My Total For 2012 : 117
First off I would like to say thank you. It was posts like this in the community last year that made me take note of what I was reading on a weekly basis. I used to be a fairly prolific reader when I was younger, but somewhere between university and full-time employment, the amount of time I set aside for reading got smaller and smaller. I found that keeping this list of what I was reading actually spurred me on to make an effort to read, and it's been a really enjoyable experience.
Below the cut are the 117 books/graphic novels that I managed to get through this year. I'll be the first to admit that some of them are 'trash' that I have picked up from the free Kindle list on Amazon, and that some of you may not feel that graphic novels should count in a book list, but some of my time went into all of these so it only feels right to list them all.
Books
Vampire Diaries: The Hunters - Phantom - 'LJ Smith' - 9th Jan
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller - 11th Jan
The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien - 13th Jan
Super Team (Fables) - Bill Willingham - 14th Jan
Heat Wave - Richard Castle - 2nd Feb
The Blue Guide - Carrie Williams - 3rd Feb
The Devil Inside - Portia Da Costa - 8th Feb
Naked Heat - Richard Castle - 10th Feb
Heat Rises - Richard Castle - 18th Feb
Intimate Strangers - Laura Taylor - 20th Feb
The Ride - Keara Kevay - 20th Feb
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - 22nd Feb
V For Vendetta - Alan Moore - 26th Feb
Buster's Diaries - Roy Hattersley - 26th Feb
The Scar - China Miéville - 26th Feb
Wolverine: Origin - Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada and Paul Jenkins - 27th Feb
Vampire Diaries: The Hunters - Moonsong - 'LJ Smith' - 1st March
London: Executioner's City - David Brandon & Alan Brooke - 3rd March
David - Mary Hoffman - 4th March
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carré - 5th March
Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris - 6th March
The Dragon Delasangre - Alan F Troop - 7th March
Red Gloves - Beth Vaughan - 10th March
Wolfsangel - M.D Lachlan - 11th March
Skarlet - Thomas Emson - 14th March
The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter - 15th March
A Touch of Dead - Charlaine Harris - 18th March
Virals - Kathy Reichs - 20th March
Promise of the Wolves - Dorothy Hearst - 21st March
The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell - 22nd March
Stargate: Trial By Fire - Sabine C Bauer - 28th March
Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell - 5th April
Stargate: City of the Gods - Sonny Whitelaw - 5th April
Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie - 9th April
Stargate: The First Amendment - Ashley McConnell - 10th April
Wicked Rake, Defiant Mistress - Ann Lethbridge - 26th April
X-Files / 30 Days of Night - Steve Niles & Adam Jones - 26th April
Eagle In The Sky - Wilbur Smith - 27th April
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane - 28th April
The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan - 30th April
Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin - 5th May
Dragons Over England - TORG Anthology - 7th May
Velocity - Dean Koontz - 8th May
The Good Guy - Dean Koontz - 9th May
The Furies - Mike Carey & John Bolton - 17th May
Spike vs Dracula - Peter David - 18th May
Wolverine: Origins & Endings - Way, Texeira, Saltares - 19th May
The Frumious Bandersnatch - Ed McBain - 20th May
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 20th May
House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski - 21st May
Labyrinth - Kate Mosse - 23rd May
Cinderella - Fables Are Forever - Chris Roberson - 28th May
Iron Council - China Miéville - 28th May
Sepulchre - Kate Mosse - 1st June
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Volume 1 : Long Way Home - Jeanty, Owens, Chen, Whedon - 1st June
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Volume 2 : No Future For You - Various Artists, Whedon, Vaughan - 1st June
Batman: The Chalice - Dixon, Van Fleet - 1st June
Kraken - China Miéville - 3rd June
Fifty Shades of Grey - E L James - 4th June
Fifty Shades Darker - E L James - 5th June
Fifty Shades Freed - E L James 7th June
The City & The City - China Miéville - 9th June
Thor (2007) - J. Michael Straczynski & Olivier Coipel - 9th June
3096 Days - Natascha Kampusch - 10th June
Civil War - Mark Millar & Steve McNiven - 11th June
My Sisters Keeper - Jodi Picoult - 19th June
My Horizontal Life - A Collection of One-Night Stands - Chelsea Handler - 20th June
