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Books 19 to 21, and Roundup
More books, probably the last of the year.
( 19. The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell )
( 20. The Little Sister – Raymond Chandler )
( 21. Northern Lights – Philip Pullman )
( My books of 2009 )
So that's 21 books this year vs. 9 last year. I set the bar low but I'm still pleased to have notched up more than twice as many as last year. I had a bit of a blip after The Little Sister in which I started two1 books2 which still languish unfinished on a shelf, which slowed my pace considerably.
My wife meanwhile notched up 38 books, vastly outstripping me as always and beating her tally of 35 last year.
( My wife's books of 2009 )
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1 Apocalypse How by Daily Show writer Rob Kutner, initially a very funny take on surviving the post-apocaypse, but one where the law of diminishing returns sets in very quickly.
2 Who Wrote the New Testament by Burton L Mack., a scholarly, secular attempt to reconstruct the actual beginnings of early Christian belief through literary and historical analysis, but one that for me feels nearly as much of a conjectural house of cards as the religion itself.
( 19. The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell )
( 20. The Little Sister – Raymond Chandler )
( 21. Northern Lights – Philip Pullman )
( My books of 2009 )
So that's 21 books this year vs. 9 last year. I set the bar low but I'm still pleased to have notched up more than twice as many as last year. I had a bit of a blip after The Little Sister in which I started two1 books2 which still languish unfinished on a shelf, which slowed my pace considerably.
My wife meanwhile notched up 38 books, vastly outstripping me as always and beating her tally of 35 last year.
( My wife's books of 2009 )
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1 Apocalypse How by Daily Show writer Rob Kutner, initially a very funny take on surviving the post-apocaypse, but one where the law of diminishing returns sets in very quickly.
2 Who Wrote the New Testament by Burton L Mack., a scholarly, secular attempt to reconstruct the actual beginnings of early Christian belief through literary and historical analysis, but one that for me feels nearly as much of a conjectural house of cards as the religion itself.