marvelous books!

[toxic_corn]

All right, here it is: my book list I've been keeping every year since my first year of college! (That would be 2003 for those of you playing at home.) This year I've set a new personal best for myself: I read 116 books!


001. Surviving Ophelia by Cheryl Dellasega
002. Emma by Jane Austen (re-read for fun)
003. The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum (re-read for fun)
004. Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
005. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
006. The Truth (with Jokes) by Al Franken
007. Persuasion by Jane Austen (re-read for fun)
008. Never Mind the Goldbergs by Matthue Roth
009. Lesbian Short Stories edited by Margaret Reynolds
010. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
011. A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
012. The Beautiful Room is Empty by Edmund White
013. 300 by Frank Miller
014. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1910 by Alan Moore
015. Brian's Song by William Blinn
016. Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden
017. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
018. Billy Budd by Herman Melville
019. Daisy Miller by Henry James
020. Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher
021. Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood
022. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
023. Ghost World [Special Edition] by Daniel Clowes
024. The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum (re-read for fun)
025. Hard Times by Charles Dickens
026. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
027. Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
028. The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
029. Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia McKillip
030. The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
031. A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
032. Backup by Jim Butcher
033. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 edited by Ellen Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant
034. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
035. Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
036. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
037. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
038. Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
039. The Other Nineteenth Century: Avram Davidson edited by Grania Daivs & Henry Wessells
040. The Mermaid Chair b Sue Monk Kidd
041. The Collector of Hearts by Joyce Carol Oates
042. Lisey's Story by Stephen King
043. Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
044. Outsiders edited by Nancy Holder and Nancy Kilpatrick
045. The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch [Graphic Novel] by Neil Gaiman
046. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
047. Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
048. Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum (re-read for fun)
049. The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
050. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
051. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
052. The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint
053. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
054. Signal to Nose by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
055. Lesley Castle by Jane Austen
056. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
057. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Cheavalier
058. Dingo by Charles de Lint
059. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
060. Stephen King Goes to the Movies! by Stephen King
061. Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerir Encounters edited by Michele Slung
062. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
063. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
064. The Best American Short Stories edited by Stephen King
065. Will You Always Love Me? by Joyce Carol Oates
066. Love and Friendship by Jane Austen
067. High Lonesome by Joyce Carol Oates
068. Scheherazade (graphic novel) edited by Megan Kelso
069. Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
070. Confessions of a Teenage Sleuth by Chelsea Cain
071. Dead As a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
072. Celtic Lore & Legend compiled and edited by Dr. Bob Curran
073. Duma Key by Stephen King
074. The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren
075. Fathom by Cherie Priest
076. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
077. Prospero's Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
078. Unknown by Rachel Caine
079. Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
080. Animal Farm by George Orwell (re-read for fun)
081. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
082. It's All the Rage by Wendy Kaminer
083. Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
084. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
085. Men At Arms by Terry Pratchett
086. Blaze by Richard Bachman
087. Broken by Kelley Armstrong
088. Privilege by Ross Gregory Douthat
089. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
090. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
091. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
092. The Dark Horse Book of Haunting edited by Scott Allie
093. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
094. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark edited by Alvin Schwartz
095. The Dark Horse Book of the Dead edited by Scott Allie
096. More Bones edited by Arielle North Olsen & Howard Schwartz
097. Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
098. At the Bottom of the Garden by Diane Purkiss
099. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
100. Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
101. No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
102. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
103. His Father's Son by Bentley Little
104. The Best Horror of the Year Volume One edited by Ellen Datlow
105. Faces Under Water by Tanith Lee
106. Music and Reverie by Charles de Lint
107. Vilette by Charlotte Brontë
108. The Other House by Henry James
109. Firefly: Still Flying
110. Seekers of Dreams edited by Douglas A. Anderson
111. The Psycho Ex Game by Merrill Maroke and Andy Prieboy
112. Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
113. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
114. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
115. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
116. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer


I think I gave myself carpal tunnel. As always, I recommend everything except when I don't, you only need to ask to get my opinion. Discussion is always welcome since um, I love books in case you didn't notice.

Comments

[toxic-corn.livejournal.com]

Man, that would be AWESOME. Let me know if that ever gets off the ground because that would be well worth seeing.

The Pink Carnation was really predictable but I found I didn't care because it was just so much fun to read. I was reading it at the same time I was reading Twilight and New Moon and I kept thinking, "See, THIS is how you do fluff." Fun, smart, written well, and the pages go by fast (unlike Twilight, which dragged). So I'm saying that I recommend The Pink Carnation and that it's a step above a beach read. :)

[may-b-maybe.livejournal.com]

I have an opening number sketched, a song about the prostitute in the diner called Working Girl and another song when Josh and Becca hook and Enid finds out called If It Had Been Anybody Else.

To be a working girl and be the prey to Jack the Ripper,
a working girl- and be forced to do things you do not want to.
Not every man going to pay her well or look like Richard Gere, so while she's here; respect the working girl.

Some of it is funnier than hell; some of it breaks your heart. I have a few recordings of my crappy demo sketches that I send to my other theatrics if you want to hear a song of two for it?

I absolutely hated Pink Carnation- maybe it's because I thought I was supposed to be reading a caper of some sort and then they ended up doing nothing but having sex all day long. LOL

[toxic-corn.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, there was only one sex scene that I remember and I only finished it last week... oh, well. There was enough caper for me and they earned their sex scene so I didn't mind.