* denotes reading an electronic copy (on phone/PSP/etc)

January
1. Bruce Sterling — Heavy Weather (my first Sterling book. I’m fairly confused by it — not sure I like his writing style. I have a copy of Islands in the Net, I’ll probably give that a try before I give up on him.)
2. Gordon Van Gelder (Editor) — The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (almost certainly the best collection of science fiction short stories I have ever read)

February
3. Goeffrey Hindley — Medieval Sieges and Siegecraft (pretty descriptive title. good information)
* 4. H. P. Lovecraft — At the Mountains of Madness (I’ve read quite a bit of Lovecraft now — I’m liking it all quite a bit)

March
* 5. Cory Doctorow — Little Brother (I stayed up till 3 am to finish this — I haven’t done that for any book in years. I think this book should be required reading in the USA.)
6. Bernard Beckett — Genesis (this was short and excellent. not really sure what else to say about it)
* 7. Cory Doctorow — Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (this was also good; more standard scifi-fare, about Disney World in a post-scarcity Earth)
8. David Currie — Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic (the “conversion” story of an Evangelical preacher turned Catholic apologist. he explains many differences between Catholic and Protestant beliefs and the justification for those beliefs. excellent read.)
* 9. Cory Doctorow — CONTENT: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future (some good stuff in here, such has a brief history of copyright and copyright infringement. some bits got repetitive toward the end, just because the same topic might be covered in an essay for a different audience, etc)
* 10. Cory Doctorow — Eastern Standard Tribe (I seem to be on a Doctorow kick. this one, though, falls a little flat. great ideas, insufficient implementation. as one Amazon review says: “I was left feeling that this will probably be a fun book to read when Doctorow finisihes[sic] writing it.”)
* 11. Oscar Wilde — The Importance of Being Earnest (this was excellent — almost a combination of Much Ado About Nothing and My Fair Lady. I’d really like to see this performed now)

April
12. Iain M. Banks — Consider Phlebas (Banks’ first Culture novel. strange that the protagonist is actually an enemy of the Culture. pretty bleak subject matter. good read)
13. Iain M. Banks — Use of Weapons (another great Culture novel. I love this series)
14. Stephen King — The Gunslinger (1st book in the Dark Tower series, which I’ve been meaning to read for some time. I’m definitely hooked)

May
15. John Sutherland — How to Read a Novel: A User’s Guide (this was good. One part history, one part explanation, and one part snark)
16. Stephen King — The Drawing of the Three (2nd book in the Dark Tower series. no less hooked at this point)
17. Stephen King — The Waste Lands (book 3 — not putting these down till I finish them)

June
18. Stephen King — Wizard and Glass (book 4 — nothing new to say, though this one was almost annoyingly full of foreshadowing. that may be some meta-plot there, though…)
19. Michael Crichton — Andromeda Strain (pretty decent for its age. I wish it was a bit more complete though – seems really short)
20. Nick Sagan — Edenborn (sequel to Idlewild, which I read last year. picks up the story 18 years later. interesting writing style. can’t wait to finish out the trilogy!)
21. Stephen King — Wolves of the Calla (book 5 — I think this one is my favorite yet)
22. Stephen King — Song of Susannah (book 6 — very interesting stuff that I can’t talk about due to spoilers — one book left!)

July
* 23. Jules Verne — From the Earth to the Moon (I love reading older books like this – the completely unfamiliar styles of exposition and dialogue are so interesting)
24. Nick Sagan — Everfree (this is the final installment of his trilogy, following Idlewild and Edenborn. I liked it quite a bit. There was a bit I didn’t like when it was introduced, but Sagan does well at tying it up in the end in a way I’m happy with)
25. Stephen King — The Dark Tower (book 7 — the original finale, at least until he finishes book 8, which takes place between books 4 and 5; do try to keep up. I liked it, of course)
26. Rob Grant — Incompetence (interesting and not what I expected. The title mainly refers to the setting, not the plot focus, which is more of a murder-mystery.)
27. Stephanie Meyer — Twilight (ok, really, what’s the big deal? This was a perfectly decent novel. I don’t understand all the hate. I’ll be finishing the series)