21. Crowley - Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 (262 pages ( Read more... )

11. Joubert - The Notebooks Of... (167 pages ( Read more... )

1. The Fran Lebowitz Reader (296 pages ( Read more... )

My most recent book is THE BIG DARK SKY by Dean Koontz.

Good, scary and largely satisfying, but not his absolute best. 4/5 possible stars.

Current page count for the year: 1849.

My full list for the year is on my personal journal.

1. Kaufman & Kristoff - Obsidio (591 pages ( Read more... )

Book 12: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton - 496 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it ( Read more... )

Book 11: Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe by Dr. Dave Williams - 215 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience, and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada's most accomplished astronauts. I had dreamt about becoming an ( Read more... )

Book 10: Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar - 386 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation ( Read more... )

Book 9: Vox by Christina Dalcher - 326 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Silence can be deafening ( Read more... )

Book 8: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly - 310 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she's been fired as a magazine editor, and she's got nothing left but the Nutshell--her parents' summer house in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. Kate hopes to turn the Nutshell into a bed-and ( Read more... )