Saturday, January 04, 2014
A YEAR OF LIBRIPOX AND OTHER PLEASURES: WHAT I READ IN 2013
2013 saw the continuation of the joke of a book club that is Ben and I. 2013 also saw the creation of the Simak book club that is Fred and I. Maybe I'll create another club in 2014 that attracts one other active member.
This was the second year that I kept decent reading records.
Top 5 Fiction Books Read This Year:
1. Treasure Island
2. The Hobbit
3. Burning Bright: Stories
4. The Busconductor Hines
5. The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
Top 5 Nonfiction Books Read This Year:
1. Life Together
2. What is Biblical Theology?
3. Slow Reading in a Hurried Age
4. Outland
5. Shaming the Devil
Stats:
70 books...
# read as eBooks: 3
# "read" as audiobooks: 4
# "graphic novels": 27
Favorite (new to me) Fiction Book Read: The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman
Favorite (previously read) Fiction Book Read: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Favorite Fiction Book published in 2013: Carmen by Prosper Merimee (new translation by MHB)
Favorite (new to me) Non-Fiction Book Read: What is Biblical Theology by James M. Hamilton, Jr.
Favorite (previously read) Non-Fiction Book Read: n/a
Favorite Non-Fiction Book published in 2013: Slow Reading in a Hurried Age by David Mikics
Favorite Graphic Novel Read: One Piece, Vol 1
Favorite Graphic Novel published in 2013: The Unwritten: The Wound
Complete list of titles read in 2013 (excluding children's books) is as follows:
December 2013
*Galaxy Nov 1950* H.L. Gold
*Slow Reading in a Hurried Age* David Mikics
*The Shining* Stephen King
*Carmen* Prosper Merimee
*What Is Biblical Theology?: A Guide to the Bible's Story, Symbolism, and Patterns* James M Hamilton Jr
*The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection* Gardner R. Dozois
*I Am Legend* Richard Matheson
November 2013
*The Color Master: Stories* Aimee Bender
*Ring Around the Sun* Clifford D. Simak
+*The Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter* J.M. DeMatteis, others
October 2013
+*Time & Again* Clifford D. Simak
*Lost Everything* Brian Francis Slattery (abandoned)
*One Piece, Vol 1: Romance Dawn* Eiichiro Oda
+*Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt* J.M. DeMatteis
*Galaxy Oct 1950* H.L. Gold
*Shining Glory: Theological Reflections on Terence Malick's Tree of Life* Peter J. Leithart
*Tonoharu: Part Two* Lars Martinson
*Clarkesworld 84* Neil Clarke
+*American Gods* Neil Gaiman
September 2013
*After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall* Nancy Kress
*London Falling* Paul Cornell
*Prophet Vol 1: Remission* Brandon S. Graham
*Empire* Clifford D. Simak
August 2013
*A Land More Kind Than Home* Wiley Cash
*Cosmic Engineers* Clifford D. Simak
*Outland* Roger Ballen
*Great Railroad Paintings* Robert H. Goldsborough
*Bookshelf* Alex Johnson
July 2013
*Runner's World Complete Guide to Running* Matt Gilbert
*Wolfsmund, Vol 1* Mitsuhisa Kuji
*Batman, Vol 1: The Court of Owls* Scott Snyder
*Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance* Os Guinness
*Life Together* Dietrich Bonhoeffer
*Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett* Georges Simenon
*Shaming the Devil: Essays in Truthtelling* Alan Jacobs
*Mr. Darwin's Gardener* Kristina Carlson
June 2013
*The Midwich Cuckoos* John Wyndham
*The Kragen* Jack Vance
*Dagon* Fred Chappell
May 2013
+*Treasure Island* Robert Louis Stevenson
*Monster, Vol. 8: My Nameless Hero* Naoki Urasawa
*Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories*
*To a God Unknown* John Steinbeck
April 2013
*Saga, Vol. 1* Brian K. Vaughan
*Monster, Vol. 7: Richard* Naoki Urasawa
*Susceptible* Genevieve Castree
*Monster, Vol. 6: The Secret Woods* Naoki Urasawa
*The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound* Mike Carey
*The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words* Mike Carey
+*The Hobbit* J.R.R. Tolkien
*Mudman, Vol. 1* Paul Grist
*Monster, Vol. 5: After the Carnival* Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 4: Ayse's Friend* Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 3: 511 Kinderheim* Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 2: Surprise Party * Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 1: Herr Dr. Tenma* Naoki Urasawa
*Christ the Tiger* Thomas Howard
*The Busconductor Hines* James Kelman
March 2013
*The Resurrection* John Gardner
*Naruto, Vol. 1: The Tests of the Ninja* Masashi Kishimoto
*Zeuglodon: The True Adventures of Kathleen Perkins, Cryptozoologist* James P. Blaylock
*Sweet Tooth, Vol. 3: Animal Armies* Jeff Lemire
*Sweet Tooth, Vol. 2: In Captivity* Jeff Lemire
+*The Books of Magic, Vol. 1: Bindings* John Ney Reiber
*Scenes from an Impending Marriage* Adrian Tomine
*City of Glass* Paul Auster
+*The Books of Magic* Neil Gaiman
February 2013
*Infinite Jest* David Foster Wallace (abandoned)
*Burning Bright: Stories* Ron Rash
January 2013
*Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip* Karl Kesel
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Finally, I like Ben's idea of tracking favorite articles and blog posts. I am no good at all at tracking such things. I hope to do a better job in 2014 of keeping track of online reading.
