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[Helgoland]

Spoiler: 15/52 (click to show/hide)

1) The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Part 4
2) Lore's Law
3) Gebrauchsanweisung für Japan
4) Going Postal
5) Making Money
6) The Fifth Elephant
7) Pyramids
Leben des Galilei
9) Equal Rites
10) Sterntagebücher
11) Strafen
12) Ein Landarzt
13) Ein Hungerkünstler
14) Radio Eriwan antwortet
15) Eric
16) Die Känguru Offenbarung
17) Reaper Man

[Kirbypowered]

Spoiler: 4/52 (click to show/hide)

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are hanged

Ahhhhhhhh. It's nice to have finished a book again. I don't even remember how long it's been. Lost my sense of time when I had to start dealing with the endless flow of assignments and labs and tests and classes and studying...but I managed to get through a book in all of that.

I'll be continuing directly on with the third book in Joe's The First Law trilogy, Last Argument of Kings. Perhaps I'll take a break from trilogies and fantasy after that. Perhaps I'll start reading more often. Perhaps.

[Arx]

Spoiler: 39/52 (click to show/hide)

The Rivan Codex - David & Leigh Eddings (Enlightening if you haven't read Belgarath the Sorceror)
Across the Wall - Garth Nix (Good anthology)
Asimov: The Complete Short Stories, Volume 2 - Isaac Asimov (duh)
Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Very LotR derivative)
Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Better than the first one)
Wishsong - Terry Brooks (On a par with the second one)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss ("Why doesn't the Apostrophe Protection Society have a military wing?")
Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov
First King of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Too similar to the others to be very good)
Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond E. Feist (Good, if you like Feist's style)
The Door Within - Wayne Thomas Batson (Yikes. Never again.)
Scions of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See previous TB comment)
Beyond the Stars - Isaac Asimov (The Hugo Winners Anthology)
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Very good. Read the first one first, obviously.)
The Druid of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See prev. TB comment)
The Elf Queen of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Talismans of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Winds of Change - Isaac Asimov
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks (Very different, very good)
The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson (Interesting slightly political low fantasy)
Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson ("Fourth" book in the Mistborn series, quite western-style)
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson (Well written, good book)
The Elves of Cintra - Terry Brooks (Continued creativity. Not quite as good as Armageddon's Children)
Nightfall - Isaac Asimov/Robert Silverberg (Silverberg's style clashes horribly with Asimov's)
Dune - Frank Herbert (reread, but last read in ~2010) (Obviously, very good)
Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson (Pretty good political sci-fi)
King of Foxes - Raymond E. Feist (The ending was terrible.)
The Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks (Spoiler: Wow, he kills off a lot of characters. Quite a shift.)
A Forest of Stars - Kevin J. Anderson (SPAAACE OPERAAAAAAAAA)
Horizon Storms - Kevin J. Anderson (Spoiler: In which everything goes to hell.)
Kim - Rudyard Kipling (A classic for a reason.)
Railsea - China Mieville (I was angry about the ampersands until they were explained)
Scattered Suns - Kevin J. Anderson (Someone actually competent managed a major task!)
Iron Council - China Mieville (Suddenly, homosexuals. That aside, much darker than Railsea)
Running with the Demon - Terry Brooks (Brooks actually does one of the most plausible apocalypse scenarios I've ever read)
Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson (In which people actually manage to do stuff.)
A Knight of the Word - Terry Brooks (Angst angst angst)
Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind (Quite good)
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (My word that was ever so terribly depressing)
Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind (I think the trick is that you're never quite sure what's going to happen.)

Now colour coded.
Excellent, will definitely reread.
Good, may or may not reread.
Meh. Probably won't reread it.
Terrible. Never again.

Now EDITPDATED. Three quarters!

[Arx]

Reminded by the new book club thread:

Spoiler: 41/52 (click to show/hide)

The Rivan Codex - David & Leigh Eddings (Enlightening if you haven't read Belgarath the Sorceror)
Across the Wall - Garth Nix (Good anthology)
Asimov: The Complete Short Stories, Volume 2 - Isaac Asimov (duh)
Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Very LotR derivative)
Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Better than the first one)
Wishsong - Terry Brooks (On a par with the second one)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss ("Why doesn't the Apostrophe Protection Society have a military wing?")
Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov
First King of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Too similar to the others to be very good)
Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond E. Feist (Good, if you like Feist's style)
The Door Within - Wayne Thomas Batson (Yikes. Never again.)
Scions of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See previous TB comment)
Beyond the Stars - Isaac Asimov (The Hugo Winners Anthology)
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Very good. Read the first one first, obviously.)
The Druid of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See prev. TB comment)
The Elf Queen of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Talismans of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Winds of Change - Isaac Asimov
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks (Very different, very good)
The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson (Interesting slightly political low fantasy)
Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson ("Fourth" book in the Mistborn series, quite western-style)
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson (Well written, good book)
The Elves of Cintra - Terry Brooks (Continued creativity. Not quite as good as Armageddon's Children)
Nightfall - Isaac Asimov/Robert Silverberg (Silverberg's style clashes horribly with Asimov's)
Dune - Frank Herbert (reread, but last read in ~2010) (Obviously, very good)
Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson (Pretty good political sci-fi)
King of Foxes - Raymond E. Feist (The ending was terrible.)
The Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks (Spoiler: Wow, he kills off a lot of characters. Quite a shift.)
A Forest of Stars - Kevin J. Anderson (SPAAACE OPERAAAAAAAAA)
Horizon Storms - Kevin J. Anderson (Spoiler: In which everything goes to hell.)
Kim - Rudyard Kipling (A classic for a reason.)
Railsea - China Mieville (I was angry about the ampersands until they were explained)
Scattered Suns - Kevin J. Anderson (Someone actually competent managed a major task!)
Iron Council - China Mieville (Suddenly, homosexuals. That aside, much darker than Railsea)
Running with the Demon - Terry Brooks (Brooks actually does one of the most plausible apocalypse scenarios I've ever read)
Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson (In which people actually manage to do stuff.)
A Knight of the Word - Terry Brooks (Angst angst angst)
Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind (Quite good)
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (My word that was ever so terribly depressing)
Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind (I think the trick is that you're never quite sure what's going to happen.)
The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (Taking a six month break in the middle of the series was a bad idea)
Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind (The series doesn't degenerate, which is good)

[Kirbypowered]

Spoiler: 5/52 (click to show/hide)

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Joe Abercrombie - Before They Are hanged
Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings

Eugh. Really doesn't feel like it's been nearly a month, but blah, whatever. 'twas an enjoyable series in any case. Last book got me pretty badly with its cynical views and such, but it gives me something to think about. A near opposite of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in some respects.

Got a new book about mathematics from a thoughtful family member recently, so I might try reading that next.

Anybody there?

[Vector]

I'm around. Haven't made much progress in any of the books I'm reading right now, though.

[notquitethere]

I had high hopes for reading this year but I've hardly got anywhere with anything. Read plenty of nonfiction essays which is good I suppose.

[Arx]

Spoiler: 42/52 (click to show/hide)

