2011 - What I Can Remember

Today, I finished Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, after meaning to read it for quite some time. I picked it up yesterday and finished it this evening. I told Adam that I wished I'd kept better track of what I'd read in 2011 because I can't remember everything. So, I'm going to try to keep better track this year with this blog. It's not meant to generate reviews or recommendations, just to keep track of what I'm reading.

I'm going to try my best to list what I did read last year, and maybe I'll edit and add things as I remember them. I might share thoughts if I think about it, or if anyone is really curious, but for the most part I'll try to stick to writing more thoughts about books as I read them this year, so the reaction is fresh.

The following list, for reasons already mentioned, is in no particular order rather than chronological.

2011:

A Song of Ice and Fire series, by George R. R. Martin

This includes: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss

Pride & Prejudice, by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen

A Jane Austen Education, by William Deresiewicz

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

With the Light: Vols. 1-2, by Keiko Tobe

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

The Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins

This includes: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Suzanna Clarke

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach

Death Comes to Pemberly, by P.D. James

Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro

Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes

Deja Dead, by Kathy Reichs

Deadly Decisions, by Kathy Reichs

The Fall, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

EDIT: The Mind's Eye, by Oliver Sacks

Started, not finished for some reason or other:

(Some, I mean to get back to, some I'm still reading.)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, by Hayao Miyazaki

The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson

Island in the Sea of Time, by S.M. Sterling

Darcy on the Hudson, by Mary Lyndon Simonsen

One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham

Persuasion, by Jane Austen

The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood

EDIT: Gray Matter, by David Levy

EDIT: In Praise of Stay-At-Home Moms, by Laura Schlessinger

So, both lists are incomplete, but you can see that I went on both huge fantasy kicks (a good year for fantasy!) and Jane Austen kicks. I'm going to finish Persuasion, soon, and I want to finish reading her work this year. That was 2011 for me, though, and I'm sure I'll think of more stuff. And then I'll start posting titles and brief thoughts as I finish books this year. I'll have to mull over this a bit to choose favorites or highlights. Hmm.