52 Books In 52 Weeks 2012 Board Reading Challenge

[Kurt Russell Crowe]

1 - The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
2 - The Seventh - Richard Stark
2 - The Handle - Richard Stark

[scs]

1. Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge.
2. Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde.
3. Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
4. Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
5. Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
6. Last Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
7. A Path To Coldness of Heart, Glen Cook
8. The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern. Wow. It has flaws, and there are things I could carp about, but . . . wow. Gripping, moving, smart, beautifully written. If her next novel is as good as her first, this woman could be the next Neil Gaiman.

In progress:

• Charles C. Mann's 1491. This is a 'state of the world' history on the Americas as the were in the last few years before Columbus. It's a great book for picking up and reading a few chapters at a time.
• The improbably titled but rather fascinating The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg. It's requiring a slow, careful read due to the use of unreliable narrators.
• Neal Stephenson's ReamDe. Stephenson does Ludlum; too early in the book to tell if he succeeds.
• The Night Eternal, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. A gift, and from reading the first couple of chapters, thank God I didn't buy it.

In the on-deck pile:

• Hounded, Kevin Hearne.

Expected this year:

• Sacre Bleu, Christopher Moore (spring). Christopher Moore, what else do you need to know? This time he does to the French impressionists what he did to King Lear in Fool.
• The Apocalypse Codex by Charlie Stross (summer). Due to a memory error, I almost got to name this book.

[Petey Parker]

1) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
2) Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

3) Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson

[Thudpucker]

01 - Douglas Clegg - Neverland
02 - Tom Holt - In Your Dreams
03 - Tom Holt - Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
04 - C. Dulaney - Roads Less Traveled: The Plan
05 - Charlie Higson - The Enemy
06 - Philip Reeve - Fever Crumb
07 - Eric Brown - Necropath
08 - Eric Brown - Xenopath
09 - Elmore Leonard - Pronto
10 - Elmore Leonard - Riding The Rap

Didn't like it much the first time and I didn't the second time either. Might be my least favorite of his novels. My fingers are crossed that 'Raylan' will be worth the effort.

[costello]

My damn problem is I have no follow through. I must have 10 books going on right now and I'm 100 pages into each.

[Tom G.]

Books

1. Fletch's Moxie - Gregory McDonald
2.Just My Type: A Book About Fonts - Simon Garfield
3. Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert
4. Fletch And The Man Who - Gregory McDonald

Comics/Graphic Novels

1. Incognito: Bad Influences - Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
2. Stumptown - Greg Rucka & Matthew Southworth
3. Amazing Spider-man: Brand New Day Vol. 1 - Dan Slott, Steve McNiven, etc.
4. Amazing Spider-man: Brand New Day Vol. 2 - Bob Gale, Phil Jimenez, etc.

[Andreas]

Some good insights on the process of writing by Colum McCann in conversation with Paul Holdengraber, director of Public Programs at the New York Public Library.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/...ts-candid.html

[scs]

1. Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge.
2. Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde.
3. Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
4. Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
5. Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
6. Last Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko.
7. A Path To Coldness of Heart, Glen Cook
8. The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
9. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde. This and the next were read because I got ill and needed to re-read something rather than have to think about what I was reading.
10. Lost In A Good Book, Jasper Fforde. See #9.

In progress:

• Charles C. Mann's 1491. This is a 'state of the world' history on the Americas as the were in the last few years before Columbus. It's a great book for picking up and reading a few chapters at a time.
• The improbably titled but rather fascinating The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg. It's requiring a slow, careful read due to the use of unreliable narrators.
• Neal Stephenson's ReamDe. Stephenson does Ludlum; too early in the book to tell if he succeeds.
• The Night Eternal, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. A gift, and from reading the first couple of chapters, thank God I didn't buy it.

In the on-deck pile:

• Hounded, Kevin Hearne.

[Thudpucker]

01 - Douglas Clegg - Neverland
02 - Tom Holt - In Your Dreams
03 - Tom Holt - Earth, Air, Fire and Custard
04 - C. Dulaney - Roads Less Traveled: The Plan
05 - Charlie Higson - The Enemy
06 - Philip Reeve - Fever Crumb
07 - Eric Brown - Necropath
08 - Eric Brown - Xenopath
09 - Elmore Leonard - Pronto
10 - Elmore Leonard - Riding The Rap
11 - Elmore Leonard - Raylan

... oh well.

[Kurt Russell Crowe]

don't tell me my boy Dutch let me down with his new one?