If 2010 was all about the books

During the course of blogging in 2010 I think I lamented that I hadn't been reading books as much as I'd like. Well if I got the count right I did manage to squeeze in maybe nineteen, one of which I haven't finished yet but I'm only reading it a few pages at time, "Young Men and Fire." Another unfinished is "Galactic North", e-book version is a collection of short stories which I've set aside for awhile. Two are non-fiction and one is a non scifi fiction. I'm sure you don't have to guess that most are science fiction and many are very good at that.

Here's what I read over 2010, the order is a little shaky, my ratings are in parentheses 1 – 5 (highest) based on what I like:

• Chasm City, Alastair Reynolds (5)
  
• Shadow of the Scorpion, Neal Asher (5)
• The Universe Between, Alan E. Nourse M.D. (2)
• Hilldiggers, Neal Asher (5)
• Reckoning Infinity, John E. Stith (2)
• Ender in Exile, Orson Scott Card (5)
• Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson (5)
• A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean (4)**
• The Voyage of the Sable Keech, Neal Asher (5)
• Helix, Eric Brown (3)
• Soothslayer, Mike Resnick (2)
• Redemption Ark, Alastair Reynolds (5)
• Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds (5)
• Zoe's Tale, John Scalzi (5)
• The Search for God and Guinness, Stephen Mansfield (5)*
• For Us the Living, Robert Heinlein (2)
• Young Men and Fire, Norman Maclean (4)*
• The Reality Dysfunction, Peter F. Hamilton (4)
• Divergence, Tony Ballantyne (4)

I'm presently reading "The Prefect" by Alastair Reynolds and my stash of purchased used books is plentiful and there are some new books scattered in amongst the used ones on my book shelves. Someday I expect to acquire an e-book reader but with all the used books available it's hard to justify in the near future. Also, where is the e-book reader technology headed. My little bit of research doesn't show much compatibility between manufacturers. I really think that the future would be along the lines of the iPad for computing/internet and e-book/publication reading. The e-books I have I've read through PC Apps from the suppliers, i.e. Borders and Barnes & Noble which is OK occasionally but a little hard to manage for general reading.

* non-fiction
** non-SciFi Fiction