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Sunday, January 6, 2008

Books I Read in 2007

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

84 books by 61 different authors (having read 10 by Kage Baker, 7 by Stephen King, 5 by Graham Joyce, 3 by Catherine Asaro, and 2 each by Charles Stross and Ha Jin) from 14 different countries (including Chile, Sudan, Russia, Japan, and Nigeria).

Genres

Horror, <1%

Alternate history, <1%

Humor, <1%

Fantasy, <1%

Thriller/suspense, <1%
Action & adventure, <1%

Short stories, 1%
Mystery & detective, 15%
Romance, 19%
Historical, 20%
General & literary fiction, 20%

SciFi, 31%

(total greater than 100 due to some books fitting multiple categories)

52 of the 84 (62%) won a major award or were named to a Best Of list in their year of publication

My Ratings (out of 10)

9 or 10, 8%

7 or 8, 40%

5 or 6, 40%

4 or less, 12%

Least Favorite Books of 2007

Appleseed, by John Clute (2003 - scifi)
COSM, by Gregory Benford (1998 - scifi)
Accelerondo, by Charles Stross (2005 - scifi)
Finity, by John Barnes (1999 - scifi alternate history)
In the Garden of Iden, by Kage Baker (1997 - historical scifi)
Only Revolutions, by Mark Z. Danielewski (2006 - experimental contemporary fiction)
Manifold: Time, by Stephen Baxter (1999 - scifi)
Flykiller, by J. Robert Jaynes (2002 - historical mystery & detective)
Indigo, by Graham Joyce (2000 - horror mystery & detective)
Psychohistorical Crisis, by Donald Kingsbury (2002 - scifi)

