2008 in review: books
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ellarienBooks read: 57
Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower
Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant
Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora
Daniel Abraham, A Shadow in Summer
Jane Austen, Persuasion (reread)
Jim Butcher, White Night
David Donachie, The Dying Trade
Walter Moers, The City of Dreaming Books
Dudley Pope, Ramage's Devil
Alan Campbell, Scar Night
Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm, The Gypsy
Elizabeth Bear, Dust
Kim Stanley Robinson, Sixty Days and Counting
Jane Austen, Emma (reread)
Mindy Klasky, The Glasswright's Apprentice
Karen Traviss, Judge
Charles Stross, Halting State
Brandon Sanderson, Elantris
Jo Walton, Ha'penny
Mike Brotherton, Star Dragon (e)
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Sharing Knife: Passage
Karl Schroeder, Sun of Suns (e)
John Scalzi, Old Man's War (e)
Robert Charles Wilson, Axis
Paul Park, The Tourmaline
Peter Watts, Starfish (e)
Ian McDonald, Brasyl
Chaz Brenchley, River of the World
Jane Lindskold, Wolf's Blood
Margaret Frazer, The Novice's Tale
Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes
Sandra MacDonald, The Outback Stars
Modessit, Natural Ordermage
Ruth Rendell, The Water's Lovely
Anthony Trollope, He Knew he was Right (e)
Wilkie Collins, Poor Miss Finch (e)
David Weber, On Basilisk Station (e)
Harry Turtledove, The Disunited States of America (e)
Ken MacLeod, The Execution Channel
George Gissing, New Grub Street
Elizabeth George, Careless in Red
Kate Elliot, Spirit Gate (e)
Tobias Buckell, Ragamuffin
Daniel Abraham, A Betrayal in Winter
Dudley Pope, Ramage's Trial
Steven Erikson, Reaper's Gale
Patricia McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head
Robin McKinley, Chalice
Minette Walters, Disordered Minds
Michelle Sagara, Cast in Fury
K. D. Wentworth, House of Moons
Alma Alexander,Worldweavers: Spellspam
Jay Worrall, Sails on the Horizon
Jo Walton, Half a Crown
Gene Wolfe, Pirate Freedom
Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
Dudley Pope, Ramage's Challenge
Books acquired: 61
Books de-acquired: 62
Unread books in possession: 76, up from 64 at the end of last year. Any perceived discrepancy in the above numbers is accounted for by some of those read books having been in electronic format, mostly during my summer travels. A couple of the others were re-reads, too.
Also, that acquired/de-acquired balance is not as tidy as it looks, as about half of those were last year's purges that had been sitting in a box since November '07. It isn't at all clear that there's going to be enough shelf space to absorb the existing to-read pile, let alone any new acquisitions. (And many more of those are hardcovers, too. Now would be a good time to discover an extra room in the apartment.)
Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower
Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant
Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora
Daniel Abraham, A Shadow in Summer
Jane Austen, Persuasion (reread)
Jim Butcher, White Night
David Donachie, The Dying Trade
Walter Moers, The City of Dreaming Books
Dudley Pope, Ramage's Devil
Alan Campbell, Scar Night
Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm, The Gypsy
Elizabeth Bear, Dust
Kim Stanley Robinson, Sixty Days and Counting
Jane Austen, Emma (reread)
Mindy Klasky, The Glasswright's Apprentice
Karen Traviss, Judge
Charles Stross, Halting State
Brandon Sanderson, Elantris
Jo Walton, Ha'penny
Mike Brotherton, Star Dragon (e)
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Sharing Knife: Passage
Karl Schroeder, Sun of Suns (e)
John Scalzi, Old Man's War (e)
Robert Charles Wilson, Axis
Paul Park, The Tourmaline
Peter Watts, Starfish (e)
Ian McDonald, Brasyl
Chaz Brenchley, River of the World
Jane Lindskold, Wolf's Blood
Margaret Frazer, The Novice's Tale
Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes
Sandra MacDonald, The Outback Stars
Modessit, Natural Ordermage
Ruth Rendell, The Water's Lovely
Anthony Trollope, He Knew he was Right (e)
Wilkie Collins, Poor Miss Finch (e)
David Weber, On Basilisk Station (e)
Harry Turtledove, The Disunited States of America (e)
Ken MacLeod, The Execution Channel
George Gissing, New Grub Street
Elizabeth George, Careless in Red
Kate Elliot, Spirit Gate (e)
Tobias Buckell, Ragamuffin
Daniel Abraham, A Betrayal in Winter
Dudley Pope, Ramage's Trial
Steven Erikson, Reaper's Gale
Patricia McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head
Robin McKinley, Chalice
Minette Walters, Disordered Minds
Michelle Sagara, Cast in Fury
K. D. Wentworth, House of Moons
Alma Alexander,Worldweavers: Spellspam
Jay Worrall, Sails on the Horizon
Jo Walton, Half a Crown
Gene Wolfe, Pirate Freedom
Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire
Dudley Pope, Ramage's Challenge
Books acquired: 61
Books de-acquired: 62
Unread books in possession: 76, up from 64 at the end of last year. Any perceived discrepancy in the above numbers is accounted for by some of those read books having been in electronic format, mostly during my summer travels. A couple of the others were re-reads, too.
Also, that acquired/de-acquired balance is not as tidy as it looks, as about half of those were last year's purges that had been sitting in a box since November '07. It isn't at all clear that there's going to be enough shelf space to absorb the existing to-read pile, let alone any new acquisitions. (And many more of those are hardcovers, too. Now would be a good time to discover an extra room in the apartment.)
