Favorite books read in 2013 Here goes, the best things I read out of last year’s 76 books. “The Eyre Affair” “Lost in a Good Book” “The Well of Lost Plots” by Jasper Fforde:  Hands down favorite discovery of 2013. Delightful, whipcrack smart, very funny, clever, and some decent adventures, too. Literature cops, pet dodos, Keep reading

Book recommendations from what I read in 2012 Overall, I was kinda underwhelmed by the 52 books I read this year. There were a handful of significant standouts (seen below) but also some real duds and slogs and unenjoyable messes. Seems every other book I read this past year was disappointing…so here’s hoping for a Keep reading

Okay, this year’s rough total is 74 books (I used to be SO compulsive about keeping accurate track. Now I’ll spend a few weeks, here and there, not recording things. This is probably a healthy thing, actually. In any case, here were the best things I read this year: Set This House in Order  by Matt Keep reading

(As mentioned in a previous post, I’m going to start using this space to keep track of my end of year book wrap-ups, so thought I’d share all the previous years I’ve done this first. And so, here is 2010) I read over 60 books this year (stopped keeping track for a few months in Keep reading