Topic: 2010 Book Thread (Read 26393 times)

Demosthenes · « **Reply #100 on:** July 09, 2010, 12:25:42 PM »

I hate people who generalize.

ivan · « **Reply #101 on:** July 09, 2010, 01:11:53 PM »

Generally speaking, so do I.

xolik · « **Reply #102 on:** July 09, 2010, 01:31:39 PM »

There are two types of people I hate:

1. Those who are intolerant of another person's culture
2. The Dutch

Rizzy · « **Reply #103 on:** July 09, 2010, 01:34:04 PM »

Quote from: xolik on July 09, 2010, 01:31:39 PM

There are two types of people I hate:

1. Those who are intolerant of another person's culture
2. The Dutch

I'm surprised Parisians didn't make that list. Yes, not French, but Parisians, because those outside the city are nice.

ivan · « **Reply #104 on:** July 09, 2010, 01:48:28 PM »

I've had nothing but good encounters with Parisians. It's all the tourists that annoyed me.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #105 on:** July 12, 2010, 05:56:56 PM »

If I had time I'd inventory all my books. We have a lot. But I also borrow from my dad.

Our books are in five or six different book cases and then there are many boxes of them in the garage.

Probie · « **Reply #106 on:** July 22, 2010, 07:13:25 AM »

1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz

4. The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick (unfinished)
5. The short second life of bree tanner - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (tick)
7. The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith (tick)
8. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks (reading)

Joe Sixpack · « **Reply #107 on:** July 22, 2010, 04:14:42 PM »

I think the only new reads for this year for me are:
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Really good book. It reminded me a lot of Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe. Lots of made up words, based on real words so you pretty much know what they mean... until 200 pages later when he describes the thing and it's not quite what you thought the whole time. But very interesting and not typical scifi. I would expect no less from him.

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.
Sequel to Wicked, but unlike Wicked, just awful. I think the protagonist was made as dull as possible on purpose. Instead of reading this, just read Wicked twice.

Everything else I read was re-reads of stuff on my shelf.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #108 on:** July 26, 2010, 06:41:36 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on June 11, 2010, 03:41:06 PM

25 is the goal this year.

1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year).-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman-finished 7/19/10

6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

Scheherazade · « **Reply #109 on:** August 01, 2010, 02:18:56 PM »

Quote from: Scheherazade on May 15, 2010, 10:45:42 PM

1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich
3. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

6. The Witches' Goddess by Janet and Stewart Farrar

pbsaurus · « **Reply #110 on:** August 20, 2010, 05:12:00 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on July 26, 2010, 06:41:36 PM

25 is the goal this year.

1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year).-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson-finished 8/18/10

7 through 11. (I count five since this is an anthology of all five volumes) 8/20/10 started The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Probie · « **Reply #111 on:** October 11, 2010, 03:48:04 AM »

1. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: eclipse. - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
2. War and Peace by Dostoyevsky Saga: Breaking dawn - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
3. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz

4. The penultimate truth - Phillip K. Dick (unfinished)
5. The short second life of bree tanner - Stephanie Meyer (tick)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (tick)
7. The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith (tick)
8. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks (tick)

9. Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Death Paper - Mase, Motoro (tick)
10. Ellerbisms - Mark Ellerby (Web comic) (Tick)
11. Bellen - Box Brown (Web Comic) (tick)

12. Fear and loathing in LA - Hunter S. Thompson (started)
I'm going to need a miracle to even hit twenty. *shame on me*

Scheherazade · « **Reply #112 on:** October 12, 2010, 12:55:08 PM »

Quote from: Scheherazade on May 15, 2010, 10:45:42 PM

1. A New History of Witchcraft by Ann Moura
2. A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich
3. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4. Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
6. The Witches' Goddess by Janet and Stewart Farrar

7. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
8. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Demosthenes · « **Reply #113 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:11:54 PM »

I remember that book fondly from my childhood.

