Thursday, January 01, 2009

Reading List - 2009

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Books I Read in 2009

(Ratings out of 10 - consider 6 to be the minimum of what I expect a published book to be.)

Child of Fire
by Harry Connolly
Finished book on: Nov 29, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 9
Enjoyability:
8.5

Ha'penny
by Jo Walton
Finished book on: Nov 26, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 6
Enjoyability:
6

The Eternal Prison
by Jeff Somers
Finished book on: Nov 14, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability:
7.5

The Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett
Finished book on: Nov 11, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability:
8.5

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood
Finished book on: Nov 7, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 8.5
Enjoyability:
8

Elfland
by Freda Warrington
Finished book on: Oct 30-ish, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5


Shadow Magic

by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
Finished book on: Oct 10, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8.5
Enjoyability: 8.5


The Drowning City
by Amanda Downum
Finished book on: Oct 6, 2009
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5


Eifelheim
by Michael Flynn
Finished book on: Sept 15, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 8.5
Enjoyability: 8


American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
Finished book on: July 27, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5


The Silver Wolf

by Alice Borchardt
Finished book on: July 4, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 8


Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis
Finished book on: July 3, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 6
Enjoyability: 7


Bright Lights, Big City

by Jay McInerney
Finished book on: June 17, 2009
Quality of writing: 9
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown
Finished book on: June 15, 2009
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5


The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan
Finished book on: June 5, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5


The Digital Plague
by Jeff Somers
Finished book on: June 5, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5


God of Clocks
by Alan Campbell
Finished book on: May 31, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 8


Turn Coat
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: May 23, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8.5
Enjoyability: 8
.5

Small Favor

by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: May 19, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


Blood Rites

by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: May 17, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


Death Masks
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: May 16, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


Summer Knight
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: May 13, 2009
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


Odd Hours
by Dean Koontz
Finished book on: May 10, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


The Apocalypse Door
by James D. MacDonald
Finished book on: May 7, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 6.5
Enjoyability: 6.5


Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: Apr 26, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8.5
Enjoyability: 8.5


Servant of the Bones

by Anne Rice
Finished book on: Apr 24, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 6.5
Enjoyability: 7
.5

Lye Street
by Alan Campbell
Finished book on: Apr 9, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7

Venus Preserved
by Tanith Lee
Finished book on: Apr 6, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5


Saint Fire

by Tanith Lee
Finished book on: Mar 29, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 8


Iron Angel
by Alan Campbell
Finished book on: Mar 26, 2009
Quality of writing: 8.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8.5

Comment: This writer has only published two books, but they're both amazingly imaginative. His world-building is jaw-dropping!

War for the Oaks
by Emma Bull
Finished book on: Mar 19, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 7.5


Princeps' Fury
by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: Mar 14, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
.5

Captain's Fury

by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: Mar 5, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
.5

Proven Guilty

by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: Feb 21, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
.5

Dead Beat

by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: Feb 17, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8
.5

White Night

by Jim Butcher
Finished book on: Feb 12, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 8
Enjoyability: 8


The Vampyricon: The Lady of Serpents

by Douglas Clegg
Finished book on: Feb 7, 2009
Quality of writing: 8
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7.5


The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton
Finished book on: Jan 25, 2009
Quality of writing: 7
Quality of story: 7
Enjoyability: 7


Scar Night
by Alan Campbell
Finished book on: Jan 16, 2009
Quality of writing: 7.5
Quality of story: 7.5
Enjoyability: 7.5


Dragonhaven
by Robin McKinley
Finished book on: Jan 7, 2009
Quality of writing: 6
Quality of story: 5
Enjoyability: 5.5


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Books I Didn't Finish

Shinigami: God of Death
by Django Wexler
Stopped reading: pg. 15
Reason: I wasn't getting into the story.

Solitaire

by Kelley Eskridge
Stopped reading: pg. 15
Reason: So far it's all backstory and a privileged protagonist feeling angsty. I would have liked some plot sooner.

Ragamuffin

by Tobias Buckell
Stopped reading: Unknown, maybe 50 pages in?
Reason: It was actually really good, but I had other books on my TBR pile that I was more excited about getting to, and Ragamuffin was coming due at the library. I'll probably check it out again sometime and finish it.

Roots
by Alex Haley
Stopped reading: pg. 7
Reason: Obviously well-written, but not my cup of tea.


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