Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Books read in 2008. Sort of.

Because I was curious -- and because I compulsively write everything down, including what I happen to be reading on any given day -- I went through my planner and pulled the data on every book I read during 2008.

Here is the result.

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Seanan's 2008 Reading List.

001. The Ruins, Scott Smith.
002. Flu, Gina Kolata.
003. Rabid Growth, James Moore.
004. Death's Dominion, Simon Clark.
005. Slither, Edward Lee.
006. Mirabile, Janet Kagen.
007. The Beloved, J.F. Gonzalez.
008. The Deadliest Strain, Jan Coffey.
009. Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, Lee Goldberg.
010. Hellspark, Janet Kagen.
011. The Unforgiving Minutes, Mary Monica Pulver.
012. Knightfall, Mary Monica Pulver.
013. Ashes to Ashes, Mary Monica Pulver.
014. Nightmare House, Douglas Clegg.
015. To Wake the Dead, Richard Laymon.
016. The Child Garden, Geoff Ryman.
017. Original Sin, Mary Monica Pulver.
018. One Rainy Night, Richard Laymon.
019. In This Skin, Simon Clark.
020. Duma Key, Stephen King.
021. On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers.
022. Darkness Walks, Tim Waggoner.
023. Watersong, Mary Caraker.
024. Virus Clans, Michael Kanaly.
025. Little Fuzzy, H. Beam Piper.
026. Fuzzy Sapiens, H. Beam Piper.
027. The Boy Next Door, Meg Cabot.
028. Every Boy's Got One, Meg Cabot.
029. Gone to the Dogs, Susan Conant.
030. Jumper, Stephen Gould.
031. A New Leash On Life, Susan Conant.
032. Bloodlines, Susan Conant.
033. Reflex, Stephen Gould.
034. Ruffly Speaking, Susan Conant.
035. Big Boned, Meg Cabot.
036. The Farm, author not recorded, but the book was awful.
037. Making Money, Terry Pratchett.
038. Xombie, Walter Greatshell.
039. The Liadin Companion, volume one, Steve Lee and Sharon Miller.
040. In the Night Garden, Catherynne Valente.
041. Dangerous Red, Mehitobel Wilson.
042. In the Cities of Coin and Spice, Catherynne Valente.
043. Horror Films of the 1980s, Kenneth Muir.
044. Darkfall, Stephen Laws.
045. Missing Monday, author not recorded.
046. Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill.
047. City Infernal, Edward Lee.
048. The Restless Dead, Hugh Cave.
049. Moon on Water, author not recorded.
050. The Stinky Princess, Bruce Coville.

...upon realizing I'd reached fifty books and the end of February, I lost interest in this game. End determination: I read too much.

Read anything good last year?
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  • 27 comments

djonn

January 10 2009, 07:09:48 UTC 8 years ago

Lots, though it's nowhere near as well documented.

If you like the Conant dog mysteries, you might have a look at Nose for Trouble by Doranna Durgin (if you can find it; the hardcover was from Five Star and the mass market from Worldwide Library); I have the sequel, Scent of Danger pre-reserved when my library gets it in.

Also, I think we may have gone around this block before, but I too am a major fan of Mary Monica Pulver's Peter Brichter books; nowadays she is writing a decent series of needlecraft-centric mysteries as Monica Ferris.

Just finished Delete All Suspects, which is either the third or fourth book, I forget which, in Donna Andrews' lesser-known mystery series. The primary sleuth, Turing Hopper, is an Artificial Intelligence Personality -- but the books are published as mysteries, rather than SF, so the frameworks and conventions are mostly those of the mystery world. (That said, Turing makes a very interesting AI, done better than some of those I've seen on the SF side of the fence.)

seanan_mcguire

January 10 2009, 17:31:45 UTC 8 years ago

I actually don't really like mysteries. I sometimes get sucked into a series, but it's always because I really like the gimmick (so my dislike of needlecraft keeps me off the Ferris, for example).

dormouse_in_tea

January 10 2009, 22:06:55 UTC 8 years ago

How can you dislike needlecraft? It is so finicky and full of sharp pointy things and recalcitrant things that tangle and knot, and fiddly and compulsive-making and so very very easy to do wrong!

(this message brought to you by the fact that I have absolutely no idea why I like needlecraft so very, very much because it drives me INSANE. And this soothes me.)

(send help)

seanan_mcguire

January 11 2009, 08:00:16 UTC 8 years ago

I would send help, but I need it to make me understand why I feel the same way about inking. Sorry.