Book List 2013
Italicized indicated a completed title, Bold indicates a completed month, ratings are out of 5.
January
1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; 512 pgs; 512 pgs total, rating 5/5 (O-500, Fic) BOOKCLUB - BCF
2. Remember Me by Norah Ephron; 135 pgs; 647 pgs total, rating 5/5 (Memoir NF)
3. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling; 503 pgs; 1,150 pgs total, rating 5/5 (O-500, Fic) [sold] BOOKCLUB - R&R
4. The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean; 290 pgs; 1,440 pgs total, rating 3/5 (Fluff, Fic) [swapped]
5. Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson; 318 pgs; 1,758 pgs total, rating 2.5/5 (Memoir NF) [sold]
6. A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire; 309 pgs; 2,067 pgs total, 3/5 rating (O-500, Fic, Series) [swapped]
Books/Pages: 6/2,067
February
7. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo; 245 pgs; 2,312 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF) [returned] BOOKCLUB - ABG (ONO)
8. The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich; 272 pgs; 2,584 pgs total, rating 3.5/5 (NF) [swap shelf]
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein; 321 pgs; 2,905 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped]
10. The Water Children by Anne Berry; 319 pgs; 3,224 pgs total, 3.5/5 rating (Fic) [swapped]
11. Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman; 245 pgs; 3,469 pgs total, 2/5rating (Memoir NF) [swapped]
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz; 335 pgs; 3,804 pgs total, 1/5 rating (Fic) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - ABG
13. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami; 209 pgs; 4,013 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic)
Books/Pages: 7/1,946
March
14. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler; 264 pgs; 4,277 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Memoir NF) [gave away]
15. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood; 462 pgs; 4,739 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic)
16. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green; 353 pgs; 5,092 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, YA) [Returned] BOOKCLUB - R&R (ONO)
17. Look Me In The Eye by John Elder Robison; 288 pgs; 5,380 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Memoir, NF)
18. Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by David von Drehle; 283 pgs; 5,663 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF) [swapped]
19. Candy Everybody Wants by Josh Kilmer Purcell; 249 pgs; 5,912 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, YA)
Books/Pages: 6/1,899
April
20. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel; 604 pgs; 6,516 pgs total, 3/5 rating (FIc, O-500) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - ABG
21. Watership Down by Richard Adams; 494 pgs; 7,010 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - BCF (ONO)
22. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; 194 pgs; 7,204 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Classics, Re-Read)
23. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers by Louise Rennison; 312 pgs; 7,516 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, YA)
Books/Pages: 4/1,604
May
24. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett; 353 pgs; 7,869 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - ABG
25. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson; 274 pgs; 8,143 pgs total, rating (3/5) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - BCNF
Books/Pages: 2/627
June
26. The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins; 374 pgs; 8,517 pgs total 5/5 rating (Fic, YA)
27. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman; 269 pgs; 8,786 pgs total 3.5/5 rating (Fic) [gave away] BOOKCLUB - ABG
28. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe; 209 pgs; 8,995 pgs total, 3.5/5 rating (Fic, Classic) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - RtC
29. Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman; 307 pgs; 9,302 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, Fluff) [gave away]
30. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch; 206 pgs; 9,508 pgs total, 4/5 rating (NF, Memoir)
31. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler; 244 pgs, 9,752 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF, Memoir) [swapped]
32. The Happiness Project by Grecthen Rubin, 310 pgs; 10,062 pgs total, 5/5 rating (NF, Memoir)
Books/Pages: 7/1,919
July
33. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seirstad; 320 pgs; 10,382 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF) [gave away] CH13
34. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; 340 pgs; 10,722 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped]
Books/Pages: 2/660
August
35. The Painted Girls by Cathy M. Buchanan; 357 pgs; 11,079 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [library] CH13
36. So Long See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell; 135 pgs; 11,214 pgs total, 2/5 rating (Fic) [library] LAWFBC
37. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; 488 pgs; 11,702 pgs total, / rating (Fic, Classic) [swapped] CH13
