Books of 2013

So, it’s 4 am and I can’t sleep, so I figured it was a good time to post the list of the books I read in 2013. Better late than never, I guess.

(stars indicate books that I enjoyed, or were meaningful, or stayed with me…)

*FROM WHERE YOU DREAM – Robert Olen Butler

FLY BY NIGHT – Frances Hardinge

* GOBLIN SECRETS – William Alexander

THE TESTAMENT OF JESSIE LAMB – Jane Rogers

NO REST FOR THE DOVE – Margaret Miles

BRIDES OF ROLLROCK ISLE – Margo Lanagan

THE WATERS AND THE WILD – Francesca Lia Block

THE CREATIVE HABIT – Twyla Tharp

THE MEDITERRANEAN PRESCRIPTION – Angelo Acquisla

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME – Claudia Black

MIDWINTERBLOOD – Marcus Sedgwick

* FINDING WATER – Julia Cameron

THE DAUGHTER OF WITCHING HILL – Mary Sharratt

GODS AND GODDESSES IN THE DAILY LIFE OF VIKINGS – Jen Green

UNCOVERING HISTORY & EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE ANCIENT ARAB & ISLAMIC WORLD – Nicola Barber

CINDERELLA ATE MY DAUGHTER – Peggy Orenstein

TREASURES OF ISLAM – Bernard O’Kane

HOMECHILD – Joan MacLeod

OVER SEA, UNDER STONE – Susan Cooper

TELL ME WHAT TO EAT – Elaine Magee

CHARLIE: A HOME CHILD’S LIFE IN CANADA – Beryl Young

THE ACID REFLUX SOLUTION – Jorge E Rodriquez

RED SPIKES – Margo Lanagan

TO BE OR NOT TO BE PAIN FREE – Marc D Sopher

* SKELLIG – David Almond

THE PSYCHIC PATHWAY – Sonia Choquette

BALLERINA: SEx, SCANDAL, & SUFFERING BEHIND THE SYMBOL OF PERFECTION – Elizabeth Abbott

OUT OF THE SHADOWS: A LIFE OF GERDA TARO – Francois Maspero

NICE RECOVERY – Susan Juby

DROPPING ACID: THE ACID REFLUX DIET – Jamie Koufman

LOVE YOU HATE YOU MISS YOU – Elizabeth Scott

BROKEN GROUND – Jack Hodgkins

CLEAN – Amy Reed

FAILING FORWARD – John C Maxwell

YOGA FOR A HEALTHY MENSTRUAL CYCLE – Linda Sparrowe, Patricia Walden

THE WHEAT BELLY DIET

A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE – Phillip & Erin Stead

A BALL FOR DAISY – Chris Raschka

DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS – Mo Williams

I WANT MY HAT BACK – Jon Klassen

KNUFFLE BUNNY – Mo Williams

A HEN FOR IZZY IPPIK

* EXTRA YARN – Mac Barnett

RIDING INTO WAR: A MEMOIR OF A HORSE TRANSPORT DRIVER – James Robert Johnson

THE ICE CREAM BIBLE – Marilyn & Tanya Linton

OUTRAGEOUS WOMEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES – Vicki Leon

INNER GOLD – Robert A Johnson

* HELP. THANKS. WOW – Anne Lamott

OBERNEWTYN – Isobelle Carmody

THE BLACK HAWK – Joanne Bourne

HARMONOGRAPH – Anthony Ashton

THE ART OF TEA-LEAF READING – Jane Struthers

SMALL MECHANICS – Lorna Crozier

THE WESTING GAME – Ellen Raskin

THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE – Simone St James

THE NIGHT CIRCUS – Erin Morgenstern

* THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOL QUEENS – Jack Weatherford

THE ANGEL THERAPY HANDBOOK – Doreen Virtue

THIS IS NOT MY HAT – Jon Klassen

* CODE NAME VERITY – Elizabeth Wein

* ENDER’S GAME – Orson Scott Card

* WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE – Jon Kabat-Zinn

* TECHNIQUES OF A SELLING WRITER – Dwight Swain

BEAUTIFUL DISASTER – Jamie McGuire

LOVE IN THE TIME OF GLOBAL WARMING – Francesca Lia Block

So, that amounts to 67 books. I’m aiming for at least that this year, but it all depends on how much non-fiction I read…so, we’ll see!

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