Reading List

This is just a list of things that I have read in the past. I update it frequently to include books I’ve recently finished. I think that sometimes it helps to understand an author’s perspective if you take a look at the artistic influences in their lives at the time that a certain thing was written, so if you’ve read something I’ve written and get lost, take a look at this list. It might help you sort things out.

Reading for um… August 2007-March 2008

Every volume of Fruits Basket, Claymore, Mushishi, xxxHolic and Red River released between then and now.

Vampire Hunter D: Tale of the Dead Town by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Vampire Hunter D: The Stuff of Dreams by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Lisey’s Story by Stephen King

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Lirael by Garth Nix

Abhorsen by Garth Nix

Eragon by Christopher Paollini

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72 by Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

The Dark World by Henry Kuttner

The Complete Amber Sourcebook.

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones

Ridiculous amounts of reading about Uesugi Kenshin on the internet. He was a legendary medieval Japanese warlord, and is played by my favorite fan-girl obsession in the NHK Taiga Drama, Fuurin Kazan. Gackt’s costumes are so amazing in this series that they can peel the panties off of any unsuspecting fan girl at a moment’s notice.

Burning Chrome by William Gibson

The String of Pearls (the original story of Sweeney Todd)

And a plethora of short stories by various authors whose names are lost to me while Karl and I were sitting in the local java joint drinking coffee and discussing the meaning of life, while trying to force our writing careers into some sort of direction.

Currently on my pile:

The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson

The Rum Diaries by Hunter S. Thompson

Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling

Snow in August by Pete Hammil

Farewell the Stranger by Saliee O’Brien

Vampire Hunter D: Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Reading for July 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Red River volumes 14-18 by Chie Shinohara

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Claymore volume 8

xxxHolic volume 9

Random Gemini’s current pile:

Vampire Hunter D: Tale of the Dead Town by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Vampire Hunter D: The Stuff of Dreams by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Lisey’s Story by Stephen King

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Lirael by Garth Nix

Abhorsen by Garth Nix

Eragon by Christopher Paollini

Reading for June 2007

Berserk volumes 2-5

Finished reading Dawn by Octavia Butler

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler

Imago by Octavia Butler

Claymore volume 7

Reading for April 2007

Beauty’s Punishment by Anne Rice

Berserk volume 1

Claymore volume 6

Reading for March 2007

Red River volumes 8-14

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence After the Long Goodbye by Masaki Yamada

Fruits Basket volume 16 by Natsuki Takuya

Claymore volume 5

Reading for December 2006

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Red River volumes 5-7 by Chie Shinohara

Fruits Basket volume 15 by Natsuki Takuya

xxxHolic volume 8 by CLAMP

Claymore volume 4

Reading for November 2006

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

The Flies by Jean Paul Sartre

Electra by Sophocles

Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

Claymore volume 3

Reading for October 2006

Ghost in the Shell: The Lost Memory by Junichi Fujisaku

Red River Volume 4 by Chie Shinohara

Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever by James Patterson

Reading for September 2006

Antigone by Sophocles

The Republic by Plato

Reading for June-August 2006

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Red River volumes 1-3 by Chie Shinohara

Vampire Hunter D: Raiser of the Gales by Hideyuki Kikuchi

xxxHolic volume 7 by Clamp

Claymore volumes 1-2 by Norihiro Yagi

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason

Reading for April-May 2006

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett

Thud by Terry Pratchett

Blood: The Last Vampire - Night of the Beasts by Mamoru Oshii

Vampire Hunter D: by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Reading for January-March 2006

Fruits Basket volumes 12 and 13

xxxHolic volumes 1-6

Reading for August-December 2005

Fruits Basket volumes 7-11

Strike Sparks by Sharon Olds

Good Poems Edited by Garrison Keillor

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Reading for July 2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Reading for June 2005

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Reading for February 2005-May 2005

This has been a long and busy quarter, I’ve done quite a bit of reading for my literature class. I’m still working on Anna Karenina

The Norton Anthology of Women in Literature by Sandra Gilmore and Susan Gubar

It has been brought to my attention that since this particular anthology is so large, simply saying I read it is a cop out, particularly when I did not read the entire thing, just most of it so.. here are the listings of what I read in this text

Selected Poems by Anne Bradstreet

The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Selected letters to John Adams by Abigail Adams

Selected Poems by Phillis Wheatley

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Love and Freindship by Jane Austen

The Introduction to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Selected Speeches by Sojourner Truth

Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller

Selected bits of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Selected parts of Cassandra by Florence Nightingale

Selected poems by Emily Dickinson

The Goblin Market by Christina Rosetti

Selections from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Diary by Alice James

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

22 Hyde Park Gate and excerpts from A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

How it Feels to be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston

Selected poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Birth by Anais Nin

Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor

Excerpts from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

She Unnames Them by Ursula K. LeGuin

Selected poems by Adrienne Rich

Excerpts from Sula by Toni Morrison

Selected poems by Sylvia Plath

Selected poems by Audre Lorde

Snapshots of a Wedding by Bessie Head

No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston

Selected poetry by Sharon Olds

And now you know why I haven’t been posting much since December.

