15/01/2012 2011 in books – part two
If so inclined, you can find part one here.
60. Mormonism for Dummies – Jana Riess and Christopher Bigelow
Light dissertation reading. Actually a very helpful book.
61. Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett*
62. Snuff – Terry Pratchett
I read a lot of Terry Pratchett. His books are smart, nerdy, and funny.
63. Poirot’s Early Cases - Agatha Christie
64. She Went All the Way - Meg Cabot
This really was too mindless and I kind of want the two hours back I spent on it.
65. Murder at Hazelmore - Agatha Christie
66. The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs*
A funny and honest look at religion and what following the rules really means.
67. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth - Alexandra Robbin
I liked this book for its concept of fringe theory applied to geeks and nerds, but it felt too self-help-y towards the end.
68. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
69. Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan
Quick, fun, young adult reading.
70. Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie*
71. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding – Agatha Christie
72. Rose Madder - Stephen King*
This book freaks me out, every time. All Stephen King’s books do, actually.
73. Bumped - Megan McCafferty
This was fine, but I was a little disappointed by it.
74. Finding Nouf - Zoe Ferraris
75. City of Veils - Zoe Ferraris
These two, set in Saudi-Arabia, were really nice reads. I think I appreciated them all the more for having been in Jordan and thus having had a taste of Middle Eastern culture myself.
76. Savvy - Ingrid Law
Fun, engaging read about magic and powerlessness and being human.
77. White Water Terror - Carolyn Keene
78. Trial By Fire - Carolyn Keene
79. Deadly Intent - Carolyn Keene
80. Easy Marks – Carolyn Keene
81. Stay Tuned for Danger - Carolyn Keene
82. Two Points To Murder - Carolyn Keene
83. This Side of Evil – Carolyn Keene
84. Mixed Signals - Carolyn Keene
Apparently, I was going back to my youth by reading eight Nancy Drews in one go. I think the last time I read Nancy Drew, I was eight years old and being taken out for coffee by my dad (well, my dad had the coffee. I either had an oatmeal raison cookie or a gingersnap).
85. This World We Live In - Susan Beth Pfeiffer
86. The Dead and the Gone - Susan Beth Pfeiffer
These also freaked me out. I hope a meteriote never hits earth.
87. Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
88. The Guinea Pig Diaries – A.J. Jacobs
Not as good as The Year of Living Biblically or the Know-it-all, but still fun and typical Jacobs.
89.The Mysterious Mr. Quin - Agatha Christie
90. Matched - Allie Condie
91. The Last Dragonslayer – Jasper Fforde
92. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins*
93. Mocking Jay - Suzanne Collins*
94. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins*
These.are.awesome. Go read them. I can’t wait for the movie.
95. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
96. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling*
97. Under the Dome - Stephen King*
One of his best novels.
98. The Man in the Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
99. The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie*
100. Evolving in Monkey Town – Rachel Held Evans
101. The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie*
102. Peril at End House - Agatha Christie*
103. The Secret of Chimneys - Agatha Christie*
104. The Clocks – Agatha Christie*
105. The Labours of Hercules - Agatha Christie*
106. Thursday Next – Jasper Fforde
107. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows*
One of my favorite love/human interest stories of all time. In letter-form, no less.
108. Cause of Death – Patricia Cornwell*
109. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas - Agatha Christie*
110. A Stolen Life: a memoir - Jaycee Dugard
Not a very good book at all, but still worthwhile.
111. The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
Honest and cruel, yet with a semi-happy ending. Good job, Eugenides.
112. The Year of Living Biblically - AJ Jacobs*
Yes, two re-reads in one year. It’s that good.
113. Very Good, Jeeves – PG Wodehouse
I love me some Wodehouse. I bought this one during the trip to New York.
114. Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven - Fannie Flagg*
115. Standing in the Rainbow - Fannie Flagg*
116. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! - Fannie Flagg *
117. I Still Dream About You – Fannie Flagg
I read all the Fannie Flaggs while waiting to borrow my dad’s copy of I Still Dream About You, which we also bought in New York. Fannie Flagg is one of my favorite writers.
118. Convergence Culture - Harry Jenkins
Dissertation reading, but oh so interesting!
119. 4.50 from Paddington – Agatha Christie
120. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding – Agatha Christie*
121. Easy to Kill – Agatha Christie*
122. Murder at Hazelmore – Agatha Christie
123. That Old Cape Magic – Richard Russo
Again, an honest and somewhat cruel book, this time about parents and children. I recommend it.
124. The Lace Reader - Brunonia Barry
A fast read but a little complicated, in that when the revelation came at the end I wondered if I had understood it correctly. An interesting look at contemporary Salem. Totally worth the three euros I paid for it.
125. Elephants Can Remember – Agatha Christie*
It seems appropriate to have ended the year with an Agatha Christie novel.
Final verdict of 2011? 125 books read (and recorded, I might have missed a few here and there), of which 39 were rereads, leaving a total of 86 new books read this year. I’d like to thank the Dutch and German railways for making this possible, I think I did most of my reading of trains this year.
Now on to 2012!
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