Books/Pages: 3/980
September
38. Moneyball by Michael Lewis; 320 pgs; 12,022 pgs total, 4/5 rating (NF) CH13 [swapped]
39. Class Action by Brad Slaight; 66 pgs; 12,088 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, Play) [borrowed]
Books/Pages: 2/386
October
40. The Light Between Oceans by ML Steadman; 343 pgs; 12,431 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped] ABG
41. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto; 152 pgs; 12,583 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swap shelf]
Books/Pages: 2/495
November
42. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins; 391 pgs; 12,974 pgs total, 5/5 rating (Fic, YA)
43. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; 270 pgs; 13,244 pgs total, 3.5/5 rating (Fic, Short Stories) [gave away]
Books/Pages: 2/661
December
44. Esio Trot by Roald Dahl; 80 pgs; 13,324 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, Children's) [swap shelf]
45. Coraline by Neil Gaiman; 162 pgs; 13,486 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA) [gave away]
46. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway; 128 pgs; 13,648 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, Classic) [swapped]
47. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins; 390 pgs; 14,038 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA)
48. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; 247 pgs; 14,285 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swap shelf] LAWFBC
49. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman; 181 pgs; 14,446 pgs total, 5/5 rating (Fic) [sell shelf]
50. Nine Stories by JD Salinger; 198 pgs; 14,664 pgs total, 5/5 rating (Fic, Short Stories, Classics)
51. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen; 304 pgs; 14,968 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA) [swap shelf]
52. We're Just Like You Only Prettier by Celia Rivenbark; 288 pgs; 15,256 pgs total, 1/5 rating (NF, Fluff) [returned to Kate]
Books/Pages: 9/1,978
YEAR TOTAL:
Book/Pages: 52/15,256
Incomplete as of the end of the year:
Possession by AS Byatt
The 19th Wife by David Ebbershoft
Goal
15,000 Pages (15,256/15,000) COMPLETED
52 Completed Titles (52/52) COMPLETED
5 over 500 Page Titles (4/5)
5 Non-Fiction/Memoir (14/5) COMPLETED
5 Classic Titles (4/5)
Give Away/Swap 75% (13 kept = 25% kept!) COMPLETED
Gave away older books:
1. Coffee Will Make You Black
2. The Last Summer of You and Me
3. The Secret Life of Bees
4. The Mermaid Chair
5. Sick Puppy
6. Nature Girl
7. Skinny Dip
8. Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea
9. Boomerang Nation
10. The Edge of Reason
11. Breaking Vegas
January
1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; 512 pgs; 512 pgs total, rating 5/5 (O-500, Fic) BOOKCLUB - BCF
2. Remember Me by Norah Ephron; 135 pgs; 647 pgs total, rating 5/5 (Memoir NF)
3. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling; 503 pgs; 1,150 pgs total, rating 5/5 (O-500, Fic) [sold] BOOKCLUB - R&R
4. The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean; 290 pgs; 1,440 pgs total, rating 3/5 (Fluff, Fic) [swapped]
5. Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson; 318 pgs; 1,758 pgs total, rating 2.5/5 (Memoir NF) [sold]
6. A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire; 309 pgs; 2,067 pgs total, 3/5 rating (O-500, Fic, Series) [swapped]
Books/Pages: 6/2,067
February
7. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo; 245 pgs; 2,312 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF) [returned] BOOKCLUB - ABG (ONO)
8. The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich; 272 pgs; 2,584 pgs total, rating 3.5/5 (NF) [swap shelf]
9. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein; 321 pgs; 2,905 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped]
10. The Water Children by Anne Berry; 319 pgs; 3,224 pgs total, 3.5/5 rating (Fic) [swapped]
11. Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman; 245 pgs; 3,469 pgs total, 2/5rating (Memoir NF) [swapped]
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz; 335 pgs; 3,804 pgs total, 1/5 rating (Fic) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - ABG
13. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami; 209 pgs; 4,013 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic)
Books/Pages: 7/1,946
March
14. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler; 264 pgs; 4,277 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Memoir NF) [gave away]
15. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood; 462 pgs; 4,739 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic)
16. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green; 353 pgs; 5,092 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, YA) [Returned] BOOKCLUB - R&R (ONO)
17. Look Me In The Eye by John Elder Robison; 288 pgs; 5,380 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Memoir, NF)
18. Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by David von Drehle; 283 pgs; 5,663 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF) [swapped]
19. Candy Everybody Wants by Josh Kilmer Purcell; 249 pgs; 5,912 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, YA)
