Bookshelf

  1. Steal This Plot: A Writer's Guide to Story Structure and Plagiarism

    by William Noble
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

  2. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    by Stephen Greenblatt
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  3. The Hedge Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1)

    by Ben Avery
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  4. A Study in Sherlock (Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, #1)

    by Laurie R. King
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    A Study in Sherlock (Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, #1)

    by Laurie R. King
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    The problem with rating a short story anthology is that some of the stories are great and some are decidedly less so. In particular, the Neil Gaiman story was excellent and original.

  5. The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)

    by Ken Follett
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

  6. Tenth of December

    by George Saunders
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    Tenth of December

    by George Saunders
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    In many a ways, this book is pretty brilliant and filled with great stories. But in reading them in collected form, the same themes and stylistic elements are so ubiquitous that they get a bit tedious at times. I highly recommend reading Saunders, but maybe not the entire collection at once.

  7. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

    by David Sedaris
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  8. Safeword (Y: The Last Man, #4)

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  9. The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

    by Max Brooks
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  10. Cat's Cradle

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  11. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    by Susanna Clarke
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  12. The World Without Us

    by Alan Weisman
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

    The World Without Us

    by Alan Weisman
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

    An excellent book! But thoroughly, thoroughly depressing.

  13. Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)

    by Orson Scott Card
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  14. A Short History of Nearly Everything

    by Bill Bryson
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  15. Cycles (Y: The Last Man, #2)

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  16. Inside Joss' Dollhouse: From Alpha to Rossum

    by Jane Espenson
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

  17. Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)

    by John Joseph Adams
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

  18. Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction

    by Charles Baxter
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  19. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

    by Robert M. Pirsig
    ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

  20. Young Zaphod Plays It Safe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #0.5)

    by Douglas Adams
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  21. You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)

    by Jeff Goins
    ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

  22. Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

  23. Xenocide (Ender's Saga, #3)

    by Orson Scott Card
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  24. Cover of X-Men: Days of Future Past

    X-Men: Days of Future Past

    by Chris Claremont
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