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[saltydog]

I'm going to do that 'read 50 books in a year' challenge thing...



1. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix- j.k. rowling (which I should be able to finish by sunday... )
2. anansi boys- neil gaiman
3. Jonathan Strange and mr. norrell- susanna clarke
4. the ethics of star trek- judith barrad
5. phantom- terry goodkind
6. a history of pirates- nigel cawthorne
7. gunslinger (and the rest of the dark tower series... however many that is...)- stephen king
8. neuromancer- william gibson
9. pattern recognition

erm... I have a long way to go to get to 50... suggestions?

Comments

[bunnyhero.livejournal.com]

what william gibson have you read? he's got a bunch of good books.

geek love by katherine dunn (i think) is awesome and bizarre.

i don't think i could read 50 in a year, myself. good luck!!!!!

[myr3volution.livejournal.com]

I think I started reading one william gibson one a while ago. like in high school... forget what it was called though... I've been meaning to read neuromancer for a while though..

thanks for the suggestions ^_^

[gruberman.livejournal.com]

And you were supposed to read Pattern Recognition while it was at your apartment!!

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

EVERYONE should read Pattern Recognition. I really think it's his best book.

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend both as well. And Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, that's one of my favourite books.

If you run out of choices, just come over and browse my shelves. I have a couple of books. ;)

[gruberman.livejournal.com]

Are you only going sci-fi/fantasy stuff?

[bunnyhero.livejournal.com]

i should do this challenge too, but only read mr. men books. not sure if there's 50 of them though...

[gruberman.livejournal.com]

I bet there are. And then do Mr. Men fanfic next year for nano.

[myr3volution.livejournal.com]

not really... I should probably broaden my literary horizons :P

[robinhood.livejournal.com]

I...should do this. Hm.

[bunnyhero.livejournal.com]

it's almost one book per week. there's no way i could do this, not with my attention span the way it is these days.

[punkie-ramone.livejournal.com]

read all the chuck klosterman books. so start with fargo rock city , the sex, drugs and cocoa puffs, killing yourself to live, and finally chuck klosterman IV.

i'm reading IV right now.

then again, he is my favourite author.

[hakubozu.livejournal.com]

the "His dark Materials" trilogy is pretty good. Not a very high reading level, but who cares about that shit when the story's good?

I <3 the iliad/odyssey, but they're lonngggg

[hellsbebop.livejournal.com]

I should do this. I used to, back in the day, read at least a book a week. Before I got a life... or friends... or hobbies... ha.

I just posted a book review thingie, if you have any questions about any of those I guess you can ask me...

The Ethics of Star Trek sounds interesting! I think I've heard of it before...

If you haven't read anything by Tamora Pierce I would have to suggest the Lioness Quartet. It's about 4th grade reading level but I swear those books changed my life. It's fantasy.

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

A History of Pirates was pretty cool. And I'm partway through a book right now called A Brief History of Mutiny that you'd like as well.

[pheonix-torn.livejournal.com]

anansi boys is good. This sounds like a good idea. I should do this too. it might make me get off my ass and go something

[brumeux-aurore.livejournal.com]

philip k. dick

i have the oxford book of science fiction stories or something like that. it's a good place to figure out if you like a particular authors writing.

i have a gazillion books ... not too many novels though... feel free to browse the in house collection