Books Read in 2011 ~ list

Books we’ve read in 2011, pending reviews, and abandoned too. Including some geeky stats.

A bit meager since 2011 included “a dose of the crazies”.  With extended trips to our respective “homes” – England and California, as well as various other catastrophes (see “the gremlin attack” – where I lost my entire hard drive) and some personal losses, there wasn’t as much time for reading as we would have liked. But there’s always 2012!

Each book’s title links to it’s review when applicable. We have also included a few stats at the bottom.

John’s Books Read:

1. The Revisionists ~ by Thomas Mullen (review coming soon)
2. The Immortality Virus ~ by Christine Amsden
3. Fleet of Worlds ~ by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
4. Banksy: Locations & Tours vol. 1 ~ by Martin Bull
5. Banksy: Locations & Tours vol. 2 ~ by Martin Bull
6. The Windup Girl ~ by Paolo Bacigalupi
7. Low Town ~ by Daniel Polansky
8. Matter (book #8 in the Culture series) ~ by Iain M. Banks
9. The Hum and The Shiver ~ by Alex Bledsoe
10. Outpost ~ by Adam Baker
11. The Devil All the Time ~ by Donald Ray Pollock
12. The American Book of the Dead ~ by Henry Baum
13. Mr. Chartwell ~ by Rebecca Hunt
14. The Knowledge of Good and Evil ~ by Glenn Kleier
15. The Map of Time ~ by Felix J. Palma
16. The Time Machine ~ by H. G. Wells
17. The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady ~ by Elizabeth Stuckey-French
18. Robopocalypse ~ by Daniel H. Wilson
19. The Curse-Maker ~ by Kelli Stanley
20. Lost in Shangri-La ~ by Mitchell Zuckoff
21. WWW:Wonder (#3) ~ by Robert J. Sawyer
22. All the Lives He Led ~ by Frederik Pohl
23. A Visit from the Goon Squad ~ by Jennifer Egan
24. WWW:Watch (#2) ~ by Robert J. Sawyer
25. Variable Star ~ by Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson
26. Seven Years in Tibet ~ by Heinrich Harrer (translation by Robert Graves)
27. The Healers (The Aesculapians, Book One) ~ by Thomas Heric
28. The March ~ by E. L. Doctorow
29. Home Fires ~ by Gene Wolfe
30. WWW:Wake (#1) ~ by Robert J. Sawyer
31. Life ~ by Keith Richards
32. Beware of the Dog ~ by Brian Moore
33. Mr. Toppit ~ by Charles Elton
34. The Killer Angels ~ by Michael Shaara

Not Reviewed:

1. On the Odd Hours ~ by Eric Liberge
2. The Metalmark Contract ~ by David Batchelor

Abandoned:

1. Alice in Sunderland ~ by Bryan Talbot
2. Gateways ~ edited by Elizabeth Anne Hull

Total:  36 read; 2 abandoned

Shellie’s Books Read:

