{"id":4186,"date":"2008-01-06T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2010-03-26T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T20:24:38","slug":"2007-the-years-reading-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/06\/2007-the-years-reading-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2007: The Year&#8217;s Reading in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To brag, here&#8217;s the complete list of books I read in the 2007 goal year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Home Improvement:52 Weekend Projects<\/i> by Dan Ramsay<\/li>\n<li><i>Nature Girl<\/i> by Carl Hiaasen<\/li>\n<li><i>Dr. Kookie, You&#8217;re Right<\/i> by Mike Royko<\/li>\n<li><i>Grifters &#038; Swindlers<\/i> Cynthia Manson (ed)<\/li>\n<li><i>Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows<\/i> by Rod McKuen<\/li>\n<li><i>Kiss<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Robert Frost<\/i> by Lawrance Thompson<\/li>\n<li><i>Tarnsman of Gor<\/i> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><i>Dirty Work<\/i> by Stuart Woods<\/li>\n<li><i>Mortal Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>High Profile<\/i> by Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li><i>Fields of Wonder<\/i> by Rod McKuen<\/li>\n<li><i>The Mensa Genius Quiz Book<\/i> by Marvin Grosswirth, Dr. Abbie Salny, and the members of Mensa<\/li>\n<li><i>Too Far<\/i> by Mike Lupica<\/li>\n<li><i>Great Tales of Mystery &#038; Suspense<\/i> Compiled by Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg, &#038; Martin H. Greenberg<\/li>\n<li><i>Lucky You<\/i> by Carl Hiaasen<\/li>\n<li><i>Great True Stories of Crime, Mystery, and Detection<\/i> by Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/li>\n<li><i>Come to Me in Silence<\/i> by Rod McKuen<\/li>\n<li><i>Stormy Weather<\/i> by Carl Hiaasen<\/li>\n<li><i>Ringworld&#8217;s Children<\/i> by Larry Niven<\/li>\n<li><i>Ernest Hemingway<\/i> by Philip Young<\/li>\n<li><i>Winter Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Broken Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Forever Odd<\/i> by Dean Koontz<\/li>\n<li><i>The Prize Winner&#8217;s Handbook<\/i> by Jeffrey Feinmann<\/li>\n<li><i>The Case of the Cautious Coquette<\/i> by Erle Stanley Gardner<\/li>\n<li><i>The King&#8217;s Henchman<\/i> by Edna St. Vincent Millay<\/li>\n<li><i>Hidden Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Fat Ollie&#8217;s Book<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Santorini<\/i> by Alistair MacLean<\/li>\n<li><i>Terminator Dreams<\/i> by Aason Allston<\/li>\n<li><i>Night Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>The Instant Enemy<\/i> by Ross MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>Nocturne<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>The Murder Book<\/i> by Jonathan Kellerman<\/li>\n<li><i>Glengarry Glen Ross<\/i> by David Mamet<\/li>\n<li><i>Oath of Fealty<\/i> by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle<\/li>\n<li><i>Under the Greenwood Tree<\/i> by Thomas Hardy<\/li>\n<li><i>Another Part of the City<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>The Retaliators<\/i> by Donald Hamilton<\/li>\n<li><i>SeinLanguage<\/i> by Jerry Seinfeld<\/li>\n<li><i>Biloxi Blues<\/i> by Neil Simon<\/li>\n<li><i>Nick at Nite&#8217;s Classic TV Companion<\/i> edited by Tom Hill<\/li>\n<li><i>Tuesday Night Football<\/i> by Alex Karras and Douglas Graham<\/li>\n<li><i>Chapter Two<\/i> by Neil Simon<\/li>\n<li><i>Certain Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Outlaw of Gor<\/i> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><i>Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer<\/i> by Joseph Conrad<\/li>\n<li><i>The Watchman<\/i> by Robert Crais<\/li>\n<li><i>The Use and Abuse of Books<\/i> by Leon Battista Alberti<\/li>\n<li><i>From The Corner Of His Eye<\/i> by Dean Koontz<\/li>\n<li><i>Dirty Linen<\/i> by Tom Stoppard<\/li>\n<li><i>Harvest Poems 1910-1960<\/i> by Carl Sandburg<\/li>\n<li><i>Suspension Bridge<\/i> by Rod McKuen<\/li>\n<li><i>Anna Karenina<\/i> by Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<li><i>Spare Change<\/i> by Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li><i>Lake Superior Journal Jim Marshall&#8217;s View from the Bridge<\/i> by Jim Marshall<\/li>\n<li><i>Candyland<\/i> by Evan Hunter\/Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Armageddon 2419 AD<\/i> by Philip Francis Nowlan<\/li>\n<li><i>Sonnets of Eve<\/i> by Flora May Johnson Pearce<\/li>\n<li><i>Kill City: The Enforcer #3<\/i> by Andrew Sugar<\/li>\n<li><i>Listen to the Warm<\/i> by Rod McKuen<\/li>\n<li><i>All I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat<\/i> by Suzy Becker<\/li>\n<li><i>101 Uses for a Dead Cat<\/i> by Simon Bond<\/li>\n<li><i>Sleeping Beauty<\/i> by Ross MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>The Three Musketeers<\/i> by Alexandre Dumas<\/li>\n<li><i>Tangled Vines<\/i> Lyn Lifshin (ed)<\/li>\n<li><i>Sweet and Sour<\/i> by Andrew A. Rooney<\/li>\n<li><i>He Was a Midwestern Boy on His Own<\/i> by Bob Greene<\/li>\n<li><i>Poems of Flowers<\/i> Gail Harvey (Ed)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/i> by Victor Hugo<\/li>\n<li><i>The Parisian Affair<\/i> by Nick Carter<\/li>\n<li><i>Ghosts<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Puppet on a Chain<\/i> by Alistair MacLean<\/li>\n<li><i>Deadly Welcome<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>Ariel<\/i> by Sylvia Plath<\/li>\n<li><i>All Summer Long<\/i> by Bob Greene<\/li>\n<li><i>Poems of Friendship<\/i> Gail Harvey (Ed)<\/li>\n<li><i>Be Happy!