Books Read in 2004 (Read Any Good Books Lately?)

right now | Tanniker Smith

[Tanniker Smith]

2004 -- It was a year of catching up on a number of series books.

And it was probably the most books I've read in a long time (even if 12 of them were Lemony Snicket)

• The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Broken Blade, Ann Marston
• The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
• The Reptile Room, Lemony Snicket
• The Wide Window, Lemony Snicket
• The Miserable Mill, Lemony Snicket
• The Austere Academy, Lemony Snicket
• Cloudbearer's Shadow, Ann Marston
• Rogue Pirate, John Gregory Betancourt
• The King of Shadows, Ann Marston
• The Ersatz Elevator, Lemony Snicket
• The Vile Village, Lemony Snicket
• The Hostile Hospital, Lemony Snicket
• The Carniverous Carnerval, Lemony Snicket
• Let Freedom Ring, Sean Hannity
• Maybe (Maybe Not), Robert Fulgrum
• The Slippery Slope, Lemony Snicket
• The Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket
• Eats, Shoots, & Leaves, Lynne Truss
• Tom Clancy's Net Force: Night Moves
• Tom Clancy's Net Force: Breaking Point
• The Kingdom of Infinite Numbers: A Field Guide, Bryan Bunch
• X-Files: Whirlwind, (does it matter who it's by?)
• Tom Clancy's Net Force: Point of Impact
• The Grim Grotto, Lemony Snicket
• Tom Clancy's Net Force: Cybernation (in this one, the title actually had something to do with the story)
• Vulcan!, Kathleen Sky
• Stars & Stripes Forever, Harry Harrison
• Stars & Stripes In Peril, Harry Harrison
• Stars & Stripes Triumphant, Harry Harrison

Also
Graphic Novels: (I don't normally get to read these, but I found a stack at the local library and went through them!)

• Batman: Terror (good)
• Tales of the Slayers (very good, it was worth picking rather than the Buffy books)
• Batman: Child of Dreams (pretty good, but pretty long)
• Spiderman: The Death of Gwen Stacey (excellent -- even for reprints)
• Spyboy/Young Justice (ick)
• Batman: The Arrow, the Ring & the Bat (good story, but the splash pages were annoying)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Yes, that is the focal point of her story.

However, there are a whole host of complex psychological issues delineated throughout the course of her memoir.

The central themes of the book revolve primarily around the relationship she once had with her estranged father, who used the distance between them-as she was growing up-as an opportunity to exploit her need for paternal love, and the consequences of this distorted parent-child dynamic.

The abuse of her trust-and how it relates to her own mother's troubling relationship from her former husband, i.e., her father-is what takes up the bulk of her memoir.

It really is fascinating, not so much from the standpoint of learning about her horrible violation at the hands of a loved one-which, unfortunately, is not a complete anomaly-but discovering how someone who experienced such trauma was able to transform her pain and mistrust into something positive, i.e., an exploration of her childhood, adolescent-and in this instance, adult-violations in a way-in this case, through literature-that purged some of her lingering guilt.

It really is a fascinating-if disturbing-book.

[Tax-chick]

It does sound fascinating, in a horrible way. Maybe someday ...

[SunkenCiv]

Books? I spend all my time reading FR. ;')

I'll have to think about it and get back to you. Thanks for the ping.

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Don't mention it!

I find myself having the same problem.

:0)

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[Argh]

I read the dictionary and had the same complaint, plus one other: I found too much of it unmemorable.

Then I got the audio version read by Bill Cosby and it cracked me up!

[Conspiracy Guy]

LOL