Greetings, and welcome to the first edition of Kim's Adult Reading List (not to be confused with Kim's Kids Reading List). As most of you know I love to read, and just to prove that point I read 107 books in 2007. I averaged about 2400 pages per month. Granted, I was only working part time for half the year, but some how I still managed to reach my goal of 100 books in one year.
So now I have some new reading goals. When I work at the public library, I notice that many patrons will find an author they enjoy, then read everything they can by that author. I have decided to jump on that band wagon and read a couple of "old friends" and find some new ones.
I'm going to start out with my favorite adventurer, Dirk Pitt. There are 19 Dirk Pitt books written by Clive Cussler that I want to read. I have read all but the last 4. So I will start from the beginning with Iceberg, published in 1975 and work my way through all 19. I wonder how long it will take me?
**interesting, yet true story**
The last Dirk Pitt book I read was Valhalla Rising, published in 2001. This was a pretty neat book. One night I was up reading pretty late since I didn't have to go to school until late the next day. I got to a critical point in the book and set it aside to complete the next evening. I was pretty tired and didn't want to fall asleep just when the action was going to happen. What I remember most was that the villain in the story was planning on ramming this new gigantic super tanker full of liquid propane into the docks near the Twin Towers in hopes of destroying them. Crazy, huh?
Even crazier was that I woke up the next morning to reports of the 9/11 attacks on my clock radio and I couldn't figure out what was going on. Was it real? Was I still reading? Was I dreaming about what could have happened in the book? Nope! The 9/11 attacks happened the morning after I read that section of the book. What a coincidence. Talk about creepy. Needless to say it was several months before I picked up the book to finish it.
I'm also going to re-read some V.C. Andrews books. I want to see if they are just as creepy and weird now as they were when I first read them in Jr. High and High school. I only have about 7 or 8 of her books to read. She passed away in 1986 so I only want to read the books that she wrote herself.
I'm also going to try out some new authors. Some I have already read a book or two, and others will be completely new to me. Take a look at the list and let me know if you have any book recommendations or any other authors I should read.
Janet Evonovich
Fannie Flagg
Jackie Collins
Jodi Picoult
Nicholas Sparks
Michael Connelly
Arlen Coban
Dean Koontz
Michael Crighton
John Sanford
Carl Hiassan
Tom Clancy
Ken Follet
Stephen King
Agatha Christie
...just to name a few...I'm sure I won't read everything by all of these authors, but I do want to try something new. I will also be checking the web for other reading lists and pulling some stuff from those.
I'll be sure to post some links to good lists I find and keep you up to date with my progress. Let's see if I can knock some of these out by the end of 2010. hahahahahaha...well, you never know.
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Have you signed up on goodreads.com? Sounds like that site is made for you!
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to steer clear of Stephanie Meyer? No Twilight series for you, eh?
Wilbur Smith is the ultimate adventure writer.
ReplyDeleteHe can whip Clive's behind any day!
Sara--It's great to meet you and thanks for checking out our blog! I have read the first two Twilight books, and I do need to add that series to my list. I haven't decided if I like them yet though. I'm on the fence with Bella since I think she's a whiny little B-word, however, she's got the whole teen angst thing going on and I think it's pretty common for a girl her age to be like that. We'll see how I like book 3. I'll be sure to let you know when I read it.
ReplyDeletePaul--I still have that Wilbur Smith book you gave me and I totally need to finish it. So far so good. A lot of people read his stuff at the library so I guess I do need to add him to the list.
Argh! So much to read...thank goodness I like to read :)
Janet Evanovich is fun. I read some of her Stephanie Plum series (One for the Money, etc.) but after the third or fourth one in the series I stopped reading because I was kinda over it.
ReplyDeleteJodi Picoult has some page turners, except every book I have read always seems to have at least one sex scene (really? in a court thriller is that necessary?). I've read THE PACT & HARVESTING THE HEART (wow, I thought I had read more of her books). I would like to read MY SISTER'S KEEPER.
I've only read My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. It was really good. I got the book club version with an author interview in the back. When asked why she ended the book the way she did, she said that by the time she got to the end, it was the only way she could do it. I definitely agree. Any other ending would have ruined the story.
ReplyDeleteI just read #14 in the Stephanie Plum series (my first) and I really enjoyed it. Easy breezy reading and entertaining. I have so much to read...but when will I find the time???