Summer Reading Log
It’s been a while since I’ve attempted to keep a reading journal, so here goes. This log will include about a year’s backlog. (Bolded entries are particularly loved.)
In progress:
- Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
- Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes (fantastic, but heavy. stalled)
Summer ‘14:
- Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (rich characters; hard to follow at times)
- Perdido Street Station, China Miéville (great world, very meh characters)
Winter ‘13:
Last winter, I found myself indoors in Albany for most of Christmas. I got a lot of reading done, mostly light and fluffy things.
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
- Brilliance, Marcus Sakey (meh)
- Divergent, Veronica Roth (hated it)
- Exhalation, Ted Chiang
- Story of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang (loved)
- Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (decent)
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
- Ancillary Justice, Ann Lecke (loved)
- City of Thieves, David Benioff (good)
- Wool, Hugh Howey (meh)
- The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (good for YA)
Summer/Fall ‘13
- Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion** (well-depicted depression; hard to read)
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (good, but tropey)
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman (amusing)
- The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (great ideas, not the best execution. sexual degradation as a plot device is gross.)
- White Noise, Don DeLillo
- Life of Pi, Yann Martel (great)
- Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell (really liked the format.)