The Chronological List

January

The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst

Arthur and George, by Julian Barnes

Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro

February

Dead Fish Museum, by Charles D'Ambrosio

COSM, by Gregory Benford

March

The Keep, by Jennifer Egan

Finity, by John Barnes

Brookland, by Emily Barton

Into the Garden of Iden, by Kage Baker

Only Revolutions, by Mark Z. Danielewski

One Good Turn, by Kate Atkinson

April

Old Filth, by Jane Gardam

The Graveyard Game, by Kage Baker

Mendoza in Hollywood, by Kage Baker

The Translator, by Leila Aboulela

Skinner’s Drift, by Lisa Fugard

Sky Coyote, by Kage Baker

Twilight of the Superheroes, by Deborah Eisenberg

Time, by Stephen Baxter

Waiting, by Ha Jin

The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson

May

The Tooth Fairy, by Graham Joyce

The Stories of Mary Gordon, by Mary Gordon

Requiem, by Graham Joyce

Gods and Pawns, by Kage Baker

The Possibility of an Island, by Michel Houellebecq

The Life of the World to Come, by Kage Baker

Intuition, by Allegra Goodman

The Machine’s Child, by Kage Baker

Golden Country, by Jennifer Gilmore

The Children of the Company, by Kage Baker

The Lay of the Land, by Richard Ford

June

Half-broken Things, by Morag Joss

Flykiller, by J. Robert Janes

Beasts of No Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala

Psychohistorical Crisis, by Donald Kingsbury

The Limits of Enchantment, by Graham Joyce

War Trash, by Ha Jin

Facts of Life, by Graham Joyce

Dream Live of Sukhanov, by Olga Grushin

July

Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, by Amy Hempel

Last Evenings on Earth, by Roberto Bolano

Indigo, by Graham Joyce

Dante's Equation, by Jane Jensen

It, by Stephen King

The Dissident, by Nell Freudenberger

The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai

Fledgling, by Octavia E. Butler

The Known World, by Edward P. Jones

August

Accelerando, by Charles Stross

Insomnia, by Stephen King

Middle Passage, by Charles Johnson

The Uses of Enchantment, by Heidi Julavits

Forgetfulness, by Ward Just

Needful Things, by Stephen King

Pu-239 and other Russian Fantasies, by Ken Kalfus

September

Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen King

Alibi: A Novel, by Joseph Kanon

Bag of Bones, by Stephen King

October

The Final Key, by Catherine Asaro

Appleseed, by John Clute

Schism, by Catherine Asaro

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, by Stephen King

British Summertime, by Paul Cornell

The Madman’s Tale, by John Katzenbach

Primary Inversion, by Catherine Asaro

November

The Fourth Bear, by Jasper Fforde

Glasshouse, by Charles Stross

Merde Happens, by Stephen Clarke

Behold the Man, by Michael Moorcock

The Extra Large Medium, by Helen Slavin

The Drawing of the Three, by Stephen King

Christ the Lord: Out of

Egypt, by Anne Rice

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood

The Sons of Heaven, by Kage Baker

Black Projects, White Knights, by Kage Baker

December

Transmission, by Hari Kunzru

True Crime, by Andrew Klavan

Roscoe, by William Kennedy

Blue Edge of Midnight, by Jonathon King

How Late It Was, How Late, by James Kelman

Bettany’s Book, by Thomas Keneally

Dexter in the Dark, by Jeff Lindsay

Monday, January 1, 2007

Books I Read in 2006

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

76 books by 68 different authors (having read 3 by Reginald Hill and Lian Hearn, and 2 each by William Gibson, Steve Hamilton, Barry Hughart, and Nalo Hopkinson). With only 2 exceptions (Iceland and Denmark), the books I read this year were written by people from the United Kingdom and its past and present colonies.

Genres

Short stories, 1%
Western, 1%
Young adult, 3%
Horror, 4%
Nonfiction, 4%
Thriller/suspense, 11%
Humor, 12%
Action & adventure, 12%
SciFi, 12%
Romance, 14%
Fantasy, 16%
Historical, 20%
General & literary fiction, 20%
Mystery & detective, 32%
(total greater than 100 due to some books fitting multiple categories)

46 of the 76 (61%) won a major award or were named to a Best Of list in their year of publication

My Ratings (out of 10)

9 or 10, 4%

7 or 8, 29%

5 or 6, 41%

4 or less, 26%

Least Favorite Books of 2005

Shot in the Heart, by Mikal Gilmore (1995 - autobiography)
The Christ Clone Trilogy: In His Image; Birth of an Age; Acts of God, by James BeauSeigneur (1998 - Christian science fiction)
The Second Coming, by John Dalmas (2004 - Christian science fiction)
What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal, by Zoe Heller (2004 - humor/ literary fiction)
Trace, by Patrician Cornwell (2004 - general fiction with forensic science)
Midnight Robber, by Nalo Hopkinson (2000 - science fiction)
Trick of the Eye, by Jane Stanton Hitchcock (1992 - mystery & detective)
Slow River, by Nicola Griffith (1995 - science fiction)
Cell, by Stephen King (2006 - horror)
Queen of the Tambourine, by Jane Gardam (1995 - humor/ literary fiction)

The Chronological List

January

Cognitive Therapy of Depression, by Aaron T. Beck

Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond, by Judith S. Beck

In the Ruins, by Kate Elliott

Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman

Queen of the Tambourine, by Jane Gardam

All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy

Poor Things, by Alasdair Gray

Shot in the Heart, by Mikal Gilmore

Virtual Light, by William Gibson

February

Preston Falls, by David Gates

A Cold Day in Paradise, by Steve Hamilton

The Ordinary Seaman, by Francisco Goldman

Flesh & Blood, by John Harvey

What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal, by Zoe Heller

The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett

Codex, by Lev Grossman

Native Tongue, by Carl Hiaasen

The Love of Stones, by Tobias Hill

March

Replay, by Ken Grimwood

A Star Called Henry, by Roddy Doyle

Slow River, by Nicola Griffith

The Ghost Writer, by John Harwood

Tropic of Night, by Michael Grubert

Deep Sleep, by Francis Fyfield

Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill

Kingdom of Shadows, by Alan Furst

April

Seduction of Water, by Carol Goodman

Three Junes, by Julia Glass

Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson

Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson

North of Nowhere, by Steve Hamilton

May

The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard

Trace, by Patricia Cornwell

The Christ Clone Trilogy: In His Image; Birth of an Age; Acts of God, by James BeauSeigneur

