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What I read in 2019, in roughly chronological order.
Some of these are quite short but some are long, In the end I had 112 books and 35922 pages, both an all-time high for me.
These are all on my goodreads "read" list in more detail with ratings and an occasional note.

Lies Sleeping (Ben Aaronovich, Peter Grant, #7)
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (Randall Monroe)
The Book of the Year 2017 (QI elves)
Randomize (Andy Weir)
A Plague of Giants (Kevin Hearne Seven Kennings, #1)
All Systems Red (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
Artificial Condition (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Rogue Protocol (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Early Riser (Jasper Fforde)
Exit Strategy (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
Valence (Jennifer Foehner Wells, Confluence, #4)
Eric (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #9)
Pyramids (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #7)
Witches Abroad (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #12)
Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #3)
Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #11)
Moving Pictures (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #10)
Men at Arms (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)
Lords And Ladies (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #14)
Small Gods (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #13)
Soul Music (Terry Pratchett, Discworld #16)
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Feet of Clay (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #19)
Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #17)
Maskerade (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #18)
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Becky Chambers, Wayfarers, #3)
Hogfather (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #20)
The Consuming Fire (John Scalzi, The Interdependency, #2)
Jingo (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #21)
The Labyrinth Index (Charles Stross, Laundry Files, #9)
Carpe Jugulum (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #23)
The Last Continent (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #22)
Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds (Greg Milner)
The Truth (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #25)
The Fifth Elephant (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #24)
The Last Hero (Terry Pratchett)
Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #26)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #28)
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #29)
The Wee Free Men (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #30)
Monstrous Regiment (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #31)
Home (Nnedi Okorafor, Binti, #2)
The Night Masquerade (Nnedi Okorafor, Binti #3)
Going Postal (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #33)
A Hat Full of Sky (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #32)
Thud! (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #34)
Wintersmith (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #35)
Making Money (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #36)
Tiamat's Wrath (James Corey, The Expanse, #8)
Ancestral Night (Elizabeth Bear, White Space, #1)
Right Ho, Jeeves (PG Wodehouse, Jeeves, #6)
Unseen Academicals (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #37)
A Rare Book of Cunning Device (Ben Aaronovich, Peter Grant, #6.5)
Terminal Uprising (Jim C. Hines, Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #2)
Vanguard (Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet, #1)
I Shall Wear Midnight (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #38)
The Last Dragonslayer (Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer, #1)
Snuff (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #39)
Backpacker The Complete Guide to Backpacking: Field-Tested Gear, Advice, and Know-How for the Trail
Raising Steam (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #40)
The Shepherd's Crown (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5)
The Science of Discworld (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #1)
Darwin's Watch (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #3)
The Globe (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #2)
Ascendant (Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet, #2)
Atmosphæra Incognita (Neal Stephenson)
Triumphant (Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet, #3)
Judgement Day (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #4)
Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It (Adam Savage)
Where the Hell is Tesla? (Rob Dircks)
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Scott Kelly)
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal, Lady Astronaut, #1)
The Book of the Year 2018: Your Definitive Guide to the World’s Weirdest News (QI elves)
The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal, Lady Astronaut, #2)
Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik)
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings (Tom Holt)
Leave it to Jeeves (PG Wodehouse)
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse, The Sixth World, #1)
Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest (PG Wodehouse)
Just One Damned Thing After Another (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
A Symphony of Echoes (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #2)
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms (Hannah Fry)
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America (Bill Bryson)
Aftershocks (Marko Kloos, The Palladium Wars, #1)
A Second Chance (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)
Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
No Country for Old Gnomes (Delilah S Dawson, The Tales of Pell, #2)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Becky Chambers)
A Trail Through Time (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #4)
No Time Like the Past (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #5)
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #6)
Lies, Damned Lies, and History (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7)
And the Rest is History (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #8)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Roman Holiday (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's #3.5)
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #6.5)
The Very First Damned Thing (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #0.5)
When a Child is Born (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's #2.5)
My Name is Markham (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7.6)
Christmas Present (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's #4.5)
The Great St Mary's Day Out (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7.5)
A Perfect Storm (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #8.5)
Christmas Past (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #8.6)
The Callahan Touch (Spider Robinson, Mary's Place #1, Callahan's #6)
The Gateway Trip (Frederik Pohl, Heechee Saga, #5)
An Argumentation of Historians (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9)
Brief Cases (Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files, #15.1)

I put my goal for 2019 back up to 70 books, and at 56 books Jan-June, it looks like for the first time I could hit 100+ this year.

