Books I have read in 2013

(Year-to-date totals: books, 35; pages, 13 268)

January (books: 5; pages: 1835)

Sophie's Choice by William Styron (599 pages ( Read more... )

Books I have read in 2012

(Year-to-date totals: books, 31; pages, 11 150)

January (books: 5; pages: 1124)

Blood Sports by Eden Robinson (278 pages)
An engaging novel set in Vancouver's DTES.

Iced: Crystal Meth: the Biography of North America's Deadliest New Plague by Jerry Langton (255 pages ( Read more... )

(Year-to-date totals: books, 50; pages, 15 643)

January (total books: 3, total pages: 812)

The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker (448 pages ( Read more... )

(Year-to-date totals: books, 36; pages, 10 402)

January (total books: 5, total pages: 1365)

A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs (242 pages)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (223 pages)

Room by Emma Donoghue (321 pages ( Read more... )

I'm bored right now, and was inspired by this post in thequestionclub.

I've posted a series of pictures that represent the plots of five different books. They aren't necessarily my favourite books, but they are all books that I have read. Can you guess what they are? (This post will eventually be deleted.)

( Book #1 )

(Year-to-date totals: books, 32; pages, 9300)

January (total books: 1, total pages: 328)

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox (328 pages)

February (total books: 2, total pages: 787)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (317 pages ( Read more... )

All my life I've been an avid reader (when you don't have any friends, there's not much else to do), however, since I started school in 2006, the number of books I've read has become quite pathetic, and every year, that number goes down. I really want to try and read books on a more regular basis, even if it's just one or two a month. But I'm so ( Read more... )

I could spend hours looking in bookstores, and when I'm in Chapters, one of my favourite sections to peruse is the science section. How I wish that I had enough money to buy (and enough time to read) whatever books pique my curiosity! However, since I have lacked a disposable income for about five years now, I rarely buy books, and try as much as ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I was at the public library studying for my final exams. As I was taking a quick break, I was looking at the new science books that the library had gotten in, and came across March's Advanced Organic Chemistry. Of course I looked through the book, and it looked quite interesting and a good reference to have. Even though I just ( Read more... )

Last year I only managed to read 28 books, but I had very little time to read. I hope to be able to read at least 30 books this year. Last year's book list can be found here.

(Year-to-date totals: books, 25; pages, 6363)

January (total books: 2, total pages: 702)

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (288 pages)
The Glass Castle is Walls' ( Read more... )