Books for 2013
Here are the 51 books and 51 Toronto Star Dispatches that I read in 2013:
January (9)
And Then You Dye by Monica Ferris (#16)
Old man's war by John Scalzi (#1)
The ghost brigades by John Scalzi (#2)
The last colony by John Scalzi (#3)
Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (E)
The End of Diabetes by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (E)
Super Immunity by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (E)
Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries by NASA (E)
James Webb Space Telescope Science Guide by NASA (E)
February (4)
Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods (SB#25)
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Life of Pi by Jann Martel
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (#1)
March (7)
Zoe's tale by John Scalzi (#4)
Darklight by Lesley Livingston (#1)
Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston (#2)
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (#3)
The Windup Girlby Paolo Bacigalupi
Ship breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (#1)
How music works: a listener's guide to the science and psychology of beautiful sounds by John Powell
April (6)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The casual vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Code by Kathy Reichs (V#3)
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (E)
The lost daughter by Mary Williams
The Complete Keeper Chronicles by Tanya Huff
May (6)
The International Bank of Bob by Bob Harris
Unintended Consequences by Stuart Woods (SB#26)
Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski
Grain of Truth by Zygmunt Miloszewski
Squirrel Seeks chipmunk by David Sedaris
Impatient with Desire by Gabrielle Burton
June (5)
Conversations with myself by Nelson Mandela
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
Kingdom under glass : a tale of obsession, adventure, and one man's quest to preserve the world's great animals
Life itself : a memoir by Roger Ebert
Lets Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
July (1)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
August (2)
The Human Division by John Scalzi (#5)
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us by Carolyn Abraham
September (1)
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
October (3)
Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (E)
InterWorld by Neil Gaiman (E) (IW#1)
November (3)
Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs (TB#16)
Inferno by Dan Brown
The Silver Dreamby Michael Reeves & Neil Gaiman (E) (IW#2)
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
December (5)
One More Time: A Memoir by Carol Burnett
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story by Carol Burnett
In Legend Born by Laura Resnick CS#1
The White Dragon by Laura Resnick CS#2
The Destroyer Goddess by Laura Resnick CS#3
Toronto Star Dispatches
These are extended ebook versions of items in the news which range from 50 to 100 pages.
On Ealue Lake: Wade Davis and the battle for Tadagin Mountain by Leslie Scrivener (TSD) (E)
The Quiet Evolution: How Dalton McGuinty changed Ontario - and why he resigned by Jim Coyle (TSD) (E)
Escorts: Love for Sale in Ontario by Antonia Zerbisias (TSD) (E)
Chris Spence: How plagiarism caught up with Toronto's top educator by Louise Brown (TSD) (E)
Rob Ford: A date with destiny by Kenneth Kidd (TSD) (E)
Shelagh: The beauty of an ordinary life by Catherine Porter (TSD) (E)
Invisible Plastic: What happens when your garbage ends up in the ocean by Alanna Mitchell (TSD) (E)
On the Waterfront: How a small agency with paltry power and precarious funding changed a city by Christopher Hume (TSD) (E)
Cuba Libre by Oakland Ross (TSD) (E)
Sex, Scandal and Secularism: Crisis in the Catholic Church by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
Renaissance Rocket Man: How Chris Hadfield brought space down to earth by Shawna Richer (TSD) (E)
Unsolved: One murder, three trials by Susan Clairmont (TSD) (E)
They're Back: Why the 2013 Blue Jays might win it all by Rosie DiManno (TSD) (E)
Justin Trudeau: Can he bring the Liberal Party back to life? by Susan Delacourt (TSD) (E)
Life After Life: The story of Wayne Ford, rehabilitated teenage murderer by Paul Hunter (TSD) (E)
Rush: An oral history uncensored by Vinay Menon (TSD) (E)
Maple Leafs: Catching up with the past by Joseph Hall and Paul Hunter (TSD) (E)
Seals: Why Canada's most controversial mammal could be the next sustainable food by Michelle Henry (TSD) (E)
Marineland: Inside the controversy by Linda Diebel & Liam Casey (TSD) (E)
Horticultural Domination: Growing the best lawn and garden on the block by Mark Cullen (TSD) (E)
Madame Premier: Kathleen Wynne's first 100 days by Jim Coyle (TSD) (E)
Train of Dreams: Heading west from Toronto on VIA Rail by Leslie Scrivener (TSD) (E)
Forest Kids: Why the modern classroom is moving outside by Andrea Gordon (TSD) (E)
Ace: How tennis star Milos Raonic served his way to the top by Oakland Ross (TSD) (E)
The Autism Project by multiple authors (TSD) (E)
Niagara Falls: Seeing Canada through a window of water by Oakland Ross (TSD) (E)