I've been powering through Discworld. I think it's been 6 or 7 years since I went through them the first time. That's not a bad interval and I may do it again.

[1] = ebook
[2] = audiobook

2019-01-01 • ★★★☆☆ A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne [1]
2019-01-05 • ★★★★☆ All Systems Red [Murderbot Diaries #1] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-06 • ★★★★☆ Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-01-07 • ★★★★☆ Pyramids by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-01-09 • ★★★★☆ Artificial Condition [Murderbot Diaries #2] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-12 • ★★★★☆ Rogue Protocol [Murderbot Diaries #3] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-14 • ★★★★☆ Guards, Guards! by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-01-19 • ★★★★☆ Early Riser by Jasper Fforde [1]
2019-01-20 • ★★★★★ Exit Strategy [Murderbot Diaries #4] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-23 • ★★★★☆ Valence [Confluence #4] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-02-12 • ★★★★☆ Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-12 • ★★★★☆ Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-12 • ★★★☆☆ Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-12 • ★★★★☆ Pyramids by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-12 • ★★★★☆ Eric by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-12 • ★★★★☆ Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-12 • ★★★★☆ Small Gods by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-23 • ★★★☆☆ Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-23 • ★★★★☆ Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-02-26 • ★★★★☆ Soul Music by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-03-01 • ★★★☆☆ Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky [1]
2019-03-20 • ★★★★☆ Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-03-20 • ★★★★☆ Maskerade by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-03-20 • ★★★★☆ Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-03-24 • ★★★★★ Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers [1]
2019-03-26 • ★★★★☆ Hogfather by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-03-30 • ★★★★☆ The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi [1]
2019-04-02 • ★★★★☆ Jingo by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-04-07 • ★★★★☆ The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross [1]
2019-04-22 • ★★★★☆ The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-04-27 • ★★★★☆ Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-01 • ★★★★☆ Pinpoint: How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds by Greg Milner [1]
2019-05-12 • ★★★☆☆ The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-12 • ★★★★☆ The Truth by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-12 • ★★★★☆ Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-12 • ★★★★☆ The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-16 • ★★★★☆ The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-22 • ★★★★☆ Night Watch by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-23 • ★★★★☆ The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-26 • ★★★★☆ Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-05-28 • ★★★★☆ Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor [1]
2019-05-31 • ★★★★☆ Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor [1]
2019-06-03 • ★★★★☆ Going Postal by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-03 • ★★★★☆ A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-08 • ★★★★☆ Thud by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-10 • ★★★★★ Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-15 • ★★★★☆ Making Money by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-15 • ★★★★★ Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey [1]
2019-06-21 • ★★★★★ Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear [1]
2019-06-22 • ★★★★☆ Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse [1]
2019-06-22 • ★★★★☆ Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-22 • ★★★☆☆ A Rare Book of Cunning Device by Ben Aaronovitch [1]
2019-06-24 • ★★★★☆ Terminal Uprising by Jim C. Hines [1]
2019-06-28 • ★★★★☆ I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-06-28 • ★★★★☆ Vanguard by Jack Campbell [1]
2019-06-29 • ★★★★☆ The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde [1]

Total to date Jan-Jun 2019
ebooks: 21
audiobooks: 35
total: 56

I put my goal for 2019 back up to 70 books. I still want to accomplish other things but I think I can do both - I just need to stop wasting so much time dicking around. Still planning to read nearly exclusively for pleasure not to meet a goal though. I do hope to read more print this year than in prior years.

2019-01-01 • ★★★☆☆ A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne [1]
2019-01-05 • ★★★★☆ All Systems Red [Murderbot Diaries #1] by Martha Wells
2019-01-06 • ★★★★☆ Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-01-07 • ★★★★☆ Pyramids by Terry Pratchett [2]
2019-01-09 • ★★★★☆ Artificial Condition [Murderbot Diaries #2] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-12 • ★★★★☆ Rogue Protocol [Murderbot Diaries #3] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-19 • ★★★★☆ Early Riser by Jasper Fforde [1]
2019-01-20 • ★★★★★ Exit Strategy [Murderbot Diaries #4] by Martha Wells [1]
2019-01-23 • ★★★★☆ Valence [Confluence #4] by Martha Wells

Total to date Jan-Jun 2019
ebooks: 6
audiobooks: 3
total: 9

Books read Jan-June 2018
Books read July-Dec 2018

Summary:
Total 2018
ebooks: 13
audiobooks: 31
total: 44

I reduced my goal significantly in 2018, down to 30, and finished 44.
For 2019 I've set my goal at 70. Might as well make it something I actually have to work for.

I lowered my goal to 30 books this year since I want to accomplish other things. As of September I'm past that goal, but I'm no longer reading to reach a goal, but rather for pleasure, which I think is the point anyway.

2018-07-09 • ★★★★★ The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson [2]
2018-07-15 • ★★★★☆ The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye by Stieg Larsson [2]
2018-07-20 • ★★★☆☆ Voyagers by Ben Bova [2]
2018-07-30 • ★★★☆☆ Voyagers II by Ben Bova [2]
2018-08-25 • ★★★☆☆ The Maze Runner by James Dashner [2]
2018-09-03 • ★★★☆☆ The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone [1]
2018-09-09 • ★★☆☆☆ The Scorch Trials by James Dashner [2]
2018-09-09 • ★★★★☆ Interworld by Neil Gaiman [2]
2018-09-16 • ★★★☆☆ The Silver Dream by Neil Gaiman [2]
2018-09-22 • ★★★★☆ Scourged by Kevin Hearne [1]
2018-09-23 • ★★★★☆ Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman [2]
2018-09-30 • ★★★★★ The Dispatcher by John Scalzi [2]
2018-10-10 • ★★★★☆ Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett [2]
2018-10-20 • ★★★☆☆ The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (re-read) [2]
2018-10-23 • ★★★★☆ The Druid Gene [aka Inheritance] by Jennifer Foehner Wells [2]
2018-11-04 • ★★★★☆ Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey [1]
2018-12-16 • ★★★★☆ Uncompromising Honor by David Weber [2]
2018-12-26 • ★★★★☆ Mort by Terry Pratchett [2]

2018-12-28 • ★★★★☆ Sourcery by Terry Pratchett [2]
Total to date Jul-Dec 2018
ebooks: 3
audiobooks: 16
total: 19

Last year I set a goal of 70 books and achieved 90. I've set the same goal this year, since last year I feel like I spent a little TOO much time reading.

2018-01-07 • ★★★★★ All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor [1]
2018-01-14 • ★★★★☆ In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson [2]
2018-02-26 • ★★★☆☆ The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkein [2]
2018-02-28 • ★★★★☆ Neither Here Nor There (Travels in Europe) by Bill Bryson [2]
2018-03-10 • ★★★★☆ First Family: Abigail and John by Joseph J. Ellis [2]
2018-03-11 • ★★★★☆ Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut [2]
2018-03-16 • ★★★★☆ The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde [2]
2018-03-25 • ★★★★☆ At Home by Bill Bryson [2]
2018-03-28 • ★★★★☆ The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke [1]
2018-04-23 • ★★★☆☆ At The Sign of Triumph by David Weber [1]
2018-04-24 • ★★★★☆ A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson [2]
2018-04-29 • ★★★★☆ Points of Impact by Marco Kloos [1]
2018-05-03 • ★★★★★ Head On by John Scalzi [2]
2018-05-06 • ★★★★☆ The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross [1]
2018-05-13 • ★★★★☆ The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer [2]
2018-05-15 • ★★★★☆ All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai [1]
2018-05-18 • ★★★☆☆ The Hangman's Revolution by Eoin Colfer [2]
2018-05-19 • ★★★★☆ Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty [1]
2018-05-22 • ★★★★☆ The Forever Man by Eoin Colfer [2]
2018-05-28 • ★★★★☆ The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey [1]
2018-05-29 • Axis by Robert Charles Wilson [1]
2018-06-02 • ★★★★★ Mythos by Stephen Fry [2]
2018-06-05 • ★★★★☆ Into The Fire by Elizabeth Moon [1]
2018-06-10 • ★★★★☆ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson [2]
2018-06-27 • ★★★★☆ The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson [2]

Total to date July-Dec 2018:
ebooks: 10
audio: 15
total: 25

[1] eBook
[2] Audiobook

I started 2017 by setting a Goodreads "reading challenge" of 70 books, which would be slightly higher than my previous annual record - it's the first time I've set a particular goal for the year and it did motivate me, though perhaps too much. I really spent a lot of time reading in the first half of the year in particular. While I certainly do not regret time spent reading, I did slack off on other things that I also enjoy. When a mid-year evaluation showed that I could not fail to hit 70 for the year even with a much slower pace, I dropped back on the push.

