last of the 2004 books, first of 2005

[geekchick]

Finished in December:

• "Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth", Ben Bova. Liked this one a lot, enough science to keep a geek happy (at least one who didn't already know all of this stuff, like myself), but not so heavy that it becomes inaccessible. brian1789, I suspect you might find it a little interesting, like the sections dealing with SETI. There is mention in one spot of the archnemesis though. ;)
  
• "Practical Demonkeeping", Christopher Moore. I had started this one earlier and put it down to work on crochet projects. I picked it up on Christmas and finished it off. Laugh-out-loud funny, as everything I've read of his has been so far, but I don't rank it as his best (that I've read so far); that would be "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal", far and away.
  
  (Um, I can't be the only one who wonders what the name/value pair appended to a Powells search,pokey=skeptopotamus, actually does, can I?)
  

That's I think 42 books for the year, assuming I didn't mark down a couple (which is likely) and counting things like "1602" as a single entity; either way, under 50 for the year, which is disappointing to me. Unfortunately, books will need to fight with yarn this year for my attention until I manage to get to the point I can enjoy both.

I was going to work on one of the books I mentioned in my last books post, but looking at the shelves, I realized I'm really in the mood to re-read "Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses" by Isabel Allende.

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, books will need to fight with yarn this year for my attention until I manage to get to the point I can enjoy both.

Audio books. Hie thee to your library and checkout like mad :)

The "Aphrodite" book does sound interesting - thank you for listing it!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I was going to work on one of the books I mentioned in my last books post, but looking at the shelves, I realized I'm really in the mood to re-read "Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses" by Isabel Allende.

I love that book! Wonder if my copy made it up here, or if it's still at home?

[qe2.livejournal.com]

I love this meme, and I haven't a prayer of doing it (or whatever action it is one takes with regard to memes), because I don't have any organized way of keeping track of what I read.

How do you keep track of what you read? And do you count books youreread?

yrs in research-paper-bred exhaustion...

[geekchick]

Honestly, I just scribble down in a text file somewhere what I'm reading, and then at the end of each month I collect it all. Or rather, whenever I get around to it; there were a few months I skipped this year. I only happen to know the count because I stuck all these entries in my memories, so I could have some hope of keeping track of it at the end of the year. ;) I do count re-reads in this number if there are any, because I am still devoting the time to the book.