Nov 25 2014
Total Pages Read: 7,295
Shortest Book: 144 pages
Longest Book: 514 pages
Fiction: 16
Non-Fiction: 3
Cookbook: 4
Last Book Read:
23. The Son by Jo Nesbø. A young man is in prison for crimes he didn’t commit in exchange for a steady supply of heroin. When he learns some new details of his father’s death, he becomes the center of a web of corruption and vengeance. 386 pages. (Finished 25 Nov 14).
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Dec 29 2013
Total Pages Read: 10,701
Shortest Book: 128 pages
Longest Book: 940 pages
Fiction: 13
Non-Fiction: 8
Cookbook: 9
Last Book Read:
31. Police by Jo Nesbø. Someone is killing police in and around Oslo at the site of their unsolved murders, but this time Detective Harry Hole isn’t around to help as he’s no longer a part of the police force. 436 pages. (Finished 29 Dec 13).
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Dec 27 2012
Total Pages Read: 12,271
Shortest Book: 96 pages
Longest Book: 576 pages
Fiction: 27
Non-Fiction: 6
Poetry: 3
Cookbook: 7
Last Book Read:
43. Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck. A collection of short stories from the Swedish writer translated by herself. From the dark fantastical world that comes from living in rural northern Sweden. 142 pages. (Finished 27 Dec 12).
Full List below the cut:
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Dec 24 2011
Total pages read: 23,992
Shortest book: 81 pages
Longest book: 985 pages
Fiction: 46
Non-fiction: 20
Cookbook: 11
Poetry: 5
Last book read:
82. House of Holes by Nicholson Baker. A bunch of interlinked raunchy tales from the master of literary pornography. 262 pages. (Finished 24 Dec 2011).
Full list below the cut:
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Dec 31 2010
In 2009, I finally completed my 52 book challenge. Not only that, I read twice as many books as in 2008. For 2010, at the moment at least, I don’t have a specific goal. I will continue to keep track of my books read as I finish them.
Total pages read: 24,002
Shortest book: 117 pages
Longest book: 838 pages
Fiction: 41
Non-fiction: 28
Cookbook: 10
Poetry: 1
Last book read:
80. Blue Clay People: Seasons on Africa’s Fragile Edge by William
Powers. A memoir of his time in Liberia directing aid during the reign
of Charles Taylor in Liberia. 292 pages. (Finished 31 Dec 10).
Full list below the cut:
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Dec 31 2009
My book list for 2009:
Total pages read: 20,396
Shortest book: 77 pages
Longest book: 1014 pages
Non-Fiction: 19
Fiction: 34
Cookbook: 6
Poetry: 3
Last book read:
62. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison.
The older brother of Augustin Burroughs tells his story of growing up
with Asperger’s (though undiagnosed until he was middle aged). 288
pages. (Finished 31 Dec 09).
Full list below the cut:
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Dec 30 2008
Here is the list of books I’ve read in 2008. My goal is to finish 52 books (the equivalent of a book a week).
Total Pages Read: 10,774
Shortest book: 96 pages
Longest book: 928 pages
Fiction: 17
Non-Fiction: 13
Poetry: 1
Last book read:
31. Drown by Junot Díaz. Short Stories about a Dominican immigrant family. 224 pages. (Finished 30 Dec 08)
Full list below the cut:
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Jan 03 2008
Last year, my friend Elizabeth and I set out to read a book a week (or the equivalent by the end of the year). The first half of the year, I was doing pretty good, however, with the move to L.A. things slowed down significantly during the second half of the year. My final total for 2007 was 30 books. (The list is here). Elizabeth ended up making it to 52 (Her list is here).
Since I didn’t make it to last years goal, I’m starting anew with my 2008 project. My goal is to at least improve on last years total, while still striving to attain the book a week goal.
To start of this year’s project the following books are on the nightstand queue:
The Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama
How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers
You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
Getting Things Done by David Allen (re-read)
What’s Your Poo Telling You? by Josh Richman & Anish Sheth, M.D. (a gift from Elizabeth)
The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A Postsecret Book compiled by Frank Warren
That should get me the first few month’s at least.
I’ve also got a few books in mind that I plan to read this year:
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis (Yes I know its a crime that I’ve not read these yet)
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
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Dec 12 2007
Inspired by this list, I’ve decided to keep a list of books I’ve read in 2007. I’ll more than likely be doing less individual reviews and just updating this list as I finish books. Anyway…enough of the rambling explanations, on to the list.
Last book finished:
30. Atonement by Ian McEwan. (Finished 12 Dec 07)
See the Complete List below the cut (its starting to get long):
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Mar 01 2007
The ones I’ve read are in Bold:
Beloved-Toni Morrison
Underworld-Don DeLillo
Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels-John Updike
– Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest
American Pastoral-Philip Roth
A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole
Housekeeping-Marilynne Robinson
Winter’s Tale-Mark Helprin
White Noise-Don DeLillo
The Counterlife-Philip Roth
Libra-Don DeLillo
Where I’m Calling From-Raymond Carver
The Things They Carried-Tim O’Brien
Mating-Norman Rush
Jesus’ Son-Denis Johnson
Operation Shylock-Philip Roth
Independence Day-Richard Ford
Sabbath’s Theater-Philip Roth
Border Trilogy-Cormac McCarthy
— All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain
The Human Stain-Philip Roth
The Known World-Edward P. Jones
The Plot Against America-Philip Roth
It seems I have some work to do on this list. Though at least I did get the top 3.
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