Reading: 2022 books (Part 1 of 2)

[stefanie_bean]

This has been a reading-year rather than a writing one. In no particular order:



JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion (1977)

JRR Tolkien, The Children of Hurin (2007)

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings trilogy (re-read)

JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit (re-read)

JRR Tolkien, Letters, ed. by Humphrey Carpenter (1981)

Humphrey Carpenter, JRR Tolkien: A Biography (2000)

Stephen King, The Stand (1978) (re-read)

Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes / Bill Hodges Trilogy 1 (2014)

Stephen King, Finders Keepers / Bill Hodges Trilogy 2 (2015)

Stephen King, End of Watch / Bill Hodges Trilogy 3 (2016)

Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962)

Shirley Jackson, Novels and Stories, ed. by Joyce Carol Oates (2010)

Joyce Carol Oates, Them (1969)

Joyce Carol Oates, Hazards of Time Travel (2018)

Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca (1938)

Florence King, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady (1985)

Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling (2013)

Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm (2014)

Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil (2015)

Robert Galbraith, Lethal White (2018)

Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood (2020)

Robert Galbraith, The Ink-Black Heart (2022)

Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897)

Talbot Mundy, The Devil's Guard (1926)

Mark Frost, Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier (2017)

Mark Frost, The Secret History of Twin Peaks (2016)

Scott Frost, Autobiography of Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes (1991)

Jennifer Lynch, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (1990)

Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture (1992)

Neil Gaiman, Angels Visitations: A Miscellany (1993) (in progress)

Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker (1976) (in progress)

Comments

[desdemonaspace]

Stefanie Bean! Good to see you post! You're still my favorite Claire/Hurley writer, hands down.

We share similar taste in reading. I see you've read the Holly Gibney books. There's a smidgen more in Let It Bleed. I just love her.

I'm the only person of my generation who hasn't read Tolkien, though.

I have that Dorothy Parker omnibus. Love her.

[stefanie_bean]

Hey, nice to see you too!

Thanks for the heads-up about *If It Bleeds.* I loved Holly in the Bill Hodges trilogy, and am glad to see King gave her at least one centric story. Will check that out.

Aw, it's not too late to read Tolkien. The Hobbit is short & highly amusing.