2010 Book List, aka: 100 Books in 2010

[lauriethemuppet]

Yesterday (January 1st 2010) I declared my intentions to surpass the amount of books I read in 2009. Well I've got a goal number now. jessalie_aranya has invited me to join her and brilliantcat in the 100 books in 2010 challenge

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[jessalie_aranya]

OOOKIES. Some of my favorite series are the Dune ones, by Frank Herbert, and then his son with another guy. They are big and thick and complicated, but I really like them. A lot of people don't, so I'd say read 'Dune' and if you like it, read Messiah and Children, then DON'T read the other three by FH. Read the ones by the son. They are easier to understand, and there is more action. XD

Tamora Pierce, if you haven't read her. The Ender/Shadow books by Orson Scott Card. His Alvin Maker and Earthsong stuff is a bit...odd, but interesting in their own right. He tends to write books that make you go OOOOO but then you can't explain WHY. The Worthing Saga (also OSC) is WEIRD, but good. The Sister Grimm by Michael Buckley. Lloyd Alexander. Madeleine L'Engle (I've only read her Wrinkle in time stuff). Elizabeth Enright's Spiderweb for Two and Goneaway Lake.

And then, there is Anne McCaffrey, who will take over your whole list if you let her. XD

Dragonriders: 17 books. Cover about 2000 years in time span, beginning (though not with the first book) when settlers come to a planet, and then there is a massive disaster, and dragons are bioengineered to fight this. The books take place all through time and different 'walks of life', from dragonriders to dolphineers to harpers etc. MOST of them aren't true sci-fi to my mind, since there are only a few space ships. Think medieval culture with some modern stuff and dragons.

Acorna: 7 books. Space miners find an alien escape pod, rescue little girl inside. Little girl grows up, has many adventures. Involves timetravel. And cats.

Brains and Brawns: 6 but I only count 5 because I don't like one. In the future, severely deformed children who would not otherwise survive are put in 'shells', and become the brains for ships, cities, etc. They have a human partner. Each book is adventures for a different brain/brawn ship pair. Very good. "The Ship Who Searched" is one of my all-time favorite books.

Freedom series: 4 books. Humans attacked by aliens, dumped to die on an uninhabited world, series tell how they try to bring down the aliens.

Crystal Singer: 3 books. I...don't really know how to explain these. XD

Doona: 3 books. Humans co-colonize a planet with cat-like aliens.

There a lot more, including stuff about the Talents, which are GOOD, Nimisha's Ship, a very good one-off novel, etc.

http://www.annemccaffrey.org/index.php?page_id=30

She's been writing for a LONG time. XD

[lauriethemuppet]

Okay that's definitely a good list XD BUT I must ask, are any of them time travel because I *HATE* time travel, most authors/writers utterly FAIL at doing time travel without creating massive plot holes that piss me off XD

[jessalie_aranya]

UMMMM. There is some in the Dragonriders books, but it is all in a situation where it has already happened so it is going to happen? The time travel in Acorna works, and is only in the latter...three books, so if you don't read those, you'll be fine. I don't think there is time travel in any of the others. XD