#books2013

[hualin]

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

Top 10 Favorite Books 2013: #1

[hualin]

A Sombra do Vento

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Top 10 Favorite Books 2013: #2

[poisindonottouch]

New Years book time

My year of reading went very well. I read 66 books this year, 62 of them I hadn't read before. I read a lot of fantasy, more sci if than ever before, and I tore through some YA novels, as I am like to do. For 2014, I want to continue my reading trends, read more books I haven't read before, discover new authors, and push myself out of my reading comfort zone as little more. I am participating in a book club that has been fun so far. Next up is World War Z, by Max Brooks, which I borrowed from the library on my kindle. Neato. I'm also going to try for the reading challenge from that forum I participated in last year, haven't checked the website as of 2014, but I'll get on that.

[poisindonottouch]

Finished book 66 for the year. Good read. I think I like A Series of Unfortunate Events better, but this series has just started and I can't read the whole thing in one go. I do like how the two series's (series'? Serieseses?) mix together and the little hints he drops about characters you know from ASoUE. Good read.

[poisindonottouch]

Kiss & Make Up, by Katie D. Anderson

is a ridiculous book about a 16 year old girl that kisses the nerds to get better grades, and then actually likes one of the nerds and stuff and stuff. It's actually pretty sweet, and not terribly written, which is what got me through the whole thing.

And I read it on my kindle. Which is super neato.

But books and things... I haven't updated my list for a while, so a couple of things:

That book club challenge that I joined (the numbers are points, not numbers on a list):

5. A book published in 2012 or 2013 by a first-time author

Kiss & Make Up, by Katie D. Anderson

20. A book based on a story originally told in another medium

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Onslaught, by Michael A. Stackpole

25. A book about death

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman

10. A mixed genre book

Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel

25. A book about birth (or rebirth):

Book of Lost Things, by John Connelly.

10. A book by an author you have never heard of:

Gang Leader for a Day, by Sudhir Venkatesh

20. book I wish I had read on an e-reader

Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

20. A book about a religion other than my own

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

So that's 8 books out of the 13 different challenges, and I read another book that didn't fit any of the categories that I hadn't already filled. So that's 9. And I read some comics and some short stories. And hey, it's not the end of the year yet. I may read an entire other book before Tuesday. It's only Saturday now.