I am happy that I was able to somewhat diversify the genres that I am reading. I still fall back to science fiction and urban fantasy as my comfort reads, but I have found that such diverse titles as Jane Eyre and Caged Bird were some of my favorites of the year.

At the end of the year, I find that Goodreads says I've hit 90 books.

I have stopped doing book commentary here, but I do make (usually extremely brief) notes on Goodreads when I finish a book. Clicking into the detail link at the bottom, then on each book, will take you to the Goodreads page which has a lot of reviews better than mine (but also, mine)

I welcome Goodreads friends, if you're on. If you're not, I encourage you to check it out. I find it a good way to keep track of what I've read (my memory is so bad that I've found myself re-reading books and not realizing it until halfway through) and for motivation.

Total to date Jan-June 2017:
ebooks: 25
audio: 25
total: 50

Total to date July-Dec 2017:
ebooks: 19
audio: 21
total: 40

Overall 2016
ebooks: 44
Audio: 46
Total: 90

Me on Goodreads
Jan-Jun detail
Jul-Dec detail
2016
2015

Oh heck I almost put the book I just finished in Jan-June. Oddly enough I managed exactly 50 books, 25 text and 25 audio, in the first half of the year. I'd set my challenge to 70 books, which would be a record for me. I doubt I'll be able to maintain the pace in the 2nd half of the year but it's a goal.

January-June is here

2017-07-01 • ★★★★☆ The Story of the Stone by Barry Hughart [1]
2017-07-01 • ★★★★☆ The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde [2]
2017-07-02 • ★★★★☆ Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde [2]
2017-07-06 • ★★★☆☆ First Among Sequels [2]
2017-07-07 • ★★★★☆ Remanence by Jennifer Foehner Wells [1]
2017-07-11 • ★★★☆☆ One Of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde [2]
2017-07-13 • ★★★★★ Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon [1]
2017-07-15 • ★★★★☆ The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde [2]
2017-07-20 • ★★★★☆ Across the Universe by Beth Revis [2]
2017-07-23 • ★★★☆☆ A Million Suns by Beth Revis [2]
2017-07-24 • ★★★☆☆ Eight Skilled Gentlemen by Barry Hughart [1]
2017-07-28 • ★★★★☆ The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester [2]
2017-08-07 • ★★☆☆☆ Privateers by Ben Bova [1]
2017-08-09 • ★★★★★ The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland [2]
2017-08-13 • ★★★★☆ The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey [1]
2017-08-15 • ★★★★☆ The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin [2]
2017-08-20 • ★★★☆☆ Waylaid by Kim Harrison [1]
2017-08-25 • ★★★★☆ The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin [2]
2017-08-30 • ★★☆☆☆ The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter [2]
2017-09-11 • ★★★★☆ The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde [1]
2017-09-12 • ★★★★☆ The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson [1]
2017-09-15 • ★★★★☆ The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovich [1]
2017-09-19 • ★★★★☆ Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde [2]
2017-09-23 • ★★★★★ Dark Matter by Blake Crouch [2]
2017-10-08 • ★★★★★ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou [2]
2017-10-10 • ★★★★☆ Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire [2]
2017-10-24 • ★★★★☆ The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card [2]
2017-10-28 • ★★★☆☆ Software by Rudy Rucker [1]
2017-11-05 • ★★★★☆ The Gate Thief by Orson Scott Card [2]
2017-11-15 • ★★★☆☆ Gatefather by Orson Scott Card [2]

Total to date July-Dec 2017:
ebooks: 11
audio: 19
total: 30

[1] eBook
[2] Audiobook

This is a round-up location for all books read in the first half of this year.

