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So, another book update. As of last night, I’ve reached both of my goals for this month, in terms of number of books read and average number of pages per book; in fact I’m 15 pages per book ahead of the curve right now. A lot of this was due to the length of the book I just finished, the 5th (fourth) book in Hugh Cook’s Chronicles of an Age of Darkness series. It is pretty daunting to read a book that’s nearly 800 pages long; there’s something about the fact that your bookmark seems hardly to move, even after you’ve been reading for a half hour bus trip, that is kind of discouraging. It did help quite a bit that the book was very fun to read, a nice light-hearted adventure. I realized the other day how long I’ve been collecting these particular books; in volume 4 (three) I found a packing slip from Half.com which had a note exhorting me to donate to help victims of the recent attacks on the World Trade Center. That means that I’ve been trying to complete this series of 11 (ten) books for over 7 years. That’s kind of crazy.
1. Neil Gaiman – Anansi Boys – 1-6-08 (287pp)
2. Jonathan Vankin – The Big Book of Bad – 1-7-08 (93pp)
3. W. Michael Gear – The Warriors of Spider – 1-16-08 (367pp)
4. Max Brooks – World War Z – 1-19-08 (342pp)
5. Hari Kunzru – Transmission – 1-27-08 (276pp)
6. Bill Watterson – The Complete Calvin and Hobbes – 1-30-08 (480pp)
7. W. Michael Gear – The Way of Spider – 2-7-08 (408pp)
8. Dick Francis – Hot Money – 2-12-08 (423pp)
9. W. Michael Gear – The Web of Spider – 2-21-08 (648pp)
10. Philip José Farmer – The Maker of Universes – 2-22-08 (247pp)
11. Samuel R. Delany – Empire Star – 2-23-08 (132pp)
12. Philip José Farmer – The Gates of Creation – 2-25-08 (188pp)
13. Neil Gaiman – Don’t Panic – 2-27-08 (182pp)
14. Philip José Farmer – A Private Cosmos – 2-29-08 (275pp)
15. Chuck Palahniuk – Fight Club – 3-1-08 (218pp)
16. Philip José Farmer – Behind the Walls of Terra – 3-3-08 (188pp)
17. John Swartzwelder – The Time Machine Did It – 3-4-08 (138pp)
18. Philip José Farmer – The Lavalite World – 3-6-08 (282pp)
19. David Mamet – On Directing Film – 3-7-08 (107pp)
20. Steven Gould – Helm – 3-11-08 (383pp)
21. Sharyn McCrumb – Missing Susan – 3-14-08 (401pp)
22. Philip José Farmer – Red Orc’s Rage – 3-15-08 (282pp)
23. Dick Francis – Break In – 3-18-08 (371pp)
24. Philip José Farmer – More Than Fire – 3-21-08 (312pp)
25. Hugh Cook – Wizard War – 3-25-08 (447pp)
26. Emily Brontë – Wuthering Heights – 3-30-08 (324pp)
27. Hugh Cook – The Questing Hero – 3-31-08 (186pp)
28. Hugh Cook – The Hero’s Return – 4-4-08 (204pp)
29. Jack Weatherford – Indian Givers – 4-4-08 (255pp)
30. Philip K. Dick – Eye in the Sky – 4-7-08 (255pp)
31. Hugh Cook – The Oracle – 4-12-08 (346pp)
32. Stephen King – Everything’s Eventual – 4-14-08 (583pp)
33. Hugh Cook – The Walrus and the Warwolf – 4-21-08 (779pp)
Totals:
Books: 33
Pages: 10409
I may revise my yearly goals at some point in June, but I’m just going to enjoy being ahead of the game for now.