{"id":419,"date":"2005-01-02T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-02T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2005\/01\/02\/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new\/"},"modified":"2005-01-02T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-02T17:25:00","slug":"out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2005\/01\/02\/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with the old, in with the new!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well. I didn't quite make it to 125 books – I spent too much time playing with my new Palm. Click here for the last of my 2004 list!<\/p>\n

113. Pyramid Scheme<\/a> – Dave Freer & Eric Flint (10\/26\/2004)<\/p>\n

Oh, this was funny. You've got an alien artifact abducting people and throwing them into a jumbled up ancient mythological world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

114. Digital Fortress<\/a> – Dan Brown (10\/31\/2004)<\/p>\n

This book was pretty good. At first I was afraid I'd be rooting for the bad guys in this one, but it all worked out all right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

115. H is for Homicide<\/a> – Sue Grafton (11\/05\/2004)<\/p>\n

Another of Grafton's alphabet mysteries – always good brain candy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

116. Disclosure<\/a> – Michael Crichton (11\/19\/2004)<\/p>\n

A little different from Crighton's usual, but I enjoyed it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

117. The Worst Day of My Life, So Far<\/a> – M.A. Harper (11\/27\/2004)<\/p>\n

Hmm. I can't say I liked<\/i> this book, but I can't say I didn't either. It's a woman coming to terms with caring for her mother who has Alzheimer's. She seemed highly passive-aggressive and self-martyred which got a little wearing. Still, it was worth reading.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

118. Skipping Christmas<\/a> – John Grisham (12\/01\/2004)<\/p>\n

This book had been on my “want to read” list long<\/i> before the movie came out. I was disappointed actually – and if I lived in their neighborhood I'd probably be on the rooftop with a sniper rifle. Still, it had some pretty funny moments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

119. Good Faith<\/a> – Jane Smiley (12\/18\/2004)<\/p>\n

I liked this one – it's about real estate in the 80's, before the crash.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

120. The Lottery Winner<\/a> – Mary Higgins Clark (12\/24\/2004)<\/p>\n

A bit different from most of her stuff, this is short mysteries with the same sleuth. I'd compare it to the Pollifax mysteries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

121. Easy Prey<\/a> – John Sandford (12\/26\/2004)<\/p>\n

I really enjoy Sanford's Prey series. You don't really have to read them in order, but if you do there's a rich backstory around the protagonist. If not, the serial killer mysteries are good on their own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

122. The Price of the Stars<\/a> – Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald (12\/30\/2004)<\/p>\n

Just your basic sci-fi, and yet again book one in a series. This is the one that kept me from hitting 125 books – I should've put it down and whipped through my Barsoom books. :)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

123. A Princess of Mars<\/a> – Edgar Rice Burroughs (12\/31\/2004)
\n124. The Gods of Mars<\/a> – Edgar Rice Burroughs (12\/31\/2004)<\/p>\n

Classic<\/i> sci-fi\/fantasy – this is the real stuff that inspired many authors. It's also a must read if you're a Heinlein fan that wants to get the most out of Number of the Beast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jen's completed 2004 book list (with Amazon links)<\/a><\/p>\n

(xposted to and my journal)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well. I didn't quite make it to 125 books – I spent too much time playing with my new Palm. Click here for the last of my 2004 list! 113. Pyramid Scheme – Dave Freer & Eric Flint (10\/26\/2004) Oh, this was funny. You've got an alien artifact abducting people and throwing them into a jumbled up ancient mythological world. 114. Digital Fortress – Dan Brown (10\/31\/2004) This book was pretty good. At first I was afraid I'd be rooting for the bad guys in this one, but it all worked out all right. 115. H is for Homicide – Sue Grafton (11\/05\/2004) Another of Grafton's alphabet mysteries – always good brain candy 116. Disclosure – Michael Crichton (11\/19\/2004) A little different from Crighton's usual, but I enjoyed it. 117. The Worst Day of My Life, So Far – M.A. Harper (11\/27\/2004) Hmm. I can't say I liked this book, but I can't say I didn't either. It's a woman coming to terms with caring for her mother who has Alzheimer's. She seemed highly passive-aggressive and self-martyred which got a little wearing. Still, it was worth reading. 118. Skipping Christmas – John Grisham (12\/01\/2004) This book had been on my “want to read” list long before the movie came out. I was disappointed actually – and if I lived in their neighborhood I'd probably be on the rooftop with a sniper rifle. Still, it had some pretty funny moments. 119. Good Faith – Jane Smiley (12\/18\/2004) I liked this one – it's about real estate in the 80's, before the crash. 120. The Lottery Winner – Mary Higgins Clark (12\/24\/2004) A bit different from most of her stuff, this is short mysteries with the same sleuth. I'd compare it to the Pollifax mysteries. 121. Easy Prey – John Sandford (12\/26\/2004) I really enjoy Sanford's Prey series. You don't really have to read them in order, but if you do there's a rich backstory around the protagonist. If not, the serial killer mysteries are good on their own. 122. The Price of the Stars – Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald (12\/30\/2004) Just your basic sci-fi, and yet again book one in a series. This is the one that kept me from hitting 125 books – I should've put it down and whipped through my Barsoom books. :) 123. A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (12\/31\/2004) 124. The Gods of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (12\/31\/2004) Classic sci-fi\/fantasy – this is the real stuff that inspired many authors. It's also a must read if you're a Heinlein fan that wants to get the most out of Number of the Beast. Jen's completed 2004 book list (with Amazon links) (xposted to and my journal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}