44. Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Ed. James Lowder
45. Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper than Swords. Ed. Henry Jacoby
46. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
47. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
48. Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov ( Read more... )

41. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman

A really interesting book about a Carmelite nun who realizes her ecstatic visions might be caused by epilepsy. It explored very interesting issues of faith--were the visions "just" illness or are they a gift? What should she do about the visions, and how does she know her choice is being made for the right reasons?

42 ( Read more... )

35. Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg & Jim Cheung
36. Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News by Dan Rather
37. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
38. No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
39. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton
40. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

31. Redshirts by John Scalzi
32. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
33. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
34. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

I will eventually try to post about these in more detail. I just don't have the energy right now, but I need to write down what I've read lately before I forget.

25. Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn
26. The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
27. Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
28. Fool by Christopher Moore
29. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
30. The ( Read more... )

23. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

This story illustrates well the truism that the most specific stories are the most universal. It's a graphic novel memoir about Satrapi's experiences growing up in Iran during the revolution, studying abroad in Austria, returning, and finally saying good-bye to her home forever in order to pursue a ( Read more... )

I promise I will eventually maybe write about other things, but in the meantime: books!

17. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
18. One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde
19. Heaven's Spite by Lilith Saintcrow
20. I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
21. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
22. Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance by Gyles ( Read more... )

Since I'm so far behind on my book reviews, I'm splitting them into manageable categories. The first one is "Books That Made Me Think." If it's not on this list, that doesn't mean it didn't make me think--it just means that these books made me think more broadly and in a more traditionally "intellectual" way. I recommend them all for different ( Read more... )

15. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
16. The Guild vol. 1 by Felicia Day & Jim Rugg

I am also partway through Catch-22, which is funny and interesting so far. It's a satire of war that takes place during World War II, which is unusual--normally you picture the sort of barbed disillusionment with war ( Read more... )

10. Machine of Death. Ed. by Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo & David Malki !
11. Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
12. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
13. The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
14. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Just a quick aside: what is with bookshelves not having uniform height? It renders them more or less useless if you have large books or ( Read more... )