• Sound of Snow Falling umber, 2017 (given to me by Nick)
  • Kitty Cornered: How Frannie and Five Other Incorrigible Cats Seized Control of Our House and Made It Their Home tarte, 2012 (audio)
  • The Hour of Land williams, 2016 (audio) buylist
  • A Christmas Carol dickens, 1843 (audio) buylist
  • Hedwig Lives: the Complete Collection of Fan Theories That Proves Harry Potter's Owl Still Lives degeorge, 2015 (zine)
  • Cut-Away Comics Issue #1, Part 1 - 3 of Tree Swallows zettwoch (zine)
  • Around the World in 80 Days verne, 1872 (audio) (recommended by Dad)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban rowling, 1999 (audio) buylist
  • Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief van draanen, 1998 (audio)
  • Norse Mythology gaiman, 2017 (audio)
  • The Prince Zine audubon, 2016 (zine)
  • Joy in the Morning wodehouse, 1946 (audio)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox and Other Animal Stories dahl, 1970 & 2004 (audio)
  • The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims' Progress twain, 1869 (500+)
  • The Goldfinch tartt, 2016 (audio) (500+) (recommended by Maria)
  • The Wind in the Willows grahame, 1908 (audio)
  • Gratitude sacks, 2015 (audio) buylist
  • The Violent Bear It Away o'connor, 1960 (audio)
  • Lab Girl jahren, 2016 (audio)
  • The Cricket in Times Square selden, 1960 (audio)
  • Daily Rituals: How Artists Work currey, 2013
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire rowling, 2000 (audio)
  • The Genius of Birds ackerman, 2016 (audio)
  • The Name of God is Mercy francis, 2015 (audio)
  • The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, Idiocy wilson, 2015 (audio)
  • Homer's Odyssey cooper, 2009
  • Musicophilia sacks, 2007 (audio)
  • The Turn of the Screw james, 1898
  • Ginger Roots Are Best Taken Orally farris & clevenger, 2018
  • The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents pratchett, 2001 (audio)
  • Beyond the Bright Sea wolk, 2017 (audio)
  • Fast Into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail moderow, 2016 (audio)
  • The World of Poo pratchett, 2012 (audio)
  • The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit finkel, 2017 (audio)
  • The Night Circus morgenstern, 2011 (audio) (recommended by Emily)
  • Magpie Murders horowitz, 2016 (audio)
  • The Hero and the Crown mckinley, 1984 (recommended by Caroline)
  • How to Bake Pi: And Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics cheng, 2015 (audio)
  • Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World doerr, 2007 (audio) (recommended by UD)
  • Beka Cooper: Terrier pierce, 2006 (recommended by Emily)
  • Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic british library, 2017
  • Sourdough sloan, 2017 (audio)
  • Beka Cooper: Bloodhound pierce, 2009 (recommended by Emily)
  • Beka Cooper: Mastiff pierce, 2011 (recommended by Emily)
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins o'dell, 1960 (recommended by Nick)
  • Slade House mitchell, 2015 (audio)
  • Trickster's Choice pierce, 2003
  • Be Prepared brosgol, 2018 (recommended by Nick)
  • Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore sloan, 2012
  • Injection, Vol 1 & 2 ellis, 2015 - 2016
  • Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale waid, 2016
  • Giant Days, Issues 1 - 44 allison, 2015 - 2018
  • Giant Days: Extra Credit allison, 2018
  • Archie, Vol. 2 waid, 2016
  • Jane McKenna, 2017
  • Florida groff, 2018 (recommended by the grapevine/podcasts)
  • The Martian weir, 2014
  • The Trials of Apollo No. 3: The Burning Maze riordan, 2018
  • Newt's Emerald nix, 2015
  • The Boggart cooper, 2005 (audio) (recommended by Mary)
  • Artemis weir, 2017
  • A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage twain, 1876
  • Walk Two Moons creech, 1994 (audio)
  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane dicamillo, 2000 (audio)
  • The Night Visitor atkins, 2017
  • Over the Garden Wall Vol. 1 - 5 mchale, 2017 - 2018
  • The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine twain & stead, 2017
  • A Confederacy of Dunces toole, 1980 (recommended by Bob, Mr. Jenkins)
  • Underground Missouri carlson, 1991
  • Impostors westerfeld, 2018(audio)
  • Chalice mckinley, 2008 (recommended by Caroline)
  • Roller Girl jamieson, 2015
  • El Deafo bell, 2014
  • The Sculptor mccloud, 2015
  • Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel marsden & thummler, 2017
  • An Age of License: A Travelogue knisley, 2014
  • A Girl in the Himalayas vignolli, 2018
  • Smile telgemeier, 2010
  • See You in the Cosmos cheng, 2017 (audio)
  • The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession orlean, 1998
  • Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars paglia, 2012

This represents the most pages I have ever read/listened to within a years' time. A lot of duds in here, or things I was only mildly intrigued by throughout. Usually these books would be pruned, but since I had the goal of 100 books, I would persevere unnaturally so.

A year of exploring graphic novels/comics! I loved Sound of Snow Falling, Zettwoch's work, GIANT DAYS, the first few Over the Garden Wall comics (a gift from Renee), and Be Prepared (recommended by Nick).

My favorite audio books were The Hour of Land, A Christmas Carol, all the Harry Potters, and Lab Girl. I observe that audiobooks were very important to my getting through my days early in the year and became less important throughout the year. Nothing replaced them, I just became healthier and did not have to rely on their distractions as much.

I am proud I finished two books 500+ pages (The Innocents Abroad, having haunted me for so long, & The Goldfinch, recommended by Maria). I enjoyed Innocents more than The Goldfinch. I think the lesson here is listening to book recommendations with a grain of salt. I really liked the Beka Coopers books Emily recommended, but not the Night Circus. I really liked The End of Night (completed in 2019) recommended by Mary, but disliked Ready Player One. Caroline and Nick's recommendations were always solid.

My favorite authors of this year are Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley, Robin Sloan, and JK Rowling. Jim Dale was my favorite voice actor, although I disliked The Night Circus.

My favorite book books were The Hero and the Crown, the Beka Cooper books, Sourdough. Honorable mention to A Confederacy of Dunces.

I want to be more selective about the books I read in 2019: less duds! I know what I like more now. Keep up the variety of books, though. I enjoy that variety.

jan 17 2018 ∞
jan 28 2019 +