In 2016, I read 41 books. I was aiming for 50, but didn’t quite make it.
I read on a Kindle, which allows me the ability to highlight text and save it. Recently, I saw a post by Michael Sippey with his Kindle highlights for the year. Fun idea.
Here are my highlights from 2016
Last First Snow: A Novel of the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone
Last annotated on January 2, 2017
You want to protect yourselves from change, just like every conservative since the dawn of time. You’re on the losing side of history.”
A Night Without Stars by Peter F. Hamilton
Last annotated on October 27, 2016
He’d learned long ago that logic and facts never meant anything to true believers — of anything.
Méridien (The Silver Ships Book 3) by S. H. Jucha
Last annotated on October 3, 2016
“When those three reach maturity, our world will either be safe for generations or doomed.”
The Phoenix Descent by Chuck Grossart
Last annotated on August 9, 2016
“Hear me!” Litsa yelled as she pointed toward the flaming glow in the sky. “A warrior dies for you today! Urrah!” she yelled, holding her fist high in the sky.
American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Last annotated on August 4, 2016
Valaskjalf
The End of All Things (Old Man’s War Book 6) by John Scalzi
Last annotated on August 3, 2016
“You have good news?” I asked. “No,” Oi said. “But some of the news is less objectively bad than the rest.”
Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross
Last annotated on July 4, 2016
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that every interstellar colony in search of good fortune must be in need of a banker.
“Ee’s going aboard the Permanent Crimson
Steel Beach by John Varley
Last annotated on June 29, 2016
There goddam sure ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, and they’re out to prove it.
Two Serpents Rise (Craft Sequence Book 2) by Max Gladstone
Last annotated on June 7, 2016
to skeletal immortality. Do you understand?”
The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars Book 1) by Ian Tregillis
Last annotated on May 18, 2016
I CAN THINK MY OWN THOUGHTS. I CAN SPEAK MY OWN WORDS. I CAN CHOOSE MY OWN PATH. I CAN SAY NO.
Crashing Heaven by Al Robertson
Last annotated on April 12, 2016
The main bar smelt of failure.
Judge me by my enemies,
The Mongoliad (The Mongoliad Series Book 3) by Neal Stephenson, Joseph Brassey, Greg Bear, Erik Bear, Nicole Galland, Cooper Moo, Mark Teppo
Last annotated on March 8, 2016
“You negligent fool!” he snarled. “You’ve misplaced the Pope!”
Captain’s Share (Trader’s Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper Book 5) by Nathan Lowell
Last annotated on March 8, 2016
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife. However, a man of good fortune, in the company of a wife, may find himself questioning that truth — or at least its universality.
Cibola Burn (The Expanse Book 4) by James S. A. Corey
Last annotated on February 29, 2016
“You are an amazing woman, Elvi, but I don’t know how you survive in the wild.”
“No coffee. This is a terrible, terrible planet.
Nemesis Games (The Expanse) by James S. A. Corey
Last annotated on February 29, 2016
“Why the fuck are you still on my planet?”
The Mongoliad (The Mongoliad Series Book 2) by Neal Stephenson, Joseph Brassey, Greg Bear, Erik Bear, Nicole Galland, Cooper Moo, Mark Teppo
Last annotated on February 25, 2016
“All titles are unwarranted, Raphael,” Sir John said. “Whether or not we live up to them is what matters.”
Caliban’s War (The Expanse Book 2) by James S. A. Corey
Last annotated on February 19, 2016
“When this is over, I’d like to buy you a drink and talk about how a dishonorably discharged UN naval officer winds up flying a stolen MCRN torpedo bomber crewed by Martian military personnel and a senior UN politician.”
