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HomeInMyShoes 2013 Challenge - A Year in the Life
The Actually Read List
1958 Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart
1962 Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes
1970 Dickey, James - Deliverance
1971 Bukowski, Charles - Post Office
1972 Bradbury, Ray - The Halloween Tree
1973 Ballard, J.G. - Crash
1974 Dick, Philip K. - Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1975 1975 Theroux, Paul - The Great Railway Bazaar
1976 Norton, Andre - Perilous Dreams
1977 Chatwin, Bruce - In Patagonia
1978 Kadare, Ismail - Broken April
1979 Dahl, Roald - Tales of the Unexpected
1980 Bester, Alfred - Golem 100
1981 Pohl, Frederik - The Cool War
1982 Jerslid, P.C. - After the Flood
1982 Elkin, Stanley - George Mills
1983 Bernhard, Thomas - The Loser
1984 Gibson, William - Neuromancer
1985 Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game
1986 Ishiguro, Kazuo - An Artist of the Floating World
1987 Paul Quarrington - King Leary
1988 Chatterjee, Upamanyu - English, August: An Indian Story
1989 Tan, Amy - The Joy Luck Club
1990 Pratchett, Terry - Eric
1991 Pratchett, Terry - Reaper Man
1991 Pratchett, Terry - Witches Abroad
1992 Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy - Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
1992 Terry Pratchett - Small Gods
1993 Shiner, Lewis - Glimpses
1994 Robbins, Tom - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
1995 Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity
1996 Doyle, Roddy - The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
1996 Pratchett, Terry - Hogfather
1997 Vonnegut, Kurt - Timequake
1998 Gourevitch, Philip - We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
1999 Murakami, Haruki - After the Quake
2000 Galloway, Steven - Finnie Walsh
2001 Diaz, Junot - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2001 Gaiman, Neil - American Gods
2002 Frayn, Michael - Spies
2002 Duane, Diane - A Wizard Alone
2002 Thomas, Scarlett - Going Out
2003 Koontz, Dean - Odd Thomas
2003 Duane, Diane - Wizard's Holiday
2004 Cooper, Alan- The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
2005 Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys
2005 Catherynne M. Valente - Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams
2005 Grenville, Kate - The Secret River
2006 Haddon, Mark - A Spot of Bother
2007 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
2007 LaFevers, R. L. - Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
2008 Adiga, Aravind - The White Tiger
2008 Johnson, Sue - Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
2008 LaFevers, R. L. - Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris
2009 Flint, Anthony - Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
2009 Jin, Ha - A Good Fall
2010 Douglas Coupland - Player One: What Is to Become of Us
2010 LaFevers, R. L. - Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
2011 Stross, Charles - Rule 34
2011 Ness, Patrick - A Monster Calls
2011 Swierczynski, Duane - Fun & Games
2011 deWitt, Patrick - The Sisters Brothers
2011 Swierczynski, Duane - Hell and Gone
2011 LaFevers, R. L. - Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh
2012 Harden, Blaine - Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
2012 Tom Holt - Doughnut
2012 Valente, Catherynne M. - The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
2012 Swierczynski, Duane - Point and Shoot
2013 Holly Black - Doll Bones
2013 Gaiman, Neil - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
2013 LeDuff, Charlie - Detroit: An American Autopsy
Okay, so there's a few duplicate authors I'd like to remove from the list so I'm looking for book recommendations for any years, but specifically 1982, 1987, 1991, 2004, 1995, and 1997. I think that covers the three duplicate authors.
FIRST!!
2013: Isn't the new Dresden supposed to come out?
MrsJoseph wrote: "2013: Isn't the new Dresden supposed to come out?"That would presuppose that I had read any of the other Dresden books. The odds of me catching up for that one is approaching nil. I think 2013 will have to be a wait and see entry.
I thought everyone in the world has read Dresden, lol.I'm not really sure what's coming out in 2013. :-(
MrsJoseph wrote: "I thought everyone in the world has read Dresden, lol.I'm not really sure what's coming out in 2013. :-("
I'll probably read the first one at some point, but I've got a lot on my list already. I've already altered a few titles, it is a work in progress and isn't final until 2012-12-31 23:59:59. :)
I'd still love suggestions for the following years since I'm not totally enamoured by the selections so far: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008. Heck any year, any suggestion. I picked 1980 so far based on it being a Mystery Science 3000 selection. It's gotta be so bad it's good. Just look at the cover.
