Oh Books, How I Need More Time For Thee (Should Study Less Korean Methinks)
Well, another year has gone by and I have yet to read 100 books. Didn't even make it to 50.
1. XxxHOLiC: ANOTHERHOLiC LANDOLT-RING AEROSOL NISIOISIN
2. Hunter X Hunter vol. 4 Yoshihiro Togashi
3. The Privilege of the Sword Ellen Kushner
4. Gothic Lolita: A Mystical Thriller Dakota Lane
4. Sunshine Robin Mckinley
5. Dead Man’s Mirror Agatha Christie
6. Merlin and the Dragons Jane Yolen, illustrated by Li Ming
7. Crown Duel Sherwood Smith
8. The Children of Green Knowe Lucy M. Boston
9. The Chosen Chaim Potok
10. The Promise Chaim Potok
11. City of Glass Cassandra Clare
12. Bone Crossed Patricia Briggs
13. Tsubasa20: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLe CLAMP
14. Here Lies Arthur Philip Reeve
15. xxxHoLic 13 CLAMP
16. The Golden Unicorn Phyllis A. Whitney
17. The Sword and the Circle Rosemary Sutcliff
18. Meet the Austins Madeline L'Engle
19. Death Comes As The End Agatha Christie
20. I am Morgan le Fay Nancy Springer
21. Dumb Witness Agatha Christie
22. Poirot's Early Cases Agatha Chrisite
23. Fear Familiar: Familiar Escape Caroline Burnes
24. The Demon's Lexicon Sarah Rees Brennan
25. Rg Veda vol. 2 CLAMP
26. The Summoning Kelly Armstrong
27. The Awakening Kelly Armstrong
28. Wondrous Strange Lesley Livingston
29. Rg Veda vol. 3 CLAMP
30. Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen
31. Tsubasa 21:RESERvoir CHRoNiCLe CLAMP
32. White Jenna Jane Yolen
33. Tsubasa 22: RESERvoir CHRoNiCLe CLAMP
34. Skin Hunger Kathleen Duey
35. Odd and the Frost Giants Neil Gaiman
36. The Fall of Kings Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
37. Corambis Sarah Monette
38. The Goose Girl Shannon Hale
39. The Edge of Recall Kristen Hietzmann
40. The Twentieth Wife: A Novel Indu Sunaresan
41. Hunting Ground Patricia Briggs
42. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming Patricia Briggs illustrated by Fransis Tsai and Amelia Woo
43. Seventh Son Orson Scott Card
44. Hood Stephen L. Lawhead
45. Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris
Thoughts on some of these books are here, here, and below.
December
Hood Stephen Lawhead
Historical Fantasy. 492 pages.
Third Person Omniscient.
Bookshelved.
Eyelids heavy, he closed his eyes and sank into the soft, dark, timeless place where his dreams kindled and flared with strange visions of impossible feats, of people he knew but had never met, of things past-or perhaps yet to come-when the king and queen gave life and love to the people, when bards lauded the gifts of heroes, when the land bestowed its gifts in abundance, when God looked with favour upon his children and hearts were glad. Over all he dreamed that night, there loomed the shape of a strange bird with a long beak and a face as smooth and hard and black as charred bone.
Wow. I scarcely know what to say about this book. It was brilliant and wonderful. And I fully believe that Robin Hood lived in the forests of Wales and I’m not sure if I can ever quite go back to Sherwood. This book is a truly marvelous retelling of the legend. I look forward to reading Scarlet. Go read. Go read now.
Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris
Suspense, Mystery, Urban Fantasy. 292 pages.
First Person Limited.
Borrowed from the GIC library.
I’d been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar.
This had to be one of the most disappointing books in recent memory. I expected something more. The show is dark but deals with serious themes and addresses touchy subjects. I expected something more from the books. Not the same dark mood as the show, because I knew the books were more lighthearted, but I did expect some substance. And you’ll all laugh to see which book I read in January. But I wouldn’t recommend these books unless you wanted a quick mindless vampire romance with a side mystery read.
This year I'm going to write a description of all the books I read. And I'm gonna read 100. So far I'm only five novels behind.
~Nox