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What Have You Read in 2007 (List)

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  • Cell by Stephen King
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  • In Cold Blood by Truman Truman
  • Stephen King’s Dark Tower; The Gunslinger Born (Graphic Novel)
  • The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
  • A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  • Independent People by Halldor Laxness
  • Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  • Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Currently reading: East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
 
Heres what I've read this year so far...

Mister B Gone - Clive Barker :mad:
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman :)
Grave Peril - Jim Butcher :)
The Descent - Jeff Long :)
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher :)
Immortial Remains - Steve Niles and Jeff Mariotte :)
Dirty Job - Christopher Moore :)
Storm Front - Jim Butcher :)
So Long And Thanks for All The Fish - Douglas Adams :mad:
The Men Who Stare at Goats - Jon Ronson :mad:

I feel like I'm forgetting some but those are the ones I recall.
 
My list:
The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub
Stiff - Mary Roach
JPOD - Douglas Coupland
Cross Bones - Kathy Reichs
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Testament - John Grisham
Needful Things - Stephen King
Grotesque - Natsuo Kirino
The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
Next - Michael Crichton
The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury
The Valley of Horses - Jean M Auel
Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
The Interpretation of Murder - Jed Rubenfeld
The Swarm - Frank Schatzing
Monday Mourning - Kathy Reichs
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
The Instance of the Fingerpost - Iain Pears
The Secret of Crickely Hall - James Herbert
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Lucky - Alice Sebold
Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
The Stand - Stephen King
World Without End - Ken Follett
Atonement - Ian McEwen

Started, but never finished:
This Book Will Save Your Life - AM Homes
Spook Country - William Gibson
Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult
Harlequin - Bernard Cornwell
The Famished Road - Ben Okri
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

Currently reading: The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari
 
I'll play your game too... :)

Finished:
Alexandra Fuller - Scribling the Cat, Travels With an African Soldier
Frederic Manning - Her Privates We
J. Michael Cleverley - A Scent of Glory: The Times and Life of Larry A. Thorne
Stephan Burgdorff & Christian Habbe - Hemel Stond in Brand
Dan Brown - The DaVinci Code
Onni Palaste - Minä, Desantti
Patrick O'Brian - Fortunes of War

Currently Reading
Douglas Adams: All five books of the Hitchhiker-series
Reino Lehväslaiho - Arkangelin Partio
James Ellroy - Big Nowhere
Omar Nasiri - Inside the Jihad
Conn Iggulden - The Emperor: Gates of Rome
 
Because of studying, this has not been a good year for recreational reading. However:

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Burma Boy by Biyi Bandele
The first three Sandman graphic novels by Neil Gaiman
Monsieur Mackintosh by Robin Chrichton
Against All Gods by AC Grayling
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Still reading:

Nana by Émile Zola
Gaudí by Gijs Van Hensbergen
Frederick the Great by Giles MacDonogh
Pepys Diaries (condensed version)
 
In reverse order of reading:

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Turing by Andrew Hodges
Krazy & Ignatz: The Kat Who Walked in Beauty by George Herriman
How To Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey
Schulz And Peanuts by David Michaelis
Nietzsche Within Your Grasp by Shelley O'Hara
Heidegger by Jonathan Ree
The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966 by Charles Schulz
Schopenhauer by Micheal Tanner
Hegel by Raymond Plant
The Meaning Of Life by Terry Eagleton
Nietzsche: A Guide for the Perplexed by R. Kevin Hill
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Critchley
Nietzsche by Ronald Hayman
Spinoza: A Guide For the Perplexed by Charles E. Jarrett
Derrida by Christo Johnson
Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
Vedanta: Heart of Hinduism by Hans Torwestern
Spinoza by Roger Scruton
Baboon Metaphysics by Dorothy L. Cheney
Vedanta: A Simple Introduction by Pravrajika Vrajaprana
How To Practice: The Way To A Meaningful Life by Dalai Lama
Astro Boy, Vol 1 by Osamu Tezuka
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias
Reading Judas by Elaine Pagels
Sgt. Frog, Book 2 by Mine Yoshizaki
Love Hina, Volume 1 by Ken Akamatsu
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Sgt. Frog, Book 1 by Mine Yoshizaki
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
Chronicle of the Roman Republic by Philip Matyszak
Ty and the Babe by Tom Stanton
The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 by Charles Schulz
Cahokia: Mirror of the Cosmos by Sally A. Kitt Chappell
Krazy & Ignatz 1939 - 1940: "A Brick Stuffed With Moom-bims" by George Herriman
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
Cartoon History of The Universe 2 by Larry Gonick
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

Currently reading:

Collingwood by Aaron Ridley
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
 
AquaBlue said:
ewomack: Rate Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier please.
Click to expand...

