I love science-fiction, of all types, and have since I was a little girl devouring every book my local library had to offer.  According to my LibraryThing account, I have 445 books tagged with the label ‘sci-fi’, beating its closest rival ‘non-fiction’ to first place by a single book.  Fantasy, meanwhile, I have less of a passion for.  I adore certain authors and series but don’t really actively seek it out.  Despite this, I have tagged 164 books with the label ‘fantasy’ which ain’t half bad.  All of which is to say that NPR’s Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books list is perfect for me.  Well, it’s a bit Gaiman-heavy and I’m nowhere near sure that the chosen Pratchett good enough to make the list, but, yay for lists ;)  Nabbed this from Li over at caffeinatedlife.net though I’ve chosen to use a slightly different marking criteria than her. Continue reading →

Entertainment Weekly recently published a list of ‘The 100 Greatest Novels Ever’, along with sublists of the greatest Graphic Novels, Short-Story Collections, Mysteries and Thrillers and Hollywood Tell-Alls.  There are indications in the titles of the categories alone that the lists might not be the best, but I always enjoy seeing what I have and haven’t read when these things are put together Continue reading →