How many books have you read in 2005?

[Dogtanian]

Just interesting to see what the results would be. I counted that I had completed 11 books this year so far which pleased me. My new years resolution to read more is still good. Reading again has made me realise what i have missed when I didn't read. Went a few years when I barely picked up a book. All that lost time. Still, i'm making up for it now

Books i've read so far in 2005:

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
Deception Point - Dan Brown
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The Curious Incident.... - Mark Haddon
Retribution - Jilianne Hoffman
The Dumas Club - Arturo Perez Reverte
Want To Play - P J Tracy
The Concrete Blonde - Michael Connelly
Last Witness - Jilianne Hoffman
The Last Coyote - Michael Connelly

 

[mehastings]

I've read a bunch of junk this year (followed by a few good books). I started the year trying to finish off some of the junky mass markets I had gotten at yard sales, etc. My plan was to read the books with "mass appeal" that I wouldn't want to keep. Then I was going to sell them on EBay or send them out into the world via Bookcrossing. I have of course, not done either. Instead they are sitting in the back of my book shelf. Anyway, I gave up mid march and decided it was time to read big kid books again and not worry about clearing shelf space. These are all the books I have read this year that I can remember. There may be one or two more, but I doubt it.

Actual Books:
Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie
Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich
Summer in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz
Out of the Mist by JoAnn Ross
Out of the Blue by JoAnn Ross
Out of the Storm by JoAnn Ross
Dawn in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz
Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Small Island by Andrea Levy
I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Flatland by Edwin A Abbott (In Progress)

Audio Books:
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich (In Progress)

 

[Maya]

1. Honoré de Balzac- Eugénie Grandet
2. Anton P. Chekhov- The Seagull
3. Anton P. Chekhov- Uncle Vanya
4. Anton P. Chekhov- The Tree Sisters
5. Anton P. Chekhov- The Cherry Orchard
6. Åsne Seierstad- The Bookseller of Kabul
7. Jose Saramago- Blindness
8. Erlend Loe- Doppler
9. Gabriel García Marquez- No One Writes to the Colonel
10. John Steinbeck- The Grapes of Wrath
11. Anne B. Ragde- Berlinerpoplene
12. Haruki Murakami- Norwegian Wood
13. John Steinbeck- The Red Pony
14. Knut Faldbakken- Frøken Snehvit
15. Victor Hugo- Les Miserables (abridged edition)
16. Haruki Murakami- The Wild Sheep Chase

These are all, I've read so far..
Some of them are written by Norwegian authors, as you probably can see...

 

[Porthos]

Here's what I've read so far this year (i may be missing a couple):

Man On Fire - A.J Quinnell
Kisscut - Karin Slaughter
2nd Chance - James Patterson
Retribution - Jilliane Hoffman
The Sixth Lamentation - William Brodrick

 

[Rigana]

So far I read the following:
1. Zafon, Carlos Ruiz – The shadow of the wind
2.Schmitt, Eric Emanuel – Oskar and the Lady in pink
3. Schmitt, Eric Emanuel – L'enfant de Noe
4. Douglass, Sara – Enchanter (only second part, German edition is splitted)
5. Christie, Agatha – Murder on the Orient Express
6. Christie, Agatha – The moving finger
7. Nothomb, Amelié – Hygiene de l'assassin
8. Sobel, Dava – Longitude
9. Christie, Agatha – Murder on the links
10. Calvino, Italo – The invisible cities
11. Gibran, Khalil – The Prophet
12. Nothomb, Amelié – Cosmetique de l'ennemi
13. Büchner, Georg – Woyzeck
14. Calvino, Italo – The castle of crossed destinies
15. Esquivel, Laura – Like Water for chocolate
16. Marái, Sándor – Embers
17. Townsend, Sue – The secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 ¾
18. Williams, Tad – Otherland IV: Sea of silver light

Audio Books:
1. Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (abridged)

There are quite a few I'm currently reading, I hope to finish some of them soon.

 

[tarablythe]

Here is what I've read so far:
1-Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson-Amber Frey (and I'm dying to read the Catherine Crier book too!)
2-Frederick Douglass, Narrative Life of an American Slave-Frederick Douglass
3-Running From the Law-Lisa Scottoline
4-Beyond Recognition-Ridley Pearson
5-The Last Victim-Jason Moss/Jeffrey Kottler

And I'm currently reading:
6-Robert E. Lee-Roy Blount, Jr.
7-Unnatural Exposure-Patricia Cornwell

 

[tartan_skirt]

I only recently (start of February) started wrting down when I start and finish books so this list may be out by 1 or 2.

1 The Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Maralyn Manson
2 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
3 The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
4 Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
5 The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
6 The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket
7 The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket
8 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
9 Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
10 Stolen - Kelley Armstrong
11 The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
12 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
13 Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
14 So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish - Douglas Adams
15 Mostly Harmless -Douglas Adams
16 Creature in the Case - Garth Nix
17 Dime Store Magic - Kelley Armstrong
18 Deadhead - Shaun Hutson
19 Killers of the Dawn - Darren Shan
20 The 25th Hour - David Benioff
21 Cat and Mouse - James Patterson
22 The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown (just finished now)
23 The Hobbit - Tolkien
24 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
25 Carrie - Stephen King

Carrie is the only one I'm not sure about... read it around New Years time. Also read about 8 mangas and a book called Goblins! and another called Dragonology (but not sure if they count though).

 

[water faerie]

Warning: Lots of fluff ahead.
1. The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory
2. The Queen's Fool- Philippa Gregory
3. The Love Letter- Cathleen Schine
4. Girl With a Pearl Earring- Tracy Chevalier
5. Girl, Interrupted- Susanna Kaysen
6. Doomed Queen Anne- Carolyn Meyer
7. Mary, Bloody Mary- Carolyn Meyer
8. Just the Way You Are- Elise Title
9. Flowers in the Attic- V. C. Andrews (unfinished)
10. I, Elizabeth- Rosaline Miles (unfinished)
11. Kristy's Great Idea- Ann M. Martin
12. Falling Angels- Tracy Chevalier
13. Summer Sisters- Judy Blume (skimmed the last quarter of the book)
14. A Perfect Fit- Sheridon Smythe
15. Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls- Ann M. Martin
16. The Truth about Stacey- Ann M. Martin
17. Mary Anne Saves the Day- Ann M. Martin
18. Dawn and the Impossible Three- Ann M. Martin
19. Kristy's Big Day- Ann M. Martin
20. Claudia and Mean Janine- Ann M. Martin
21. Boy-Crazy Stacey- Ann M. Martin
22.The Ghost at Dawn's House- Ann M. Martin
23. Logan Likes Mary Anne- Ann M. Martin
24. Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson Levine
25. Heiress Apparent- Kayla Daniels
26. Kristy and the Snobs- Ann M. Martin
27. Claudia and the New Girl- Ann M. Martin
28. Goodbye, Stacey, Goodbye- Ann M. Martin
29. Hello, Mallory- Ann M. Martin
30. Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn- Ann M. Martin
31. Jessi's Secret Language- Ann M. Martin
32. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery- Ann M. Martin
33. Stacey's Mistake- Ann M. Martin
34. Claudia and the Bad Joke- Ann M. Martin
35. Kristy and the Walking Disaster- Ann M. Martin
36. Baby-sitters on Board- Ann M. Martin

The reason there are so many kids books there is that I've been rebuying a lot of the books I read and loved as a kid and I have to reread them to justify them taking up space in my closet!

 

[jaycee]

Oohh...good thing I'm keeping a list this year of what I'm reading. 14 on it so far and a lot of them are Star Trek books(that's my guilty pleasure lol).

Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind
Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind
Spirit Walk Book 1 - Christie Golden
Spirit Walk Book 2 - Christie Golden
Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind
Temple of the Winds - Terry Goodkind
Ex Machina - Christopher L. Bennett
Wildfire - Keith R.A. Decandido, David Mack, J Stephen York, Christina F. York
Worlds of Deep Space Nine Vol 2 - Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels, J. Noah kym
Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich
Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Soul of the Fire - Terry Goodkind
After the Fall - Peter David
Worlds of Deep Space Nine Vol 3 - Keith R.A. DeCandido,David R. George III

 

[Jaystm]

How many? Since January. A lot!

One Child-Tori Haydon
Lazy Bones-Mark Billingham
Because I remember Terror Father because I remember you-Sue Silverman
My father's House-Sylvia Frazier
Where there is evil-Sandra Brown
Blowfly-Patricia Cornwell
Poetry-Carol Ann Duffy
Oryx and Crake-Margaret Atwood
Mouth to Mouth-Michael Kimball
Undone Michael Kimball
Quick Reference to the DSM
Ab and Clin Psyc-Paul Bennet
Real events Revisted-Ann Scott
The White Hand-Jean Warmbold
Fast food Nation-Eric Schlosser
The Little white Car-Danuta de Rhodes
Within these Streets-Jimmy Rice
The Killing Hour-Lisa Gardner
Madness-A brief History-Roy Porter
The Happy Hooker-Xaviera Hollander
Portrait of a Killer-Patricia Cornwell
The Soul Bird
121 Days of Urban Sodom-Jacqueline Phillips

Can't remember the rest

 

