what i’ve accomplished this summer
With nothing to do all summer except sleep, game, and generally while away the indolent hours of blistering Texas heat, I decided I might as well knuckle down and knock a few books off my to-read list. And here are the results. The hours I spent reading were probably some of the happiest hours I spent during those three months out of school. At the very least, it meant I could curl up indoors with the air-conditioning on and have a legitimate excuse to not move a single muscle.
So, tada! My reading list.
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Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
The Hunch-back of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Door Into Summer, by Robert A. Heinlein
Requiem for the East, by Andrei Makine
Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Melting Stones, by Tamora Pierce
The Hunger Games, by Suzanna Collins
Dancing With Bears, by Michael Swanwick
Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
Catching Fire, by Suzanna Collins
Mockingjay, by Suzanna Collins
The Rules of Attraction, by Bret Easton Ellis
Playing for Pizza, by John Grisham
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J.K. Rowling
The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov
The Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
The Silent Girl, by Tess Gerritsen
Ghost Story, by Jim Butcher
Black Order, by James Collins
Queen of Angels, by Greg Bear
Undertow, by Elizabeth Bear
Ink and Steel, by Elizabeth Bear
1984, by George Orwell
Hell and Earth, by Elizabeth Bear
Total count: 31
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I figure that’s an average of about one book every three days. And some of these weren’t short, either. Gone with the wind? 500+ pages. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell? It was a door stopper. I went on an Elizabeth Bear kick as well, mostly because I’d finally gotten my hands on copies of her novels. Amaaaazing. She is number one or two on my list of favorite sci-fi authors who are still alive.
