Books read in 2014

[rolanni]

52.  Elements of Mind, Walter H. Hunt
51.  In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Nathaniel Philbrick
50.  The Hum and the Shiver, Alex Bledsoe
49.  Prince of Shadows, Rachel Caine
48.  Why Mermaids Sing, C.S. Harris
47.  The Enchantment Emporium, Tanya Huff
46.  Mortal Heart, Robin LeFevers (e)
45.  Dark Triumph, Robin LeFevers (e)
44.  Grave Mercy, Robin LeFevers (e)
43.  Heavenly Pleasures, Kerry Greenwood (e)
42.  Branded by Fire, Nalini Singh (read aloud w/Steve)
41. Paragon Walk, Anne Perry
40.  Spellcast, Barbara Ashford
39.  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny, (re-re-re-&c-read aloud w/Steve)
38. The Third Circle, Amanda Quick
37.  Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City, Phil and Kaja Foglio
36.  Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
35.   Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, Richard P. Feynman (as told to Ralph Leighton)
34.   A Brother's Price, Wen Spencer (e)
33.   Spiral Path, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (e)
32.   Earthly Delights, Kerry Greenwood (e)
31.   Night Broken, Patricia Briggs (e)
30.  Just My Type, Simon Garfield
29.  Bones of Faerie, Janni Lee Simner
28.  Dancer of the Sixth, Michelle Shirey Crean
27.  Tryst, Elswyth Thane (re-re-re-re-re-&c-read)
26.  The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
25.  The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
24.  The Queen of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
23.  The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner
22.  Cuckoo's Egg, C.J. Cherryh (re-re-re-&c-read)
21.  The Windflower, Laura London (Tom and Sharon Curtis) (re-read)
20.  Sparrow Hill Road, Seanan McGuire (e)
19.  Demon's Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan
18.  Refining Felicity, Marion Chesney
17.  Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury (re-read aloud w/Steve)
16. The Vanished Priestess, Meredith Blevins
15.  Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny (re-read aloud w/Steve)
14.  Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
13.  Ghost Point, James A. Hetley, manuscript (read aloud w/Steve)
12.  Peacemaker, C.J. Cherryh (read aloud w/Steve)
11.  The Red Hot Empress, Meredith Blevins
10.  Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
9.  Black Widow: The Name of the Rose, Marjorie Liu, Daniel Acuna
8.  Agent of Change, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e)
7.  The Emperor's Agent, Jo Graham (e)
6.  Eternity and a Day, Aline Hunter (e)
5.  Kindred Rites, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (e)
4.  Billy the Kid, the Endless Ride, Michael Wallis
3.  The Steerswoman, Rosemary Kirstein (e)
2.  Uncovered, Jordan Matter
1.  Dancers Among Us, Jordan Matter

Comments

[pgranzeau.livejournal.com]

A book a week! Is that your normal rate?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it is far ABOVE my usual rate. The only reason I've read so much this year is because I've been sick for the last five weeks and can't write.

As much as I love to read, this does not necessarily make me a happy camper.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

One of the terrible truths they don't tell you about becoming a professional writer is that it really cuts into your reading time. :(

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

One of the terrible truths they don't tell you about becoming a professional writer is that it really cuts into your reading time.

It's particularly cruel, since most of us got here, in part at least, because we loved to read.

OTOH, it's not really the sort of warning someone just starting their career would necessarily find. . .sensible. Why on earth wouldn't you have time to read? You've always read; you just made time. It doesn't quite click, that, once you've crossed the line into lunacy, what you'll be making time for now, is for writing. And that days will still only be 24 hours long.

I find, more and more that my advice and insights, such as they may be, about writing are fairly useless to folks who are just starting out. . .it's more like retrospective advice, like, "If you're going to go out here in the middle of Noboxland and start whacking away at the big yellow flowers with your sword? Be sure not to rouse any osterbears."

Which is fine, and true, and even heartfelt, but must fall as so much gibberish on ears that have not heard the osterbear roar.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yes! Precisely!

Fear the osterbears!