Books read, 2011

[ellarien]

36 new books, 11 rereads. Apparently not having a job (and hence not having a commute or a lunch break away from the computer) means that I read less rather than more. I'm mostly only reading at night, and if the book isn't very compelling, or I'm tired, that might only be a few pages. Kraken took me a whole month to get through, and I'm currently slogging through the third instalment of Tad Williams' latest series; on the other hand I got through All Clear in not much more than a (travel) day. This tends to mean that I reach for smaller books; the last two volumes of the Malazan series, and a few other large tomes on the to-read pile, just look too intimidating. I need to figure out a way to fit more reading into my day next year, and more non-fiction, too.

Another observation is that once I got my physical books back, the e-reader didn't get much use. Again, I might have used it more if I'd been travelling/commuting more.




(r)=reread, (l)=library book, (e)=e-book.

Alma Alexander, Worldweavers: Cybermage
Elizabeth Bear, By the Mountain Bound
Greg Bear, City at the end of Time (l)
Jim Butcher, Changes (e)
Jim Butcher, Ghost Story
C J Cherryh, Betrayer
Jasper Fforde, One of our Thursdays is Missing
Michael Flynn, Up Jim River (e)
Daniel Fox, Jade Man's Skin
Margaret Frazer, The Bastard's Tale
Margaret Frazer, The Maiden's Tale (l)
Margaret Frazer, The Bishop's Tale (l)
Elizabeth George, Missing Joseph
Barbara Hambly, Dead and Buried
Barbara Hambly, Blood Maidens (l)
Barbara Hambly, The Shirt on His Back
Peter Hessler, Oracle Bones
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables (e)
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Saltation
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Ghost Ship
Jane Lindskold, Nine Gates
Seanan McGuire, An Artificial Night (e)
Patricia McKillip, The Bards of Bone Plain
China Mieville, Kraken
Cherie Priest, Fathom
Sherwood Smith, The Fox
Michelle Sagara, Cast in Chaos
Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (e)
Karl Schroeder, Pirate Sun
Minette Walters, The Devil's Feather (l)
Jo Walton, Among Others
Freda Warrington, Elfland
Michelle West, The City of Night
Connie Willis, Blackout
Connie Willis, All Clear (e)
Robert Charles Wilson, Blind Lake (e)


C J Cherryh, Precursor (r)
C J Cherryh, Defender (r)
C J Cherryh, Explorer (r)
C J Cherryh, Cyteen (r)
C J Cherryh, Regenesis (r)
C J Cherryh, Heavy Time (r)
C J Cherryh, Hellburner (r)
C J Cherryh, The Faded Sun Trilogy (r)

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Conflict of Honors (r)
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Agent of Change (r)
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Carpe Diem (r)