Library Books

Books the library has that I may wish to read.

 

2009 Reading List

From Entertainment Weekly Clippings. (Links go to the reivew)

 

History of the Millennium (So Far) Dave Berry Humor

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson 2005 A Humor, Comics $91 new $43 used

The Shroud of the Thwacker Chris Elliott 2005 B+ Humor, Spoof

Miss Alice Merriwether's Long Lost Cakes Barry Aitchison Humor, Transdimensional Satire

 

Look Me in the Eye John Elder Robison 2007 A- Memoir

Magical Mystery Tours Rosemary Kingsland, Tony Bramwell 2005 B+ Memoir, Beatles

Stand On It by William Neely (Stroker Ace) & Bob Ottum

 

Diaries 1969-1979 Michael Palin 2007 A- Non-Fiction

Outliers Malcolm Gladwell 2008 A Non-Fiction

The World Without Us Alan Weisman NonFiction of The Year

 

Voices From the Street Philip K. Dick 2007 B+ Novel

Heyday Kurt Andersen 2007 A Novel

King Dork Frank Portman 2006 A Novel, Debut

The Castle in the Forest Norman Mailer 2007 B Novel, Hitler

Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way Bruce Campbell 2005 B+ Novel, humor

You Don't Love Me Yet Jonathan Lethem 2007 A- Novel, Rock

A Model Summer Paulina Porizkova 2007 A- Novel, Rock

Spook Country William Gibson 2007 B Novel, Sci-Fi

The Garden of Last Days Andre Dubus III Novel, Terrorist-Strippers

Ordinary Heroes Scott Turow 2005 B- Novel, War

 

Death by Black Hole Neil deGrasse Tyson 2007 B+ Science

Too Far From Home Chris Jones 2007 A- Science

The Living Cosmos Chris Impey 2007 B+ Science

 

The Ghost Brigades John Scalzi 2006 B+ Sci-Fi

Everfree (3/3) Nick Sagan 2006 B- Sci-Fi

The Accidental Time Machine Joe Haldeman 2007 B Sci-Fi

Spaceman Blues Brian Francis Slattery 2007 A- Sci-Fi

Building Harlequin's Moon Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper 2005 A- Sci-Fi

Shadow Of The Giant Orson Scott Card 2005 B Sci-Fi

Sunstorm Arthur C Clarke & Stephen Baxter 2005 B+ Sci-Fi

Counting Heads David Marusek 2005 A- Sci-Fi

Coyote Frontier Allen Steele 2005 A- Sci-Fi

Coyote Rising Allen Steele 2005 A- Sci-Fi

Well Of Stars Robert Reed 2005 A Sci-Fi, follow up to 2000's Marrow

A Separate War Joe Haldeman 2006 A- Sci-Fi, Short Stories

 

Quantico Greg Bear 2007 B Thriller

Simple Genius David Baldacci 2007 B- Thriller

Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child 2007 A- Thriller

China Lake Meg Gardiner Thriller (1/?) (Stephen King recommended)

North of Sunset Henry Baum Thriller, $16.95 Download : $6.84

Double Tap Steve Martini 2005 B+ Thriller, Legal

 

 

2008 Reading List

Author________________	Title_______________________________________	Location___________	Comment________
Amis, Martin	Yellow dog	fiction
Baldacci, David	Christmas Train	fiction
Baldacci, David	Hour Game	fiction
Baldacci, David	The Collectors	fiction
Bangs, Lester	Mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste	781.6609 B216
Benford, Gregory	Beyond infinity	sci-fi
Burrough, Bryan	Public enemies	364.973 B972
Clarke, Arthur C.	Childhood's End	sci-fi
Gladwell, Malcolm	Blink: the power of thinking without thinking	153.44 G543
Harrison, M. John	Light	sci-fi
King, Steven	On Writing	813.54K540
Koontz, Dean R.	Dark rivers of the heart	fiction
Koontz, Dean R.	Intensity	fiction
Lewan, Todd	The last run: true story..Alaska seas	910.916434 L669
Scalia, Antonin	Scalia dissents	348.7326 S282
Stephenson, Neal	Cryptononica	sci-fi
Sterling, Bruce	The zenith angle	sci-fi
Tanenbaum, Robert	Corruption of blood	fiction
Threinen-Pendarvis, Cher	Painter IX Wow	Interlibrary	Corel Painter
Twain, Mark	Collected tales, sketches, speeches & essays	818.409 T969	p238
Zahn, Timothy	Star wars : the last command	sci-fi

 

 

2007 Reading List

Author________________	Title_______________________________________	Location___________	Comment________
Austen, Jane	Mansfield Park	fiction	lost interest
Chernow, Ron	Alexander Hamilton	biography	lost interest
Connelly, Michael	The narrows: a novel	fiction	lost interest
Connelly, Michael	The Poet	fiction	lost interest
Gibbon, Edward	The decline and fall of the Roman Empire	937.06 G439	lost interest
Hiaasen, Carl	Skinny dip	tape	lost interest
Mitford, Nancy	The pursuit of love	fiction	lost interest
Niemi, Mikael	Popular music from Vittula	fiction	lost interest
Niven, Larry	Ringworld’s children	sci-fi	abandoned
Roth, Philip	American pastoral	fiction	abandoned
Satrapi, Marjane	Persepolis	fiction	Comic-skip

 

 

Done

Author________________	Title_______________________________________	Location___________	Comment________
Baldacci, David	Split second	fiction	March 2005
Haldeman, Joe W.	Camouflage	sci-fi	Nov 2006
Morgan, Richard K.	Broken angels	sci-fi	May 2005
O'Brian, Patrick	Master and Commander	fiction	April 2008
Friedman, Philip	Grand jury: a novel	fiction	May 2005
Pohl, Frederik	The boy who would live forever	sci-fi	Sept 2006
Scalia, Antonin	A matter of interpretation federal courts and the law	347.732 S282	Sept 2003