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My reading goal for 2011 was to read 40 books. I only managed 30. SIGH. At least there were some pretty huge tomes in that 30.
I enjoyed most of what I read although I didn't find much of it outstanding, just pleasant and/or interesting. But that's still a pretty good achievement for a book! There was only one that ended up being completely forgettable. (It was Plus Blood in Their Veins, which I should have expected considering it was a pulp fiction novel that cost me about a quarter.)
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In chronological order.
Patient Zero, Jonathan Maberry
Brothers, Yu Hua
All She Was Worth, Miyuki Miyabi
Strangers, Taichi Yamada
The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun, Lu Xun
Plus Blood in Their Veins (So It Doesn't Whistle), Robert Paul Smith
2666, Roberto Bolano
Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China, Zhengguo Kang
Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer
The Cage, Kenzo Kitakata
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
Mao, Jung Chang & Jon Halliday
Empress, Shan Sa
The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers, Alan Lightman
Twenty Chickens For a Saddle, Robyn Scott
Native Son, Richard Wright
Buddhism, the Religion of No-Religion, Alan Watts
The Early Chinese Empires, Mark Edward Lewis
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Cave, Jose Saramago
Heart's Blood, Juliet Marillier
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, edited Michael Sims
SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Science Fiction Classics from the Continent, edited James & Kathryn Morrow
Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto
The Last Panda, George B. Schaller
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, edited Paul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki
1421: The Year China Discovered America, Gavin Menzies
The Princesse de Clèves, Madame de Lafayette
1Q84, Haruki Murakami
You can ask me questions about how ~awesome (or not ~awesome) these books are and I will probably answer them!
ALSO. This week I am going to go on my New Year's book buying binge on Amazon, but I don't have many books picked out yet, so! SUGGESTIONS FOR EXCELLENT READING would be appreciated.
My book collection has outgrown my shelf space, so I may do a book giveaway in the near future. Just in case anyone is interested.
I enjoyed most of what I read although I didn't find much of it outstanding, just pleasant and/or interesting. But that's still a pretty good achievement for a book! There was only one that ended up being completely forgettable. (It was Plus Blood in Their Veins, which I should have expected considering it was a pulp fiction novel that cost me about a quarter.)
For those interested
In chronological order.
Patient Zero, Jonathan Maberry
Brothers, Yu Hua
All She Was Worth, Miyuki Miyabi
Strangers, Taichi Yamada
The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun, Lu Xun
Plus Blood in Their Veins (So It Doesn't Whistle), Robert Paul Smith
2666, Roberto Bolano
Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China, Zhengguo Kang
Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer
The Cage, Kenzo Kitakata
China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
Mao, Jung Chang & Jon Halliday
Empress, Shan Sa
The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers, Alan Lightman
Twenty Chickens For a Saddle, Robyn Scott
Native Son, Richard Wright
Buddhism, the Religion of No-Religion, Alan Watts
The Early Chinese Empires, Mark Edward Lewis
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Cave, Jose Saramago
Heart's Blood, Juliet Marillier
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, edited Michael Sims
SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Science Fiction Classics from the Continent, edited James & Kathryn Morrow
Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto
The Last Panda, George B. Schaller
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, edited Paul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki
1421: The Year China Discovered America, Gavin Menzies
The Princesse de Clèves, Madame de Lafayette
1Q84, Haruki Murakami
You can ask me questions about how ~awesome (or not ~awesome) these books are and I will probably answer them!
ALSO. This week I am going to go on my New Year's book buying binge on Amazon, but I don't have many books picked out yet, so! SUGGESTIONS FOR EXCELLENT READING would be appreciated.
My book collection has outgrown my shelf space, so I may do a book giveaway in the near future. Just in case anyone is interested.
