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The 2011 Books, better late than never
Jan. 11th, 2012 06:58 pmIt's a testament to what the last week and a half has been like that posting this took...well, a week and a half. But right now I am sitting home with the distinct impression I'm about to get completely fluey and dizzy and sick (ugh), so. Book blogging.
( What I read this year )
( Also, I watched some movies and TV and stuff )
Interesting continuing themes this year: I'm still reading a lot of CanLit -- the Giller list, the Booker list, Coach House Books titles. I'm now reading a lot of graphic novels, which I used to borrow but never buy. And interestingly enough? Last year I started reading a whole lot more YA, and a lot of nonfiction.
Nonfic is funny territory for me. I used to not read it because I was in school, which is basically five courses of nonfiction all the time, and then it took me a bit to get into the habit. But I think the most impactful books this year, if not the most loved, were nonfic titles.
Books I flipped out over and would have handsold were I still working in the bookstore: Among Others, Room, Essex County, Lighthousekeeping, The Big Sleep, Redemption in Indigo, The Incident Report, The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn, The Sisters Brothers, Half-Blood Blues, both Blank Slate books, Monoceros, and Anna Dressed in Blood. Lost at Sea is very, very imperfect, but I am weirdly fond of it. There was very little I couldn't actually finish, and very few rereads, which is kind of new for me.
I still have yet to find the kind of hard SF that makes my brain whir, but I'm not even sure if I actually care anymore. It's been years. I might be over it.
This year looks to be shaping up much the same, considering what's on my to-read table (yes, it's a whole little table): Laini Taylor, Geoff Ryman, Zoe Whittall, China Mieville; a bunch of nonfiction on topics from etymology to urban planning to 1920s history, etc. etc. etc.
I am sadly not very insightful on all this: There weren't really any major revelations about the state of fiction or of my own reading habits this year. Just a lot of mostly satisfying books. Which is nice.
( What I read this year )
( Also, I watched some movies and TV and stuff )
Interesting continuing themes this year: I'm still reading a lot of CanLit -- the Giller list, the Booker list, Coach House Books titles. I'm now reading a lot of graphic novels, which I used to borrow but never buy. And interestingly enough? Last year I started reading a whole lot more YA, and a lot of nonfiction.
Nonfic is funny territory for me. I used to not read it because I was in school, which is basically five courses of nonfiction all the time, and then it took me a bit to get into the habit. But I think the most impactful books this year, if not the most loved, were nonfic titles.
Books I flipped out over and would have handsold were I still working in the bookstore: Among Others, Room, Essex County, Lighthousekeeping, The Big Sleep, Redemption in Indigo, The Incident Report, The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn, The Sisters Brothers, Half-Blood Blues, both Blank Slate books, Monoceros, and Anna Dressed in Blood. Lost at Sea is very, very imperfect, but I am weirdly fond of it. There was very little I couldn't actually finish, and very few rereads, which is kind of new for me.
I still have yet to find the kind of hard SF that makes my brain whir, but I'm not even sure if I actually care anymore. It's been years. I might be over it.
This year looks to be shaping up much the same, considering what's on my to-read table (yes, it's a whole little table): Laini Taylor, Geoff Ryman, Zoe Whittall, China Mieville; a bunch of nonfiction on topics from etymology to urban planning to 1920s history, etc. etc. etc.
I am sadly not very insightful on all this: There weren't really any major revelations about the state of fiction or of my own reading habits this year. Just a lot of mostly satisfying books. Which is nice.