2013 saw the continuation of the joke of a book club that is Ben and I. 2013 also saw the creation of the Simak book club that is Fred and I. Maybe I'll create another club in 2014 that attracts one other active member.
This was the second year that I kept decent reading records.
Top 5 Fiction Books Read This Year:
1. Treasure Island
2. The Hobbit
3. Burning Bright: Stories
4. The Busconductor Hines
5. The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
Top 5 Nonfiction Books Read This Year:
1. Life Together
2. What is Biblical Theology?
3. Slow Reading in a Hurried Age
4. Outland
5. Shaming the Devil
Stats:
70 books...
# read as eBooks: 3
# "read" as audiobooks: 4
# "graphic novels": 27
Favorite (new to me) Fiction Book Read: The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman
Favorite (previously read) Fiction Book Read: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Favorite Fiction Book published in 2013: Carmen by Prosper Merimee (new translation by MHB)
Favorite (new to me) Non-Fiction Book Read: What is Biblical Theology by James M. Hamilton, Jr.
Favorite (previously read) Non-Fiction Book Read: n/a
Favorite Non-Fiction Book published in 2013: Slow Reading in a Hurried Age by David Mikics
Favorite Graphic Novel Read: One Piece, Vol 1
Favorite Graphic Novel published in 2013: The Unwritten: The Wound
Complete list of titles read in 2013 (excluding children's books) is as follows:
("+" before title indicates "re-read")
December 2013
*Galaxy Nov 1950* H.L. Gold
*Slow Reading in a Hurried Age* David Mikics
*The Shining* Stephen King
*Carmen* Prosper Merimee
*What Is Biblical Theology?: A Guide to the Bible's Story, Symbolism, and Patterns* James M Hamilton Jr
*The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection* Gardner R. Dozois
*I Am Legend* Richard Matheson
November 2013
*The Color Master: Stories* Aimee Bender
*Ring Around the Sun* Clifford D. Simak
+*The Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter* J.M. DeMatteis, others
October 2013
+*Time & Again* Clifford D. Simak
*Lost Everything* Brian Francis Slattery (abandoned)
*One Piece, Vol 1: Romance Dawn* Eiichiro Oda
+*Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt* J.M. DeMatteis
*Galaxy Oct 1950* H.L. Gold
*Shining Glory: Theological Reflections on Terence Malick's Tree of Life* Peter J. Leithart
*Tonoharu: Part Two* Lars Martinson
*Clarkesworld 84* Neil Clarke
+*American Gods* Neil Gaiman
September 2013
*After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall* Nancy Kress
*London Falling* Paul Cornell
*Prophet Vol 1: Remission* Brandon S. Graham
*Empire* Clifford D. Simak
August 2013
*A Land More Kind Than Home* Wiley Cash
*Cosmic Engineers* Clifford D. Simak
*Outland* Roger Ballen
*Great Railroad Paintings* Robert H. Goldsborough
*Bookshelf* Alex Johnson
July 2013
*Runner's World Complete Guide to Running* Matt Gilbert
*Wolfsmund, Vol 1* Mitsuhisa Kuji
*Batman, Vol 1: The Court of Owls* Scott Snyder
*Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance* Os Guinness
*Life Together* Dietrich Bonhoeffer
*Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett* Georges Simenon
*Shaming the Devil: Essays in Truthtelling* Alan Jacobs
*Mr. Darwin's Gardener* Kristina Carlson
June 2013
*The Midwich Cuckoos* John Wyndham
*The Kragen* Jack Vance
*Dagon* Fred Chappell
May 2013
+*Treasure Island* Robert Louis Stevenson
*Monster, Vol. 8: My Nameless Hero* Naoki Urasawa
*Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories*
*To a God Unknown* John Steinbeck
April 2013
*Saga, Vol. 1* Brian K. Vaughan
*Monster, Vol. 7: Richard* Naoki Urasawa
*Susceptible* Genevieve Castree
*Monster, Vol. 6: The Secret Woods* Naoki Urasawa
*The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound* Mike Carey
*The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words* Mike Carey
+*The Hobbit* J.R.R. Tolkien
*Mudman, Vol. 1* Paul Grist
*Monster, Vol. 5: After the Carnival* Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 4: Ayse's Friend* Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 3: 511 Kinderheim* Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 2: Surprise Party * Naoki Urasawa
*Monster, Vol. 1: Herr Dr. Tenma* Naoki Urasawa
*Christ the Tiger* Thomas Howard
*The Busconductor Hines* James Kelman
March 2013
*The Resurrection* John Gardner
*Naruto, Vol. 1: The Tests of the Ninja* Masashi Kishimoto
*Zeuglodon: The True Adventures of Kathleen Perkins, Cryptozoologist* James P. Blaylock
*Sweet Tooth, Vol. 3: Animal Armies* Jeff Lemire
*Sweet Tooth, Vol. 2: In Captivity* Jeff Lemire
+*The Books of Magic, Vol. 1: Bindings* John Ney Reiber
*Scenes from an Impending Marriage* Adrian Tomine
*City of Glass* Paul Auster
+*The Books of Magic* Neil Gaiman
February 2013
*Infinite Jest* David Foster Wallace (abandoned)
*Burning Bright: Stories* Ron Rash
January 2013
*Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip* Karl Kesel
--------------------------
Finally, I like Ben's idea of tracking favorite articles and blog posts. I am no good at all at tracking such things. I hope to do a better job in 2014 of keeping track of online reading.
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