A
Austen, Jane
Pride and Prejudice
B
Baum, L. Frank
The Wizard of Oz
C
D
E
F
G
H
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
I
J
K
L
Long Winter, The by Laura Ingalls Wilder
M
N
O
P
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Q
R
S
Simmons, Dan
Hyperion
T
U
V
W
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Long Winter, The
Wizard of Oz, The by L. Frank Baum
X
Y
Z
Index of a Year of Books I've Read Before
A
Adams, Douglas
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Allende, Isabel
Daughter of Fortune
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Ashe, Geoffrey, editor
Quest for Arthur's Britain, The
Austen, Jane
Mansfield Park
B
Brin, David
Startide Rising
Uplift War, The
C
Campbell, Joseph with Bill Moyers
Power of Myth, The
Card, Orson Scott
Ender's Game
Carroll, Lewis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Clarke, Susanna
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Collins, Wilkie
The Moonstone
Cooked by Michael Pollan
D
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
E
Eco, Umberto
Name of the Rose, The
Postscript to The Name of the Rose
Enchantress of Florence, The by Salman Rushdie
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
F
Fellowship of the Ring, The by J.R.R. Tolkien
Flaubert, Gustave
Madame Bovary
G
H
Hobbit, The by J.R.R. Tolkien
I
J
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
K
Kingsolver, Barbara
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
L
Library at Night, The by Alberto Manguel
M
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Manguel, Alberto
Library at Night, The
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Moonstone, The by Wilkie Collins
Moyers, Bill and Joseph Campbell
Power of Myth, The
Murphy, Kevin
Year at the Movies, A
N
Name of the Rose, The by Umberto Eco
O
Omnivore's Dilemma, The by Michael Pollan
P
Pollan, Michael
Cooked
Omnivore's Dilemma, The
Postscript to The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Power of Myth, The by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
Q
Quest for Arthur's Britain, The edited by Geoffrey Ashe
R
Return of the King, The by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rushdie, Salman
Enchantress of Florence, The
S
Startide Rising by David Brin
T
Tolkien, J.R.R
Fellowship of the Ring, The
Hobbit, The
Return of the King, The
Two Towers, The
Two Towers, The by J.R.R Tolkien
U
Uplift War, The by David Brin
V
W
X
Y
Year at the Movies, A by Kevin Murphy
Z
Adams, Douglas
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Allende, Isabel
Daughter of Fortune
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Ashe, Geoffrey, editor
Quest for Arthur's Britain, The
Austen, Jane
Mansfield Park
B
Brin, David
Startide Rising
Uplift War, The
C
Campbell, Joseph with Bill Moyers
Power of Myth, The
Card, Orson Scott
Ender's Game
Carroll, Lewis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Clarke, Susanna
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Collins, Wilkie
The Moonstone
Cooked by Michael Pollan
D
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
E
Eco, Umberto
Name of the Rose, The
Postscript to The Name of the Rose
Enchantress of Florence, The by Salman Rushdie
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
F
Fellowship of the Ring, The by J.R.R. Tolkien
Flaubert, Gustave
Madame Bovary
G
H
Hobbit, The by J.R.R. Tolkien
I
J
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
K
Kingsolver, Barbara
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
L
Library at Night, The by Alberto Manguel
M
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Manguel, Alberto
Library at Night, The
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Moonstone, The by Wilkie Collins
Moyers, Bill and Joseph Campbell
Power of Myth, The
Murphy, Kevin
Year at the Movies, A
N
Name of the Rose, The by Umberto Eco
O
Omnivore's Dilemma, The by Michael Pollan
P
Pollan, Michael
Cooked
Omnivore's Dilemma, The
Postscript to The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Power of Myth, The by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers
Q
Quest for Arthur's Britain, The edited by Geoffrey Ashe
R
Return of the King, The by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rushdie, Salman
Enchantress of Florence, The
S
Startide Rising by David Brin
T
Tolkien, J.R.R
Fellowship of the Ring, The
Hobbit, The
Return of the King, The
Two Towers, The
Two Towers, The by J.R.R Tolkien
U
Uplift War, The by David Brin
V
W
X
Y
Year at the Movies, A by Kevin Murphy
Z
Alphabetical Index of Authors
A Year (Plus) of Books I Should Have Read by Now (Oct. 2011-Dec. 2012)
Asimov, Isaac
The Stars Like Dust
Bard, Elizabeth
Lunch in Paris
Butcher, Jim
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3)
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4)
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
Ceram, C.W.
Gods, Graves and Scholars
Christie, Agatha
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Clarke, Arthur C.
Rendezvous with Rama
Rama II (with Gentry Lee)
Eco, Umberto
The Prague Cemetery
Erickson, Carolly
Her Little Majesty
Forster, E. M.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Fulghum, Robert
Words I Wish I Wrote
Harris, Charlaine
Dead Until Dark
Highfield, Roger
The Physics of Christmas
Hodder, Mark
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
Honderich, Ted, editor
The Philosophers
Hugo, Victor
The Hunchback of Norte-Dame
Kingsolver, Barbara
Prodigal Summer
Le Carre, John
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People
Lee, Gentry
Rama II with Arthur C. Clarke
LeGuin, Ursula K.
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time
Leroux, Gaston
The Phantom of the Opera
Maguire, Gregory
Wicked
Manguel, Alberto
The Library at Night
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Martin, George R. R.
A Game of Thrones
Prose, Francine
Blue Angel
Sobel, Dava
A More Perfect Heaven
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Connie Willis
All Clear
Blackout
Zelazny, Roger
Courts of Chaos, The (The Amber Chornicles, Book 5)
Hand of Oberon, The (The Amber Chronicles, Book 4)
Sign of the Unicorn (The Amber Chronicles, Book 3)
Asimov, Isaac
The Stars Like Dust
Bard, Elizabeth
Lunch in Paris
Butcher, Jim
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3)
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4)
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
Ceram, C.W.
Gods, Graves and Scholars
Christie, Agatha
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Clarke, Arthur C.
Rendezvous with Rama
Rama II (with Gentry Lee)
Eco, Umberto
The Prague Cemetery
Erickson, Carolly
Her Little Majesty
Forster, E. M.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Fulghum, Robert
Words I Wish I Wrote
Harris, Charlaine
Dead Until Dark
Highfield, Roger
The Physics of Christmas
Hodder, Mark
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
Honderich, Ted, editor
The Philosophers
Hugo, Victor
The Hunchback of Norte-Dame
Kingsolver, Barbara
Prodigal Summer
Le Carre, John
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People
Lee, Gentry
Rama II with Arthur C. Clarke
LeGuin, Ursula K.
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time
Leroux, Gaston
The Phantom of the Opera
Maguire, Gregory
Wicked
Manguel, Alberto
The Library at Night
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Martin, George R. R.
A Game of Thrones
Prose, Francine
Blue Angel
Sobel, Dava
A More Perfect Heaven
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Connie Willis
All Clear
Blackout
Zelazny, Roger
Courts of Chaos, The (The Amber Chornicles, Book 5)
Hand of Oberon, The (The Amber Chronicles, Book 4)
Sign of the Unicorn (The Amber Chronicles, Book 3)
Alphabetical Index of Titles
A Year (Plus) of Books I Should Have Read by Now (Oct. 2011-Dec. 2012)
All Clear by Connie Willis
Blackout by Connie Willlis
Blue Angel by Francine Prose
By the Shores or Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Courts of Chaos, The by Roger Zelazny
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Death Masks (The Dresden Files Book 5)by Jim Butcher
Farthest Shore, The by Ursula K. LeGuin
Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. R. Martin
Gods, Graves and Scholars by C.W. Ceram
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) by Jim Butcher
Hand of Oberon, The (The Amber Chronicles, Book 4) by Roger Zelazny
Her Little Majesty by Carolly Erickson
Honourable Schoolboy, The by John Le Carre'
Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The by Victor Hugo
Library at Night, The by Alberto Manguel
Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard
More Perfect Heaven, A by Dava Sobel
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The by Agatha Christie
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Phantom of the Opera, The by Gaston Leroux
Philosophers, The edited by Ted Honderich
Physics of Christmas, The by Roger Highfield
Prague Cemetery, The by Umberto Eco
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Sign of the Unicorn (The Amber Chronicles, Book 3) by Roger Zelazny
Smiley's People by John Le Carre
Stars Like Dust, The by Isaac Asimov
Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, The by Mark Hodder
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4) by Jim Butcher
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
Tombs of Atuan, The by Ursula K. LeGuin
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Wizard of Earthsea, A by Ursula K. LeGuin
Words I Wish I Wrote by Robert Fulghum
Wrinkle in Time, A by Madeleine L'Engle
All Clear by Connie Willis
Blackout by Connie Willlis
Blue Angel by Francine Prose
By the Shores or Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Courts of Chaos, The by Roger Zelazny
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Death Masks (The Dresden Files Book 5)by Jim Butcher
Farthest Shore, The by Ursula K. LeGuin
Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. R. Martin
Gods, Graves and Scholars by C.W. Ceram
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) by Jim Butcher
Hand of Oberon, The (The Amber Chronicles, Book 4) by Roger Zelazny
Her Little Majesty by Carolly Erickson
Honourable Schoolboy, The by John Le Carre'
Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The by Victor Hugo
Library at Night, The by Alberto Manguel
Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard
More Perfect Heaven, A by Dava Sobel
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The by Agatha Christie
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Phantom of the Opera, The by Gaston Leroux
Philosophers, The edited by Ted Honderich
Physics of Christmas, The by Roger Highfield
Prague Cemetery, The by Umberto Eco
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Sign of the Unicorn (The Amber Chronicles, Book 3) by Roger Zelazny
Smiley's People by John Le Carre
Stars Like Dust, The by Isaac Asimov
Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, The by Mark Hodder
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4) by Jim Butcher
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
Tombs of Atuan, The by Ursula K. LeGuin
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Wizard of Earthsea, A by Ursula K. LeGuin
Words I Wish I Wrote by Robert Fulghum
Wrinkle in Time, A by Madeleine L'Engle
About The Distractible Reader
Hi, I'm Anne Marie. I love books and have an overly ambitious reading list. I am also a very distractible person, one who jumps from project to project, from book to book, without getting nearly enough done. That may be all you need to know about me. Oh, yes, and I’m kind of hooked on this blogging thing. (I also write The Messy Apron, a cooking and recipe blog.)
You see, I wanted to start a year-long project in which I only read books I had already read at least once before. The problem was the groaning bookcases and boxes full of books that I hadn’t got around to reading for the first time yet. It seemed impossible to put them all aside for a whole year, even to reread my favorite books.
But this stops now. I’m giving myself one year to read as many of these lonely, dusty books as I can. To keep me on track, and to make things a little more interesting, I’m going to record my opinions and other thoughts on these books on the pages of The Distractible Reader.
Now, I’m not a professional reader. By this I mean that I have no particular formal education in literature or book review. My post-secondary training has been in chemical engineering, a smattering of other sciences, and education. I’m reading these books purely as an armchair (or perhaps sofa or propped-up-on-pillows-in-bed) reader. It’s likely that I won’t have a clue about some brilliant symbolism in a novel. A good work of history is likely to all be news to me. I may gush more over a particularly creative work of science fiction than I will over the most important works of the most respected literary masters. In short, I might not appear to really know what I’m talking about.
But nearly everybody learns to read even if almost nobody is an expert. In this Year of Books I Should Have Read By Now I intend to celebrate amateur reading by cramming in as many pages as my brain (and my eyes) can stand. Few genres are safe from such a distractible reader as myself, although my shelves are overloaded with science fact and science fiction, fantasy, classic novels, history, biography and memoirs. This could be a bumpy ride with many a swerve, curve and test of nerve, but those rides are always the most fun.
If you would like to contact me, you can send me e-mail at amleckenby(at)hotmail(dot)com, or you can leave a comment at the bottom of a post that interests you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some reading to do.....
You see, I wanted to start a year-long project in which I only read books I had already read at least once before. The problem was the groaning bookcases and boxes full of books that I hadn’t got around to reading for the first time yet. It seemed impossible to put them all aside for a whole year, even to reread my favorite books.
But this stops now. I’m giving myself one year to read as many of these lonely, dusty books as I can. To keep me on track, and to make things a little more interesting, I’m going to record my opinions and other thoughts on these books on the pages of The Distractible Reader.
Now, I’m not a professional reader. By this I mean that I have no particular formal education in literature or book review. My post-secondary training has been in chemical engineering, a smattering of other sciences, and education. I’m reading these books purely as an armchair (or perhaps sofa or propped-up-on-pillows-in-bed) reader. It’s likely that I won’t have a clue about some brilliant symbolism in a novel. A good work of history is likely to all be news to me. I may gush more over a particularly creative work of science fiction than I will over the most important works of the most respected literary masters. In short, I might not appear to really know what I’m talking about.
But nearly everybody learns to read even if almost nobody is an expert. In this Year of Books I Should Have Read By Now I intend to celebrate amateur reading by cramming in as many pages as my brain (and my eyes) can stand. Few genres are safe from such a distractible reader as myself, although my shelves are overloaded with science fact and science fiction, fantasy, classic novels, history, biography and memoirs. This could be a bumpy ride with many a swerve, curve and test of nerve, but those rides are always the most fun.
If you would like to contact me, you can send me e-mail at amleckenby(at)hotmail(dot)com, or you can leave a comment at the bottom of a post that interests you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some reading to do.....
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I am not a professional reader. By this I mean that I have no formal training in the world of literature or book review. In fact, on the pages of The Distractible Reader, I will likely reveal that I really don’t know what I’m talking about. These pages are largely opinions and reflections that are all my own, but I’d love to hear your opinions and reflections as well. I’d also like to hear if I have bungled a fact or posted any other incorrect information.
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Leave your comment or question at the bottom of the post that has interested you. Just click on “COMMENTS” and follow the instructions. (If the “COMMENTS” link does not appear at the bottom of the post, it means that particular post is closed to commenting.) You can post comments anonymously if you wish. I monitor all comments, which means I read each one and decide whether or not to publish it. I reserve the right to publish or not publish any comment on The Distractible Reader.
Here are a few guidelines for posting your comments:
Please DO…
…Offer your own opinions and reflections, ask questions, or make observations about the specific post. I will try to answer questions (although, again, I’m no expert) within a day or two.
…Provide links to relevant and appropriate websites, blogs, posts or pages that I or other readers might be interested in. Please keep these links to sites in the PG range of content and relevant to the post on which you are commenting.
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…Post comments that contain inappropriate language or irrelevant content or are excessively critical, abusive or just plain mean to myself or other readers. I will not publish such comments. Short discussions between commenters are fine, but heated arguments and flame-throwing are not acceptable.
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