My Year in Books
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Ransom Riggs at University Book Store, Bothell |
In
January, I read
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and met the author, Ransom Riggs. He was super nice and interesting and had great shoes and socks. This month I also had my only DNF of the year,
The Sea by John Banville.
In
February, I read my first graphic novel of the year, Hope Larson and Madeleine L'Engle's
A Wrinkle in Time. I also finished up a reread/group read of
The Woman in White for Wilkie in Winter. I loved it again!
In
March, I hosted
DWJ March for the third year in a row. This year was bittersweet as we read Diana's final book,
The Islands of Chaldea. I read ten DWJs this month (twelve in the whole year). I also read
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters, first in what would surprisingly become one of my favorite trilogies of ever.
In
April, I finally read
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander after having watched the movie at least a dozen times as a kid. I also finally read
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. I waited a long time because I was worried it wouldn't live up to the hype. I wasn't disappointed by either! I also had a great time with another spring Dewey's Read-a-thon.
In
May, I read the short stories of Connie Willis. I enjoyed them so much that I decided to spend the summer reading more short story collections that were on my TBR shelf.
In
June, I was surprised by how much fun I had reading
This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City by John Rogers, tales of his walks around the city. I also worked on
Moby Dick for a read-along but, alas, have yet to finish it. A book about whaling is not the ideal read for someone who studied marine biology. It made me sick to my stomach.
In
July, I read more short stories. They led me into a bit of a slump, which I cured with the latest Jasper Fforde,
The Eye of Zoltar.
In
August, my joy in reading short stories was returned to me by Neil Gaiman (
Smoke and Mirrors) and Diana Wynne Jones (
Unexpected Magic).
In
September, I kicked off the RIP Challenge with
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge. I read eight RIP books this month including a couple of my favorites of the year --
Constable & Toop,
Murder on the Home Front, and
The Supernatural Enhancements.
In
October, it was Read-a-Thon time again, in which I enjoyed the two-volume graphic novel version of Neil Gaiman's
The Graveyard Book. I ended up reading fourteen more RIP books this month.
In
November, I reread (third time)
Witch Week by DWJ for, well, Lory's
Witch Week event. It was the first time I really connected with the book. Yay!
So far, I've spent
December reading
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott as my last
100 Chapter Books Project read of the year. I finished a couple of days ago and am still processing my thoughts about it. The rest of the year is now for just-for-fun reading (and trying to reach some of those goals I set the other day).
I would love if you would share a highlight or two from your Year in Books!
Reliving the reads,
K