I knew the resident book pusher would come to the rescue.
Changed out 1971, 1975, 1982 and 1986. In are Bukowski, Theroux, Jerslid and Ishiguro. I'll be adding leather elbow patches to my tweed jacket soon.
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "Changed out 1971, 1975, 1982 and 1986. In are Bukowski, Theroux, Jerslid and Ishiguro. I'll be adding leather elbow patches to my tweed jacket soon.":-D
1978: Out is Peter Matthiessen in is Ismail Kadare.Probably a null event for the elbow patch scale.
Making some minor adjustments: 2011, out is Karen Russell in is Charles Stross
2004, out is N.E. Bode in is Alan Cooper
I can't even think where to begin in 2013...
Still trying to decide if I want to switch my Kindle account from dot-com to dot-ca. Anyone else contemplating the move. I'm sold except for availabilty of titles. It's good for the most part, but some things are infuriating. Here's the books unavailable on dot-ca on this year's list:Chatwin, Bruce
*Dahl, Roald
Jersild, P.C.
Chatterjee, Upamanyu
*Kureishi, Hanif
Shiner, Lewis
$Hosseini, Khaled
*+$Coupland, Douglas
* = available on amazon.com,
+ = not available for puchase by Canadians on dot-com
$ available on Chapters (ePub)
$
I have to give a big WTF for the Douglas Coupland. He's a Canadian author and I can only purchase the e-book in ePub format from Chapters, but Americans can buy a Kindle edition. Shakes head. Until publishers and countries and legal departments get their heads out of their collective ...
I know I've got a pretty obscure list in places this year so I expect some unavailable anywhere but used or the library options, but some of these are stupid. No Kindle format for [i]A Thousand Splendid Suns[/i]?
Should I switch my Kindle account to Canada or not?
That sounds all very frustrating! If and when Amazon decides to open their Dutch store I will also have to make a choice, although I expect Amazon to make the choice for me.
I see the monthly deal section on dot-ca has 50 titles instead of the 100 at dot-com. And I still find things at the dot-com, even though not all titles are available for the same deal in Canada.I just wish the answer was clear. I think it's probably time to backup all my purchases again and make the switch.
Done. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Nothing lost either, but I made my first purchase. Mrs. J will be happy. Deadly Dreams by Andre Norton which includes Knave and the suggested Perilous Dreams. This would cover 1974 and 1975 if I read Knave as well.
Congratulations! I hope Canada's site works out well for you! :)
I'm sure it will leave me as perplexed and disillusioned as the US site. I'm hoping the prices don't change when I click on links anymore. :)At least I'm in my own country now. I think I'll have a doughnut and Pilsner to celebrate.
Coo loo coo coo, coo coo coo coo, eh
Of course, in Canadian tradition, my first book was an American author. I'd like to apologize to the CRTC now for this years's playlist which is going to fall way short of the 35% required Canadian content.
*happy dance*Andre Norton!! ANd I *love* Perilous Dreams. Have you seen Interception? OMG. Nothing can convince me that the person who wrote interception didn't read Perilous Dreams.
No I haven't, but I've read some other dream things.
I finished book number 2. Roddy Doyle's The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. Visceral and disturbing and all Doyle. I'm giving it five stars, rounding up from 4.87, for it being a can't look away like a train wreck read. Deeply affecting.
Is THIS the movie? It scores a gigantic 3/10 average from the reviews. Should I be worried about this purchase? :)
Nope, I misspelled. It's Inception. And the movie is good, I guess. If you don't think about it too much (read not at all). But it's the idea that they stole...the plot is completely different.
That's what I though to start, but then I found the other movie.Book number three. Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger. Very enjoyable. Hoping the quality of my selections keeps up.
Book number 4. Bradbury's The Halloween Tree. I only gave it 3 stars. So much good stuff in there that it's really a close to four, but I'm not sold on the 4th yet. I loved the first two paragraphs.A good start to the year. Although I'm clearing out shorter titles right now, it's nice to have hit my monthly book target halfway through January.
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "That's what I though to start, but then I found the other movie."I haven't seen the other (but I see very few movies) but it sounds horrible.
You're moving fast!
I'm anticipating the usual yearly slow down. Winter is the time to read as much as possible.Almost 1,300 pages already. A healthy start. Hoping to hit twice as many pages as I need this month.
Finished book number 5. Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Very nice. So far, I have to say I did a great job picking some very entertaining books.
