Topic: 2011 Book Thread (Read 19060 times)

Min · « **on:** January 01, 2011, 10:16:18 PM »

Ok the new book thread is here.

List your goal and progress in this thread. My goal for this year is 15. That's what I wound up with in 2010 and I'm sure 2011 will be just as hectic...if not more so. So make your goal and list your books here as you finish them.

By the way, every new post I make, I go to the last one and click "modify". Then I copy it all and paste it into my new post and make the updates. That way I don't have to redo the codes every time.

Min · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM »

Now: Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

pbsaurus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2011, 02:00:26 PM »

15 is my goal this year

1. 1/3/11 started Looking For Calvin And Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell

Fraggles · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2011, 08:43:43 AM »

I'm going to say 25 novels. I will probably end up with more like 35... But just in case I get stuck on some slow starting fantasy epic I will stick to the safe 25.

I am currently on Jonathan Stroud's The Ring of Solomon. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/jonathan-stroud/ring-of-solomon.htm

I'm basically filling in my time before George R R Martins next book with any fantasy I can find, and still have a lot of Terry Goodkind to get through, but I'm sure I'll of completed the whole series by June.

Min · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2011, 08:07:10 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM

1. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

Now: Glass by Ellen Hopkins

I liked Pirate Latitudes. But it was kind of one bad thing happening after another so you never really knew if the book was really over till it ended. But it was something different and I liked it.

Fraggles · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2011, 12:42:29 AM »

On to book two,
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2011, 11:01:34 AM »

Quote from: Fraggles on January 10, 2011, 12:42:29 AM

On to book two,
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.

Good book. I've been meaning to re-read Thomas Harris' earlier works. That one was a real page turner, as I recall.

p5ych0t3ch · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:19:26 PM »

I won't set a goal, but currently I'm on Treasure Island by RLS.
Now on Gullever's Travels.

Min · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2011, 08:57:43 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM

1. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2. Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Now: Empire by Orson Scott Card

OMG, Glass by Ellen Hopkins was sooooo depressing. And I read the info on the next in the series and it all gets worse. It's about a honors high school student who gets addicted to meth. Well...the first book Crank started there and this was a continuation of the horror. Really good though, I recommend.

BTW Demo, I did put your recommendations on my wishlist at paperbookswap.com. But I just happened to have Empire here at home so I'll start there.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #9 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:42:05 PM »

What's wrong with a High School student getting addicted to math?

fcomstoc · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:02:11 PM »

so far this year

On Writing Stephen King
Carrie Stephen King

ivan · « **Reply #11 on:** January 14, 2011, 02:59:36 AM »

Quote from: fcomstoc on January 13, 2011, 11:02:11 PM

so far this year

On Writing Stephen King
Carrie Stephen King

Splendid.

Keep going!

Fraggles · « **Reply #12 on:** January 14, 2011, 03:43:44 PM »

1. The Ring of Solomon.
2. Red Dragon
3. Thirteen and a half lives of captain blue bear.
It does count if we've read them before right? Because I've read blue bear like 5 times before. It's just such a freaking awesome novel.

Chris MacRumohr · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2011, 08:03:17 AM »

I am just now working on the Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. That's a *****ng awsome book

Fraggles · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2011, 08:38:04 AM »

Quote from: Chris MacRumohr on January 15, 2011, 08:03:17 AM

I am just now working on the Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. That's a *****ng awsome book

Yeah, I read that the year before last. He's pretty cool. I like the gritty autobiographies. But personally I find it to be quite pretentious based on how much he had. I've always liked more the stories of the rock stars like Sid Vicious. Who grew up in Heroin addict families and stuff like that. Hard case mental freaks. =p Nikki was just a rock star.

Chris MacRumohr · « **Reply #15 on:** January 19, 2011, 06:08:33 PM »

In some way I agree with you. The heroin diaries is a good book, but what I think is the best rockstar-biography has to be SLASH. I've read that book 14 times, and it still amazes me how he's survived it.

Try that book if you haven't already read it...

Fraggles · « **Reply #16 on:** January 19, 2011, 08:39:30 PM »

1. The Ring of Solomon.
2. Red Dragon
3. Thirteen and a half lives of captain blue bear.

4. Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #17 on:** January 24, 2011, 03:28:44 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on January 03, 2011, 02:00:26 PM

15 is my goal this year

1. 1/3/11 started Looking For Calvin And Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell-finished 1/20/11

2. 1/15/11 started How To Teach Pivotal Behaviors to Children With Autism: A Training Manual by Koegel and Koegel et al-finished 1/24/11
3. 1/21/11 started South Park Guide To Life by Trey Parker and Matt Stone-finished 1/21/11
4. 1/24/11 started The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams

Min · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2011, 03:34:39 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM

1. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
3. Empire by Orson Scott Card

Now: The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Min · « **Reply #19 on:** February 28, 2011, 12:45:07 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM

1. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
3. Empire by Orson Scott Card
4. The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Now: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

OHMYGODTHISISSOBORING!!!!!!

I also read most of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but I guess the last few tracks somehow didn't make it onto my ipod so I'm not sure what happened. I ordered it at paperbackswap.com so I can finish it.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2011, 03:23:10 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on January 24, 2011, 03:28:44 PM

1. 1/3/11 started Looking For Calvin And Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell-finished 1/20/11
2. 1/15/11 started How To Teach Pivotal Behaviors to Children With Autism: A Training Manual by Koegel and Koegel et al-finished 1/24/11
3. 1/21/11 started South Park Guide To Life by Trey Parker and Matt Stone-finished 1/21/11
4. 1/24/11 started The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams-finished 2/22/11

5. 2/25/11 started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Min · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2011, 10:45:42 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM

1. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
3. Empire by Orson Scott Card
4. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Still reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Still fucking boring.

Min · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2011, 01:17:32 PM »

Quote from: Detta on January 01, 2011, 10:16:47 PM

1. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
2. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
3. Empire by Orson Scott Card
4. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Finally done with The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. FINALLY!

Now: Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Vespertine · « **Reply #23 on:** March 07, 2011, 05:36:42 PM »

Since I'm such a chain reader, I don't ever set a goal. So, I'll just maintain a list of what I read this year.

1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
2. The Story of O by Pauline Reage
3. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
4. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
7. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
8. The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
9. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell

Currently rereading I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max, because I really need a laugh right now.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #24 on:** March 23, 2011, 03:59:17 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on February 28, 2011, 03:23:10 PM

1. 1/3/11 started Looking For Calvin And Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip by Nevin Martell-finished 1/20/11
2. 1/15/11 started How To Teach Pivotal Behaviors to Children With Autism: A Training Manual by Koegel and Koegel et al-finished 1/24/11
3. 1/21/11 started South Park Guide To Life by Trey Parker and Matt Stone-finished 1/21/11
4. 1/24/11 started The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams-finished 2/22/11
5. 2/25/11 started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams-finished 3/22/11

6. 3/23/11 started 924 Gilman: The Story So Far by Brian Edge

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