10. Dead Until Dark

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

9. The Electric Universe

The Electric Universe by David Bodanis

8. Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series. Love this book. I was up till 3 am last night finishing.

7. Holy Fire

6. Wetware

Wetware by Rudy Rucker

The anarchic robots, the boppers, are back in Wetware, the second novel in Rucker's groundbreaking cyberpunk series. I enjoyed this novel as much as the first.

5. the Color of Magic

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

This is the second Pratchett book I've read. It was fun and an enjoyable read but I did set it aside on several occasions for other books. It was Pratchett's first Diskworld novel and served as a tour of Diskworld. A tourist, the forst tourist to ever set foot on Diskworld arrives and chooses the incompetent and cowardly near-wizard Rincewind as his guide. The evade Death and take many snapshots as the hop from one continent to the next.

4. Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

This was a brutal second installment of this brilliant series by Octavia Butler. It continues the epic tale of Lauren Oya Olamina and Earthseed, her burgeoning religion and community Acorn. At the end of the first novel Olamina, her husband Bankole and their fellow survivors had just arrived at Bankole's sisters land only to find it burnt to ground and Bankole's relatives murdered. This novel picks a couple years later after the survivors had rebuilt the land into the community Acorn.

After a hopeful, but difficult few years of growth, the community is attacked by Christian Extremists and the tale turns brutal. During the ensuing struggle Olamina never gives up her vision of the Earthseed Destiny.