Books I’ve Read Since the List Began
As you’ll see below, this is a fairly comprehensive, but entirely thorough, list. The list started out as just a few notes about books I should read, but not really a record of books I had read. Since then, I’ve found both to be equally valuable, as so many books can get pushed out of our mind without small reminders. Of course, most of those books are forgettable anyway, and my list comprises a few of these less-than-classics. In this installment, I’lve included a brief, sometimes imaginary, adjective to pair with the book.
Stay tuned for Part III, where I betray the part of the list that I haven’t read yet . . .
Books on the List I read before 06/06
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (great)
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (good)
1984, George Orwell (good)
Animal Farm, George Orwell (tolerable)
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (great)
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway (readable)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Flannery O’Connor (great)
Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (great)
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (unique)
Books Read Between 06-06 and 05-07
Bummer, I wasn’t keeping a list, but I know I read some great books, like American Gods, The Kite Runner, Map of Bones . . . I should have kept a list.
Books Read Between 05-07 and 08-08
Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins (good)
Elantris, Brandon Sanderson (fantastic!)
Voyage to Arcturus, David Lindsay (different)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling (boring)
Book of the New Sun: Shadow of the Torturer, Claw of the Councilator, Sword of the Lictor, Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe (powerful)
Mistborn: The Final Empire, Well of Ascention by Brandon Sanderson (I completed Hero of Ages in 2009). (Superb)
An Exorcist Tells His Story, Gabriele Amorth (interesting)
Book of Fate Brad Meltzer (terrifyingly bad)
One L Scott Turow (bland)
Freemasonry for Dummies (comprehensive)
Eye of the World Robert Jordan (overrated)
Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonegut (impeccable)
Seriously, don't bother.
Books Read From 08-08 to 08-09
The Great Hunt Robert Jordan (tolerable)
The Dragon Reborn Robert Jordan (almost unreadable)
Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami (surprising)
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Gordon Dahlquist (a terrible, miserable chore)
Witch Week Dianna Wynne Jones (masterful)
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho (not the greatest)
Saints and Villains Denise Giardina (heartbreakingly good)
Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay (a near miss)
Watchmen Alan Moore (a near hit)
Born in Blood Tom Robinson (provocative)
Love of the Last TycoonF. Scott Fitzgerald (a fragment)
Brush with the Law, Marquat and Byrnes (meh)
Goldfinger, Ian Fleming (pulptastic)
From Russia With Love, Ian Fleming (pulporrible)
If on a winter’s night a traveller Italo Calvino (a masterpiece)
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman (enjoyable)
Lolita Vladimir Nabokov (scintillating)
Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald (dissapointing)
Mistborn: the Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson (a favorite)
