100 Books, 100 More Books, All the Words Ever
There's a list of 100 book titles going around on Facebook. Apparently the BBC put this list together; the supposition is that the average person has only read 6 of the books on the list
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Science fiction:
Foreigner by CJ Cherryh is the first book that I've read in over three years that I could not put down. That said, heavy sociological/anthropological focus, stupid wangst in the last third, some stupid torture in the last third. And, well, it's CJ Cherryh. ~The politics of aliens, expounded upon in wallowing loving detail.~ So it's not for everyone.
In The Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda was good to fair; I have a weakness for station stories and extrasensory-powered characters with contact problems, so I'm sure that contributes. Boring unconvincing romance, but the rest is fine. The first hundred-or-so pages are the best.
OH MY GOD if you read teen/tween/what do they call twelve-to-fifteen year olds now? books:
A Dark Traveling by Roger Zelazny READ THIS. Just. It's got a strong style full of delicious quirk and a nice twist of humor. Also, a werewolf.
Into The Dream by William Sleator. I can't words to describe, but I read it until the cover fell off, originally, so something about it must have grabbed me. Oh, look, more ESP! Oh gosh what is the ghastly new cover for it D:
My Teacher is An Alien by Bruce Coville. Remember this? Please say yes. ♥
I uh. There are others. I have more.
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