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    The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian
    Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (reread)
    Coraline - Neil Gaiman (reread)
    Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo - Margot Mifflin
    Gerald's Game - Stephen King (reread)
    We're All in this Together - Owen King
    Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings
    The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson
    World War Z - Max Brooks
    A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snickett
    Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
    The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (reread)
    A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snickett
    The Fourth Hand - John Irving
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
    The Green Mile - Stephen King (reread)
    Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health - Gary Taubes
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    Diary - Chuck Palahniuk (reading)



    "People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard


    "You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain

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    1. Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling - 1/1-1/1
    2. Brisingr - Paolini - 1/1-1/4
    3. Player Piano - Vonnegut 1/4-1/17
    4. Lolita - Nabokov - 1/17-1/24
    5. Sin City: The Big Fat Kill - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/24
    6. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/25
    7. The High Window - Raymond Chandler - 1/25-1/31
    8. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 1/31-2/3
    9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick - 2/3-2/8
    10. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - 2/8-2/8
    11. Main Street - Sinclair Lewis -2/8-2/22
    13. 2666 Vol. 1 - Roberto Bolaño - 2/22-3/8
    14. 2666 Vol. 2 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/8-3/17
    15. 2666 Vol. 3 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/17-3/21
    16. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - 3/21-3/24
    17. Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test - ed. Mark D. White - 3/24-3/31
    18. The Killing Joke - Alan Moore, Brian Bolland - 3/31-3/31
    19. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr. - 3/31-4/8
    20. Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges - 4/8-5/28
    21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky - 5/28-5/31
    22. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 5/31-6/15
    23. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye - Frank Miller - 6/15-6/16
    24. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    25. Sin City: Family Values - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    26. Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    27. No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - 6/16-6/22
    28. Sin City: Hell and Back - Frank Miller - 6/22-6/22
    29. Ulysses - James Joyce - 6/22-7/14
    30. Ulysses Annotated - Don Gifford - 6/22-7/14
    31. The Stand: Captain Trips- SK - 7/14-7/14
    32. X Men Noir - Fred Van Lente - 7/14-7/14
    33. The Intro to Best American Essays 07 - David Foster Wallace -7/14-7/15
    34. This is Water - DFW - 7/15-7/15
    35. The Lady in the Lake - Raymond CHandler - 7/15-7/24
    36. The Burial at Thebes - Seamus Heaney - 7/24-8/1
    37. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - W.S. Merwin - 8/1-8/4
    38. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman - 8/4-8/14
    39. Spider-Man Noir - Hine & Sapolsky - 8/14-8/14
    40. Heroes Vol 2 - *no single author* - 8/14



    For School (Read simultaneously with books from the above list):
    1. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison - finished off from past year
    2. Othello - William Shakespeare - finished
    3. Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (in french) - finished
    4. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller - finished
    5. Parallel Worlds - Michio Kaku - finished
    6. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams - finished
    7. Fences - August Wilson - Finished
    8. A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Finished
    9. The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Finished


    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

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    2008 book list

    1. The Tales Of Beedle The Bard-J. K. Rowling

    2. Rage-Richard Bachman

    3. 20th Century Ghosts-Joe Hill

    4. Creepshow-Stephen King

    5. Cinema Of Mystery-Rose London

    6. Population Zero-Wrath James White

    7. Skin Flowers-Gina Ranalli

    8. children of the new disorder-Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore

    9. Cthulu 2000-edited by Jim Turner

    10. Painted Devils-Robert Aickman

    11. Scared Stiff: Tales Of Sex And Death-Ramsey Campbell

    12. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Eight Secondary Characters From The Dark Tower Series-Bev Vincent

    13. MAUS I-Art Spiegelman

    14. Turn Coat- Jim Butcher

    15. Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury

    16. The Gunslinger Born

    17. The Films Of Stephen King-Ann Lloyd

    18. Locke & Key-Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez

    19. Cinematic Vampires The Living Dead on Film and Television, from The Devil's Castle (1896) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)- John L. Flynn

    20. City Infernal-Edward Lee

    21. BLOOD The Last Vampire 2002-Benkyo Tamaoki

    22. Buffy The Vampire Slayer The Origin-Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton

    23. Werewolf-Richard Corben

    24. Son of Celluloid-Clive Barker, Steve Niles, and Les Edwards

    25. Tapping The Vein BOOK ONE-Clive Barker, Craig Russel, and Scott Hampton

    26. Tapping The Vein BOOK TWO- Clive Barker, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton

    27. A Scanner Darkly-Philip K. Dick

    28. DEADLY FEASTS Tracking The Secrets Of A Terrifying New Plague-Richard Rhodes
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    I wish that I could write fiction, but that seems almost an impossibility. -howard phillips lovecraft (1915)



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    1. Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling - 1/1-1/1
    2. Brisingr - Paolini - 1/1-1/4
    3. Player Piano - Vonnegut 1/4-1/17
    4. Lolita - Nabokov - 1/17-1/24
    5. Sin City: The Big Fat Kill - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/24
    6. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/25
    7. The High Window - Raymond Chandler - 1/25-1/31
    8. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 1/31-2/3
    9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick - 2/3-2/8
    10. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - 2/8-2/8
    11. Main Street - Sinclair Lewis -2/8-2/22
    13. 2666 Vol. 1 - Roberto Bolaño - 2/22-3/8
    14. 2666 Vol. 2 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/8-3/17
    15. 2666 Vol. 3 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/17-3/21
    16. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - 3/21-3/24
    17. Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test - ed. Mark D. White - 3/24-3/31
    18. The Killing Joke - Alan Moore, Brian Bolland - 3/31-3/31
    19. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr. - 3/31-4/8
    20. Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges - 4/8-5/28
    21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky - 5/28-5/31
    22. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 5/31-6/15
    23. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye - Frank Miller - 6/15-6/16
    24. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    25. Sin City: Family Values - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    26. Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    27. No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - 6/16-6/22
    28. Sin City: Hell and Back - Frank Miller - 6/22-6/22
    29. Ulysses - James Joyce - 6/22-7/14
    30. Ulysses Annotated - Don Gifford - 6/22-7/14
    31. The Stand: Captain Trips- SK - 7/14-7/14
    32. X Men Noir - Fred Van Lente - 7/14-7/14
    33. The Intro to Best American Essays 07 - David Foster Wallace -7/14-7/15
    34. This is Water - DFW - 7/15-7/15
    35. The Lady in the Lake - Raymond CHandler - 7/15-7/24
    36. The Burial at Thebes - Seamus Heaney - 7/24-8/1
    37. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - W.S. Merwin - 8/1-8/4
    38. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman - 8/4-8/14
    39. Spider-Man Noir - Hine & Sapolsky - 8/14-8/14
    40. Heroes Vol 2 - *no single author* - 8/14-8/15
    41. Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon - 8/15



    For School (Read simultaneously with books from the above list):
    1. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison - finished off from past year
    2. Othello - William Shakespeare - finished
    3. Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (in french) - finished
    4. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller - finished
    5. Parallel Worlds - Michio Kaku - finished
    6. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams - finished
    7. Fences - August Wilson - Finished
    8. A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Finished
    9. The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Finished


    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

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    Here has been my 2009 list.

    Completed:
    1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
    2. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin.
    3. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin.
    4. Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin.
    5. Strip Jack by Ian Rankin.
    6. The Black Book by Ian Rankin.
    7. Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin.
    8. Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin.
    9. Black and Blue by Ian Rankin.
    10. The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin.
    11. Dead Souls by Ian Rankin.
    12. Set in Darkness by Ian Rankin.
    13. The Falls by Ian Rankin.
    14. Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin.
    15. A Question of Blood? by Ian Rankin.
    16. Fleshmarket Alley by Ian Rankin.
    17. The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin.
    18. Exit Music by Ian Rankin.
    19. Beggers Banquet by Ian Rankin.
    20. Ghosts/Aliens by Trey Hamburger.
    21. World War Z by Max Brooks.
    22. The Strangler by William Landay.
    23. The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
    24. The Wastelands by Steven King and various other artists.
    25. Survive by Les Stroud.
    26. How to stay alive in the woods by Bradford Angier
    27. Ultimate guide to Wilderness Living by John and Geri McPherson
    28. The Last Oracle by James Rollins.
    29. The Gunslinger by Stephen King.
    30. The Drawing of Three by Stephen King.
    31. The Wastelands by Stephen King.
    32. Wizards and Glass by Stephen King.
    33. Ghost Hunting by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson.
    34. The Ghost Hunter's strangest Cases by Hans Holzer.
    35. The Mayan Prophecies by Gerald Benedict.
    36. Cell by Stephen King.

    Currently Reading:
    Wolves of Calla by Stephen King.

    What's up next before 2010:
    1. Song of Susanah by Stephen King.
    2. The Dark Tower by Stephen King.
    3. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.
    4. Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay.

    Then who knows.

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    Updated:

    Read:

    1. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
    2. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
    3. Survivor - Chuck Palanihuk
    4. Maus I - Art Spiegelman
    5. Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
    6. Maus II - Art Spiegelman
    7. Day Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
    8. Twilight Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
    9. Last Watch – Sergei Lukyanenko
    10. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
    11. The Yiddish Policeman’s Union – Michael Chabon
    12. Exit Wounds – Rutu Modan
    13. The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
    14. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
    15. Identity Crisis – Brad Meltzer
    16. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
    17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
    18. The Inner Game of Tennis - W. Timothy Gallwey
    19. Life, the Universe, and Everything – Douglas Adams
    20. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish – Douglas Adams
    21. Young Zaphod plays it Safe – Douglas Adams
    22. Mostly Harmless – Douglas Adams
    23. The Emperor of Ocean Park – Stephen L. Carter
    24. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
    25. Unweaving the Rainbow – Richard Dawkins
    26. Franny and Zooey – J.D. Salinger


    Currently Reading:

    The Dart League King – Keith Lee Morris
    Or
    Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

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    2008 Book List

    1. Death Masks ~ Jim Butcher
    2. Blood Rites~ Jim Butcher
    3. Dead Beat ~ Jim Butcher (reread)
    4. Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher
    5. White Knight ~ Jim Butcher
    6. Small Favor -Jim Butcher
    7. Backup ~ Jim Butcher
    8. A Moveable Feast ~ Hemingway
    9. God Save The Queen (graphic novel) ~ Mike Carey
    10. The Turn Of The Screw and Other Stories ~ Henry James
    11. The Gunslinger Born 1-7 ~ Furth et al (reread)
    12. The Long Road Home 1-5 ~ Furth et al
    13. Treachery 1-4 ~ Furth et al
    14. Fevre Dream ~ George R R Martin
    15. Creatures Of The Night ~ Neil Gaiman
    16. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch ~ Neil Gaiman
    17. Doom Patrol #1-18 ~ Paul Kupperberg
    18. Doom Patrol #32 -64 ~ Grant Morrison
    19. Storm Of The Century (Screenplay) ~ Stephen King
    20. Doom Patrol #65 -87 ~ Rachel Pollack
    21. Shoot The Damn Dog ~ Sally Brampton
    22. Last Call ~ Tim Powers
    23. Blaze ~ Richard Bachman (reread)
    24. Turncoat~ Jim Butcher
    25. The Magic Cottage ~ James Herbert
    26. Expiration Date ~ Tim Powers
    27. Round Ireland, With A Fridge ~ Tony Hawks
    28. On Writing ~ Stephen King
    29. Earthquake Weather ~ Tim Powers
    30. Notes From A Small Island ~ Bill Bryson
    31. Hawkes Harbor ~ S. E. Hinton
    32. Ark Baby ~ Liz Jensen
    33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
    34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J K Rowling (reread)
    35. Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
    36. Dexter In The Dark ~ Jeff Lindsay
    37. Nation ~ Terry Pratchett
    38. Stephen King Goes To The Movies ~ Stephen King
    39. Eric ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
    40. Thicker Than Water ~ Mike Carey
    41. Titus Groan ~ Mervyn Peake (reread) currently reading
    42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ~ SK (reread)
    43. Misery ~ SK (reread)

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    Impressive!

