Saturday, July 5, 2014

First half of 2014

Here's what I've read so far in 2014.
The parentheses are (# of books this month) / (# of books this year)

June 2014 (7 / 22)
Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Little Bee (CD. Chris Cleave)
Son (Lois Lowry)
Messenger (Lois Lowry)
Parallel Lies (CD. Ridley Pearson)
Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)

May 2014 (4 / 15)
Every Day (third reading, to Lexi. Levithan)
The Alchemist (again)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Niffenegger)
Every Day (second reading, to Lexi. Levithan)

April 2014 (5 / 11)
Stone Cold (Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone #4)
Death in Paradise (Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone #3)
Trouble in Paradise (Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone #2)
The Hard Way (Reacher #10)
Night Passage (Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone #1)

March 2014 (2 / 6)
One Thousand Gifts (Voskamp)
Saints and Villains (ficbio of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by Denise Giardina)

February 2014 (1 / 4)
Wrestling With An Angel (Greg Lucas, local police officer)

January 2014 (3 / 3)
Lamb (Moore)
The Fairy Tale Detectives (Michael Buckley, Sisters Grimm #1)
Killing Jesus (O'Reilly)


Thursday, April 3, 2014

2013 readings

Kerry’s books 2013

38 books

December 2013
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Isabella Bird)
White Fire (Preston & Child, Pendergast #13)
every day (David Levithan) (loved it!)
Never Go Back (Jack Reacher #18)
Gods and Generals (Jeff Shaara)

November 2013
The Crack in the Wall (Claudia Pineiro)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Winner Stands Alone (Paulo Coelho)

October 2013
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)

September 2013
Killing Kennedy (Bill O'Reilly)

August 2013
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)

July 2013
Chasing Francis (Ian Kron)
The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast #8) (Preston & Child)
The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast #3) (Preston & Child)

June 2013
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast #4) (Preston & Child)
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
Two Graves (Pendergast #12) (Preston & Child)
Ninth Ward (Jewell Parker Rhoads)
Cold Vengeance (Pendergast #11) (Preston & Child)
Fever Dream (Pendergast #10) (Preston & Child)
Anne of Ingleside (Anne #6) (LMMontgomery)

May 2013
Anne’s House of Dreams (Anne #5) (LMMontgomery)
Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne #4) (LMMontgomery)
Anne of the Island (Anne #3) (LMMontgomery)
A Wanted Man (Reacher#17) (Lee Child)

April 2013
Anne of Avonlea (Anne #2) (LMMontgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne #1) (LMMontgomery)
Mister God, This Is Anna (Fynn)
Washed And Waiting (Wesley Hill)

March 2013
The Shack (William Paul Young)

February 2013
The Cure (Lynch, McNicol, Thrall)
Christ Life (A. B. Simpson)
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
The Harbinger (Jonathan Cahn)
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (Jan Meeker)
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloan)

January 2013
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)