The Second Coming, by John Dalmas

June

Under the Frog, by Tibor Fischer

Nowhere Man, by Aleksandar Hemon

Bones and Silence, by Reginald Hill

Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn

Cell, by Stephen King

Letter from Home, by Carole G. Hart

July

A Good Scent from Strange Mountain: Stories, by Robert Olen Butler

Grass for His Pillow, by Lian Hearn

The March, by E. L. Doctorow

March, by Geraldine Brooks

Brilliance of the Moon, by Lian Hearn

Black Fly Season, by Giles Blunt

August

Camouflage, by John Haldeman

The Sea, by John Banville

Feed, by M. T. Anderson

Hannibal, Thomas Harris

The Havanna Room, by Colin Harrison

On Beulah Height, by Reginald Hill

Trick of the Eye, by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

September

Abarat, by Clive Barker

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, by Peter Hoeg

Tidewater Blood, by William Hoffman

Prince of Thieves, by Chuck Hogan

Good Morning, Midnight, by Reginald Hill

The Folding Star, by Alan Hollingworth

Mythago Wood, by Robert Holdstock

Midnight Robber, by Nalo Hopkinson

October

Serenity House, by Christopher Hope

Voyage from Yesteryear, by James P. Hogan

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was, by Barry Hughart

Hot Springs, by Stephen Hunter

Silence of the Grave, by Arnaldur Indridason

Scar Tissue, by Michael Ignatieff

The Underground Man, by Mick Jackson

Eight Skilled Gentlemen, by Barry Hughart

An Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Salt Roads, by Nalo Hopkinson

November

Earthly Powers, by Anthony Burgess

Next, by Michael Crichton

December

A Taste for Death, by P. D. James

Money: A Suicide Note, by Martin Amis

Sunday, January 1, 2006

Books I Read in 2005

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

122 books by 84 different authors (having read 15 by Lois McMaster Bujold, 6 by Michael Connelly, 5 by Kate Elliott; 4 each by Orson Scott Card and Colin Dexter; 3 by Janet Evanovich; and 2 each by Rosemary Aubert, Catherine Asaro, Antonia S. Byatt, Octavia E. Butler, Jim Crace, Roddy Doyle, Michael Dibdin, and Sarah Dunant) from around the world (including Ireland, Scotland, Russia, Germany, South Africa, and India).

Genres

Short stories, <1%

Horror, <2%
Young adult, 3%

Alternate history, 5%

Humor, 8%

Fantasy, 11%

Thriller/suspense, 11%
Action & adventure, 13%

Historical, 16%
Romance, 17%

SciFi, 22%
General & literary fiction, 24%
Mystery & detective, 39%

(total greater than 100 due to some books fitting multiple categories)
NOTE: NO non-fiction. I certainly wasn't counting textbooks at this time.

77 of the 122 (63%) won a major award or were named to a Best Of list in their year of publication

Given that, you'd think my ratings would be skewed toward the top of the curve. But no...

My Ratings (out of 10)
9 or 10, 9%
7 or 8, 26%
5 or 6, 37%
4 or less, 28%

Least Favorite Books of 2005

Flight, by Jan Burke (2001 - mystery & detective)
Murther and Walking Spirits, by Robertson Davies (1991 - fantasy)
Lord of the Silent, by Elizabeth Peters (2001 - historical mystery)
Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith (2000 - mystery & detective)
The Piano Teacher, by Elfriede Jelinek (1983 - general & literary fiction)
Underworld, by Don DeLillo (1997 - historical fiction)
Firestorm, by Nevada Barr (1996 - mystery & detective)
Synners, by Pat Cadigan (1991 - scifi)
Two for the Dough, by Janet Evanovich (1996 - romantic comedy & mystery)
The Stars Are Also Fire, by Poul Anderson (1994 - scifi)

(when reading a full 50% as many books in any previous year, it is difficult to select only the very best and the very worst of the year)

The Chronological List

January

The Feast of Stephen, by Rosemary Aubert

Red Mass, by Rosemary Aubert

The Winter Queen, by Boris Akunin

Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith

The Murder Room, by P. D. James

The Butcher Boy, by Patrick McCabe

Firestorm, by Nevada Barr

The Spoilt Kill, by Mary Kelly

Brick Lane, by Monica Ali

Flight, by Jane Burke

Sunset Limited, by James Lee Burke

Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke

The Moon's Shadow, by Catherine Asaro

Possession: A Romance, by Antonia S. Byatt

February

Skyfall, by Catherine Asaro

Wild Seed, by Octavia E. Butler

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card

Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card

Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card

March

Patternmaster, by Octavia E. Butler

American Woman, by Susan Choi

Synners, by Pat Cadigan

April

Falling Free, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Lovely Bones, by Alive Sebold

Shards of Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Barrayar, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay

The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler

The Warrior's Apprentice, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold

May

Lord of the Silent, by Elizabeth Peters

Cetaganda, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Ethan of Athos, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Postman, by David Brin

A Whistling Woman, by A. S. Byatt

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie

Mr. White Confession, by Robert Clark

Brothers in Arms, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Mirror Dance, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Life and Times of Michael K, by J. M. Coetzee

Bucket Nut, by Liza Cody

The Last Coyote, by Michael Connelly

Being Dead, by Jim Crace

Tell No One, by Harlan Coben

June

The Hours, by Michael Cunningham

Memory, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Fred and Edie, by Jill Dawson

