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So far this year I have read 51 books. [EDIT: 52]
A few fewer than the 75-100 I usually manage, just 1 in September and none in November! Busy old life. I blame Worldcon. Also starting two RPG campaigns, which meant most of my reading time was taken with GURPS manuals (which I don't count, as I haven't read them cover to cover. Though maybe if I had I'd be better at it).
Mostly SF/F as usual, but I've picked up a few maths/science histories/biographies as well. I started including the book's date on my annual list a few years ago, I like to read with some eye to the historical context and it's quite fun to note that I read two books separated by 400 years. I've marked the books which have most stuck with me with a ♥, in case you're idly after recommendations.
So, in the very useful order of chronological-as-read-by-Bridget, we have:
There And Back Again: An Actor's Tale, Sean Astin (2004)
Whores of Babylon, Ian Watson (1988, 2004)
White Devils, Paul McAuley (2004)
Pearls Are a Nuisance, Raymond Chandler (1950)
♥The Atrocity Archives, Charles Stross (2001, 2004)
The Straw Men, Michael Marshall (2002)
The Fire Worm, Ian Watson (1988)
The Ice Monkey, M. John Harrison (1975-88)
♥♥Tooth and Claw, Jo Walton (2003)
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson (2003)
Beasts in Velvet, Jack Yeovil (1993)
Approaching Omega, Eric Brown (2005)
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. LeGuin (1968)
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. LeGuin (1972)
The Farthest Shore, Ursula K. LeGuin (1973)
Once More With Footnotes, Terry Pratchett (1963-2004)
♥10 Tales Tall & True, Alasdair Gray (1987-93)
The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler (2004)
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde (2003)
♥The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (2004)
Useful Idiots, Jan Mark (2004)
Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold (1988)
A Mathematician's Apology, G.H. Hardy (1940)
Something Rotten, Jasper Fforde (2004)
The Child That Books Built, Francis Spufford (2002)
Into the Slave Nebula, John Brunner (1968)
The Fall of Kelvin Walker, Alasdair Gray (1985)
Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe (1604)
The Family Trade, Charles Stross (2004)
♥Veniss Underground, Jeff VanderMeer (2003)
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, Paul Hoffman (1998)
Telepathist, John Brunner (1964,65)
Rumours of Spring, Richard Grant (1987)
The Hour of the Thin Ox, Colin Greenland (1987)
Changeover, Diana Wynne Jones (1970)
Christopher Priest: The Interaction, ed. Andrew M. Butler (2005)
The Habit of Loving, Doris Lessing (1957)
In Search of Nikola Tesla, David Peat (1983)
♥Wise Children, Angela Carter (1991)
Shards of Space, Robert Sheckley (1953-60)
Men, Martians and Machines, Eric Frank Russell (1955)
The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1913)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling (2005)
Mortals and Monsters, Lester del Rey (1965)
♥River of Gods, Ian McDonald (2004)
♥Air, Geoff Ryman (2004)
Homecalling and Other Stories, Judith Merril (1948-79, 2005)
Stranger Things Happen, Kelly Link (1995-2001)
♥Going Postal, Terry Pratchett (2004)
The Tudor Age, Jasper Ridley (1988, 2002)
Cartomancy, Mary Gentle (1983-2004)
I'm halfway through and hope to finish in the next three days:
The Code Book, Simon Singh
Kafka's Soup, Mark Crick
A few fewer than the 75-100 I usually manage, just 1 in September and none in November! Busy old life. I blame Worldcon. Also starting two RPG campaigns, which meant most of my reading time was taken with GURPS manuals (which I don't count, as I haven't read them cover to cover. Though maybe if I had I'd be better at it).
Mostly SF/F as usual, but I've picked up a few maths/science histories/biographies as well. I started including the book's date on my annual list a few years ago, I like to read with some eye to the historical context and it's quite fun to note that I read two books separated by 400 years. I've marked the books which have most stuck with me with a ♥, in case you're idly after recommendations.
So, in the very useful order of chronological-as-read-by-Bridget, we have:
There And Back Again: An Actor's Tale, Sean Astin (2004)
Whores of Babylon, Ian Watson (1988, 2004)
White Devils, Paul McAuley (2004)
Pearls Are a Nuisance, Raymond Chandler (1950)
♥The Atrocity Archives, Charles Stross (2001, 2004)
The Straw Men, Michael Marshall (2002)
The Fire Worm, Ian Watson (1988)
The Ice Monkey, M. John Harrison (1975-88)
♥♥Tooth and Claw, Jo Walton (2003)
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson (2003)
Beasts in Velvet, Jack Yeovil (1993)
Approaching Omega, Eric Brown (2005)
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. LeGuin (1968)
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. LeGuin (1972)
The Farthest Shore, Ursula K. LeGuin (1973)
Once More With Footnotes, Terry Pratchett (1963-2004)
♥10 Tales Tall & True, Alasdair Gray (1987-93)
The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler (2004)
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (2004)
The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde (2003)
♥The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (2004)
Useful Idiots, Jan Mark (2004)
Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold (1988)
A Mathematician's Apology, G.H. Hardy (1940)
Something Rotten, Jasper Fforde (2004)
The Child That Books Built, Francis Spufford (2002)
Into the Slave Nebula, John Brunner (1968)
The Fall of Kelvin Walker, Alasdair Gray (1985)
Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe (1604)
The Family Trade, Charles Stross (2004)
♥Veniss Underground, Jeff VanderMeer (2003)
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, Paul Hoffman (1998)
Telepathist, John Brunner (1964,65)
Rumours of Spring, Richard Grant (1987)
The Hour of the Thin Ox, Colin Greenland (1987)
Changeover, Diana Wynne Jones (1970)
Christopher Priest: The Interaction, ed. Andrew M. Butler (2005)
The Habit of Loving, Doris Lessing (1957)
In Search of Nikola Tesla, David Peat (1983)
♥Wise Children, Angela Carter (1991)
Shards of Space, Robert Sheckley (1953-60)
Men, Martians and Machines, Eric Frank Russell (1955)
The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1913)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling (2005)
Mortals and Monsters, Lester del Rey (1965)
♥River of Gods, Ian McDonald (2004)
♥Air, Geoff Ryman (2004)
Homecalling and Other Stories, Judith Merril (1948-79, 2005)
Stranger Things Happen, Kelly Link (1995-2001)
♥Going Postal, Terry Pratchett (2004)
The Tudor Age, Jasper Ridley (1988, 2002)
Cartomancy, Mary Gentle (1983-2004)
I'm halfway through and hope to finish in the next three days:
The Code Book, Simon Singh
Kafka's Soup, Mark Crick
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