{"id":3511,"date":"2006-12-27T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2017-12-08T10:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:33:48","slug":"years-reading-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/27\/years-reading-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Year&#8217;s Reading In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/27\/book-report-nature-noir-by-jordan-fisher-smith-2006\/\" target=\"_new\">last post<\/a>, I&#8217;m calling an end to this year&#8217;s enumeration of reading.  2006ish stands at 89 books, which is probably far less than I bought at book fairs.<\/p>\n<p>These books include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Empty Trap<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>The Executioners<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>Mine the Harvest<\/i> by Edna St. Vincent Millay<\/li>\n<li><i>Johnny Mnemonic<\/i> by Terry Bisson<\/li>\n<li><i>The Museum of Hoaxes<\/i> by Alex Boese<\/li>\n<li><i>Suspects<\/i> by William J. Cannitz<\/li>\n<li><i>Wild Pitch<\/i> by Mike Lupica<\/li>\n<li><i>The Olympics&#8217; Most Wanted<\/i> by Floyd Conner<\/li>\n<li><i>Peking Duck<\/i> by Roger L. Simon <\/li>\n<li><i>100 People Who Are Screwing Up America<\/i> by Bernard Goldberg<\/li>\n<li><i>The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction<\/i> by David Geherin<\/li>\n<li><i>Sea Change<\/i> by Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li><i>Pet Sematary<\/i> by Stephen King<\/li>\n<li><i>Collected Stories<\/i> by Franz Kafka<\/li>\n<li><i>Under the Grammar Hammer<\/i> by Douglas Cazort<\/li>\n<li><i>The Wealthy Writer<\/i> by Michael Meanwell<\/li>\n<li><i>Planning and Remodeling Family Rooms, Dens &#038; Studios<\/i> by Sunset Books<\/li>\n<li><i>The Brass Cupcake<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>The Substance of Style<\/i> by Virginia Postrel<\/li>\n<li><i>Blood Relatives<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>The Hanged Man&#8217;s Song<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Servant of the Shard<\/i> by R.A. Salvatore<\/li>\n<li><i>Gerald&#8217;s Game<\/i> by Stephen King<\/li>\n<li><i>How to Break Software<\/i> by James A. Whittaker<\/li>\n<li><i>Slightly Chipped<\/i> by Lawrence &#038; Nancy Goldstone<\/li>\n<li><i>Warmly Inscribed<\/i> by Lawrence &#038; Nancy Goldstone<\/li>\n<li><i>The Case Against Hillary Clinton<\/i> by Peggy Noonan<\/li>\n<li><i>The Stainless Steel Rat for President<\/i> by Harry Harrison<\/li>\n<li><i>Bosstrology<\/i> by Adele Lang and Andrew Masterson<\/li>\n<li><i>Bump &#038; Run<\/i> by Mike Lupica<\/li>\n<li><i>Blowback<\/i> by Bill Pronzini<\/li>\n<li><i>Everybody&#8217;s Guide to Book Collecting<\/i> by Charlie Lovett<\/li>\n<li><i>His Affair<\/i> by Jo Fleming<\/li>\n<li><i>Sharky&#8217;s Machine<\/i> by William Diehl<\/li>\n<li><i>The Baby in the Icebox<\/i> by James M. Cain<\/li>\n<li><i>Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction<\/i> by Tom Raabe<\/li>\n<li><i>Aftermath<\/i> by LeVar Burton<\/li>\n<li><i>Expecting<\/i> by Gordon Churchwell<\/li>\n<li><i>Poison<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>The Life of Charlemagne<\/i> by Einhard <\/li>\n<li><i>Escape from Reason<\/i> by Francis A Schaeffer<\/li>\n<li><i>California Roll<\/i> by Roger L. Simon <\/li>\n<li><i>Ice<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>You Might Be A Redneck If<\/i> by Jeff Foxworthy<\/li>\n<li><i>Existentialism and Human Emotions<\/i> by Jean-Paul Sartre<\/li>\n<li><i>Vespers<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Blue Screen<\/i> by Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li><i>Lloyd What Happened<\/i> by Stanley Bing<\/li>\n<li><i>Sinbad&#8217;s Guide To Life (Because I Know Everything)<\/i> by Sinbad with David Ritz<\/li>\n<li><i>Big Trouble<\/i> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n<li><i>In Someone&#8217;s Shadow<\/i> by Rod McKuen<\/li>\n<li><i>Stars and Stripes Triumphant<\/i> by Harry Harrison<\/li>\n<li><i>And Then She Was Gone<\/i> by Susan McBride<\/li>\n<li><i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood<\/i> by Rupert Holmes<\/li>\n<li><i>I Ought To Be In Pictures<\/i> by Neil Simon<\/li>\n<li><i>The World&#8217;s Most Infamous Crimes and Criminals<\/i> <\/li>\n<li><i>RPG World Wolume One<\/i> by Ian Jones-Quartey<\/li>\n<li><i>How to Break Software Security<\/i> by James A. Whittaker and Herbert H. Thompson<\/li>\n<li><i>Barrier Island<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>The Golden Gate<\/i> by Alistair MacLean<\/li>\n<li><i>Shopgirl<\/i> by Steve Martin<\/li>\n<li><i>Executive Blues: Down and Out in Corporate America<\/i> by G.P. Meyer<\/li>\n<li><i>Small Felonies<\/i> by Bill Pronzini<\/li>\n<li><i>TV Now: Stars and Shows<\/i> by Dorothy Scheuer<\/li>\n<li><i>The Priest-Kings of Gor<\/i> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><i>The Nomads of Gor<\/i> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><i>An Alien Heat<\/i> by Michael Moorcock<\/li>\n<li><i>Unsolved Mysteries of the Past<\/i> Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/li>\n<li><i>Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain<\/i> by Eric R. Delderfield<\/li>\n<li><i>The Way to Dusty Death<\/i> by Alistair MacLean<\/li>\n<li><i>The Two Minute Rule<\/i> by Robert Crais<\/li>\n<li><i>The Night Crew<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Hundred Dollar Baby<\/i> by Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li><i>Whodunits<\/i> <\/li>\n<li><i>Assassin of Gor<\/i> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><i>The Spy Who Never Was &#038; Other True Spy Stories<\/i> by David C. Knight<\/li>\n<li><i>The Mystery Reader&#8217;s Quiz Book<\/i> by Aneta Corsaut, Muff Singer, Robert Wagner<\/li>\n<li><i>Nice Girls Do And Now You Can, Too<\/i> by Dr. Irene Kassorla<\/li>\n<li><i>Emma<\/i> by Jane Austen<\/li>\n<li><i>Sons of Sam Spade<\/i> by David Geherin<\/li>\n<li><i>Ballroom of the Skies<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>Thunderball<\/i> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><i>As Long As You Both Shall Live<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Twice in Time<\/i> by Manly Wade Wellman<\/li>\n<li><i>Word for Word<\/i> by Andrew A. Rooney<\/li>\n<li><i>Selections from Stars!<\/i> by Daphne Davis<\/li>\n<li><i>Ancient, My Enemy<\/i> by Gordon R. Dickson<\/li>\n<li><i>The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Fourteenth Series<\/i> by Avram Davidson (ed)<\/li>\n<li><i>Nature Noir<\/i> by Jordan Fisher Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll not trouble you with hyperlinks, gentle reader, but if you want any of the reviews, you can do a Google search using <code>site:stlbrianj.blogspot.com <book title><\/code> and get what you want.<\/p>\n<p>In review, this year&#8217;s total includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>5<\/b> John D. MacDonald books\n<li><b>5<\/b> Ed McBain books\n<li><b>3<\/b> Robert B. Parker (the new ones this year)\n<li><b>3<\/b> John Norman Gor books\n<li><b>2<\/b> Roger L. Simon Moses Wine novels\n<li><b>2<\/b> Alistair MacLean novels from the 1970s\n<li><b>2<\/b> Bill Pronzini novels featuring the Nameless Detective\n<li><b>2<\/b> David Geherin nonfiction books about crime fiction\n<li><b>2<\/b> Harry Harrison novels of science fiction\n<li><b>2<\/b> James Whitaker books about software testing\n<li><b>2<\/b> John Sandford novels, neither of which featured Lucas Davenport\n<li><b>2<\/b> Lawrence &#038; Nancy Goldstone books about book collecting\n<li><b>2<\/b> Mike Lupica books\n<li><b>2<\/b> Stephen King books\n<\/ul>\n<p>So I guess I trend toward crime fiction, or at least I hover around crime fiction books I like.  I read two bits of classical fiction (<i>Emma<\/i> and the works of Kafka) and some smart nonfiction (<i>Existentialism and Human Emotions<\/i> and <i>The Life of Charlemagne<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>This year, I can break my books down in my memory into several comfortable reading locatons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In my blue recliner in the old Casinoport house, with a cat on my lap and a gas fire roaring.\n<li>In that blue recliner in the lower level of the new Old Trees home, listening to jazz with a cat on my lap.\n<li>On the sofa on the main level of the Old Trees home, in the early months of Ferris Drooler&#8217;s life amid his frequent feedings.\n<li>In the living room of the upper level of the Old Trees home, after Dr. Fussamongstus has gone to bed for the evening.<\/ol>\n<p>Many of these books prompts a distinct memory that books in 2005 and 2007 will not.<\/p>\n<p>Still, my collection of unread books is large and varied.  I don&#8217;t know what to tell you about 2007, <a href=\"http:\/\/boondoggled.blogspot.com\" target=\"_new\">D<\/a>, but I&#8217;ll probably read a bunch of John Sandford&#8217;s Lucas Davenport novels and some <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kierkegaard\" target=\"_new\">S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for my other 2006 goals, suffice to say I didn&#8217;t do as well as I did on reading.  But there&#8217;s always tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the last post, I&#8217;m calling an end to this year&#8217;s enumeration of reading. 2006ish stands at 89 books, which is probably far less than I bought at book fairs. These books include: The Empty Trap by John D. MacDonald The Executioners by John D. 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