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    *bows*
    But I'm still stuck on Titus Groan - it's part of a brilliant trilogy and I know it's amazing once you get into it, because I've read it before. But I keep like, snacking on other easier books instead of tucking into the three course meal

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    1. Duma Key by Stephen King
    2. Come Out Tonight by Richard Laymon
    3. The Grays by Whitley Strieber
    4. Dark Hollow by John Connolly
    5. Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow
    6. Sex and Violence in Hollywood by Ray Garton
    7. When the Darkness Falls by J.F. Gonzalez
    8. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
    9. Drop Shot by Harlen Coben
    10. The Woods Are Dark by Richard Laymon
    11. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
    12. The Intruder by Richard Laymon
    13. The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber
    14. A Moveable Feast by Earnest Hemingway
    15. Vampire Heart by Joseph Locke (Ray Garton)
    16. The Gunslinger (Revised) by Stephen King
    17. Needles and Sins by Michael Arnzen
    18. Final Beginnings by John Edward
    19. Drood by Dan Simmons
    20. Wild Season by Allan Eckert
    21. Orgy of Souls by Wrath James White
    22. From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
    23. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
    24. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
    25. Evermore by Alison Noel
    26. The Kult by Shaun Jeffrey
    27. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
    28. The Waste Lands by Stephen King
    29. Cell Candy by Steve Gerlach
    30. Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
    31. Wicked by Gregory Maguire - *current read*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darkthoughts View Post
    But I keep like, snacking on other easier books instead of tucking into the three course meal
    Best. Analogy. Ever.



    "People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard


    "You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain

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    I quite liked that, it was probably because I was hungry rather than a flash of genius

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    "People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard


    "You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain

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    2008 Book List

    Updated

    The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian
    Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (reread)
    Coraline - Neil Gaiman (reread)
    Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo - Margot Mifflin
    Gerald's Game - Stephen King (reread)
    We're All in this Together - Owen King
    Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings
    The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson
    World War Z - Max Brooks
    A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snickett
    Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
    The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (reread)
    A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snickett
    The Fourth Hand - John Irving
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
    The Green Mile - Stephen King (reread)
    Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health - Gary Taubes
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
    My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult (reading)



    "People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard


    "You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain

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    1. Death Masks ~ Jim Butcher
    2. Blood Rites~ Jim Butcher
    3. Dead Beat ~ Jim Butcher (reread)
    4. Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher
    5. White Knight ~ Jim Butcher
    6. Small Favor -Jim Butcher
    7. Backup ~ Jim Butcher
    8. A Moveable Feast ~ Hemingway
    9. God Save The Queen (graphic novel) ~ Mike Carey
    10. The Turn Of The Screw and Other Stories ~ Henry James
    11. The Gunslinger Born 1-7 ~ Furth et al (reread)
    12. The Long Road Home 1-5 ~ Furth et al
    13. Treachery 1-4 ~ Furth et al
    14. Fevre Dream ~ George R R Martin
    15. Creatures Of The Night ~ Neil Gaiman
    16. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch ~ Neil Gaiman
    17. Doom Patrol #1-18 ~ Paul Kupperberg
    18. Doom Patrol #32 -64 ~ Grant Morrison
    19. Storm Of The Century (Screenplay) ~ Stephen King
    20. Doom Patrol #65 -87 ~ Rachel Pollack
    21. Shoot The Damn Dog ~ Sally Brampton
    22. Last Call ~ Tim Powers
    23. Blaze ~ Richard Bachman (reread)
    24. Turncoat~ Jim Butcher
    25. The Magic Cottage ~ James Herbert
    26. Expiration Date ~ Tim Powers
    27. Round Ireland, With A Fridge ~ Tony Hawks
    28. On Writing ~ Stephen King
    29. Earthquake Weather ~ Tim Powers
    30. Notes From A Small Island ~ Bill Bryson
    31. Hawkes Harbor ~ S. E. Hinton
    32. Ark Baby ~ Liz Jensen
    33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
    34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J K Rowling (reread)
    35. Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
    36. Dexter In The Dark ~ Jeff Lindsay
    37. Nation ~ Terry Pratchett
    38. Stephen King Goes To The Movies ~ Stephen King
    39. Eric ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
    40. Thicker Than Water ~ Mike Carey
    41. Titus Groan ~ Mervyn Peake (reread) currently reading
    42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ~ SK (reread)
    43. Misery ~ SK (reread)
    44. Dexter By Design ~ Jeff Lindsay
    45. Night Shift ~ SK (partly a reread, I'd read some stories but not all.)

