Books

Books read in 2022 so far:

1. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
2. Running Scared by Lisa Jackson
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4. Silent Scream by Dan Schmidt
5. The Head of Cerebus by Francis Stevens
6. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
8. City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams

Here are the books I have read in 2021:

1. Death's End by Liu Cixin
2. Vicious by V. E. Schwab
3. American Royals by Katharine McGee
4. The Last Templar by Michael Jecks
5. The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
6. Chump Change by David Eddie
7. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
8. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
9. Beyond the Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
10. Enigma by Catherine Coulter
11. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
12. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

In 2020, I wanted to try and read at least one book a month again. I managed to do this in 2018 even with that year being a very chaotic year. In 2019 I didn't read so many books and it was mostly because I lacked a goal to motivate me to read more frequently.

I didn't necessarily achieve the goal of a book a month, there were times I struggled over more than a month to read a book (The Kingdom of Back, The Fall of Gondolin) and then there were other books I read in a day (The Obelisk Gate). In the end I read thirteen books though! So I consider the goal accomplished.

Here are the books I read in 2020:

1. Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang
2. The Fall of Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien
3. Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
4. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
5. The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
6. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
7. The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
8. The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
9. The Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
10. The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
11. The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
12. Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows
13. Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

I decided to continue to make reading books a regular practice into 2019. However, I didn't stay as stringent to reading 12 books (i.e. 1 book a month).

Here are the books I read in 2019:

1. Metamorphosis by Jean Lorrah
2. Kamouraska by Anne Hébert
3. I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
4. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

I know not so many books in 2019 but considering that each LOTR book could be considered two books, that puts me at 9 books.

In 2018 I had the goal of reading 12 books.

Here are the books I read in 2018:

1. Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
2. Grendel by John Gardner
3. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
4. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
5. Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
6. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
7. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
9. Dayworld by Philip José Farmer
10. Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
11. The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Art of Purring by David Michie
12. The Good Life: A Guide to Buddhism for the Westerner by Gerald Roscoe

Books I read between 2015 and 2018:

• Neuromancer
• House of Leaves
• Flatland 
• Good Omens