The Rivan Codex - David & Leigh Eddings (Enlightening if you haven't read Belgarath the Sorceror)
Across the Wall - Garth Nix (Good anthology)
Asimov: The Complete Short Stories, Volume 2 - Isaac Asimov (duh)
Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Very LotR derivative)
Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Better than the first one)
Wishsong - Terry Brooks (On a par with the second one)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss ("Why doesn't the Apostrophe Protection Society have a military wing?")
Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov
First King of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Too similar to the others to be very good)
Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond E. Feist (Good, if you like Feist's style)
The Door Within - Wayne Thomas Batson (Yikes. Never again.)
Scions of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See previous TB comment)
Beyond the Stars - Isaac Asimov (The Hugo Winners Anthology)
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Very good. Read the first one first, obviously.)
The Druid of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See prev. TB comment)
The Elf Queen of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Talismans of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Winds of Change - Isaac Asimov
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks (Very different, very good)
The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson (Interesting slightly political low fantasy)
Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson ("Fourth" book in the Mistborn series, quite western-style)
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson (Well written, good book)
The Elves of Cintra - Terry Brooks (Continued creativity. Not quite as good as Armageddon's Children)
Nightfall - Isaac Asimov/Robert Silverberg (Silverberg's style clashes horribly with Asimov's)
Dune - Frank Herbert (reread, but last read in ~2010) (Obviously, very good)
Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson (Pretty good political sci-fi)
King of Foxes - Raymond E. Feist (The ending was terrible.)
The Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks (Spoiler: Wow, he kills off a lot of characters. Quite a shift.)
A Forest of Stars - Kevin J. Anderson (SPAAACE OPERAAAAAAAAA)
Horizon Storms - Kevin J. Anderson (Spoiler: In which everything goes to hell.)
Kim - Rudyard Kipling (A classic for a reason.)
Railsea - China Mieville (I was angry about the ampersands until they were explained)
Scattered Suns - Kevin J. Anderson (Someone actually competent managed a major task!)
Iron Council - China Mieville (Suddenly, homosexuals. That aside, much darker than Railsea)
Running with the Demon - Terry Brooks (Brooks actually does one of the most plausible apocalypse scenarios I've ever read)
Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson (In which people actually manage to do stuff.)
A Knight of the Word - Terry Brooks (Angst angst angst)
Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind (Quite good)
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (My word that was ever so terribly depressing)
Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind (I think the trick is that you're never quite sure what's going to happen.)
The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (Taking a six month break in the middle of the series was a bad idea)
Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind (The series doesn't degenerate, which is good)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding (Meh. I didn't really find it that good.)

[Helgoland]

Spoiler: 20/52 (click to show/hide)

1) The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Part 4
2) Lore's Law
3) Gebrauchsanweisung für Japan
4) Going Postal
5) Making Money
6) The Fifth Elephant
7) Pyramids
Leben des Galilei
9) Equal Rites
10) Sterntagebücher
11) Strafen
12) Ein Landarzt
13) Ein Hungerkünstler
14) Radio Eriwan antwortet
15) Eric
16) Die Känguru Offenbarung
17) Reaper Man
18) American Gods
19) Wintersmith
20) Deutschland - Ein Wintermärchen

Heine is awesome.

[Frumple]

Bloody hell. Tentative count now that I remembered I was doing this and it looks like I've already burnt through a bit over sixty fics this year. And most of Worm. Guess I should take a moment and do a write-up... at some point. Not today, ha.

[Arx]

For some reason I read Wheel of Time books terribly slowly. It's sad.

[Vector]

Spoiler: 27/52 (click to show/hide)

Take Joy: A Book for Writers - Jane Yolen
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
The Last Enchantments - Charles Finch
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Umberto Eco
Acknowledgement: Opening to the Grief of Unacceptable Loss - Peter Leech & Zeva Singer
Never Fight with a Pig: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs - Peter Thomas
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society - Peter Trudgill
Juniper, Rosemary, and Gentian - Pamela Dean
Du Fu: A life in poetry - David Young
20 Teachable Virtues - Barbara Unell and Jerry Wyckoff
Bee Season - Myla Goldberg
How Men Think: The Seven Essential Rules for Making it in a Man's World - Adrienne Mendell
Andre Talks Hair! - Andre Walker
man and boy - Tony Parsons
Thermae Romae Vol. I - Mari Yamazaki
Thermae Romae Vol. II - Mari Yamazaki
Communing with the Dead - Margaret Atwood
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Plum in the Golden Vase, Vol. I - trans. David Tod Roy
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
The Drama of the Gifted Child - Alice Miller
The 6 Secrets of a Lasting Relationship: How to Fall in Love Again--and Stay There - Mark Goulston & Philip Goldberg
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing - Jane Margolis & Allan Fisher
Fun House - Alison Bechdel (yes, THAT Bechdel)
Bushido - Inazo Nitobe
Heart of Thomas - Moto Hagio

Gotten kinda burnt out on reading. Need to get back on the bookwagon.

[Mapleguy555]

Is it too late for me to join in? I'm pretty sure I've already finished.

[Arx]

Is it too late for me to join in? I'm pretty sure I've already finished.

One-of-us! One-of-us! By which I mean you should join.

Spoiler: 44/52 (click to show/hide)

The Rivan Codex - David & Leigh Eddings (Enlightening if you haven't read Belgarath the Sorceror)
Across the Wall - Garth Nix (Good anthology)
Asimov: The Complete Short Stories, Volume 2 - Isaac Asimov (duh)
Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Very LotR derivative)
Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Better than the first one)
Wishsong - Terry Brooks (On a par with the second one)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves - Lynne Truss ("Why doesn't the Apostrophe Protection Society have a military wing?")
Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov
First King of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Too similar to the others to be very good)
Talon of the Silver Hawk - Raymond E. Feist (Good, if you like Feist's style)
The Door Within - Wayne Thomas Batson (Yikes. Never again.)
Scions of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See previous TB comment)
Beyond the Stars - Isaac Asimov (The Hugo Winners Anthology)
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Very good. Read the first one first, obviously.)
The Druid of Shannara - Terry Brooks (See prev. TB comment)
The Elf Queen of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Talismans of Shannara - Terry Brooks (Ditto)
The Winds of Change - Isaac Asimov
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks (Very different, very good)
The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson (Interesting slightly political low fantasy)
Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson ("Fourth" book in the Mistborn series, quite western-style)
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson (Well written, good book)
The Elves of Cintra - Terry Brooks (Continued creativity. Not quite as good as Armageddon's Children)
Nightfall - Isaac Asimov/Robert Silverberg (Silverberg's style clashes horribly with Asimov's)
Dune - Frank Herbert (reread, but last read in ~2010) (Obviously, very good)
Hidden Empire - Kevin J. Anderson (Pretty good political sci-fi)
King of Foxes - Raymond E. Feist (The ending was terrible.)
The Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks (Spoiler: Wow, he kills off a lot of characters. Quite a shift.)
A Forest of Stars - Kevin J. Anderson (SPAAACE OPERAAAAAAAAA)
Horizon Storms - Kevin J. Anderson (Spoiler: In which everything goes to hell.)
Kim - Rudyard Kipling (A classic for a reason.)
Railsea - China Mieville (I was angry about the ampersands until they were explained)
Scattered Suns - Kevin J. Anderson (Someone actually competent managed a major task!)
Iron Council - China Mieville (Suddenly, homosexuals. That aside, much darker than Railsea)
Running with the Demon - Terry Brooks (Brooks actually does one of the most plausible apocalypse scenarios I've ever read)
Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson (In which people actually manage to do stuff.)
A Knight of the Word - Terry Brooks (Angst angst angst)
Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind (Quite good)
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville (My word that was ever so terribly depressing)
Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind (I think the trick is that you're never quite sure what's going to happen.)
The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan (Taking a six month break in the middle of the series was a bad idea)
Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind (The series doesn't degenerate, which is good)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding (Meh. I didn't really find it that good.)
Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan (I'd totally buy an entire book purely about Mat)
The Ashes of Worlds - Kevin J. Anderson (Finally finished!)

[Mapleguy555]

Spoiler: 46/52 (click to show/hide)

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
8. Snow-Walker - Catherine Fisher
9. The Source of Magic - Piers Anthony
10. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm - Nancy Farmer
11. The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R Tolkien
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers - J.R.R Tolkien
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - J.R.R Tolkien
15. The Silmarillion - J.R.R Tolkien
16. The Book of Three - Lloyd Alexander
17. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
18. Sabriel - Garth Nix
19. Lirael - Garth Nix
20. Abhorsen - Garth Nix
21. Firebirds - various authors
22. The Cup of the World - John Dickinson
23. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte]
24. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
25. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
26. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
27. Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
29. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
30. Myst: The Book of Atrus - David Wingrove
31. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
32. Of Mice and Men - John Steinback (neveragain)
33. Sword of the Rightful King - Jane Yolen
34. The King of the Middle March - Kevin Crossley-Holland
35. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren
36. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
37. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
38. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
39. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
40. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
41. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Coifer
42. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident - Eoin Coifer
43. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code - Eoin Coifer
44. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception - Eoin Coifer
45. Bicentennial Man - Isaac Asimov
46. i, Robot - Isaac Asimov

Apparently I wasn't finished.