Kylie Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) Dystopian Reading List TBR Pile Disclaimer: some books on this list might be more post-apocalyptic or utopian in nature. I don't care; it's my list. TBR as at 1 January 2011: 61 TBR as at 3 July 2011: 65 (1 read, 5 acquired) TBR Pile (read, currently reading): *Margaret Atwood: The Year of the Flood JG Ballard: Crash John Brunner: The Jagged Orbit John Brunner: The Sheep Look Up John Brunner: The Shockwave Rider Katharine Burdekin: Swastika Night Anthony Burgess: 1985 Anthony Burgess: The Wanting Seed Karel Capek: RUR Karel Capek: War with the Newts Eoin Colfer: The Supernaturalist Justin Cronin: The Passage Philip K Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K Dick: The Man in the High Castle Cory Doctorow: Little Brother Jeanne DuPrau: The City of Ember Ben Elton: Blind Faith Philip Jose Farmer: Dayworld Philip Jose Farmer: Dayworld Rebel *Philip Jose Farmer: Dayworld Breakup EM Forster: The Machine Stops William Gibson: Neuromancer William Gibson: Count Zero William Gibson: Mona Lisa Overdrive *Dmitry Glukhovsky: Metro 2033 Ursula Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness Sarah Hall: Daughters of the North Harry Harrison: Make Room! Make Room! Robert Heinlein: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress *Michel Houellebecq: The Possibility of an Island Aldous Huxley: Brave New World Revisited Aldous Huxley: Island Shirley Jackson: The Lottery and Other Stories PD James: The Children of Men Andrew Keogh: twentytwelve Stephen King: The Bachman Books Stephen King: The Stand Arthur Koestler: Darkness at Noon Stanislaw Lem: Memoirs Found in a Bathtub Doris Lessing: Memoirs of a Survivor Jonathan Lethem: Gun, with Occasional Music Ira Levin: This Perfect Day Sinclair Lewis: It Can't Happen Here Saci Lloyd: The Carbon Diaries 2015 Saci Lloyd: The Carbon Diaries 2017 Lois Lowry: Gathering Blue Lois Lowry: Messenger Walter M Miller Jr: A Canticle for Leibowitz Thomas More: Utopia Vladimir Nabokov: Bend Sinister William F Nolan & George Clayton Johnson: Logan's Run George Orwell: 1984 (re-read) Chuck Palahniuk: Rant Mordecai Roshwald: Level 7 Will Self: The Book of Dave Charles Stross: The Halting State Kousun Takami: Battle Royale Kurt Vonnegut Jr: Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle HG Wells: The First Men in the Moon HG Wells: The Shape of Things to Come *Bernard Wolfe: Limbo 90 Jack Womack: Going Going Gone Jack Womack: Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack: Heathern Jack Womack: Ambient Jack Womack: Terraplane Jack Womack: Elvissey Yevgeny Zamyatin: We Edited July 2, 2011 by Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) Dystopian Reading List Wish List Disclaimer: some books on this list might be more post-apocalyptic or utopian in nature. I don't care; it's my list. Wish List (acquired): Margaret Atwood: The Year of the Flood Paul Auster: In the Country of Last Things JG Ballard: High Rise Oliver Bolokitten: A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- Karin Boye: Kallocain William S Burroughs: Nova Express Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower Pat Califia: Doc and Fluff GK Chesterton: The Flying Inn John Christopher: Cloud On Silver (US title: Sweeney's Island) James De Mille: A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder Philip K Dick: Time Out of Joint Harlan Ellison: Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman Philip Jose Farmer: Dayworld Breakup William Gibson: Virtual Light William Gibson: Idoru William Gibson: All Tomorrow's Parties Dmitry Glukhovsky: Metro 2033 Michel Houellebecq: The Possibility of an Island Ernst Junger: The Glass Bees Ursula Le Guin: The Lathe of Heaven Jack London: The Iron Heel Oisin McGann: Small-Minded Giants Alan Moore: V for Vendetta Larry Niven: A World Out of Time Frederik Pohl: The Space Merchants Robert Silverberg: The World Inside Emile Souvestre: The World As It Shall Be Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing Jules Verne: Paris in the 20th Century Kurt Vonnegut: Harrison Bergeron David Foster Wallace: Infinite Jest Bernard Wolfe: Limbo 90 Aleksandr Zinovyev: The Yawning Heights Edited July 2, 2011 by Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) Series Reading I have a lot of series on my TBR pile that I either haven't started or that I'm partway through. I'd like to make some more progress on these this year. Below is the bulk of the series I have on my TBR pile. I've marked books that have been read and books that I'm currently reading. Series Reading: 63 series (235 books) (2 read) Douglas Adam: Hitchhiker's / Dirk Gently (4 / 2) Isaac Asimov: Foundation (3) *Pat Barker: Regeneration (2) Stephen Baxter: Manifold (3) *Benjamin Black: Quirke (3) Trudi Canavan: The Magician's Guild (3) Isobelle Carmody: Obernewtyn Chronicles (4) Raymond Chandler: Philip Marlowe (3) *Cassandra Clare: Mortal Instruments (2) Arthur C Clarke: Space (3) Arthur C Clarke & Stephen Baxter: Time Odyssey (1) Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl (3 --> 6) William Corlett: The Magician's House (4) Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes (6) Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum (4) John Fante: Bandini Quartet (4) Philip Jose Farmer: Dayworld (2 --> 3) Jasper Fforde: Nursery Crimes (1) Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones (2) Cornelia Funke: Inkheart (3) William Gibson: Sprawl (3) *Morris Gleitzman: Once/Then (2) *Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher (4) Julia Gray: Guardian Cycle (5) Ursula Le Guin: Earthsea Cycle (4) Charlaine Harris: Sookie Stackhouse / Harper Connolly (3 / 2) Harry Harrison: Stainless Steel Rat / Stars and Stripes (4 --> 5 / 3) Raven Hart: Savannah Chronicles (3) Kathryn Kenny: Trixie Belden (3) Stieg Larsson: Millennium (2) Madeleine L'Engle: Time Quartet (2 --> 3) CS Lewis: Space (3) Jeff Lindsay: Dexter (5) Saci Lloyd: Carbon Diaries (2) Lois Lowry: Giver / Anastasia (2 / 3 -- > 6) *Cormac McCarthy: Border (2) China Mieville: Bas-Lag (3) LM Montgomery: Anne (4 --> 3) Terry Pratchett: Discworld / Johnny Maxwell (26 --> 27 / 2) Chris Priestley: Tales of Terror (2) Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials (3) Anne Rice: Vampire (2) Kim Stanley Robinson: Mars (3) Gillian Rubinstein: Space Demons (3) Alexander McCall Smith: 44 Scotland St / No 1 Ladies / Sunday Philosophy (3 / 6 / 3) *Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events (8) Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell: Twig Saga (3) Sue Townsend: Adrian Mole (4) Nancy Turner: Sarah Prine (2) SA Wakefield: Bottersnikes and Gumbles (2) *Scott Westerfeld: Peeps (2) *Elie Wiesel: Night (3 --> 2) PG Wodehouse: Blandings / Jeeves (7 / 6) Jack Womack: Dryco (6) Jonathan Wylie: Island and Empires (3) Edited May 1, 2011 by Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) Multiple Authors TBR Pile I tend to buy everything an author has written without reading their books that I already own. I aim to reduce these numbers this year. The list doesn't include any series, which are listed separately in the above post. I'm only listing authors for whom I own 3 or more books, and I'm not counting their series alongside their standalone books. I've marked books that have been read and books that I'm currently reading. TBR as at 1 January 2011: 154 TBR as at 2 May 2011: 228 (1 read, 4 acquired) TBR Pile (read, currently reading): Margaret Atwood: 5 JG Ballard: 6 John Banville: 9 *Jorge Luis Borges: 3 Ray Bradbury: 6 John Brunner: 8 Italo Calvino: 5 Truman Capote: 4 Angela Carter: 6 Arthur C Clarke: 9 Philip K Dick: 7 Charles Dickens: 4 Ben Elton: 5 Stephen Fry: 4 Neil Gaiman: 6 Graham Greene: 3 Susan Hill: 9 SE Hinton: 3 Aldous Huxley: 6 Kazuo Ishiguro: 4 Jack Kerouac: 6 Stephen King: 5 Stanislaw Lem: 4 David Malouf: 3 John Marsden: 4 Nancy Mitford: 3 Walter Moers: 3 Haruki Murakami: 7 Vladimir Nabokov: 6 Flann O'Brien: 3 Chuck Palahniuk: 4 Terry Pratchett: 4 John Steinbeck: 4 Hunter S Thompson: 4 Kurt Vonnegut: 5 Sarah Waters: 4 Evelyn Waugh: 4 HG Wells: 7 PG Wodehouse: 20 Tom Wolfe: 5 --> 4 John Wyndham: 5 --> 6 Richard Yates: 6 Edited May 1, 2011 by Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) Links to Posts 2011 Reading Summary January to June | July to December TBR A-B | TBR C-D | TBR E-G | TBR H-J | TBR K-L TBR M-O | TBR P-R | TBR S-V | TBR W-Z | TBR Non-Fiction Priority Reading | Wish List Acquired Jan-Jun | Acquired Jul-Dec 1001 TBR | 1001 Wish List | 501 TBR | 501 Wish List 1001 C TBR | 1001 C Wish List | Rory TBR | Rory Wish List Dystopian TBR | Dystopian Wish List Series | Multiple Authors Entertainment Weekly: 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (external link) Frankie's 30 Questions My Bookcases as at 1 January 2011: My Bookcases as at 15 May 2011: Edited June 2, 2011 by Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 OMG!!! Obviously my first read of 2011 will have to be all your lists .. they're awesome You've certainly set yourself a few targets. I bet you had a great time just sorting everything into categories etc. Happy 2011 Kylie .. let the reading commence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 You don't understand how much respect I have for your organizational skills, or how jealous I am of all the incredible books you have waiting for you. Well anyway now I've finished moaning I just want to wish you all the best with your 2011 reading; I hope you manage to find some crackers, and I look forward to reading your views on what you've read as the year progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Kylie, I love how organised you are, happy reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 OMG!!! Obviously my first read of 2011 will have to be all your lists .. they're awesome You've certainly set yourself a few targets. I bet you had a great time just sorting everything into categories etc. Happy 2011 Kylie .. let the reading commence Thanks Poppyshake. I think I went a little overboard but I wanted to have more thorough lists for my various challenges. My 2010 lists were hard to keep up to date because they were so patchy in details. You don't understand how much respect I have for your organizational skills, or how jealous I am of all the incredible books you have waiting for you. Well anyway now I've finished moaning I just want to wish you all the best with your 2011 reading; I hope you manage to find some crackers, and I look forward to reading your views on what you've read as the year progresses. Aw, thanks Ben! I'm sure I have plenty of great reads ahead of me and I can't wait to get stuck into them! I hope you have an awesome reading year too, and I hope you can find more time for reading as well. Kylie, I love how organised you are, happy reading Thank you Weave! I'm so excited to see what 2011 will bring. I look forward to reading your reviews in 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Thank you Weave! I'm so excited to see what 2011 will bring. I look forward to reading your reviews in 2011. You are very welcome Kylie and thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 (edited) Aw, thanks Ben! I'm sure I have plenty of great reads ahead of me and I can't wait to get stuck into them! I hope you have an awesome reading year too, and I hope you can find more time for reading as well. Thanks Kylie, I'm sure I will find some time, I think especially my new Amazon Kindle will help a lot with that. Don't worry, I won't forget my non-digital novels still sat upon my shelves; I still have a to-be-read pile which seems to just ever-increase rather than go down, that I should really get stuck into in 2011. Well, I guess we'll just have to see where our reading takes us in the new year; an exciting prospect for sure. Edited December 27, 2010 by Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 I'm glad you won't be forgetting 'real' books Ben. We've gotta keep those bricks-and-mortar stores in business! I have started my first read of 2011: Watchmen by Alan Moore. I've finished chapter 1 of 12 and it's quite interesting. I'm reading this as an ebook on my 'puter (with the artwork of course) so unfortunately it won't count as one off my TBR pile. I'll also be starting Alberto Manguel's The Library at Night. I've gotten into reading books about books recently, and this is a collection of essays about the history of libraries written by a guy who lives in France with a personal library of 16,000 books. I'm looking forward to getting some tips from him. Frankie, I know you've added this to your wish list already, and I feel obliged to point out that Manguel has included a list of his favourite books at the end (more than 100), so your wish list may be expanding even further if/when you read it. There is some overlap with other list books but there are quite a lot that I don't recognise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Yay, it's all set up now! I love going through your TBR piles because no matter how many times I look at it or how many times I looked at all your bookshelves, I'll always find something new that I didn't notice/remember you already had. It's like being a kid in a candy store! Henri Alain-Fournier: The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) What's this? I think I saw it either on the FTBC reading list or then Jason Steger mentioned it as one of his favorites or most life changing novels he's read in his interview on the FTBC website. I'm curious! Martin Amis: The Rachel Papers Another Amis. I hope it's a good one. I've seen the title somewhere, rather recently. Maybe on the FTBC list. Murray Bail: Eucalyptus I'm happy to announce that when I got back to Finland I found this for only 2e at a secondhand bookshop. It was thrilling because I'd seen your copy in your library and I know it's Australian. I hope we like it! I also hope you enjoy the Banville's. Oooh and Flaubert's Parrot. Aphra Behn: Oroonoko Where did you find a copy of this and why did you buy it? I remember it being on the 1001 list. And it's hella old! Poppy Z Brite: Exquisite CorpsePoppy Z Brite: Lost Souls Good look with these! Augusten Burroughs: Magical ThinkingAugusten Burroughs: Running with Scissors Augusten Burroughs: Sellevision My, my, you have excellent taste! Mark Z Danielewski: House of Leaves Oh boy... I bet if you decide to read this one in 2011, it'll be one of your most challenging reads. Remember that I'd be happy to do a mini reading group on it Oh by the way, I know remember the fish book that's on the 1001 list that I've been thinking about when we've tried to remember the fish book. The one that I was thinking is Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan, only now that I checked my copy of 1001 it's NOT on the list. Where the hell did I get the name. It must be on some list or another. Fannie Flagg: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Remember to also watch the movie. Both are excellent! Your list of Ursula Le Guins reminds me of one author I've been meaning to ask you about. Do you know Ursula Hegi? She's got a book on the Rory list, only can't remember the title now, and I was wondering if you've read it? Lloyd Jones: Mister Pip Oooh, this one's awesome, I really hope you enjoy it! Edited December 31, 2010 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Erik Larson: The Devil in the White City I sooo want this book, it sounds so great. It's one of the Rory reads I'm looking forward to the most! Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead Have you noticed that the Rory Gilmore group on goodreads is going to read this in January? Patrick Suskind: Perfume Donna Tartt: The Secret History Sue Townsend: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole Sue Townsend: True Confessions of Adrian Mole Sue Townsend: Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years Sue Townsend: Rebuilding Coventry These are all excellent in their own ways, enjoy! Hunter S Thompson: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72Hunter S Thompson: Hell's Angels I want! Tom Wolfe: The Bonfire of the Vanities Everytime I go to this one particular charityshop, I see a copy of that lying around and I always pick it up but never end up buying it. The blurb sounds alright but it's a massive read and it's scary! Tom Wolfe: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestTom Wolfe: I Am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe: The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby Tom Wolfe: The Pump House Gang I hope these turn out to be amazing reads! Wow, I almost broke out in sweat while going through your TBR (Bloody hell, I had to put my reply in two separate posts, apparently I have too much stuff to say! Edit: OMG!!! Obviously my first read of 2011 will have to be all your lists .. they're awesome You've certainly set yourself a few targets. I bet you had a great time just sorting everything into categories etc. Happy 2011 Kylie .. let the reading commence That's a long first read of the year, are you sure you can get through it by the end of 2011? I'll also be starting Alberto Manguel's The Library at Night. I've gotten into reading books about books recently, and this is a collection of essays about the history of libraries written by a guy who lives in France with a personal library of 16,000 books. I'm looking forward to getting some tips from him. Frankie, I know you've added this to your wish list already, and I feel obliged to point out that Manguel has included a list of his favourite books at the end (more than 100), so your wish list may be expanding even further if/when you read it. There is some overlap with other list books but there are quite a lot that I don't recognise. Oh boy... I guess I shouldn't buy that book immediately. Maybe I should wait till I get my TBR under 300. Although, what's the point.... Kylie, I only went through your fiction TBR in my posts but I have to give it to you, you have some seriously interesting non-fiction books on your TBR as well. And thanks for posting the 1001 Children's Books list, it'll give me an idea of what kind of stuff they have on it. Edited December 31, 2010 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kylie Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 What's this? I think I saw it either on the FTBC reading list or then Jason Steger mentioned it as one of his favorites or most life changing novels he's read in his interview on the FTBC website. I'm curious! Another Amis. I hope it's a good one. I've seen the title somewhere, rather recently. Maybe on the FTBC list. Yes, Le Grand Meaulnes was reviewed on the First Tuesday Book Club ages ago. I remember it sounded intriguing. Marieke has talked about Martin Amis a lot because she loves him, and The Rachel Papers was reviewed on the FTBC. I hope I enjoy Martin's works more than I enjoyed his son Kingsley's! Where did you find a copy of this and why did you buy it? I remember it being on the 1001 list. And it's hella old! I got Oroonoko at the Canberra book fair last year. It was first published in 1688, so yeah, it's kind of old! It's very short but I think it might be a slightly difficult read because of ye olde English style. Although having just flicked through it, it doesn't look too bad. Oh by the way, I know remember the fish book that's on the 1001 list that I've been thinking about when we've tried to remember the fish book. The one that I was thinking is Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan, only now that I checked my copy of 1001 it's NOT on the list. Where the hell did I get the name. It must be on some list or another. Ooh, I remember Richard Brautigan's name coming up on the forum once. I think maybe by Freewheeling Andy, but I'm not sure. I remember that his books sounded really interesting but I couldn't find any in print or something. I'll have to add him to my wish list again, thanks! Your list of Ursula Le Guins reminds me of one author I've been meaning to ask you about. Do you know Ursula Hegi? She's got a book on the Rory list, only can't remember the title now, and I was wondering if you've read it? Despite all my work on setting up my new Rory list, I don't remember seeing this name, so no, I haven't read anything by her. Have you noticed that the Rory Gilmore group on goodreads is going to read this in January? Cool. I hope everyone doesn't hate Atlas Shrugged. I'll be quite upset if they do! I definitely have to read Hell's Angels this year. I can't believe I haven't read it yet when I wanted it so badly (the same goes for Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test). I saw a documentary on Hunter S Thompson recently which was pretty interesting. The Bonfire of the Vanities is supposed to be excellent but I agree that the size is rather daunting. I think it was chosen as a reading circle book once. Kylie, I only went through your fiction TBR in my posts but I have to give it to you, you have some seriously interesting non-fiction books on your TBR as well. And thanks for posting the 1001 Children's Books list, it'll give me an idea of what kind of stuff they have on it. Thank you! Did you also notice that I posted some stuff from my 501 Must-Reads book? I found a good list here. The book is split into the categories shown in the blog. I have to rearrange my reading posts so move the 501 books to be under the 1001 children's. Thanks for your comments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Listastic! Haha. Thanks Raven! I had a dream last night that I was walking around laden down with a huge pile of books that I had just bought. Then I realised that it was the first of January and that I had bought all these books before even reading a single book in the new year and I was so disappointed with myself for caving in and buying so many books so quickly. So just to be on the safe side, I'm staying indoors today and I have no plans to go anywhere. But then again, I've just remembered online book shopping. Mwahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I think you should set yourself a rule that you will only buy one new book for every five or ten you read from your TBR list. Whilst I admire your book buying prowess over the last year, what is the point in you haven't been reading them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I have successfully done a read 3, buy 1 challenge for short periods of time, but for now I'm going to go cold turkey for as long as I can and avoid all bookshops. The online Book Depository is another matter, but if I can stop checking out my wish list every day or two then I should be able to resist temptation there as well. It doesn't help that the Aussie dollar is doing so brilliantly at the moment. I just really need to concentrate on all the books I've already got and remember how badly I want to read them all. The thing is, all the books I buy are ones that I really, really want to read, but it's just a matter of when I'll get to them. With every, say, 100 books that I buy, I'm putting myself back another year from reading books I already have. <sigh> I have very good intentions this year, I promise! I've already sworn off the first of the Canberra book fairs, which saves me at least 100 books right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I have successfully done a read 3, buy 1 challenge for short periods of time, but for now I'm going to go cold turkey for as long as I can and avoid all bookshops. The online Book Depository is another matter, but if I can stop checking out my wish list every day or two then I should be able to resist temptation there as well. It doesn't help that the Aussie dollar is doing so brilliantly at the moment. I'm going to try not to buy too many new books this year. My 'to read' pile isn't the epic proportions of yours, but I'd still like to reduce it if possible. It's hard though - I'm already ear-marking books I need purchase in order to try to complete my decades challenge! Good luck with tackling the pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Surely the TBR list to end all TBR lists. We are but mere admirers in awe of the majesty of the Australian Mistress of Books. Happy reading in 2011, Kylie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 ... .... I do believe I'm speechless! The most impressive list I've ever seen as well as frankie's! Wow! Happy Reading for 2011 Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've already sworn off the first of the Canberra book fairs, which saves me at least 100 books right off. You're using pages from first editions as patches, aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 It's hard though - I'm already ear-marking books I need purchase in order to try to complete my decades challenge! Yes, taking part in challenges can make it quite difficult to stop buying books. Aww, thanks Chesil and Charm. You're using pages from first editions as patches, aren't you? My response to this is equal parts and . It's blasphemy to suggest I would tear up books (and first editions at that!) Without the aid of patches, I've lasted two and a half days without buying a book so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 All I can say Kylie is that it's a great comfort to read your lists, and know that there is at least one person who is more addicted to acquiring books that they desperately want to read, but never quite get around to reading, than me!!! The word awesome is way overused in this world, but I think it applies accurately here. I notice your comments about enjoying books about books, and that you've got Susan Hill's Howards End is on the Landing on your priority list. Definitely want to recommend it, not least because I think you will relate very much to some of the things she says! It was my favourite non-fiction read last year. One thing I'm definitely taking away from your blog - I'm going to start a list of books acquired, not just read. Hopefully, when it's sat there staring at me, it might help me rein in my wilder tendencies. But then again, maybe not! Hope you have a great year's reading this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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