Here we are at the end of the year 2014.
Did you read any great books?
I may actually still finish one or two books tonight but here is my list for the year:
27 books, total
7 - 5.0*
4 - 4.5*
9 – 4.0*
7 - 3.5*
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8 Memoirs
4 Adult
Fiction
5 Non
Fiction
4 Young Adult Fiction
1 Children’s
4 graphic novels
Findings: I really don’t like graphic novels. I still enjoy a well written Young Adult novel. I love memoirs.
January 2014
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?, Billy Crystal 4.5*
What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life, Tim Conway 4.0*
February 2014
Cave Paintings to Picasso: The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces,
Henry M Sayre, 5.0*
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel, Alan
Bradley, 4.5*
March 2014
Mouseton Abbey, Nick Page, 4.0*
April 2014
The Life and Times of Call the Midwife: The Official Companion to Season
One and Two, Heidi Thomas, 5.0*
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times,
Jennifer Worth, 5.0*
May 2014
Greetings from Nowhere, Barbara O’Connor, 4.0*
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth, 5.0
Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End, Jennifer Worth,
5.0*
Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children), Ransom
Riggs, 4.0*
The Potty Mouth at the Table, Laurie Notaro, 3.5*
July 2014
Lessons from the Mountain, Mary McDonough, 4.5*
August 2014
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel, Jonas
Jonasson, 4.0*
I Kill the Mockingbird, Paul Acampora, 4.0*
Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past,
Ransom Riggs, 4.0*
September 2014
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye, Robert Kirkman, 3.5*
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon, 4.5*
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us, Robert Kirkman, 3.5*
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars,Robert Kirkman, 3.5*
October 2014
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire, Robert Kirkman, 3.5*
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes, 4.0*
November 2014
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel (A Mitford Novel), Jan Karon, 4.0*
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir), May Van Wagenen, 5.0*
The Word Snoop, Ursula Dubosarsky, 3.5*
December 2014
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, Jim Lovell, 5.0*
Who is Tom Ditto?, Danny Wallace, 3.5*
This was actually my second time reading Lovell's memoir. I read it with our 13 year old son over the course of a few years. His retention is remarkable so it is fine that we read from it only a couple times a month. I highly recommend it.
