I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
Every Boy's Got One - Meg Cabot
Future Boston - Edited by David Alexander Smith
Life After Life - Jill McCorkle
Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov
The Naked Sun -Isaac Asimov
Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
Insurgent - Veronica Roth
The Wise Man's Fear -Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind -Patrick Rothfuss
Alright, I have been TERRIBLE about updating this lately. If I don't get this posted now I'll just keep hiding this post forever.
Not even sure when I read I, Robot but I know I liked it. Its definitely unabashedly scifi though, heads up.
In brief, Meg Cabot's book was a chick flick, as expected, which I read because I needed a physical book to read on Shabbat.
Future Boston was a book written in the 90's by a group of scifi authors imagining Boston was sinking into the ocean and writing short stories about every few years for several hundred years. It was very interesting to read about the place I live, and some of the stories were really great. Overall mediocre though.
Life After Life was recommended highly to me by a friend but I recall thinking it was 'Ok but not great'.
Robots of Dawn/Caves of Steel/The Naked Sun were nice. I really like 'historic science fiction' and while some hate Asimov, I enjoy his details! It is always interesting to see how sometimes writers just couldn't imagine things that we take for granted today (ie - the internet. In one of the books the main character cannot comprehend that a fleet of thousands of robots could communicate easily.)
I really don't remember Insurgent. I think the 3rd book is out now and I'm going to have to re-read this one, or at least skim the wikipedia page. I bet that I thought that it was Ok but didn't live up to the first book in the series (Divergent).
I'm only just starting the Wise Man's Fear, but I've read both this and the Name of the Wind before. I cannot recommend these highly enough. Read them!
And now back to work for grad school...
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December
Here we go, the last bit of 2012!
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Pure by Julianna Baggott
Alright first of all, I think everyone would enjoy Name of the Wind. It tilts towards fantasy, but the writing is so vividly luscious and the story is so pulling that I think almost anyone would enjoy it. Its not a super fast read, but in this case that is a good thing. You can luxuriate slowly in the masterpiece of a book.
The Wise Man's fear is similar, but its just a tad less well written, in my opinion. Likely you will have been caught by Name of the Wind and that won't matter, but just a forewarning that the first book is better.
Elantris is a good book an interesting story, but seriously fantasy. Don't pick it up if you don't like fantasy. Its also not fantastically written, but if you enjoy good stories that are a little out of the ordinary, you'll probably like this book.
Pure is trash. Futuristic fantasy that reminded me of Hunger Games trash, but YA trash all the same. Get it for a plane ride or a beach trip, don't bother otherwise. Its a trilogy and I'm not going to bother getting the other books, I'm just going to read the synopsis on Wikipedia to assuage my curiosity. Also the pseudo-science just rubbed me the wrong way. Overall, not a horrible book, but definitely not something I'll pick up again any time soon.
And now, invisible ladies and gentleman, what you have all been waiting for, the final 2012 tallies!
I read 32 books in 2012 (~60% of a book each week), putting me a solid 12 books behind last year's 44. I embarked on several reading 'journeys' which took me far more time than I would have otherwise spent on books. The longest was my expedition of re-reading Harry Potter. I'm glad I did, but I won't be doing it again soon. I also re-read many Ender's Game books, but looking back those actually didn't take much time. I just read a lot of slow books, and read more slowly in general.
I've already finished my first 2013 book and I have a slew more on the agenda, so stay tuned for more good books!
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Pure by Julianna Baggott
Alright first of all, I think everyone would enjoy Name of the Wind. It tilts towards fantasy, but the writing is so vividly luscious and the story is so pulling that I think almost anyone would enjoy it. Its not a super fast read, but in this case that is a good thing. You can luxuriate slowly in the masterpiece of a book.
The Wise Man's fear is similar, but its just a tad less well written, in my opinion. Likely you will have been caught by Name of the Wind and that won't matter, but just a forewarning that the first book is better.
Elantris is a good book an interesting story, but seriously fantasy. Don't pick it up if you don't like fantasy. Its also not fantastically written, but if you enjoy good stories that are a little out of the ordinary, you'll probably like this book.
Pure is trash. Futuristic fantasy that reminded me of Hunger Games trash, but YA trash all the same. Get it for a plane ride or a beach trip, don't bother otherwise. Its a trilogy and I'm not going to bother getting the other books, I'm just going to read the synopsis on Wikipedia to assuage my curiosity. Also the pseudo-science just rubbed me the wrong way. Overall, not a horrible book, but definitely not something I'll pick up again any time soon.
And now, invisible ladies and gentleman, what you have all been waiting for, the final 2012 tallies!
I read 32 books in 2012 (~60% of a book each week), putting me a solid 12 books behind last year's 44. I embarked on several reading 'journeys' which took me far more time than I would have otherwise spent on books. The longest was my expedition of re-reading Harry Potter. I'm glad I did, but I won't be doing it again soon. I also re-read many Ender's Game books, but looking back those actually didn't take much time. I just read a lot of slow books, and read more slowly in general.
I've already finished my first 2013 book and I have a slew more on the agenda, so stay tuned for more good books!
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