I didn't forget! Book lists been happening for several years now...

January:
Riddled with Life

February
Curious Behavior Yawning, Laughing, Hiccuping and Beyond

March
Weird Life: The Search for Life that's Very, Very Different from our own

April:
Drunk Tank Pink

May:Fake Science 101 ( Read more... )

Same goal: 16. Here goes!

January:
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat
Kanzi: An Ape on the Brink of the Human Mind

February:
The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris

March:
Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku

April:
The Upside to Irrationality by Dan Ariely

Fascinate: Unlocking the Secret Triggers of Influence, Persuasion, and Captivation by ( Read more... )

Ok so book list 2011 has begun! Here are my goals for book reading this year:

January
Half the Sky

February
Molly's Zoo

March
God is Not Great

April
Packing for Mars

May
Stiff

June
The Bond
The Truth Behind the Rock

July
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Merchants of Doubt

August
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

September
Genome

October
How to Build a Dinosaur

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Alright, here is book list 2009. My goal is only 18 this year. This is to accomodate the hardships of student teaching and, well, teaching this fall. ;-) I'm covered with books through July and then I have to get some more apparently!
( Booklist 2009 )

Here it is folks... Book list 2010...

This list has been hard this year. Work has been stressful and it is hard to find the energy to read the complex books I like. I'm easing toward lighter scientific reads, which has helped. Complex books can be piled on come this summer. :-P

January:
None

February:
Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer
Charles ( Read more... )

Since I achieved 17 in 2007 despite 5 classes and I'm only taking 2 classes this semester, then surely I can up my goal. I think I'll try for 24 this year. Roughly 2 a month. This should be made easier if I add fiction books to the list
( 24 books from January to December! :) )

Here's how far I got in my goal this year:

January:
The Ape and the Sushi Master by Frans de Waal
February:
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout
March:
How We Love by Helen Fisher
April:
The Science of Good and Evil by Michael Shermer
May: 
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Red Queen by Matt Ridley
June:
Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins
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