Books/Pages: 6/1,899
April
20. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel; 604 pgs; 6,516 pgs total, 3/5 rating (FIc, O-500) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - ABG
21. Watership Down by Richard Adams; 494 pgs; 7,010 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - BCF (ONO)
22. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; 194 pgs; 7,204 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Classics, Re-Read)
23. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers by Louise Rennison; 312 pgs; 7,516 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, YA)
Books/Pages: 4/1,604
May
24. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett; 353 pgs; 7,869 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - ABG
25. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson; 274 pgs; 8,143 pgs total, rating (3/5) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - BCNF
Books/Pages: 2/627
June
26. The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins; 374 pgs; 8,517 pgs total 5/5 rating (Fic, YA)
27. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman; 269 pgs; 8,786 pgs total 3.5/5 rating (Fic) [gave away] BOOKCLUB - ABG
28. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe; 209 pgs; 8,995 pgs total, 3.5/5 rating (Fic, Classic) [swapped] BOOKCLUB - RtC
29. Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman; 307 pgs; 9,302 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, Fluff) [gave away]
30. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch; 206 pgs; 9,508 pgs total, 4/5 rating (NF, Memoir)
31. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler; 244 pgs, 9,752 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF, Memoir) [swapped]
32. The Happiness Project by Grecthen Rubin, 310 pgs; 10,062 pgs total, 5/5 rating (NF, Memoir)
Books/Pages: 7/1,919
July
33. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seirstad; 320 pgs; 10,382 pgs total, 3/5 rating (NF) [gave away] CH13
34. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; 340 pgs; 10,722 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped]
Books/Pages: 2/660
August
35. The Painted Girls by Cathy M. Buchanan; 357 pgs; 11,079 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [library] CH13
36. So Long See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell; 135 pgs; 11,214 pgs total, 2/5 rating (Fic) [library] LAWFBC
37. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; 488 pgs; 11,702 pgs total, / rating (Fic, Classic) [swapped] CH13
Books/Pages: 3/980
September
38. Moneyball by Michael Lewis; 320 pgs; 12,022 pgs total, 4/5 rating (NF) CH13 [swapped]
39. Class Action by Brad Slaight; 66 pgs; 12,088 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, Play) [borrowed]
Books/Pages: 2/386
October
40. The Light Between Oceans by ML Steadman; 343 pgs; 12,431 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swapped] ABG
41. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto; 152 pgs; 12,583 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swap shelf]
Books/Pages: 2/495
November
42. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins; 391 pgs; 12,974 pgs total, 5/5 rating (Fic, YA)
43. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; 270 pgs; 13,244 pgs total, 3.5/5 rating (Fic, Short Stories) [gave away]
Books/Pages: 2/661
December
44. Esio Trot by Roald Dahl; 80 pgs; 13,324 pgs total, 3/5 rating (Fic, Children's) [swap shelf]
45. Coraline by Neil Gaiman; 162 pgs; 13,486 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA) [gave away]
46. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway; 128 pgs; 13,648 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, Classic) [swapped]
47. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins; 390 pgs; 14,038 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA)
48. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; 247 pgs; 14,285 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic) [swap shelf] LAWFBC
49. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman; 181 pgs; 14,446 pgs total, 5/5 rating (Fic) [sell shelf]
50. Nine Stories by JD Salinger; 198 pgs; 14,664 pgs total, 5/5 rating (Fic, Short Stories, Classics)
51. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen; 304 pgs; 14,968 pgs total, 4/5 rating (Fic, YA) [swap shelf]
52. We're Just Like You Only Prettier by Celia Rivenbark; 288 pgs; 15,256 pgs total, 1/5 rating (NF, Fluff) [returned to Kate]
Books/Pages: 9/1,978
YEAR TOTAL:
Book/Pages: 52/15,256
Incomplete as of the end of the year:
Possession by AS Byatt
The 19th Wife by David Ebbershoft
Goal
15,000 Pages (15,256/15,000) COMPLETED
52 Completed Titles (52/52) COMPLETED
5 over 500 Page Titles (4/5)
5 Non-Fiction/Memoir (14/5) COMPLETED
5 Classic Titles (4/5)
Give Away/Swap 75% (13 kept = 25% kept!) COMPLETED
Gave away older books:
1. Coffee Will Make You Black
2. The Last Summer of You and Me
3. The Secret Life of Bees
4. The Mermaid Chair
5. Sick Puppy
6. Nature Girl
7. Skinny Dip
8. Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea
9. Boomerang Nation
10. The Edge of Reason
11. Breaking Vegas