tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71057884664525858692011-10-07T10:41:14.234-07:00The TechSmithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112804359917725052noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105788466452585869.post-44718985535756922142007-09-17T14:06:00.000-07:002008-01-15T09:54:49.674-08:00This is a record of what I've read this year, inspired by the "One Book a Week Club in 2007" thread in LibriVox.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Now updated through the end of the year. I didn't quite make the goal of 52. Ah, well!</span><br /><br />Jan 1 - Omega (McDevitt)<br />Jan 9 - Empire (Card) not one of his best efforts, this is based on a PC game<br />Jan 16 - Decorating With Books (this was a waste!)<br />Jan 27 - Kiln People (Brin) fabulous idea!<br />Jan 29 - Why Greenland is an Island (Davis)<br />Mar 3 - Scar Night (Campbell)<br />Mar 10 - Magic Street (Card) Ah! Now we're back to vintage Card!<br />Apr 4 - A Clash of Kings (Martin)<br />Apr 18 - A Storm of Swords (Martin)<br />Apr 26 - Hitler Triumphant (Tsouras, ed.) Started to confuse me about the real history<br />Apr 29 - Disclosure (Crichton)<br />May 10 - The Mysterious Island (Verne) A re-read, I recorded this for LibriVox<br />May 19 - How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (Bennett) Read for LV<br />May 27 - Transcendent (Baxter)<br />Jun 4 - Building Harlequin's Moon (Niven/Cooper) Enjoyed this one a lot!<br />Jun 9 - Polaris (McDevitt) Excellent!<br />Jun 11 - Across the Nightingale Floor (Hearn) First of 4-volume set, "Tales of the Otori"<br />Jun 13 - Grass for His Pillow (Hearn)<br />Jun 18 - The Brilliance of the Moon (Hearn)<br />Jun 30 - Curious Notions (Turtledove) For teens<br />Jul 2 - The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Hearn) Last of the four<br />Jul 4 - The Sword of Attila (Ford) Very good historical novel<br />Jul 11 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain) Read for LV<br />Aug 1 - Heart of Bronze (Stover)<br />Aug 2 - The Map That Changed the World (Winchester) Very enjoyable biography<br />Aug 13 - Banewreaker (Carey) Stolen from Lord of the Rings!<br />Aug 21 - New Discoveries at Jamestown (Cotter &amp; Hudson) Read for LV<br />Aug 22 - Godslayer (Carey) Companion volume to Banewreaker<br />Sep 1 - Gettysburg (Gingrich/Forstchen) Loved it!<br />Sep 5 - Tarzan of the Apes (Burroughs) Read for LV<br />Sep 6 - Floor Games (HG Wells) Read for LV<br />Sep 11 - Grant Comes East (Gingrich/Forstchen)<br />Sep 27 - Never Call Retreat (Gingrich/Forstchen)<br />Sep 30 - Star Born (Norton) Read for LV<br />Oct 11 - The Great Raid on Cabanatuan (Breuer) read after seeing a movie on the raid!<br />Oct 23 - Greylorn (Laumer) Read for LV<br />Oct 30 - The First Men in the Moon (Wells) Read for LV<br />Nov 5 - The Velocity of Honey (Ingram) Science of everyday phenomena!<br />Nov 10 - The Lost World (Doyle) Read for LV<br />Nov 19 - Berlin Game (Deighton) 1st of a trilogy<br />Nov 24 - Mexico Set (Deighton) 2nd<br />Dec 4 - London Match (Deighton) 3rd &amp; final<br />Dec 5 - Human Settlement (Short, ed.) Patterns of urbanization<br />Dec 8 - 2010: Odyssey Two (Clarke) sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey<br />Dec 21 - Hans Brinker (Dodge) Read for LV<br />Dec 27 - German Artillery of WWII (Hogg) Good detail throughout<br />Dec 31 - 2061: Odyssey Three (Clarke) the sequel's sequel!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">That's it! Total: 47</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7105788466452585869-4471898553575692214?l=marksbooklog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The TechSmithshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112804359917725052noreply@blogger.com8