"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
Well, here's the final list for 2008:
Christine - Stephen King (reread)
Water for Elephants - Susan Gruen
Lost Boy Lost Girl - Peter Straub
A Widow for One Year - John Irving
Blaze - Stephen King
Cujo - Stephen King (reread)
Danse Macabre - Stephen King (finally finished!)
The Dark Half - Stephen King (reread)
The Memory of Running - Ron McLarty
The Dead Zone - Stephen King (reread)
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Jane Austen's Letters
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Desperation - Stephen King (reread)
The Regulators - Stephen King (reread)
The Magdalen - Marita Conlon-McKenna
Different Seasons - Stephen King (reread)
Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King (reread)
The Hotel New Hampshire - John Irving
Dreamcatcher - Stephen King (reread)
Selected Poems - W. H. Auden
Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Everything's Eventual - Stephen King (reread)
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God - Louise Rennison
The Listeners and Other Poems - Walter de la Mare
Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas - Louise Rennison
Dancing in My Nuddy Pants - Louise Rennison
Collected Poems - Philip Larkin
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel - Louise Rennison
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers - Louise Rennison
Startled By His Furry Shorts - Louise Rennison
Love is a Many Trousered Thing - Louise Rennison
Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King (reread)
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Firestarter - Stephen King (reread)
Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
Duma Key - Stephen King
We Survived: Fourteen Histories of the Hidden and Hunted in Nazi Germany - Eric H. Boehm
"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
Final List for 2008:
in Russian:
1. Дина Рубина. На солнечной стороне улицы [Dina Rubina. On the Sunny Side] - novel
2. Дина Рубина. На Верхней Масловке [Dina Rubina. At Upper Maslovka] - novel
3. Дина Рубина. Двойная фамилия [Dina Rubina. Double Name] - novel
4. Дина Рубина. Рассказы (Любка; Воскресная месса в Толедо; Гладь озера в пасмурной мгле) [Dina Rubina. Short Stories: Lyubka; Sunday Mass in Toledo; Lake Surface at Twilight]
5. Дина Рубина. Астральный полет души на уроке физики. - Рассказы. [Dina Rubina. Astral Flight of Soul and a Physics Class.] - Short Stories (reread)
6. Николай Носов. Рассказы [Nikolay Nosov. Short Stories (for kids)] (reread)
7. Николай Носов. Повести. [Nikolay Nosov. Three novels (for kids)] (reread)
8. Борис Акунин. Шпионский роман [Boris Akunin. Spy Novel. (from Project: Genres)] (reread)
9. Борис Акунин. Фантастический роман [Boris Akunin. Fantasy Novel. (from Project: Genres) (reread)
10. Александр Бушков. Полковник, ставший капитаном. [Alexander Bushkov. Colonel Who Became Captain.] Non-fiction.
11. Астрид Линдгрен. Карлсон, который живет на крыше. [Astrid Lindgren. Karlsson on the Roof] - Novel (for kids); Translated from Swedish. (reread)
12. Астрид Линдгрен. Приключения Калле Блюмквиста. [Astrid Lindgren. Kalle Blomkvist's Adventures] - Novel (for kids); Translated from Swedish. (reread)
13. Александр Бушков. А.С.: Секретная миссия. [Alexander Bushkov. A.S.: Secret Mission] - Novel (reread; in progress)
14. Юрий Поляков. Замыслил я побег. [Yuriy Poliakov. Escape] - Novel (reread)
15. Юрий Поляков. Козленок в молоке. [Yuriy Poliakov. Goat in Its Mother's Milk] - Novel (reread)
16. Александр Бушков. Иван Грозный: кровавый поэт. [Alexander Bushkov. Ivan the Terrible] - nonfiction
17. Владимир Соловьев. Путин: путеводитель для неравнодушных. [Vladimir Soloviev. Putin: a Guide] - nonfiction.
18. Юрий Поляков. ЧП районного масштаба. [Yuriy Poliakov. Emergency] - novel (reread)
19. Юрий Поляков. Работа над ошибками. [Yuriy Poliakov. Mistakes Correction] - novel (reread)
20. Юрий Поляков. Грибной царь. [Yuriy Poliakov. Mushroom King] - novel (reread).
21. Юрий Поляков. Подземный художник. [Yuriy Poliakov. Subterranean Artist] - novelette.
22. Юрий Поляков. Возвращение блудного мужа. [Yuriy Poliakov. The Return of a Prodigal Husband] - novelette.