Royal Babies: What Will and Kate have learned from the past by Rosie DiManno (TSD) (E)
That Polio Season: the epidemic of 1953 by Jennifer Wells (TSD) (E)
Racoons: Everything you always wanted to know about them but were too busy cleaning up their mess to ask by Jim Rankin (TSD) (E)
AI Weiwei: The life and earth-shattering times of China's most famous artist by Bill Schiller (TSD) (E)
The Butler Did It: Why private service is back in vogue by Noor Javed (TSD) (E)
Penniless Millionaire: How Sharon Tirabassi lost her jackpot, and other tales of lottery woe by Molly Hayes (TSD) (E)
I Have A Dream: Celebrating MLK Jr.'s Speech 50 Years Later by Penny Mackenzie (TSD) (E)
Lost Boy: The death of Darcy Allan Sheppard by Jennifer Wells (TSD) (E)
Great Teachers: Life-changing encounters in the classroom and the gym by Paul Hunter (TSD) (E)
Leslie's Stamps: A saga of the Holocaust and escape to freedom by Catherine Porter (TSD) (E)
Star-Struck: My adventures in astrology by Leslie Scrivener (TSD) (E)
What I Know: Lessons from My Thirty Years of Quadriplegia by Barbara Turnbull (TSD) (E)
Amber Gold: Mayle syrup wars and a huge Canadian heist by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
Best Job Ever: Life as an advice columnist by Ellie Tesher (TSD) (E)
Superman: Everyone wants a piece of his legend by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
Justice on Trial: Inside Guantanamo's divisive 9/11 prosecution by Michelle Shephard (TSD) (E)
The 9th of November Gale: Death on the Great Lakes in 1913 by John Spears (TSD) (E)
Never Forget: More stories from the conflict zones by Paul Hunter & Jim Rankin (TSD) (E)
JFK and why Camelot was a living nightmare for Canada by Mitch Potter (TSD) (E)
My Never-Ending Acid Trip by Jacob Scheier (TSD) (E)
Hemingway to Atwood: An anthology of great writers in the Toronto Star (TSD) (E)
Mandela: The Last Great Statesman by multiple authors (TSD) (E)
The life and death of Ashley Smith by Donovan Vincent and Diana Zlomislic (TSD) (E)
The Francis Effect: How the Pope is changing the Catholic Church by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
The Winter Before the War: WWI by Hamida Ghafour (TSD) (E)
(E) indicates electronic version
(#) indicates sequence if part of a series
January (9)
And Then You Dye by Monica Ferris (#16)
Old man's war by John Scalzi (#1)
The ghost brigades by John Scalzi (#2)
The last colony by John Scalzi (#3)
Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (E)
The End of Diabetes by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (E)
Super Immunity by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (E)
Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries by NASA (E)
James Webb Space Telescope Science Guide by NASA (E)
February (4)
Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods (SB#25)
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Life of Pi by Jann Martel
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (#1)
March (7)
Zoe's tale by John Scalzi (#4)
Darklight by Lesley Livingston (#1)
Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston (#2)
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (#3)
The Windup Girlby Paolo Bacigalupi
Ship breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (#1)
How music works: a listener's guide to the science and psychology of beautiful sounds by John Powell
April (6)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The casual vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Code by Kathy Reichs (V#3)
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (E)
The lost daughter by Mary Williams
The Complete Keeper Chronicles by Tanya Huff
May (6)
The International Bank of Bob by Bob Harris
Unintended Consequences by Stuart Woods (SB#26)
Entanglement by Zygmunt Miloszewski
Grain of Truth by Zygmunt Miloszewski
Squirrel Seeks chipmunk by David Sedaris
Impatient with Desire by Gabrielle Burton
June (5)
Conversations with myself by Nelson Mandela
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
Kingdom under glass : a tale of obsession, adventure, and one man's quest to preserve the world's great animals
Life itself : a memoir by Roger Ebert
Lets Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
July (1)
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
August (2)
The Human Division by John Scalzi (#5)
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us by Carolyn Abraham
September (1)
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
October (3)
Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (E)
InterWorld by Neil Gaiman (E) (IW#1)
November (3)
Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs (TB#16)
Inferno by Dan Brown
The Silver Dreamby Michael Reeves & Neil Gaiman (E) (IW#2)
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
December (5)
One More Time: A Memoir by Carol Burnett
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story by Carol Burnett
In Legend Born by Laura Resnick CS#1
The White Dragon by Laura Resnick CS#2
The Destroyer Goddess by Laura Resnick CS#3
Toronto Star Dispatches
These are extended ebook versions of items in the news which range from 50 to 100 pages.
