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meganbmoore) wrote2012-01-25 08:50 pm
Better late than never: books read in 2011
Same drill as always: click the tickybox for any books you've read at any point in time. Books are divided by genre, to the best of my ability to determine. (So many rereleases get different categories than the original releases!) Classics and non-fiction are lumped together due to laziness.
Classics & non-fiction books:
The Mabinogion, ed. Sioned Davies
7 (18.9%)
Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden: An Anthology of Medieval Jain Stories, ed. Phyllis Granoff
0 (0.0%)
Ed. Edward Seidensticker: The Gossamer Years
1 (2.7%)
Ed. Lucy Moore: Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes From the Hogarthian Underworld
0 (0.0%)
Ed. Kate Bernheimer: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
0 (0.0%)
Ed. Jeffrey Gantz: Early Irish Myths and Sagas
2 (5.4%)
Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey
17 (45.9%)
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
22 (59.5%)
L. Frank Baum: Sky Island
1 (2.7%)
L. Frank Baum: The Sea Fairies
1 (2.7%)
Veronica Franco: Poems and Selected Letters, ed. Ann Rosalind Jones and Margaret F. Rosenthal
0 (0.0%)
Elizabeth Gaskell: North and South
8 (21.6%)
Henry James: The Turn of the Screw
10 (27.0%)
Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera
8 (21.6%)
Mokona: Okimono Kimono
0 (0.0%)
Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran
4 (10.8%)
Margaret F. Rosenthal: The Honest Courtesan
0 (0.0%)
Rafael Sabatini: Bardelys the Magnificient
0 (0.0%)
Rafael Sabatini: Love-at-Arms
0 (0.0%)
Rafael Sabatini: The Suitors of Yvonne
0 (0.0%)
Rafael Sabatini: The Tavern Knight
0 (0.0%)
Rafael Sabatini: The Shame of Motley
0 (0.0%)
Rafael Sabatini: The Lion’s Skin
0 (0.0%)
Sei Shonagon: The Pillowbook
8 (21.6%)
Robert Louis Stevenson: St. Ives, Being the Adventures of A French Prisoner in England
0 (0.0%)
Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days
15 (40.5%)
Sarah Wendell: Everything I Know About Love I learned from Romance Novels
2 (5.4%)
Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence
4 (10.8%)
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
18 (48.6%)
I have not read any of these.
7 (18.9%)
ya/mg/kids
Lloyd Alexander: The Book of Three
21 (56.8%)
Lloyd Alexander: The Black Cauldron
19 (51.4%)
Lloyd Alexander: The Castle of Llyr
17 (45.9%)
Lloyd Alexander: Taran Wanderer
16 (43.2%)
Lloyd Alexander: The High King
18 (48.6%)
Carrie Asai: Samurai Girl books 1-6
4 (10.8%)
Fanny Billingsley: Chime
4 (10.8%)
P.C. and Kristin Cast: Marked
2 (5.4%)
P.C. and Kristin Cast: Betrayed
2 (5.4%)
P. C. & Kristin Cast: Chosen
1 (2.7%)
P. C. & Kristin Cast: Untamed
1 (2.7%)
P. C. & Kristin Cast: Hunted
1 (2.7%)
P. C. & Kristin Cast: Tempted
1 (2.7%)
P. C. and Kristin Cast: Burned
1 (2.7%)
P. C. & Kristin Cast: Awakened
1 (2.7%)
Elizabeth Chandler: Kissed By An Angel (omnibus)
0 (0.0%)
Tera Lynn Childs: Oh. My. Gods.
1 (2.7%)
Cassandra Clare: City of Bones
8 (21.6%)
Cassandra Clare: City of Bones
6 (16.2%)
Cassandra Clare: City of Ashes
6 (16.2%)
Cassandra Clare: City of Glass
5 (13.5%)
Cassandra Clare: City of Fallen Angels
4 (10.8%)
Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl
13 (35.1%)
Eoin Colfer: The Arctic Incident
7 (18.9%)
Eoin Colfer: The Eternity Code
7 (18.9%)
Eoin Colfer: The Opal Deception
6 (16.2%)
Eoin Colfer: The Lost Colony
6 (16.2%)
Eoin Colfer: The Time Paradox
5 (13.5%)
Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex
2 (5.4%)
Eoin Colfer: The Artemis Fowl Files
1 (2.7%)
Susan Cooper: Over Sea, Under Stone
21 (56.8%)
Susan Cooper: The Dark is Rising
22 (59.5%)
Susan Cooper: Greenwitch
20 (54.1%)
Susan Cooper: The Grey King
20 (54.1%)
Susan Cooper: Silver on the Tree
19 (51.4%)
Audrey Couloumbis: The Misadventures of Maude March
0 (0.0%)
Audrey Couloumbis: Maude March on the Run!
0 (0.0%)
Heather Dixon: Entwined
3 (8.1%)
Cameron Dokey: Beauty Sleep
3 (8.1%)
Cameron Dokey: Golden
5 (13.5%)
Jaclyn Dolamore: Magic Under Glass
4 (10.8%)
Sarah Beth Durst: Enchanted Ivy
2 (5.4%)
Terri Farley: Seven Tears Into the Sea
1 (2.7%)
Anna Godberson: Bright Young Things
1 (2.7%)
Anna Godberson: Beautiful Days
1 (2.7%)
Mette Ivie Harrison: Mira, Mirror
3 (8.1%)
Nancy Holder: The Rose Bride
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: A Glove Shop in Vienna
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: A Company of Swans
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: Madensky Square
0 (0.0%)
Eva Ibbotson: A Song For Summer
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: The Morning Gift
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: The Reluctant Heiress
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: Not Just A Witch
1 (2.7%)
Eva Ibbotson: The Great Ghost Rescue
5 (13.5%)
Eva Ibbotson: The Dragonfly Pool
0 (0.0%)
Diana Wynne Jones: The Time of the Ghost
7 (18.9%)
Jillian Larkin: Vixen
0 (0.0%)
Malinda Lo: Huntress
8 (21.6%)
Saundra Mitchell: The Vespertine
1 (2.7%)
Gerald Morris: The Squire’s Tale
4 (10.8%)
Gerald Morris: The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True
2 (5.4%)
Gerald Morris: Parsifal’s Page
3 (8.1%)
Gerald Morris: The Ballad of Sir Dinadan
3 (8.1%)
Gerald Morris: The Squire His knight and His Lady
3 (8.1%)
Gerald Morris: The Princess, The Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
2 (5.4%)
Gerald Morris: The Quest of the Fair Unknown
2 (5.4%)
Gerald Morris: The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf
3 (8.1%)
Gerald Morris: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
0 (0.0%)
Gerald Morris: The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
0 (0.0%)
Garth Nix: Superior Saturday
3 (8.1%)
Alyson Noel: Evermore
1 (2.7%)
Alyson Noel: Shadowlands
0 (0.0%)
Alyson Noel: Dark Flame
0 (0.0%)
Alyson Noel: Night Star
0 (0.0%)
Noriko Ogiwara: Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince
1 (2.7%)
Cindy Pon: Fury of the Phoenix
5 (13.5%)
Philip Reeve: Mothstorm
3 (8.1%)
Rick Riordan: The Red Pyramid
3 (8.1%)
Rick Riordan: The Throne of Fire
1 (2.7%)
Rick Riordan: The Lost Hero
3 (8.1%)
Rick Riordan: The Son of Neptune
3 (8.1%)
Nagaru Tanigawa: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2 (5.4%)
Nagaru Tanigawa: The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
1 (2.7%)
Nagaru Tanigawa: The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya
1 (2.7%)
Nagaru Tanigawa: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
0 (0.0%)
Cate Tiernan: Balefire
0 (0.0%)
Scott Tracey: Witch Eyes
3 (8.1%)
Catherynne M. Valente: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in A Ship of Her Own Making
6 (16.2%)
Carrie Vaughn: Steel
0 (0.0%)
Debbie Viguie: Scarlett Moon
0 (0.0%)
Elizabeth E. Wein: The Winter Prince
8 (21.6%)
Jane Yolen: Sword of the Rightful King
1 (2.7%)
Stephanie Meyer: Twilight (it got skipped over AND I'M NOT MOVING ALL THOSE DOWN A SLOT!)
