Reading List
Following on the tails of others, I have been trying to keep a list of the books I have read this year. With two uni courses, a new bike and a new girlfriend to take up time I have not been reading anywhere near as much as normal.
At the moment I am reading:
Zen mind, beginner mind - Shunryu Suzuki
Thraxas and the Warrior Monks - Martin Scott
You Are What You Eat - Dr Gillian McKeith
Legends II - Various Authors
In the last month I have managed:
Morality for Beutiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
Artists Sketchbook - Lucy Watson
Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil - J.D.Hillberry
The rest of the books I have read this year :
Fantasy
The Swords of Night and Day - David Gemmell.
King of Foxes - Raymond Feist
Fools Fate - Robin Hobb
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
Battleaxe - Sara Douglass.
Enchanter - Sara Douglass.
Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett
Crime / Thriller
Greed - Chris Ryan
The King of Torts - John Grisham
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Kisscut - Karin Slaughter
Humour
High Society - Ben Elton.
Sudden Wealth - Robert Llewellyn.
Artemis Fowl The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
The Sacred Art of Stealing - Christopher Brookmyre
Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
General
Motorcycle Roadcraft, the Police Riders Handbook to Better Motorcycling.
Why Men Can Only Do One Thing at a Time and Women Never Stop Talking - Allan & Barbara Pease
Eats, Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss
Computer
Traces of Guilt - Neil Barrett
Without including university books, it seems that I'm now only up to 26/50 and the year is nearly 3/4 the way through :(
Additions to the reading pile this month include:
Art of Just Sitting: Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza - John Daido Loori
Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Future of Ideas - Lawrence Lessig
Not on the Label - Felicity Lawrence
The reading pile currently consists of (in no particular order):
Fantasy
Starman - Sara Douglass
Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash
Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
Knights Dawn - Kim Hunter
Colours in the Steel - KJ Parker
Quicksilver Rising - Stan Nicholls
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
Beyond the Pale - Mark Anthony
Crime / Thriller
The Altman Code - Robert Ludlum and Gaylr Lynds
A Faint Cold Fear - Karin Slaughter
The Increment - Chris Ryan
The Last Juror - John Grisham
Dark Winter - Andy McNab
Humour
Country of the Blind - Christopher Brookmyre
Quite Ugly One Morning - Christopher Brookmyre
One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night - Christopher Brookmyre
Brother Nature - Robert Llewellyn
Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
Before & After - Matthew Thomas
General
Spies - Michael Frayn
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps - Allan & Barbara Pease
Why Men Lie and Women Cry - Allan & Barbara Pease
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
Painting with Acrylics - Wendy Jelbert
Computer
Hacking, the Art of Exploitation - Jon Erickson
There are lots of other unread books around on my shelves but they are not in the 'urgent' to read pile :)
At the moment I am reading:
In the last month I have managed:
The rest of the books I have read this year :
Fantasy
Crime / Thriller
Humour
General
Computer
Without including university books, it seems that I'm now only up to 26/50 and the year is nearly 3/4 the way through :(
Additions to the reading pile this month include:
The reading pile currently consists of (in no particular order):
Fantasy
Crime / Thriller
Humour
General
Computer
There are lots of other unread books around on my shelves but they are not in the 'urgent' to read pile :)