The stack is big, the voice inside my head keep telling me to read more…quick links here to Now Reading and The To-be-read stack
Recently Read (linked to my notes so I won’t forget that I read them):
2009
- Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath
- The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
- Escape from Loki by Philip Jose Farmer
- Eternity by Michael Hanlon (interview at SFSignal)
- Quest of the Spider (Doc Savage #68)
- The Runes of the Earth by Stephen Donaldson
- Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin
- The Land of Terror (Doc Savage #8)
- Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale
- The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Quiet Teacher by Arthur Rosenfeld
- The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage #1)
- Brand of the Werewolf (Doc Savage #5)
- The Red Spider (Doc Savage #95)
- Fortress of Solitude (Doc Savage #23)
- Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie (book 2 of The First Law)
- Echoes of Glory by Robert Flynn
- The Merchants’ War by Charles Stross (book 4 of the Merchant Princes)
- The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross (book 3 of the Merchant Princes)
- The Hidden Family by Charles Stross (book 2 of the Merchant Princes)
- The Family Trade by Charles Stross (book 1 of the Merchant Princes)
- The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson #5) (381 pgs)
- The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman
- Baguazhang by MasterLiang, Shou-yu and Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming (497pgs)
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Hugo, 2006) (452pg, PB)
- Midwinter by Matthew Sturges
- Sunrise Tai Chi by Ramel Rones
- Sensei by John Donohue
- Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (interview at SF Signal)
- The Demigod Files: Percy Jackson and the Oylmpians by Rick Riordan
- Fool by Christopher Moore
- Enemies and Allies by Kevin J. Anderson (PB, 326pgs, ARC) – reviewed for SF Signal with Josh
- Drood by Dan Simmons (HB, 771 pgs)
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- The Footprints of the Gods by Greg Iles (PB, 544pgs)
- Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, edited by John Joseph Adams (327pg, PB)
- Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley (PB, 300pgs)
2008
- Servant of the Shard by R.A. Salvatore
- Tai-chi Chuan in Theory and Practice by Kuo Lien-Ying
- The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4) by Rick Riordan
- The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson #3) by Rick Riordan
- Lamb by Christopher Moore
- Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale
- Tengu by John Donohue
- The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2) by Rick Riordan
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan
- Old Frame Chen Style Taijiquan by Mark Chen
- Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone by Martin Dugard (314pg) (thanks, Bob!)
- The Spine of the World by R. A. Salvatore
- Anathem by Neal Stephenson (thanks, Charles!)
- The Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer (reviewed for SFSignal.com)
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Boomsday by Christopher Buckley (318pg, PB)
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (629pg, HB)
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (563pg, PB)
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Dragon’s Nine Sons by Chris Roberson (419pg, PB)
- Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (from Bob) (306pg, PB)
- An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson (288pg, ARC)
- The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry (414pg,HB)
- Seeds of Change, edited by John Joseph Adams (ARC)
- Jimi Hendrix Turns 80 by Tim Sandlin
- Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell (325pg, PB,Finalist for this year’s Nebula, congrats Tobias!)
- Widower’s Two-Step by Rick Riordan
- This Day All Gods Die: The Gap into Ruin by Stephen R. Donaldson (749pg, PB)
- Chaos and Order: The Gap into Madness by Stephen R. Donaldson (674pg, PB)
- Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan (372pg, PB)
- A Dark and Hungry God Arises: The Gap into Power by Stephen R. Donaldson (518pg, PB)
- Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision by Stephen R. Donaldson (455pg, PB)
- Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (from Charles)
- The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict by Stephen R. Donaldson (220pg, PB)
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (846pg, PB)
- On Writing by Stephen King
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (527pg, PB)
- Olympos by Dan Simmons (690pg, HB)
- Triangle by R. J. Archer (ARC)
- A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (613pg, PB)
- The Silent Blade by R. A. Salvatore (from Paths of Darkness collection, 277pg)
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell by David Michaels (355pg, PB)
- Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On The Cosmos by Seth Lloyd (211pg, PB)
- Qigong Meditation: Embryonic breathing by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming (348pg, PB)
- American Shaolin by Matthew Polly (361pg, PB)
- The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (Hugo, 1991) (342pg, PB)
- Seeker by Jack McDevitt (373pg, PB)
2007
- Confessor by Terry Goodkind (603pg, HB)
- In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson (303pg, HB)
- 2012 The War for Souls by Whitley Strieber (319pg, HB) (guest review posted at SF Signal.com)
- The Metatemporal Detective by Michael Moorcock (326pg, HB)
- Red Moon by David S. Michaels (404pg, PB)
- 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck (397 dense pages, PB)
- To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (493pg, PB)
- The Crocodile and the Crane by Arthur Rosenfield (332pg, HB)
- The Human, The Orchid and The Octopus by Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein (ARC from BEA) (306pg)
- The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks (434pg, PB)
- Paragaea by Chris Roberson (393pg, PB)
- Crystal Rain (370pg, PB) by Tobias Buckell
- Here, There and Everywhere by Chris Roberson (276pg, a fellow Texas author!)
- The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson (ARC from BEA) 588pg, 188pg of notes
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (759 pg, HB)
- The Takers by R. W. Ridley (216pg, PB)
- Dragons of the Highlord Skies (ARC from BEA) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (464pg)
- Dragons of the Dwarven Depths by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (582pg, PB)
- An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson (541pg, 82pg of notes, PB)
- The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson (315pg, PB)
- The Dark River by John Twelve Hawks (ARC from BEA)
- The Cutting Season by Arthur Rosenfeld
- The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (ARC from BEA)
- The Modern World (called Dangerous Offspring in the states) by Steph Swainston
- The Ghost Brigades by John Sclazi (343pg, PB)
- Positively Fifth Street by James McManus (just in time for the WSOP!)
- The Pixel Eye by Paul Levinson
- The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
- Bataan Diary by Chris Schaefer
- Wanderer Springs by Robert Flynn
- You Suck by Christopher Moore
- Hardcase by Dan Simmons
- Illium by Dan Simmons
- Power, Faith and Fantasy by Michael Oren
Currently reading (and, yes, the voices in my head tell me to read more than one at a time)
- Death from the Skies by Dr. Phil Plait
- Federations, edited by John Joseph Adams
- A lot of Doc Savage, some I’ve read before, some new
- The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- Not Even Wrong by Peter Woit
- The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose (at 1049 pages (HB) and lots of mathematics, I will be reading this one for a long long time…unless the voices in my head get tired of it)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / and a little Horror and Mystery
- The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton (holy crap, it’s 1225pgs, PB!!)
- Redwall by Brian Jacques
- the rest of the Justice League of America graphic novels, to keep up with my son
- Atmosphere by Michael Laimo (348pg, PB)
- Borrowed Tides by Paul Levinson
- Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
- The Maze Murderer by Charles Pero
- Set the Seas on Fire by Chris Roberson
- Antarktos Rising by Jeremy Robinson
- The Path of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blade trilogy, The Sellswords Saga by R.A. Salvatore, to keep up with my son (yes, I’m falling behind)
- The Orc King by R. A. Salvatore (ARC from BEA)
- Hominids, Humans, Hybrids by Robert J. Sawyer
- The Lost Colony by John Scalzi
- Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
- Merchant Princes series by Charles Stross
- A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (774pg, PB)
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (578pg, PB)
- The Golden Age by John C. Wright (395pg, PB)
History and Ancient Civilizations
- The Long Grey Line by Rick Atkinson
- Second World War – 6 volumes by Sir Winston Churchill
- History of the Choctaws, Chickasaws and Natchez Indians by H. B. Cushman (476pb)
- Slouching Toward Zion and More Lies by Robert Flynn (a fellow Texas author!)
- Growing Up a Sullen Baptist and Other Lies by Robert Flynn
- The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus by Owen Gingerich
- Italy’s Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944-1945 by James Holland
- The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham (618pg, HB)
- Around the World in 80 days by Michael Palin
- Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters (337pg, PB)
Martial Arts / Philosophy / Science and Technology
- The Way to Black Belt by Lawrence A. Kane and Kris Wilder
- Eight Pieces of Brocade by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming (DVD)
- The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
- How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
- Wanderer by Sterling Heyden
- QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman
- Qigong Meditation: Small Circulation by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
- The Emperor’s New Mind by Roger Penrose (another of Dr. Penrose that I will be reading for a long time) (583pg, PB)
- Fundamentals of Hawaiian Mysticism by Charlotte Berney
- Adventures with a Purpose by Richard Bangs
- Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
- Practical Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
- Secrets and Lies by Bruce Schneier
General Fiction
- The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
- Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley
- The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax (ARC from BEA) (547pg)
- Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, to keep up with my son
- The Last Klick by Robert Flynn
- Bad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale
- The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
- How Nancy Drew Saved by Life by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
- The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Caspian Rain by Gina Nahai
- El Principe de la Niebla by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (attempting to read it in Spanish)