Finished book number 6. Charles Bukowski's Post Office. Ugh is all I'll say.
Finished book number 7. Andre Norton's Perilous Dreams. Light and entertaining. Although I could certainly tell it was a child of the 70s. A little too much carpet, oranges, yellows and browns in the descriptions. And who would wear toe boots with red stitching that reveals the toes beneath? Who I ask?
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "Finished book number 7. Andre Norton's Perilous Dreams. Light and entertaining. Although I could certainly tell it was a child of the 70s. A little too much carpet, oranges, yellows and browns in t..."lol!
Yes, it does show its age a bit - especially in some descriptions. What I do love about it is that most of the ideas - people are still trying to do the same thing.
I did like the dreams within dreams stuff and parts were quite entertaining. I found Book 2 probably the least likeable. I could definitely tell it was the 1970s or maybe the late 60s though. That's not necessarily a bad thing and it is one of the reasons I choose my challenge to be what it is this year.
Homeinmyshoes wrote: "I did like the dreams within dreams stuff and parts were quite entertaining. I found Book 2 probably the least likeable. I could definitely tell it was the 1970s or maybe the late 60s though. That'..."I think I really enjoyed book 2 - if we're talking about the same book. It's been a while since I've read it.
Book two was the ship part. I just couldn't get into it for some reason.
Book number 8. P.C. Jersild's After the Flood. Optimistic and then bleak.
Book number 9. Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl. This was actually Tales and More Tales put together, but I'll count it as the single book instead of splitting it and using it for 1979 and 1980. Very fun and slightly demented. Everything turns out odd and, usually unexpected.
Book number 11. Alfred Bester's Golem 100. I went in expecting cheap b science fiction movie. Good move. From cheesy bee ladies and radioactive psychaedelic drugs and something spawned from Satan it was nothing short of abominable.3-stars. Exactly what I was looking for. At least William Shatner wasn't in the credits.
Aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeee!!!My comment was an allusion to the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie.
:-D
Book number 12. J.G. Ballard's Crash. I wasn't sure I was going to keep on this one after the first ten pages, but I did. Crazy. Ballard has been on my list to read and his cult classic was probably a good choice, but I don't think I'm twenty years old anymore.
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So for 2013 I'm going to read a book published in every year I've been on the planet. It's taken me a full month of looking around to even come up with a preliminary list and I'm looking for suggestions of other books. Here's the list...
1970 Dickey, James - Deliverance
1971 Bukowski, Charles - Post Office
1972 Bradbury, Ray - The Halloween Tree
1973 Ballard, J.G. - Crash
1974 Dick, Philip K. - Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1975 Theroux, Paul - The Great Railway Bazaar
1976 Norton, Andre - Perilous Dreams
1977 Chatwin, Bruce - In Patagonia
1978 Kadare, Ismail - Broken April
1979 Dahl, Roald - Tales of the Unexpected
1980 Bester, Alfred - Golem 100
1981 Pohl, Frederick - The Cool War
1982 Jerslid, P.C. - After the Flood
1983 Bernhard, Thomas - The Loser
1984 Gibson, William - Neuromancer
1985 Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game
1986 Ishiguro, Kazuo - An Artist of the Floating World
1987 Murakami, Haruki - Norwegian Wood
1988 Chatterjee, Upamanyu - English, August: An Indian Story
1989 Tan, Amy - The Joy Luck Club
1990 Kureishi, Hanif - The Buddha of Suburbia
1991 Jin, Ha - Waiting
1992 Morgan, Bernice - Random Passage
1993 Shiner, Lewis - Glimpses
1994 Robbins, Tom - Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
1995 Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity
1996 Doyle, Roddy - The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
1997 Vonnegut, Kurt - Timequake
1998 Gourevitch, Philip - We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
1999 Jhumpa, Lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies
2000 Galloway, Steven - Finnie Walsh
2001 Diaz, Junot - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2002 Frayn, Michael - Spies
2003 Koontz, Dean - Odd Thomas
2004 Cooper, Alan- The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
2005 Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys
2006 Haddon, Mark - A Spot of Bother
2007 Hosseini, Khaled - A Thousand Splendid Suns
2008 Adiga, Aravind - The White Tiger
2009 Flint, Anthony - Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
2010 Coupland, Douglas - Player One: What Is to Become of Us
2011 Stross, Charles - Rule 34
2012 Harden, Blaine - Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
2013 Pratchett, Terry - Raising Taxes