I thought it would be fun in a nerdy way to share the list of books/graphic novels/comic collections that I read in 2010. This was a big deal to me as I had a mission to read 50 books, not including graphic novels, within a year. I succeeded, and had I included graphic novels, I would have completely murdered that goal.
Anyway, for shits and giggs, here are two lists documenting every book I read in 2010, in the order that I read them, and along with the rating (out of five) that I gave them on my new favorite "social networking" site, Goodreads. Most of these were first time reads with the exception of the Rowling, Salinger and Tolkien books.
REGULAR OL' BOOKS
(1) Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman (Jan., 4/5)
(2) The Adventures of King Midas by Lynne Reid Banks (Jan., 3/5)
(3) Animal Farm by George Orwell (Jan., 5/5)
(4) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Jan., 3/5)
(5) It by Stephen King (Jan., 4/5)
(6) Post: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore - 1985-2007 by Eric Grubbs (Jan., 4/5)
(7) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger (Feb., 3/5)
(8) Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (Feb., 3/5)
(9) Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (Feb., 4/5)
(10) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Feb., 5/5)
(11) The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (Feb., 3/5)
(12) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (Mar., 5/5)
(13) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (Mar., 5/5)
(14) The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (Apr., 5/5)
(15) The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (Apr., 5/5)
(16) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (May, 4/5)
(17) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (May, 5/5)
(18) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (May, 5/5)
(19) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (May, 5/5)
(20) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (May, 5/5)
(21) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Jun., 5/5)
(22) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling (Jun., 5/5)
(23) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Jul., 3/5)
(24) REAL Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book by Robert Hamburger (Jul., 2/5)
(24) REAL Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book by Robert Hamburger (Jul., 2/5)
(25) The Giver by Lois Lowry (Aug., 3/5)
(26) The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Aug., 3/5)
(27) 33 1/3: The Flaming Lips' Zaireeka by Mark Richardson (Aug., 3/5)
(28) Holes by Louis Sachar (Aug., 2/5)
(29) Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (Aug., 4/5)
(30) 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (Aug., 2/5)
(31) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Sep., 3/5)
(32) The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve (Sep., 2/5)
(33) The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Sep., 3/5)
(34) I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Woolfe (Oct., 3/5)
(35) The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon (Oct., 4/5)
(36) Exile by Blake Nelson (Oct., 3/5)
(37) Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup (Oct., 3/5)
(38) Nellcott is My Darling by Golda Friend (Oct., 2/5)
(39) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Oct., 2/5)
(40) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Oct., 2/5)
(41) Naked by David Sedaris (Oct., 3/5)
(42) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Nov., 3/5)
(43) Atonement by Ian McEwan (Nov., 2/5)
(44) Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Nov., 2/5)
(45) The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Nov., 3/5)
(46) Manstealing for Fat Girls by Michelle Embree (Nov., 3/5)
(47) Slowly Downward by Stanley Donwood (Nov., 3/5)
(48) Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver (Dec., 2/5)
(49) Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Dec., 1/5)
(50) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Dec., 2/5)
GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMIC COLLECTIONS
(1) 100 Bullets Vol. 5: The Counterfifth Detective by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 5/5)
(2) 100 Bullets Vol. 6: Six Feet Under the Gun by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 4/5)
(3) 100 Bullets Vol. 7: Samurai by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 4/5)
(4) 100 Bullets Vol. 8: The Hard Way by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 5/5)
(5) 100 Bullets Vol. 9: Strychnine Lives by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 4/5)
(6) 100 Bullets Vol. 10: Decayed by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 4/5)
(7) 100 Bullets Vol. 11: Once Upon a Crime by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 4/5)
(8) 100 Bullets Vol. 12: Dirty by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 4/5)
(9) 100 Bullets Vol. 13: Wilt by Brian Azzarello (Jan., 5/5)
(10) Bone Vol. 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith (Jan., 4/5)
(11) Bone Vol. 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith (Jan., 4/5)
(12) Bone Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith (Jan., 5/5)
(13) Bone Vol. 4: The Dragonslayer by Jeff Smith (Jan., 5/5)
(14) Bone Vol. 5: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border by Jeff Smith (Jan., 4/5)
(15) Bone Vol. 6: Old Man's Cave by Jeff Smith (Jan., 5/5)
(16) Bone Vol. 7: Ghost Circles by Jeff Smith (Jan., 5/5)
(17) Bone Vol. 8: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith (Feb., 5/5)
(18) Bone Vol. 9: Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith (Feb., 5/5)
(19) Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar (Mar., 4/5)
(20) Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb (May, 4/5)
(21) The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson (May, 4/5)
(22) Hellboy Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Other Stories by Mike Mignola (Jun., 3/5)
(23) Hellboy Vol. 8: Darkness Calls by Mike Mignola (Jun., 3/5)
(24) Hellboy Vol. 9: The Wild Hunt by Mike Mignola (Jun., 4/5)
(25) Hard Boiled by Frank Miller (Jun., 3/5)
(26) Powers Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Michael Brian Bendis (Sep., 4/5)(27) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 by Alan Moore (Oct., 4/5)
(28) Top 10 Vol. 1 by Alan Moore (Oct., 4/5)
(29) V for Vendetta by Alan (Nov., 5/5)
(30) Top 10 Vol. 2 by Alan Moore (Nov., 4/5)
(31) Smax by Alan Moore (Dec., 4/5)
(32) The Forty-Niners by Alan Moore (Dec., 3/5)
(33) The Dark Knight Strikes Again Vol. 1 by Frank Miller (Dec., 4/5)
(34) The Dark Knight Strikes Again Vol. 2 by Frank Miller (Dec., 3/5)
(35) The Dark Knight Strikes Again Vol. 3 by Frank Miller (Dec., 4/5)
(36) Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughn (Dec., 4/5)
(37) Y: The Last Man Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughn (Dec., 5/5)
(38) Y: The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughn (Dec., 4/5)
(39) Y: The Last Man Vol. 4: Safeword by Brian K. Vaughn (Dec., 4/5)
(40) Y: The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughn (Dec., 5/5)
(41) Y: The Last Man Vol. 6: Girl on Girl by Brian K. Vaughn (Dec., 5/5)
2 comments:
Quillen! HI! I just found your blog & I'm so excited that the first entry in here is all about books (nerd alert). However... I can't believe you gave The Kite Runner only 2/5 stars?! By the end of the book, I was emotionally distraught, but I think I'd still give it at least three stars. :)
You need to read Housseini's other novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Blows The Kite Runner out of the water.
Anyway, hope you are doing well! :)
Thank you for the comment, Rachel! Glad you found me, and long time no see and all that stuff.
The Kite Runner was a little too, I don't know... It combined drama with real life way too much. I like somewhat realistic novels with an element of fantasy thrown in, and I like full blown unbelievable things, but The Kite Runner offered too much reality, and the way the story went down was way too unbelievable for how realistic it was. A bit too sappy for me too. I do own A Thousand Splendid Suns, and will eventually be reading that one as well, as I have heard that it is better.
I hope you are doing good as well!
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