As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m pretty regular in terms of what I read; I like to visit my favourite genres, current author, my two book club selections as well as whatever other book tickles my fancy in any given month.
Right now (20 days into the month) my list looks like this (let's focus on September):
Which shows I’ve still got a book dating back in July (and it’s not even mine, I’ve borrowed it from a friend), two from August (Luckily I own both of these) and six remaining from this Month.
Lets break it down shall we?
Science Fiction: This month I’m planning the read Agent to the Stars, by John Scalzi – I loved Old Man’s War a few months back and this was the next one published.
Horror: I had originally written The Flesh Eaters, as it is the 2011 winner of the Bram Stoker Award for best novel, but it is actually the third in a series, starting with Dead City, by Joe McKinney, so there you go.
Fantasy: The Long Earth, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Completed, blogged about it here.
Book Club 1: Ubik, by Phillip K. Dick. Completed, actually it was a re-read from an earlier Phillip K. Dick read through I did in the mid-90’s.
Book Club 2: The Passage, by Justin Cronin. Currently Reading – actually re-reading, but am quite excited as it’s sequel The Twelve is coming out next month.
Matheson: …Now You See It. Won’t be touching this one until I finish his previous book, Shadow on the Sun, which was my Matheson book from August.
Me: Die Trying, by Lee Child. Completed – after reading Killing Floor for one of my book clubs last month I just had to continue on with the series.
Classics: The Plays of Aeschylus, which I’m not going to be starting for at least a few more months as I’m still working on the previous book in my Classics list, The Old Testament (I’m currently up to Proverbs), but haven’t touched it since I started my new job.
So there you go, I attempt to read eight books a month and if I have time left over I hit my backlog of comics and magazines (which I haven’t looked at since May).
Thank goodness there haven’t been any Saw novelizations as I think October is going to be crazy busy as it is (8 movies, including the original short, a comic book, and two PS3 games).
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