2017-01-03 • ★★★★☆ The Hidden Family by Charles Stross [2]
2017-01-04 • ★★★★★ The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner [1]
2017-01-11 • ★★☆☆☆ The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross [2]
2017-01-16 • ★★☆☆☆ Brass Man by Neal Asher [1]
2017-01-22 • ★★★☆☆ The Merchant's War by Charles Stross [2]
2017-01-24 • ★★★★☆ Shadowed Souls [1]
2017-01-31 • ★★★☆☆ The Revolution Business by Charles Stross [2]
2017-02-10 • ★★★★☆ The Trade of Queens by Charles Stross [2]
2017-02-25 • ★★★★☆ It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis [1]
2017-02-07 • ★★★★★ Empire Games by Charles Stross [1]
2017-03-19 • ★★★☆☆ Shadow of Victory by Davoid Weber [1]
2017-03-26 • ★★☆☆☆ Bonk by Mary Roach [1]
2017-03-28 • ★★★★★ The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi [1]
2017-04-03 • ★★★★★ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee [1]
2017-04-09 • ★★★★☆ The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
2017-04-10 • ★★★★☆ Grass by Sheri S. Tepper [1]
2017-04-13 • ★★★★☆ Libriomancer by Jim Hines [1]
2017-04-16 • ★★★★☆ Codex Born by Jim Hines [1]
2017-04-16 • ★★★★☆ Dead Men's Boots by Mike Carey [2]
2017-04-19 • ★★★★☆ Unbound by Jim Hines [1]
2017-04-19 • ★★★★☆ Thicker than Water by Mike Carey [2]
2017-04-23 • ★★★★☆ The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey [2]
2017-04-24 • ★★★★☆ Revisionary by Jim Hines [1]
2017-04-26 • ★★★★★ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers [1]
2017-04-26 • ★★★☆☆ Symbiont by Mira Grant [2]
2017-04-28 • ★★★★☆ A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers [1]
2017-04-28 • ★★★★☆ The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey [2]
2017-05-01 • ★★★☆☆ Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines [2]
2017-05-05 • ★★★☆☆ Goblin Hero by Jim C Hines [2]
2017-05-06 • ☆☆☆☆☆ Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee [1]
2017-05-10 • ★★★★☆ Way Station by Clifford D Simak [1]
2017-05-10 • ★★★☆☆ Goblin War by Jim C Hines [2]
2017-05-13 • ★★★★★ Chains of Command by Marko Kloos [2]
2017-05-15 • ★★★★☆ All The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders [1]
2017-05-17 • ★★★★★ Fields of Fire by Marko Kloos [2]
2017-05-20 • ★★★★☆ Imperfect Sword by Jack Campbell [1]
2017-05-26 • ★★★★☆ Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly [1]
2017-05-26 • ★★★★☆ The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines [2]
2017-05-30 • ★★★★☆ Shattered Spear by Jack Campbell [1]
2017-05-31 • ★★★★☆ The Mermaid's Madness by Jim C. Hines [2]
2017-06-03 • ★★★★☆ Red Hood's Revenge by Jim C. Hines [2]
2017-06-04 • ★★★★★ We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor [1]
2017-06-08 • ★★★★☆ For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor [1]
2017-06-11 • ★★★★☆ The Snow Queen's Shadow by Jim C. Hines [2]
2017-06-11 • ★★★★☆ Fairest by Marissa Meyer [2]
2017-06-17 • ★★★★☆ The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde [2]
2017-07-18 • ★★★★☆ Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart [1]
2017-07-19 • ★★☆☆☆ A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle [2]
2017-07-20 • ★★★☆☆ Chimera by Mira Grant [2]
2017-07-27 • ★★★★☆ Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde [2]

Total to date Jan-June 2017:
ebooks: 25
audio: 25
total: 50

[1] eBook
[2] Audiobook

I started 2016 making a special push to get more books read that year, and especially to try to get into more genres and more non-fiction. I'm pretty pleased with the results. At the end of the year I had 69 books finished (27,500 pages), which is more than any year other than 2008. In 2008 I was happily consuming Discworld, Honor Harrington and The Serrano Legacy series on audiobook while bicycle commuting, so that alone is a huge volume.

Now that I'm doing the wrap-up, I see that the book count is somewhat inflated because Goodreads is counting the short stories as well. I didn't count them below. So perhaps 65 is a more accurate count, or perhaps 65.5.

Meanwhile, every time I finish a book and skip back to the main page on the Kindle to see what to read next, I'm faced with a hard choice. I already have a dozen books that I want to read next, and more that would be in the same boat but I haven't loaded them yet. I guess it's a good problem to have.

