Thursday, March 5, 2015

Books in 2014

Well, here we are in March 2015 and I'm just now getting around to posting my annual book list.  Obviously I don't keep up with my blog at all anymore, but I still felt funny erasing my list from my white board without posting it on here.  So, here you go.  These are the books that I read last year.

1. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card
2. White Fire - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
3. A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin
4. Deeply Odd - Dean Koontz
5. The Giver - Lois Lowry
6. World War Z - Max Brooks
7. In Odd We Trust - Dean Koontz
8. Odd is on Our Side - Dean Koontz
9. It - Stephen King
10. The Darkest Evening of the Year - Dean Koontz

The list is a little shorter than previous years.  A Dance with Dragons and It both took me ridiculous amounts of time to finish reading.  I'd have to say that I enjoyed everything I read last year.  I also listened to a few audiobooks while driving between Utah and Alberta, so here's a list of those as well.

1. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
3. I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Bill Bryson
4. Children of the Mind - Orson Scott Card

And, just to give you a little preview of next year, I just finished reading An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield.  I highly recommend it to everybody.  It's full of great lessons on not only how to be successful in various aspects of life, but how to recognize and appreciate the successes that you do experience.  If you haven't read it, go find a copy right now and start. Go!