It's been almost a year since I've graduated college. Due to the tumultulous time I had finishing college after my mom passed away, I really wanted to take a year off. From EVERYTHING. And since I need money to live, I didn't take a year off of work, but I pretty much did nothing else but chill. So, I picked up my long lost love of reading. Looking back, this list doesn't look that impressive, but I'm pretty excited about what I'm adding to the list.
Books I've read in the last year (in rough order):
- The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke
- Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
- Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
- Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2)
- Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3)
-
Mapping the Mind - Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4)
- Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
- Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6)
- Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7)
- Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, Book 8)
- White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9)
- Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10)
- Ender's Game
- Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2)
- Xenocide (Ender, Book 3)
- Children of the Mind (Ender, Book 4)
- Ender's Shadow (Ender, Book 5)
- Shadow of the Hegemon (Ender, Book 6)
- Shadow Puppets (Ender, Book 7)
- Shadow of the Giant (Ender, Book 8)
- First Meetings in Ender's Universe
- A War of Gifts: An Ender Story
- Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association *Jim Butcher's contribution only
- Backup
- Mean Streets * Jim Butcher's contribution only
- Many Bloody Returns * Jim Butcher's contribution only
- My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding * Jim Butcher's contribution only
- My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon * Jim Butcher's contribution only
- The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle
- The Memory of Earth, Homecoming - Volume 1
- The Call of Earth, Homecoming - Volume 2
- The Ships of Earth, Homecoming - Volume 3
- Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11)
Books I plan to read (in rough order):
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
- The Quiet Room
- Man's Search for Meaning
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers * I need to finish this. I think I started it... a year ago. It's not BAD, just not compelling.
- The Night Watch (Watch, Book 1)
- Earthfall, Homecoming - Volume 4 * Already own.
- Earthborn, Homecoming - Volume 5 * Already own.
- Ender in Exile * Already own.
- Neuromancer * Already own.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies * Already own.
- The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education * Already own.
- Women & Money * Already own.
- A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) * Already own.
- A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2) * Already own.
- A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)
- A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)
- A Dance with Dragons (Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5)
- Hero
- Phantoms in the Brain
- Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
It's obvious from what I've read in the last year, that I am a fan of science fiction and neuro/psychology books. Through high school and college I read most of the classics (from
Grapes of Wrath to
War and Peace), and I loved almost every one. I also read a lot of
Stephen King and
Dean Koontz, but this is where my reading experience ends. So, please suggest books for me! Whether they are books you KNOW I'll love, based on what I have listed her, or simply a book you loved to pieces, please comment.