read 20 books in 2005

...But having said that the books that I did read in 2005 really changed my life in a big way. I’ve read lots of classic cult novels like Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, 1984 by George Orwell, biographies of people like Douglas Adams.

In total I think I read 10 books in 2005 which is really good going for me as I usually spend most of my free time playing computer games.

The books I read in 2005 made me change from being a depressed Uni student to quitting it, working at channel 4, going to a Computer games show and finding that I actually seriously want to make games.

So yeah although I’ve “given up” this goal. It was definitely worth it.

okay, last week i finished #19 Rubicon by Saylor (historical mystery) and today finished #20 Quarantine by Greg Egan (science fiction). so we can cross this off the list.

Read Jung by Anthony Storr and Buddhism by Damien Keown while on vacation. Probably could have a read a couple more books if I hadn’t carried a stack of magazines, articles and journals around Guatemala and Honduras for 2 weeks.

finished #18, The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. Two to go…

hmm, two novels to read: the kite runner and to the last man…maybe i’ll hit the library…

so far:

1 Mankell – Faceless Killers
2 Coll – Ghost Wars
3 Kaku – Hyperspace
4 Simmons – Endymion
5 Parker – Widow’s Walk
6 Johnson – Mind Wide Open
7 Hammett – Maltese Falcon
8 Parker – Back Story
9 Mankell – One Step Behind
10 Ellis – Founding Brothers
11 Foote – Beleagured City
12 Krakauer – Eiger Dreams
13 Pinker – Best American Science and Nature
14 Larson – Isaac’s Storm
15 Rowling – HP and the Order of the Pheonix
16 Simmons – Olympos
17 McCourt – Tis

cooking for mr. latte, long way down

Here’s the list of the books I’ve read:
1. Awakening 2.Land of Laughs 3. Black coctail 4.Pride and Prejudice 5.Jane Eyre 6. Jude the Obscure 7.The Collector 8. Wide Sargasso Sea 9. Seneca’s Thoughts 10.The wizard of his tribe 11.The sweetest feeling 12. Calling to love 13. Pilgrim 14. Veronica decides to die 15.Ecclesia de Eucharistia 16. Adam Malysz – my life 17. Perfume 18. Mercy My Mission 19. Minute of Nonsense 20. Dracula

Hmmm, I’ve read at least 15 by now, just don’t know which ones…

8. Jane Heller one
9. watermelon
10. the lamberts (something like that, bought in slovenia)
11 – 15…random ones from throughout year:)

ok, so 5 left to go before Dec. 4…well, really the end of the year.

I’ve just read 1759, Frank McLynn and JUNG A Very Short Introduction, Anthony Stevens. Puts me up to 18 books so far this year. I found Jung’s ideas really interesting and I plan to read The Essential Jung later in the year on vacation when I can it give my full attention. 1759 was alright but I don’t think trying to focus on just one year of the 7 Years War really worked.

Four months left and I’ve read 16 books:

What’s the Matter with Kansas, Thomas Frank.
The Working Poor, David Shippler.
Fooled By Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
My Life as a Quant, Emanual Derman.
The Corporation, Joel Bakan.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon.
A Year in the Merde, Stephen Clarke.
Animal Farm, George Orwell.
Paradise and Power, Robert Kagan.
Samurai William, Giles Milton.
Empire, Niall Ferguson.
Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton.
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World, Francis Wheen.
Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller.
Endurance, Albert Lansing.
Shogun, James Clavell (second time but still counts).

Would be a lot more if it wasn’t for The Economist and NY Times! With a couple of weeks vacation to come in December it should be a doddle.