Books of 2016
This is just an intermission, no art today!
I mostly listen to audio books while I paint (unless I discover a new album, which I then listen to on repeat until I can't stand it anymore) And I found myself wondering how many books I read a year. So this year I wrote them down. These are just the books I finished, none of those started and abandoned make the list. And many are re-reads, since I have favourites and I'm nothing if not loyal to these faithful companions!
This list is chronological, and so I've marked them as 'A' - audiobook, or 'P' - paperback, since I listen while I paint, but of course I still read actual books, 'cause it's my favourite thing in the whole world! (except for art and my husband and chocolate and so on)
Also 'R' means reread.
P Haruki Murakami - A Great Sheep Chase
P Terry Goodkind - Wizards First Rule
A Terry Goodkind - Stone of Tears
P Karin Slaughter - Pretty Girls
P Mary Kubica - The Good Girl
A Stephen King - Lisey's Story - R
A Anne Rice - Interview with a Vampire - R
A Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat
A Anne Rice - The Queen of the Damned
P Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - R
A Lemony Snicket - The Bad Beginning
A Lemony Snicket - The Reptile Room
A Lemony Snicket - The Erstatz Elevator
A Lemony Snicket - The Vile Village
P Neil Gaiman - American Gods
A Laurie R King - Bee Keeping for Beginners
A Stephen King & Joe Hill - In the Tall Grass
A Stan Lee - Amazing Fantastic Incredible
A Patrick Suskind - Perfume
P Gaiman & Pratchett - Good Omens
A Laurie R King - Folly - R
P Anchen Trotskie - Dis ek Anna
A Stephen King - Duma Key - R
A Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - R
A Douglas Adams - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - R
A Douglas Adams - Life, the Universe and Everything - R
A Alan Bennett - The Clothes they stood up in
A Charlie Janders - All the Birds in the Sky
P Stephen King - Mr. Mercedes - R
A Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park - R
A Terry Pratchett - Lords and Ladies
P Stephen King - Finders Keepers - R
A Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals
A Terry Pratchett - Reaperman - R
A Terry Pratchett - Hogfather
P Michael Crichton - The Lost World - R
A Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent
A Terry Pratchett - Guards, Guards
A Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay
A Robert Galbraith - The Cuckoo's Calling
P Douglas Adams - So long and Thanks for all the Fish - R
A Connie Willis - To say nothing of the Dog
A Stephen King - Firestarter - R
P A A Milne - The Sunny Side - R
A Stephen King - Insomnia - R
P Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There - R
A Laurie R King - A Darker Place - R
P Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey - R
A Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl - R
A Stephen King - Rage - R
P Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre - R
A Stephen King - Revival - R
A Robin Hobb - Assassin's Apprentice - R
A Robin Hobb - Royal Assassin - R
P Neil Gaiman - Stardust
A Stephen King End of Watch
A Robin Hobb - Assassins Quest - R
A Stephen King - The Stand
P Hobb/Lindholm - The Inheritance
A Stephen King - The Regulators - R
A Stephen King - The Long Walk - R
A Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World ( WOT) - R
A Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt (WOT) - R
A Chuck Palahnuik - Invisible Monsters
A Neil Gaiman - Coraline
A Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
A Neil Gaiman - the Ocean at the End of the Lane
A Frank Herbert - Dune - R
A Stephen King - The Gunslinger (Dark Tower) -R
A Stephen King - The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower) - R
P Stephen King - Doctor Sleep - R
A Stephen King - The Waste Lands (Dark Tower) - R
A Matthew Fitzsimmons - The Short Drop
A Stephen King - Lisey's Story - R
A Stephen King - Different Seasons - R
P Marita van der Vyver - Dis koue kos, skat
A Stephen King - The Talisman - R
P Baxter & Pratchett - The Long Utopia
A Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train - R
A Malcolm Gladwell - David & Goliath
A Stephen King - Roadworks - R
A Chuck Palahnuik - Lullaby
A Stephen King - Blaze
A Stephen King - The Colorado Kid - R
P Stephen King - The Running Man
A Yana Martel - The Life of Pi
A Karin Slaughter - Fallen
A Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha - R
A Richard Matheson - I am Legend
A Robert Bryndza - The Night Stalker
P Neil Gaiman - Trigger Warning
A B A Paris - Behind Closed Doors
A Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin
A Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray Love
A Bernhardt Schlink - The Reader
A Anne Tyler - A Spool of Blue Thread
A Ernest Cline - Ready Player One
A Paul Beatty - The Sellout
A Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - R
A Neil Gaiman - American Gods - R
A Chitra B Divakaruni - Oleander Girl
P George R R Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
A Mark Edwards - Follow you home
A John Taylor - Sherlock Holmes: the Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and other stories
A Kazuo Ishiguro - Never let me go
A Truman Capote - In Cold Blood - R
A Robin Cook - Crisis
A Stephen King - Black House - R
A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) Wizard and Glass - - R
P Marita van der Vyver - Die Blou van Onthou
P Marita van der Vyver - Vergenoeg
P Marita van der Vyver Die Dinge van 'n Kind
A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) The Wolves of the Calla - R
A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) Song of Susannah - R
P Marita van der Vyver -Die Ongelooglike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom
P Marita van der Vyver - Swemlesse vir 'n Meermin
P Karin Slaughter - The Kept Woman
A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) The Dark Tower
P Marian Keyes - Watermelon
Yes, Stephen King is my Favourite person. Laurie R King, Neil Gaiman, Pat Rothfuss, these authors make my brain sing.
In terms of art, I have completed 5 paintings you haven't seen, 4 of them for 2 upcoming shows (March 2017) - it's all very hush-hush at this stage, and the other I just haven't photographed! So there's that, and an upcoming auction (Jan 2017) about which I'll share more when I can! It's hard to do a roundup of the year when there's so much I can't share! Also, it's very hot. So I can't really think straight, never mind actually wax lyrical about 2016. Things were achieved, others not, hope next year is better etc. :)
Keep safe tonight if you're the partying kind, we'll be breaking in the new year with a braai and board/card games - classic South African Nerd things! Have a fantastic evening, all :D