Mama Fern's book list

Book Log for 2020


  1. The Score - Adrienne Jansen
  2. The Dawnhounds - Sascha Stronach
  3. Nowhere to be Found - Bae Suah
  4. Exhalation - Ted Chiang
  5. Tomboy Survival Guide - Ivan Coyote
  6. The Long Utopia - Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett
  7. The Long Cosmos - Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett
  8. In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado
  9. Bluets - Maggie Nelson
  10. The Paper Boat - Gregory Kan
  11. The Facts - Therese Lloyd
  12. Someplace to be Flying - Charles de Lint
  13. Are Friends Electric? - Helen Heath
  14. False River - Paula Morris
  15. The Wind is Up and We're On - Jo Randerson
  16. Doom: Knee-deep in the dead - Dafydd ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver
  17. Singing home the whale - Mandy Hager
  18. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
  19. All Who Live on Islands - Rose Lu


Book Log for 2019

  1. How Things Are - Adrienne Jansen, Harry Ricketts, J.C. Sturm, Meg Campbell
  2. Dismemberment - Kapka Kassabova
  3. Trace Fossils - Mary Cresswell
  4. The Devil in my Shoes - Phil Kanawa
  5. Graft - Helen Heath
  6. Guarding the Flame - Majella Cullinane
  7. The Inhabited Initial - Fiona Farrell
  8. Heartwood - Bernadette Hall
  9. Poetic Explanations - Gill Ward
  10. Playing God - Glenn Colquhoun
  11. Are Friends Electric? - Helen Heath
  12. Poukahangatus - Tayi Tibble
  13. Hera Lindsay Bird - Hera Lindsay Bird
  14. Feed - MT Anderson
  15. Raft - Stephen Baxter
  16. Ransack - essa may ranapiri
  17. Warm Auditorium - James Brown
  18. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood


Book Log for 2015


  1. Stieg Larsson - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  2. Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
  3. Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire
  4. Ernest Clive - Ready Player One
  5. Writing Down the Bones - Natalie Goldberg
  6. Mayhem Literary Journal #3 - Waikato University
  7. Terry Pratchett - Soul Music 
  8. Various NZ writers - Six Pack Two 
  9. Neil Gaiman - Fortunately The Milk
  10. Terry Pratchett - The Shepherd's Crown
  11. Terry Pratchett - Sourcery
  12. Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett - The Long Mars


Book Log for 2012


  1. Terry Pratchett - Mort
  2. Amanda Palmer - The Art of Asking
  3. Earth - David Brin
Ooops - kinda lost track of 2012


Book Log for 2011

(as per my New Year's Resolution)

  1. Stephen Donaldson  - This Day All Gods Die (5th book in the Gap Cycle)
  2. Stephen King - Needful Things
  3. Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age (or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer)
  4. Harry Harrison - Homeworld
  5. Harry Harrison - Wheelworld
  6. Harry Harrison - Starworld
  7. Piers Anthony - Question Quest
  8. Michael Grant - Gone
  9. Tom Sharpe - Wilt
  10. Tom Sharpe - The Wilt Alternative
  11. Michael Grant - Hunger
  12. Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
  13. Piers Anthony - Centaur Aisle
  14. Piers Anthony - Golem in the Gears
  15. Piers Anthony - Night Mare
  16. Michael Grant - Lies
  17. Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter
  18. Stephen King - Under the Dome
  19. Douglas Adams - The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul
  20. Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom
  21. Richard Laymon - Beast House
  22. Katharine Kerr - Daggerspell
  23. Kathy Reichs - Bare Bones
  24. Tom Sharpe - Wilt on High 
  25. Katharine Kerr - Darkspell
  26. Katharine Kerr - Dawnspell
  27. Michael Grant - Plague
  28. Katharine Kerr - Dragonspell
  29. Katharine Kerr - A Time of Exile
  30. Katharine Kerr - A Time of Omens
  31. Katharine Kerr - A Time of War
  32. Katharine Kerr - A Time of Justice
  33. Katharine Kerr - The Red Wyvern
  34. Richard Brautigan - In Watermelon Sugar 
  35. Katharine Kerr - The Black Raven
  36. Katharine Kerr - The Fire Dragon
  37. Katharine Kerr  - The Gold Falcon 
  38. Katharine Kerr - The Spirit Stone 
  39. Katharine Kerr - The Shadow Isle 
  40. Katharine Kerr - The Silver Mage
  41. David Brin - Kiln People
  42. Terry Pratchett - Thud!
  43. Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring
  44. Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters 
  45. Terry Pratchett - Carpe Jugulum
  46. William Gibson - Neuromancer 
  47. Isaac Asimov - Foundation 
  48. Mehran Karimi Nasseri - The Terminal Man 
  49. Jeff Ruben - Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller 
  50. Terry Pratchett - Mort