Reading for 2009

Submitted by AmyD on Wed, 12/31/2008 - 10:59
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  1. "The Greedy Bastard Diary: A Comic Tour of America" by Eric Idle (336 pgs)
  2. "Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories" by M.R. James (400 pgs)
  3. "In a Glass Darkly" by Sheridan Le Fanu (384 pgs)
  4. "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess (224 pgs)
  5. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson (204 pgs)
  6. "H.P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural" edited by Stephen Jones (351 pgs)
  7. "Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories" by Truman Capote (176 pgs)
  8. "Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake (506 pgs)
  9. "Gormenghast" by Mervyn Peake (409 pgs)
  10. "Titus Alone" by Mervyn Peake (223 pgs)
  11. "Brisinger" by Christopher Paolini (763 pgs)
  12. "100 European Horror Films" by Steven Jay Schneider (ed.) (241 pgs)
  13. "Cult Horror Films" by Welch Everman (227 pgs)
  14. "Mind Over Matters" by Mike Nelson (278 pgs)
  15. "Grimm Pictures" by Walter Rankin (191 pgs)
  16. "The Monster Show" by David J. Skal (400 pgs)
  17. "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman (624 pgs)
  18. "X Saves the World" by Jeff Gordinier (170 pgs)
  19. "The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch" by Paul Wells (144 pgs)
  20. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris (272 pgs)
  21. "Let's Talk Turkey" by Rosemarie Ostler (239 pgs)
  22. "H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction" by H.P. Lovecraft (1,040 pgs)
  23. "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson (478 pgs)
Author Comments: 

My goal for this year is 11,000 pages

Progress as of December 31: 8,280
Progress as of November 30: 7,802
Progress as of November 22: 6,762
Progress as of November 5: 6,523
Progress as of October 30: 6,251
Progress as of September 19: 6,107
Progress as of August 22: 5,313
Progress as of August 15: 4,913
Progress as of July 9: 4,722
Progress as of July 8: 4,444
Progress as of July 1: 4,217
Progress as of June 16: 3,976
Progress as of May 26: 3,213
Progress as of May 13: 2,990
Progress as of March 22: 2,581
Progress as of March 8: 2,075
Progress as of March 2: 1,548
Progress as of February 7: 736 pages

Nance12/02/2009

To make the goal I would suggest pictures books like the ones by Yann Arthus-Bertrand or graphic novels like Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi) or read the entire Harry Potter series (huge and easy/fast to read)... :P

I remember some years ago, I lost my goal by 2-3 books... Now I don't do it anymore, since I don't know what could happen during the year.

So, what is your favorite book this year?

AmyD12/18/2009

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm ok with not reaching my goal, since I've been watching a lot of movies for a research project I'm working on (hence all the books about film).

I think my favorite book was "Grimm Pictures." The concept of drawing parallels between Grimm's fairy tales and recent horror film was really inventive. I liked "Brisinger" too, but I hate waiting for the next installment!

I see you read "At the Mountains of Madness" recently--the first time I read that I had terrible nightmares! I just read it again last month and it was still creepy.