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    The Childe's 2009 booklist:
    Now with new and improved, quick, convenient (0-5) review

    1. Strangers-Dean Koontz-Novel (3)
    2. A Narrative of A. Gordon Pym - Edgar Allen Poe - Novella (4)
    3. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury - Novel (5)
    4. The Gold Bug - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story (reread) (3)
    5. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - Novel (4)
    6. The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (3)
    7. Pet Sematary - Stephen King - Novel (reread) (5)
    8. The Mystery of Marie Roget - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (2)
    9. The Long Road Home (1-5) comics (5)
    10. A Worn Path - Eudora Welty - short story (3)
    11. Blue Winds Dancing - Tom Whitecloud - short story (3)
    12. The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (3)
    13. The Black Cat - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (4)
    14. The Shining - SK - Novel (reread) (5)
    15. The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien - Novel (4)
    16. The Pit and the Pendulum - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
    17. The Premature Burial - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
    18. The Masque of the Red Death - EAP - short story (reread) (4)
    19. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger - novel (3)
    20. Hop-Frog - EAP - short story (reread) (4)
    21. The Cask of Amontillado - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
    22. The Tell-Tale Heart - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
    23. The Stand: Captain Trips #1-5 - comics - (5)
    24. The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien - Novel (5)
    25. The Far Side Gallery #4 - Gary Larson - comics - (4)
    26. 1984 - George Orwell - novel (4)
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    1. The Tales Of Beedle The Bard-J. K. Rowling

    2. Rage-Richard Bachman

    3. 20th Century Ghosts-Joe Hill

    4. Creepshow-Stephen King

    5. Cinema Of Mystery-Rose London

    6. Population Zero-Wrath James White

    7. Skin Flowers-Gina Ranalli

    8. children of the new disorder-Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore

    9. Cthulu 2000-edited by Jim Turner

    10. Painted Devils-Robert Aickman

    11. Scared Stiff: Tales Of Sex And Death-Ramsey Campbell

    12. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Eight Secondary Characters From The Dark Tower Series-Bev Vincent

    13. MAUS I-Art Spiegelman

    14. Turn Coat- Jim Butcher

    15. Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury

    16. The Gunslinger Born

    17. The Films Of Stephen King-Ann Lloyd

    18. Locke & Key-Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez

    19. Cinematic Vampires The Living Dead on Film and Television, from The Devil's Castle (1896) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)- John L. Flynn

    20. City Infernal-Edward Lee

    21. BLOOD The Last Vampire 2002-Benkyo Tamaoki

    22. Buffy The Vampire Slayer The Origin-Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton

    23. Werewolf-Richard Corben

    24. Son of Celluloid-Clive Barker, Steve Niles, and Les Edwards

    25. Tapping The Vein BOOK ONE-Clive Barker, Craig Russel, and Scott Hampton

    26. Tapping The Vein BOOK TWO- Clive Barker, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton

    27. A Scanner Darkly-Philip K. Dick

    28. DEADLY FEASTS Tracking The Secrets Of A Terrifying New Plague-Richard Rhodes

    29. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book-Shel Silverstein
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
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    Here is my 2009 List so far:

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    Just After Sunset
    Of Mice and Men
    The Great Gatsby
    The Gunslinger
    The Drawing of the Three
    The Waste Lands
    Wizard & Glass
    Catcher & The Rye
    Wolves of the Calla
    Song of Susannah
    The Dark Tower

    Currently Reading: 1984


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    I forgot I needed it, to feel
    maybe when I die
    I'll just grab it real quick

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    Cell
    1408 (short)
    UR
    Desperation
    Bare Bones


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    Read:

    1. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
    2. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
    3. Survivor - Chuck Palanihuk
    4. Maus I - Art Spiegelman
    5. Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
    6. Maus II - Art Spiegelman
    7. Day Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
    8. Twilight Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
    9. Last Watch – Sergei Lukyanenko
    10. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
    11. The Yiddish Policeman’s Union – Michael Chabon
    12. Exit Wounds – Rutu Modan
    13. The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
    14. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
    15. Identity Crisis – Brad Meltzer
    16. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
    17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
    18. The Inner Game of Tennis - W. Timothy Gallwey
    19. Life, the Universe, and Everything – Douglas Adams
    20. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish – Douglas Adams
    21. Young Zaphod plays it Safe – Douglas Adams
    22. Mostly Harmless – Douglas Adams
    23. The Emperor of Ocean Park – Stephen L. Carter
    24. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
    25. Unweaving the Rainbow – Richard Dawkins
    26. Franny and Zooey – J.D. Salinger
    27. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
    28. The Dart League King – Keith Lee Morris


