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1raistlinsshadow
Already off and running on finishing books—continuing to keep a goal of 50 books and 25,000 pages total, since I read a lot of articles. I suppose I should post commentary of the books or something like that, but... maybe only for my super favorites. :)
1. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin – 1123 pgs.
Total: 1 / 1123
1. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin – 1123 pgs.
Total: 1 / 1123
2raistlinsshadow
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins – 391 pgs.
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins – 390 pgs.
So far my challenge has started in possibly the most distraught fashion ever. I was able to restrain myself when I was reading Catching Fire in public, but I devoured Mockingjay in a day in the comforts of my own couch—and it has the (dubious?) achievement of being the book I have to put down and walk away from because it is just. too. sad (and because I'm crying way too hard to actually see the words on the page). And I'm no stranger to emotional books...
Total: 3 / 1904
3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins – 390 pgs.
So far my challenge has started in possibly the most distraught fashion ever. I was able to restrain myself when I was reading Catching Fire in public, but I devoured Mockingjay in a day in the comforts of my own couch—and it has the (dubious?) achievement of being the book I have to put down and walk away from because it is just. too. sad (and because I'm crying way too hard to actually see the words on the page). And I'm no stranger to emotional books...
Total: 3 / 1904
4raistlinsshadow
Thanks! Hope your reading goes well, too.
5raistlinsshadow
4. The Secret World of Sleep by Penelope A. Lewis – 200 pgs.
5. Bankrupting Physics by Alexander Unzicker and Sheilla Jones – 272 pgs.
Both of these were ER books, so I've also reviewed them—in short, I would recommend the first for those who are curious about what happens while we're sleeping, and I would not recommend the second (and have heard from more knowledgeable reviewers elsewhere that it's riddled with errors).
Total: 5 / 2376
5. Bankrupting Physics by Alexander Unzicker and Sheilla Jones – 272 pgs.
Both of these were ER books, so I've also reviewed them—in short, I would recommend the first for those who are curious about what happens while we're sleeping, and I would not recommend the second (and have heard from more knowledgeable reviewers elsewhere that it's riddled with errors).
Total: 5 / 2376
6raistlinsshadow
6. Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay – 337 pgs.
7. Islands of Resilience: The History of the German Strong Verbs from a Systemic Point of View by Robert Mailhammer – 32 pgs.
8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – 567 pgs.
Both of these books have unusual narrators with unusual styles—one of them is wry and funny (while, of course, being a psychopath), while the other is world-weary and more empathetic than he seems.
Total: 7 / 3280
7. Islands of Resilience: The History of the German Strong Verbs from a Systemic Point of View by Robert Mailhammer – 32 pgs.
8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – 567 pgs.
Both of these books have unusual narrators with unusual styles—one of them is wry and funny (while, of course, being a psychopath), while the other is world-weary and more empathetic than he seems.
Total: 7 / 3280
8raistlinsshadow
Argh! If only I could keep up that roll! Alas... it's been taken over by articles.
9. Word Learning by Paul Bloom and Erika Nurmsoo – 4 pgs.
10. Acquisition of Syntax by Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton – 10 pgs.
11. Language Acquisition by Michael P. Maratsos – 6 pgs.
12. Lexical Development by Cecile McKee – 7 pgs.
13. Human Cognition by H. Plotkin – 7 pgs.
14. Acquisition of the Lexicon by Maria Teresa Guasti – 45 pgs.
15. Understanding how input matters: Verb learning and the footprint of universal grammar by Jeffrey Lidz, Henry Gleitman, and Lila Gleitman – 28 pgs.
16. Magi’i of Cyador by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. – 544 pgs.
The Cyador book was just stunningly boring. Not sure whether it's because the last couple books I read were great and this one was less so, or if this was actually a clunker in the Recluce series... but I guess I'll see with the sequel.
Total: 8 / 3931 pgs.
9. Word Learning by Paul Bloom and Erika Nurmsoo – 4 pgs.
10. Acquisition of Syntax by Stephen Crain and Rosalind Thornton – 10 pgs.
11. Language Acquisition by Michael P. Maratsos – 6 pgs.
12. Lexical Development by Cecile McKee – 7 pgs.
13. Human Cognition by H. Plotkin – 7 pgs.
14. Acquisition of the Lexicon by Maria Teresa Guasti – 45 pgs.
15. Understanding how input matters: Verb learning and the footprint of universal grammar by Jeffrey Lidz, Henry Gleitman, and Lila Gleitman – 28 pgs.
16. Magi’i of Cyador by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. – 544 pgs.
The Cyador book was just stunningly boring. Not sure whether it's because the last couple books I read were great and this one was less so, or if this was actually a clunker in the Recluce series... but I guess I'll see with the sequel.
Total: 8 / 3931 pgs.
9raistlinsshadow
Clearly I haven't updated in a while... Since the 26th of January, I've read:
17. Insurgent – 525 pgs.
18. Scion of Cyador – 720 pgs.
19. Allegiant – 526 pgs.
20. Wellspring of Chaos – 448 pgs.
21. The Fault in Our Stars – 318 pgs.
22. Ordermaster – 593 pgs.
23. Natural Ordermage – 608 pgs.
24-80. Various articles, totaling 1543 pgs.
