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« on: January 02, 2015, 10:47:49 PM »

I realize that not all movie people are constant readers, but many of us are.  I've often wanted to track the number and titles of the books I read in a given year, but never got around to it.  How about making this a sticky thread and everyone that wants to can list what they're reading at the moment.  No plot synopses - we'll save that for the "Reading Anything?" thread.  This one is purely to list your titles.  Who's with me??? TeddyR
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2015, 10:29:58 PM »

Here goes nothing . . .

JANUARY 2015

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Washington's Crossing  by David Hackett Fisher
Calvin and Hobbes: Something Under the Bed is Drooling  by Bill Watterson
41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush
Saratoga  by John F. Luzader
Attack of the Deranged Killer Mutant Monster Snow Goons by Bill Watterson

FEBRUARY 2015

Weirdoes From Another Planet  by Bill Watterson
A Country of Vast Designs by Robert Merry
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat! by Bill Watterson
The Days Are Just Packed by Bill Watterson

MARCH 2015

Retribution by Max Hastings
It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson
The Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  by J.K. Rowling
Hitler and Stalin by Alan Bullock (took me 2 years!)

APRIL 2015

There's Treasure Everywhere by Bill Watterson
Night of the Mary Kay Commandos by Berkley Breathed
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Bloom County: Toons for Our Times  by Berkley Breathed
Lincoln: Rise to Greatness by David von Drehle
Seven Silent Witnesses by Cheryl Bramlett

May 2015

Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things by Berkely Breathed
The Great Big Book of Horrible Things by Matthew White
Bloom County: Happy Trails  by Berkely Breathed
The Mammoth Book of Dracula edited by Stephen Jones

June 2015
A Sniper in the Tower by Gary Lavergne
Always Postpone Meetings With Time-Wasting Morons  Scott Adams
Matthew's Autograph by Lewis Smith (yes, I read my own book!)
Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mail Boy - Scott Adams

July 2015
Shave the Whales - Scott Adams
SOUTHERN STORM: Sherman's March to the Sea - Noah Andre Trudeau
THE LAST LION: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm 1940-1965 by William Manchester and Paul Reid
Build A Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies - A Dilbert Book by Scott Adams
It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone - A Dilbert Book by Scott Adams
REAGAN: The Life by H.W. Brands
The Sixth Extinction by James Rollins

August 2015

The King's Deception by Steve Berry
Still Pumped from Using the Mouse A Dilbert Book by Scott Adams
Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Fugitive From the Cubicle Police by Scott Adams
Casual Day Has Gone Too Far  by Scott Adams

September 2015
After Lincoln: How the North Won the Civil War But Lost the Peace by A.J. Langguth
I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot by Scott Adams
Constantine the Emperor by David Potter
Don't Step in the Leadership! by Scott Adams
Journey to Cubeville by Scott Adams


October 2015
The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington
Lover of God by Lewis Smith (yes, reading my own stuff again!)
Another Day in Cubicle Paradise by Scott Adams
When Body Language Goes Bad by Scott Adams
Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty by Philip Matyszac
When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View? By Scott Adams
Excuse Me While I Wag by Scott Adams
Holding On to the Dream by George Dalton

November 2015
Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review by Scott Adams
Don't Stand Where the Comet is Assumed to Strike Oil by Scott Adams
Heinrich Himmler by Peter Longerich
The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
The Fluorescent Light Glistens off Your Head by Scott Adams
Thriving on Vague Objectives by Scott Adams
This is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value by Scott Adams
Try Rebooting Yourself by Scott Adams

December 2015
Freedom is Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless by Scott Adams
Positive Attitude by Scott Adams
How's That Underling Thing Working Out For You by Scott Adams
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. Martin
Can We Trust The Gospels? by Mark D. Roberts
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin
Fourteen Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric Covered Box by Scott Adams
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 10:38:05 PM »

Anyone gonna join me?
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2015, 11:00:38 PM »

I'll join after I finish my first book this year. I'm not counting books I started in 2014. I usually read 2 at a time (alternating nights according to my mood) so I go half as fast.
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2015, 12:23:23 AM »

I haven't had the chance to jump into too many books so far this year but things are picking up.