14 (37.8%)
I have not read any of these.
1 (2.7%)
mystery/suspense
Agatha Christie: The Circular Staircase
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: The Man in Lower Ten
2 (5.6%)
Agatha Christie: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Mr. Quin
6 (16.7%)
Agatha Christie: The Unexpected Guest
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: The Clocks
6 (16.7%)
Agatha Christie: They Came to Baghdad
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: Spider’s Web
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: Peril At End House
6 (16.7%)
Agatha Christie: Destination Unknown
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: Ordeal By Innocence
4 (11.1%)
Agatha Christie: The Mystery on the Blue Train
4 (11.1%)
Agatha Christie: Crooked House
4 (11.1%)
Agatha Christie: Sparkling Cyanide
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: Endless Night
3 (8.3%)
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
20 (55.6%)
Agatha Christie: The Man in the Brown Suit
6 (16.7%)
Agatha Christie: The Sittaford Mystery
2 (5.6%)
Dianne Day: The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
2 (5.6%)
Dianne Day: Fire and Fog
2 (5.6%)
Dianne Day: The Bohemian Murders
2 (5.6%)
Dianne Day: Emperor Norton’s Ghost
1 (2.8%)
Dianne Day: Death Train to Boston
1 (2.8%)
Dianne Day: Beacon Street Mourning
1 (2.8%)
Georgette Heyer: Why Shoot A Butler?
0 (0.0%)
Georgette Heyer: The Unfinished Clue
1 (2.8%)
Georgette Heyer: A Blunt Instrument
2 (5.6%)
Georgette Heyer: No Wind of Blame
1 (2.8%)
Georgette Heyer: Death in the Stocks
1 (2.8%)
Georgette Heyer: Behold, Here’s Poison
2 (5.6%)
Georgette Heyer: Duplicate Death
2 (5.6%)
Steig Larsson: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
6 (16.7%)
Steig Larsson: The Girl Who Played With Fire
4 (11.1%)
Steig Larsson: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
3 (8.3%)
I have not read any of these.
12 (33.3%)
historical fiction
Janet Aylmer: Julia and the Master of Morancourt
0 (0.0%)
Elizabeth Chadwick: For the King’s Favor
1 (3.1%)
Elizabeth Chadwick: The Marsh King’s Daughter
1 (3.1%)
Elizabeth Chadwick: Shadows and Strongholds
1 (3.1%)
Elizabeth Chadwick: Lords of the White Castle
1 (3.1%)
Elizabeth Chadwick: The Winter Mantle
1 (3.1%)
Elizabeth Chadwick: The Falcons of Montabard
1 (3.1%)
Jane Feather: All the Queen’s Players
0 (0.0%)
Rosemary Sutcliff: The Eagle of the Ninth
11 (34.4%)
I have not read any of these.
21 (65.6%)
sff
Anthology: Steam-Powered
6 (17.1%)
Anthology: Sleeping Beauty, Indeed
0 (0.0%)
Ilona Andrews: Bayou Moon
4 (11.4%)
Ilona Andrews: Magic Slays
4 (11.4%)
Marie Brennan: A Star Shall Fall
3 (8.6%)
Jim C. Hines: The Snow Queen’s Shadow
1 (2.9%)
Phyllis Ann Karr: The Idylls of the Queen
3 (8.6%)
Nancy KcKenzie: Prince of Dreams
0 (0.0%)
Dee Morrison Meaney: Iseult
1 (2.9%)
Dee Morrison Meaney: An Unkindness of Ravens
1 (2.9%)
Diana L. Paxson: The White Raven
5 (14.3%)
I have not read any of these.
