Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Books I am Reading in 2025

 2024 was another 40 book year for me. I did have a good page count, with over 14,000 pages. I am going to try for 50 again this year.

 

  1. My Dress Up Darling #1 - by Shinichi Fukuda (208 pages) (1/10) (Nook) (Manga)
  2. Saki The Succubus Hungers Tonight # 2 - by Mikokuno Homare (135 pages) (1/25) (Nook) (Manga)
  3. The Robot Series book 1: I Robot - by Isaac Asimov (185 pages) (1/25-) (Nook)
  4. The Relentless Legion: The Divide book 3 - by J.S. Dewes (512 pages) (1/29-2/27) (Nook Audiobook)
  5. I'm Glad My Mom Died - by Jennette McCurdy (304 pages) 2/27-3/5) (Audible)
  6. School Live - by Sadoru Chiba and Norimitsu Kaihou (178 pages) (2/28) (Manga) 
  7. Eruption - by Michael Crichton and James Patterson (423 pages) (3/5-3/17) (Nook Audio) - note: this book was awful. I do not recommend it at all.
  8. Patriot: A Memoir - by Alexei Navalny (496 pages) (3/17-3/27) (Nook Audio)
  9. The President's Brain is Missing - by John Scalzi (3/27) (29 pages) (Nook) 
  10. Uranium Club - by Miriam E. Hiebert (288 pages) (3/28-4/1) (Nook Audio) - note: A really good book that was ruined by a pretentious rant about the covid pandemic at the end. 
  11. Polterheist - by Laura Resnick (375 pages) (4/1-) (Graphic Audio / Nook)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monday, January 1, 2024

Books I read in 2024

I didn't hit my 50 book goal last year, but I did read almost 13,000 pages! I have set a 50 book goal again for this year.

 

  1. Skyward book 3: Cytonic - by Brandon Sanderson (415 pages)(1/1-)(nook)
  2. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II - by Liza Mundy (640 pages)(1/2-1/23)(Nook Audio book)
  3. Strike Witches: One Winged Witches - by Humikane Shimada and Atsuto Shinozuka (192 pages) (1/21-1/22) (Manga)
  4. Sailing With Her Wolf - by Ariel Marie (206 pages) (1/24-1/31) (Nook Audiobook) 
  5. Spare - by Prince Harry, J.R. Moehringer (410 pages) (1/31-2/15)(Nook Audiobook)
  6. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - by Dave Grohl (384 pages) (2/16-2/28) (Nook Audiobook)   
  7. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years in the Land of the rising Sun - by Chris Broad (320 pages) (2/28-3/8) (Nook Audiobook) 
  8. The Book of Five Rings - by Miyamoto Musashi (192 pages) 3/10) (Nook Audiobook) 
  9. The View From The Cheap Seats - by Neil Gaiman (522 pages) (3/10-4/2) (Nook Audiobook) 
  10. The Traveling Cat Chronicles - by Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (277 pages) (3/15-) (Nook)
  11. Dragonsteel Prime - by Brandon Sanderson (737 pages) (4/4-5/5) (Audiobook) 
  12. Sociopath: A Memoir - by Patric Gagne (368 pages) (5/6-5/28) (Nook Audiobook)
  13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder - by David Grann (331 pages) (5/29-6/8) (Nook Audiobook) 
  14. Sekai de Ichiban Oppai ga Suki! # 1 - by Wakame Konbu (137 pages) (5/29) (Manga)
  15. Sekai de Ichiban Oppai ga Suki! # 2 - by Wakame Konbu (137 pages) (5/29) (Manga)
  16. Lust Geass # 1 - by Osamu Takahashi (180 pages) (5/29) (Manga)
  17. Rent-A-Girlfriend #1 - by Reiji Miyajima (208 pages) (5/31) (Manga) 
  18. The Seven deadly Sins #1 - by Nakaba Suzuki (192 pages) (5/31) (Manga) 
  19. Throne of Glass book 1: Throne of Glass - by Sarah J. Maas (406 pages) (5/31-) (Nook) 
  20. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space - by Adam Higginbotham (576 pages) (6/8-6/17) (Nook Audiobook) 
  21. The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - by The Manhattan Engineer District (100 pages) (6/18-6/21) (Nook Audiobook) 
  22. The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (592 pages) (6/21-7/6) (Nook Audiobook) 
  23. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - by Erik Larson (565 pages) (7/7-8/3) (Nook Audiobook)
  24. Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens - by Steve Olson (336 pages) (8/4-8/10) (Nook Audiobook) 
  25. Life on the Mississippi - by Mark Twain (384 pages) (8/10-8/29) (Nook Audiobook) 
  26. Worlds End Vol. 1 - by Kotaro Shono (180 pages) (8/16) (Manga) 
  27. The Constitution of Athens - by Aristotle (112 pages) (8/30-9/1) (Nook Audiobook) 
  28. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - by Erik Larson (546 pages) (9/1-10/1) (Nook Audiobook)  
  29. From the New World Vol. 1 - by Toru Oikawa (192 pages) (9/21) (Nook, Manga)
  30. A Court of Thorns and Roses: A Court of thorns and Roses Book 1 - by Sarah J. Maas (419 pages) (10/1-10/18) (Nook Audiobook)
  31. Parallel Paradise Vol.1 - by Lynn Okamoto (208 pages) (10/7-10/9) (Nook, Manga)
  32. Saki the Succubus Hungers Tonight Vol. 1 - by Mikokuno Homare (160 pages) (10/14) (Nook, Manga)
  33. Nuclear War: A Scenario - by Amy Jacobsen (400 paages) (10/18-10/25) (Nook Audiobook)
  34. The 2020 Commission Report On The North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The US: A Speculative Novel - by Jeffrey Lewis (304 pages) (10/25-10/30) (Nook Audiobook) 
  35. Bones in the Blackout: Dr Benjamin Bones Mysteries book 1 - by Emma Jameson (284 pages) (10/30-11/12) (Nook Audiobook) 
  36. The Mercy of Gods: The Captive's War book 1 - by James S. A. Corey (422 pages) (11/13-11/27) (Nook Audiobook)
  37. Livesuit: The Captive's War Book 1.5 - by James S. A. Corey (60 pages) (11/27) (Nook) 
  38. Bobiverse Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost - by Dennis E. Taylor (450 pages) (11/27-12/7) (Audible) 
  39. The Riyria Chronicles book 5: Drumindor (511 pages) (12/7-12/18) (Nook Audiobook) 
  40. The Stormlight Archive book 5: Wind and Truth - by Brandon Sanderson (1,330 pages) (12/18-1/28) (Audible)
  41. Cat + Gamer Volume 1 - by Wataru Nadatani (186 Pages) (12/25) (Manga)        
     


 

 

 

 

 14,383 pages

 

 

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Books I read in 2023

I started to hit my stride again in the last couple of months in 2022. I am going to set a 50 book goal for 2023.

 

  1. Tress of the Emerald Sea: Secret Novel 1 - by Brandon Sanderson (483 pages) (1/5-1/12) (Audio book - Spotify)
  2. Dark One: Forgotten - by Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells (250 pages) (1/13-1/19) (Audible)
  3. Altered Carbon: Takeshi Kovacs book 1 - by Richard K Morgan (544 pages) (1/20-2/10) (Audible)
  4. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear - by Jinger Duggar Vuolo (2/10-2/22) (240 pages) (Audible)
  5. Deliverance: Forgotten Colony book 1 - by M.R. Forbes (2/14-2/22) (DNF at 150 pages) (Audible)
  6. Lock In - by John Scalzi (2/22-3/1) (334 pages) (Audible)
  7. The Screwtape Letters - by C.S. Lewis (3/2-3/4) (209 pages) (Audible)
  8. Hyperion Cantos book 1: Hyperion - by Dan Simmons (3/5-3/21) (500 pages) (Audible)
  9. James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal - by Andy Weir (3/21-3/22) (79 pages) (Audible)
  10. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation - by Blake J. Harris (3/23-4/5) (576 pages) (Audible)
  11. The Frugal Wizards Handbook for Surviving Medieval England: Secret Novel 2 - by Brandon Sanderson (4/5-4/20) (372 pages) (Spotify)
  12. Red Sparrow book 3: The Kremlin's Candidate - by Jason Matthews (4/20-5/16) (435 pages) (Audible)
  13. Fractal Noise - by Christopher Paolini (304 Pages) (5/16-5/30) (Audible)
  14. The Bobiverse book 4: Heaven's River - by Dennis E. Taylor (632 Pages) (5/30-6/12) (Audible)
  15. Girling Up - by Mayim Bialik (177pages) (6/3)
  16. Roadkill - By Dennis E. Taylor (346 pages) (6/12-6/15) (audible) 
  17. Cradle book 1: Unsouled - by Will Wight (294 pages) (6/15-6/22) (Audible)
  18. Cradle book 2: Soulsmith - by Will Wight (284 pages) (6/22-6/27) (Audible)
  19. Cradle book 3: Blackflame - by Will Wight (370 pages) (6/27-7/3) (Audible)
  20. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: Secret Novel 3 - by Brandon Sanderson (474 pages) (7/3-7/18) (Spotify) 
  21. Star Wars: Darth Plagueis - by James Luceno (379 pages) (7/19-7/28) (Audible)
  22. Beginners Mind - by Yo-Yo Ma (120 pages) (7/29-7/31) (Audible)
  23. Breakfast at Tiffany's - by Truman Capote (142 pages) (8/1-8/9) (Audible)
  24. Quantum Radio - by A.G. Riddle (562 pages) (8/9-9/7) (Audible) 
  25. The Rise and the Fall book 3: Esrahaddon - by Michael Sullivan (713 pages) (9/7-10/7) (Audible)
  26. The Sunlit Man: Secret Novel 4 - by Brandon Sanderson (447 pages) (10/8-10/16) (Spotify)
  27. Starter Villain - By John Scalzi (264 pages) (10/19-10/23) (Nook)
  28. The Expanse book 5.5: Vital Abyss - by James S.A. Corey (75 pages) (10/24-10/25)
  29. Warrior of the Altaii - by Robert Jordan (330 pages) (10/26-11/23) (Nook)
  30. Be Useful - By Arnold Schwarzenegger (288 pages) (10/30-11/7) (Audible)
  31. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin (721 pages) (11/6-12/7) (Audible)
  32. Sekai de ichiban oppai ga suki! volume 1 - Wakame Konbu (144 pages) (11/17-11/23) (Nook) (Manga)
  33. The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb - by James W. Kunetka (480 pages) (12/8-12/22) (Audible)
  34. A Gift of Time - by Jerry Merritt (353 pages) (12/22-12/27) (Audible)
  35. Legends and Lattes - by Travis Baldree (296 pages) (12/27-12/28) (Audible) 
  36. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - by Robert Louis Stevenson (150 pages) (12/30) (Audible)
  37. Naruto: Volume 1 - by Masashi Kishimoto (187 pages) (12/30) (Manga)
  38. Boruto: Volume 1 - by Masashi Kishimoto (208 pages) (12/30) (Manga)
  39. Sold Everywhere but Borders - by Rebecca Van Der Jagt (151 pages) (12/31)

  

 

 

12,876 pages

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Books I read in 2022

 I've set a goal of 40 books this year. Hopefully I will read more than that!

 

 

  1. The Expanse book 9: Leviathan Falls - By James S.A. Corey (1/4-10/19/23) (499 pages) (Nook)
  2. Grave Reservations - By Cherie Priest (1/5-1/13) (304 pages) (Audible)
  3. New Spring: The Wheel of Time book 0 - by Robert Jordan (1/14-2/11) (304 pages) (Audible)
  4. Project Hail Mary - by Andy Weir (2/11-3/11) (476 pages) (Audible)
  5. Lightbringer book 4: The Blood Mirror - by Brent Weeks (3/11-3/29) (704 pages) (Audible)
  6. Lightbringer book 5: The Burning White - by Brent Weeks (3/29-5/13) (992 pages) (Audible)
  7. Katie the Catsitter - By Colleen A F Venable (4/22) (218 pages) (graphic novel)  
  8. Breaking the Chains of Gravity - by Amy Shira Teitel (5/13-5/23) (304 pages) (Audible)
  9. All the Seas of the World - by Guy Gavriel Kay (5/23-6/6) (528 pages) (Audible)
  10. Always, Only Good: A Journey of Faith Through Mental Illness - By Shelly Garlock Hamilton (6/6-6/11) (252 pages) (Audio Book)
  11. The Rise and Fall book 2: Farilane - by Michael Sullivan (6/12-6/23) (386 pages) (Audible)
  12. The Divide book 1: The Last Watch - by J.S. Dewes (6/24-7/17) (480 pages) (Audible)
  13. The Divide book 2: The Exiled Fleet - by J.S. Dewes (7/18-8/7) (432 pages) (Audible)
  14. Bobiverse book 1: We are Legion (We are Bob) - by Dennis E. Taylor (8/7-8/18) (308 pages) (Audible)
  15. Dracula - by Bram Stoker (8/18-9/10) (382 pages) (Audible)
  16. Bobiverse book 2: For we are Many - by Dennis E. Taylor (9/10-9/23) (384 pages) (9/10-9-23) (Audible)
  17. Travelers Gate book 1: House of Blades - by Will Wight (294 pages) (9/24-10/2) (Audible)
  18. Travelers Gate book 2: The Crimson Vault - by Will Wight (386 pages) (10/2-10/13) (Audible)
  19. Travelers Gate book 3: City of Light - by Will Wight (394 pages) (10/14-11/1) (Audible) 
  20. White Sand Volume 1 - by Brandon Sanderson (160 pages) (11/2-11/8) (Audible)
  21. Origins of the Wheel of Time - by Michael Livingston (256 pages) (11/9-11/15) (Audible) 
  22. Mistborn book 7: The Lost Metal - by Brandon Sanderson (528 pages) (11/15-12/3) (Audible) 
  23. Bobiverse book 3: All these Worlds - by Dennis E Taylor (12/3-12/6) (336 pages) (Audible) 
  24. The Booking Agents book 2: Flight Risk - by Cherie Priest (12/6-12/16) (313 pages) (Audible) 
  25. White Sand Volume 2 - by Brandon Sanderson (12/18-12/23) (160 pages) (Audible) 
  26. White Sand Volume 3 - by Brandon Sanderson (12/23-12/27) (160 pages) (Audible)
  27. The Dispatcher: book 1 - by John Scalzi (12/29) (120 pages) (Audible) 
  28. The Dispatcher book 2: Murder by Other Means - by John Scalzi (12/29) (160 pages) (Audible) 
  29. The Dispatcher book 3: Travel By Bullet - by John Scalzi (12/30) (180 pages) (Audible) 
  30. Space: 1969 - by Bill Oakley (12/31-1/5) (300 pages) (Audible)

 

 

 

10,660 pages

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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Books I read in 2021

 Here's to a better year reading!


  1. The Stormlight Archive Book 4: Rhythm of War - By Brandon Sanderson (1,232 pages) (12/15-1/25) (Audible)
  2. Legends of the First Empire Book 5: Age of Death - by Michael Sullivan (420 pages) (1/25-2/5) (Audible)
  3. Legends of  the First Empire Book 6: Age of Empyre - by Michael Sullivan (395 pages) (2/6-2/20) (Audible)
  4. Dawnshard - by Brandon Sanderson (208 pages) (2/21-3/24) (Nook)
  5. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - by Christopher Paolini (841 pages) (3/1-4/2) (Nook)
  6. Alien Shore book 2: This Virtual Night - By C.S. Friedman (395 pages) (4/3-4/15) (Nook)
  7. The Expanse book 7: Persepolis Rising - By James S. A. Corey (549 pages) (4/16-5/26) (Nook)
  8. The Expanse book 8: Tiamat's Wrath - By James S. A. Corey (515 Pages) (5/27-6/24) (Nook)
  9. The Interdependency book 1: The Collapsing Empire - by John Scalzi (232 pages) (6/25-8/5) (Nook)
  10. The Dichotomy of Leadership - by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin (300 pages) (8/5-12/31/23)
  11. The Way of Kings Prime - by Brandon Sanderson (803 pages) (8/13-10/1) (audio book)
  12. Nolyn: The Rise and the Fall book 1 - by Michael Sullivan (480 pages) (10/5-10/28) (Audible)
  13. Mordant's Need book 1: The Mirror of Her Dreams - By Stephan Donaldson (654 Pages) (11/8-12/11) (Audible) 
  14. Mordant's Need Book 2: A Man Rides Through - By Stephen Donaldson  (672 Pages) (12/12-1/1) (Audible)




7,696 pages

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Books I read in 2020

2020 Was a rough year for me mentally, and I took a break from reading. Definitely my lowest page and book count since I started keeping track, and probably my lowest since I started reading back in 1994.
  1. Skyward book 2: Starsight - by Brandon Sanderson (461 pages) (1/1-3/15)
  2. The Wheel of Time book 14: A Memory of Light - by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan (909 pages) (1/8-2/4) (Audible)
  3. The Original - by Brandon Sanderson & Mary Robinette Kowal (150 pages) (9-14-9/16) (Audio Book)


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Books I Read in 2019


  1. The Wheel of Time book 2: The Great Hunt - by Robert Jordan (705 pages) (12/14-1/14) (Audible)
  2. The Fountainhead - by Ann Rand (736 pages - quit at 128) (DNF)
  3. The Wheel of Time book 3: The Dragon Reborn - by Robert Jordan (596 pages) (1/15-2/25) (Audible)
  4. The Coldfire Trilogy book 1: Black sun Rising - by C. S. Friedman (496 pages) (1/24-3/13) (Nook)
  5. The Wheel of Time Book 4: The Shadow Rising - by Robert Jordan (1007Pages) (2/25-4/11) (Audible)
  6. Midnight in Chernobyl - by Adam Higginbotham (538 pages) (3/14-4/21)
  7. The Wheel of Time book 5: The Fires of Heaven - by Robert Jordan (704 pages) (3/11-5/12) (Audible)
  8. Legends of the First Empire book 4: Age of Legend - by Michael Sullivan (382 pages) (4/22-5/31) (Nook)
  9. The Wheel of Time book 6: The Lord of Chaos - by Robert Jordan (1011 pages) (3/12-6/8) (Audible)
  10. Zero Bomb - by M.T. Hill (303 pages) (5/31-7/14) DNF - abandoned at page 59.
  11. The Wheel of Time book 7: A Crown of Swords - by Robert Jordan (684 pages) (6/9-) (Audible)
  12. The Agony House - by Cherie Priest (256 pages) (6/22-6/28)
  13. The Wheel of Time book 8: The Path of Daggers - by Robert Jordan (604 pages) (7/3-8/20) (Audible)
  14. Mystic - by Jason Denzel (319 pages) (7/14-7/18)
  15. The Expanse book 6: Babylons Ashes - By James S. A. Corey (568 pages) (7/18-8/10)
  16. The Toll - by Cherie Priest (336 pages) (8/11-8/15)
  17. A Brightness Long Ago - by Guy Gavriel Kay (422 pages) (8/15-12/31)
  18. The Wheel of Time book 9: Winters Heart - by Robert Jordan (780 pages) (8/20-9/15) (Audible)
  19. The Wheel of Time Book 10: Crossroads of Twilight - by Robert Jordan (704 Pages) (9/16-10/17) (Audible)
  20. The Wheel of Time Book 11: Knife of Dreams - by Robert Jordan (860 pages) (10/17-11/22) (Audible)
  21. The Wheel of Time book 12: The Gathering Storm - by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (783 pages) (11/22-12/13) (Audible)
  22. The Wheel of Time book 13: The Towers of Midnight - by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (863 pages) (12/14-1/7) (Audible)







12,309 pages

 

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