s00z ~ another 50 to the read shelf

[Sooz]

32. Crescent and Star -great intro to Turkey and the historical events that shape the country today

[Sooz]

Donna wrote: "Triple Chocolate Cupcake from Cupcake Royale in Seattle, and, oh it was exceedingly yummy."

do you live in Seattle Donna? I visited a friend there a couple of years ago. I'd never been before. the friendliest city I have ever visited. and beautiful. I really enjoyed my stay.

[Donna]

No, I live outside Chicago, also a beautiful (in some places) and friendly (in most places) city. I vacationed in Seattle last fall and filled some of my time with a chocolate tour. That's the map under the cupcake. I agree friendly, easily navigable and so scenic. I have to work out a return trip before I'm too old to walk down by the market or take another hike on Mt. Ranier. They called it a zero calorie tour, even though we ate LOTS of chocolate, for a reason.

[Sooz]

33. The Ottoman Cage by Barbara Nadel

I am not a big reader of mysteries and only picked this as Nadel has spent a lot of time in Turkey and sets her books there. I needed something a little lighter to read in between the density of the historical podcasts and non-fiction books I am currently reading about Turkey.

[Sooz]

34. Lost to the West


35. Black Moon
cause what is life with out a little sci fi / post apocalyptic / dystopian fiction!

[Sooz]

36. Islands of Silence



37. White Mars



38. Rules of Civility

[Sooz]

39. Temporary Gentleman



40. Bird Box

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41. Starfish by Peter Watts

i don't reread a lot of books but this is one of my favourite sci fi novels and has some really interesting ideas that i wanted to revisit.

[Sooz]

42. Sweetland by Michael Crummey

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43. Maelstrom by Peter Watts.
2nd of the sci fi trilogy i am rereading.



44. How to be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
I loved his novel The Corrections and had pretty high expectations of this collection of essays. i found it really spotty and ultimately i was kind of disappointed.

[Sooz]

45. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. a simple sentiment story that you can read in an evening.

[Sooz]

46. Behemoth Book 1 by Peter Watts

i continue my reread of this sci fi trilogy that is really 4 books. i loved the first one alot and upon second reading of this series, i'm still going to say, it is the best of the lot. but i persevere. i will finish rereading the series.

[Sooz]

47. Singularity by Stephen James

suppose to be another sci fi but it is more mystery, suspense / conspiracy thriller than true sci fi. it was enjoyable ... like popcorn is enjoyable.



AND holy moly! had no idea how many books were named Singularity until I looked to include it here. I could spend the next year reading nothing but books on the singularity!

48 ... and now for something more serious ...

A Marker to Measure Drift.

great title ... AND .... it is the perfect title for this story.



and it's no surprise that typing in that name gets me only one option.

[Sooz]

49. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

I'm a little late to this party - it was such a popular book a few years ago. It's okay -cute and touching in all the right ways. It's popularity is completely understandable



50. The Hours

another one from years ago that I am just getting around to reading

[Sooz]

51. Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier

I had never read this classic. Comparable to Jane Eyre but Jane is a far better heroine ...

[Sooz]

52. The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King

a fun satirical story.

[Sooz]

just read that Thomas King won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction for The Back of the Turtle

whoo hoo!

[Sooz]

53. Echopraxia by Peter Watts

kind of a hard sci fi .... much more challenging than my usual sci fi reading material with a lot of ideas about the melding of human and technological evolution.

[Sooz]

54. All The Light We Cannot See

if you liked The Book Thief, you will probably like this one too.

[Sooz]

55. Station Eleven

a really good story set in a post apocalyptic world - but I would not call it a survivalist story ... not what you typically think of when you think post-apocalyptic. a really really good story.

[Sooz]

56. The Book of Strange New Things
an off-world story that even non sci fi lovers could enjoy.

[Sooz]

57. Wolf in White Van

an interesting short sharp novel

[Sooz]

59. the secret history of wonder woman

falls into the category of truth is stranger than fiction.

[Sooz]

60. Tigerman by Nick Harkaway.

damn. for a while i thought maybe i had another 5 star book on my hands but about 2/3 of the way through it kind of fell apart a bit. still, a very good read. very enjoyable. just a little short of stellar.



61. last one of the year is The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan ... another really good novel ... especially as this is Zupan's first. i expect very good things from him.