read 100 books this year

1. The Face of Chaos, Anthology
2. The Aliens Among Us, James White
3. Ambulance Ship, James White
4. Sector General, James White
5. Star Healer, James White
6. Code Blue – Emergency, James White
7. Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys #1), Franklin W. Dixon
8. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
9. Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
10. Club Dead, Charlaine Harris
11. The House on the Cliff (Hardy Boys #2), Franklin W. Dixon

I made up for the short month in May with a very long month in June.

I know I read many of the Hardy Boys books when I was 10 or so but I can’t say I’m a real fan now.

James White’s Sector General stories and novels are awesome and I’m enjoying re-reading them after 15+ years.

I started the Charlaine Harris vampire books when I decided to watch HBO’s True Blood. So far, the books are better than the show.

1. Shadows of Sanctuary, Anthology
2. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
4. Storm Season, Anthology
5. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman

I spent a significant portion of this month reading a couple of computer books for work. I haven’t finished any of them yet but they put me behind this month and I have some ground to make up.

1. A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
2. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
3. The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
4. Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
5. Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
6. The Burning Wheel Fantasy Roleplaying System, Luke Crane and Dan Abram
7. The Burning Wheel Character Burner, Luke Crane and Dan Abram
8. The Stone Rose (Doctor Who), Jac Rayner
9. Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn, Anthology

1. Intergalactic Medicine Show, Orson Scott Card Anthology
2. Ducks: Guide to the Durulz, Bryan Steele
3. GURPS Magic, Steve Jackson
4. Mage-Guard of Hamor, L. E. Modesitt Jr.
5. Callahan’s Con, Spider Robinson
6. Maxnome Foe, John Ringo
7. The Jennifer Morgue, Charles Stross

(I finished 25 books in the first quarter (10, 8, 7) so I am on pace for 100 books this year. I seem to be slowing down though. And so far, my goal of 4 classics this year is way, way off.

1. Thieves’ World, Anthology
2. Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
3. Ender’s Shadow, Orson Scott Card
4. Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card
5. Shadow Puppets, Orson Scott Card
6. Shadow of the Giant, Orson Scott Card
7. Ender in Exile, Orson Scott Card
8. First Meetings, Orson Scott Card

1. Natural Ordermage, L.E. Modesitt Jr.
2. Codespell, Kelly McCullough
3. The Return of Count Electric, William Browning Spencer
4. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Vicki Myron
5. The Hope: A Novel, James Lovegrove
6. Dragonhaven, Robin McKinley
7. The Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor
8. Seeing Redd, Frank Beddor
9. Middle-Earth Quest: A Spy in Isengard
10. Middle-Earth Quest: Treason at Helm’s Deep