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December 30, 2004
What I Read This Year
I read a lot and enjoy doing it. And for some reason lost to antiquity, I began keeping a list of books read since 1997. As 2004 closes, I hit a new record, 70 books. Behind the cut is the complete list for those who care. The breakdown though is interesting:
27% Star Trek
20% Non-Fiction
20% Mystery/Crime
18% Fiction
15% Genre (Science fiction/Fantasy/Horror)
Obviously it's weighted towards Star Trek since it's both a hobby and a profession. The fairly even split beyond that surprises me since I thought I had read more fiction and less non-fiction than in the past.
This is not to say that's all I read. After all, there is also:
Daily: USA Today, Connecticut Post, (parts of) The New York Times
Weekly: Time, The Week, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide
Monthly: Approx. 100 comic books, Smithsonian, Starlog, CFQ, Playboy, Premiere, Alter Ego, Wizard, Comic Buyer's Guide
and stuff here and there. None of the above includes the stories I also read as I prepare collections at DC so that just adds to the total.
Theodore Rex
Edmund Morris
The Zero Game
Brad Meltzer
Star Trek: A Time to Be Born
John Vornholt
Star Trek: A Time to Die
John Vornholt
Star Trek: A Time to Reap
Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
Star Trek: A Time to Sow
Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
Angel in Black
Max Allan Collins
Bet Your Life
Brian Dooling
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters
Elizabeth Robinson
The Return of the Black Widowers
Isaac Asimov
Tong Lashing
Peter David
The Namesake
Jhumpara Lahiri
Star Trek: The Case of the Colonist's Corpse
Bob Ingersoll & Tony Isabella
Star Trek: Catalyst of Sorrows
Margaret Wander Bonanno
Bad Business
Robert B. Parker
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale
James B. South, editor
Star Trek: SCE - Foundations
Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
Enterprise - Daedelus's Children
David Stern
Manna from Heaven
Roger Zelazny
Til Death Do Us Part
Kate White
Blankets
Craig Thompson
Portarit of the Aritst
Gary Milledge, editor
The Little Friend
Donna Tartt
Slave Masters
Susan Wright
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Phoebe Gloeckner
Stranger to the Game
Bob Gibson
Death by Hollywood
Steven Bochco
Is that a Gun in your Pocket?
Rachel Abramowitz
Star Trek: Worlds of the Federation 1
Una McCormack/Heather Jarman
One Night Stands with American History
Richard Shenkman
Baseball Forever
Ralph Kiner
Smoke and Mirrors
Neil Gaiman
A Spectacle of Corruption
David Liss
Candyfreak
Steven Almond
Star Trek: A Time to Kill
David Mack
Star Trek: Enigma
Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek: A Time for War/A Time for Peace
Keith R.A.
DeCandido
Star Trek: Tales of the Dominion War
Keith R.A. DeCandido, editor
Dragon Precinct
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Grosse Pointe Girl
Sarah Grace McCandless
Tatiana & Alexander
Paullina Simons
Kushiel's Dart
Jacqueline Carey
Murderer's Row
Otto Penzler, editor
Mailroom
David Riskin
Queen & Country
Greg Rucka
Help, I'm Trapped in a Chinese Bakery
Alan King
Double Play
Robert B. Parker
Callgirl
Jeannette Angell
Star Trek: Stargazer-Maker
Michael Jan Friedman
Petty Treason
Madeleine E. Robbins
Star Trek: A Time to Heal
David Mack
Melancholy Baby
Robert B. Parker
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.: J. Henry Waugh,
Prop.
Robert Coover
Staying Dead
Laura Ann Gilman
Star Trek: SCE - Wildfire
Keith R.A. DeCandido, editor
The Bad Guys Won! A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing,
and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best
Jeff Pearlman
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Marv Wolfman
Hour Game
David Baldacci
From Sawdust to Stardust
Terry Lee Rioux
Grifter's Game
Lawrence Block
Fade to Blonde
Max Phillips
Star Trek: Vulcan's Soul - Exodus Book 1
Josepha Sherman &
Susan Shwartz
Two in the Field
Darryl Brock
Star Trek: New Frontier-After the Fall
Peter David
Murder by Magic
Rosemary Edghill, editor
Guilty Pleasures
Laurell K. Hamilton
Dragon Moon
Chris Claremont & Beth Fleisher
Star Trek: Genesis Force
John Vornholt
Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time
Michael Eury
Almost Like Being in Love
Steve Kluger
Posted by Bob Greenberger at December 30, 2004 04:19 PM
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Comments
This is a good idea. I have not done this in the past, but as I was asked the other day about what I'd read this year and when absolutely blank, I'm going to do it in 2005. I'm currently reading THE DC COMINCS ENCYCLOPEDIA by Yourself et al, and NAKED PICTURES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE by Jon Stewart, and since I don't anticipate finishing either before 2005 starts, those will be the first items on my list.
Posted by: Julio Diaz at December 31, 2004 12:30 AM
Hey, Bob, I enjoy the blog! I used to try and keep track of my various purchases (mostly CDs and video), but when I hit 10,000 CDs the book-keeping overwhelmed me. Keeping track of various books, magazines, comics and newspapers would be a crusher!
Posted by: Mark Verheiden at December 31, 2004 07:13 PM