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I've never been much of a list maker; I think there's a kind of stress involved in seeing it on paper. But I like making lists of things with no particular time limit attached to them, and relatively little importance. (I also like spreadsheets, there's probably some relation there.) So, I'm keeping a reading list again this year, and then I made up a to-be-read list. Although there's a certain almost guilt attached with the second half of the list-nothing like buying books you've never read-although some of them I've attempted, and some of them were gifts. I'm really bad if I start a book somewhere, like on a plane, and then don't finish it-somehow I associate the book with that context and can't get back into it.

Books I acquired recently that I still need to read"
Moon Called, Patricia Briggs
Wheels of Fire, Mercedes Lackey & Mark Shepherd
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
Shadow's Return, Llynn Flewelling
Melusine, Sarah Monette
Plus a couple of Torchwood novels, but I'm trying to stretch those out until the new ones come out. They're due in November, so they might be out by next May.

Then there's things that are actually on my shelf of to-be-read, which means they should technically be at the front of the queue.

The Privelege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
When Darkness Falls, Shannon Drake
Cat-a-Lyst, Alan Dean Foster
Foucalt's Pendulum, Umberto Eco (I've started this book at least 3 times. I'm determined to finish it, since I blame it for my not gettng a job at Walden's 3 years ago. Apparently fans of the DaVinci code won't be interested in Eco's take on a modern day Templar conspiracy. Who knew?)
Exiles: The Ruins of Ambrai, Melanie Rawn
Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio
Cosmos, Carl Sagan
The Black Ice, Michael Connelly
The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Margaret George
Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
Sims, F. Paul WIlson
The Universe Maker, A.E. Van Voght
Picture Maker, Penina Keen Spinka
The Sun Sword Series, Michelle West (These aren't even mine; I borrowed them from Amanda ages ago!)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein

And that's just what's on that shelf, or what I know I've got. Then there's some other books scattered about, many of which are books my brother actually gave my father, but since they found their way into my room I feel obligated to read them. I ought to gather them all up and put them on one book case, just to see what I've got. A lot of them are old-school science fiction, and I have to be in the right mood to read them. The right mood may very well be stuck on a desert island with nothing else to read, but there you go.

Having said all that, anybody want to recommend a book to me? Non-fiction, fiction, any genre. It can go in the queue. Unless the bookmobile has it, in which case it will jump the queue.