Yesterday in my post regarding some of the things I might like to try and do this year I mentioned wanting to read a lot of books. Well, I did some thinking last night and I think I've got a pretty decent list to start with that should keep me going for the first couple months at least. Thought I would share them with you in case anyone else was looking for some ideas on what to read, or wanted to make some suggestions themselves in the comments.
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
Obviously, since I do tend to read books mostly from this genre, there is going to be a fair amount of them that I read over the course of the year, but I figured I would start with these:
Fate of the Jedi: Conviction by Aaron Allston
Fate of the Jedi: Ascension by Christie Golden
Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse by Troy Denning
X-Wing: Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
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The three books from the Fate of the Jedi series are the final ones in a story arc I haven't gotten around to reading yet. They go pretty quick for me, but the story is pretty good and I've read all of the other Star Wars Expanded Universe stuff since I was a teenager. The new X-wing book is one I just discovered today on Amazon, and it comes out in August. There is no way I'm going to miss that book since those books were my favorite of all-time when I first started reading the Expanded Universe.
The last Wheel of Time book comes out sometime this year by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson and you better believe I will be secluding myself in a closet somewhere and not emerging until it is finished.
POPULAR FICTION
I'll be honest, I'm not really sure what to call this category. It's supposed to be books that are currently popular in today's world. You know, the stuff you hear people talking about at the water cooler in the office, or the stuff those strange lunch-time reading groups like to read. I'll just go with popular fiction, it seems to fit alright I guess.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
THE CLASSICS
I really do need to read more of the novels from days gone by that people seem to think are important. There are an awful lot of them, but I may only work in a couple this year because they tend to be a little to deep-thinking in nature for me.
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
My wife is in love with Atlas Shrugged, and I may have possibly read The Fountainhead to impress her at some early stage of our dating history. I figure if I can make it through one Ayn Rand book I can likely make it through another. As for the other two, well, you can't blame me for targeting the classics that are more adventurous for my first foray into the genre now can you?
And of course, all of these books will be read on my trusty Kindle, which has brought me much enjoyment over the past two years. Seriously, if you don't have a Kindle and you do a lot of reading you are doing yourself a major disservice.
Okay, I just have to comment! I'm sure "The Road" will be a good read, because I really enjoyed the movie! It's definitely sad, but very interesting. And, "The Three Musketeers" is SO GOOD. The ending is all sorts of crazy... of the one or two Musketeer movies I've seen, they never portray it just like in the book, which is what makes this read so special! ENJOY!
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