Of course, I was also probably 12 years old or so the last time I picked it up. I may be remembering it more fondly than it deserves. That has happened to be several times when I've tried reading a book I loved as a kid...

pbsaurus · « **Reply #114 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:37:05 PM »

As a kid it was mostly encyclopedias and non-fiction. Stuff like Grey's Anatomy and the Congressional Record. I did read a little sci-fi though, mostly Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, et al. I discovered non sci-fi fiction when I went to college, and have been more well rounded since.

Socrates · « **Reply #115 on:** October 14, 2010, 06:59:08 AM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on October 13, 2010, 12:11:54 PM

I remember that book fondly from my childhood.

Of course, I was also probably 12 years old or so the last time I picked it up. I may be remembering it more fondly than it deserves. That has happened to be several times when I've tried reading a book I loved as a kid...

I read that book within the last year as a classic of fantasy that I'd missed when younger and it wasn't all that good. I think for the time it was written it was ground breaking.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #116 on:** October 14, 2010, 08:02:38 AM »

whenever i got done with my library book in middle school, i would grab an edition of the encyclopedia and start to skim it.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #117 on:** November 04, 2010, 05:07:35 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on August 20, 2010, 05:12:00 PM

25 is the goal this year.

1. Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver (in progress from last year).-finished 1/20/10
2. 1/21/10 started In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson-finished 1/29/10
3. 2/2/10 started In N Out Burger by Stacy Perman-finished 5/11/10
4. 5/12/10 started The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson-finished 6/10/10
5. 6/11/10 started Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newman-finished 7/19/10
6. 7/26/10 started The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson-finished 8/18/10
7 through 11. (I count five since this is an anthology of all five volumes) 8/20/10 started The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams-finished 10/27/10

12. 11/3/10 started The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells

Min · « **Reply #118 on:** November 05, 2010, 01:30:24 PM »

Finally updating. Giving up on tracking the kids books.

Quote from: Detta on January 04, 2010, 08:07:50 PM

1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Now: The Talisman by Stephen King

Demosthenes · « **Reply #119 on:** November 05, 2010, 01:46:26 PM »

Quote from: Detta on November 05, 2010, 01:30:24 PM

Now: The Talisman by Stephen King

*shudder*

I hated that one. The only King novel I hated worse was "Black House".

Bleah. Considering how much I like pretty much everything else King has written, I'm forced to assume these two books sucked because of Peter Straub.

Min · « **Reply #120 on:** November 05, 2010, 08:24:57 PM »

I like Jack Sawyer. But the book was long and confusing. I didn't dislike it. But I didn't love it either. Black House was no good? They're supposed to be working on a third now.

Min · « **Reply #121 on:** November 08, 2010, 12:51:07 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 04, 2010, 08:07:50 PM

1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King

Now: 1984 by George Orwell

Demosthenes · « **Reply #122 on:** November 08, 2010, 01:27:05 PM »

Quote from: Detta on November 05, 2010, 08:24:57 PM

I like Jack Sawyer. But the book was long and confusing. I didn't dislike it. But I didn't love it either. Black House was no good? They're supposed to be working on a third now.

Black House was completely written IN PRESENT TENSE. At first it was just kind of irritating, but by about the 4th or 5th chapter it was extremely distracting.

By the end of the book, it was nearly intolerable.

That, and the whole ham-fisted shoving of the storyline into the Dark Tower universe. That was really unnecessary and gratuitous, in my opinion.

As always, your mileage may vary.

Min · « **Reply #123 on:** November 16, 2010, 01:01:26 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 04, 2010, 08:07:50 PM

1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
11. 1984 by George Orwell

Now: The Brethren by John Grisham

Like I said on assfacebook, I didn't like 1984. Details about imprisonment and torture...not fun for me. And that was a full third of the book. Not that I thought it would be a fun read but...

Min · « **Reply #124 on:** November 22, 2010, 05:49:32 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 04, 2010, 08:07:50 PM

1. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
5. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
6. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
8. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
10. The Talisman by Stephen King
11. 1984 by George Orwell
12. The Brethren by John Grisham

Now: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

I liked The Brethren. It was a bit far fetched though. I kept saying, "why don't they just..." alot. Still fun though. I'm running dangerously low on remaining Grisham books.

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