Jim's Book Log
As I said, I read a lot of books. I wish I had thought of this at New Years, but here we go. (2018-2019)
| Title | Author | Pages | Publication Year | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Viking | HB Piper | 240 | 1962 | 3/18 | 3/20 |
| Han Solo Trilogy | Brian Daley | 564 | 1979 | 3/21 | 3/25 |
| Triplanetary | E.E. Doc Smith | 230 | 1934 | 3/26 | 3/28 |
| First Lensman | E.E. Doc Smith | 248 | 1938 | 3/28 | 3/30 |
| Galactic Patrol | E.E. Doc Smith | 225 | 1938 | 3/31 | 3/31 |
| Gray Lensman | E.E. Doc Smith | 235 | 1939 | 4/1 | 4/2 |
| Second Stage Lensman | E.E. Doc Smith | 250 | 1941 | 4/3 | 4/7 |
| Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge | John Ringo and Larry Correia | 418 | 2016 | 4/7 | 4/8 |
| Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners | John Ringo and Larry Correia | 374 | 2016 | 4/8 | 4/8 |
| Children of the Lens | E.E. Doc Smith | 247 | 1954 | 4/9 | 4/13 |
| Hard Magic | Larry Correia | 407 | 2011 | 4/14 | 4/15 |
| Vanguard | Jack Campbell | 327 | 2017 | 4/15 | 4/16 |
| Terms of Enlistment | Marko Kloos | 334 | 2013 | 4/16 | 4/19 |
| Lines of Departure | Marko Kloos | 315 | 2014 | 4/19 | 4/20 |
| Angles of Attack | Marko Kloos | 315 | 2015 | 4/20 | 4/21 |
| Chains of Command | Marko Kloos | 338 | 2016 | 4/21 | 4/23 |
| Into the Fire | Elizabeth Moon | 460 | 2018 | 4/23 | 4/26 |
| Spellbound | Larry Correia | 643 | 2011 | 4/26 | 4/29 |
| Warbound | Larry Correia | 417 | 2013 | 4/29 | 4/30 |
| Passage at Arms | Glen Cook | 265 | 1985 | 5/5 | 5/7 |
| Midnight Riot | Ben Aaronovitch | 298 | 2011 | 5/7 | 5/8 |
| Moon over Soho | Ben Aaronovitch | 288 | 2011 | 5/8 | 5/9 |
| Whispers Underground | Ben Aaronovitch | 303 | 2012 | 5/9 | 5/10 |
| Broken Homes | Ben Aaronovitch | 324 | 2013 | 5/10 | 5/11 |
| Foxglove Summer | Ben Aaronovitch | 343 | 2014 | 5/11 | 5/12 |
| The Hanging Tree | Ben Aaronovitch | 292 | 2016 | 5/12 | 5/13 |
| Artemis | Andy Weir | 305 | 2017 | 5/14 | 5/14 |
| Fields of Fire | Marko Kloos | 293 | 2017 | 5/15 | 5/16 |
| Points of Impact | Marko Kloos | 289 | 2018 | 5/17 | 5/18 |
| Oath of Swords | David Weber | 481 | 1995 | 5/20 | 5/24 |
| The War God's Own | David Weber | 374 | 1998 | 5/24 | 5/30 |
| Wind Rider's Oath | David Weber | 491 | 2004 | 5/31 | 6/2 |
| War Maid's Choice | David Weber | 584 | 2012 | 6/2 | 6/9 |
| Dresden Files: Brief Cases | Jim Butcher | 437 | 2018 | 6/9 | 6/10 |
| Twelve Kings in Sharakhai | Bradley Beaulieu | 580 | 2015 | 6/11 | 6/19 |
| The Rising | James Doohan and SM Stirling | 377 | 1996 | 6/20 | 6/23 |
| Privateer | James Doohan and SM Stirling | 316 | 2000 | 6/23 | 6/24 |
| The Independent Command | James Doohan and SM Stirling | 407 | 2001 | 6/24 | 6/25 |
| 20,000 Leagues under the Sea | Jules Verne | ??* | 1869 | 6/25 | 6/26 |
| March Upcountry | David Weber and John Ringo | 586 | 2001 | 6/26 | 7/1 |
| March to the Sea | David Weber and John Ringo | 664 | 2002 | 7/1 | 7/4 |
| March to the Stars | David Weber and John Ringo | 589 | 2003 | 7/4 | 7/8 |
| We Few | David Weber and John Ringo | 392 | 2005 | 7/8 | 7/10 |
| War of the Worlds* | H.G. Wells | 212 | 1895 | 7/10 | 7/11 |
| Penric’s Demon* | Lois Mcmaster Bujold | 109 | 2015 | 7/11 | 7/11 |
| Penric and the Shaman* | Lois Mcmaster Bujold | 122 | 2016 | 7/12 | 7/13 |
| Though Hell Should Bar the Way* | David Drake | 416 | 2018 | 7/17 | 7/18 |
| Ascendant | Jack Campbell | 344 | 2018 | 7/19 | 7/21 |
| Mutineers' Moon | David Weber | 313 | 1991 | 7/22 | 7/24 |
| The Armageddon Inheritance | David Weber | 342 | 1993 | 7/24 | 7/26 |
| Winterfair Gifts* | Lois Mcmaster Bujold | 73 | 2011 | 7/29 | 7/30 |
| Monster Hunter Memoirs: Saints* | John Ringo and Larry Correia | 288 | 2018 | 7/30 | 7/30 |
| Stark's War | John Hemry | 261 | 2000 | 7/31 | 8/2 |
| Stark's Command | John Hemry | 267 | 2001 | 8/2 | 8/6 |
| Stark's Crusade | John Hemry | 263 | 2003 | 8/6 | 8/7 |
| A Small Colonial War | Robert Frezza | 289 | 1989 | 8/7 | 8/13 |
| Fire in a Far Away Place | Robert Frezza | 307 | 1994 | 8/14 | 8/17 |
| Cain's Land | Robert Frezza | 301 | 1995 | 8/17 | 8/19 |
| The Atrocity Archives* | Charles Stross | 360 | 2006 | 8/19 | 8/21 |
| Sundiver | David Brin | 340 | 1980 | 8/21 | 8/23 |
| The Jennifer Morgue* | Charles Stross | 420 | 2008 | 8/24 | 8/25 |
| The Fuller Memorandum* | Charles Stross | 323 | 2010 | 8/26 | 8/27 |
| Starship Troopers | Robert Heinlein | 260 | 1959 | 8/28 | 9/2 |
| Planetside | Michael Mammay | 368 | 2018 | 9/2 | 9/3 |
| The Apocalypse Codex* | Charles Stross | 336 | 2012 | 9/3 | 9/4 |
| The Black Company | Glen Cook | 319 | 1984 | 9/5 | 9/9 |
| Port of Shadows | Glen Cook | 400 | 2018 | 9/9 | 9/10 |
| Shadows Linger | Glen Cook | 319 | 1984 | 9/11 | 9/14 |
| The White Rose | Glen Cook | 317 | 1985 | 9/14 | 9/16 |
| The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red | Martha Wells | 149 | 2017 | 9/16 | 9/16 |
| The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition | Martha Wells | 158 | 2018 | 9/16 | 9/17 |
| Shadow Games | Glen Cook | 309 | 1989 | 9/17 | 9/20 |
| Dreams of Steel | Glen Cook | 346 | 1990 | 9/21 | 9/30 |
| The Murderbot Diaries: Rogue Protocol | Martha Wells | 158 | 2018 | 9/30 | 9/30 |
| The Monster Hunter Files | Larry Correia | 442 | 2017 | 9/30 | 10/1 |
| The Rhesus Chart* | Charles Stross | 369 | 2014 | 10/1 | 10/2 |
| Uncompromising Honor | David Weber | 773 | 2018 | 10/2 | 10/5 |
| Old Man's War | John Scalzi | 336 | 2005 | 10/9 | 10/11 |
| Phule's Company | Robert Asprin | 232 | 1990 | 10/12 | 10/12 |
| Phule's Paradise | Robert Asprin | 252 | 1992 | 10/12 | 10/13 |
| A Phule and His Money | Robert Asprin and Peter Heck | 277 | 1999 | 10/14 | 10/19 |
| The Annihilation Score* | Charles Stross | 401 | 2016 | 10/19 | 10/21 |
| Birth of Fire | Jerry Pournelle | 228 | 1976 | 10/21 | 10/23 |
| Ringworld | Larry Niven | 342 | 1970 | 10/24 | 10/27 |
| The Ringworld Engineers | Larry Niven | 351 | 1980 | 10/27 | 10/30 |
| The Butcher of Anderson Station* | James S.A. Corey | 35 | 2011 | 10/30 | 10/30 |
| The Nightmare Stacks* | Charles Stross | 393 | 2016 | 11/1 | 11/4 |
| Seeds of Earth | Michael Cobley | 360/620# | 2012 | 11/12 | 11/19 |
| The Murderbot Diaries: Exit Strategy | Martha Wells | 172 | 2018 | 11/19 | 11/19 |
| Leviathan Wakes | James S.A. Corey | 561 | 2011 | 11/20 | 11/23 |
| The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet | Becky Chambers | 438 | 2014 | 11/26 | 11/28 |
| The Sharp End | David Drake | 384 | 2012 | 12/1 | 12/1 |
| Live Free or Die | John Ringo | 402 | 2010 | 12/3 | 12/5 |
| Citadel | John Ringo | 380 | 2011 | 12/5 | 12/8 |
| The Hot Gate | John Ringo | 399 | 2011 | 12/8 | 12/9 |
| At Any Price | David Drake | 288 | 1985 | 12/9 | 12/10 |
| The Delirium Brief* | Charles Stross | 384 | 2017 | 12/10 | 12/12 |
| Counting the Cost | David Drake | 267 | 1987 | 12/12 | 12/14 |
| Cross the Stars | David Drake | 305 | 1984 | 12/14 | 12/14 |
| Down on the Farm* | Charles Stross | 41 | 2008 | 12/14 | 12/14 |
| Overtime* | Charles Stross | 30 | 2008 | 12/14 | 12/14 |
| The Praxis* | Walter Jon Williams | 454 | 2009 | 12/14 | 12/16 |
| Valiant Dust | Richard Baker | 334 | 2017 | 12/22 | 12/23 |
| The Labyrinth Index* | Charles Stross | 368 | 2018 | 12/23 | 12/24 |
| Lies Sleeping* | Ben Aaronovitch | 303 | 2018 | 12/27 | 12/28 |
| The Jungle | David Drake | 195 | 1991 | 12/29 | 12/30 |
| Surface Action | David Drake | 236 | 1990 | 1/1 | 1/4 |
| Restless Lightning | Richard Baker | 428 | 2018 | 1/5 | 1/6 |
| Rescue Mission | David Drake | 26 | 1988 | 1/7 | 1/7 |
| Team Effort | David Drake | 33 | 1989 | 1/7 | 1/7 |
| Deryni Rising | Katherine Kurtz | 271 | 1970 | 1/9 | 1/10 |
| Gridlinked | Neal Asher | 407 | 2001 | 1/11 | 1/11 |
| Deryni Checkmate | Katherine Kurtz | 302 | 1972 | 1/11 | 1/15 |
| The Furthest Station* | Ben Aaronovitch | 129 | 2017 | 1/15 | 1/15 |
| High Deryni | Katherine Kurtz | 349 | 1973 | 1/15 | 1/20 |
| Bolo Brigade | William H. Keith | 376 | 1997 | 1/25 | 1/30 |
| Dangerous to Know* | KT Davies | 395 | 2018 | 1/30 | 2/6 |
| Wraith Squadron | Aaron Allston | 403 | 1998 | 2/20 | 2/24 |
| Iron Fist | Aaron Allston | 310 | 1998 | 2/24 | 2/26 |
| Solo Command | Aaron Allston | 341 | 1999 | 2/26 | 3/2 |
| Outriders | Jay Posey | 444 | 2016 | 3/2 | 3/4 |
| King of Ashes | Raymond Feist | 494 | 2018 | 3/5 | 3/23@ |
Count: 108 novels, 13 novellas/short stories. 40,400 pages for 2018-2019.
*- Kindle ebook
??- 20KLutS was the first book I tried reading on my Kindle. I don't know how many pages I read before giving up because the Kindle pages are variable in size and smaller than normal. I gave up almost halfway through because Verne is even more wordy than Tolkien. It's not an adventure, it's a travelogue of every island in the Pacific!!
#- I tried, but I just couldn’t finish this. Slow paced, a mix of mostly standard tropes, and the author keeps introducing new factions and characters. Blah.
