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There is no reason why anyone would even read this thing (since it essentially consists of a bunch of lists for my own record keeping), but I've started a real, honest to goodness, ranting about politics/social issues/isisms blog: I'm Just Not Impressed.
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So, to start, I'm a little disappointed that I didn't reach 100 books. At some point, I thought I'd counted and was way ahead of 89 - 93 if you count the books I finished in 2007 that I'd started previously, 99, if you count books which I didn't finish in 2007 as well - I can get to 100 if you count the one book I read about 75 pages of then decided to abandon. Although I think I'd still have to go with 99, since I don't think I actually read anything of Ulysses last year.
Braking down the 89 that I read entirely in 2007:
* 78 were new to me, 11 were re-reads
* 22 were children's/ya books
* 6 were graphic novels + a 7th novelization based on a comic series
* 3 were non-fiction (2 books of essays, 1 of literary criticism)
* 41 were installments of fantasy/sci-fi/historical fantasy series
* 35 were by authors which were new to me in 2007
* there are 42 unique authors represented
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Books read/started/finished/etc. in 2008.
Read Entirely in 2008
1. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out - McSweeney's YA Short Story Collection
2. Lunatic Cafe - Laurel K. Hamilton
3. M is for Magic - Neil Gaiman
4. Dead as a Doornail - Charlene Harris
5. For a Few Demons More - Kim Harrison
6. The Cat's Pajamas - Ray Bradbury
7. The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost - John Bellairs
8. The Thief of Always - Clive Barker
9. Burnt Offerings - Laurel K. Hamilton
10. Blue Moon - Laurel K. Hamilton
11. Obsidian Butterfly - Laurel K. Hamilton
12. Train Man v1 (manga)
13. The Innocent Man - John Grisham
14. 6th Target - James Patterson/Maxine Gross
15. Narcissus in Chains - Laurel K. Hamilton
16. The Dark Secret of Whetherend - John Bellairs
17. Definitely Dead - Charlene Harris
18. Cerilean Sins - Laurel K. Hamilton
19. The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
20. Kushiel's Scion - Jacqueline Carey
21. Incubus Dreams - Laurel K. Hamilton
22. Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War - Clive Barker
23. Yuki Huma Dream Shoppe (manga)
24. Wild Ones v.1 (manga)
25. Not Safe After Dark - Peter Robinson
26. Micah - Laurel K. Hamilton
27. Friend of the Devil - Peter Robinson
28. Farewell Summer - Ray Bradbury
29. Serenity Rose Vol. 1 (graphic novel)
30. Mistral's Kiss - Laurel K. Hamilton
31. Grave Sight - Charlene Harris
32. Shakespeare's Landlord - Charlene Harris
33. Danse Macabre - Laurel K. Hamilton
34. Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
35. Roomates - Emily Chase
36. My Roomate is Missing - Emily Chase
37. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
38. Strange Candy - Laurel K. Hamilton
39. The 13th of Never (graphic novel)
40. Hellboy - Seed of Destruction - Mike Mignola (v. 1 graphic novel)
41. Justice Denied - J.A. Jance
42. Emerald Magic, Tales of Irish Fantasy - Andrew Greeley Ed.
43. The Harlequin - Laurel K. Hamilton
44. Nature Girl - Carl Haissian
45. 7th Heaven - James Patterson
46. Grave Surprise - Charlene Harris
47. The Outlaw Demon Wails - Kim Harrison
48. Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
49. You're No Friend of Mine - Emily Chase
50. My Dead Girlfriend (graphic novel)
51. Kushiel's Mercy - Jacqueline Carey
52. Keeping Secrets - Emily Chase
53. Hellboy - The Chained Coffin and Others - Mike Mignola (v. 3 graphic novel)
54. Hellboy - The Right Hand of Doom - Mike Mignola (v. 4 graphic novel)
55. An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris
56. Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris
57. Hellboy - Conqueror Worm- Mike Mignola (v. 5 graphic novel)
58. Hellboy - Strange....- Mike Mignola (v. 6 graphic novel)
59. Rose - Jeff Smith & Charles Vess (graphic novel)
60. Dark Side of the Moon - John Sanford
61. Stardust - Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (reread of text, first time w/illustrations)
62. Lady Friday - Garth Nix
63. Watchman - Alan Moore (graphic novel)
64. Parable of the Sewer - Octavia Butler
65. From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris
66. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
67. A Lick of Frost - Laurel K. Hamilton
68. Glasshouse - Charles Stross
69. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
70. Hellboy - The Troll Witch and Other Stories - Mike Mignola (v. 7 graphic novel)
71. Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier
72. Persepolis 2 - Marjane Satrapi
73. Child of the Prophesy - Juliet Marillier
74. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
75. Maus I - Art Spiegelman
