The Next Best Book Club discussion

Another year, another reading goal. This time around I've decided to go with a more conservative goal. I shall challenge myself to read 37 books in 2013. That seems like a fun enough odd number, don't you think?

Personal Reading Stats*

Total Books Read: 70

the BEST:

Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel; New, Complete, Uncensored Version by Анатолий Кузнецов (nonfiction)

The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie (fiction)

the WORST: Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn (fiction)

Books Purchased: 33



First Reads: 12



Goodreads Authors: 17
Jeffrey Brown
Gerry Hadden
Peter Stenson
Neil Gaiman
Robert Paul Weston
Robin Sloan
Brian McGreevy
Cullen Bunn
Kevin Kwan
Holly Goddard Jones
Denise Mina
Yasmine Surovec
Claude Lalumière
Laura McHugh
Amelia Gray
Jennifer Clement
Amber Albrecht

States Visited: ??


Countries Visited: 9
Canada
England
Haiti
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Singapore
Ukraine
United States

*A few things I'd like to keep track of. Let's see how this goes.

1. Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi (★★)
2. The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill (★★★)
3. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman (★★★★)

Pulled in a ridonkulous book haul this weekend.

Oh, glorious 8,000-book book sale. Thank you for existing!

4. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (★★★)
5. Hungover Owls by J. Patrick Brown (★★)
6. Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown (★★★)

7. The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie (★★★★)

8. Never the Hope Itself: Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti by Gerry Hadden (★★★★)

9. Passing by Nella Larsen (★★★)
10. The Walking Dead, Issue #97 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
11. The Walking Dead, Issue #98 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★★)
12. The Walking Dead, Issue #99 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
13. The Walking Dead, Issue #100 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★★)
14. The Walking Dead, Issue #101 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
15. The Walking Dead, Issue #102 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
16. The Walking Dead, Issue #103 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
17. The Walking Dead, Issue #104 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
18. The Walking Dead, Issue #105 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
19. The Walking Dead, Issue #106 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
20. The Walking Dead, Issue #107 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)

Got my TWD fix!

21. The Walking Dead, Issue #108 by Robert Kirkman (★★)
22. What the Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam (★★★)
23. Happy Kitty Bunny Pony: A Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute by Popink (★★)

24. Dead Lions by Mick Herron (★★★)

25. The Cat by Edeet Ravel (★★★)
26. The Walking Dead, Issue #109 by Robert Kirkman (★★★)
27. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Vol. 1 by Denise Mina (★★)
28. The Girl with the Dragon Tattooo, Vol. 2 by Denise Mina (★★)
29. The Walking Dead, Issue #110 by Robert Kirkman (★★★)
30. The Walking Dead, Issue #111 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
31. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris (★★★)
32. A Guide to Being Born: Stories by Ramona Ausubel (★★★)
33. The Walking Dead, Issue #112 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
34. Out of Range: A Novel by Hank Steinberg (★★★)
35. You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack: Cartoons by Tom Gauld (★★★★)
36. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (★★★★)
37. The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones (★★)

38. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (★★★★)
39. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (★★★★)
40. City of Thieves by David Benioff (★★★★)
41. Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone by Ralph Richard Banks (★★)
42. Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn (★)
43. The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read! by Jim Trombetta (★★★★)
44. Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck (★★★)
45. Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy (★★)
46. Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel; New, Complete, Uncensored Version by Анатолий Кузнецов (★★★★)
47. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (★★★★)
48. Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan (★★★)
49. The Mist by Stephen King (★★★★)
50. The Walking Dead, Issue #113 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
51. The Walking Dead, Issue #114 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
52. The Walking Dead, Issue #115 by Robert Kirkman (★★★★)
53. Changing by Lily Hoang (★★★)
54. Dust City by Robert Paul Weston (★★)
55. How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman (★★)
56. Fiend by Peter Stenson (★★★)
57. Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet by John Bradshaw (★★★)

58. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (★★★★)
59. Cat Versus Human by Yasmine Surovec (★★★★)
60. Cat vs Human: Another Dose of Catnip by Yasmine Surovec (★★★★)

61. The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett (★★★)
62. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance by Kenneth Silverman (★★★★)
63. The Door to Lost Pages by Claude Lalumière (★★)
64. The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (★★★)
65. Threats by Amelia Gray (★★★)
66. Mannequin Girl by Ellen Litman (★★★)

This is great to see a summary of what you've read. Great idea

Heather wrote: "This is great to see a summary of what you've read. Great idea"

Glad you like it!

67. King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace (★★)
68. Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement (★★★★)

Reached my 2013 goal!!

69. The Bento Bestiary by Ben Newman (★★)
70. Idyll by Amber Albrecht (★★★)

I like that you keep tabs on other things!

Pauline wrote: "I like that you keep tabs on other things!"

Yay! It's nice to know I'm not the only one curious about such things.