The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie - 28th June
Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Angel: Past Lives - Golden, Sniegoski, Richards & Zanier - 28th June
A Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick - 28th June
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05 - John Wagner & Alan Grant - 4th July
Stargate SG-1: Survival of the Fittest - Sabine C Bauer - 15th July
Before They Are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie - 15th July
Stargate SG-1: Siren Song - Holly Scott & Jamie Duncan - 17th July
The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse - 18th July
The Zombie Autopsies, Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse - Steven C Schlozman, MD - 18th July
Stargate SG-1: Sunrise - J.F. Crane - 21st July
Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence - 28th July
Are You There Vodka? It's me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler - 31st July
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang - Chelsea Handler - 2nd August
Stargate: SG-1: Power Behind The Throne - Steven Savile - 4th August
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater - 5th August
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller - 9th August
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection - 'Dr Robert Twombly' Don Roff - 9th August
Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie - 12th August
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Children of Hamlin - Carmen Carter - 14th August
A Deniable Death - Gerald Seymour - 17th August
The Pact - Jodi Picoult - 18th August
Back of Beyond - C.J. Box - 18th August
Rivers of London - Ben Aaronavitch - 19th August
The Philosopher and The Wolf - Mark Rowlands - 12th September
The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell - 17th September
Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwell - 3rd October
Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell - 21st October
Fables: Inherit The Wind - Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Shawn McManus - 23rd October
Saga: Volume 1 - Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples - 24th October
Star Trek: Countdown - Johnson, Jones, Messina - 25th October
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering - Tipton, Messina - 26th October
Hale's Point - Patricia Ryan - 28th October
The Infinity Gauntlet - Starlin, Perez, Lim - 5th November
The Little Book of London - David Long - 18th November
Lupine Howl: The Complete First Series (All 8 Books) - Amy Cross - 18th November
Wander Love - Belle Malory - 24th November
Winter Warmers: A Gift For You From - Carole Matthews - 8th December
The Boat Builder's Bed - Kris Pearson - 8th December
Azincourt - Bernard Cornwell - 9th December
The Budapest Protocol - Adam Lebor - 16th December
Darkness Falls - Jessica Sorensen - 18th December
Wolf Blood - N/M Browne - 19th December
The Hedge Knight - George R R Martin - 20th December
Stargate SG-1: Moebius Squared - Melissa Scott & Jo Graham - 22nd December
Stargate SG-1: Heart's Desire - Amy Griswold - 25th December
1602 - Neil Gaiman - 25th December
The Long Ride Home - Grant Gall - 26th December
The Vampyre - Tom Holland - 27th December
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi - 29th December
Mammoth - Stephen Baxter - 31st December
Favourite Fiction : China Mieville's "The Scar" and John Le Carre's, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - The first because the world-building is absolutely breath-taking, the second because it has incredibly evocative descriptions of the English countryside, as well as a great story.
Favourite Non-Fiction : London - Executioner's City - I used to live in London, and I wish I had read this book when I was there.
Best Series Bernard Cornwell "The Warlord Chronicles" - I am so thankful to my boss for recommending these to me. Not only will you fall in love with the characters, but you will want to start an affair with the British Isles.
Best Graphic Novel : "1602" - I did like "Civil War", I'm not sure 'enjoy' is the right word to use for it though. I really liked the idea behind "1602", and it keeps popping up in my thoughts.
Books I would recommend to anyone : "The Philosopher and The Wolf" (a good 'thinky' book, but it tricks you into having deep thoughts) , "Azincourt" (simply stunning, unrepentadly gory) and "The Windup Girl" (a wonderful introduction, for anyone, to steampunk and alternative thinking).
