2007 Books Read
This is a record of what I've read this year, inspired by the "One Book a Week Club in 2007" thread in LibriVox.
Now updated through the end of the year. I didn't quite make the goal of 52. Ah, well!
Jan 1 - Omega (McDevitt)
Jan 9 - Empire (Card) not one of his best efforts, this is based on a PC game
Jan 16 - Decorating With Books (this was a waste!)
Jan 27 - Kiln People (Brin) fabulous idea!
Jan 29 - Why Greenland is an Island (Davis)
Mar 3 - Scar Night (Campbell)
Mar 10 - Magic Street (Card) Ah! Now we're back to vintage Card!
Apr 4 - A Clash of Kings (Martin)
Apr 18 - A Storm of Swords (Martin)
Apr 26 - Hitler Triumphant (Tsouras, ed.) Started to confuse me about the real history
Apr 29 - Disclosure (Crichton)
May 10 - The Mysterious Island (Verne) A re-read, I recorded this for LibriVox
May 19 - How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (Bennett) Read for LV
May 27 - Transcendent (Baxter)
Jun 4 - Building Harlequin's Moon (Niven/Cooper) Enjoyed this one a lot!
Jun 9 - Polaris (McDevitt) Excellent!
Jun 11 - Across the Nightingale Floor (Hearn) First of 4-volume set, "Tales of the Otori"
Jun 13 - Grass for His Pillow (Hearn)
Jun 18 - The Brilliance of the Moon (Hearn)
Jun 30 - Curious Notions (Turtledove) For teens
Jul 2 - The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Hearn) Last of the four
Jul 4 - The Sword of Attila (Ford) Very good historical novel
Jul 11 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain) Read for LV
Aug 1 - Heart of Bronze (Stover)
Aug 2 - The Map That Changed the World (Winchester) Very enjoyable biography
Aug 13 - Banewreaker (Carey) Stolen from Lord of the Rings!
Aug 21 - New Discoveries at Jamestown (Cotter & Hudson) Read for LV
Aug 22 - Godslayer (Carey) Companion volume to Banewreaker
Sep 1 - Gettysburg (Gingrich/Forstchen) Loved it!
Sep 5 - Tarzan of the Apes (Burroughs) Read for LV
Sep 6 - Floor Games (HG Wells) Read for LV
Sep 11 - Grant Comes East (Gingrich/Forstchen)
Sep 27 - Never Call Retreat (Gingrich/Forstchen)
Sep 30 - Star Born (Norton) Read for LV
Oct 11 - The Great Raid on Cabanatuan (Breuer) read after seeing a movie on the raid!
Oct 23 - Greylorn (Laumer) Read for LV
Oct 30 - The First Men in the Moon (Wells) Read for LV
Nov 5 - The Velocity of Honey (Ingram) Science of everyday phenomena!
Nov 10 - The Lost World (Doyle) Read for LV
Nov 19 - Berlin Game (Deighton) 1st of a trilogy
Nov 24 - Mexico Set (Deighton) 2nd
Dec 4 - London Match (Deighton) 3rd & final
Dec 5 - Human Settlement (Short, ed.) Patterns of urbanization
Dec 8 - 2010: Odyssey Two (Clarke) sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey
Dec 21 - Hans Brinker (Dodge) Read for LV
Dec 27 - German Artillery of WWII (Hogg) Good detail throughout
Dec 31 - 2061: Odyssey Three (Clarke) the sequel's sequel!
That's it! Total: 47
posted by The TechSmiths @ 2:06 PM
9 Comments
9 Comments:
Hello Mark, I just wanted to say thanks for your work. I've been listening to a lot of audiobooks lately and got a craving for a childhood favorite, Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island". I think you've done a great job with it and wanted to track you down to say thanks!
~L
Hi, Mark, thank you for your great job on librivox. You are my favorite reader so far, I have enjoyed your solo works very much, like Tarzan of the apes, the outline of science,....
I hope you will produce more solo projects. I would be grateful if
Benjamin Franklin's works are in your solo project plan:)
best regards
yanyan
Hi Mark,
My wife and I have enjoyed your reading of Huckleberry Finn. Thanks to Librivox, we both have a lot of great things to listen to at work!
We have a question regarding Huck Finn. There were a few sections that seem to be left out of the reading. Was this an abridged version? A "custom" editing? My wife knows the book front to back and a couple of notable episodes seem to have been left out.
Where Huck decides against turning Jim in, and then engages in an internal battle over his soul going to hell. That seems to have been omitted.
There are other episodes that seem to be missing. Can you shed any light on this?
Again, a fan of Librivox and one who appreciates your volunteering!
Derick
(in California)
I just finished 11 hour of my first encounter with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, read by you sir. At the end of it all you said, "Thanks for listenin'" and that made me smile. I really loved your narrative so much. I wanted to say, "You're welcomed for the listen, and thank you for the read."
Jessica 23, southern California
Dear Mark,
I just finished listening to Doyle's "Lost World" read by you, and I just wanted to let you know that it has been an absolute pleasure listening to you! Thank you so much! I started discovering Librivox with your reading of Bennett's "How to live on 24 hours a day", and even several months and lots of readings later I still think your are one of the most excellent voices of Librivox. I will make sure to take care of my immortal soul by listening to more of your well chosen and impeccably read texts.
All the best from Göttingen, Germany,
Christina
Mark,
Just want to say thank you for your readings. Recently finished "Great Expectations" and am now enjoying "Uncle Remus."
Warmest Regards,
Sanford Gentry
Williams, Indiana
Mark,
Just want to say thank you for your readings. Recently finished "Great Expectations" and am now enjoying "Uncle Remus."
Warmest Regards,
Sanford Gentry
Williams, Indiana
Dear Mark,
I just finished listening to Dicken's Great Expectations
and Doyle's Lost World read by you (while making an
afgan and sweater in crochet; the stitches seem to go
more quickly in your company). I must tell you that
you set the bar very high for your fellow readers.
Not many can equal your excellence in rendering the
material so pleasurably. Your love of the challange
shines in every word. Thanks so much!!
Dorcas in Santa Barbara, CA
Hello Mark, you are my favourite Libravox reader. Thanks for Call of the Wild, White Fang, Robinson Crusoe and Kidnapped.
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