I used to get Pizza Parties for this
I HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR TO DO THIS POST. The idea is taken from wordsofastory, who was on my old friends list (and who I've just added to this one because I miss her posts. we shall see if she notices.)
Behind this cut is a complete list of all the books I've read this year, and how long it took me to get through them. Please feel free to quiz me on any of them, ask for plotty details based on interesting titles that catch your eye, or give me 'if you liked this, read that' recommendations for next year.
1. Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis (1/1-1/10)
2. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1/11-1/31)
3. Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon (2/1-3/21)
4. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (3/22-3/28)
5. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory (3/29-4/11)
6. The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy (4/12-5/22)
7. Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander by Ann Heredeen (5/23-6/6)
8. Sabriel by Garth Nix [reread] (6/7-6/12)
9. Illium by Dan Simmons (6/13-7/6)
10. Olympos by Dan Simmons (7/7-8/2)
11. The Mad Cortesan (An Elizabethan Mystery) by Edward Marston (8/3-8/7)
12. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (8/8-8/17)
13. Fifty to One by Charles Ardai (8/18-8/23)
14. The Book of Night with Moon by Daine Duane (8/24-9/10)
15. The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr (9/11-9/24)
16. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (9/25-10/1)
17. The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr (10/2-10/5)
18. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (10/6-10/15)
19. Deerskin by Robin McKinley (10/16-10/30)
20. The Harlequin Tea Set (and Other Stories) by Agatha Christie (10/31-11/7)
21. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (11/8-11/21)
22. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (11/22-?)
I tend to read for about two hours a weekday during my subway commute. I try NOT to keep going after I'm home, because then what would I do the morning after? In a way this saddens me because it means I read much slower than I used to, but on the other hand I'm never bored on the way to work? >> I also read a lot of OH MY GOD THEY NEVER END books this year. Thousands of pages~~ So I didn't run through as many books as in the past, but I probably read almost as much.
Comics and Manga didn't make it onto the list, because... um. I would be here forever and I didn't feel like logging that all year. Neither did tv shows because I don't think of my TV watching as that important. Besides, you all know how I feel about SPN.
Behind this cut is a complete list of all the books I've read this year, and how long it took me to get through them. Please feel free to quiz me on any of them, ask for plotty details based on interesting titles that catch your eye, or give me 'if you liked this, read that' recommendations for next year.
1. Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis (1/1-1/10)
2. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1/11-1/31)
3. Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon (2/1-3/21)
4. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (3/22-3/28)
5. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory (3/29-4/11)
6. The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy (4/12-5/22)
7. Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander by Ann Heredeen (5/23-6/6)
8. Sabriel by Garth Nix [reread] (6/7-6/12)
9. Illium by Dan Simmons (6/13-7/6)
10. Olympos by Dan Simmons (7/7-8/2)
11. The Mad Cortesan (An Elizabethan Mystery) by Edward Marston (8/3-8/7)
12. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (8/8-8/17)
13. Fifty to One by Charles Ardai (8/18-8/23)
14. The Book of Night with Moon by Daine Duane (8/24-9/10)
15. The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr (9/11-9/24)
16. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (9/25-10/1)
17. The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr (10/2-10/5)
18. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (10/6-10/15)
19. Deerskin by Robin McKinley (10/16-10/30)
20. The Harlequin Tea Set (and Other Stories) by Agatha Christie (10/31-11/7)
21. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (11/8-11/21)
22. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (11/22-?)
I tend to read for about two hours a weekday during my subway commute. I try NOT to keep going after I'm home, because then what would I do the morning after? In a way this saddens me because it means I read much slower than I used to, but on the other hand I'm never bored on the way to work? >> I also read a lot of OH MY GOD THEY NEVER END books this year. Thousands of pages~~ So I didn't run through as many books as in the past, but I probably read almost as much.
Comics and Manga didn't make it onto the list, because... um. I would be here forever and I didn't feel like logging that all year. Neither did tv shows because I don't think of my TV watching as that important. Besides, you all know how I feel about SPN.