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'Salem's Lot
A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches Thoughts Coming soon!.
A Game of Thrones
A Peace to End All Peace
A Peace to End All Peace Thoughts Coming soon!.
Alien
Aliens
Animal Farm
Artemis
Bird Box
Bringing Down the House - The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T.
Carrie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Thoughts This is a fun kids book.
Christine
]] 2024 - August 7 - Wednesday: I’ve been reading this lately, and it’s pretty solid overall.
Cinder
Congo
Contact
Coraline
Count Zero
Cujo
Divergent
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep Thoughts Coming soon!.
Dracula
Dune
Ender's Game
Failure is not an Option - Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades of Grey
First Blood
Foundation
Foundation Thoughts Warning Spoilers ahead! While I thought this was an interesting sci-fi story, I also thought the core plot device, “psychohistory,” kind of took away
Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire Thoughts Coming soon!.
Four Past Midnight
Frankenstein
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Thoughts Coming soon!.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Thoughts Coming soon!.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Thoughts Spoiler Warning! Goblet of Fire is definitely at the top of the list for me when I’m thinking about my favorite Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Thoughts Coming soon!.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Thoughts Coming soon!.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Thoughts Coming soon!.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Thoughts Coming soon! It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. A.
Helter Skelter
Howl's Moving Castle
Invincible
Invincible Thoughts Generally speaking, I really liked this graphic novel! I thought the characters were interesting and the plot was engaging.
Irredeemable
Irredeemable Thoughts The only reason I really picked this one up was because I was after more of the same of Invincible, but it didn’t live up to that one for me, not ev
It
James and the Giant Peach
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park Thoughts Coming soon! Observations From The Novel Warning Spoilers Ahead! Naturally, there’s quite a bit more exposition for just about everything compared
Love After Love
Man on Fire
Man on Fire Thoughts Warning Spoiler warning! I enjoyed this book overall.
Misery
More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Nancy Drew - The Secret of the Old Clock
You can definitely tell this is geared towards younger readers, but it was a fun little read.
Neuromancer
Thoughts I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I’d hoped, but it was still very interesting from a setting point of view.
No Country For Old Men
No Country For Old Men Thoughts I liked this book, but man is the prose annoying to read; it’s just not my style, I suppose.
Pet Sematary
Psycho
Resident Evil - Caliban Cove
Resident Evil - City of the Dead
Resident Evil - The Umbrella Conspiracy
Resident Evil - Underworld
Rosemary's Baby
Scary Stories 3 - More Tales To Chill Your Bones
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Schindler's List
Second Foundation
Second Foundation Thoughts Coming soon!.
Secret Window, Secret Garden
Singularity
Singularity Thoughts Warn Spoiler warning! I don’t remember much in the way of specifics other than the main character lives in a bunker that is connected to a Black Hole
Sphere
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Amulet of Samarkand Thoughts Coming soon!.
The Andromeda Strain
The Bourne Identity
The Chamber
The Chamber Thoughts Coming soon!.
The Cruel Prince
Thoughts 2025 - January 28 - Tuesday: Overall, I’m liking this book so far.
The Da Vinci Code
The Exorcist
The Expanse - Leviathan Wakes
Thoughts This was a generally solid science-fiction book. Characters Jim Holden: One of the more frustrating characters I’ve ever read .
The Eye of the World
The Firm
The Firm Thoughts Coming soon!.
The Godfather
The Great Hunt
The Green Mile
The Gunslinger
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games - Catching Fire
The Hunger Games - Mockingjay
The Hunt for Red October
The Langoliers
The Langoliers Thoughts For some reason or another, The Langoliers has always been a very interesting read for me.
The Last Wish
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring Thoughts Coming soon!.
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King Thoughts Coming soon!.
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers Thoughts Coming soon!.
The Martian
The Maze Runner
The Meg
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales
The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales Thoughts It’s been a while since I read this, so I don’t remember much about this book besides the titular The Monkey’s Paw, which is my
The Neverending Story
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Radium Girls
The Radium Girls Thoughts This is a heavy read — the health effects described are pretty difficult to imagine.
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker Thoughts This is a great read, but I actually like the movie (The Rainmaker) better! Progress 2024 - July 29 - Monday: As of today I’m at about 90% completi
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Running Man
The Science of Interstellar
The Science of Interstellar Thoughts This is a fascinating book that, while relatively in-depth in math, is accessible enough that you can follow along with the concepts
The Shining
The Shining Thoughts I really like this book, and I think I would put it at the top of my list of Stephen King novels.
The Silence of the Lambs
The Stand
The Stepford Wives
The Terror
The Terror Thoughts See my entries below in the Progress section. Progress 2026 - April 20 - Monday: I’m calling now around the 40% mark.
The Tommyknockers
The Witches
Thinner
Thirteen - The Apollo Flight That Failed
To Kill a Mockingbird
Treasure Island
True Grit
Twilight
Thoughts Overall Thoughts This book isn’t half bad, in my opinion, if you take it for what it is: a young-adult, supernatural, romance.