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