Book Haven discussion

My goal this year is actually 110, although at the rate I was at last year, I suspect I will hit the 130s.

January so far:

1. My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate Bernheimer (editor)

2. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

3. The Last Summer of Reason: A Novel by Tahar Djaout

4. A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates

5. Firestar by Michael Flynn

6. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan

7. Ubik by Philip K. Dick

8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

9. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

10. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

11. How to Raise Your I.Q. by Eating Gifted Children by Lewis Burke Frumkes

12. Peril's Gate by Janny Wurts

13. Tank Girl by Alan Martin

14. Next Generation Democracy: What the Open Source Revolution Means for Power, Politics, and Change by Jared Duval

15. Silverlock: Including the Silverlock Companion by John Myers Myers

16. Ariel by Sylvia Plath

I read Silverlock years ago on a friend's recommendation. I remember enjoying it, but don't remember a darn thing about it.

I am pretty sure in a couple of years I won't remember it much, either.

17. Rogue Squadron by Michael Flynn

18. Hyperion by Dan Simmons

19. The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

20. Doctor Who and the Daleks by David Whitaker

21. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

22. Lodestar by Michael Flynn

23. Falling Stars by Michael Flynn

24. White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

25. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

26. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

27. Kicking the leaves by Donald Hall

28. Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): A Memoir of Love, Exile, and Crosswords by Sandy Balfour

29. The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin

30. The Child Thief by Brom

31. Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin

32. Doctor Who and the Zarbi by Bill Strutton

33. Eric by Shaun Tan

34. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

35. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

36. The Sun Always Shines for the Cool: A Midnight Moon at the Greasy Spoon ; Eulogy for a Small Time Thief by Miguel Piñero

37. The Little Black Fish by Samad Bihrangi

38. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by G.K. Chesterton

39. Whit, or Isis Amongst the Unsaved by Iain M. Banks

40. Doctor Who and the Crusaders by David Whitaker

41. Tank Girl 2 by Alan Martin

For the month of April I have committed to reading only books written by women for another group I am in:

42. You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government by Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

43. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley

44. The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds

45. Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall

46. The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney

47. False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

48. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

49. The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas

50. In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker

51. The Favorites: A Novel by Mary Yukari Waters

52. Blameless by Gail Carriger

END of my month of women-authors only (until June, when I will give it another go)

53. Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America by Matt Taibbi

54. Sky Coyote by Kage Baker

55. Fang the Gnome by Michael G. Coney

56. Farmhouses: Stylish Decorating Ideas for the Classic American Home by Marie Proeller Hueston

57. The House of Discarded Dreams by Ekaterina Sedia

58. Opa Nobody by Sonya Huber

59. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

60. Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark: The Annotated Snark by Lewis Carroll

61. Sock by Penn Jillette

62. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

63. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

64. Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks

65. The Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Joseph Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

66. Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters by Malcolm Hulke

June is another female-author-only month for me:

67. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

68. Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

69. Outside In by Maria V. Snyder

70. Mendoza in Hollywood by Kage Baker

71. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

72. Hannah's Garden by Midori Snyder

73. Heavy Time by C.J. Cherryh

74. Hellburner by C.J. Cherryh

75. American Primitive by Mary Oliver

76. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

77. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

78. Merchanter's Luck by C.J. Cherryh

79. Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin

80. The Judas Rose: Native Tongue II by Suzette Haden Elgin

81. Voyager in Night by C.J. Cherryh

82. Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh

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END of June Female-Author-Only reading.

83. The Graveyard Game by Kage Baker

84. Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison

85. Tripoint by C.J. Cherryh

86. Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh

87. Wave Without a Shore by C.J. Cherryh

88. The Golden Apple by Robert Joseph Shea

Wow, Mefisto in Onyx is not an easy book to find!

Good job on getting to 88 and it's only July!

My library system is incredible! I have only failed to get one movie and one book I was looking for, and I want some pretty obscure stuff sometimes.

A bit behind on posting:

89. Port Eternity by C.J. Cherryh

90. Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts

91. Servant of the Empireby Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts

92. Leviathan by Robert Joseph Shea

93. Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh

94. The Indispensable Book of Useless Information: Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Any More Useless--It Does by Donal Voorhees

95. Doctor Who and the Tenth Planetby Gerry Davis

96. The Life of the World to Come by Kage Baker

97. Entwined by Heather Dixon

98. Earthsong by Suzette Haden Elgin

99. Mistress of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts

100. Regenesis by C.J. Cherryh

Having reached 100, I thought I would take a moment to comment on a few things.

This year I plan to re-read all the CJ Cherryh books I have read before. I am really enjoying this.

In Watermelon Sugar (#6), How to Raise Your I.Q. by Eating Gifted Children (#11), and The Little Black Fish (#37) were the most personally disappointing books this year. There were others I really did not care for, but these three were ones I expected to enjoy and thoroughly DID NOT. I will qualify that by saying The Little Black Fish turned out to be a hacked up version of the true story (which I found online and did enjoy).



And now....

101. Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination by Hugh MacLeod

102. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

103. Serpent's Reach by C.J. Cherryh

104. Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy

105. Brothers of Earth by C.J. Cherryh

106. Storybook Cottages: America's Carpenter Gothic Style by Gladys Montgomery

107. Hunter of Worlds by C.J. Cherryh

108. The Stranger by Albert Camus

109. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh