Wednesday, January 1, 2014

What I Read In 2013

My goal was 120 books, or averaging 10 per month.  I sort of made it.
My official list has 111 (eleventy-one!) books on it, so I fell short by 9 books.  However, if I include my manuscript list of how many times I read through my own books, cover-to-cover, proofreading and whatnot, that adds another 11 books, bringing my total to 122, which meets my expectations.
Just in case you actually want to see what's on the massive lists, here they are.

First, the list of book-length manuscripts:

2013
  1. Becoming Brigid 1/19/13
  2. The (Dis)Appearance of Nerissa MacKay 2/16/13
  3. The (Dis)Appearance of Nerissa MacKay 3/10/13
  4. Becoming Brigid 4/9/13
  5. The (Dis)Appearance of Nerissa MacKay 4/28/13
  6. Becoming Brigid 6/29/13
  7. Becoming Brigid 7/21/13
  8. Becoming Brigid 8/4/13
  9. Becoming Brigid 9/1/13
  10. Becoming Brigid 9/12/13
  11. Becoming Brigid 9/23/13

And here's the list of everything else:

2013
  1. Millicent Marie Is Not My Name by Karen Pokras Toz 1/12/13
  2. Uneasy Spirits by M. Louisa Locke 1/14/13
  3. Red Hot Deadly Peppers by Paige Shelton 1/16/13
  4. Fearless by Brigid Kemmerer 1/18/13
  5. Naughty: Nine Tales Of Christmas Crime by Steve Hockensmith 1/19/13
  6. Heaven Preserve Us by Cricket McRae 1/21/13
  7. A Dash of Murder by Teresa Trent 1/22/13
  8. A Dyeing Shame by Elizabeth Span Craig 1/24/13
  9. Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson 1/25/13
  10. Tapped Out by Natalie M. Roberts 1/25/13
  11. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater 1/26/13
  12. The Ugly Stepsister Fights Back by Sarah Wilson 1/27
  13. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes 2/2/13
  14. Clockwise by Elle Strauss 2/3/13
  15. Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger 2/7/13
  16. Speaking From Among The Bones by Alan Bradley 2/8/13
  17. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/15/13
  18. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/16/13
  19. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/17/13
  20. By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/17/13
  21. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/17/13
  22. Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/17/13
  23. These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/18/13
  24. The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/18/13
  25. The Cavendish Home For Boys and Girls by Claire LeGrand 2/18/13
  26. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 2/24/13
  27. The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lillith Saintcrow 3/6/13
  28. Doktor Glass by Thomas Brennan 3/9/13
  29. Progressive Dinner Deadly by Elizabeth Spann Craig 3/26/13
  30. Overdue For Murder by Teresa Trent 3/29/13
  31. The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart 3/30/13
  32. Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman 3/31/13
  33. Haunted Ground by Erin Hart 4/2/13
  34. Lake of Sorrows by Erin Hart 4/3/13
  35. False Mermaid by Erin Hart 4/5/13
  36. Clockwork by Paige Shelton 4/7/13
  37. Revenge of the Mad Scientist by Lara Nance 4/17/13
  38. Revenge of the Girl With Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg 4/17/13
  39. The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson 4/18/13
  40. Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly 4/28/13
  41. Breathless by Brigid Kemmerer 4/29/13
  42. Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer 5/1/13
  43. Book, Line, and Sinker by Jennifer McInlay 5/5/13
  44. A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig 5/7/13
  45. You Might As Well Die by JJ Murphy 5/10/13
  46. A Friendly Game of Murder by JJ Murphy 5/12/13
  47. Murder Your Darlings by JJ Murphy 5/17/13
  48. My Super-Sweet 16th Century by Rachel Harris 5/18/13
  49. Cut To The Corpse by Lucy Lawrence 5/24/13
  50. Dipped, Stripped, and Dead by Elise Hyatt 5/25/13
  51. Inferno by Dan Brown 5/31/13
  52. The Wonderful Future That Never Was by Gregory Benford 5/31/13
  53. French Polished Murder by Elise Hyatt 6/1/13
  54. A Fatal Stain by Elise Hyatt 6/2/13
  55. Murder on the Ghost Walk by Ellen Elizabeth Hunter 6/5/13
  56. Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke 6/7/13
  57. Misses Moffet Mend A Marriage by M. Louisa Locke 6/8/13
  58. Dandy Detects by M. Louisa Locke 6/8/13
  59. Seeds of Discovery by Breeana Puttroff 6/9/13
  60. Death at Epsom Downs by Robin Paige 6/15/13
  61. A Body To Die For by GA McKevett 6/16/13
  62. The Twelfth Tablet by Tom Harper 6/16/13
  63. Death At Glamis Castle by Robin Paige 6/20/13
  64. Death At Hyde Park by Robin Paige 6/22/13
  65. Murder Over Easy by Marshall Cook 7/2/13
  66. Irish History by Seamus MacAnaidh 7/9/13
  67. Hounds of Autumn by Heather Blackwood 7/14/13
  68. Enoch’s Device by Joseph Finley 7/16/13
  69. Mysteries and Legends of Utah by Michael O’Reilly 7/18/13
  70. Ghost Ship by PJ Alderman 7/20/13
  71. Written in Stone by Ellery Adams 7/22/13
  72. Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart 7/23/13
  73. Wonder Show by Hannah Barnaby 7/26/13
  74. Exit Music by Ian Rankin 7/29/13
  75. Chick-tionary by Anna Lefler 8/3/13
  76. The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise 8/4/13
  77. Good, Clean Murder by Traci Tyne Hilton 8/11/13
  78. If Bread Could Rise To The Occasion by Paige Shelton 8/20/13
  79. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 8/27/13
  80. The Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices, and Flavorings by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz 8/29/13
  81. The Gallery of Regrettable Food by James Lileks 8/31/13
  82. Interior Desecrations by James Lileks 9/3/13
  83. Ripper by Stefan Petrucha 9/5/13 
  84. Lark by Erica Cope 9/6/13
  85. Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson 9/11/13
  86. In The Shadows Of Blackbirds by Cat Winters 9/13/13
  87. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani 9/16/13
  88.   The Toaster With Two Brains by Bradley W. Schenck 9/20/13
  89. The Lair of the Clockwork Book by Bradley W. Schenck 9/26/13
  90. Witch’s Daughter by Paula Brackston 10/5/13
  91. Ever After series of short stories by Shannon Hale 10/18/13
  92. The Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke 10/18/13
  93. Bloody Lessons by M. Louisa Locke 10/20/13
  94. The Joshua Stone by James Barney 10/26/13
  95. Audrey’s Guide to Witchcraft by Jody Gehrman 11/3/13
  96. Audrey’s Guide to Black Magic by Jody Gehrman 11/4/13
  97. Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger 11/8/13
  98. The Dagger Before Me by Heather Haven 11/9/13
  99. Deadly Readings by Laura Bradford 11/10/13
  100. Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by Michael Quinn 11/15/13
  101. Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler 11/16/13
  102. Knights’ Handbook by Terry Deary 11/22/13
  103. Too Dead To Dance by Diane Morlan 11/24/13
  104. Casquette Girls by Alys Arden 11/28/13
  105. Merry Market Murder by Paige Shelton 12/6/13
  106. Shakespeare’s Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in 20 Objects by Neil MacGregor 12/9/13
  107. Miss Buncle’s Book by DE Stevenson 12/20/13
  108. Murder on the Candlelight Tour 12/21/13
  109. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/24/13
  110. Murders at Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr 12/27/13
  111. Maid For Murder by Bridget Allison 12/28/13
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5 comments:

  1. Max SartinJanuary 1, 2014 at 1:52 PM

    Wow! That's a lot.

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  2. AlexiaJanuary 1, 2014 at 3:51 PM

    Heavens above! That's a lot of books!! Well done you. I guess I'll have to start a new list too. What's your goal for 2014?

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  3. Lisa ShaferJanuary 1, 2014 at 8:07 PM

    It's a reasonable amount. I think that will be my goal again for 2014. I've done both better and worse in the years since I've been keeping track. In 2007, for example, I read 137 books. And in 2011, I read 146.

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    1. AlexiaJanuary 1, 2014 at 10:20 PM

      I managed 59 this year - about 10 more than last year. And I'm a really fast reader! I guess you're not a gamer, eh?

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    2. Lisa ShaferJanuary 1, 2014 at 10:33 PM

      Nope. :) I used to like role playing games back in the OLD days when it meant social interactions in person. Video games/computer games just never did much for me. But I'm not against them -- just not into them. :)

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