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llcoolvadAnother month passes, a new tally is tallied.
Books Read 2012
JAN
1. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Crime
2. Deception, Jonathan Kellerman (library kindle), Crime
3. Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (library kindle), YA
4. The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen (audio), Crime
5. Dead Sleep, Greg Iles (audio), Crime
FEB
6. Alone, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
7. Gideon's Sword, Preston & Child, Thriller
8. The Zero Game, Brad Meltzer, Thriller
9. Taken, Robert Crais, Crime
10 Dead Wood, Danin Amore, Crime
11. L.A. Outlaws, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
MAR
12. Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, Jennette Fulda, Memoir
13. Pronto, Elmore Leonard, Crime
14. Paranoia, Joseph Finder, Thriller
15. Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard, Crime
16. Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes, Non-Fic
APR
17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio), SF
18. Aphrodite, Russell Andrews (audio), Thriller
19. Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard, Crime
20. First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, SF
MAY
21. Raylan, Elmore Leonard, Crime
22. The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton (audio), Crime
23. The Jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
24. Daemon, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
JUNE
26. Freedom™, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller: Book 2 of previous. Now the grand experiment begins. Does it work? Can our intrepid band of heroes and misfits save the world? Is the world worth saving? Far fewer game scenes, but still some. One takeaway: I would like to be part of a world where I could just look at someone and get a popup that tells me who they are and what they do. Save a lot of guesswork. And the ability to leave instant feedback? Yeah, that would rule.
27. The Book of Man, Barry Graham, LitFic: Main character is a destitute writer who breaks away from his self-destructive pack of friends, then comes back when one of them dies. Very writerly and very Scottish, so everyone is massively drunk, stoned, or wrecked in some other way all the time. Kind of Irvine Welsh-ian without the trippy down-the-toilet scenes and with fewer uses of the sobriquet "cunt".
28. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: After Katrina and Rita, what happened in New Orleans? Murders, disappearances, looting, pillaging; Dave Robicheaux has a lot of stuff to deal with. And he's come a long way personally from the Dave Robicheaux of the first book.
29. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: I am reading these totally out of order, which cuts down on the suspense a little (will Dave keep his job? Well, he still has it three books from now, so I'd say yeah!), but it really doesn't matter. Burke has a way with the descriptors, and Will Patton's southern drawl is just magical to listen to. I am going to run out of these at some point and I'm going to be seriously sad. I guess I'll just listen to them all again.
OK, so I've officially listened to more than I've read this month. I think that's a first. I'm going to blame it on several long car trips and even more walking. I'm partway thru a couple of books (2312, KSR; and The Preacher, Lackberg) so maybe this month will flip. Maybe!
Added links and loose categories this month. Sometimes I think I only read SF and Crime. Yep, mostly! I use "Thriller" where I mean "fat mass-market paperback semi-dreck" and don't want to include it in one genre or another.
Books Read 2012
JAN
1. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Crime
2. Deception, Jonathan Kellerman (library kindle), Crime
3. Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (library kindle), YA
4. The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen (audio), Crime
5. Dead Sleep, Greg Iles (audio), Crime
FEB
6. Alone, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
7. Gideon's Sword, Preston & Child, Thriller
8. The Zero Game, Brad Meltzer, Thriller
9. Taken, Robert Crais, Crime
10 Dead Wood, Danin Amore, Crime
11. L.A. Outlaws, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
MAR
12. Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, Jennette Fulda, Memoir
13. Pronto, Elmore Leonard, Crime
14. Paranoia, Joseph Finder, Thriller
15. Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard, Crime
16. Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes, Non-Fic
APR
17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio), SF
18. Aphrodite, Russell Andrews (audio), Thriller
19. Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard, Crime
20. First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, SF
MAY
21. Raylan, Elmore Leonard, Crime
22. The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton (audio), Crime
23. The Jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
24. Daemon, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
JUNE
26. Freedom™, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller: Book 2 of previous. Now the grand experiment begins. Does it work? Can our intrepid band of heroes and misfits save the world? Is the world worth saving? Far fewer game scenes, but still some. One takeaway: I would like to be part of a world where I could just look at someone and get a popup that tells me who they are and what they do. Save a lot of guesswork. And the ability to leave instant feedback? Yeah, that would rule.
27. The Book of Man, Barry Graham, LitFic: Main character is a destitute writer who breaks away from his self-destructive pack of friends, then comes back when one of them dies. Very writerly and very Scottish, so everyone is massively drunk, stoned, or wrecked in some other way all the time. Kind of Irvine Welsh-ian without the trippy down-the-toilet scenes and with fewer uses of the sobriquet "cunt".
28. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: After Katrina and Rita, what happened in New Orleans? Murders, disappearances, looting, pillaging; Dave Robicheaux has a lot of stuff to deal with. And he's come a long way personally from the Dave Robicheaux of the first book.
29. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: I am reading these totally out of order, which cuts down on the suspense a little (will Dave keep his job? Well, he still has it three books from now, so I'd say yeah!), but it really doesn't matter. Burke has a way with the descriptors, and Will Patton's southern drawl is just magical to listen to. I am going to run out of these at some point and I'm going to be seriously sad. I guess I'll just listen to them all again.
OK, so I've officially listened to more than I've read this month. I think that's a first. I'm going to blame it on several long car trips and even more walking. I'm partway thru a couple of books (2312, KSR; and The Preacher, Lackberg) so maybe this month will flip. Maybe!
Added links and loose categories this month. Sometimes I think I only read SF and Crime. Yep, mostly! I use "Thriller" where I mean "fat mass-market paperback semi-dreck" and don't want to include it in one genre or another.
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Date: 2012-07-03 01:18 pm (UTC)"Very writerly and very Scottish, so everyone is massively drunk, stoned, or wrecked in some other way all the time." So you're saying it's like an Iain Banks book, then?