[Shade]

34. I am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe (current)
33. Rabbit Redux, John Updike
32. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka
31. Pastoralia, George Saunders
30. Fruit of the Lemon, Andrea Levy
29. Confessions of a Sinner, St. Augustine
28. Oracle Night, Paul Auster
27. Cold Spring Harbor, Richard Yates
26. Pieces for the Left Hand, J. Robert Lennon
25. Absolute Friends, John le Carré
24. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
23. On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea, ed. Umberto Eco
22. Screen Burn, Charlie Brooker
21. Feel, Chris Heath
20. How We Are Hungry, Dave Eggers
19. Don't Tell Me The Truth About Love, Dan Rhodes
18. Stevenson Under the Palm Trees, Alberto Manguel
17. The Medusa Frequency, Russell Hoban
16. Saturday, Ian McEwan
15. The Polysyllabic Spree, Nick Hornby
14. Divided Kingdom, Rupert Thomson
13. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
12. Fiesta (The Sun Also Rises), Ernest Hemingway
11. The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales, Arthur Conan Doyle
10. Stars and Bars, William Boyd
9. Soft, Rupert Thomson
8. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
7. All Points North, Simon Armitage
6. Small Island, Andrea Levy
5. Looking in the Distance: The Human Search for Meaning, Richard Holloway
4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
3. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2. The Timewaster Letters, Robin Cooper
1. The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson

 

[Martin]

How can you read 34 books in 3 months time?!

I've read:

- I, Lucifer; Glen Duncan,
- Exhibitionism; Toby Litt,
- The Salmon Of Doubt; Douglas Adams,
- The Illuminatus Trilogy; Robert Shea.

And that's it!

Cheers

 

[Hollis]

1. Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomasson
2. Princess in Waiting - Meg Cabot
3. The Green & the Grey - Timothy Zahn
4. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
5. Princess Charming - Jane Heller
6. Key of Light - Nora Roberts
7. Infernal Affairs - Jane Heller
8. Hawke - Ted Bell
9. Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
10. Blind Alley - Iris Johansen
11. Assassin - Ted Bell
12. Scarecrow - Robin Hathaway
13. The Club - Jane Heller
14. Rhapsody - Elizabeth Haydon
15. Azur Like It - Wendy Holden
16. The Doctor Digs a Grave - Robin Hathaway
17. Princess in Pink - Meg Cabot
18. Angel Eyes - Eric Lustbader (currently reading)

Gosh, I've read fluff this year! O_O

 

[cabrasopa]

1. The 5 People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
2. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
3. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
4. The Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
5. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
6. The Wind up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
7. Heroes - John Pilger
8. Brother Against Brother - Frank Thomas
9. Sharpe's Trafalgar - Bernard Cornwall
10 Amber SpyGlass - Philip Pullman

Cabrasopa

 

[Krys]

How can you read 34 books in 3 months time?!

I wondered the same thing. That's a lot of reading. I love to read, but wow!

My list:
1. Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
2. Dry, Augusten Burroughs
3. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
4. Goodness, Tim Parks
5. Bullet Park, John Cheever
6. Illusions, Richard Bach
7. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson

 

[Martin]

Haha, thank you, Krys!

Oooh, ooh, I've just finished another one - my total is now a whopping 5!

Cheers

 

[Motokid]

Hey Martin, I think I've spotted a few people who need to not worry about TV turn off week and maybe try a "get off your butt and do something week".....

....waiting for the flood of F You's Moto....

 

[7hm]

Not counting the several books I've read and abandoned...

The Cluetrain Manifesto - Christopher Locke + some other guys
Why I Write (and some other essays) - George Orwell
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Lencioni (good for a damn business book)
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Byline: Somethingsomethingsomething - Hemmingway (collection of his newspaper articles, forget the title)
Jack Straight From the Gut - Jack Welch
A History of Reading - Alberto Manguel
Down and Out in London and Paris - George Orwell
Friday Night Lights
Book Business - Epstein
America: The Book -John Stewart
Tales of the Black Widowers - Asimov
a bunch of Poirot novels - Agatha Christie
Hooking Up - Tom Wolfe
Technopoly - Neil Postman

I think that's it... I'm just going off of memory here, and what I have at hand on my bookcase.

And damn, for 34 books in a 3 month span, Shade has read some pretty deep material.

 

[Dogtanian]

Well...just finished number 12. Tell No One by Harlan Coben. Still can't comprehend how people have read over 30 I applaud you.

 

[Tom]

1. Catch-22 - Josephy Heller
2. Ark of Samarkand - ???
3. The Delta Star - Joseph Wambaugh
4. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
5. Foundation - Isaac Asimov
6. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
7. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald