Thursday, January 03, 2013

Books Read in 2013

Cumulative Reading List

Here I go again.  Trying to get to that elusive 50-book-per-year goal.  In 2012 I didn't even make it to 40!  Hoping to do much better THIS year.

Haven't I heard that before?

Anyway, this is my page for keeping track of the books as I read them.



JANUARY 2013
1. The Lost Symbol. Dan Brown (2009; 509 pages; fiction)
2. Cat on the Scent. Rita Mae Brown (1999; 319 pages; fiction)
3. Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution. Rebecca Stott (2012; 397 pages; non-fiction)

FEBRUARY 2013
4. The Heat of the Sun. David Rain (2012; 286 pages ARC; fiction)

MARCH 2013
5. Farewell, Dorothy Parker. Ellen Meister (2013; 308 pages; fiction)
6. Guilt. Jonathan Kellerman (2013; 400 pages; fiction)
7. Cold Remains. Sally Spedding (2012; fiction)
8. The Happy Hollisters. Jerry West (1953; 184 pages; fiction)
9. Half Magic. Edward Eager (1954; 192 pages; fiction)

APRIL 2013
10. The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club. Duncan Whitehead (2012; 196 pages; fiction)
11. Clea. Lawrence Durrell (1960; 288 pages; fiction)

MAY 2013
12. Seduction. M.J. Rose (2013; 370 pages ARC; fiction)
13. Fer-de-Lance. Rex Stout (1934; 291 pages; fiction)
14. The Flamethrowers. Rachel Kushner (2013; 400 pages ARC; fiction)
15. & Sons: A Novel. David Gilbert (2013; 458 pages ARC; fiction)

JUNE 2013
16. A Fearful Madness. Julius Falconer (2013; 192 pages; fiction)
17. Inferno. Dan Brown (2013; 465 pages; fiction)
18. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum (1899; fiction)
19. Death By A HoneyBee. Abigail Keam (2010; 236 pages; fiction)

JULY 2013
20. Is This Tomorrow. Caroline Leavitt (2013; 352 pages; fiction)
21. A Fatal Likeness. Lyn Shepherd (2013; 384 pages; fiction)
22. Pretty Polly Flinders. Mary Frances Blaisdell (1914; 188 pages; fiction)

AUGUST 2013
23. The Good Luck of Right Now. Matthew Quick (2014; ARC; fiction)
24. The Buddhist Catechism. Henry Steel Olcott (1881; 64 pages; religion)

SEPTEMBER 2013
25. Bunnicula. James Howe & Deborah Howe (1979; 128 pages; fiction)
26. The Book of Secrets. Elizabeth Joy Arnold (2013; ARC 435 pages; fiction)

OCTOBER 2013
27. Night Film. Marisha Pessl (2013; 602 pages; fiction)
28. The Small Hand & Dolly. Susan Hill (2013; 288 pages; fiction)
29. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. H.P. Lovecraft (1927; 128 pages; fiction)

NOVEMBER 2013
30. Ignorance. Milan Kundera (2000; 195 pages; fiction)
31. The Shooting Party. Isabel Colegate (1980; 190 pages; fiction)
32. Time Will Tell. Donald Greig (2012; 204 pages; fiction)
33. Heroic Measures. Jill Ciment (2009; 193 pages; fiction)

DECEMBER 2013
34. Invisible Cities. Italo Calvino (1972; 165 pages; fiction)
35. Double Indemnity. James M. Cain (1936; 115 pages; fiction)
36. Evil Under the Sun. Agatha Christie (1941; 200 pages; fiction)
37. The 13 Clocks. James Thurber (1950; 124 pages; fiction)
38. Chéri. Colette (1920; 136 pages; fiction)

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