SHEESH I haven’t made a book list since Q3 last year, so….yeah
a little late. I will keep my comments
super short.
77. The
Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi – (Shipbreaker
#2) Like it just ok. Way too much
fighting/ war which just sort of bores me.
I liked Shipbreaker way better.
78. Both
Flesh and Not, David Foster Wallace – 15
essays posthumously published. Not my
favorite essays of his, but I’ll read David Foster Wallace any day. I just like him.
79. John
Dies at the End, David Wong – Amusing. Fun read if you don’t feel like thinking
much.
80. The
Family Fang, Kevin Wilson – No, it’s not
about a family of werewolves. It’s about
a family of artists, which may be just as strange…“With each deep, measured
breath, she imagined that various parts of her body were slowly going numb,
from her fingers to her hand to her wrist to her elbow to her shoulder, until
she was as close to dead as she could be. It was an old Fang family technique
employed before doing something disastrous. You pretended to be dead and when
you came out of it, nothing, no matter how dire, seemed important.” Also –
there’s a TWIST! I love a twist.
81. We
are Water, Wally Lamb – My least favorite
Wally Lamb, but still readable.
82. Mr.
Peanut, Adam Ross – Liked it a lot. I gave it 4 starts on Goodreads and that’s
fairly rare for me. 5 is even rarer.
83. At
the Bottom of Everything, Ben Dolnick – OK.
I liked it fine, but it didn’t set my world on fire. Reminded me of a lot of other books, like I
Know This Much is True (sort of).
84. The
Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Strout – Boring. I don’t know why I thought I’d like it. I hated Olive Kitteridge and that won the
stupid Pulitzer. I did like this one WAY
better, but it was still meh.
85. More
Than This, Patrick Ness – I honestly
can’t remember anything about this book.
That is not necessarily a bad thing, because I would definitely remember
details if it was terrible. Obviously,
though, it also wasn’t something that stuck with me.
86. The
Goldfinch, Danna Tartt – I loved it. I didn’t want to because of all the hype, but
it was just good. Solid story, solid
writing, solid characters. Can’t
complain about any of it, and I have found myself thinking about it from time
to time since I read it. AND I remember
a lot of it, which is a big thing for me.
87. Going
Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright -
ermehgerd. There are some crazy people in this world. I’m sure not all Scientologists are complete
nut-jobs but these ARE.
88. We
Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson – Not really a book, more of a novella.
Loved it. Not as SHOCKING as The
Lottery, but still yummy and engrossing.
89. A
Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole – Yeah,
I read it again. I love it. And it’s a free country.
90. The
Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood – Ooooooooo. Now I get it.
91. The
Caine Mutiny – Surprisingly…..funny? How weird is that?!
92. Life
After Life (The Kate Atkinson one)– Lots of
hype, but yeah I understand it. I liked
it. I really did.
93. Spelling
Like It Is – Don’t hate me because I like
Tori Spelling.
Ok so that’s all of 2013.
I listened to 69 of the 93 books, which averaged out to $7.98 per book
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