What I read in 2014
For the first time since I started keeping these reading lists, I dipped below 100 books read this year – my total was only 93. I suspect the main reason for that is that I got out of habit of reading for pleasure in the first half of the year, when I was reading so many research papers for my course (none of which I counted towards my reading total, as they weren’t books, just journal articles – if I’d counted them the number would look way more impressive!) that when I took a break picking up a book was the last thing I’d feel like doing – instead, I’d watch a DVD, or something on YouTube, or play a game: anything quick and brainless and not requiring the concentration of reading (plus, the whole “critical reading” skill I was acquiring, which while invaluable for my academic aspirations, had the unfortunate side effect of making me more critical about everything I read…). So by the time I finished the course I’d got out of the habit of reading being my default relaxation option.
But anyway, although shorter than usual, here’s the list for 2014:
Total = 93 books
January (11)
- The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood (e-book)
- A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett
- Wall and Piece by Banksy (art book, borrowed from a friend)
- The Boy in the River by Richard Hoskins
- The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day
- Selection Event by Wayne Wightman (e-book)
- Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (library audio book)
- Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris (borrowed from SIL)
- Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh
- The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (library audio book)
- Dodger’s Guide to London by Terry Pratchett
February (6)
- Where Angels Fear to Tread by EM Forster (library audio book)
- Under the Harrow by Mark Dunn (e-book)
- What the Animals Taught Me by Stephanie Marohn (library audio book)
- Conrad’s Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (library audio book)
- Labour Day by Joyce Maynard (library audio book)
March (6)
- Death of an Artist by Kate Wilhelm (library audio book)
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (library audio book)
- The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris (borrowed from SIL)
- Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky (library audio book)
- Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Journey by Kathryn Lasky (library audio book)
- Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Rescue by Kathryn Lasky (library audio book)
April (6)
- Mrs Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn (e-book)
- Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman
- The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty
- We Don’t Live Here Anymore by Matt Nable
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (library audio book)
- Tom Appleby, Convict Boy by Jackie French
May (9)
- The Lure by Lynne Ewing (library audio book)
- The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C Morais (e-book)
- Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle (library audio book)
- The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper
- The Spa Decameron by Fay Weldon
- Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
- Stealing the Mystic Lamb by Noah Charney (library audio book)
- One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
June (6)
- Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (library audio book)
- The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (library audio book)
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe (library audio book)
July (10)
- Anne of The Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (library audio book)
- Anne’s House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (library audio book)
- Anne of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer (library audio book)
- Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- The Selection by Kiera Cass (library audio book)
August (10)
- Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- Astray by Emma Donoghue
- A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant (library audio book)
- Atlantic by Simon Winchester
- The Adventures of Sally by PG Wodehouse (library audio book)
- MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
- Chronicles of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman (library audio book)
- As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
- Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery (e-book)
September (5)
- All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue (library audio book)
- A Beautiful Lie by Tara Sivec (e-book)
- The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (library audio book)
- Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
- Home Front by Kristin Hannah (library audio book)
October (5)
- The Alphabet Abecedarium by Richard A. Firmage
- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (library audio book)
- Feed by Mira Grant (library audio book)
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick (library audio book)
November (9)
- Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood (e-book)
- Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (library audio book)
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing by Judith L. Rapoport
- Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein (library audio book)
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (e-book)
- The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits by Emma Donoghue
- Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
- The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce (libary audio book)
- Mondo Desperado by Patrick McCabe
December (9)
- I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté (library audio book)
- A Comfort of Cats by Doreen Tovey
- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen (library audio book)
- Landing by Emma Donoghue
- The Secret Life of Pronouns by James W Pennebaker (e-book)
- The Sky Inside by Clare B Dunkle (library audio book)
- Free-Motion Quilting for Beginners by Molly Hanson
- Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy Crystal (library audio book)
What I read in 2013 (129 books)
What I read in 2012 (128 books)
What I read in 2011 (133 books)
What I read in 2010 (137 books)
What I read in 2009 (150 books)
What I read in 2008 (154 books)
What I read in 2007 (123 books)
What I read in 2006 (140 books)
What I read in 2005 (168 books)
What counts as a book?
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