{"id":223,"date":"2011-07-22T17:56:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T22:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bojnberry.ca\/~berry\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-07-22T23:43:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T04:43:30","slug":"my-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bojnberry.ca\/~berry\/blog\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"My reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just to get off the Hugo topic for a bit, here&#8217;s what I have lined up for the rest of the year. Not exhaustive, but these are books that I actually have, that are actually yelling at me to finish up. Of course, there are some Hugo books still in there, but I should finish them off by the 31st (moot otherwise!). Secret weapon? Audiobooks. I have an Audible account, and a two-hour round-trip commute. I just finished The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms this way, and I thoroughly endorse this method of &#8220;reading&#8221;. I&#8217;ll be listening to Feed whilst reading Dervish House this week, and hopefully plowing through Blackout on my travel day to Vegas. Not like I&#8217;ll be doing anything else. I do have a couple of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/er\/list\">Early Reviewer<\/a> books to take care of in there, and a couple by authors appearing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.can-con.org\">Can-Con<\/a>. Everything else I can read in any order, though Jennifer Morgue should probably fall before the Fuller Memorandum, simply because it&#8217;s book 2 in the series. I don&#8217;t know if they stand random reading. I&#8217;ll keep my eyes open on that one. Ed: According to Charlie, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2011\/01\/laundry-reading-order.html\">this<\/a> is the order I should read them. Well, good. Thanks, Charlie!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyrsf.com\/DervishHouse.html\">Dervish House<\/a> by Ian McDonald (July 31 &#8211; Hugos)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/miragrant.com\/newsflesh.php#feed\">Feed<\/a> by Mira Grant (July 31 &#8211; Hugos) &#8211; started this one today<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftv.org\/cw\/\">Blackout\/All Clear<\/a> by Connie Willis ( July 31 &#8211; Hugos)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfeditingforfictionwriters.com\/\">Self-Editing for Fiction Writers<\/a> by Renni Browne and Dave King (Aug 3 &#8211; Library book. Maybe I should buy it&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookviewcafe.com\/index.php\/What-Ho-Automaton\">What Ho, Automaton<\/a> by Chris Dolley (Aug 15 &#8211; ER)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.czerneda.com\/sf\/reap.html\">Reap the Wild Wind<\/a> by Julie Czerneda (Sept 9 &#8211; Can-Con)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mariebilodeau.blogspot.com\/p\/destinys-blood.html\">Destiny\u2019s Blood<\/a> by Marie Bilodeau (Sept 9 &#8211; Can-Con)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/russstory.blogspot.com\/\">Attack of the Lushites<\/a> by Russ Crossley (Oct 1 &#8211; ER)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2011\/06\/rule-34-2.html\">Rule 34<\/a> by Charles Stross<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2011\/05\/10\/fuzzy-nation-it-is-upon-you\/\">Fuzzy Nation<\/a> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryrobinettekowal.com\/fiction-collectio\/shades-of-milk-and-honey\/\">Shades of Milk and Honey<\/a> by Mary Robinette Kowal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blakecharlton.com\/ficton\/spellwright\/\">Spellwright<\/a> by Blake Charlton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Meredith\">Writing to Sell<\/a> by Scott Meredith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfeditingforfictionwriters.com\/\">Back to Our Future<\/a> by David Sirota<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2011\/01\/laundry-reading-order.html\">The Jennifer Morgue<\/a> by Charles Stross<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2011\/01\/laundry-reading-order.html\">The Fuller Memorandum<\/a> by Charles Stross<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jim-butcher.com\/books\/dresden\">Storm Front<\/a> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2009\/04\/14\/now-about-that-novella\/\">The God Engines<\/a> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jessebullington.com\/\">The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart<\/a> by Jesse Bullington<\/li>\n<li>ED:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fearfulsymmetry.net\/\">Mr. Monster<\/a> by Dan Wells (just noticed it was in the photo below&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by bojnberry, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bojnberry\/5965509348\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6150\/5965509348_8f5cd806de.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Fuller Memorandum is got sucked into a vortex, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/bojnberry.ca\/~berry\/blog\/?p=37\">iPad<\/a> is there for the e-books in the list&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Note that most links above go to the author&#8217;s site, other than Scott Meredith&#8217;s, who died the same year NSCA released Mosaic, and probably didn&#8217;t have time for the Internet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There are two reasons I want to get these read. I tend to buy books right when they come out, and let them sit for interminable amounts of time. Rule 34, which I was so chuffed about three weeks ago is still sitting, lonely, on my shelf. Heck, I got Blackout on its release day, and I&#8217;m only getting to it now so I can make an informed decision for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renovationsf.org\/\">Renovation<\/a>. So I want to clear the backlog and start fresh for 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The second? I promised myself I&#8217;d read my Robert Jordan books next year. It will be known as the &#8220;Time When I Tackle Wheel of Time&#8221;, AKA TWITWoT. The series is sitting on my desk (minus, obv., the one coming out in 2012) staring at me sullenly, accusingly almost. So I vowed to read them next year.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled by bojnberry, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bojnberry\/5965509568\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6128\/5965509568_2f6833b35f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA photo from 2008? Nah, we sometimes don&#8217;t replace the calendar&#8230; for 3 years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>PS: I find it funny that Spellwright got flagged for spelling&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"facebook-like\"><fb:like layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bojnberry.ca\/~berry\/blog\/?p=223\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just to get off the Hugo topic for a bit, here&#8217;s what I have lined up for the rest of the year. 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