UPDATE: 52 Books in 52 Weeks

Scribbled down on May 1st, 2007 by she
Posted in Reading Begets Enlightenment

I think I need to set a new goal. It’s only the beginning of the 5th month and I’ve already read 50 books. I’ve ordered some new textbooks and training manuals with the bulk of my vast collection of Chapters.ca gift certificates and hope they’ll arrive sometime next week.

I’m breaking the list down into two parts. The fist list will contain paperback and hardcover books I’ve been able to find and list on Shelfari and the second list contains all the eBooks I’ve been reading that I can’t figure out how to add to Shefari yet. Their ISBN’s don’t bring up any information. If anyone knows how to get an eBook added to Shelfari, please let me in on the secret.

Hardcover/Paperback

  1. A Dirty Job – Christopher Moore
  2. The Last Juror – John Grisham
  3. Goal Analysis – Robert F Mager
  4. River’s End – Nora Roberts
  5. Rebellion – Nora Roberts
  6. Don’t be Afraid – Rebecca Drake
  7. Who Moved My Cheese – Spenser Johnson
  8. On The Run – Iris Johansen
  9. Every Which Way But Dead – Kim Harrison
  10. Five Point Someone – What Not to do at IIT – Chetan Bhagat
  11. One Night at the Call Center: A Novel – Chetan Bhagat
  12. Jack Knife – Virginia Baker
  13. The Opium Clerk – Kunal Basu
  14. I, Lucifer – Glen Duncan
  15. Our Iceberg is Melting – John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, Spenser Johnson
  16. The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
  17. Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris
  18. Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris
  19. Club Dead – Charlaine Harris
  20. Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris
  21. Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris
  22. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
  23. Practical Demonkeeping – Christopher Moore
  24. Mind over Matter – Nora Roberts
  25. Island of Flowers – Nora Roberts
  26. Unfinished Business – Nora Roberts
  27. Irish Thoroughbred – Nora Roberts
  28. Irish Rose – Nora Roberts
  29. Deja Dead – Kathy Reichs
  30. Death du Jour – Kathy Reichs
  31. Fatal Voyage – Kathy Reichs
  32. Bare Bones – Kathy Reichs
  33. Monday Mourning – Kathy Reichs
  34. Dragonflight – Anne McCaffrey
  35. Dragonquest – Anne McCaffrey
  36. The White Dragon – Anne McCaffrey
  37. A Mortal Bane – Roberta Gellis
  38. Sullivan’s Woman – Nora Roberts
  39. Irish Rebel – Nora Roberts
  40. The Master Stroke – Elizabeth Gage

eBooks

  1. Stripped – Rhonda Stapleton
  2. Improper Longings – Dawn Ryder
  3. High Seas Desire – Mlyn Hurn
  4. Call of the Untamed – Michelle M. Pillow
  5. After Sundown: Redemption – Eden Robins
  6. Crime Tells: Lyric’s Cop – Jory Strong
  7. Elisabeth’s Wolf – Lora Leigh
  8. Malachi – Shiloh Walker
  9. Mythe: Vampire – Shiloh Walker
  10. Stud Finders Incorporated – Alexis Fleming

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8 Responses to “UPDATE: 52 Books in 52 Weeks”

  1. Laughing Muse Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 4:55 pm

    Care for some recommendations?

  2. She Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Sure, I’ve got quite a few Ian Rankin and Christopher Moore to read sometime this year, but I’m always up for learning about new authors or new books. Granted, I’ll read just about anything most days…

  3. Laughing Muse Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Okay, let’s see…these are going to be heavy on the science fiction, because I’m a big ol’ geek, but feel free to pick and choose:

    Foreigner – C J Cherryh (anthropological science fiction)
    There are now nine books in this series. I own the first six, and enjoy the first trilogy more than the second, but they’re all quite good.

    Cyteen – C J Cherryh (anthro/sociopological science fiction)
    Originally published as a trilogy, now available in an omnibus edition (the way it should have been in the first place).

    Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls – Jane Lindskold (science fiction/mystery)
    shorter book, has recently been republished, very good characters and story

    Changer – Jane Lindskold (urban fantasy/mythology)

    Guns of the South – Harry Turtledove (alternative history)
    What would have happened during the American Civil War if the Confederates had been given machine guns..? (And what would their leadership have done when they found out exactly where the guns came from?)

    The Serpent’s Tooth – Diana L. Paxson (historical fiction)
    The story of King Lear…from Cordelia’s point of view

    Firebrand – Marion Zimmer Bradley (historical fiction)
    the story of Kassandra, princess of Troy

    Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents – Octavia Butler (dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction)

    The Gate to Women’s Country – Sherri S. Tepper (post-apocalyptic science fiction)

    Marianne, the Magus, and the Manticore – Sherri S. Tepper (fantasy)
    May be VERY hard to find, but well worth it

    Here Be Demons/Harpy High/Unicorn U – Esther Friesner (humor/fantasy)
    Sarcastic/comedic fantasy. Very 1980s, very funny.

    I’d recommend Knight Life, by Peter David…but on the 20th anniversary of the book’s publication, the author released a “rewritten” version that, to me, just isn’t as enjoyable. It sucks out all the funny and tries to take itself a shade too seriously. (Be really nice, and I’ll let you borrow my copy when I move up to Seattle. Until I can save up the thousand dollars for a digital OCR wand to scan myself a backup copy, I’m not letting that book out of my sight.)

    Genius: a biography of Richard P. Feynman – James Gleick (biography)

  4. Laughing Muse Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    Hey…I just did my Thursday Thirteen. (Huh.) 😀

  5. Susan Helene Gottfried Says:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 4:57 am

    Those are some good suggestions Muse has; I like CJ Cherryh, myself.

    I’m not going to make recommendations ’cause I do that at my own place. (keep an eye on my Library Thing widget for ideas)

    But why not a 104 books in 52 weeks goal?

    (my own goal is to come in around average — 144 books per year — and to Read Less Crap. Kinda vague on that last one, I know.)

  6. Laughing Muse Says:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 7:00 am

    Ah, yes, Susan – it’s a vague goal. Meaning it can be redefined at will. That’s useful, sometimes!

  7. Susan Helene Gottfried Says:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    Redefined? Ugh. I’d hate to think that my definition of what’s crap has grown more tolerant! Although I do wonder if I sometimes give up on something that I’d have stayed with if I had fewer books in the stack.

  8. Laughing Muse Says:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    I sometimes worry, but more and more frequently I try things and get the “I didn’t miss much” feeling. Thank goodness for used book stores. (We are so very, very spoiled. I think of people who were teens even a century ago. Yes, printed books abounded; but I still don’t know that as many of them got published.)

    I think we just keep discovering more and more stuff that qualifies as “crap”. (picks up book) Oh, yeah, this is part of Sturgeon’s 90%… (reads a web site) And there’s another portion… (reads a blog) And mor- hey. That’s my site!!

    😀

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