DisassemblyOfReason's 2019 ROOT Challenge
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3rabbitprincess
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5DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in January:
1. Great Ages of Man: Age of Enlightenment by Peter Gay
First complete reading. I prefer some of the other books in the series to this one, frankly; I tend to be put in mind of Great Ages of Man: Age of Exploration, which I favor over this one and which partly overlaps it in timeframe (although not in subject matter).
It doesn't help that Gay wrote a somewhat negative review of the next book on this list, which I like rather better.
2. Paris in the Terror: June 1793 - July 1794 by Stanley Loomis
First complete reading, although I had read some of the final section years ago (which is why I own it in the first place).
3. Catseye by Andre Norton, read by Eric Michael Summerer
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before. This is a good recording.
4. It's a Magical World written and drawn by Bill Watterson
I don't know when I last read this; I do like Calvin and Hobbes.
5. Murphy's Law and other reasons why things go wrong by Arthur Bloch
Re-read; I don't know when I last read this either. (Also known as going through some of the back bookshelves today...)
6. Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
First complete reading; I enjoyed this.
7. Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat written and drawn by Bill Watterson
I don't know when I last read this, either...
8. Stephen W. Hawking's Life Works: The Cambridge Lectures written and read by Stephen W. Hawking
First complete reading.
9. Bloom County: Loose Tails written and drawn by Berke Breathed
Another item from the back shelves - don't know when I last read it...I have no recollection of Binkley being so hung up on celebrity lifestyles...
10. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book written and drawn by Bill Watterson
Annotated with author commentary.
11. Calvin and Hobbes written and drawn by Bill Watterson
12. Bloom County: Toons for Our Times written and drawn by Berke Breathed
13. Weirdos from Another Planet written and drawn by Bill Watterson
14. Something Under the Bed Is Drooling written and drawn by Bill Watterson
15. Beauty by Robin McKinley
Re-read, although I don't remember the last time I read this, so it's been on my to-read list for some years.
16. Murphy's Law Book Two: more reasons why things go wrong by Arthur Bloch
17. Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons written and drawn by Bill Watterson
18. A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven (short story) by Barbara Hambly
First reading. This case takes place while Benjamin is out of town during The Shirt on His Back, when one of their neighbours on Rue Esplanade is murdered, and Rose is one of the first on the scene.
19. A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
First reading, despite the fact that I've read several of the later books in the series. This is the first in the series.
20. Kingdoms of the Wall by Robert Silverberg
First complete reading.
21. Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman
I'm not sure if this is the first complete reading or not...
1. Great Ages of Man: Age of Enlightenment by Peter Gay
First complete reading. I prefer some of the other books in the series to this one, frankly; I tend to be put in mind of Great Ages of Man: Age of Exploration, which I favor over this one and which partly overlaps it in timeframe (although not in subject matter).
It doesn't help that Gay wrote a somewhat negative review of the next book on this list, which I like rather better.
2. Paris in the Terror: June 1793 - July 1794 by Stanley Loomis
First complete reading, although I had read some of the final section years ago (which is why I own it in the first place).
3. Catseye by Andre Norton, read by Eric Michael Summerer
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before. This is a good recording.
4. It's a Magical World written and drawn by Bill Watterson
I don't know when I last read this; I do like Calvin and Hobbes.
5. Murphy's Law and other reasons why things go wrong by Arthur Bloch
Re-read; I don't know when I last read this either. (Also known as going through some of the back bookshelves today...)
6. Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
First complete reading; I enjoyed this.
7. Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat written and drawn by Bill Watterson
I don't know when I last read this, either...
8. Stephen W. Hawking's Life Works: The Cambridge Lectures written and read by Stephen W. Hawking
First complete reading.
9. Bloom County: Loose Tails written and drawn by Berke Breathed
Another item from the back shelves - don't know when I last read it...I have no recollection of Binkley being so hung up on celebrity lifestyles...
10. The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book written and drawn by Bill Watterson
Annotated with author commentary.
11. Calvin and Hobbes written and drawn by Bill Watterson
12. Bloom County: Toons for Our Times written and drawn by Berke Breathed
13. Weirdos from Another Planet written and drawn by Bill Watterson
14. Something Under the Bed Is Drooling written and drawn by Bill Watterson
15. Beauty by Robin McKinley
Re-read, although I don't remember the last time I read this, so it's been on my to-read list for some years.
16. Murphy's Law Book Two: more reasons why things go wrong by Arthur Bloch
17. Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons written and drawn by Bill Watterson
18. A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven (short story) by Barbara Hambly
First reading. This case takes place while Benjamin is out of town during The Shirt on His Back, when one of their neighbours on Rue Esplanade is murdered, and Rose is one of the first on the scene.
19. A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
First reading, despite the fact that I've read several of the later books in the series. This is the first in the series.
20. Kingdoms of the Wall by Robert Silverberg
First complete reading.
21. Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman
I'm not sure if this is the first complete reading or not...
6MissWatson
Welcome back and congrats on finishing two ROOTs already!
7DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in February
23. Beneath the Vaulted Hills by Sean Russell
First complete reading. This is volume 1 of River into Darkness. There is way, way too much cave exploration in this one....at least, too much cave exploration gone wrong. I don't mean that it's badly written, just disturbing.
24. The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
First complete reading.
25. The Wake by Neil Gaiman
Re-read, although I don't remember the last time I read this, so it's been on my to-read list for some years.
26. Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross
First complete reading. The first Julian Kestrel mystery.
27. The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault, read by Kris Dyer
First complete reading.
28. A Broken Vessel by Kate Ross
First complete reading; the second Julian Kestrel mystery.
29. The Compass of the Soul by Sean Russell
First complete reading; this completes River into Darkness.
23. Beneath the Vaulted Hills by Sean Russell
First complete reading. This is volume 1 of River into Darkness. There is way, way too much cave exploration in this one....at least, too much cave exploration gone wrong. I don't mean that it's badly written, just disturbing.
24. The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
First complete reading.
25. The Wake by Neil Gaiman
Re-read, although I don't remember the last time I read this, so it's been on my to-read list for some years.
26. Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross
First complete reading. The first Julian Kestrel mystery.
27. The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault, read by Kris Dyer
First complete reading.
28. A Broken Vessel by Kate Ross
First complete reading; the second Julian Kestrel mystery.
29. The Compass of the Soul by Sean Russell
First complete reading; this completes River into Darkness.
8DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in March:
30. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
First complete reading.
31. Whom the Gods Love by Kate Ross
First complete reading.
32. The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson
First complete reading.
33. The steel of Raithskar by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron, read by Paul Boehmer
First complete reading.
34. Seaward by Susan Cooper
Re-read.
35. Forty thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh
First complete reading.
36. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Re-read. I'd forgotten a lot of what this is like.
30. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
First complete reading.
31. Whom the Gods Love by Kate Ross
First complete reading.
32. The Blue Hawk by Peter Dickinson
First complete reading.
33. The steel of Raithskar by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron, read by Paul Boehmer
First complete reading.
34. Seaward by Susan Cooper
Re-read.
35. Forty thousand in Gehenna by C.J. Cherryh
First complete reading.
36. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Re-read. I'd forgotten a lot of what this is like.
9DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in April
37. Pegasus in Flight by Anne McCaffrey
First complete reading, I think, although I've read pieces of it before.
38. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, read by Martin Shaw
First time through recording.
39. The glass of Dyskornis by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron, read by Paul Boehmer
First reading.
40. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
This has been on my to read/re-read list for a long time. Very good.
41. With friends like these... by Alan Dean Foster
I've read most of the stories in this collection, but I'm not sure I'd ever read all of them before.
42. Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, read by Ann Marie Lee
First complete reading, I think, although I've read parts of it before.
43. The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre, read by Anna Fields
First complete reading.
37. Pegasus in Flight by Anne McCaffrey
First complete reading, I think, although I've read pieces of it before.
38. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, read by Martin Shaw
First time through recording.
39. The glass of Dyskornis by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron, read by Paul Boehmer
First reading.
40. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
This has been on my to read/re-read list for a long time. Very good.
41. With friends like these... by Alan Dean Foster
I've read most of the stories in this collection, but I'm not sure I'd ever read all of them before.
42. Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, read by Ann Marie Lee
First complete reading, I think, although I've read parts of it before.
43. The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre, read by Anna Fields
First complete reading.
11DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in May
44. Midworld by Alan Dean Foster, read by Eric Martin
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before (a long time ago, though).
45. Slight Mourning by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before (a long time ago, though).
46. Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
47. Trouble and her friends by Melissa Scott
First complete reading.
48. Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
Re-read, although I don't recall the last time I read it.
49. Lavender-green magic by Andre Norton
Re-read, although I don't recall the last time I read it.
44. Midworld by Alan Dean Foster, read by Eric Martin
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before (a long time ago, though).
45. Slight Mourning by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before (a long time ago, though).
46. Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
47. Trouble and her friends by Melissa Scott
First complete reading.
48. Shadow Hawk by Andre Norton
Re-read, although I don't recall the last time I read it.
49. Lavender-green magic by Andre Norton
Re-read, although I don't recall the last time I read it.
12DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in June / July / August
50. A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
First complete reading.
51. Last Respects by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
Re-read but first time through audiobook.
52. Harm's Way by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
Re-read but first time through audiobook. (Completed in July.)
53. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, read by Stephen Briggs (completed in August)
Re-read but first time through this particular audio edition with this particular narrator. (This is the UK audio edition rather than the US audio edition.)
50. A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
First complete reading.
51. Last Respects by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
Re-read but first time through audiobook.
52. Harm's Way by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
Re-read but first time through audiobook. (Completed in July.)
53. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, read by Stephen Briggs (completed in August)
Re-read but first time through this particular audio edition with this particular narrator. (This is the UK audio edition rather than the US audio edition.)
13DisassemblyOfReason
Books read in September / October
54. The nice and accurate Good Omens TV Companion by Matt Whyman
First reading.
54. The nice and accurate Good Omens TV Companion by Matt Whyman
First reading.
15DisassemblyOfReason
Didn't finish any new roots in November or December (a couple of books I own, but nothing new about re-reading them, and some new reads that I didn't own...)