23. Виктор Пелевин [Victor Pelevin]. Generation P. - Novel (reread)
24. Виктор Пелевин. Чапаев и Пустота. [Victor Pelevin. Chapaev and Emptiness]. - Novel (reread)
25. Виктор Пелевин. Священная книга оборотня. [Victor Pelevin. The Sacred Book of Kitsune] - Novel
26. Анна Старобинец. Убежище 3/9 [Anna Starobinetz. Shelter 3/9] - Novel
27. Виктор Пелевин. [Victor Pelevin] Empire V. - Novel (reread)
28. Владислав Крапивин. Золотое колечко на границе тьмы. [Vladislav Krapivin. A Little Gold Ring at the Edge of Darkness] - Memoirs.
29. Николай Носов. Тайна на дне колодца [Nikolai Nosov. Mystery at the Bottom of the Well] - Memoirs.
30. Татьяна Устинова. Отель у последней надежды [Tatiana Ustinova. Last Hope Hotel.] - Novel (reread)
31. Анна Малышева. Тело в шляпе. При попытке выйти замуж. Сплошной разврат. [Anna Malysheva. Three detective novels] - reread.
32. Владислав Крапивин. Трофейная банка, разбитая на дуэли. [The Trophy Jar smashed in a Duel] - Novel.
33. Анна Старобинец. Резкое похолодание. [Anna Starobinetz. Turning Cold.] - Novel, short stories.
34. Людмила Петрушевская. Найди меня, сон. [Ludmila Petrushevskaya. Find me sleep] - Short stories.
35. Людмила Петрушевская. Дом с фонтаном. [Ludmila Petrushevskaya. House with a Fountain] - Short stories.
36. Дмитрий Быков. Оправдание. [Dmitry Bykov. Justification] - Novel.
37. И.Грекова. Кафедра. [Y.Grecquova. Faculty] - Novel (reread)
38. Александр Бушков. Сварог: Чужие берега. Чужие паруса. Чужие зеркала. [Alexander Bushkov. Srarog: Foreign Shores. Foreign Sails. Foreign Mirrors] - Fantasy trilogy, 3-novel part of the Svarog cicle.
39. Дмитрий Быков. Орфография. [Dmitry Bykov. Orthography] - Novel (reread)
40. Дмитрий Быков. ЖД. [Dmitry Bykov. [an abbreviation I can't translate, it has too many meaning that would be lost] - Novel (reread)
41. Даниил Гранин. Неожиданное утро. [Daniil Granin. Sudden Morning.] - nonfiction
42. Полина Дашкова. Источник счастья. [Polina Dashkova. The Source of Happiness] - Serial Novel, book 1.
43. Полина Дашкова. Источник счастья. Книга 2: Misterium Tremendum. [Polina Dashkova. The Source of Happiness. Book Two: Misterium Tremendum] - Serial Novel, book 2.
44. Михаил Веллер. Перпендикуляр. [Michail Veller. Perpendicular] - Non-Fiction
45. Б.Акунин. Летающий слон. [B.Akunin. The Flying Elephant] - Novel
46. Б.Акунин. Дети луны. [B.Akunin. The Children of the Moon] - Novel
47. Людмила Улицкая. Русское варенье. [Ludmila Ulizkaya. Russian Jam] - Plays.
48. Б.Акунин. Любовники смерти. [B.Akunin. The Lovers of Death] - Twin Novels (reread)
49. Б.Акунин. Азазель. [B.Akunin. Azazel.] - Nove (reread)
50. Б.Акунин. Нефритовые четки. [B.Akunin. Jade rosary] - Four Short Stories and Six Novelettes, of the Fandorine series (reread)
51. Б.Акунин. Алтын-толобас. - Novel (reread)
52. Т.Устинова. Жизнь, по слухам, одна. [T.Ustinova. They Say You Only Live Once] - Novel.
53. М.Левитина. Грешница. [M.Levitina. The Sinner.] - Novel.
54. М.Веллер. Слово и профессия. [M.Veller. Word and Profession] - Collection of Essays. Non-Fiction.
55. Т.Толстая. Река. [T.Tolstaya. The River] - Collection of Essays. Non-Fiction.
56. Л.Улицкая. Семеро святых из деревни Брюхо. Русское варенье. Мой внук Вениамин. - L.Ulizkaya. Three Plays.