BTW I'd be happy to have more Goodreads friends. This is me on Goodreads

Jan-Jun detail
Jul-Dec detail

Total to date Jan-Jun 2016:
ebooks: 18
audio: 14
total: 32

Total to date Jul-Dec 2016:
ebooks: 15
audio: 18
total: 33

Overall 2016
ebooks: 33
Audio: 32
Total: 65

[1] eBook
[2] Audiobook

This is a round-up location for all books read in the second half of this year.

2016-07-02 • ★★★★☆ Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson [1]
2016-07-04 • ★★★★☆ Grunt by Mary Roach [1]
2016-07-10 • ★★★★★ The Rook by Daniel O'Malley [1]
2016-07-16 • ★★★★★ The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross [1]
2016-07-19 • ★★★★★ Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt [1]
2016-07-25 • ★★★★☆ The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevski [2]
2016-07-27 • ★★★★★ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [2]
2016-07-31 • ★★★★★ Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
2016-08-13 • ★★★★★ 11/22/63 by Stephen King [2]
2016-08-21 • ★★★★☆ Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
2016-08-21 • ★★★☆☆ The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins [1]
2016-08-26 • ★★★★☆ Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
2016-08-30 • ★★★★☆ Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
2016-09-01 • ★★★★☆ The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin[1]
2016-09-01 • ★★★★☆ Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch [2]
2016-09-09 • ★★☆☆☆ Pattern Recognition by William Gibson [2]
2016-09-09 • ★★★★★ Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley [1]
2016-09-10 • ★★☆☆☆ Inherit The Stars by James P Hogan
2016-09-12 • ★★★☆☆ Powersat by Ben Bova [1]
2016-09-16 • ★★★★☆ The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters [1]
2016-09-18 • ★★★☆☆ May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt [1]
2016-09-24 • ★★★☆☆ Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja [1]
2016-09-24 • ★★★★☆ The Devil You Know by Mike Carey [2]
2016-10-06 • ★★★★☆ Fluency by Jennifer Foehner Wells [2]
2016-10-06 • ★★★☆☆ Death's End by Cixin Liu [1]
2016-10-12 • ★★★★☆ Vicious Circle by Mike Carey [2]
2016-10-18 • ★★☆☆☆ The Family Trade by Charles Stross [2]
2016-10-26 • ★★★☆☆ Cinder by Marissa Meyer [2]
2016-10-30 • ★★★★★ Spin by Robert Charles Wilson [1]
2016-11-07 • ★★★★★ Scarlet by Marissa Meyer [2]
2016-12-01 • ★★★★☆ Cress by Marissa Meyer [2]
2016-12-19 • ★★★★★ Winter by Marissa Meyer [2]
2016-12-25 • ★★★★★ Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow [1]
2016-12-28 • ★★★★★ Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey [1]

Total to date Jul-Dec 2016:
ebooks: 15
paper: 0
audio: 18
total: 33

[1] eBook
[2] Audiobook

This is a round-up location for all books read in the first half of this year.

2016-01-03 • ★★★★☆ Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars #2) by Jack Campbell [1]
2016-01-08 • ★★★☆☆ Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder [1]
2016-01-16 • ★★★☆☆ River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit [1]
2016-01-24 • ★★★★★ Dust by Hugh Howey (Silo #3) [1]
2016-01-30 • ★★★★☆ In Our Hands The Stars by Harry Harrison [1]
2016-02-05 • ★★★★☆ The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett [1]
2016-02-06 • ★★★★☆ A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C Clarke [1]
2016-02-16 • ★★★★☆ Staked by Kevin Hearne [1]
2016-02-28 • ★☆☆☆☆ Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks [1]
2016-03-09 • ★★★★☆ Robopocalypse by Daniel H Wilson [2]
2016-03-20 • ★★★★☆ Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster [1]
2016-04-18 • ★★★☆☆ Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell [2]
2016-04-23 • ★★★☆☆ Armada by Earnest Cline [2]
2016-05-03 • ★★★☆☆ Parasite by Mira Grant [2]
2016-05-04 • ★★★★★ Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow [1]
2016-05-08 • ★★★★☆ Gridlinked by Neal Asher [1]
2016-05-11 • ★★★★☆ Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card [2]
2016-05-12 • ★★★★☆ Lab Girl by Hope Jehren [1]
2016-05-16 • ★★★★☆ The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke [1]
2016-05-17 • ★★★★☆ Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher [1]
2016-05-15 • ★★★★☆ Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card [2]
2016-05-23 • ★★★★☆ Earth Awakens by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston [2]
2016-05-25 • ★★★★★ Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury [2]
2016-05-26 • ★★☆☆☆ Rama II by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee [1]
2016-05-31 • ★★★☆☆ Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card [2]
2016-06-04 • ★★★★☆ Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card [2]
2016-06-07 • ★★★★☆ John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger [2]
2016-06-10 • ★★★★☆ A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle [2]
2016-06-10 • ★★★★☆ Too Like the Lighting by Ada Palmer [1]
2016-06-17 • ★★★★★ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens [2]
2016-06-22 • ★★★☆☆ Line of Polity by Neal Asher [1]
2016-06-22 • ★★★★★ The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