76. Maus II - Art Spiegelman
77. Kindred - Octavia Butler
78. Summer Blues - Emily Chase
79. Best Friends Forever - Emily Chase
80. Blood Noir - Laurel K. Hamilton
81. Wild Seed - Octavia Butler (in Seeds of Harvest)
82. Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
83. Invisible Prey - John Sandford
84. Hellboy - Wake the Devil - Mike Mignola (v. 2 graphic novel)
85. Hellboy - Darkness Calls - Mike Mignola (v. 8 graphic novel)
86. Mind of My Mind - Octavia Butler (in Seeds of Harvest)
87. Clay's Ark - Octavia Butler (in Seeds of Harvest)
88. Patternmaster - Octavia Butler (in Seeds of Harvest)
89. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
90. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
91. Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler
92. The Host - Stephanie Meyer
93. Bloodchild and Other Stories - Octavia Butler
94. Lover Enshrined - J.R. Ward
95. Across the Wall - Garth Nix
96. Phantom Prey - John Sandford
97. Survivor - Octavia Butler
98. Winter Study - Nevada Barr
99. Bitten - Kelly Armstrong
100. Exit Wounds - J.A. Jance
101. Dead Wrong - J.A. Jance
102. Halting State - Charles Stross
103. Silver Screen - Justina Robson
104. Swallowing Darkness - Laurel K. Hamilton
105. Shakespeare's Trollop - Charlaine Harris
106. Scent of Shadows - Vicki Peterson
107. The Marriage of Sticks - Jonathan Carrol
108. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
109. A Secret Rage - Charlaine Harris
110. Shakespeare's Counsler - Charlaine Harris
111. The Egypt Game - Zilpha Keatley Snyder
112. A Cristmas Carol - Charles Dickens (annual reread)
113. Angels and Other Strangers - Katherine Patterson (annual reread)
114. Outlaws of Sherwood - Robin McKinley
115. The Shining - Stephen King
116. The Final Death (Anita Blake Graphic Novel)
117. Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling (read stories to son as well)
Chapter books read with Son
1. Charlotte's Web - E.B. White (reread with son)
2. Stuart Little - E.B. White (reread with son)
3. Matilda - Roald Dahl (with son)
4. Trumpet of the Swan - E.B. White (reread w/son)
5. George's Marvelous Medicine - Roald Dahl (w/son)
6 - 45. The Magic Treehouse series (v. 1-40)
46. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler - E.L. Koningsberg (reread with son)
47. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling (abridged, w/son)
48. Who Really Killed Cock Robin - Jean Craighead George (reread w/son)
49-60. The Magic School Bus Chapter Books (v. 1-4, 6-9, 11-13, 17)
61. The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum (w/R)
62. Cam Janson an the Mystery of the Missing Dinosaur Bones - David Adler
63. Transformers: The Search for the Allspark
Started in 2007 or before, finished in 2008
Dead to the World - Charlene Harris (2007)
Les Mis - Victor Hugo (via LJ) (2007)
In progress (if not started in 2008, starting year in parens)
Divine Horsemen, The Living Gods of Haiti - Myra Deren(2006)
Ulysses - James Joyce (2005)
Jambalaya - L. Tisch (2007)
Who Let the Dogs In - Molly Ivins
Blood Lite (anthology)
Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris
In progress with R
The Magic School Bus Chapter Books (v. 10, 14)
Island of the Could Not Finish
Death of a Darklord - Laurel K. Hamilton
Hand of Evil - J.A. Jance
Children of Chaos - John C. Wright
Black House - Steven King/Peter Straub (2007)
Artimis Fowl - Eoin Coifer
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
Septimus Heap Book 1: Magyk - Angie Sage
Mr. Monk in Outer Space - Lee Goldberg
Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
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After almost two decades of protests, my alma mater, the University of Illinois, has decided to retire its mascot "Chief Illiniwek". They will retain the name "Fighting Illini", desipite the fact that tribe that gives the state, and the Chief, and the sports teams their name, the Illiniwek tribe, were a peaceful tribe that didn't fight - which probably helped account for the fact that they were completely wiped out in earlier centuries.
I'm taking the time to write about this because it is in part, the culmination of years of effort that I was a part of back in the early 1990s when I was a student at UofI. As a freshman and later I marched against the Chief, I met with the off-campus protesters. Somewhere I have the Daily Illini photo, not online, alas, of my sophomore year roomate and I holding up a banner bearing the admonishion - "What if the Pope were our mascot?", complete with little pope mugs and t-shirts. I think I still have the mug cut out somewhere as well.
Robert Novak and his ilk are up in arms about the PC police and caving in to political pressure. But what this really should be about is basic respect. Respect for the people around you. Respect for Native Americans on campus and for the tribes who are portrayed in the Illiniwek dance.
