Reading for 20 days after waiting 8 months to read
I Want to Read
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Not a exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things
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The New Weird
I do bad with collections but I do like this New Weird wave
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Eastern Standard Tribe
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Abhorsen (The Abhorsen Trilogy)
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Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 1)
Just want to test the waters of the Star Wars EU.
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Iron Council
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The Difference Engine (Spectra Special Editions)
Gift from Keri.
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Cryptonomicon
Gift from Paul. I've heard nothing but good things but it looks so large I'm a little scared.
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Shriek: An Afterword
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Elric The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of Sthe Last Emperor of Melnibone)
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1984 (Signet Classics)
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Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
required/recommend by Dev
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
because I would like to figure out how to have a job in the future.
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Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
I wish I had more time to devote to wikipedia but I would love to know more of the culture that is behind it.
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Accelerando
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel
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The Etched City
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
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Shadowmarch: Volume I
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Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)
Over all this sounds like an interesting look at music taste as a whole.
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The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
who knows if I'll ever get to this
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Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)
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Ender's Shadow (Ender, Book 5) (Ender's Shadow)
Paul told me this was the only book really worth reading after Ender's Game
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The Dispossessed
I read Eathsea and was not impressed but Dev says this is the Ursula K. Le Guin book to read. I'm happy to give it a shot.
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The Iron Dragon's Daughter
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
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A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1)
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The Gilded Chain:: A Tale of the King's Blades
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The Belgariad, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3): Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain)
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The Dancers at the End of Time (S.F.Masterworks S.)
I Have Read
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60.The Scar Astarted slow again but was still amazing. Definitely going to get the next one. I love China Mieville
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59.Starcross: A Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats C-it was okay... I can't wait for this series to be over so he can write something better.
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58.City of Saints and Madmen B+woot. Strangely Awesome.
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57.Little Brother A-very awesome. This kinda scared the shit out of me. Near future is awesome and scary.
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56.Neverwhere: A Novel B-very cool... OMG he thanks Norton Utilities in the afterward.
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55.Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
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54.Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
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53.Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life B-seemed cool until the battle with the evil ex-boyfriend. what was up with that? I'm all for magical realism but it just seemed out of no where.
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52.I Am America (And So Can You!) A-loved it!
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51.Confessor: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 3 (Sword Of Truth, Book 11)A mediocre ending at best. glad to finally be done with it though.
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50.City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of AmbergrisI have not read a lot of short story collections but this one seems to come together in a way I was not expecting. Amazing!
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49.Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
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48.EastI can't say I was a big fan of jumping around the first person perspective of so many characters.
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47.Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1)
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46.Un Lun Dun
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45.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)amazing ending to a great series
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44.The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two SemestersThis book kind of fell apart in the end
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43.Perdido Street Station B+This book took me forever to read but it was some awesome dark urban fantasy.
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42.Farseed (Seed Trilogy)Eh. it was not bad but it was not great either. I don't know where the next book will pick up.
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41.Earthseed (Seed Trilogy)This second reading was as good as the first.
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40.Crystal RainI'm not a huge fan of books that don't seem scifi but then turn out to be scifi anyway.
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39.The Nomad of Time: The War Lord of the Air; The Land Leviathan; The Steel Tsar
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38.Skybreaker
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37.AIRBORNFun read. fast paced to a slight detriment of depth of character. I plan on reading the sequel.
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36.The Once and Future Kingtook me forever to read. really good though.
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35.Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of SpaceGood but written a bit younger then I would have liked.
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34.Anansi Boys
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33.Stardust
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32.Jinx: The Definitive Collectionfucking TPB broke in half. cheep ass glue.
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31.Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novelsawesome resource
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30.Everything Bad is Good for You
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29.Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)worst book ever
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28.The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)
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27.The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12)
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26.The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11)
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25.The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10)
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24.The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9)
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23.The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 8)
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22.The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7)
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21.The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
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20.A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines Quartet)Officially the best book series I have ever read.
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19.Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10)
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18.Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
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17.Infernal Devices (The Hungry City Chronicles)
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16.Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy)
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15.The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)
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14.Predator's Gold (The Hungry City Chronicles)
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13.The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)
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12.The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
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11.A Short History of Nearly Everything
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10.Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
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9.DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
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8.A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)
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7.The Da Vinci CodeI just listen to the audio book at work to see what all the fuss was about.
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6.Defensive Design for the Web: How to improve error messages, help, forms, and other crisis points (VOICES)
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5.Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles)
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4.Ptolemy's Gate (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3) A+
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3.The Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2) A
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2.Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes B+
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1.The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1) A-
I Have Given Up
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Spirit Gate: Book One of Crossroads (Crossroads (Tor))
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Halting State
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ZOMG.... this was written in the 2nd person. Too painful to read.