[Farva2]

I always plan out what books i want to read at the beginning of the year but then the semester starts and destroys my leisure time.

[Ryan Gardner]

Originally Posted by vivatoto56

I haven't read Horns yet but HSB is absolutely fantastic. Terrifying and surprisingly fast paced, there's basically a new plot twist on every single page. Compare this to his King's first book, Carrie, and he's already off to a better start than his father. This is going to be a hell of an interesting career to follow.

Yeah, Carrie is by far my least favorite/worst King book I've read. I'll definitely have to check out Joe's novels soon.

[ylliB sivaD]

1. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

[VampiresRevenge]

Originally Posted by vivatoto56

1.) Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill

Great book. I love 20th Century Ghosts by him, as well.

[chiefjordo]

I just read The Passage by Justin Cronin in about 3.5 days, so next up for me is The Twelve.

[vivatoto56]

Originally Posted by Ryan Gardner

Yeah, Carrie is by far my least favorite/worst King book I've read. I'll definitely have to check out Joe's novels soon.

Totally agree. I suppose I liked it a bit more than Blaze though, but I don't really like counting such an obvious "trunk novel."

Have you heard of Drood by Dan Simmons?

Originally Posted by VampiresRevenge

Great book. I love 20th Century Ghosts by him, as well.

I just ordered it. I can't wait. I was reading some of the plot summaries for the stories and they sound absolutely wonderful.

Originally Posted by chiefjordo

I just read The Passage by Justin Cronin in about 3.5 days, so next up for me is The Twelve.

I just got that for Christmas! How was it?

[open mind]

how does this work again?
do we list books we've read, books we're reading, or books we plan to read? none/some/all of the above?

[dtrzcin]

Most of us list the books we've read, but some also mention what they are currently reading.

[dtrzcin]

My goodreads profile

My completed book list for 2012

I am shooting for 50 again this year.

[open mind]

Originally Posted by dtrzcin

Most of us list the books we've read, but some also mention what they are currently reading.

i see. well i've finished...
volume one of the walking dead

currently reading

the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay
the omnivores dilemma

[muenginerd]

Originally Posted by Dave Diddy

Finished 23 books in 2012. Shooting for 25 in 2013.

1. The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson) Currently Reading

Great book, this was my favorite of 2012!

[chiefjordo]

Originally Posted by vivatoto56

Totally agree. I suppose I liked it a bit more than Blaze though, but I don't really like counting such an obvious "trunk novel."

Have you heard of Drood by Dan Simmons?



I just ordered it. I can't wait. I was reading some of the plot summaries for the stories and they sound absolutely wonderful.



I just got that for Christmas! How was it?

I really enjoyed it! There were one or two weird things about it, but not bad... Just weird. It was really well done and extremely hard to put down- I had to order the next book in the series ASAP and can't wait to read it.

[Shakriel]

Going to try this this year.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9350387-kyle-johnson

1. In The Woods - Tana French (technically started it in December, so not sure if it counts, haha.)
2. The Likeness - Tana French (currently reading.)

[Fourchordwonder]

Going for 30 again this year.

1. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
2. Everything That Rises Must Converge - Flannery O'Connor
3. On Writing - Stephen King
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
5. Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
6. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino
7. Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger
8. Malone Dies - Samuel Beckett
9. Our Band Could Be Your Life - Michael Azerrad
10. AVA - Carole Maso
11. Trout Fishing In America - Richard Brautigan
12. House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
13. Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig
14. Under the Dome - Stephen King
15. Howl and other poems - Allen Ginsberg
16. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
17. Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
18. Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges
19. The Dream of a Common Language - Adrienne Rich
20. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
21. World War Z - Max Brooks
22. Mind and Cosmos - Thomas Nagel
23. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon

[only the clouds]

Got through 38 books last year, which makes sense when you put my addictions to YA fiction, pulp, and scifi/fantasy up against two death semesters at college.

Here's my Goodreads profile. Feel free to be my friend!

Currently Reading: The A-Men - John Trevillian

January
1. The Lost Art - Simon Morden

Both books I got for Christmas. I finished off my reading list backlog (which has existed in some mutation since 2007) on Christmas Day and ended up getting 11 books for Christmas so I'm glad to have more fuel to keep me going.