2012 Book Log
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sabotabbyI've noticed that some of you do this and it is a good idea, so I think I shall be keeping track, sans reviews*, of all of the books I read this year. Feel free to talk about whatever you're reading in the comments.
Fiction
1. Terrier, Tamora Pierce
2. Sensation, Nick Mamatas
3. Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: Stories of Crime, Love and Rebellion, edited by Gary Phillips and Andrea Gibbons
4. Smiley's People, John LeCarré
5. Ha'Penny, Jo Walton
6. The Lizard Cage, Karen Connelly
7. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
8. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
9. Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente
10. A Perfect Spy, John LeCarré
11. Diaspora, Greg Egan
12. A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
13. The Prague Cemetery, Umberto Eco
14. A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin
15. Soulless: an Alexia Tarabotti novel, Gail Carriger
16. Come, Thou Tortoise, Jessica Grant
17. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
18. A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin
19. A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin
20. A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin
21. The Chaos, Nalo Hopkinson
22. They Walked Like Men, Clifford D. Simak
23. Harlot's Ghost, Norman Mailer<
24. Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance, Rhoda Belleza (ed.)
25. Sideshow: 10 Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical, Deborah Noyes (ed.)
26. A Walk in My World: International Short Stories About Youth, Anne Mazer (ed.)
27. Railsea, China Miéville
28. Feed, Mira Grant
29. John Dies At the End, David Wong
30. Deadline, Mira Grant
31. Blackout, Mira Grant
32. This Book Is Full of Spiders, David Wong
Non-Fiction
1. Anthony Blunt: His Lives, Miranda Carter
2. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, Marcus Rediker
3. Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, Bruce Schneier
4. My Five Cambridge Friends: Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller, Yuri Modin
5. The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon, William M. Adler
6. The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson
7. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, Gabor Maté
8. Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness, Jan Wong
9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
10. The Cult of Impotence: Selling the Myth of Powerlessness in the Global Economy, Linda McQuaig
11. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (ed.)
12. Broken Republic, Arundhati Roy
13. Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation, James Howard Kunstler
14. So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel, Phil Hornshaw & Nick Hurwitch
15. People's War & Women's Liberation in Nepal, Hisila Yami
16. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss
17. She's Shameless: Women write about growing up, rocking out and fighting back, Megan Griffith-Greene and Stacey May Fowles (eds.)
18. Red Lights on the Prairies, James H. Gray
19. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, Tom Segev
20. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, Oliver Burkeman
Comics & Art Books
1. Zot!: Book 1, Scott McCloud
2. DMZ: Friendly Fire, Brian Wood
3. Dial H #1, China Miéville
4. Berlin #17 & 18, Jason Lutes
5. Are You My Mother?, Alison Bechdel
6. Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1, Darwyn Cooke
7. Chairman Meow and the Protectors of the Proletariat, Anant Singh & Abhijeet Kini
8. Girl Genius: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank, Phil & Kaja Foglio
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty
10. Blacksad, Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido
11. Anya's Ghost, Vera Brosgol
12. Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority, Mark Millar, John McCrea, & James Hodgkins
13. Tank Girl: Apocalypse, Alan Grant, Phil Bond, & Andy Prichett
14. Murder Mysteries, Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell
15. Promethea, Book 1, Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, & Mick Gray
16. But I Like It, Joe Sacco
17. Luba: Three Daughters, Gilbert Hernandez
18. Midnight Days, Neil Gaiman
19. Sexy Chix: Anthology of Women Cartoonists, Diana Schutz (ed.)
Plays
1. The Measures Taken and other Lehrstücke, Bertolt Brecht
2. The Threepenny Opera, Baal, and The Mother, Bertolt Brecht
3. Four Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The Chairs, Eugene Ionesco
4. The Good Person of Szechwan, Mother Courage and Her Children, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, Bertolt Brecht
5. Life of Galileo, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht
*Of course, if you want my opinion on something, I am always happy to give it, but I read a lot of books and it's impossible for me to post even short reviews of all of them.
Fiction
1. Terrier, Tamora Pierce
2. Sensation, Nick Mamatas
3. Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: Stories of Crime, Love and Rebellion, edited by Gary Phillips and Andrea Gibbons
4. Smiley's People, John LeCarré
5. Ha'Penny, Jo Walton
6. The Lizard Cage, Karen Connelly
7. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
8. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
9. Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente
10. A Perfect Spy, John LeCarré
11. Diaspora, Greg Egan
12. A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
13. The Prague Cemetery, Umberto Eco
14. A Clash of Kings, George R. R. Martin
15. Soulless: an Alexia Tarabotti novel, Gail Carriger
16. Come, Thou Tortoise, Jessica Grant
17. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
18. A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin
19. A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin
20. A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin
21. The Chaos, Nalo Hopkinson
22. They Walked Like Men, Clifford D. Simak
23. Harlot's Ghost, Norman Mailer<
24. Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance, Rhoda Belleza (ed.)
25. Sideshow: 10 Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical, Deborah Noyes (ed.)
26. A Walk in My World: International Short Stories About Youth, Anne Mazer (ed.)
27. Railsea, China Miéville
28. Feed, Mira Grant
29. John Dies At the End, David Wong
30. Deadline, Mira Grant
31. Blackout, Mira Grant
32. This Book Is Full of Spiders, David Wong
Non-Fiction
1. Anthony Blunt: His Lives, Miranda Carter
2. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age, Marcus Rediker
3. Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, Bruce Schneier
4. My Five Cambridge Friends: Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller, Yuri Modin
5. The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon, William M. Adler
6. The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson
7. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, Gabor Maté
8. Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and, Yes, Happiness, Jan Wong
9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
10. The Cult of Impotence: Selling the Myth of Powerlessness in the Global Economy, Linda McQuaig
11. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (ed.)
12. Broken Republic, Arundhati Roy
13. Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation, James Howard Kunstler
14. So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel, Phil Hornshaw & Nick Hurwitch
15. People's War & Women's Liberation in Nepal, Hisila Yami
16. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss
17. She's Shameless: Women write about growing up, rocking out and fighting back, Megan Griffith-Greene and Stacey May Fowles (eds.)
18. Red Lights on the Prairies, James H. Gray
19. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, Tom Segev
20. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, Oliver Burkeman
Comics & Art Books
1. Zot!: Book 1, Scott McCloud
2. DMZ: Friendly Fire, Brian Wood
3. Dial H #1, China Miéville
4. Berlin #17 & 18, Jason Lutes
5. Are You My Mother?, Alison Bechdel
6. Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1, Darwyn Cooke
7. Chairman Meow and the Protectors of the Proletariat, Anant Singh & Abhijeet Kini
8. Girl Genius: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank, Phil & Kaja Foglio
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home, Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty
10. Blacksad, Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido
11. Anya's Ghost, Vera Brosgol
12. Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority, Mark Millar, John McCrea, & James Hodgkins
13. Tank Girl: Apocalypse, Alan Grant, Phil Bond, & Andy Prichett
14. Murder Mysteries, Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell
15. Promethea, Book 1, Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, & Mick Gray
16. But I Like It, Joe Sacco
17. Luba: Three Daughters, Gilbert Hernandez
18. Midnight Days, Neil Gaiman
19. Sexy Chix: Anthology of Women Cartoonists, Diana Schutz (ed.)
Plays
1. The Measures Taken and other Lehrstücke, Bertolt Brecht
2. The Threepenny Opera, Baal, and The Mother, Bertolt Brecht
3. Four Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The Chairs, Eugene Ionesco
4. The Good Person of Szechwan, Mother Courage and Her Children, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, Bertolt Brecht
5. Life of Galileo, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht
*Of course, if you want my opinion on something, I am always happy to give it, but I read a lot of books and it's impossible for me to post even short reviews of all of them.
