Just a quick thought while I have the time and access to a computer while I’m on break. I just took a moment to make a list of the books I’ve read so far this year. I’m at twenty eight. That’s a book roughly every nine and a half days. Not bad, but could be better. But i also need time to write and eat and pet my dog and shit. Good thing I don’t have kids to neglect, because they’d get neglected.
Some of the books on this list are re-reads, because good books are worth a revisit, and great books are worth more than one. I put them in order by series and awesomeness. The top three series are clearly a cut above, but the rest of them are all kind of tied for fourth place so far. I’m currently trying to slog through The Centaur by John Updike, but it’s just not catching me by the short and curlies as of yet.
The Kingkiller Chronicle – Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man’s Fear
The Gentleman Bastards – Scott Lynch
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Republic of Thieves
The Magicians Trilogy – Lev Grossman
The Magicians
The Magician King
The Magician’s Land
The Farseer Saga – Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice
Royal Assassin
Assassin’s Quest
Fool’s Errand
Golden Fool
Fool’s Fate
Fool’s Assassin
Fool’s Quest
The Calamity Trilogy – Brandon Sanderson
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity
The Stormlight Archive – Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Good Omens – Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
The Expanse Series – James S.A. Corey
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban’s War
Abaddon’s Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
I Write Dumb Shit 
Bloody hell, that’s going some.
The only one out of that list that I’ve read is Good Omens, back in the early 90s. It had some good bits but I wasn’t impressed by the ending (some of Terry Pratchett’s early Discworld books also suffered from similar problems of ‘and then even bigger magic came along and everything was ok after all’).
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It’s one of the benefits of not having TV at home, and not having children to suck the time and energy out of me.
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We have similar tastes. I’ve read most of these and I just picked up James S. A. Corey a while ago. I am in the process of rereading most of them and putting reviews up on my blog.
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You, sir, have great taste in literature. By some sort of transitive property you must also be quite charming and beloved by many a household pet. It’s science.
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I’ve been meaning to pick up some of Sanderson’s work. All of my writing buddies rave about his books, but it’s one of those things where I have four kids to contend with and diapers are higher on the necessity list than my books. *sad face*
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That’s a bummer. So glad I don’t have kids.
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I have a 2 for 1 special on kids today. Sure you aren’t interested?
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I’m 100% positive, my friend. Hey, for some reason when I click your name your blog doesn’t come up.
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It’s been doing that all day. I don’t know if the server I am “housed” on is on the fritz or what, but if you type in the address direct, it usually works. http://jccauthon.wordpress.com
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Perfect
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