The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich

Three Hands for Scorpio by Andre Norton

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

Gravitation: The Manga Volumes 10,11

Fruits Basket: The Manga Volumes 7,8

Reading for November 2004-February 2005

Sister of the Dead by Barb and J.C. Hendee

Gravitation: The Manga Volumes 1-9

Fruits Basket: The Manga Volumes 1-6

Reading for August-October 2004

Different Hours by Stephen Dunn

Smoke by Dorianne Laux

Various other poetry related stuffs.

Chobits Manga volume 4, by Clamp

Rah-Xephon Manga volume 2.

Lots of news articles and other random shite.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. (I haven’t finished this yet. It may be a while, it’s a good, thick read.)

Reading for July 2004

Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher

Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson and Catherine O’Neill Grace

Reading for June 2004

The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura

Forgive for Good by Fred Luskin

Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson

Reading for May 2004

Chobits Manga volumes 1-3 by CLAMP

.hack//Legend of the Twilight Manga volumes 1-2

Rah-Xephon Manga volume 1

Reading for April 2004

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (not recommended, couldn’t get past the third chapter)

Japanese for Dummies

Reading for March 2004

The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Reading for November 2003 - February 2004

My apologies for the combined listing for the last four months. Life has been rather hectic of late and updating this page slipped my mind.

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Books 1-3) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black Excellent Children’s Series. I can’t wait for books four and five!

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Dhampir by Barb and J.C. Hendee

Thief of Lives by Barb and J.C. Hendee

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny A re-read, but a fun series to go back and read again, especially when in the midst of a diceless rpg campaign based on the books. 10 books in the series, the first is called Nine Princes in Amber if you’re interested.

Chaos and Amber by John Betancourt The first of a posthumously written prequel to Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber. The third book is due out in September. So far, it’s interesting, but I’m not sure it’s worth the expense of buying it in hardback.

The Dawn of Amber by John Betancourt

Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, or Add. by Charles J. Sykes

The Language Police by Diane Ravitch

The Truth by Terry Pratchett

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Grayfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown I haven’t finished this one yet, but so far so good.

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis This is another favorite that’s good to go back and read once a year. Definitely on the list of top ten along with Tigana.

Reading for October 2003

The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

The Real America by Glenn Beck

And.. I’ve re-read all the Harry Potter books this month as well, and re-read the Silmarillion.

Reading for August 2003

The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon

Reading for June 2003

The Mummy by Anne Rice (Just.. do not ask. I’m not a huge fan, but so far this one is actually a decent read)

Moonheart by Charles de Lint

Latin Can Be Fun by Georg Capellanus (It was on the bargain rack, looked entertaining. Friend of mine and I decided we could get a good laugh off the phrases contained herein)

Word Lover’s Dictionary: Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words by Josefa Heifetz (Oh come on, you would have picked it up too, for the title alone. Besides, every decent author should know some truly obscure words.)

Reading for March/April 2003

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Politics by Aristotle

Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson

Reading for January 2003

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

If All the Swords in England by Barbara Willard

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Far too much online reading about marine aquariums… the amount is frightening, and you should be terrified that I now know more about starting a saltwater aquarium than any normal human being has a desire to know.

Reading for December 2002

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Stupid White Men… and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snickett (from A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Reading for November 2002

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

Reading for October 2002

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay (re-read) Tigana happens to be one of my favorite books of all time. I go through and read it again about once a year, and it also happens to be the only book, of which I own a signed copy. I am, ofcourse, too afraid to touch this signed copy, so I read my well worn and old paperback instead. I might venture to read the signed copy, if my paperback ever falls apart. It’s shocking that it hasn’t done so already, as it’s being held together by a whim and a prayer.

Reading for September 2002

Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice (another re-read)

The Silmarilian by J.R.R. Tolkien

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (another re-read)

Reading for August 2002

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (a re-read, obviously)

This has been a slow month for reading for me. I’m glad that it’s over. I did manage to re-read LOTR though, and am glad I did. I am in love with it all over again.

Reading for July 2002

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

Eric by Terry Pratchett

Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

A Painted House by John Grisham

The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway

Reading for June 2002

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

1984 by George Orwell

Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

The following are all re-reads

Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Reading for May 2002

Ringworld by Larry Niven

Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Best Science Fiction of 2001 Edited by Gardner Dozois

First King of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Arthur Rex by Thomas Berger

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathanial Hawthorne (This is a re-read)

It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It by Robert Fulghum

Reading for April 2002

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ by Frederik Nietzsche

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

How Psychotherapy Really Works by Willard Gaylin

The Green Hills of Earth and Other Stories by Robert Heinlein