Books to read, 2006

[featherynscale]

triadruid, as always, reminds me that if I don't make a list, I'll never freaking remember.

My goal this year is to increase the ratio of non-fiction to fiction books that actually get read, and also to continue to move towards having read all of the books in the house.

To-Read: Fiction
- Re-read Wheel of Time Series, Robert Jordan (we own it!)
- Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman (when triadruid finishes it) (we own it)
- Life of Pi, Yann Martel (we own it)
- Siddhartha, Herman Hesse (have to get a copy)
- Finnegan's Wake, James Joyce (have to get one)
- Perdido Street Station, China Mieville (need to get)
- Promethea series (borrow from gamera_spinning)

To-Read: Nonfiction
- Metamagical Themas, Douglas Hofstedter (we own it, and have for years. Has anyone read it? No.)
- Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea (we own it)
- Training Trances (we own it)
- Generation Hex (have to get a copy)
- The Laughing Jesus (in the book club queue)
- The Hidden Messages in Water (in the book club queue)
- Chance, Amir Aczel (in the book club queue)
- The Shadow Club, Roberto Casati (in the book club queue)
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach (need to get)
- Strategies for Success

Also, taking suggestions: What have you read lately that was of interest? I'm interested in pretty much any fiction that isn't a romance or a western (with preference for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and alternate history), and any non-fiction about math, science, philosophy, psychology/sociology, ethnography, religion, magic, language or non-military history. Thanks!

Comments

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Mr. Timothy by Louis Brayard. It's a mystery, of sorts, but combines the unlikely components of Timothy Cratchit, brothels, photography, sexual branding, and dredging the Thames for dead bodies. I can bring it tonight if you're interested.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

A real hero, you are. :) I'm still cheerfully working on the pile of books you gave me for last year's reading. (sigh) Gettin' there.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Well, who doesn't like brothels, sexual branding, and dragging for bodies? I'd love to borrow it. Thanks!

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind a go at it myself... being a former dredger of the Arkansas River

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

But did you scavenge the stiffs for pocket change?

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

No. Just their wallet.