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The 11 books I read in 2012 year in books

Cover of A Storm of Swords.

A Storm of Swords

by George R.R. Martin · published 2000 · read 2012-11-01
★★★☆☆
Things happened. Dragged. Happened again. Dragged a bit more.

Cover of A Game of Thrones.

A Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin · published 1996 · read 2012-10-01
★★★★★
Nothing left to say, is there? I liked the change in perspective, and the world, and the writing, and that nobody was safe.

Cover of The Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins · published 2008 · read 2012-09-01
★★★☆☆
Preferable when compared to Twilight. Can hardly be blamed for starting the whole YA dystopia trend, but I'm blaming it nevertheless.

Cover of Catching Fire.

Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins · published 2009 · read 2012-08-01
★★★☆☆
Less hungry, more games, bits of revolutioning.

Cover of Foucault's Pendulum.

Foucault’s Pendulum

by Umberto Eco · published 1988 · read 2012-07-23
★★★☆☆
Umberto Eco is a show-off. He goes all in on being a show-off, and he doesn't mind being pretentious and shoving obscure references down your throat either. As all nerds, once he gets going, he's unlikely to stop any time soon, so his books are long-winded and stuffed with references upon references. This can be obnoxious.

Cover of A Clash of Kings.

A Clash of Kings

by George R.R. Martin · published 1998 · read 2012-07-01
★★★☆☆
My fascination waned here already, but I had hoped that it was the usual second book slog.

Cover of Die Känguru-Chroniken. Ansichten eines vorlauten Beuteltiers.

Die Känguru-Chroniken. Ansichten eines vorlauten Beuteltiers

by Marc-Uwe Kling · published 2009 · read 2012-05-01
★★★☆☆
Mostly funny, sometimes hilarious. Listen to it – it loses half its charm on paper.

Cover of Shades of Grey.

Shades of Grey

by Jasper Fforde · published 2009 · read 2012-04-01
★★★★☆
Chromatacia is Brave New World, but on drugs. Everybody can see only one colour, and your colour determines your social class, while your strength of perception determines your position. Half of the book's strength is in its puns: the Colortocracy, the Swatchman (doctor) … It's a classic dystopy with a punny twist.

Cover of Blindness.

Blindness

by José Saramago · published 1995 · last read 2014-03-01
★★★★☆
Blindness felt really strong – the general vibe of the book is still easy to recall for me years later. The epidemic blindness that befalls everybdoy in contact with a victim is terrifying, but the terror isn't overdone. It's humanized, low-key, loving even. I'm glad I read this book.

Cover of I Shall Wear Midnight.

I Shall Wear Midnight

by Terry Pratchett · published 2010 · read 2012-03-01
★★★★★
Tiffany is growing up, very much so. I didn't care much for half of that, and I thought the general plot wasn't the best, but the writing – oh! the writing. It's good enough to make me ignore all possible objections and just be happy that we got this much of it.

Cover of American Gods.

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman · published 2001 · read 2012-02-01
★★★★★
American Gods is a polarising book, and I belong to the people enchanted by it. Gaiman does wonderfully dirty, touching things with language, and mythology, and just drew me in.