2011 Reading Update #2
I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore. I read this because the previews for the movie interested me. I fall for hype easily. I enjoyed the book. It’s about 1 of 9 of young aliens living on Earth. They are hiding from a race that killed everyone on their home planet. Because of a charm, the kids can only be killed in the order that they are numbered. The story centers on Number Four, since his turn has come. The book moved very quickly. There’s a lot of teen romance stuff in there, but that isn’t so bad. It’s the first in a series. Even though I enjoyed this book, I’m not sure if I’ll read the next one.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller. This was very good. Even better than Batman: Year One. It tells the story of a future Batman that had faked his death and retired 10 years earlier. One of Batman’s old enemies goes back into crime and that makes Batman come out of retirement. It’s cool to see fifty-something Batman fight crime even though he’s not as strong or fast as he used to be. He even takes on a new Robin as his sidekick, but this time Robin is a girl. Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are two great Batman stories that show the opposite ends of Batman’s crime fighting career. Check them both out.
Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson. I’m so glad I finally finished this book after stopping and starting for the past few months. It started out slow, but it got really good after about 500 pages. Some things happened that have we’ve been waiting to see happen for a long time. I was happy. Things were set up nicely for the 14th and final book, which should be out in about a year.
- Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
- Go, Mutants: A Novel, Larry Doyle
- Serenity Found, Jane Espenson
- Incarceron, Catherine Fisher
- Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Mick Foley
- The Associate, John Grisham
- The Fourth Hand, John Irving
- The Walking Dead, Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 4: The Heart’s Desire, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 5: The Best Defense, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 8: Made to Suffer, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 9: Here We Remain, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 10: What We Become, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman
- The Walking Dead, Volume 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larson
- The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larson
- The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larson
- The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd
- I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore
- The Giver, Lois Lowry
- The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
- The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
- The Final Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
- Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin
- Suicide Kings, George R.R. Martin
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
- Batman: Year One, Frank Miller
- Either You’re in or You’re in the Way, Logan and Noah Miller
- The Final Crusade, Chaite Naasiri
- The Darker Mask, George Phillips
- The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
- The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
- The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
- Towers of Midnight, Brandon Sanderson
- A Memory of Light, Brandon Sanderson
- Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
- Private Parts, Howard Stern
- The Way of Shadows, Brent Weeks
- Shadow’s Edge, Brent Weeks
- Beyond the Shadows, Brent Weeks
- The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams
- Stone of Farewell, Tad Williams
- To Green Angel Tower, Tad Williams
- Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1 – Unmanned, Brian K. Vaughan
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