Quill Book List 2008

[Eyreplenh]

Should be pretty straightforward... I'm going to keep a list of all the books I finish this year. Not for competition as such, just to keep up, you know, and try not to forget. Competition should not be frowned upon though. Reading is good for you. Besides, any man, at least, should not pass by an opportunity to say "Mine's longer than yours"


And to who might know... It is possible to edit a single post throughout a year, no?

edit: yes, yes it is. unless we ban you in the meantime. or, you know, the internets as we know them collapse in a catastrophic apocalyptic event. -arch

[Eyreplenh]

Stephen King - Wizard and Glass
Jonas Gardell - Slik går nok en dag fra våre liv for aldri mer å komme igjen
Stephen King - Wolves of the Calla
John Steinbeck - In dubious battle
Jonas Hassen Khemiri - Ett öga rött
Don DeLillo - Underworld
John Steinbeck - Tortilla Flat
Sveinung Mikkelsen - Zombi
Thorvald Steen - Vekten av snøkrystaller
Edgar Allan Poe - Spirits of the dead : Tales and poems
Philip Roth - Everyman
R. Scott Bakker - The Darkness that Comes Before
R. Scott Bakker - The Warrior Prophet
R. Scott Bakker - The Thousandfold Thought
Daniel Mason - The Piano Tuner
Maria Tusvik - Sigrid Finne
Markus Suzak - The Book Thief
Abo Rasul - Unfun
Isabel Allende - Inez of My Soul
David Myers - Social Psychology
Randy Larsen and David Buss - Personality Psychology
Gunnar Ardelius - Jeg trenger deg mer enn jeg elsker deg og jeg elsker deg så himla høyt
Haruki Murakami - After Dark
Glen Cook - The Black Company
Mads Larsen - Lesbisk Nigger
Marisha Pessl - Special topics in calamity physics
David Eggers - What is the What
Brandon Sanderson - Elantris
Gail Z Martin - Summoner
Brandon Sanderson - The Final Empire
Terry Pratchett - Small Gods
Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams - Tunnels
Chuck Palahniuk - Snuff
JK Rowling - HP and the Half-Blood Prince
Chuck Palahniuk - Haunted
Jk Rowling - Hp and the Deathly Hallows
Terry Pratchett - Eric
Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times
Terry Pratchett - The Light Fantastic
Stephen King - A Song of Susannah
John Steinbeck - The Pastures of Heaven
Terry Pratchett - The last Continent
Terry Pratchett - Mort
Chuck Palahniuk - Survivor
John Steibeck - The winter of our discontent
Terry Pratchett - The colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man
Terry Pratchett - Sourcery
Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters
Henrik Langeland - Francis Meyers lidenskap
Erlend Loe - Naiv. Super.
Mads Larsen - Pornopung
Sara Gruen - Water for elephants
Steven Erikson - Toll the Hounds
Maria Sveland - Bitterfitte
Lars Ramslie - Uglybugly
Karl Halvor Frøland - En psykologihistorie
Ivar Rasted - Det tenkende mennesket
Miranda July - Noone belongs here more than you
Robert Sternberg - Cognitive Psychology
Gaute Bie - Purepopmusicbaby!
Benjamin Kunkel - Indecision
Knut Nærum - Monster
Terry Goodkind - Confessor
Lars Ramslie - Fatso
Mark Haddon - The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
Kåre Letrud - Examen Philosophicum
Darren Langdridge - Introduction to research methods and data analysis in psychology
Stig Sæterbakken - Det onde Øye
Jorge Luis Borges - Collected Fictions
Brandon Sanderson - Well of Ascension
Stieg Larsson - Menn som hater kvinner

[Eyreplenh]

And to who might know... It is possible to edit a single post throughout a year, no?

edit: yes, yes it is. unless we ban you in the meantime. or, you know, the internets as we know them collapse in a catastrophic apocalyptic event. -arch

Thank you Arch-San, for this valuable piece of information *bows*

[dark fuschia]

I am going to include a five smiley rating system. It indicates my level of enjoyment and engagement with the work.

Novels

Eric Wilmot - Pemulwuy (5/5)
Anonymous - The Bride Stripped Bare (4/5)
Herman Hesse - Steppenwolf (3/5)
Chrisopher Koch - The Memory Room (4/5)
Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5/5)
John Fowles - The French Leuitenants' Woman (4/5)
Robertson Davies - Fifth Business, 1st in the Deptford Trilogy (4/5)
Roberston Davies - The Manticore, 2nd in the Deptford Trilogy (3/5)
Roberston Davies - World of Wonders, 3rd in the Deptford Trilogy (3/5)
Zadie Smith - White Teeth (5/5)

Short Stories

Karen Blixen - The Dreaming Child (3/5), The Sailor Boys Tale (4/5), Peter and Rosa (5/5)
Primo Levi - The Mnemogogues (4/5), Angelic Butterly (2/5)


Graphic Novels

Garth Ennis/John Higgins - Hellblazer, The Son of Man (3/5)
Grant Morrison - The Invisbles "Say you Want a Revolution" (2/5)
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles "Apocalipstick" (3/5)
Trudy Cooper - Platinum Grit, volume 1 (4/5)


Arch is winning so far. He has an unfair advantage working in a bookshop! It's a scam! It's a rort! *pouts* j/k
On that note... the quill won't let me put up more than ten smileys at once. This is also a rort! I suppose my five smiley rating was doomed from the start... how sad. Oh well, fractions it is then!

[Cloric the Cleric]

I have a funny feeling there's going to be a theme going in this post for me....

January:
Star Trek: DS9 #18 - Saratoga - Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek: DS9 #20 - Wrath of the Prophets - Friedman, Peter David, Robert Greenburger
Star Trek: Gateways Book 1 of 7 - One Small Step (TOS) - Susan Wright
Star Trek: TNG #34 - Blaze of Glory - Simon Hawke

Feburary:
Wicked - Gregory Maguire

oh, and do re-reads count, or just books we've finished the first time through?

[Amelia]

The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan

next two books are going to be pure fluff!

[Apoc]

...or, you know, the internets as we know them collapse in a catastrophic apocalyptic event. -arch

fear not, it doesn't look like i'll get around to that for a wee whiles yet, not til around...oh i don't know 21/12/2012

cool idea eyre heh with wendy listing short stories i guess i'll list my manga reading too ummm so far this year...

Novels
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Ron Hansen ****

Deadhouse Gates
- Steven Erikson (again) *****

Midnight Tides
- Steven Erikson (again) *****

Clash of Kings
- George RR Martin (again) ****

Catcher in the Rye
- J.D Salinger ****


Graphic Novels
Watchmen
- Alan Moore ***

Ikkitousen 1-13
- Yuji Shiozaki ***

Mangas
Claymore 01-85
- Norihiro Yagi *****

Bleach 01-346
- Tite Kubo *****

Naruto 01-424
- Masashi Kishimoto *****

Tenjou Tenge 01-110
- Oh! Great ***

Highschool of the Dead 01-20
- Daisuke Sato ***

ratings-
***** - fckn awesome
**** - very very super good
*** - shiny

[sir archely]

At least in the beginning here, this is strictly, books i've read recently. i may have started them before the 1st, but i can't be expected to know which i started exactly on the 1st or after, right?

edit: Fiction will appear normal, but i'm changing non-fiction to blue.

Mistborn: The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson
Musicophilia, by Oliver Sacks
Interstellar Pig, by William Sleator*
Magician: Apprentice, by Raymond E. Feist
Magician: Master, by Raymond E. Feist
Orsinian Tales, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Grass for His Pillow, by Lian Hearn
Brilliance of the Moon, by Lian Hearn
Silverthorn, by Raymond E. Feist
Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson
Ship of Magic, by Robin Hobb
Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, by Charles Barber
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson
Darkness at Sethanon, by Raymond E. Feist
Mad Ship, by Robin Hobb
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, by Chris Hedges
Matilda, by Roald Dahl*
Ship of Destiny, by Robin Hobb
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
The Ladies of Grace Adieu, by Susanna Clarke
Greywalker, by Kat Richardson
Reaper's Gale, by Steven Erikson
The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A. J. Jacobs
Poltergeist, by Kat Richardson
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan
Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock
The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk
The Tyranny of the Night, by Glen Cook
Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier
The End of Food, by Paul Roberts
Spook Country, by William Gibson
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris
Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks
Matter, by Iain M. Banks
Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan
Inside Straight, edited by George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin
Watchmen, by Alan Moore
A Clash of Kings, by George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords, by George R. R. Martin
A Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Son of the Shadows, by Juliet Marillier
A New Spring (The Novel), by Robert Jordan
Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman


*books for kids, but damned fine ones.

[Amos]

Gene Wolfe - On Blue's Waters
Jack Kerouac - On the Road
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera

27/08 Damn. I can hardly remember what I've been reading. I've read all of the aSoIaF books again bar the latest, V for Vendetta, some Ken Wilber, some Proust, some Ursula le Guin, Flann O'Brien, Hugo, Nabokov, and that's about it.

[Amelia]

The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan

next two books are going to be pure fluff!

New Spring, the Novel by Robert Jordan

I know I said the next two books will be pure fluff but I ordered them online and its part 2 and 3 of a series but I got part 3 but not part 2 and I need to read part 2 first or part 3 will not make sense or make part 2 not as exciting.

[Eyreplenh]

Arch is winning so far. He has an unfair advantage working in a bookshop! It's a scam! It's a rort! *pouts* j/k

He is doing very well indeed. But it should be said that if anyone's cheating at the moment it is probably I, going around not working or studying or anything. Any idea how much time that allows for reading? As for why I'm not winning... Everybody knows hobos are barely literate, so it is a struggle

[Nachtnoir]

Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
Freedom and Necessity, Steven Brust and Emma Bull
Dead Man's Hand,

[Amelia]

Charmed and Dangerous
Charmed and Ready
Charmed and Deadly

all by Candace Havens