57. Б.Акунин. Внеклассное чтение [B.Akunin. Further Reading.] - Novel (reread)
58. А.Бушков. Хроника мутных времен. - Nonfiction (reading now)
59. Б.Акунин. Статский советник. - Novel (reread)
60. В.Пелевин. П5: Зал поющих кариатид. [V.Pelevin. The Hall of the Singing Caryatids] - Novel of the P5 Cycle
61. В.Пелевин. П5: Кормление крокодила Хуфу. [V.Pelevin. The Feeding of Hufu Crocodile] - Novel of the P5 Cycle.
62. В.Пелевин. П5: Некромент. [V.Pelevin. The Necromancer] - Novel of the P5 Cycle
63. В.Пелевин. П5: Пространство Фридмана. [V.Pelevin. The Friedmann Space] - Novel of the P5 Cycle
64. В.Пелевин. П5: Ассасин. [V.Pelevin. Assassin] - Novel of the P5 Cycle
65. П.Санаев. Похороните меня за плинтусом [P.Sanaev. Bury Me Behind the Baseboard]. - Novel
66. Владислав Крапивин. Паруса Эспады [Vladislav Krapivin. The Sails of the Espada] - Novel.
67. Валентин Пикуль. Мальчики с бантиками [Valentin Pikul] - Authobiographic novel about our Northern fleet during the war. (reading now)
68. А.И.Гончаров. Обломов [A.I.Goncharov. Oblomov] - Russian classic novel (reading now)
69. Артур Гиваргизов. Записки выдающегося двоечника. [Artur Givargizov. A famous Truant's Record Book]. - Short stories for children.
70. Артур Гиваргизов. Про королей и вообще. [Artur Givargizov. About Kings and Others.] - Short stories for children.
71. Сергей Седов. Сказки. [Sergey Sedov.] Fairy Tales.
72. Дмитрий Быков. Списанные. [Dmitriy Bykov. Written Off] - Novel.
73. Александра Бруштейн. В рассветный час. [Alexandra Brustein. At the Hour of Dawn] - Novel (reread)
in German:
1. Andersen. Märchen.
in French:
1. Sébastien Japrisot. La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil
2. Emile Ajar. Gros-Calin (reread)
3. Emile Ajar. La vie devant soi (reread)
in English:
1. Stephen King, Peter Straub. Black House (reread)
2. P.L.Travers. Mary Poppins Opens the Door
3. Stephen King. The Tommyknockers (reread)
4. Stephen King. Desperation (reread; in progress)
5. Simon Schama. A History of England, volume 1-2-3 (reading/rereading permanently) - nonfiction
6. Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (reread)
7. Agatha Christie. Murder Is Easy
8. Agatha Christie. The Body in the Library
9. Agatha Christie. 4:50 From Paddington (reread)
10. John Saul. Guardian
11. John Saul. The Unloved
12. Lynne Truss. Eats, Shoots and Leaves (read only parts, while in London) - nonfiction
13. Jack Crossley. You Really Couldn't Make It Up. - Nonfiction
14. Stephen King (Bachman). Rage
15. Stephen King (Bachman). Roadwork
16. Agatha Christie. The Pale Horse.
17. Stephen King. Duma Key.
18. Richard Surman. Cathedral Cats. - Nonfiction.
19. John Saul. Creature
20. Joe Hill. Heart-Shaped Box. - Novel
21. Joe Hill. Last Breath. - Short Story
22. Chuck Palahniuk. Fight Club. - Novel
23. Stephen King. Blaze. - Novel
24. Stephen King. Memory. - Short Story
25. Mary H.Clark. Stillwatch. - Novel
26. Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. - Novel (reread)
27, John Saul. Black Creek Crossing. - Novel
28. Chuck Palahniuk. Lullaby. - Novel.
29. Stephen King. Cell. - Novel.
30. Stephen Fry. QI: The Book of General Ignorance. - Nonfiction.
31. Joe Hill. 20th Century Ghost. - Short Stories (reading now)
32. Malcolm Lowry. Strange Comfort Afforded by the Profession. - Short Story
33. V.S.Pritchett. A Family Man. - Short Story.
34. Jean Rhys. The Lotus. - Short Story.
35. Doris Lessing. To Room Nineteen. - Short Story.
36. Fay Weldon. Weekend. - Short Story.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My dear friends,
I suggest everyone who posted here make a final list and keeps a link to that post in, for example, their 2009 book list so they could always trace their reading back.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jean, that is quite a list.
How were Creature and The Unloved? They've been sitting on my bookshelf for some time, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I am afraid they both belong to the "worse" Saul: in a word, rather boring. He has a lot better stuff.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, maybe they'll remain just where they are on my bookshelf for a bit longer then.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
No, why - if you need a soporific...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that's very true. I'll have to keep that in mind.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.