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Was Dune a re-read for you? One of my favorite Sci-fi books. Dune and Arthur C. Clark made me want to read more science fiction. Always been afraid to go back and read it again thinking that my memories of the book are better than the book actually was. If it was a re-read, did the book hold up well?
i didn't re-read it, but i plan to before the end of the year - my goal is to read all the books of the Dune universe. so-wish me luck :)
I keep meaning to pick up Dune but I always find something else that I want to read
Angela wrote: "I keep meaning to pick up Dune but I always find something else that I want to read"well, if you're a fan of SF you should read it. it's good, and the universe of Dune is amazing, well thought out and the characters are very memorable, and there are really good quotes there as well
went on a reading spree these last 4 days and read 975 pages! so i've past the 12 000 mark for this year :)
Awesome reading, Whisper! And welcome to our group! :D
tally for September : 2935 :) i am so proud of myself
Awesome reading, whisper! Good luck in October!
2011 total: 24 930(2010 total 19 279, 2009 total 15 306)
January (1516)
1. And Another Thing: The World According to Clarkson: v. 2 by Jeremy Clarkson 336
2. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice 273
3. Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice 368
4. Finding Home by Cameron Dane 97
5. Ink Spots by Lissa Matthews 93
6. Drawn Together by Z.A. Maxfield 349
February (total 2213)
7. A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronte to Lessing by Elaine Showalter 392
8. Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory by Toril Moi 240
9. The Long Way Home by Z.A. Maxfield 286
10. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West 88
11. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright 480
12. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick 391
13. Beastly by Alex Flinn 336
March (1430)
14. Four Essays on Liberty by Isaiah Berlin 286
15. The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice 600
16. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice 544
April (984)
17. Persuasion by Jane Austen 304
18. Three Early Modern Utopias by Thomas More 320
18a. readings for "Female Suicide Bombers in the Middle East" paper - 98
18b. readings for "the Versailles Conference 1919" paper - 153
18c. readings for "the Yalta Conference" paper - 109
May (2385)
19. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett - 287
20. Management by Daft, Kendrick, Vershinina 856
21. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett 289
22. An Introduction to Political Theory by John Hoffman 560
23. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 393
June (4587)
24. Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward 464
25. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 448
26. Mort by Terry Pratchett 320
27. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward 480
28. Lover Unboundby J.R. Ward 502
29. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward 534
30. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 336
31. By Nightfall: A Novel by Michael Cunningham 256
32.The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 220
33. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle 192
34. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 835
July (2038)
35. The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle 160
36. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin 741
37. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 449
38. A Storm of Swords: 1 Steel and Snow by George R.R. Martin 688
August (2019)
39. A Storm of Swords: 2 Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) by George R.R. Martin 656
40. A History of European Diplomacy 1451-1789 by Robert Balmain Mowat 311
41. A History of Diplomacy byJeremy Black 312
42. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward 672
42.b Readings for my lecture - 68
September (1194)
43. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward 615
44. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 323
45. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster 256
46. Maurice by E.M. Forster 256
October (876)
47. At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft 192
48. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs 331
49. The Naked Viscount by Sally MacKenzie 353
November (1151)
50. Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction byJohn McCormick 256
51. Simple Need by Lissa Matthews 52
52. Carnal Ecstasy by Lissa Matthews 67
53. A Season of Eden by J.M. Warwick 248
54. Enslave: The Taming of the Beast by Cathy Yardley 256
55. Ravish: The Awakening of Sleeping Beauty byCathy Yardley 272
December (4279)
56. For Crying Out Loud: The World According to Clarkson v. 3 by Jeremy Clarkson 320
57. International Business by John Daniels 912
58. The Elegant Corpse by A.M. Riley 158
59. Manon Lescaut by L'Abbé Prévost 176
60. Foundation by Isaac Asimov 296
61. The Economics of European Integration by Richard Baldwin 464
62. How Hard Can It Be?: The World According to Clarkson Volume 4 by Jeremy Clarkson 352
62b. readings for Egypt-Israel Peace Accord 1979 (Quandt, Barak, Sayegh) 229
63. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 22
64. Bluebeard's Wife by Selena Kitt 144
65. The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd 304
66. Naughty Bits bySelena Kitt 186
67. On Cherry Hill by Selena Kitt 22
68. Heidi and the Kaiser by Selena Kitt 144
69. Everything Forbidden by Jess Michaels 262
70. Falling Down by Selena Kitt 190
71. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 98
That's a really great total for 2010! :D
reached 9000 in 2011 :) all together 43,765
left to go: 956,235
13 000 :) I'm on a roll here :)
Nice job so far on the year Whisper!
Love that Lovecraft book... Shoot, love all Lovecraft :)Great job this year!
I finally passed 4,000 pages... Been a crazy year... Still hoping to reach 50 books and 15,000 pages... We'll see...
@Bert - thanxmy year is starting to become crazy :)
all the best with your reading and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your reaching your goal
Mine started out with a bang, after ending last year with a loud pop... Since November of last year, I've lost my paternal grandfather, wife, sister-in-law and my son's best friend (she was 14)... Things are starting to even out a bit finally...
your family is in my prayers. and from my experience - the greatest comfort I find in books
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it, Whisper...
20 123!!! I can't believe I did more than 20 000
I'm so proud of myself
Nice job in 2011 Whisper! You are doing great!
well, 2011 ended with almost 25 000 pages!now that is the limit to beat in 2012 :)
2012 total: 25 044(2009-2011: 59 515)
January (3950)
1. Something Reckless by Jess Michaels 320
Darla's Secret Wish by Selena Kitt 25
Connections by Selena Kitt 31
2. Nothing Denied by Jess Michaels 320
3. Sins Mistress by Jess Michaels 128
4. Purgatory by Jet Mykles 141
Beauty Touched the Beast by Skye Warren 34
For Daddy's Love by Bree Jandora 48
5. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 393
6. Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward 464
7. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 434
8. Stuff My Stocking: M/M Romance Stories that are Nice and… Naughty by Goodreads authors 285
9. Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story by J.R. Ward 90
10. Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels 336
11. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams 306
Carbon and Ash by Chris Owen 30
12. The Awakening by Kate Chopin 224
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 341
February (2081)
14. Chasing Smoke by K.A. Mitchell 264
15. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré 258
16. A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Ian J. Bickerton 416
17. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 533
18. Polar Reaction by Claire Thompson 308
19. Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 302
March (3037)
20. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 395
21. Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 263
22. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 224
23. The Quiet American by Graham Greene 272
24. Humanitarian Intervention by Aidan Hehir 320
24b. Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect - Chapters 1-3 75
25. Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas by J. L. Holzgrefe 364
26. Humanitarian Intervention after Kosovo by Aidan Hehir 196
27. Annabel by Kathleen Winter 480
27b. Reading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law by Anne Orford (parts)119
28. Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations by Jennifer M. Welsh 240
29. Waging Humanitarian War: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention by Eric Heinze 207
April (1753)
30. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James 391
31. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James 394
32. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James 592
33. The Responsibility to Protect: The Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty With CDROM by International Commission on Intervention 120
34. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 256
May (3299)
35. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 768
36. Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo 224
37. Back to the Garden by Selena Kitt 150
38. Under Mr. Nolan's Bed by Selena Kitt 240
39. Beauty by Selena Kitt 96
40. International Ethics: Concepts, Theories, and Cases in Global Politics by Mark R. Amstutz 289
41. Carrie's Story: An Erotic S/M Novel by Molly Weatherfield 219
42. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 272
43. Physical Therapy by Z.A. Maxfield 152
44. Blind Date by Selena Kitt 150
45. Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward 537
46. Babysitting the Baumgartners by Selena Kitt 202
June (898)
46b(book again) Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward 464
46c (book again) Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward 434
July (2274)
47. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 412
48. Bared to You by Sylvia Day 360
48b Red by Selena Kitt 48
49. A Touch of Crimson by Sylvia Day 344
50. A Hunger So Wild by Sylvia Day 368
51. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning 342
52. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin 400
August (954)
53. Blackmailed by the Beast by Sam Crescent 109
54. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray 403
55. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 118
56. A Caress of Wings by Sylvia Day 90
57. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day by Winifred Watson 234
September (1138)
58. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 454
59. Molloy by Samuel Beckett 274
60. Banquet for the Damned by Adam Nevill 410
October (1520)
61. Heat Wave by Richard Castle 274
62. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 352
63. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 702
64. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 192
November (2195)
65. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 611
66. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote 160
67. Contact by Carl Sagan 580
68. The GRE Test for Dummies by Suzee Vlk 336
69. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 244
70. Why Does E=mc²? by Brian Cox 264
December (1945)
71. Ilium by Dan Simmons 752
72. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 311
73. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 339
74. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 275
75. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 268
25044 in 2012. I am very proud of myself.
This year, I'm aiming for more, as always.
Good luck to all.
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total 19 279
(last year's total: 15 306)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, 652
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, 759
The Hours by Michael Cunningham 240
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 256
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 286
Emma by Jane Austen, 474
Shakespeare Our Contemporary by Jan Kott, 372
The Eating of the Gods: An Interpretation of Greek Tragedy by Jan Kott 364
Learning to Curse by Stephen Jay Greenblatt 272
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays by Northrop Frye 400
Structure, Sign and Function- Selected Essays by Jan Mukarovsky by Jan Mukarovsky 256
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes 192
Persuasion by Jane Austen 304
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron 96
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 96
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde (~100)
Dune by Frank Herbert 608
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 576
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 320
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, 409
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 528
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 200
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 384
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 292
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 279
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris 274
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris 291
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris 295
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris 324
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 336
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris 303
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris 312
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 311
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen 267
(September)
Rough Draft by Chris Owen, Jodi Payne 231
deviations 1 by Chris Owen, Jodi Payne 244
deviations 2 by Chris Owen, Jodi Payne 232
deviations 3 by Chris Owen, Jodi Payne 268
dune: the butlerian jihad - herbert & anderson 683
Some Words of Jane Austen - Stuart M. Tave 288
texts for my thesis (about Jane Austen) 120
Pleasure Unbound (Demonica #1)- Larissa Ione 389
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)- J.R. Ward 480
(October)
Lover Eternal(BDB #2)- J.R. Ward 464
Lover Awakened (BDB #3)- J.R. Ward 448
Lover Revealed (BDB #4)- J.R. Ward 480
Lover Unbound (BDB #5)- J.R. Ward 528
Lover Enshrined (BDB #6) - J.R. Ward 528
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf 132
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination - Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar - only part1 and part2 - 183
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft 281
November
Nevermore (Nevermore #1)- Kelly Creagh 543
December
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling 608
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(#1)-Douglas Adams 216
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (#2) Douglas Adams 256
Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler 267