Got The Empty Throne for my birthday December 24th and finally got to read it this week. Better than The Pagan Lord was last year but Cornwell's series has clearly run out of steam, unnecessarily.

Also finished Ronald Oakley's God's Country, a scholarly overview of all aspects of American cultural and social history in the 1950s. Much denser than David Halberstam's project on the decade.

And was much disappointed in the latest Constantine comic a friend let me borrow. Bring back Hellblazer, pretty please.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2015, 10:30:10 AM »

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon. Disappointing, I'm afraid.

Ayurvedic Cooking by Sri Prabuhati. Good. Heavy on marinating.

James Herriot's gentle masterwork All Things Wise and Wonderful. Many times re-read since childhood and still has the power to cheer me up to the point I can forget the fact that it was in Yorkshire that I got the worst food poisoning of my life.

On Heaven and Earth, by Pope Francis, the impending Jimmy Carter of Pontiffs.

It was a slow fortnight for reading.
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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2015, 09:49:59 AM »

"Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend," Winsor McCay
"The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem," various authors
"2001: A Space Odyssey," Arthur C. Clarke
"A Year at the Movies," Kevin Murphy
"The Earth," Emile Zola
"The Ninth Configuration," William Peter Blatty
"The Book of the Subgenius," Subgenius Foundation
"The Illustrated Man," Ray Bradbury
"Death Rat," Mike Nelson
"Love Sick," Charles S. Anderson Design Co./Mike Nelson
"Elements of Style," Strunk & White
"It Chooses You," Miranda July
"No Future for You: Salvos from 'The Baffler'," various authors
"Happy Kitty Bunny Pony," Charles S. Anderson Design Co./Mike Nelson
"The Rise of the Vampire," Erik Butler
"Phase IV," Barry Malzberg
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2015, 12:29:45 AM »

Been a long time since I read a 500 page book in a single day . . . but having never read the Harry Potter books, and then hitting the end of HALF BLOOD PRINCE, I wound up downloading and reading ALL of "The Deathly Hallows" today.  Now I'm going to bed!
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2015, 09:41:42 AM »

How did I miss this thread? It was my New Year's resolution to read more books in 2015, and so far I think I'm living up to it.

Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy-Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman, King of the B Movie by Chris Nashawaty

The Boy Who Loved Batman by Michael Uslan

Sean Connery: From 007 to Hollywood Icon by Andrew Yule

MAD Art: A Visual Celebration of the Art of MAD Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It, by Mark Evanier

Good Days and MAD: A Hysterical Tour Behind the Scenes at MAD Magazine by Dick DeBartolo

How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present and Future by Chris Taylor

The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer

The Comic-Book Book by Don Thompson and Dick Lupoff

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman

A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa by Chris Arnold

Reel Terror: The Scary, Bloody, Gory Hundred-Year History of Classic Horror Films by David Konow

Drawn Together: The Collected Works by Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb

A Biography of Led Zeppelin: When Giants Walked the Earth by Mick Wall

So, Anyway.... by John Cleese

Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind

I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne w/Chris Ayres

Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, The Creators of Superman by Brad Ricca

Batman & Me: An Autobiography by Bob Kane

Stan Lee and the Rise & Fall of the American Comic Book by Jordan Raphael & Tom Spurgeon

Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes & Trends of the '70s and '80s by Gael F. Cooper and Brian Bellmont

Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone

Underneath It All by Traci Lords

Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire (and Both Lost)! By Dan Raviv

Anti-Rock: The Opposition to Rock N Roll by Linda Martin

VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave by Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn

The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry by Legs McNeil

Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream by Steven Watts
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2015, 10:49:31 AM »

How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
MAD Art: A Visual Celebration of the Art of MAD Magazine

That sounds great! I may need to look into those 2!

I'm still reading Here on Gilligan's Isle by Russell Johnson.
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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2015, 02:18:53 PM »

Giving this a little bump.
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2015, 07:06:54 PM »

Me too.  Easier to find and update that way.
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2015, 09:05:38 PM »

Bumping. I may have missed a book since my last update.
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2016, 04:22:39 PM »

Looks like I read a total of 71 books last year, but 38 of them were cartoon anthologies, so some 33 "real" books.
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