21 (60.0%)
romance
Zoe Archer: Warrior
1 (2.9%)
Mary Balogh: Dark Angel
4 (11.4%)
Mary Balogh: Lord Carew’s Bride
4 (11.4%)
Mary Balogh: A Matter of Class
3 (8.6%)
Mary Balogh: Dancing With Clara
1 (2.9%)
Mary Balogh: Irresistible
1 (2.9%)
Mary Balogh: Truly
1 (2.9%)
Mary Balogh: The Famous Heroine
3 (8.6%)
Mary Balogh: The Plumed Bonnet
3 (8.6%)
Mary Balogh: A Precious Jewel
2 (5.7%)
Helen Dickson: The Forbidden Lord
0 (0.0%)
Helen Dickson: Destitute on His Doorstep
0 (0.0%)
Helen Dickson: An Unpredictable Bride
0 (0.0%)
Helen Dickson: Katherine
0 (0.0%)
Kathleen Givens: Rivals for the Crown
0 (0.0%)
Georgette Heyer: Arabella
10 (28.6%)
Georgette Heyer: Devil’s Cub
8 (22.9%)
Jeannie Lin: The Dragon and the Pearl
2 (5.7%)
Marjorie M. Liu: Within the Flames
2 (5.7%)
Isolde Martyn: The Maiden and the Unicorn
1 (2.9%)
Amanda McCabe: A Notorious Woman
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: A Sinful Alliance
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: The Winter Queen
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: Lady in Disguise
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: A Loving Spirit
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: The Spanish Bride
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: Lady Rogue
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: The India Star
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: The Rules of Love
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: To Catch A Rogue
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: To Deceive A Duke
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: To Kiss A Count
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: A Tangled Web
0 (0.0%)
Amanda McCabe: Lady Midnight
0 (0.0%)
Laurel McKee: Countess of Scandal
0 (0.0%)
Gwen Rowley: Knights of the Round Table: Gawain
0 (0.0%)
Gwen Rowley: Knights of the Round Table: Geraint
0 (0.0%)
Claire Thornton: The Defiant Mistress
0 (0.0%)
Patricia Veryan: The Riddle of the Lost Lover
1 (2.9%)
Patricia Veryan: The Riddle of Alabaster Royal
0 (0.0%)
Susan Wiggs: Lord of the Night
3 (8.6%)
Susan Wiggs: The Lily and the Leopard
1 (2.9%)
Susan Wiggs: At the King’s Command
1 (2.9%)
Susan Wiggs: The Maiden’s Hand
1 (2.9%)
Susan Wiggs: The Hostage
2 (5.7%)
Susan Wiggs: At the Queen’s Summons
1 (2.9%)
Susan Wiggs: The Mistress
1 (2.9%)
Susan Wiggs: Winds of Glory
0 (0.0%)
Susan Wiggs: The Firebrand
2 (5.7%)
Susan Wiggs: Briar Rose
2 (5.7%)
Susan Wiggs: Miranda
0 (0.0%)
I have not read any of these.
