{"id":2903,"date":"2005-02-16T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2005-02-16T19:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2005-02-16T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2005-02-16T19:02:37","slug":"the-booklist-2005-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/16\/the-booklist-2005-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Booklist 2005 Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past, this has been my method for determining my reading list:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to library<\/li>\n
  2. Wander over to “new releases” section<\/li>\n
  3. Judge books by cover<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This has led me to some great stuff. Unfortunately, it has also resulted in long stretches of mediocrity.<\/p>\n

    One of those stretches was the year affectionately known as 2004, and I said as much in my annual recap<\/a>. But then, as an afterthought, I asked readers to send me recommendations for future reading.<\/p>\n

    And boy-howdie, did I get ’em. And it would be a shame to let them go to waste. So this year I’m going to try the Booklist 2005 project, and try and plow through the majority of the books that were endorsed by dy readers. And although I was terribly lax about writing book reviews last year, I intend to comment on every B2K Project novel I read on these virtual pages.<\/p>\n

    Here is my current list of a dozen (Update<\/b>: now 20) books. Below it are some 25 more, that I will add to the list if they receive seconds from commenters. And if you know of something that really, really ought to be on here but isn’t mentioned at all, you can put that in the comments as well. (Although, given the rate at which I read books, the list as it stands is probably sufficient to keep me in fiction until 2008).<\/p>\n

    The Current List<\/b>
    \n(i.e., books that received a second and\/or intrigued me)
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