book list, April 2006
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edenfallingI made three resolutions this year. First, get a job. (Done.) Second, exercise more regularly and lose weight. (In process.) Third, keep a list of the books I read.
These are the books I read in April, 2006:
New: 16
---Runaways: Teenage Wasteland, Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona (comics: teens discover their parents are supervillains, suffers from middle-volume pacing issues)
---Runaways: The Good Die Young, Vaughan and Alphona (comics: story arc conclusion, overly rapid character reversal, some WTF plotting weirdness)
---Gravitation, vol. 1, Maki Murakami (manga: aspiring rock star falls for famous author, very cute)
---The Final Key, Catherine Asaro (science fiction: book two of the Triad duology, part of her Skolian saga; a mix of space opera, theoretical physics/mathematics, hard military sf, and romance)
---Changelings, Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (sci-fi: start of a new Petaybee trilogy, brain candy, serious problems with the creation of believable characters and universes. Remind me to rant about the anti-science themes sometime, and the inherent contradictions of the "Oh, sentient creatures, yay animal rights, fwuffy bunny nature love!" stance McCaffrey often seems to advocate via her characters.)
---His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik (historical fantasy: the Napoleonic wars, with dragons! Great fun -- there are a few things that aren't explained well, but overall it's very well thought-out and I quite liked the two main characters.)
---Butterfly Gardening, The Xerces Society, et al (nonfiction: about gardening to attract butterflies and create biodiverse areas, and about the life cycles of butterflies. Some chapters are much more interesting/informative than others; the English lady who waxes poetic on large white butterflies is particularly annoying.)
---The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (nonfiction: on how a small push at the right place can cause huge changes; thought-provoking)
---Harrowing the Dragon, Patricia A. McKillip (fantasy: story collection, of varying quality)
---Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less, Guy Claxton (nonfiction: exactly what the title says, very interesting)
---Hunter x Hunter, vols. 1-6, Yoshihiro Togashi (manga: shonen action/adventure pushed to its logical amoral conclusions, and hymn to the importance of friendship)
Old: 0
*blinks in surprise* Wow. Usually I reread something every few weeks...
April Total = 16 books (plus a bunch of fanfiction, a few newspapers, and several magazines)
Year to Date = 78 books (56 new, 22 old)
These are the books I read in April, 2006:
New: 16
---Runaways: Teenage Wasteland, Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona (comics: teens discover their parents are supervillains, suffers from middle-volume pacing issues)
---Runaways: The Good Die Young, Vaughan and Alphona (comics: story arc conclusion, overly rapid character reversal, some WTF plotting weirdness)
---Gravitation, vol. 1, Maki Murakami (manga: aspiring rock star falls for famous author, very cute)
---The Final Key, Catherine Asaro (science fiction: book two of the Triad duology, part of her Skolian saga; a mix of space opera, theoretical physics/mathematics, hard military sf, and romance)
---Changelings, Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (sci-fi: start of a new Petaybee trilogy, brain candy, serious problems with the creation of believable characters and universes. Remind me to rant about the anti-science themes sometime, and the inherent contradictions of the "Oh, sentient creatures, yay animal rights, fwuffy bunny nature love!" stance McCaffrey often seems to advocate via her characters.)
---His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik (historical fantasy: the Napoleonic wars, with dragons! Great fun -- there are a few things that aren't explained well, but overall it's very well thought-out and I quite liked the two main characters.)
---Butterfly Gardening, The Xerces Society, et al (nonfiction: about gardening to attract butterflies and create biodiverse areas, and about the life cycles of butterflies. Some chapters are much more interesting/informative than others; the English lady who waxes poetic on large white butterflies is particularly annoying.)
---The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (nonfiction: on how a small push at the right place can cause huge changes; thought-provoking)
---Harrowing the Dragon, Patricia A. McKillip (fantasy: story collection, of varying quality)
---Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less, Guy Claxton (nonfiction: exactly what the title says, very interesting)
---Hunter x Hunter, vols. 1-6, Yoshihiro Togashi (manga: shonen action/adventure pushed to its logical amoral conclusions, and hymn to the importance of friendship)
Old: 0
*blinks in surprise* Wow. Usually I reread something every few weeks...
April Total = 16 books (plus a bunch of fanfiction, a few newspapers, and several magazines)
Year to Date = 78 books (56 new, 22 old)
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Date: 2006-05-01 08:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-02 10:51 pm (UTC)Actually, I don't have all that much free time -- I just read obscenely fast unless the books in question are technical, boring, or worth paying particularly close attention to. I also read during my lunch breaks, and between 7 and 9pm when I'm working the closing shift at the store. It can get damn slow during those last two hours, and I'm not technically supposed to read the magazines that are currently for sale, so... books!