<\/i> April Danner (selected by)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Adventures of Oliver Twist<\/i> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<li><i>Dear Americans: Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan<\/i> Ralph E. Weber &#038; Ralph A. Weber (ed)<\/li>\n<li><i>Detroit<\/i> by Dale Fisher<\/li>\n<li><i>Versus<\/i> by Ogden Nash<\/li>\n<li><i>Sight Unseen<\/i> by Donald Margulies<\/li>\n<li><i>My Poems from the Heart<\/i> by Pam Puleo<\/li>\n<li><i>Broadway Bound<\/i> by Neil Simon<\/li>\n<li><i>Panic in Philly<\/i> by Don Pendleton<\/li>\n<li><i>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/i> by Arthur C. Clarke<\/li>\n<li><i>Seawitch<\/i> by Alistair MacLean<\/li>\n<li><i>The Sum of All Fears<\/i> by Tom Clancy<\/li>\n<li><i>How to Research The History of Your Webster Groves Home<\/i> by Ann Morris<\/li>\n<li><i>Webster Park 1892-1992<\/i> by Wilda H. Swift and Cynthia S. Easterling<\/li>\n<li><i>Great Expectations<\/i> by Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<li><i>Eight Black Horses<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>State&#8217;s Evidence<\/i> by Stephen Greenleaf<\/li>\n<li><i>North Webster: A Photograpic History of a Black Community<\/i> by Ann Morris and Henrietta Ambrose<\/li>\n<li><i>Case of the Fiery Fingers<\/i> by Erle Stanley Gardner<\/li>\n<li><i>Raiders of Gor<\/i> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><i>Treasures of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism<\/i> by <\/li>\n<li><i>Lori<\/i> by Robert Bloch<\/li>\n<li><i>Unfair and Unbalanced: The Lunatic Magniloquence of Henry E. Panky<\/i> by Patrick M. Carlisle<\/li>\n<li><i>Vienna Days<\/i> by Kim du Toit<\/li>\n<li><i>Hoaxes!<\/i> by Gordon Stein and Marie J. MacNee<\/li>\n<li><i>Like I Was Sayin&#8217;<\/i> by Mike Royko<\/li>\n<li><i>Farnham&#8217;s Freehold<\/i> by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n<li><i>Webster Groves<\/i> by Clarissa Start<\/li>\n<li><i>Now and Then<\/i> by Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li><i>The Black Hole<\/i> by Alan Dean Foster <\/li>\n<li><i>One of Us is Wrong<\/i> by Samuel Holt<\/li>\n<li><i>My Enemy, My Ally<\/i> by Diane Duane<\/li>\n<li><i>In Retrospect I<\/i> by Kathy Condon (ed.)<\/li>\n<li><i>Tales from the Coral Court<\/i> by Shellee Graham<\/li>\n<li><i>New York at Night<\/i> by Bill Harris<\/li>\n<li><i>The Handyman<\/i> by Penelope Mortimer<\/li>\n<li><i>Downtown<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Momisms<\/i> by Cathy Hamilton<\/li>\n<li><i>The Enforcer<\/i> by Andrew Sugar<\/li>\n<li><i>The Book of Lists The 90s Edition<\/i> by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace<\/li>\n<li><i>Spill the Jackpot<\/i> by A.A. Fair<\/li>\n<li><i>It&#8217;s Pat: My Life Exposed<\/i> by Julia Sweeney and Christine Zander<\/li>\n<li><i>Dave Barry&#8217;s Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides<\/i> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n<li><i>Then We Came To The End<\/i> by Joshua Ferris<\/li>\n<li><i>Mind Prey<\/i> by John Sandford<\/li>\n<li><i>Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/i> by Gene Roddenberry<\/li>\n<li><i>The Best Cartoons from the Saturday Evening Post<\/i> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find the reviews using that little search box at the top.  I am far too lazy to do 125 Google searches to make it easy on you.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, quite the eclectic mix.  A lot of John Sandford and Ed McBain, some John Norman, and a mix of genre fiction, literary classics, poetry, and some non-fiction thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>Bow before my reading prowess and my ability to sit in a recliner for whole evenings instead of doing something productive with my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To brag, here&#8217;s the complete list of books I read in the 2007 goal year: Home Improvement:52 Weekend Projects by Dan Ramsay Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen Dr. Kookie, You&#8217;re Right by Mike Royko Grifters &#038; Swindlers Cynthia Manson (ed) Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows by Rod McKuen Kiss by Ed McBain Robert Frost by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5799,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions\/5799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}