1. The Hermetica of Elysium ~ by Annmarie Banks
2. The Conference of the Birds ~ by Peter Sis
3. The Uncertain Places ~ by Lisa Goldstein
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (in audio) ~ by Oscar Wilde; read by Simon Vance
5. The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am ~ by Kjersti A. Skomsvold
6. Those Across the River (audio) ~ by Christopher Buehlman 
7. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (in audio) ~ by Susanna Clarke
8. Eddie - The Lost Youth of Edgar Allan Poe ~ written and illustrated by Scott Gustafson
9. Eat Vegan on $4 a Day ~ by Ellen Jaffe Jones 
10. Vegan Family Meals ~ by Ann Gentry 
11. Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 ~ edited by Kevin J. Anderson       
12. Promises to Keep ~ by Charles De Lint
13. Electric Ant ~ by Philip K. Dick (adapted by David Mack; illustrated by Pascal Aline) 
14. The Sandman - The Dream Hunters ~ by Neil Gaiman; illustrated by Yoshitak Amano 
15. The Hobbit ~ by J.R.R. Tolkien; adapted by David Wenzel 
16. Changeling Moon ~ by Dani Harper
17. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine ~ by Alina Bronsky  (translator Tim Mohr) 
18. The Inverted Forest ~ by John Dalton 
19. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (in audio) ~ by Margaret Atwood   
20. Galore ~ by Michael Crummey  
21. Fabulous Faces: From Motivation to Transformation through Facial Plastic Surgery ~ by Peter A. Adamson M. D.
22. The Psychopath Test ~ by Jon Ronson 
23. Warm Bodies ~ by Isaac Marion 
24. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making ~ by Catherynne M. Valente 
25. Wuthering Heights ~ by Emily Brontë
26. Bury Your Dead (Armand Gamache  #6) ~ by Louise Penny 
27. Willy ~ by Robert Dunbar 
28. Trouble and Her Friends ~ by Melissa Scott 
29. Possession ~ by A.S. Byatt  (in audio)
30. The Oracle of Stamboul ~ by Michael David Lukas
31. Wither (Chemical Garden Trilogy # 1) ~ by Lauren DeStefano 
32. Enough About Love ~ by Hervé Le Tellier
33. Blue ~ Lou Aronica
34. Shadow Bound ~ by Erin Kellison 
35. Delirium ~ by Lauren Oliver 
36. The Afflicted Girls ~ by Susy Witten 
37. Spellwright (Spellwright, #1) ~ by Blake Charlton
38. Healthy Aging ~ by Andrew Weil (mini-review on Goodreads)
39. Writing Short Stories ~ William H. Phillips (mini-review on Goodreads)

Pending Review:

1. In Other Worlds ~ by Margaret Attwood
2. Kafka on the Shore ~ by Haruki Marakami
3. 52 Small Changes ~ by Brett Blumenthal
4. Feed (audio) ~ by M. T. Anderson
5. Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Comedy & Action Edition ~ by Brian Leaf, M.A.
6. Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Romantic Comedy & Drama Edition ~ by Brian Leaf, M.A.
7. The Wicked Good Stepmother ~ by William G. Bentrim
8. The Marshall Plan for Writing a Novel ~ by Evan Marshal
9. Rick Steves' Great Britain 2011 with map ~ by Rich Steves
10. A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany ~ by Aubrey Burl

Books in Progress (number of pages read):

1. Every Bitter Thing ~ by Leighton Gage (100)
2. The Time In Between ~ by Maria Duenas (230)
3. The Book of Kells ~ by R.A. MacAvoy (100)
4. The Dove Keepers ~ by Alice Hoffman (270)
5. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods ~ by A.S. Byatt (130)
6. Gulliver’s Travels ~ by Jonathan Swift (100)
7. The First Days ~ by Rhiannon Frater (130)
8. A Long Sleep ~ by Allie Sheehan (200)
9. Stories for the Night and Some for the Day ~ by Ben Loory (100)

Abandoned:

1. The Dying Light ~ by Scott D. Meek
2. Fallen ~ by  Kate Lauren
3. French Lessons ~ by Ellen Sussman
4. Never Let You Go ~ by Erin Healy
5. The Promises She Keeps ~ by Erin Healy
6. Shea Vaughn’s Breakthrough ~ by Shea Vaughn
7. Secret Legacy ~ by Anna Destanfano
8. Unclean Spirits ~ by M.L.N. Hanover
9. Lincoln’s Dream ~ by Connie Willis
10. Afterlife ~ by Merrie Destafano

Totals:  49 books read (10 pending review); books in progress 9; abandoned 10

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Stats for Completed Books

• Female Authors: 25
• Male Authors: 58

Genre|Category

• Speculative Fiction: science fiction, fantasy, and horror:
• SF - 22
• F - 22
• H - 15
• Non Fiction: 19
• General Fiction: 14
• Historical Fiction: 15
• Classics and Literary:  9
• Translations: 5
• Graphic Novels: 5
• Anthologies:  2
• Audio Books: 8
• YA/Children’s/Tweens: 13

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Coming Up:  Our Favorites of 2011 and our Competed (and not so complete) Challenges for 2011! 

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