Two for the Lions, by Lindsey Davis

Reading in the Dark, by Seamus Deane

Forests of the Heart, by Charles de Lint

Komarr, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Fasting, Feasting, by Anita Desai

The Stars Are Also Fire, by Poul Anderson

The Final Country, by James Crumley

Underworld, by Don DeLillo

Bone Dance, by Martha Brooks

The Sirius Crossing, by John Creed

Last Bus to Woodstock, by Colin Dexter

The Wench Is Dead, by Colin Dexter

The Jewel that Was Ours, by Colin Dexter

July

The Last Samurai, by Helen DeWitt

How German Is It = Wie Deutsch Ist Es, by Walter Abish

The Delicate Storm, by Giles Blunt

A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Eighth Day, by John Case

The Poet, by Michael Connelly

Genesis, by Jim Crace

The Night of the Triffids, by Simon Clark

The Damescened Blade, by Barbara Cleverly

Murtherr and Walking Spirits, by Robertson Davies

Dead of Jericho, by Colin Dexter

Trunk Music, by Michael Connelly

The Van, by Roddy Doyle

Dragon and the George, by Gordon R. Dickson

Garden of Beasts, by Jeffrey Deaver

August

Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier

Dead Lagoon, by Michael Dibdin

Diplomatic Immunity, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Way Through the Woods, by Colin Dexter

Dancing After Hours, by Andre Dubus

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling

Resurrection Day, by Brendan DuBois

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, by Roddy Doyle

Fatlands, by Sarah Dunant

The Black Ice, by Michael Connelly

The Siege, by Helen Dunmore

Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold

September

Medusa, by Michael Dibdin

The Piano Teacher, by Elfriede Jelinek

Midnight Sun, by Ramsey Campbell

City of Bones, by Michael Connelly

Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Birth of Venus, by Sarah Dunant

The Hallowed Hunt, by Lois McMaster Bujold

October

The Chymical Wedding, by Lindsay Clarke

King's Dragon, by Kate Elliott

Deception Pass, by Earl Emerson

Prince of Dogs, by Kate Elliott

November

The Narrows, by Michael Connelly

Popcorn, by Ben Elton

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

The Burning Stone, by Kate Elliott

What Are You Like?, by Anne Enright

Two for the Dough, by Janet Evanovich

Dream of Scipio, by Iaian Pears

Child of Flame, by Kate Elliott

Lost in a Good Book, by Jasper Fforde

December

Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War, by Sebastian Faulks

Small Boat of Great Sorrows, by Dan Fesperman

Three to Get Deadly, by Janet Evanovich

The Gathering Storm, by Kate Elliott

The Jane Austin Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler

Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned, by Kinky Friedman

Independence Day, by Richard Ford

Headlong, by Michael Frayn

High Five, by Janet Evanovich

A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines

Full Dark House, by Christopher Fowler

The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen

In the Country of the Blind, by Michael Flynn

Making History, by Stephen Fry

Saturday, January 1, 2005

Books I Read in 2004

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

94 books by 69 different authors (having read 6 by Catherine Asaro; 4 by Pat Barker; 3 each by Stephen Baxter, David Brin, James Lee Burke, Justin Cartwright, Philip Pullman, and Dan Simmons; and 2 each by Beryl Bainbridge, Kim Newman, and Olivia E. Butler) from around the world (including Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Thailand, and Australia)

Genres

Short stories, 1%
Young adult, 1%
Nonfiction, 1%
Action & adventure, 4%
Humor, 5%
Horror, 5%
Thriller/suspense, 5%
Fantasy, 7%
Romance, 9%
General & literary fiction, 12%
Historical, 20%
Mystery & detective, 20%
SciFi, 24%(total greater than 100 due to some books fitting multiple categories)

51 of the 94 (55%) won a major award or were named to a Best Of list in their year of publication

Least Favorite Books of 2004

Blind Descent, by Nevada Barr (1998 - mystery & detective)

Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown (1998 - science fiction suspense/ thriller)

Disgrace, by J. M. Coetzee (1999 - literary fiction)

Prey, by Michael Crichton (2002 - science fiction)

Deep South, by Nevada Barr (2000 - mystery & detective)

Blow Fly, by Patricia Cornwell (2003 - mystery & detective)

There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, by Sean Astin (2004 - autobiography)

Half in Love, by Justin Cartwright (2001 - general & literary fiction)

Bones, by Jan Burke (1999 - mystery/ crime fiction)

Savannah Blues, by Mary Kay Andrews (2003 - humor, murder/ mystery, romance)