3.5/5 (on Amazon I gave it a 4 since they don't allow 1/2 stars)

Though I enjoyed reading it, I wouldn't call it a "great book." About a third of the way through I had to fight the urge to slam it shut forever. I was getting bored. It did pick up, but that nagging feeling continued until the end. The book did contain some interesting scenes. I would never call it terrible. But the lack of intimacy with Vermeer made the main character's "affair" with him hard to swallow or at least uninteresting. Plus, the main character is supposed to be an illiterate lower class girl living in the 17th century, but she somehow manages to spew vibrant metaphors and descriptions. The religious "themes" just sat there as well without going anywhere. I was much kinder to it on Amazon, but as time passes I'm finding the flaws harder to deal with. Ultimately, it's an okay book, not a great one. It's nothing I would take to a desert island. Regardless, everyone I know who read it loved it.
 
Calculating God- Robert J. Sawyer
The Taking- Dean Koontz
The Trinity Vector–Steve Perry
Saucer – Stephen Coonts
The Amber Room– Steve Berry
Saucer: The Conquest– Stephen Coonts
The Silence in Heaven– Peter Lord Wolff
Thunderhead – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
War of the Worlds– Douglas Niles
The Husband– Dean Koontz
Eater – Gregory Benford
The Revelation– Bentley Little
Foley Is Good– Mick Foley
Twelve Red Herrings– Jeffrey Archer
Zardoz – John Boorman
The Straw Men– Michael Marshall
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows– J.K. Rowling
The Upright Man– Michael Marshall
Blood of Angels– Michael Marshall
Empire of the Ants– Bernard Werber
Jean Val Jean– As Told by Soloman Cleaver
Velocity – Dean Koontz
A Quiver Full of Arrows– Jeffrey Archer
Sein Language– Jerry Seinfeld
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger– Stephen King
Focus On The 90% - Darci Lang
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three– Stephen King
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands– Stephen King
The Mask of Atreus– A. J. Hartley
 
So far, as it stands, it's been a poor year.



053. The Poison The Fascinates, Jennifer Clement
052. Rock Crystal, Adalbert Stifter
051. Dark Paradise, Rosa Liksom
050. The Devil In The Flesh, Raymond Radiguet
049. A Mysterious Affair Of Style, Gilbert Adair
048. The Act of Roger Murgatroyd, Gilbert Adair
047. The Enormity Of The Tragedy, Quim Monzó
046. The Redemption Of Elsdon Bird, Noel Virtue
045. The Castle Of Crossed Destinies, Italo Calvino
044. Corksucker (Cab Driver Stories From The L.A. Streets), Dan Fante
043. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Ron Hansen
042. The Ice Palace, Tarjei Vesaas
041. Black Water, Joyce Carol Oates
040. The Body Artist, Don DeLillo
039. The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
038. The Blue Door, André Brink
037. The Howling Miller, Arto Paasilinna
036. Gold, Blaise Cendrars
035. Self Help, Edward Docx
034. Cup Of Gold, John Steinbeck
033. July's People, Nadine Gordimer
032. Darkmans, Nicola Barker
031. The Deportees, Roddy Doyle
030. The Woman In Black, Susan Hill
029. The Gift Of Rain, Tan Twan Eng
028. Gents, Warwick Collins
027. I Could Read The Sky, Timothy O'Grady, Steve Pyke
026. Travels In The Scriptorium, Paul Auster
025. Consolation, Michel Redhill
024. What Was Lost, Catherine O'Flynn
023. Gifted, Nikita Lalwani
022. The Gathering, Anne Enright
021. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid
020. Winnie And Wolf, A.N. Wilson
019. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
018. Animal's People, Indra Sinha
017. The Welsh Girl, Peter Ho Davies
016. Buenas Noches Buenos Aires, Gilbert Adair
015. Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones
014. Road Story, Julienne Van Loon
013. The Story Of A Shipwrecked Sailor, Gabriel García Márquez
012. The Grotesque, Patrick McGrath
011. Live And Let Die, Ian Fleming
010. Tobacco Road, Erskine Caldwell
009. Watch Me Disappear, Jill Dawson
008. Northern Lights, Philip Pullman
007. Heat, George Monbiot
006. Lovers Or Something Like It, Florian Zeller
005. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
004. I, The Divine, Rabih Alameddine
003. A Tragic Honesty: The Life And Works Of Richard Yates, Blake Bailey

[The Great February Through May Reading Blip]

002. The War Against Cliche, Martin Amis
001. Best And Edwards, Gordon Burn
 
Greetings,

Below are the books that I have read in 2007.

We Ain't No Niggas! Exposing the Deception of YOUR World History Education by N. Quamere Cincere

Just A Season by John T.Wills

The Time is Wright by Orean D.Chatman

Is No Not Good Enough for You by Angelia Menchan

Ethnic Scrapbooking by Lisa Sanford

The Write House by Edwin Hurdle

LOVE’S REPARATIONS by Jackie Young

AFROETRY by Linda Hayes (Linda Salter)

The Fulani Girls by Margaret D.Pagan

More Than A Slave: The Life of Katherine Ferguson by Margaret D.Pagan

From Dream to Reality: One Woman's Exciting & Emotional Journey to Make Her "Giving Back" Destiny Come True conception by Juanita Carol Britton "Busy Bee"

Sojourner's Dream by Angeline Bandon-Bibum

A Life Beyond Limits: Overcoming Private Pain by Nataki Suggs

Forever In Your Eyes by Sylvia Dianne Beverly "Ladi Di"

In the Whirlwind by Tichaona Chinyelu

Still Living on My Feet by Tichaona Chinyelu

Vocal Moments by Vickie M.Oliver-Lawson

In The Quilting Tradition by Vickie M.Oliver-Lawson

Ready for Love by Timothy Gladden

Love Changes by Michael J.Burt

Hope and Desire by Theresa Grant

Experience, Strength & Hope by George E.Thompson

Step Up to the Mic: A Poetic Explosion by various authors/poets. Edited by Michael J.Burt

What If It Feels Good by D.J.McLaurin

Do Me Twice: My Life After Islam by Sonsyrea Tate

Grandma's Purple Flowers by Adjoa J.Burrowes

My Steps by Adjoa J.Burrowes

Everybody Wears Braids by Adjoa J.Burrowes

Can I Have Some Money Please? by Twyla Prindle

Where Is My Money? by Twyla Prindle

Cut Loose the Body: An Anthology of Poems on Torture and Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib Paintings, ed. Rose Berger and Joseph Ross

WISDOM FOR THE SOUL OF BLACK FOLK by Larry Chang

Walking In Your Purpose by Carla Nix

As well as children's stories and articles.

Thanks for asking.

Cordially,
Afrika Midnight Asha Abney
 
I really should start keeping track of what I read. Or maybe start taking memory pills...

I know there's more, but I just can't remember. Here's the ones I do remember reading this year:

Murder Must Advertise, by Dorothy L. Sayers :)
Brokeback Mountain, by Annie Proulx :)
Miss Potter, by Richard Maltby, Jr. :D
The Beast Must Die, by Nicholas Blake :)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling :D
Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown :(

kdiggity, I hope you don't mind me borrowing your grading method...
 
The Sport of Queens by Dick Francis
Profiles of the Future by Arthur C Clarke
Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! by Richard P Feynman
Last Chance to See. . . by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
The Vanishing Hitchhiker, Urban Legends and their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand
Inside Dope by Paul Thomas
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery by Larry Millett
Ex Libris by Ross King
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
Disobedient Antheia by Vicki Currie
Booked to Die by John Dunning
Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy by Arthur Bryant
Samuel Pepys: The Years of Peril by Arthur Bryant
E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku by Satyajit Ray
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Shark Bell by Christine Johnston
The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
Samuel Pepys: The Man in the Making by Arthur Bryant
1421: The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies
Sofie Metropolis by Tori Carrington
A Grave Talent by Laurie R King
Cadillac Jukebox by James Lee Burke
Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver
Die Trying by Lee Child
Tycho and Kepler by Kitty Ferguson
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Backwards by Rob Grant
Beyond Reasonable Doubt? by David A Yallop
Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins
Day of the Dead by J A Jance
Engines of Destiny (Star Trek, The Next Generation) by Gene DeWeese
Fire Trap by Sean Flynn
Gods Above (Star Trek - New Frontier) by Peter David
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Pointing from the Grave by Samantha Weinberg
Second Contact by Mike Resnick
Star Trek, The Motion Picture by Gene Roddenberry
Subspace Explorers by E. E. 'Doc' Smith
Take Me, I'm Yours by Elizabeth Bevarly
The Algebraist by Iain M Banks
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Devil's Heart (Star Trek - The Next Generation) by Carmen Carter
The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser
The Real Rule of Four by Joscelyn Godwin
The Romulan Stratagem (Star Trek - The Next Generation) by Robert Greenberger
There Shall Be Wings by Max Arthur

That's a nice round fifty with December still to go.
 
the sunne in splendour-sharron penmann strip jack-ian rankin memory,sorrow and thorn-tad williams the island-richard laymon sailor song-ken kesey dragonmasters-jack vance demon princes-jack vance planet of adventure-jack vance sharpes eagle-bernard cornwell the gap series-stephen donaldson grapes of wrath-john steinbeck the sea wolf-jack london currently reading war of the flowers-tad williams
 
wicked - gregory maguire
blood and chocolate - annette curtis klause
the bride finder - susan carroll
alice's adventures in wonderland - lewis carroll
through the looking glass - lewis carroll
kiss my tiara - susan jane gilman
godless - pete hautman
picasso at the lapin agile - steve martin
the theif and the beanstalk - p w catanese
the twits - roald dahl
george's marvelous medicine - roald dahl
dreaming of gwen stefani - evan mandery
the riddles of epsilon - christine morton shaw
the city of ember - jeanne duprau
abarat - clive barker
the people of sparks - jeanne duprau
harry potter and the half blood prince - jk rowling (re-read)
harry potter and the deathly hollows - jk rowling
stardust - neil gaiman
once upon a more enlightened time - james garner
the analyst - john katzenbach
the lightning theif - rick riordan
quicksilver - stephanie spinner
swan sister - ellen datlow and terri windling
a wolf at the door - ellen datlow and terri windling
days of magic, nights of war - clive barker
the big over easy - jasper fforde
sea of monsters - rick riordan
corydon and the isalnd of monsters - tobias druitt

yeah, so ... i read a lot of kids books because it was a tough year and they seemed relatively safe...plus, i don't really mind going over to the YA section to find stuff.
 
Here's my list as of now, there are a few re-reads.

1. Fire Star by Chris D'Lacey (548 pages)
2. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (503 pages)
3. Life After God by Douglas Coupland (360 pages)
4. My Cat Loki vol 1 by Bettina M. Kurkoski (192 pages)
5. Yubisaki Milk Tea (216 pages)
6. The Wicked Wit Of Oscar Wilde Compiled By Maria Leach (153 pages)
7. Star Trek:The Next Generation #1 Ghost Ship By Diane Carey (258 pages)
8. Star Trek:The Next Generation #2 The Peacekeepers by Gene Deweese (310 pages)
9. Bridget Jones The Edge of Reasoning by Helen Fielding (338 pages)
10. The Daring Game By Kit Pearson (225 pages)
11. The Diary of Jack the Ripper:The Discovery, The Investigation, The Debate Narrative by Shirley Harrison (317 pages)
12. The World On Blood by Jonathan Nasaw (341 pages)
13. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (274 pages)
14. Lament of the Lamb. Vol 1. by Kei Toume (206 pages)
15. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton (113 pages)
16. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (229 pages)
17. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison (247 pages)
18. Ghost House by Clare McNally (213 pages)
19. Ghost House Revenge by Clare McNally (232 pages)
20. Twilight Phantasies by Maggie Shayne (228 pages)
21. Twilight Memories by Maggie Shayne (233 pages)
22. Twilight Illusions by Maggie Shayne (232 pages)
23. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (223 pages)
24. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K.Rowling (251 pages)
25. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K.Rowling (317 pages)
26. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling (636 pages)
27. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling (766 pages)
28. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling (607 pages)
29. Moon by James Herbert (161 pages)
30. September by Rosemonde Pilcher (536 pages)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (704 pages)
32. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (185 pages)
33. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans (128 pages)
34. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (589 pages)
35. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint by David Gerrold (192 pages)
36. Star Trek: The Next Generation #3 The Children Of Hamlin by Carmen Carter (252 pages)
37. Breakfast With Santa by Pamela Brown (227 pages)
38. Star Trek: The Next Generation #4 Survivors by Jean Lorrah (253 pages)
39. A Christmas Legacy by Kathryn Shay (298 pages)
40. My Gal Sunday by Mary Higgins Clark (206 pages)
41. Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Harvest by Richie Tankersley Cusick (146 pages)
42. The Dead Girlfriend by R.L.Stine (182 pages)
43. In The Forests of The Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (147 pages)
 
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