81. Never Let Me Go – 288 pgs.
82. Gone Girl – 422 pgs.
83. Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover – 336 pgs.
84. Reckless – 396 pgs.
85. Sublexical modality and the structure of lexical semantic representations – 54 pgs.
Total: 19 books / 10,708 pgs.
The Darkover book was for ER—I'd really only recommend it to people who are really into the older Darkover books (which I am not).
Insurgent and Allegiant are the two last books in the Divergent trilogy, which I liked a reasonable amount (not as intense as Hunger Games, IMO, and not quite as compelling, but they should still make decent movies).
TFiOS was totally heartrending and resulted in audible sobs, and the movie is going to be filled with my crying (can't take realistic and relatable human suffering!) as long as it's pretty good.
I found Never Let Me Go surprisingly boring, since it was supposed to be kind of twisted and strange (it really didn't highlight those parts), and Reckless was along the same lines (though here, maybe something got lost in translation from German --> English, since I've really enjoyed her other books).
Gone Girl was really excellent, though, and I'm recommending it to everyone who wants a book to read—it's got a twist, predictably, but I was totally shocked by it, and that doesn't happen all that often.
Scion of Cyador was as boring as its prequel in the post above, but the next three books were much more interesting. Something about that particular protagonist's storyline really didn't resonate with me. In other news, I'm almost done with the existing books in the series, only to go to the bookstore and find that the author published another one! Gah. Isn't 16 books enough?
17. Insurgent – 525 pgs.
18. Scion of Cyador – 720 pgs.
19. Allegiant – 526 pgs.
20. Wellspring of Chaos – 448 pgs.
21. The Fault in Our Stars – 318 pgs.
22. Ordermaster – 593 pgs.
23. Natural Ordermage – 608 pgs.
24-80. Various articles, totaling 1543 pgs.
81. Never Let Me Go – 288 pgs.
82. Gone Girl – 422 pgs.
83. Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover – 336 pgs.
84. Reckless – 396 pgs.
85. Sublexical modality and the structure of lexical semantic representations – 54 pgs.
Total: 19 books / 10,708 pgs.
The Darkover book was for ER—I'd really only recommend it to people who are really into the older Darkover books (which I am not).
Insurgent and Allegiant are the two last books in the Divergent trilogy, which I liked a reasonable amount (not as intense as Hunger Games, IMO, and not quite as compelling, but they should still make decent movies).
TFiOS was totally heartrending and resulted in audible sobs, and the movie is going to be filled with my crying (can't take realistic and relatable human suffering!) as long as it's pretty good.
I found Never Let Me Go surprisingly boring, since it was supposed to be kind of twisted and strange (it really didn't highlight those parts), and Reckless was along the same lines (though here, maybe something got lost in translation from German --> English, since I've really enjoyed her other books).
Gone Girl was really excellent, though, and I'm recommending it to everyone who wants a book to read—it's got a twist, predictably, but I was totally shocked by it, and that doesn't happen all that often.
Scion of Cyador was as boring as its prequel in the post above, but the next three books were much more interesting. Something about that particular protagonist's storyline really didn't resonate with me. In other news, I'm almost done with the existing books in the series, only to go to the bookstore and find that the author published another one! Gah. Isn't 16 books enough?
10raistlinsshadow
86. Moonwalking with Einstein – 307 pgs.
87. Thematic proto-roles and argument selection – 73 pgs.
88. No escape from syntax: Don’t try morphological analysis in the privacy of your own lexicon – 15 pgs.
89. Severing the external argument from its verb – 27 pgs.
90. Mage-Guard of Hamor – 723 pgs.
91. The Thief – 280 pgs.
Total: 22 books / 12,133 pgs.
Moonwalking with Einstein was a tad unexpected—there was a lot about memory competition, rather than about memory strategies (i.e., the "art") or the psychological or neural mechanisms of memory (i.e., the "science"). So on that end, it was a little disappointing, but it was still an entertaining enough read.
Mage-Guard of Hamor was more Modesitt and more Recluce. I enjoyed this character, though, even while he was a little too petulant and entitled for me.
The Thief was a really interesting and enjoyable book. It takes some liberties with Greek mythology, but I really liked this MC and am looking forward to reading more about him.
87. Thematic proto-roles and argument selection – 73 pgs.
88. No escape from syntax: Don’t try morphological analysis in the privacy of your own lexicon – 15 pgs.
89. Severing the external argument from its verb – 27 pgs.
90. Mage-Guard of Hamor – 723 pgs.
91. The Thief – 280 pgs.
Total: 22 books / 12,133 pgs.
Moonwalking with Einstein was a tad unexpected—there was a lot about memory competition, rather than about memory strategies (i.e., the "art") or the psychological or neural mechanisms of memory (i.e., the "science"). So on that end, it was a little disappointing, but it was still an entertaining enough read.
Mage-Guard of Hamor was more Modesitt and more Recluce. I enjoyed this character, though, even while he was a little too petulant and entitled for me.
The Thief was a really interesting and enjoyable book. It takes some liberties with Greek mythology, but I really liked this MC and am looking forward to reading more about him.