Most Disappointing: "The Scarpetta Factor" - it made me want to erase my own memory, same goes for "Port Mortuary".
Below the cut are the 117 books/graphic novels that I managed to get through this year. I'll be the first to admit that some of them are 'trash' that I have picked up from the free Kindle list on Amazon, and that some of you may not feel that graphic novels should count in a book list, but some of my time went into all of these so it only feels right to list them all.
Books
Vampire Diaries: The Hunters - Phantom - 'LJ Smith' - 9th Jan
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller - 11th Jan
The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien - 13th Jan
Super Team (Fables) - Bill Willingham - 14th Jan
Heat Wave - Richard Castle - 2nd Feb
The Blue Guide - Carrie Williams - 3rd Feb
The Devil Inside - Portia Da Costa - 8th Feb
Naked Heat - Richard Castle - 10th Feb
Heat Rises - Richard Castle - 18th Feb
Intimate Strangers - Laura Taylor - 20th Feb
The Ride - Keara Kevay - 20th Feb
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - 22nd Feb
V For Vendetta - Alan Moore - 26th Feb
Buster's Diaries - Roy Hattersley - 26th Feb
The Scar - China Miéville - 26th Feb
Wolverine: Origin - Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada and Paul Jenkins - 27th Feb
Vampire Diaries: The Hunters - Moonsong - 'LJ Smith' - 1st March
London: Executioner's City - David Brandon & Alan Brooke - 3rd March
David - Mary Hoffman - 4th March
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carré - 5th March
Dead Reckoning - Charlaine Harris - 6th March
The Dragon Delasangre - Alan F Troop - 7th March
Red Gloves - Beth Vaughan - 10th March
Wolfsangel - M.D Lachlan - 11th March
Skarlet - Thomas Emson - 14th March
The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter - 15th March
A Touch of Dead - Charlaine Harris - 18th March
Virals - Kathy Reichs - 20th March
Promise of the Wolves - Dorothy Hearst - 21st March
The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell - 22nd March
Stargate: Trial By Fire - Sabine C Bauer - 28th March
Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell - 5th April
Stargate: City of the Gods - Sonny Whitelaw - 5th April
Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie - 9th April
Stargate: The First Amendment - Ashley McConnell - 10th April
Wicked Rake, Defiant Mistress - Ann Lethbridge - 26th April
X-Files / 30 Days of Night - Steve Niles & Adam Jones - 26th April
Eagle In The Sky - Wilbur Smith - 27th April
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane - 28th April
The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan - 30th April
Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin - 5th May
Dragons Over England - TORG Anthology - 7th May
Velocity - Dean Koontz - 8th May
The Good Guy - Dean Koontz - 9th May
The Furies - Mike Carey & John Bolton - 17th May
Spike vs Dracula - Peter David - 18th May
Wolverine: Origins & Endings - Way, Texeira, Saltares - 19th May
The Frumious Bandersnatch - Ed McBain - 20th May
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 20th May
House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski - 21st May
Labyrinth - Kate Mosse - 23rd May
Cinderella - Fables Are Forever - Chris Roberson - 28th May
Iron Council - China Miéville - 28th May
Sepulchre - Kate Mosse - 1st June
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Volume 1 : Long Way Home - Jeanty, Owens, Chen, Whedon - 1st June
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Volume 2 : No Future For You - Various Artists, Whedon, Vaughan - 1st June
Batman: The Chalice - Dixon, Van Fleet - 1st June
Kraken - China Miéville - 3rd June
Fifty Shades of Grey - E L James - 4th June
Fifty Shades Darker - E L James - 5th June
Fifty Shades Freed - E L James 7th June
The City & The City - China Miéville - 9th June
Thor (2007) - J. Michael Straczynski & Olivier Coipel - 9th June
3096 Days - Natascha Kampusch - 10th June
Civil War - Mark Millar & Steve McNiven - 11th June
My Sisters Keeper - Jodi Picoult - 19th June
My Horizontal Life - A Collection of One-Night Stands - Chelsea Handler - 20th June
The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie - 28th June
Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Angel: Past Lives - Golden, Sniegoski, Richards & Zanier - 28th June
A Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick - 28th June
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05 - John Wagner & Alan Grant - 4th July
Stargate SG-1: Survival of the Fittest - Sabine C Bauer - 15th July
Before They Are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie - 15th July
Stargate SG-1: Siren Song - Holly Scott & Jamie Duncan - 17th July
The Winter Ghosts - Kate Mosse - 18th July
The Zombie Autopsies, Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse - Steven C Schlozman, MD - 18th July
Stargate SG-1: Sunrise - J.F. Crane - 21st July
Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence - 28th July
Are You There Vodka? It's me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler - 31st July
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang - Chelsea Handler - 2nd August
Stargate: SG-1: Power Behind The Throne - Steven Savile - 4th August
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater - 5th August
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller - 9th August
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection - 'Dr Robert Twombly' Don Roff - 9th August
Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie - 12th August
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Children of Hamlin - Carmen Carter - 14th August
A Deniable Death - Gerald Seymour - 17th August
The Pact - Jodi Picoult - 18th August
Back of Beyond - C.J. Box - 18th August
Rivers of London - Ben Aaronavitch - 19th August
The Philosopher and The Wolf - Mark Rowlands - 12th September
The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell - 17th September
Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwell - 3rd October
Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell - 21st October
Fables: Inherit The Wind - Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Shawn McManus - 23rd October
Saga: Volume 1 - Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples - 24th October
Star Trek: Countdown - Johnson, Jones, Messina - 25th October
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering - Tipton, Messina - 26th October
Hale's Point - Patricia Ryan - 28th October
The Infinity Gauntlet - Starlin, Perez, Lim - 5th November
The Little Book of London - David Long - 18th November
Lupine Howl: The Complete First Series (All 8 Books) - Amy Cross - 18th November
Wander Love - Belle Malory - 24th November
Winter Warmers: A Gift For You From - Carole Matthews - 8th December
The Boat Builder's Bed - Kris Pearson - 8th December
Azincourt - Bernard Cornwell - 9th December
The Budapest Protocol - Adam Lebor - 16th December
Darkness Falls - Jessica Sorensen - 18th December
Wolf Blood - N/M Browne - 19th December
The Hedge Knight - George R R Martin - 20th December
Stargate SG-1: Moebius Squared - Melissa Scott & Jo Graham - 22nd December
Stargate SG-1: Heart's Desire - Amy Griswold - 25th December
1602 - Neil Gaiman - 25th December
The Long Ride Home - Grant Gall - 26th December
The Vampyre - Tom Holland - 27th December
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi - 29th December
Mammoth - Stephen Baxter - 31st December
Favourite Fiction : China Mieville's "The Scar" and John Le Carre's, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - The first because the world-building is absolutely breath-taking, the second because it has incredibly evocative descriptions of the English countryside, as well as a great story.
Favourite Non-Fiction : London - Executioner's City - I used to live in London, and I wish I had read this book when I was there.
Best Series Bernard Cornwell "The Warlord Chronicles" - I am so thankful to my boss for recommending these to me. Not only will you fall in love with the characters, but you will want to start an affair with the British Isles.
Best Graphic Novel : "1602" - I did like "Civil War", I'm not sure 'enjoy' is the right word to use for it though. I really liked the idea behind "1602", and it keeps popping up in my thoughts.
Books I would recommend to anyone : "The Philosopher and The Wolf" (a good 'thinky' book, but it tricks you into having deep thoughts) , "Azincourt" (simply stunning, unrepentadly gory) and "The Windup Girl" (a wonderful introduction, for anyone, to steampunk and alternative thinking).
Most Disappointing: "The Scarpetta Factor" - it made me want to erase my own memory, same goes for "Port Mortuary".