31 December 2016

2016 Books I Listened To

My annual list of books listened, mostly kept by me because I’m curious of the trends across time (see books label).
Awards
N/A: Can’t Help Myself (listened to yet again)
N/A : Outperformed Expectations
N/A : Underperformed Expectations
  1. The Dark Horse - Craig Johnson
  2. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle - Dorothy Gilman
  3. Death of a Bore - M.C. Beaton
  4. A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Death of a Macho Man - M.C. Beaton

2016 Books I Read

My annual list of books read, mostly kept by me because I’m curious of the trends across time (see books label). I honestly think I missed some books this year. Maybe that's true, or maybe I had a higher estimation of how much I typically read.
In my defense, the Old Testament is a hefty read. A lovely one, challenging to the mind and heart, but not a small feat in itself.

My Highly Scientific Awards
N/A :Fan favorite
 Cold Sassy Tree : Outperformed expectations
 Desert Solitaire : Classic all should read
Old Testament : Most likely affected me

  1. Band of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose
  2. Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Ann Burns
  3. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier
  4. The Wisdom of Father Brown - GK Chesterton
  5. Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey
  6. The Old Testament - Various
  7. Why Am I a Christian - John Stott
  8. The Four Loves - CS Lewis
  9. House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
  10. Death in Cyprus -- MM Kaye

31 December 2015

2015 Books I Listened To

My annual list of books listened, mostly kept by me because I’m curious of the trends across time (see books label).
Awards
Hound of the Baskervilles: Can’t Help Myself (listened to yet again)
The Reckoning - Rennie Airth: Outperformed Expectations (random selection that totally paid off)
PANIC! The Story of Modern Financial Insanity: Underperformed Expectations (needed lengthy editing)

  1. Summer of the Danes - Ellis Peters
  2. Heretic's Apprentice - Ellis Peters
  3. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
  4. American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms - Chris Kyle
  5. A Serpent's Tooth - Craig Johnson
  6. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish - Dorothy Gilman
  7. The Reckoning - Rennie Airth
  8. PANIC! The Story of Modern Financial Insanity - Edited Michael Lewis
  9. Calico Joe - John Grisham
  10. The Monuments Men - Robert Edsel
  11. Hound of the Baskervilles - Conan Doyle
  12. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Conan Doyle
  13. The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie