Books 2012.
~~Every link leads to an entry with basic information about the book, and my favourite quotes.
~The image I use is the edition I read.
~I tag the year of publication, unless the era plays a major part in the story and is different (e.g. a book published about WWII in 2001), in which case I tag both.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
Fiction:
♥ The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. (7.5/10)
♥ Gigi by Colette. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ White Rabbit: A Psychedelic Reader, edited by John Miller and Randall Koral. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Sounder by William H. Armstrong. (8/10)
♥ Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Pearl by John Steinbeck. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Guardians of Ga'hoole: The Hatchling by Kathryn Lasky. (7.5/10)
♥ Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo. (7/10)
♥♥♥ And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. (7.5/10)
♥ Son of Rosemary by Ira Levin. (5.5/10)
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥ The Lost Continent (Beyond Thirty) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. (9/10)
♥ Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. (6.5/10)
♥ Emma by Jane Austen. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima. (9/10)
♥ Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Unstrung Harp, Or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel by Edward Gorey. (8.5/10)
♥ The Object-Lesson by Edward Gorey. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Bug Book by Edward Gorey. (7.5/10)
♥ The Hapless Child by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary . (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Willowdale Handcar: or the Return of the Black Doll by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥ The West Wing by Edward Gorey. (7/10)
♥ The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life by Edward Gorey. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. (7.5/10)
♥ Pigeon by Patrick Süskind. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Island: Shipwreck by Gordon Korman. (7.5/10)
♥ Island: Survival by Gordon Korman. (7.5/10)
♥ Island: Escape by Gordon Korman. (8/10)
♥ Rain by V.C. Andrews. (7/10)
♥ Lightning Strikes by V.C. Andrews. (6/10)
~~~Plays:
♥ She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Hamlet by William Shakespeare. (8.5/10)
♥ Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Lysistrata by Aristophanes (translation by A.H. Sommerstein). (9/10)
♥♥♥ Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. (8/10)
~~~Short Stories:
♥♥♥ The Achieve of, the Mastery of the Thing by Laurie Colwin. (8/10)
♥ The Electric Cough Syrup Acid Test by Jim Hogshire. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Detox Diary by Jean Cocteau. (8/10)*
♥♥♥ The Double Chamber by Charles Baudelaire. (9/10)*
♥♥♥ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥ The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe. (9/10)
♥ The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Horror in the Museum by H.P. Lovecraft. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Killings by Andre Dubus. (8/10)
♥ The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Second Variety by Philip K. Dick. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Paycheck by Philip K. Dick. (8.5/10)
♥ The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Пиковая Дама (The Queen of Spades), Александр Пушкин (Alexander Pushkin). (8/10)
♥♥♥ Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe. (10/10)
♥ The Thing in the Cellar by David H. Keller. (7/10)*
♥♥♥ The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥ The Mystery of Marie Rogê by Edgar Allan Poe. (6.5/10)
♥ The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe. (8/10)
~~~Poetry:
♥♥♥ The Listing Attic by Edward Gorey. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Fatal Lozenge by Edward Gorey. (9.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. (9.5/10)
♥ The Insect God by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥ The Sinking Spell by Edward Gorey. (7/10)
♥♥♥ All That Desire by Betsy Struthers. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge. (10/10)
♥ Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. (7/10)
Non-Fiction:
♥ Soviet Psychoprisons by Harvey Fireside. (7.5/10)
♥ The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins. (7.5/10)
♥ The Little Book of Pot by Dr. V.S. Ganjabhang. (6/10)
♥ Bugs, edited by Noel Tait. (7/10)
♥ Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell by Amy Sohn. (6/10)
♥ The Good Citizen's Handbook: A Guide to Proper Behavior by Jennifer McKnight-Trontz. (4/10)
♥♥♥ Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg M.D.. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Fact. Fact. Bullsh*t!: Learn the Truth and Spot the Lie on Everything from Tequila-Made Diamonds to Tetris's Soviet Roots - Plus Tons of Other Totally Random Facts from Science, History, and Beyond! by Neil Patrick Stewart. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo. (8/10)
♥♥♥ 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. (8/10)
♥ The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff. (8.5/10)
Graphic Novels:
♥♥♥ Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar. (8/10)
♥ Blankets by Craig Thompson. (7/10)
♥ Husk: The Hollow Planet by Scott Thompson, Stephan Nilson and Kyle Morton. (6/10)
♥♥♥ Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru Mizuki. (8.5/10)
♥ Petrograd by Philip Gelatt and Tyler Crook. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ Futari H - Mangasutra: Flirtation by Katsu Aki. (8/10)
♥ Echoes by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rahsan Ekedal. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds (and Homer) (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Chobits Omnibus 2 by CLAMP (8/10)
♥♥♥ Batman: Hush (Unwrapped) by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens (8/10)
♥ In the Flesh: Stories by Koren Shadmi. (7/10)
♥ Terminator: 2029 to 1984 by Zack Whedon, Andy MacDonald, Dan Jackson, and Nate Piekos (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Batman R.I.P. by Grant Morrison, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, Lee Garbett, and Trevor Scott. (8/10)
♥ Batman & The Monster Men by Matt Wagner. (7.5/10)
♥ Batman: The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. (8/10)
♥ Batman: Knight and Squire by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton. (7/10)
♥ Batman: Cult by Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrighton, and Bill Wray. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Dororo by Osamu Tezuka. (8.5/10)
♥ Batman: Prey by Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, Terry Austin, and Jimmy Palmiotti. (7.5/10)
♥ Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson by Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ Adolf: An Exile in Japan by Osamu Tezuka. (8/10)
♥ The Misadventures of Mal & Lot 1 by Gogz and Marv. (6.5/10)
♥ The Misadventures of Mal & Lot 2 by Gogz and Marv. (7/10)
♥ Gotham City Sirens: Songs of the Sirens by Paul Dini, Tony Bedard and Guilem March. (6.5/10)
♥ Gotham City Sirens: Division by Peter Calloway, Andres Guinado, and Lorenzo Ruggiero. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Sardine in Outer Space by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar. (7/10)
♥ Sardine in Outer Space 2 by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar. (7.5/10)
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011
~The image I use is the edition I read.
~I tag the year of publication, unless the era plays a major part in the story and is different (e.g. a book published about WWII in 2001), in which case I tag both.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
Fiction:
♥ The Unicorn Sonata by Peter S. Beagle. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. (7.5/10)
♥ Gigi by Colette. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ White Rabbit: A Psychedelic Reader, edited by John Miller and Randall Koral. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Sounder by William H. Armstrong. (8/10)
♥ Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Pearl by John Steinbeck. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Guardians of Ga'hoole: The Hatchling by Kathryn Lasky. (7.5/10)
♥ Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo. (7/10)
♥♥♥ And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. (7.5/10)
♥ Son of Rosemary by Ira Levin. (5.5/10)
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥ The Lost Continent (Beyond Thirty) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. (9/10)
♥ Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. (6.5/10)
♥ Emma by Jane Austen. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima. (9/10)
♥ Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Unstrung Harp, Or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel by Edward Gorey. (8.5/10)
♥ The Object-Lesson by Edward Gorey. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Bug Book by Edward Gorey. (7.5/10)
♥ The Hapless Child by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary . (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Willowdale Handcar: or the Return of the Black Doll by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥ The West Wing by Edward Gorey. (7/10)
♥ The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life by Edward Gorey. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. (7.5/10)
♥ Pigeon by Patrick Süskind. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Island: Shipwreck by Gordon Korman. (7.5/10)
♥ Island: Survival by Gordon Korman. (7.5/10)
♥ Island: Escape by Gordon Korman. (8/10)
♥ Rain by V.C. Andrews. (7/10)
♥ Lightning Strikes by V.C. Andrews. (6/10)
~~~Plays:
♥ She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Hamlet by William Shakespeare. (8.5/10)
♥ Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Lysistrata by Aristophanes (translation by A.H. Sommerstein). (9/10)
♥♥♥ Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. (8/10)
~~~Short Stories:
♥♥♥ The Achieve of, the Mastery of the Thing by Laurie Colwin. (8/10)
♥ The Electric Cough Syrup Acid Test by Jim Hogshire. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Detox Diary by Jean Cocteau. (8/10)*
♥♥♥ The Double Chamber by Charles Baudelaire. (9/10)*
♥♥♥ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥ The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe. (9/10)
♥ The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Horror in the Museum by H.P. Lovecraft. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Killings by Andre Dubus. (8/10)
♥ The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Second Variety by Philip K. Dick. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Paycheck by Philip K. Dick. (8.5/10)
♥ The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Пиковая Дама (The Queen of Spades), Александр Пушкин (Alexander Pushkin). (8/10)
♥♥♥ Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe. (10/10)
♥ The Thing in the Cellar by David H. Keller. (7/10)*
♥♥♥ The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe. (7.5/10)
♥ The Mystery of Marie Rogê by Edgar Allan Poe. (6.5/10)
♥ The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe. (8/10)
~~~Poetry:
♥♥♥ The Listing Attic by Edward Gorey. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Doubtful Guest by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Fatal Lozenge by Edward Gorey. (9.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. (9.5/10)
♥ The Insect God by Edward Gorey. (8/10)
♥ The Sinking Spell by Edward Gorey. (7/10)
♥♥♥ All That Desire by Betsy Struthers. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge. (10/10)
♥ Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. (7/10)
Non-Fiction:
♥ Soviet Psychoprisons by Harvey Fireside. (7.5/10)
♥ The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins. (7.5/10)
♥ The Little Book of Pot by Dr. V.S. Ganjabhang. (6/10)
♥ Bugs, edited by Noel Tait. (7/10)
♥ Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell by Amy Sohn. (6/10)
♥ The Good Citizen's Handbook: A Guide to Proper Behavior by Jennifer McKnight-Trontz. (4/10)
♥♥♥ Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg M.D.. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Fact. Fact. Bullsh*t!: Learn the Truth and Spot the Lie on Everything from Tequila-Made Diamonds to Tetris's Soviet Roots - Plus Tons of Other Totally Random Facts from Science, History, and Beyond! by Neil Patrick Stewart. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo. (8/10)
♥♥♥ 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. (8/10)
♥ The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff. (8.5/10)
Graphic Novels:
♥♥♥ Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar. (8/10)
♥ Blankets by Craig Thompson. (7/10)
♥ Husk: The Hollow Planet by Scott Thompson, Stephan Nilson and Kyle Morton. (6/10)
♥♥♥ Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru Mizuki. (8.5/10)
♥ Petrograd by Philip Gelatt and Tyler Crook. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ Futari H - Mangasutra: Flirtation by Katsu Aki. (8/10)
♥ Echoes by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Rahsan Ekedal. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds (and Homer) (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Chobits Omnibus 2 by CLAMP (8/10)
♥♥♥ Batman: Hush (Unwrapped) by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens (8/10)
♥ In the Flesh: Stories by Koren Shadmi. (7/10)
♥ Terminator: 2029 to 1984 by Zack Whedon, Andy MacDonald, Dan Jackson, and Nate Piekos (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Batman R.I.P. by Grant Morrison, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, Lee Garbett, and Trevor Scott. (8/10)
♥ Batman & The Monster Men by Matt Wagner. (7.5/10)
♥ Batman: The Man Who Laughs by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. (8/10)
♥ Batman: Knight and Squire by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton. (7/10)
♥ Batman: Cult by Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrighton, and Bill Wray. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Dororo by Osamu Tezuka. (8.5/10)
♥ Batman: Prey by Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, Terry Austin, and Jimmy Palmiotti. (7.5/10)
♥ Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson by Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ Adolf: An Exile in Japan by Osamu Tezuka. (8/10)
♥ The Misadventures of Mal & Lot 1 by Gogz and Marv. (6.5/10)
♥ The Misadventures of Mal & Lot 2 by Gogz and Marv. (7/10)
♥ Gotham City Sirens: Songs of the Sirens by Paul Dini, Tony Bedard and Guilem March. (6.5/10)
♥ Gotham City Sirens: Division by Peter Calloway, Andres Guinado, and Lorenzo Ruggiero. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Sardine in Outer Space by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar. (7/10)
♥ Sardine in Outer Space 2 by Emmanuel Guibert and Joann Sfar. (7.5/10)
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011