing, so 70,000 years was kind of a stretch for me.

And, fuck yes, I gave up on the Longest Walk Ever.
All those contestants' feet can fall off for all I care.

That is hysterical.

At least I'm not the only one who thought it was hard to get through!

[Girlystevedave]

1. I can see what you mean

Spoiler:

about the time frame being a stretch in the epilogue, but it didn't bother me. I won't lie though, when I first even found out about it being the future, I was having a hard time understanding the time frame(s) of when Ethan first ended up in Pines, and when Theresa/Ben were taken there, etc. I was asking my mom about it since she read it before me, and she was like "I tried not to think too much about it because it got confusing trying to analyze it. i just went with it."

2. It was hard to get through! And I remember you told me to finish it because it was short, and then I realized that I actually had about 150 pages left. I couldn't do it, man. I couldn't. haha

[becca69]

2012 List
2013 List
2014 List

2015
1. Falls the Shadow - Stefanie Gaither
2. Immortal - JR Ward
3. The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
4. Revival - Stephen King
5. The Supernatural Enhancements - Edgar Cantero
6. Burned - Karen Marie Moning
7. Golden Son - Pierce Brown
8. Doomed - Chuch Palahniuk
9. The Warded Man - Peter V. Brett
10. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
11. The Shadows - JR Ward
12. Mort(e) - Robert Repino
13. Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Mass

[Ricky]

Spoiler:

when I first even found out about it being the future, I was having a hard time understanding the time frame(s) of when Ethan first ended up in Pines, and when Theresa/Ben were taken there, etc.

Me too! Haha. And I think I was the same way as your mom. After awhile I stopped trying to figure out the timeline of everything.

[Heather19]

Heather, how was The Time Traveler's Wife? I've heard very mixed reviews of it, but the concept of it always intrigued me. Would you recommend it? And be brutally honest.

I really enjoyed it. I listened to the audio book, and I have to say when it comes to audiobooks, it was probably the most well done one I've heard. It was narrated by both a man and woman so it was easy to follow, and you didn't have the person trying to imitate the opposite sex which can sometimes be annoying I'd recommend checking it out.

And, fuck yes, I gave up on the Longest Walk Ever.
All those contestants' feet can fall off for all I care.

That is hysterical.

At least I'm not the only one who thought it was hard to get through!

Oh no....

Spoiler:

when I first even found out about it being the future, I was having a hard time understanding the time frame(s) of when Ethan first ended up in Pines, and when Theresa/Ben were taken there, etc.

Me too! Haha. And I think I was the same way as your mom. After awhile I stopped trying to figure out the timeline of everything.

Spoiler:

Well Ethan was taken by Pilcher, and then Theresa and Ben were taken after. And then Hassler decided to go after that. I can't remember but I think he went with Pilcher and all them right, which might have been a few years later? I can't quite remember it's been awhile since I read it.

As for when they woke up in Pines I'm pretty sure Theresa and Ben were woken up first with Hassler, and then Hassler was sent off outside the wall, which is when Ethan was taken out of suspension. However if I remember correctly he was put back into suspension a few times because he didn't do well when he came out.

[Girlystevedave]

1. I never listen to audiobooks (I tried once and found myself not paying attention), but the thought of a man/woman speaking for a character of the opposite sex does sound like it would be annoying and/or distracting.

2. I wanted to get through The Long Walk so bad! In fact, I kept thinking: "If I don't finish this book, I'm gonna have to admit to it on DT, and Heather is gonna be so disappointed".

3. Yeah, as the story went on,

Spoiler:

I was able to figure out the timeline like you described. And you're right about Ethan being put into suspension a few times. Pilcher told Ethan that he tried to escape three times. I thought that was a nice little touch to the story. Ethan was a badass.

[Ricky]

2. I wanted to get through The Long Walk so bad! In fact, I kept thinking: "If I don't finish this book, I'm gonna have to admit to it on DT, and Heather is gonna be so disappointed".

"They're all gonna laugh at you!"

And I don't think I would be able to really pay attention to an audiobook. I think it's too passive for me. I need to be actually reading the words to be fully engrossed.

[Girlystevedave]

2. I wanted to get through The Long Walk so bad! In fact, I kept thinking: "If I don't finish this book, I'm gonna have to admit to it on DT, and Heather is gonna be so disappointed".

"They're all gonna laugh at you!"

And I don't think I would be able to really pay attention to an audiobook. I think it's too passive for me. I need to be actually reading the words to be fully engrossed.

@ "They're all gonna laugh at you"

And I feel the same about the audiobook. I was listening to one, and a few minutes went by before I realized that I wasn't even paying attention to what was going on because I wasn't having to concentrate on the words.

[Heather19]

2. I wanted to get through The Long Walk so bad! In fact, I kept thinking: "If I don't finish this book, I'm gonna have to admit to it on DT, and Heather is gonna be so disappointed".

Well I was contemplating having to end our friendship...

As for audiobooks, I usually reserve them for books that I wouldn't get to reading. If it's one I really want to read then I have to read it, I could never listen to the audio. But for all those books that I wouldn't normally have time to read, I'll listen to them. Plus I have a crazy long commute to work so it's perfect for that.

[Girlystevedave]

2. I wanted to get through The Long Walk so bad! In fact, I kept thinking: "If I don't finish this book, I'm gonna have to admit to it on DT, and Heather is gonna be so disappointed".

Well I was contemplating having to end our friendship...

!