It's about time. And it's overdue.
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So, evidently I am going to primarily be using my blog for lists.
This is a list of books I've read/started/finished/etc. in 2007. 'Cause, you know, it's the in thing.
Read Entirely in 2007
1. The Trolley to Yesterday - John Bellairs
2. The Lamp from the Worlock's Tomb - John Bellairs
3. Vengence of the Witchfinder - John Bellairs
4. Doom of the Haunted Opera - John Bellairs
5. The Secret of the Underground Room - John Bellairs
6. The Great Snape Debate - Amy Berner, Orson Scott Card, Joyce Millman
7. Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
8. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
9. Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
10. Neverwhere - Mike Carey, Garth Ellis (graphic novel)
11. Alice in Wonderland - Louis Carroll (reread for forum Book Club)
12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (reread with son)
13. The Witches - Roald Dahl (reading with son)
14. A Christmas Carol and Other Stories - Charles Dickens (annual reread of ACC, first go round with "The Chimes" and "Cricket in the Hearth")
15. Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
16. Interworld - Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
17. Vanished - Tess Garretson
18. Hell to Pay - Simon Green
19. Guilty Pleasures - Laurel K. Hamilton
20. The Laughing Corpse - LKH
21. Circus of the Damned - LKH
22. Bloody Bones - LKH
23. The Killing Dance - LKH
24. A Kiss of Shadows - LKH
25. A Caress of Twilight - LKH
26. Seduced by Moonlight - LKH
27. A Stroke of Midnight - LKH
28. Dead Until Dark - Charlene Harris
29. Living Dead in Dallas - Charlene Harris
30. Club Dead - Charlene Harris
31. Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison
32. The Good, the Bad, the Undead - Kim Harrison
33. Every Which Way but Dead - Kim Harrison
34. Fistfull of Charms - Kim Harrison
35. Native Tongue - Carl Hasissian
36. Injustice for All - J.A. Jance
37. Trial by Fury - J.A. Jance
38. Taking the Fifth - J.A. Jance
39. Improbable Cause - J.A. Jance
40. A More Perfect Union - J.A. Jance
41. Dismissed With Prejudice - J.A. Jance
42. Payment in Kind - J.A. Jance
43. Without Due Process - J.A. Jance
44. Failure to Appear - J.A. Jance
45. Lying in Wait - J.A. Jance
46. Breach of Duty - J.A. Jance
47. Long Time Gone - J.A. Jance
48. Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
49. Swordpoint - Ellen Kushner
50. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
51. The Hedge Knight (graphic novel) - George RR Martin
52. Deerskin - Robyn McKinley
53. The Hero and the Crown - Robyn McKinley
54. Spindle's End - Robyn McKinley
55. Sunshine - Robyn McKinley
56. Moby Dick - Herman Melville (via LJ)
57. V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Alan Moore
58. Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom) - Garth Nix
59. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell (reread from childhood)
60. 3rd Degree - James Patterson
61. 4th of July - James Patterson
62. 5th Horseman - James Patterson
63. Angels and Other Strangers - Katherine Patterson (reread from childhood)
64. Clockwork - Phillip Pullman
65. The Firework Maker's Daughter - Phillip Pullman
66. The Antipope - Robert Rankin
67. Brightonomicon - Robert Rankin
68. Piece of My Heart - Peter Robinson
69. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling (reread)
70. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling (reread)
71. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban - J.K. Rowling (reread)
72. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling (reread)
73. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling (reread)
74. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling (reread)
75. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling (x2)
76. Broken Prey - John Sandford
77. Subterranean (Hellblazer novel) - John Shirley
78. Perfume: Story of a Murderer - Patrick Suskind
79. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
80. Take the Cannoli - Sarah Vowell
81. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
82. Lover Eternal - J.R. Ward
83. Lover Awakened - J.R. Ward
84. Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
85. Lover Unbound - J.R. Ward
86. Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) Graphic Novel v. 7 - Bill Willingham
87. Fables: Wolves Graphic Novel v. 8 - Bill Willingham
88. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Graphic Novel (prequel) - Bill Willingham
89. Lord of Light - Roger Zalany
Started in 2006 or before, finished in 2007
Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
The Neverending Story - Michael Ende
Cages - Dave McKeon (2005)
Life of Pi (originally started in 2005, completely restarted because I lost the book and refound it!)
In progress (if not started in 2007, starting year in parens)
Divine Horsemen, The Living Gods of Haiti - Myra Deren(2006)
Ulysses - James Joyce (2005)
Les Mis - Victor Hugo (via LJ)
Jambalaya - L. Tisch
Black House - Steven King/Peter Straub
Dead to the World - Charlene Harris
The island of the just couldn't finish
Haunted - Chuck Palonick
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