For the past few years, I’ve been keeping a list of the books I have read during the year. A bit bored today so I figured I’d update the list. You’ll notice that during the fall I went through a Stephen King kick that took me through the rest of the year. I had read his early works back in in high school and had love it then. I thought I may not enjoy it as much if I reread them as an adult, especially since I haven’t really cared much for his more recent work. I was wrong. His early stuff still captivated me. I have a feeling that sometime after Misery came out in the 80s, his editors gave him free rein and the quality declined.
Faceless Killers 1/1/11 – 1/4/11
The Dogs of Riga 1/5/11 – 1/12/11
Boardwalk Empire 1/13/11 – 1/17/11
The White Lioness 1/21/11 – 1/24/11
The Man Who Smiled 1/31/11 – 2/3/11
Sidetracked 2/6/11 – 2/10/11
The Fifth Woman 2/12/11 – 2/19/11
One Step Behind 2/19/11 – 2/23/11
Firewall 2/24/11 – 3/1/11
The Pyramid 3/1/11 – 3/6/11
The Comedians 3/12/11 – 3/15/11
Atlas Shrugged (went Galt at page 674) 3/16/11 – 3/23/11
Pawn of Prophecy 3/24/11 – 4/3/11
Cat’s Cradle 3/29/11 – 3/31/11
White Teeth 4/3/11 – 4/4/11
Queen of Sorcery 4/4/11 – 4/9/11
Haiti 4/3/11 – 5/3/11
Magician’s Gambit 4/10/11 – 4/13/11
On The Beach 4/14/11 – 4/16/11
Castle of Wizardry 4/16/11 – 4/20/11
Enchanter’s Endgame 4/21/11 – 4/28/11
Guardians of the West 4/28/11 – 5/1/11
King of the Murgos 5/2/11 – 5/9/11
The Serpent and the Rainbow 5/3/11 – 5/6/11
Demon Lord of Karanda 5/7/11 – 5/15/11
Sorceress of Darshiva 5/16/11 – 5/18/11
The Seeress of Kell 5/19/11 – 5/20/11
Riders of the Purple Sage 5/21/11 – (didn’t finish)
Fuzzy Nation 5/24/11 – 6/2/11
Shane 6/3/11 – 6/3/11
From the Ground Up 6/5/11 – 6/5/11
The Mysterious Affair at Styles 6/6/11 – 6/11/11
Kindred 6/12/11 – 6/14/11
With the Old Breed at Peleliu 6/21/11 – 6/24/11
Cryptonomicon 6/28/11 – 7/14/11
The Winds of War 7/18/11 – 7/29/11
War and Remembrance 7/30/11 – 8/9/11
Tomatoland 8/10/11 – 8/11/11
Titan, Life of JD Rockefeller 8/11/11 – 8/15/11
The Eyes of the Dragon 8/15/11 – 8/21/11
Zodiac 8/21/11 – 8/23/11
The Beekeeper’s Lament 8/23/11 – 8/26/11
The Gunslinger 8/23/11 – 8/26/11
The Drawing of the Three 8/28/11 – 9/8/11
The Waste Lands (didn’t finish) 9/8/11 – 9/18/11
John Lennon, The Life 9/17/11 – 9/23/11
Reamde 9/20/11 – 10/10/11
Carrie 10/17/11 – 10/19/11
The Shining 10/19/11 – 10/21/11
The White Mountains 10/25/11 – 10/26/11
Rage 10/27/11 – 10/28/11
The Long Walk 10/29/11 – 11/3/11
City of Thieves 11/3/11 – 11/7/11
The Running Man 11/8/11 – 11/9/11
Firestarter 11/9/11 – 11/16/11
And So It Goes, Kurt Vonnegut Bio 11/16/11 – 11/27/11
The Dead Zone 11/19/11 – 11/28/11
Cujo 11/28/11 -12/1/11
The Spy Who Came in From The Cold 11/29/11 – 12/4/11
Christine 12/4/11 – 12/7/11
Pet Sematary 12/8/11 – 12/14/11
The Tommyknockers 12/17/11 – (Didn’t finish)
God is Not Great 12/20/11 – 12/24/11
The 2009 list is here and the 2010 list here.
Comments
15 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Agreed with you on The Tommyknockers.
I just DO NOT like that book, even though I like King in general. I need to reread IT again
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I remember when I first tried reading the Tommyknockers 20 years ago I couldn’t get into it. I thought maybe this time around… Nope.
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Back when Tommy Lee was dating/married to Pamela Anderson, that was our “code name” for her boobs.
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man, I bet Tomatoland had a juicy plot
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Gee, I wish you would have rated them. There are so many books and too little time.
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Rage may be the only book that has a censorship request from its own author (yes, that Streisands the book and yes that’s why I read it).
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Was that The White Mountains by John Christopher?
How could you not read the sequels?
Perhaps they were much more compelling when I was eleven.
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Long time viewer, minimal poster. Just curious… do you still watch TV/movies and balance with books or mainly focus on books for entertainment?
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I really only read on the train and before I go to bed. So there’s a balance.
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why didnt you finish Wasteland?
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I didn’t care for the Dark Tower series at all. I managed to get to book 3 before throwing in the towel.
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That’s a shame. The Dark Tower series is my favorite work from him. Still, I know a few people who have tried it and given up in the midst of the third book.
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Ross,
It really seems to be one of those that evokes a binary reaction from people. Enough people have considered it one of their favorite series. It just never resonated with me.
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That’s a lotta reading! I used to read as much, must get back to it. Like a bit of Stephen King, also.
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I do the same thing. Here’s my 2011 list. http://capewood.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-club-books-i-read-in-2011.html
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