The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (David Mitchell)
Use of Weapons (Ian Banks)
Gods Without Men (Hari Kunzru)
The Farseer trilogy (Robin Hobbs)
Huh. Going by Goodreads, I did a lot more re-reading this year than I thought.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - Dec 15, 2012 1:10:51 pm PST #20193 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gris - Dec 15, 2012 2:41:43 pm PST #20194 of 28344
Hey. New board.
Hmm. I can't easily place exactly what I've read this year and what I haven't (I'm bad at tracking myself with sites like goodreads, though I remember to use it sporadically). Here are some that were either 2012 or just before.
An Abundance of Katherines and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (John Green)
The last couple of books in the Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott
Blackout and Discount Armageddon (Mira Grant / Seanan McGuire)
Blackout and All Clear (Connie Willis) - huh, two books called Blackout!
The Weird Sisters (Eleonor Brown)
I didn't do nearly as much reading in 2012 as I normally do - a new infant really messes with your routines - so that's probably about half of what I read this year.
Gris - Dec 15, 2012 2:46:40 pm PST #20195 of 28344
Hey. New board.
The Farseer trilogy (Robin Hobbs)
That's good, huh? I've got the first book on my Kindle (and have for a while - it was free once) but I only got a few pages in my first time attempting it. Maybe I'll give it another shot.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (The Bloggess)
This is on my "soon" list. My wife got it on Kindle, so I have free access and it sounds pretty hysterical.
sj - Dec 15, 2012 2:52:27 pm PST #20196 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
This is on my "soon" list. My wife got it on Kindle, so I have free access and it sounds pretty hysterical.
I tried to read this at my mom's over Thanksgiving weekend, but I was laughing so hard my mother kept thinking I was crying and it was keeping TCG from concentrating on his own book. I need to pick it up again when I'm alone.
Kate P. - Dec 15, 2012 3:10:10 pm PST #20197 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Like Gris, I didn't do nearly as much reading this year as previous years, but a couple books I really enjoyed were Tina Fey's book and Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan. I also liked Gone Girl, but had some serious reservations with it as well -- though probably more with how it was marketed/hyped and less about the book itself. Oh, and John Green's The Fault in Our Stars was really good, too.
Jessica - Dec 15, 2012 3:21:22 pm PST #20198 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Farseer books are a slow burn, but by the end of the first book I was hooked, and by the end of the trilogy I really loved them.
Consuela - Dec 15, 2012 3:41:19 pm PST #20199 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What have I read this year that I loved?
All the Montmaray books (reread) Code Name Verity The Curse of Chalion, and most of the Vorkosigan novels (rereads) The entire Chronicles of Lymond (reread) Germinal by Emile Zola The Riddlemaster trilogy by Patricia McKillip (reread)
I read a lot of books this year that I enjoyed well enough (all the Paksenarrion books by Elizabeth Moon, for instance), but most of what I loved was rereads of old favorites.
Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2012 4:10:18 pm PST #20200 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a Kindle Deal today for $1.99.
Thanks, Dana!! Picked that up for Christmas reading. I was looking for something that could last a couple plane rides and a week at home.
So, let's see, best books I read in 2012? Let's pull up Goodreads 2012 and pick out some five-star books...
An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, by Mary Roach
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls, by Matt Ruff
A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin
The True Meaning of Smekday, by Adam Rex
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
Room, by Emma Donoghue
Carter Beats the Devil, by Glen David Gold
Blackout, by Mira Grant
(Also, I'm pretty sure Seanan's Velveteen vs. the Junior Super Patriots is going to be on that list when I'm done.)
Ginger - Dec 16, 2012 7:32:48 am PST #20201 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
FYI: The Little House books boxed set is on sale for $24: [link]
erin_obscure - Dec 17, 2012 12:23:48 pm PST #20202 of 28344
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I just added sooooo many titles to my library queue! Thanks to everyone. I should add but I'm not organized enough to remember everything I read this year, thought I have been on a Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant bender the last few months, reading (or re-reading in anticipation) the entire Newsflesh trilogy as well as the entire October Daye series. And almost done with Discount Armageddon right now.
Also had a recent John Green bender with The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and An Abundance of Katherines. Love them all. That's what I've been reading the last couple months, at least, before that is a blur.