What do they say about the road to hell being paved with good intentions? That's exactly what's happened with my reading list. There's a lot of things I've been cramming into my mind, lately. Mostly literature. So, in the interest of general accountability, I'm going to post my reading list for 2006, including my 2005 backlog, and update my progress along the way. Sort of like Nick Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree, only not as long; plus, I include graphic novels. You'll simply see "Books Obtained" and "Books Being Read," hopefully being crossed out as the year goes on.
BOOKS OBTAINED, NOT STARTED
The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov ‡
Fire - Brian Michael Bendis
Goldfish - Brian Michael Bendis
Torso - Brian Michael Bendis
Total Sell-Out - Brian Michael Bendis
Wild Seed - Octavia Butler
The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler †
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 - Dave Eggers (ed.)
You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers
Tender Is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald †
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald †
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley †
The Light of the Falling Stars - J. Robert Lennon
Ex Machina - Brian K. Vaughn
BOOKS BEING READ
Fortune and Glory - Brian Michael Bendis
Jinx - Brian Michael Bendis
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - Michael Chabon (ed.)
A Place So Foreign and Eight More - Cory Doctorow (Temporarily abandoned)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Desolation Jones - Warren Ellis (Ongoing series)
Stranger Things Happen - Kelly Link (Temporarily abandoned)
Collected Stories - Gabriel Garcia-Marquez (Temporarily abandoned)
Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn (Ongoing series)
Demo - Brian Wood/Becky Cloonan
Hm...should I include the craft (writing) books that I consult on a daily basis?
† These are books that I own, but haven't read since college, so they might as well be considered unread.
‡ This is The Wife's compilation.
BOOKS OBTAINED, NOT STARTED
The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov ‡
Fire - Brian Michael Bendis
Goldfish - Brian Michael Bendis
Torso - Brian Michael Bendis
Total Sell-Out - Brian Michael Bendis
Wild Seed - Octavia Butler
The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler †
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 - Dave Eggers (ed.)
You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers
Tender Is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald †
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald †
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley †
The Light of the Falling Stars - J. Robert Lennon
Ex Machina - Brian K. Vaughn
BOOKS BEING READ
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - Michael Chabon (ed.)
A Place So Foreign and Eight More - Cory Doctorow (Temporarily abandoned)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Desolation Jones - Warren Ellis (Ongoing series)
Stranger Things Happen - Kelly Link (Temporarily abandoned)
Collected Stories - Gabriel Garcia-Marquez (Temporarily abandoned)
Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn (Ongoing series)
Hm...should I include the craft (writing) books that I consult on a daily basis?
† These are books that I own, but haven't read since college, so they might as well be considered unread.
‡ This is The Wife's compilation.
2 comments:
Good for you! I love to read, too.
Books on the Craft?
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