21 (60.0%)
manga/manhwa
Yasuko Aoike: From Eroica With Love Vol 13
1 (2.7%)
Hiromu Arakawa: Full Metal Alchemist Vol 18- 25
10 (27.0%)
Kiyohiko Azuma: Azumanga Daioh Vol 4
3 (8.1%)
Banri Hidaka: I Hate You More Than Anyone Vol 7-9
2 (5.4%)
Banri Hidaka: Tears of A Lamb Vol 4- 7
1 (2.7%)
Banri Hidaka: V.B. Rose Vol 8- 9
2 (5.4%)
Clamp: Tsubasa: Reservior Chronicle Vol 23- 28
7 (18.9%)
Clamp: xxxHolic Vol 14-15
9 (24.3%)
Lee Eun: Antique Gift Shop vol 10
1 (2.7%)
Soumei Hoshino and Quinrose: Alice in the Country of Hearts Vol 2-4
1 (2.7%)
Ryotaro Iwanaga: Pumpkin Scissors Vol 5
1 (2.7%)
Akimine Kamijyo: Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol 33-38
5 (13.5%)
Aya Kanno: Otomen Vol 3-5
5 (13.5%)
Kazune Kawahara: High School Debut Vol 13
6 (16.2%)
Ayumi Komura: Mixed Vegetables Vol 8
2 (5.4%)
Kara and Lee YunHee: Angel Diary Vol 11-13
2 (5.4%)
SangEun Lee: 13th Boy Vol 3- 5
0 (0.0%)
YoungHee Lee: You’re So Cool Vol 6
0 (0.0%)
Hiro Mashima: Fairy Tale Vol 9- 12
1 (2.7%)
Kim MiKyung: 11th Cat Vol 1-4 + Special
0 (0.0%)
Shirow Miwa: Dogs Vol 1-3
3 (8.1%)
Ryu Ryang: Sarasah Vol 3-5
1 (2.7%)
Hideaki Sorachi: Gintama Vol 15-23
0 (0.0%)
Naoko Takeuchi: Sailor Moon Vol 1-2 (Kodansha rerelease)
8 (21.6%)
Arina Tanemura: The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross Vol 8- 11
3 (8.1%)
Arina Tanemura: Sakura-hime Vol 1-2
4 (10.8%)
Masahiro Totsuka and Aguri Igarashi: Bamboo Blade Vol 4- 6
1 (2.7%)
Norihiro Yagi: Claymore Vol 15- 18
3 (8.1%)
Park Joong-Ki: Shaman Warrior Vol 9
1 (2.7%)
Tomomi Yamashita: Apothecarius Argentum Vol 7- 8
1 (2.7%)
Fumi Yoshinaga: Ooku Vol 3- 5
7 (18.9%)
Kaori Yuki: Grand Guignol Orchestra Vol 1- 3
3 (8.1%)
Ji Un Yun: Time and Again Vol 2- 5
0 (0.0%)
Mi-Kyung Yun: Bride of the Water God Vol 5- 8
1 (2.7%)
I have not read any of these.
12 (32.4%)
There were a lot of things I read this year that I meant to post on but didn't. Among them are:
Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books. (Slightly-annoying worldbuilding, but great fun.)
First reread since teen years of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Sequence. (Enjoyable, mythology holds up but tension/danger don't hold up that well as an adult. Kids Hunting Treasure parts were more fun than Boy With Destiny parts, Greenwitch is still my favorite.)
Dianne Day's Fremont Jones mysteries. (Falls apart a bit in the last couple books, but very enjoyable mystery series largely set early 20th century California.)
Austen's Sense and Sensibility (Enjoyable, not as fun as the other Austen's I've read. Questionable honor of the first Austen leading man-Elinor's dude-who I didn't care for.) and Gaskell's North and South (I get the big deal.)
I also read a bunch of Rafael Sabatini's books. They were fun but are rather blended together. I think I meant to post on the Millenium Trilogy after I finished it but got distracted talking about thing I liked instead of found increasingly creepy.
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Read a few Agatha Christie books some years ago, but they're the Indonesian version so the titles generally don't match the original ones.
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I should probably have all those Christie mysteries checked, but it was all so long ago - I read them in my mid-teens!
Once again, we don't have much overlap. Did you ever discuss DWJ's Time of the Ghost?
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That would be a spooky book to read while feverish ... how did you like it?
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