The Chronological List

1st Quarter (AKA Me, Waiting to Hear back on My New Zealand University Application)

River of Darkness, by Rennie Airth

Time's Arrow: Or the Nature of the Offense, by Martin Amis

Midnight Champagne, by A. Manette Ansay

Catch the Lightning, by Catherine Asaro

There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, by Sean Astin

The Hundred Brothers, by Donald Atrim

The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood

The Hiding Place, by Trezza Azzopardi

Every Man for Himself, by Beryl Bainbridge

Master George, by Beryl Bainbridge

Cloudsplitter, by Russell Banks

Regeneration, by Pat Barker

The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker

England, England, by Julian Barnes

Ship Fever, by Andrea Barrett

The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter

Darwin's Children, by Greg Bear

Queen of Angels, by Greg Bear

Manchester Slingback, by Nicholas Blincoe

The Industry of Souls, by Martin Booth

Drop City, by T. C. Boyle

Theory of War, by Joan Brady

Kiln People, by David Brin

Earth, by David Brin

Beside the Ocean of Time, by George MacKay Brown

Heartwood, by James Lee Burke

Cimarron Rose, by James Lee Burke

True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey

Leading the Cheers, by Justin Cartwright

Half in Love, by Justin Cartwright

Smithereens, by Susan Taylor Chehak

Disgrace, by J. M. Coetzee

The Keepers of Truth, by Michael Collins

Breakheart Hill, by Thomas H. Cook

Blow Fly, by Patricia Cornwell

Prey, by Michael Crichton

The Church of Dead Girls, by Stephen Dobyns

The Gate of Angels, by Penelope Fitzgerald

The Blue Flower, by Penelope Fitzgerald

The Difference Engine, by William Gibson

Beyond Recall, by Robert Goddard

Buzz Cut, by James Hall

When We Were Orphans, by Kazuo Ishiguro

English Passengers, by Matthew Kneale

The Bear Went Over the Mountain, by William Kotzwinkle

Breakfast on Pluto, by Patrick McCabe

Charming Billy, by Alice McDermott

The Bloody Red Baron, by Kim Newman

Anno Dracula, by Kim Newman

The Deposition of Father McGreevy, Brian O'Doherty

The Famished Road, by Ben Okri

The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman

The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman

Daughters of the House, by Michele Roberts

American Pastoral, by Philip Roth

Hyperion, by Dan Simmons

Rise of Endymion, by Dan Simmons

Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons

Distraction, by Bruce Sterling

The Throat, by Peter Straub

The Blackwater Lightship, by Colm Toibin

Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century, by Robert Charles Wilson

Briar Rose, by Jane Yolen

April

Border Crossing, by Pat Barker

The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker

Blood Work, by Michael Connelly

May

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon

Parable of the Talents, by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler

June

Night Inspector, by Frederick Busch

July

In Every Face I Meet, by Justin Cartwright

Devil's Food, by Anthony Bruno

Wooden Sea, by Jonathan Carroll

Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Glory Season, by David Brin

Murder in the Sentier, by Cara Black

August

Last Hawk, by Catherine Asaro
Savannah Blues, by Mary Kay Andrews

November

Radiant Seas, by Catherine Asaro

Evolution, by Stephen Baxter

Forty Words for Sorrow, by Giles Blunt

December

Moon Dance, by S. P. Somtow

Ascendant Sun, by Catherine Asaro

Deep South, by Nevada Barr

The Quantum Rose, by Catherine Asaro

Exquisite Corpse, by Poppy Z. Brite

Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman

Bones, by Jan Burke

Jolie Blon's Bounce, by James Lee Burke

Spherical Harmonic, by Catherine Asaro

The Guard, by Ken Bruen

Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Books I Read in 2007

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

Genres

Top 10 Reads of 2007

Least Favorite Books of 2007

The Chronological List

Monday, January 1, 2007

Books I Read in 2006

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

Genres

Top 10 Reads of 2005

Least Favorite Books of 2005

The Chronological List

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Sunday, January 1, 2006

Books I Read in 2005

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

Genres

Top 10 Reads of 2005

Least Favorite Books of 2005

The Chronological List

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Saturday, January 1, 2005

Books I Read in 2004

(symptom: being excessively engaged in tasks that require exquisite attention to detail, such as list-making)

Summary

Genres

Top 10 Reads of 2004

Least Favorite Books of 2004

The Chronological List

1st Quarter (AKA Me, Waiting to Hear back on My New Zealand University Application)

April

May

June

July

August

November

December