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48. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (468)
Really like this book. I wanted to reread it, but my library's copy is damaged so I decided to just buy my own.
My only complaint is that the end wraps up a little too quickly.
49. First Test by Tamora Pierce (206)
The first book in the Protector of the Small series, my favorite of the Tortall series. I've been reading a lot of new books (and I barely remembered anything about Snow Crash) so I felt like reading an old favorite.
Also, that thing I kept talking about earlier that was going to take up more of my time has suddenly happened - I have a job starting this Tuesday (yay!). It may or may not effect the amount I read.
50. Page by Tamora Pierce (288)
51. Squire by Tamora Pierce (380)
52. Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce (409)
The past few weeks have been very stressful, so I've been sticking to the old favorites.
Stress, stress, stress. Mostly I'm sticking to books I've read a dozen times before. Once school is out I will be able to concentrate on new books again.
53. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (218)
I really wanted to read The Lives of Christopher Chant, but I must have left that at my parents' house. I like this one better (which is why I wanted to read Lives first).
54. *The Last Colony by John Scalzi (316)
This is a new book. It is, in fact, brand new - or rather, it was on the 17th, when I bought and read it - and the first new book I read this month. Yes, it's been a stressful month. Anyway, I was waiting for my Amazon pre-order to come, but when Amazon still said it was coming out on the 27th and I knew there were copies available in the store, I said screw it, cancelled my order, and bought a copy at B&N. It's a very good book. Every bit as good as the previous books in the series (Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades).
55. The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley (278)
Possibly my favorite Robin Hood story. Though I should someday read a few more to compare it with.
56. The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (246)
This is an SF book that I really love - in part, I think, because it is in so many ways so unabashedly idealistic. It was written, I want to say, in the '70s, so much of the terms and technology are wrong, but...I wish some of it weren't, you know? I wish the internet ("data net") really was mostly full of real information, electric cars were everywhere, and there was some little utopia town somewhere that could change the world for the better.
Of course, there are things that I'm glad don't exist, too. We have enough evil without some of the awful things that Brunner thought up. But given the way our society is going, some of them aren't all that unbelievable, either.
56 / 100 books (56.00%)
32 / 50 *new books (64.00%)
16748 / 30000 pages (55.83%)
fiveforsilver:48. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (468)
Really like this book. I wanted to reread it, but my library's copy is damaged so I decided to just buy my own.
My only complaint is that the end wraps up a little too quickly.
49. First Test by Tamora Pierce (206)
The first book in the Protector of the Small series, my favorite of the Tortall series. I've been reading a lot of new books (and I barely remembered anything about Snow Crash) so I felt like reading an old favorite.
Also, that thing I kept talking about earlier that was going to take up more of my time has suddenly happened - I have a job starting this Tuesday (yay!). It may or may not effect the amount I read.
50. Page by Tamora Pierce (288)
51. Squire by Tamora Pierce (380)
52. Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce (409)
The past few weeks have been very stressful, so I've been sticking to the old favorites.
Stress, stress, stress. Mostly I'm sticking to books I've read a dozen times before. Once school is out I will be able to concentrate on new books again.
53. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (218)
I really wanted to read The Lives of Christopher Chant, but I must have left that at my parents' house. I like this one better (which is why I wanted to read Lives first).
54. *The Last Colony by John Scalzi (316)
This is a new book. It is, in fact, brand new - or rather, it was on the 17th, when I bought and read it - and the first new book I read this month. Yes, it's been a stressful month. Anyway, I was waiting for my Amazon pre-order to come, but when Amazon still said it was coming out on the 27th and I knew there were copies available in the store, I said screw it, cancelled my order, and bought a copy at B&N. It's a very good book. Every bit as good as the previous books in the series (Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades).
55. The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley (278)
Possibly my favorite Robin Hood story. Though I should someday read a few more to compare it with.
56. The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (246)
This is an SF book that I really love - in part, I think, because it is in so many ways so unabashedly idealistic. It was written, I want to say, in the '70s, so much of the terms and technology are wrong, but...I wish some of it weren't, you know? I wish the internet ("data net") really was mostly full of real information, electric cars were everywhere, and there was some little utopia town somewhere that could change the world for the better.
Of course, there are things that I'm glad don't exist, too. We have enough evil without some of the awful things that Brunner thought up. But given the way our society is going, some of them aren't all that unbelievable, either.
