books in the bush

For those of you who don't know it, I read a lot. So if you're interested in what I've been reading in my excessive free time in the bush, here's a list, complete with my recommendations (or lack thereof). Feel free to send me recommendations for what I should read next!

Key:
 **** amazing. go out and buy this right now
   *** pretty good. check this out from the library or borrow from a friend
     ** okay. read it if you have time, but don't go out of your way
       * don't bother.

  *** A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. LeGuin
      * About a Boy - Nick Hornsby
**** American Gods - Neil Gaiman
  *** Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler
    ** Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
    ** Circle of Darkness, Circle of Light - Tanya Huff
    ** Dark Haven - Gail Z. Martin
    ** Dark Lady's Chosen - Gail Z. Martin
**** Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
    ** Dead Until Dark - Charlene Harris
  *** Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
  *** Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey
**** Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
 *** House of Sand and Fog - Andre Dubus III
    ** Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore
    ** Living Dead in Dallas - Charlene Harris
  *** Lost Boys - Orson Scott Card
    ** Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  *** Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
    ** Minority Report - Philip K. Dick
    ** Mistress of Spices - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
    ** My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
      * River God - Wilbur Smith
  *** Songs of Love and Death - Martin/Dozois
    ** Test of the Wins - Weis/Hickman
    ** The Collector - John Fowles
  *** The First Confessor - Terry Goodkind
  *** The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
  *** The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
  *** The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
    ** The Griffin Mage Trilogy - Rachel Neumeier
  *** The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Shaffer/Barrows
    ** The Intelligencer - Leslie Silbert
**** The Know-It-All - A.J. Jacobs
  *** The Other Boelyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
      * The Other Side of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon
  *** The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
  *** The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
**** The Princess Bride - William Goldman
**** The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkein
  *** The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. LeGuin
  *** The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula K. LeGuin
    ** The Unheard - Josh Swiller
    ** Time of the Twins - Weis/Hickman
      * Violin - Anne Rice
    ** War of the Twins - Weis/Hickman
    ** Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
**** Wild Fermentation
  *** You Suck - Christopher Moore

Re-Reads...which means I automatically highly recommend them:
The Hobbit - Tolkein
The Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King) - J.R.R. Tolkein
His Dark Materials (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass) - Phillip Pullman
A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones, Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords, Feast for Crows) - George R.R. Martin