The time has come again for the annual what-I-read list. Once again I have been completely shamed by Kiersten. I probably shouldn't even post any more for the volume and depth of the shame. But, here it is nonetheless:
January
Timon of Athens - William Shakespeare
The Pearl of Great Price - Various
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo
February
Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling
Corialanus - William Shakespeare
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Pericles - William Shakespeare
March
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Cymbeline - William Shakespeare
Mort - Terry Pratchett
The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare
The Passage - Justin Cronin
The Tempest - William Shakespeare
April
Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
Venus and Adonis - William Shakespeare
Troll Bridge- Terry Pratchett
The Two Noble Kinsman - William Shakespeare
Eric - Terry Pratchett
The Rape of Lucrece - William Shakespeare
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
The Phoenix and the Turtle - William Shakespeare
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
A Lover's Complaint - William Shakespeare
May
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
Sonnets - William Shakespeare
The Book of Mormon - Various
Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett
Theatre of Cruelty - Terry Pratchett
Washington: The Indispensable Man - James Flexner
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Crucial Conversations - Various
June
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Bushman
July
Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett
John Adams - David McCullough
August
BYU Football Vault - Duff Tittle
Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
September
Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
The Old Testament - Various
October
Brigham Young: American Moses - James Arrington
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson - Joseph Ellis
November
Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett
December
John Taylor: The Last Pioneer - Samuel W. Taylor
Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett
By my count, that's 47 books read this past year. That's an improvement of 5 over last year, so I am relatively pleased with that. My football season/end of year dropoff, though, seems worse than usual and I'm not too thrilled with that. The fact that I spent many hours working on the new room was a definite contributor there, no doubt, along with the denser historical biographies, too.
In any event, I have started reading the discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. I like them pretty well, but I don't think I'm as huge a fan as others. I have been interested enough that I think I will finish the entire series.
Noteworthy, too, is that I finished my complete works of Shakespeare. Going forward, I intend on reading a couple of those every year. Not sure I'll again read the whole thing cover to cover.
To substitute for that, I am now alternating between historical biographies of Presidents of the United States and Presidents of the Church. So far that has been extraordinarily fulfilling and I am really enjoying it. Much denser reading, though, so once I finish with Church Presidents I will make every third book a U.S. President biography. Three kids now; what are the chances I can best 47 in 2013? Very low, I imagine.
One side note on my diversions from the Pratchett/Bio program. I read The Passage at my brother Dan's suggestion, and was for a while afraid to turn out the lights. :-) Great book, though, I will definitely have to get to the sequel sometime this year. Unbroken was also outstanding and worth mentioning on its own right. What an incredible story. If you haven't read it yet, I would recommend it.
And once again I pay homage to Kiersten, who is the most prolific reader I know.
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3 comments:
Not knowing Keirsten... how many books did she read this year?
I'm glad you're working your way through Terry Pratchett! I worked a really boring job after college, and listening to his audiobooks was a joy. And you may have already started to notice, but his later Discworld books seem to become less silly and more satirical.
Counting all the kiddo books, I checked out about 80 books from the library last year. And I reread a handful of books I already own. But I don't think any of my reading was as heavy as your epic Shakespeare. Wow.
Kiersten read 98 books last year, by my quick count. She had read more than my annual total by the end of June.
The reading schedule I have for discworld is kind of all over the place, as you've noticed. I do like it, but there are a lot of people I have talked to that adore him, and I don't think I quite get there. Very entertaining, though.
80 is quite a respectable number, even if there are kid books mixed in.
You are so funny. When you are nursing a baby and sitting on the couch ALL DAY LONG you will probably read 98 books, too :)
Very impressed by the Shakespeare. That is a huge accomplishment, and I like the presidential biographies plan. I've read a few that I've really enjoyed, and then I've gotten bogged down in others. I'll be looking forward to your recommendations!
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