@- This one took so long because I got ahold of the rules for The Expanse RPG and was sidetracked by that for a couple weeks
| Title | Author | Pages | Publication Year | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiamat's Wrath | James S.A. Corey | 531 | 2019 | 3/26 | 3/27 |
| Chain of Command | Frank Chadwick | 522 | 2017 | 4/10 | 4/11 |
| Embers of War | Gareth Powell | 436 | 2019 | 4/14 | 04/19 |
| I took a long break, working on game stuff | |||||
| Kings of the Wyld | Nicholas Eames | 492 | 2017 | 5/4 | 5/5 |
| Bloody Rose | Nicholas Eames | 510 | 2018 | 5/6 | 5/11 |
| The Flowers of Vashnoi* | Lois McMaster Bujold | 73 | 2018 | 5/18 | 5/18 |
| The Curse of Chalion | Lois McMaster Bujold | 502 | 2001 | 5/18 | 5/20 |
| Red Planet | Robert Heinlein | 189 | 1947 | 5/22 | 5/23 |
| Monster Hunter International | Larry Correia | 713 | 2009 | 5/24 | 5/27 |
| Monster Hunter Vendetta | Larry Correia | 612 | 2010 | 5/27 | 5/29 |
| Monster Hunter Legion | Larry Correia | 505 | 2012 | 5/29 | 6/1 |
| We All Died at Breakaway Station | Richard Meredith | 256 | 1969 | 6/1 | 6/2 |
| Monster Hunter Siege | Larry Correia | 368 | 2017 | 6/2 | 6/4 |
| Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge | John Ringo and Larry Correia | 418 | 2016 | 6/7 | 6/10& |
| Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners | John Ringo and Larry Correia | 374 | 2016 | 6/10 | 6/11& |
| Monster Hunter Memoirs: Saints* | John Ringo and Larry Correia | 288 | 2018 | 6/11 | 6/13& |
| Penric's Fox* | Lois Mcmaster Bujold | 113 | 2017 | 6/14 | 6/14 |
| The October Man* | Ben Aaronovitch | 169 | 2019 | 6/18 | 6/18 |
| The Lost Fleet: Dauntless | Jack Campbell | 293 | 2006 | 6/20 | 6/22 |
| The Lost Fleet: Fearless | Jack Campbell | 295 | 2007 | 6/22 | 6/22 |
| The Lost Fleet: Courageous | Jack Campbell | 299 | 2008 | 6/22 | 6/23 |
| The Lost Fleet: Valiant | Jack Campbell | 284 | 2007 | 6/23 | 6/24 |
| The Lost Fleet: Relentless | Jack Campbell | 320 | 2009 | 6/24 | 6/28 |
| The Lost Fleet: Victorious | Jack Campbell | 331 | 2010 | 7/1 | 7/5 |
| The Lost Fleet: Dreadnaught | Jack Campbell | 397 | 2011 | 7/5 | 7/7 |
| The Lost Fleet: Invincible | Jack Campbell | 386 | 2012 | 7/7 | 7/10 |
| The Lost Fleet: Guardian | Jack Campbell | 397 | 2013 | 7/13 | 7/15 |
| The Lost Fleet: Steadfast | Jack Campbell | 386 | 2014 | 7/15 | 7/17 |
| The Lost Fleet: Invincible | Jack Campbell | 323 | 2015 | 7/17 | 7/19 |
| Firefly: The Magnificent Nine | James Lovegrove | 331 | 2019 | 7/20 | 7/22 |
| Would It Help to Say I'm Sorry? | Michael Stackpole | 25 | 1992 | 7/28 | 7/28 |
| It's All Done With Mirrors | Michael Stackpole | 66 | 1992 | 7/28 | 7/28 |
| Wolf and Raven | Michael Stackpole | 277 | 1998 | 7/28 | 7/30 |
| Linesman* | S.K. Dunstall | 373 | 2015 | 8/4 | 8/8 |
| Monster Hunter Guardian | Larry Correia & Sarah Hoyt | 332 | 2019 | 8/8 | 8/9 |
| Miles to Go | David Weber | 164 | 1995 | 8/11 | 8/12 |
| The Trilisk Ruins | David McCloskey | 150/309 | 2014 | 8/13 | 8/16 |
| Long break working on D&D | |||||
| Sheepfarmer's Daughter | Elizabeth Moon | 506 | 1988 | 9/3 | 9/7 |
| Divided Allegiance | Elizabeth Moon | 522 | 1988 | 9/7 | 9/15 |
| Oath of Gold | Elizabeth Moon | 501 | 1989 | 9/15 | 9/18 |
| Long break working on D&D | |||||
| Penric's Mission* | Lois McMaster Bujold | 264 | 2016 | 10/1 | 10/1 |
| Itself Surprised | Roger Zelazny | 30 | 1985 | 10/2 | 10/2 |
| The Hallowed Hunt | Lois McMaster Bujold | 480 | 2005 | 10/2 | 10/4 |
| Escape Velocity* | Jonathan Paul Isaacs | 416 | 2017 | 10/6 | 10/8 |