    Currently Reading:



    The Sirens of Titan – Kurt Vonnegut

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    The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian
    Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (reread)
    Coraline - Neil Gaiman (reread)
    Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo - Margot Mifflin
    Gerald's Game - Stephen King (reread)
    We're All in this Together - Owen King
    Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings
    The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson
    World War Z - Max Brooks
    A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snickett
    Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
    The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (reread)
    A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snickett
    The Fourth Hand - John Irving
    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
    The Green Mile - Stephen King (reread)
    Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health - Gary Taubes
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
    My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
    A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (reading)



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    "You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain

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    1. Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling - 1/1-1/1
    2. Brisingr - Paolini - 1/1-1/4
    3. Player Piano - Vonnegut 1/4-1/17
    4. Lolita - Nabokov - 1/17-1/24
    5. Sin City: The Big Fat Kill - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/24
    6. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/25
    7. The High Window - Raymond Chandler - 1/25-1/31
    8. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 1/31-2/3
    9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick - 2/3-2/8
    10. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - 2/8-2/8
    11. Main Street - Sinclair Lewis -2/8-2/22
    13. 2666 Vol. 1 - Roberto Bolaño - 2/22-3/8
    14. 2666 Vol. 2 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/8-3/17
    15. 2666 Vol. 3 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/17-3/21
    16. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - 3/21-3/24
    17. Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test - ed. Mark D. White - 3/24-3/31
    18. The Killing Joke - Alan Moore, Brian Bolland - 3/31-3/31
    19. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr. - 3/31-4/8
    20. Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges - 4/8-5/28
    21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky - 5/28-5/31
    22. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 5/31-6/15
    23. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye - Frank Miller - 6/15-6/16
    24. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    25. Sin City: Family Values - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    26. Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    27. No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - 6/16-6/22
    28. Sin City: Hell and Back - Frank Miller - 6/22-6/22
    29. Ulysses - James Joyce - 6/22-7/14
    30. Ulysses Annotated - Don Gifford - 6/22-7/14
    31. The Stand: Captain Trips- SK - 7/14-7/14
    32. X Men Noir - Fred Van Lente - 7/14-7/14
    33. The Intro to Best American Essays 07 - David Foster Wallace -7/14-7/15
    34. This is Water - DFW - 7/15-7/15
    35. The Lady in the Lake - Raymond CHandler - 7/15-7/24
    36. The Burial at Thebes - Seamus Heaney - 7/24-8/1
    37. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - W.S. Merwin - 8/1-8/4
    38. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman - 8/4-8/14
    39. Spider-Man Noir - Hine & Sapolsky - 8/14-8/14
    40. Heroes Vol 2 - *no single author* - 8/14-8/15
    41. Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon - 8/15



    For School (Read simultaneously with books from the above list):
    1. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison - finished off from past year
    2. Othello - William Shakespeare - finished
    3. Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (in french) - finished
    4. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller - finished
    5. Parallel Worlds - Michio Kaku - finished
    6. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams - finished
    7. Fences - August Wilson - Finished
    8. A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Finished
    9. The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Finished
    10. Gulliver's Travels Part IV - Jonathon Swift - Finished
    11. Complete Persepolis - NArjane Satrapi - Finished


    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

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    The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
    The Road - Cormac McCarthy
    Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
    Slumdog Millionaire - Vikas Swarup
    Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
    New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
    A Storm of Swords - George R.R Martin
    Just After Sunset - Stephen King
    Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix - J.K Rowling
    The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
    The Wanting Seed - Anthony Burgess

    Currently Reading
    Dr. No (007) - Ian Fleming
    Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    Watchmen and Philosophy - Mark D. White