Total to date Jan-Jun 2016:
ebooks: 18
paper: 0
audio: 14
total: 32

[1] eBook
[2] Audiobook

OK, managed to polish off one last book before midnight. Time to tally up.

I managed to get through 47 books this year, right around 21,000 pages according to GoodReads. I'm happy with that given that it was almost all print. I've technically done more books and pages in prior years but that was mostly audio. I like audio, I actually have good, in many cases better retention and enjoyment of audio than print, and for some books it's about the only way I'm going to get through them, but I still feel a little funny counting them as "pages read."

Speaking of Goodreads, here's the kind of cool My Year in Books

Jan-June 2015 detail and links
ebooks: 23
paper: 0
audio: 2
total: 25

Jul-Dec 2015 detail and links
ebooks: 18
paper: 0
audio: 4
total: 22

This is a round-up location for all books read in the second half of this year.

2015-07-05 • ★★★★☆ Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey [1]
2015-07-12 • ★★★★★ Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey [1]
2015-07-23 • ★★★★☆ The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross [1]
2015-07-26 • ★★★★★ Angles of Attack by Marko Kloos [1]
2015-08-12 • ★★★★☆ Shift by Hugh Howey [1]
2015-08-17 • ★★★★★ The End of All Things by John Scalzi [1]
2015-08-29 • ★★★★★ Apex by Ramez Naam [1]
2015-09-01 • ★★★★☆ The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin [1]
2015-09-06 • ★★★★☆ Don Quixote volumes 1 and 2 [2]
2015-09-11 • ★★★★☆ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane [3]
2015-09-12 • ★★★★★ Seveneves by Neal Stephenson [1]
2015-09-20 • ★★★☆☆ Packing for Mars by Mary Roach [1]
2015-09-28 • ★★★★☆ The Hunchback of Notre Dame [3]
2015-10-24 • ★★★☆☆ Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds [1]
2015-11-07 • ★★★☆☆ Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie [1]
2015-12-07 • ★★★★☆ Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber [1]
2015-12-19 • ★★★★★ The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher [1]
2015-12-23 • ★★★★☆ Guardian (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #3) by Jack Campbell [1]
2015-12-25 • ★★★★☆ Steadfast (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #4) by Jack Campbell [1]
2015-12-27 • ★★★★☆ Leviathan (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #5) by Jack Campbell [1]
2015-12-31 • ★★★★☆ A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias [1]

Total to date July-Dec 2015:
ebooks: 18
paper: 0
audio: 4
total: 22

[1] Purchased from Amazon/Kindle store
[2] Librivox audiobook
[3] Audible audiobook

I'll be updating this as I finish books for the first half of the year, then reposting it in July as a summary.

2015-01-10 • ★★☆☆☆ Five Billion Years of Solitude by Lee Billings (ebook)
2015-01-25 • ★★☆☆☆ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (ebook)
2015-01-31 • ★★★★☆ Ever After by Kim Harrison [1]
2015-02-07 • ★★★★☆ Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford & Larry Niven [1]
2015-02-16 • ★★★☆☆ Shipstar by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven [1]
2015-02-23 • ★★★★★ The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison [1]
2015-02-25 • ★★★★★ Crux by Ramez Naam [1]
2015-03-04 • ★★★★★ The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
2015-03-06 • ★★★★★ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [1]
2015-03-15 • ★★★★★ Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier [1]
2015-03-21 • ★★★★☆ Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie [1]
2015-03-23 • ★★★★☆ Fire with Fire by Charles Gannon (Tales of the Terran Republic #1) [1]
2015-03-29 • ★★★★☆ The Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison [1]
2015-04-07 • ★★★★☆ Trial by Fire by Charles Gannon [1]
2015-04-10 • ★★★★☆ Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie [3]
2015-04-18 • ★★★★☆ Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell [3]
2015-04-18 • ★★★★★ Letters to a Young Scientist by E.O. Wilson [1]
2015-05-02 • ★★★★★ Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey [1]
2015-05-09 • ★★★★★ The Arsenal of Democracy by A.J. Baime [1]
2015-05-16 • ★★★★☆ Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed [1]
2015-05-30 • ★★★☆☆ Singularity Sky by Charles Stross [1]
2015-06-06 • ★★★★★ Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey [1]
2015-06-09 • ★★★☆☆ You Don't Have to be Evil To Work Here, But it Helps by Tom Holt [1]
2015-06-21 • ★★★★☆ Wool by Hugh Howey [1]
2015-06-27 • Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey [1]