| Operation Sunburn* | Jonathan Paul Isaacs | 119 | 2018 | 10/9 | 10/1 |
| Live Free or Die & | John Ringo | 402 | 2010 | 10/15 | 10/18 |
| Citadel & | John Ringo | 380 | 2011 | 10/18 | 10/19 |
| The Hot Gate & | John Ringo | 399 | 2011 | 10/20 | 10/21 |
| Neutron Star | Larry Niven | 20 | 1966 | 10/28 | 10/28 |
| At the Core | Larry Niven | 22 | 1966 | 10/29 | 10/29 |
| The Soft Weapon | Larry Niven | 55 | 1967 | 10/30 | 10/30 |
| A Relic of the Empire | Larry Niven | 22 | 1966 | 10/31 | 10/31 |
| Grendel | Larry Niven | 48 | 1968 | 11/1 | 11/2 |
| The Warriors | Larry Niven | 18 | 1966 | 11/4 | 11/4 |
| The Borderland of Sol | Larry Niven | 48 | 1975 | 11/4 | 11/5 |
| There is a Tide | Larry Niven | 16 | 1968 | 11/5 | 11/5 |
| Skinner | Richard S. McEnroe | 198 | 1985 | 11/6 | 11/7 |
| The Shattered Stars | Richard S. McEnroe | 182 | 1983 | 11/8 | 11/9 |
| A Hymn Before Battle | John Ringo | 467 | 2000 | 11/10 | 11/16 |
| Gust Front | John Ringo | 709 | 2001 | 11/16 | 11/18 |
| When the Devil Dances | John Ringo | 483 | 2002 | 11/18 | 11/22 |
| Hell's Faire | John Ringo | 312 | 2003 | 11/22 | 11/23 |
| Auberon* | James S.A. Corey | 66 | 2019 | 12/2 | 12/3 |
| Galaxy's Edge: Legionaire* | Jason Anspack & Nick Cole | 308 | 2017 | 12/4 | 12/7 |
| With the Lightnings | David Drake | 400 | 1999 | 12/9 | 12/12 |
| Lt. Leary Commanding | David Drake | 556 | 2000 | 12/12 | 12/17 |
| The Far Side of the Stars | David Drake | 436 | 2003 | 12/17 | 12/21 |
| The Way to Glory | David Drake | 402 | 2005 | 12/21 | 12/23 |
| Some Golden Harbor | David Drake | 373 | 2006 | 12/23 | 12/25 |
| Scornful Stars | Richard Baker | 459 | 2019 | 12/25 | 12/27 |
| When the Tide Rises | David Drake | 356 | 2008 | 12/27 | 12/28 |
| In the Stormy Red Sky | David Drake | 378 | 2009 | 12/28 | 12/29 |
| What Distant Deeps | David Drake | 370 | 2010 | 12/29 | 12/31 |
| The Road to Danger | David Drake | 349 | 2012 | 12/31 | 1/1 |
| The Sea Without a Shore | David Drake | 363 | 2014 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Death's Bright Day | David Drake | 307 | 2016 | 1/1 | 1/3 |
| Target Rich Environment, Vol 1 | Larry Correia | 463 | 2018 | 1/4 | 1/5 |
| Aftershocks | Marko Kloos | 278 | 2019 | 1/6 | 1/8 |
| Though Hell Should Bar the Way* | David Drake | 416 | 2018 | 1/8 | 1/9 |
| Dragonsong | Anne McCaffrey | 176 | 1976 | 1/10 | 1/10 |
| Dragonsinger | Anne McCaffrey | 240 | 1977 | 1/10 | 1/10 |
| Dragondrums | Anne McCaffrey | 193 | 1979 | 1/10 | 1/10 |
| Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey | 286 | 1968 | 1/11 | 1/11 |
| Dragonquest | Anne McCaffrey | 333 | 1971 | 1/12 | 1/13 |
| The White Dragon | Anne McCaffrey | 445 | 1978 | 1/13 | 1/22 |
| To Clear Away the Shadows* | David Drake | 288 | 2019 | 1/23 | 1/24 |
| Vanguard | Jack Campbell | 336 | 2017 | 2/4 | 2/7 |
| Ascendant | Jack Campbell | 347 | 2018 | 2/7 | 2/9 |
| Triumphant | Jack Campbell | 327 | 2019 | 2/9 | 2/14 |
| The Captain's Oath | Christopher L. Bennett | 385 | 2019 | 2/16 | 2/20 |
| Starhawk | Jack McDevitt | 188/407$ | 2013 | 2/22 | 2/22 |
| The Kobayashi Maru | Julia Ecklar | 254 | 1989 | 2/23 | 2/23 |
| The Cruel Stars | John Birmingham | 432 | 2019 | 2/27 | 3/3 |
&- Yes, I just read these last year. I have a tendency to reread Ringo's books, I think I reread the Troy trilogy every year or so.
$- Very slow, the most boring book I've read about space piloting. I gave up.
The second year is up, only 28,846 pages. 82 novels, 16 short stories and novellas. But, I spent a total of 50 days working on gaming instead of reading.
