2011 readings
36. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson.
35. Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell. Writing like this makes me terribly sad that I lack the ambition and drive to try to be a writer. Awesome amazing book, though, and educational!
34. Cat Street, Kamio Youko.
33. Agnes and the Hitman, Jennifer Cruisie. (reread)
32. Goliath, Scott Westerfeld. As excited as I was to see it happen, the shift from focusing on action and doing to romance and feelings kinda threw me.
31. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Tony Cliff. Ongoing and amazing.
30. Fire Study, Maria Snyder. This Study series is nothing mind-blowing, but it made for decent, quick, and fun reading.
29. Magic Study, Maria Snyder.
28. Poison Study, Maria Snyder.
27. Shiawase ikura de kaemasu ka?, Usami Maki.
26. Haruyuki Bus, Usami Maki. Don't judge me. Every single one of these little stories was freaking adorable.
25. The City and the City, China Mieville. Fascinating and twisty. I liked the partners Borlu accumulated.
24. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart. Frankie! Frankie's one awesome bad ass.
23. One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia. Kinda got sucked into this one; the girls' mother was an interesting study.
22. So Yesterday, Scott Westerfeld. Not as good as his Leviathan series.
21. The Plain Janes, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg. Fun and inspiring.
20. The House in the Mist, Anna Katharine Green. Felt like I was back in a lit class.
19. In Morocco, Edith Wharton. What it says on the tin.
18. Nothing But the Truth (And a Few White Lies), Justina Chen Headley. Cute... but a little too much teenagery entitlement for my tastes.
17. Sacrifices arc. Again. Because it fascinates me and I can't get enough of it.
16. Crossing Stones, Helen Frost. Simple, straight forward. Packs a punch.
15. The Warded Man, Peter V. Brett. Kind of gets washed away in the strong impressions Sleepless and The Passage left on me, but that is wholly unfair as this was a totally decent read too.
14. Being, Kevin Brooks. A decent introduction to creepy for teenagers!
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith. What it says on the tin.
12. Gokusen, Morimoto Kozueko. Awww, this was fun and surprisingly cute.
11. Swamplandia!, Karen Russell. omg, do not read if that exclamation point leads you to expect whimsy. This is not whimsical.
10. The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read, by some really puffed-up dude.
9. All Clear, Connie Willis. Ah, Connie Willis. I wish I liked these more. But I can't help but feel that it was unnecessary to expand the story into two books, that there was ample opportunity to condense and whittle down while losing nothing from the stories.
8. Blackout, Connie Willis.
7. The Passage, Justin Cronin. Also creepy and good.
6. Sleepless, Charlie Huston. As disturbing as it was, that was secondary to the absolute need I felt to watch it unfold.
5. Sailor Fuku ni Onegai, Tanaka Meca.
4. Parfait Tic, Nanaji Nagamu.
3. The Things a Brother Knows, Dana Reinhardt. Nice texture, well moving.
2. The Demon's Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan. !!!
1. The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle, Catherine Webb. Sloppy at times, but cute.
ABANDONED
Alain de Botton's The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Neal Stephenson's Diamond Age
Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food
Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl (twice!)
Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities