A Bug's Life

This year, I have been mostly reading:( List and statistics )

Having refreshed my memory, I can say that my long term favourite authors are Alasdair Gray, Christopher Priest, Geoff Ryman, Kim Newman, Philip K. Dick, Ian Watson, Ian MacDonald, Jack Womack, Paul Di Filippo and John Sladek, with Iain Banks, Stephen Baxter, Lois McMaster Bujold and Paul McAuley holding a solid position.

There are several more who might consolidate my current high opinion of them - I was sad to see some of my past favourites who have rather drifted away, or of whom my taste has changed. And a load more on the unread pile - if you think I'm missing anyone important from the list, that's where they probably are!

And there were several "read" books I had no recollection of, other than that they were shelved with the rest of the "read"s. Is this just me? Does everyone else remember a good deal of the plot and characters of every book they've ever read? It seems such a shame, when the author has gone to the trouble of writing the book, and I've gone to the trouble of reading it, not to remember it.