On Ealue Lake: Wade Davis and the battle for Tadagin Mountain by Leslie Scrivener (TSD) (E)
The Quiet Evolution: How Dalton McGuinty changed Ontario - and why he resigned by Jim Coyle (TSD) (E)
Escorts: Love for Sale in Ontario by Antonia Zerbisias (TSD) (E)
Chris Spence: How plagiarism caught up with Toronto's top educator by Louise Brown (TSD) (E)
Rob Ford: A date with destiny by Kenneth Kidd (TSD) (E)
Shelagh: The beauty of an ordinary life by Catherine Porter (TSD) (E)
Invisible Plastic: What happens when your garbage ends up in the ocean by Alanna Mitchell (TSD) (E)
On the Waterfront: How a small agency with paltry power and precarious funding changed a city by Christopher Hume (TSD) (E)
Cuba Libre by Oakland Ross (TSD) (E)
Sex, Scandal and Secularism: Crisis in the Catholic Church by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
Renaissance Rocket Man: How Chris Hadfield brought space down to earth by Shawna Richer (TSD) (E)
Unsolved: One murder, three trials by Susan Clairmont (TSD) (E)
They're Back: Why the 2013 Blue Jays might win it all by Rosie DiManno (TSD) (E)
Justin Trudeau: Can he bring the Liberal Party back to life? by Susan Delacourt (TSD) (E)
Life After Life: The story of Wayne Ford, rehabilitated teenage murderer by Paul Hunter (TSD) (E)
Rush: An oral history uncensored by Vinay Menon (TSD) (E)
Maple Leafs: Catching up with the past by Joseph Hall and Paul Hunter (TSD) (E)
Seals: Why Canada's most controversial mammal could be the next sustainable food by Michelle Henry (TSD) (E)
Marineland: Inside the controversy by Linda Diebel & Liam Casey (TSD) (E)
Horticultural Domination: Growing the best lawn and garden on the block by Mark Cullen (TSD) (E)
Madame Premier: Kathleen Wynne's first 100 days by Jim Coyle (TSD) (E)
Train of Dreams: Heading west from Toronto on VIA Rail by Leslie Scrivener (TSD) (E)
Forest Kids: Why the modern classroom is moving outside by Andrea Gordon (TSD) (E)
Ace: How tennis star Milos Raonic served his way to the top by Oakland Ross (TSD) (E)
The Autism Project by multiple authors (TSD) (E)
Niagara Falls: Seeing Canada through a window of water by Oakland Ross (TSD) (E)
Royal Babies: What Will and Kate have learned from the past by Rosie DiManno (TSD) (E)
That Polio Season: the epidemic of 1953 by Jennifer Wells (TSD) (E)
Racoons: Everything you always wanted to know about them but were too busy cleaning up their mess to ask by Jim Rankin (TSD) (E)
AI Weiwei: The life and earth-shattering times of China's most famous artist by Bill Schiller (TSD) (E)
The Butler Did It: Why private service is back in vogue by Noor Javed (TSD) (E)
Penniless Millionaire: How Sharon Tirabassi lost her jackpot, and other tales of lottery woe by Molly Hayes (TSD) (E)
I Have A Dream: Celebrating MLK Jr.'s Speech 50 Years Later by Penny Mackenzie (TSD) (E)
Lost Boy: The death of Darcy Allan Sheppard by Jennifer Wells (TSD) (E)
Great Teachers: Life-changing encounters in the classroom and the gym by Paul Hunter (TSD) (E)
Leslie's Stamps: A saga of the Holocaust and escape to freedom by Catherine Porter (TSD) (E)
Star-Struck: My adventures in astrology by Leslie Scrivener (TSD) (E)
What I Know: Lessons from My Thirty Years of Quadriplegia by Barbara Turnbull (TSD) (E)
Amber Gold: Mayle syrup wars and a huge Canadian heist by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
Best Job Ever: Life as an advice columnist by Ellie Tesher (TSD) (E)
Superman: Everyone wants a piece of his legend by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
Justice on Trial: Inside Guantanamo's divisive 9/11 prosecution by Michelle Shephard (TSD) (E)
The 9th of November Gale: Death on the Great Lakes in 1913 by John Spears (TSD) (E)
Never Forget: More stories from the conflict zones by Paul Hunter & Jim Rankin (TSD) (E)
JFK and why Camelot was a living nightmare for Canada by Mitch Potter (TSD) (E)
My Never-Ending Acid Trip by Jacob Scheier (TSD) (E)
Hemingway to Atwood: An anthology of great writers in the Toronto Star (TSD) (E)
Mandela: The Last Great Statesman by multiple authors (TSD) (E)
The life and death of Ashley Smith by Donovan Vincent and Diana Zlomislic (TSD) (E)
The Francis Effect: How the Pope is changing the Catholic Church by Sandro Contenta (TSD) (E)
The Winter Before the War: WWI by Hamida Ghafour (TSD) (E)
(E) indicates electronic version
(#) indicates sequence if part of a series