Total to date Jan-June 2015:
ebooks: 23
paper: 0
audio: 2
total: 25

[1] Purchased from Amazon/Kindle store
[2] We own a paper copy
[3] Purchased from Audible

Books read by me, first half of 2014

A few of these really slowed me down and brought down my total count. Totally worth it though. The Power Makers took an entire month to get through, and the Elizabeth Bear Eternal Sky trilogy took about 6 weeks.

2014-01-03 • ★★★★☆ Dodger by Terry Pratchett (ebook [1])
2014-01-03 • ★★★★☆ Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (ebook [2])
2014-01-06 • ★★★☆☆ The Incrementalists by Stephen Brust and Skyler White (ebook)
2014-01-11 • ★★★★☆ Invincible (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #2) by Jack Campbell (ebook) [1]
2014-01-18 • ★★★★★ The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch [1]
2014-01-22 • ★★☆☆☆ Magyk (Septimus Heap #1) by Angie Sage [2]
2014-01-30 • ★★★★☆ The Portable Door by Tom Holt [1]
2014-02-13 • ★★★★★ The Power Makers - Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America by Maury Klein [3] no ebook version available
2014-02-15 • ★★★★☆ Tricked (Iron Druid #4) by Kevin Hearne [1]
2014-02-22 • ★★★★☆ The Darwin Elevator by Jason M Hough (Dire Earth #1) [1]
2014-02-23 • ★★★★★ Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos [1]
2014-03-01 • ★★★★★ Lines of Departure by Marko Kloos [1]
2014-03-02 • ★★★★☆ Measures of Absolution by Marko Kloos [4]
2014-03-02 • ★★★★☆ Trapped by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid #5) [1]
2014-03-02 • ★★★★☆ The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin [2]
2014-03-09 • ★★★★★ Hunted by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid #6) [1]
2014-03-09 • ★★★★☆ Two Ravens and One Crow by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid 4.5 (novella)) [1]
2014-03-23 • ★★★☆☆ Like a Mighty Army (Safehold #7) by David Weber [1]
2014-04-02 • ★★★★☆ In Your Dreams by Tom Holt - very predictable, unfortunately, but still good [1]
2014-04-02 • ★★★★☆ The God Engines by John Scalzi [5]
2014-04-10 • ★★★★☆ The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison (The Hollows # 6) [1]
2014-04-19 • ★★★★☆ For A Few Demons More by Kim Harrison (The Hollows #5) [1]
2014-05-10 • ★★★★☆ Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky #1) [1]
2014-06-02 • ★★★★☆ Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky #2) [1]
2014-06-21 • ★★★★☆ Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky #3) [1]
2014-06-23 • ★★★★★ Skin Game (Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher [1]
2014-06-27 • ★★★★☆ Shattered by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid #7) [1]

Total to date Jan-June 2014:
ebooks: 25
paper: 1
audio: 0
total: 26

[1] - purchased from Amazon/Kindle
[2] - we own a paper copy, no ebook version available for purchase, I found a pirate copy. I'll buy one if one is ever made available.
[3] - Library
[4] - Kindle lending library
[5] - Humble Bundle

I intended to keep a single post of all books I've ever read, but the LiveJournal editor became extremely slow on my machine with that long of a post, so I'm starting another for 2013.

The first one is here
( Cut because this is going to get really big )

Current Mood: blah

This is a single location for all books I've read (and that I can remember). I'm finding myself having to go back through years of book roundups to see if I've read something when I'm looking for the next month's reading.
So hopefully I can just put it all here and have one post to search, editing it as I complete new stuff.
There's nothing new in here, it's just a cut/paste and cleanup from previous roundups.
( big long post )

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