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    1. Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling - 1/1-1/1
    2. Brisingr - Paolini - 1/1-1/4
    3. Player Piano - Vonnegut 1/4-1/17
    4. Lolita - Nabokov - 1/17-1/24
    5. Sin City: The Big Fat Kill - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/24
    6. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard - Frank Miller - 1/24-1/25
    7. The High Window - Raymond Chandler - 1/25-1/31
    8. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 1/31-2/3
    9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick - 2/3-2/8
    10. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - 2/8-2/8
    11. Main Street - Sinclair Lewis -2/8-2/22
    13. 2666 Vol. 1 - Roberto Bolaño - 2/22-3/8
    14. 2666 Vol. 2 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/8-3/17
    15. 2666 Vol. 3 - Roberto Bolaño - 3/17-3/21
    16. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - 3/21-3/24
    17. Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test - ed. Mark D. White - 3/24-3/31
    18. The Killing Joke - Alan Moore, Brian Bolland - 3/31-3/31
    19. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr. - 3/31-4/8
    20. Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges - 4/8-5/28
    21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky - 5/28-5/31
    22. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolaño - 5/31-6/15
    23. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye - Frank Miller - 6/15-6/16
    24. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    25. Sin City: Family Values - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    26. Sin City: Booze, Broads, and Bullets - Frank Miller - 6/16-6/16
    27. No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - 6/16-6/22
    28. Sin City: Hell and Back - Frank Miller - 6/22-6/22
    29. Ulysses - James Joyce - 6/22-7/14
    30. Ulysses Annotated - Don Gifford - 6/22-7/14
    31. The Stand: Captain Trips- SK - 7/14-7/14
    32. X Men Noir - Fred Van Lente - 7/14-7/14
    33. The Intro to Best American Essays 07 - David Foster Wallace -7/14-7/15
    34. This is Water - DFW - 7/15-7/15
    35. The Lady in the Lake - Raymond CHandler - 7/15-7/24
    36. The Burial at Thebes - Seamus Heaney - 7/24-8/1
    37. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - W.S. Merwin - 8/1-8/4
    38. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman - 8/4-8/14
    39. Spider-Man Noir - Hine & Sapolsky - 8/14-8/14
    40. Heroes Vol 2 - *no single author* - 8/14-8/15
    41. Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon - 8/15



    For School (Read simultaneously with books from the above list):
    1. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison - finished off from past year
    2. Othello - William Shakespeare - finished
    3. Le Petit Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (in french) - finished
    4. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller - finished
    5. Parallel Worlds - Michio Kaku - finished
    6. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams - finished
    7. Fences - August Wilson - Finished
    8. A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Finished
    9. The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Finished
    10. Gulliver's Travels Part IV - Jonathon Swift - Finished
    11. Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi - Finished
    12. Blankets - Craig Thompson -
    13. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde


    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

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    1. The Tales Of Beedle The Bard-J. K. Rowling

    2. Rage-Richard Bachman

    3. 20th Century Ghosts-Joe Hill

    4. Creepshow-Stephen King

    5. Cinema Of Mystery-Rose London

    6. Population Zero-Wrath James White

    7. Skin Flowers-Gina Ranalli

    8. children of the new disorder-Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore

    9. Cthulu 2000-edited by Jim Turner

    10. Painted Devils-Robert Aickman

    11. Scared Stiff: Tales Of Sex And Death-Ramsey Campbell

    12. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Eight Secondary Characters From The Dark Tower Series-Bev Vincent

    13. MAUS I-Art Spiegelman

    14. Turn Coat- Jim Butcher

    15. Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury

    16. The Gunslinger Born

    17. The Films Of Stephen King-Ann Lloyd

    18. Locke & Key-Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez

    19. Cinematic Vampires The Living Dead on Film and Television, from The Devil's Castle (1896) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)- John L. Flynn

    20. City Infernal-Edward Lee

    21. BLOOD The Last Vampire 2002-Benkyo Tamaoki

    22. Buffy The Vampire Slayer The Origin-Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton

    23. Werewolf-Richard Corben

    24. Son of Celluloid-Clive Barker, Steve Niles, and Les Edwards

    25. Tapping The Vein BOOK ONE-Clive Barker, Craig Russel, and Scott Hampton

    26. Tapping The Vein BOOK TWO- Clive Barker, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton

    27. A Scanner Darkly-Philip K. Dick

    28. DEADLY FEASTS Tracking The Secrets Of A Terrifying New Plague-Richard Rhodes

    29. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book-Shel Silverstein

    30. John Shirley-Crawlers
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
    I’ll be your friend forever


    I wish that I could write fiction, but that seems almost an impossibility. -howard phillips lovecraft (1915)



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