Thursday, December 26, 2013

The 2013 Book List

A couple of years ago, I stole an idea from a friend. He mentioned he keeps a record of all the books he reads. I thought that was a great idea.

I have an Excel sheet with the month, book number, author, and title. (I actually have a plot summary also, but I will leave that off here. Comment if you want any of the summaries.)

After doing this, I have come to appreciate how much I read. I didn't quite realize it before---and this is just the books, never mind my subscription to Discover and Museum magazines.

It is quite an eclectic list. There's a little of everything from history and biography to science fiction to children's.

So here is the book list for 2013.  Thank you for joining me this year, and see you in 2014!

Month Book Number Book Title Author
January 1 Flash and Bones Kathy Reichs

2 Lucky Man: A Memoir Michael J Fox

February 3 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
March 4 The Casual Vacancy JK Rowling
April 5 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
May 6 The Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
7 Sincerely, Andy Rooney Andy Rooney
8 DNA USA  Bryan Sykes
June 9 How To Create The Perfect Wife Wendy Moore

10 Break No Bones Kathy Reichs
July 11 Benjamin Franklin: An American
Life Walter Isaacson
12 Gulp: Adventures on the 
     Alimentary Canal Mary Roach
August 13 Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary 
     Sherman Morgan: America's
        First Female Rocket Scientist George G Morgan
14 Samuel Adams: A Life Ira Stoll
September 15 Freddy the Frogcaster Janice Dean, Illustrations by 
   Russ Cox
16 How We Do It: The Evolution and 
   Future of Human Reproduction Robert Martin  
17 A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
18 The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs  
October 19 The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
20 Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
21 The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold
   Story of the Women who helped
      Win World War II Denise Kiernan
    
November 22 William Shakespeare's Star Wars Ian Doescher
23 The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math:
  From One to Infinity Steven Strogatz
24 Starfleet Academy: The Assasination
   Game Alan Gratz
25 Fatal Voyage Kathy Reichs
December 26 1776 David McCullough
27 George Washington's Secret Six:
  The Spy Ring That Saved The
       American Revolution Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager

3 comments:

Bill Georato said...

From Email:

Very impressive list Bill. However, the titles are quite different on my list. Guess its what floats your boat.

Ted

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Thanks Ted. That's the thing about books--there's something for everyone!

Anonymous said...

Nice list. I enjoy some YA and Mary Roach as well, though I haven't tried that one. I tried to read Casual Vacancy and gave up - couldn't get into it.

Dana

Bill Georato said...

Dana,

I liked the Roach book, but I have to warn you--it can get kind of gross. Ted started it on my recommendation and gave up on it.

Casual Vacancy is a tough one. The BBC is supposed to be making a miniseries of it. I'm interested in seeing how it comes out. I think it would work better for television.

I have a review of the book you can find here: http://dudewiththoughts.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-casual-vacancy.html