lenora_rose | (no subject)

So, since people have been asking about current reading, and about plans for the coming year, and the like. (Admittedly, mostly not here, and I'm pleasing myself. Oh, well.)

New Year's To-Read list (Aside from the first book, they're in the order of where they are on the shelf, not in the queue.):

Sherwood Smith - Crown Duel (Okay, I admit it. This one has been knocked out of queue when it was the next book up about three times now. Thus my starting on it this afternoon, finally.)
Various library books on hurricane and monsoons (that probably won't answer the questions I really have)
Various library books on Native American folk tales, articularly focused on Coyote.
Steven Gould - Jumper (Since I've already read its standalone sequel)
Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge - Ruler of Naught (Book 2 of a five book SF series)
Caroline Stevermer - A Scholar of Magics
Lois McMaster Bujold - The Hallowed Hunt
Kate Wilhelm - Storyteller
Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
Elizabeth Bear - Hammered
MIdori Snyder - The Innamorati
Angela Carter, Ed - The Virago Book of Fairy Tales
Diana Wynne Jones - Eight Days of Luke
John Scalzi - Old Man's War
Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers
Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Eds. - The Faery Reel
Jennifer Crusie - Crazy For You
Elizabeth E. Wein - The Winter Prince

Except for the unusual lack of mysteries, that looks like about the right proportions of genres, gender, short fiction/novels, and eras for my average reading tastes. That's also the exact right number of Tolkien Rip-off Trilogies from this rabid fantasy fan.