2014: The Year In Books

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With another year coming to an end, it is time to take a look back at the 23 books I read over the past year, an increase of 5 from last year. Of those 23, 7 were non-fiction and, of the 16 novels, 8 were TV show tie-ins. Only 5 of the books came from the “to-read” drawer, and 8 were e-books.  I read a grand total of 9000 pages, the most in 1 year since 1992.

A majority of the books I read this year were by authors I’ve never read before. The 14 authors that I read for the first this year were:
Amy Poehler
James VanOsdol
John Passarella
Mary Karr
Thomas E. Sniegoski
William Lashner
Teresa Strasser
Adam Carolla
Bryan Bishop
John Green
Rob Thomas
Jennifer Graham
Brian Jay Jones
Gord Rollo

The ghost writer(s) for Richard Castle and David Mack were the only authors I read multiple times in 2014.

The six books that I read this year that were released this year were Richard Castle’s Wild Storm, Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Greg Rucka’s Bravo, William Lashner’s The Barkeep, Adam Carolla’s President Me, and The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham.

Finally, the breakdown by month.  Vacations in April and December certainly helped pad their totals a tad bit.
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Book 13 (of 52) – Bravo

Bravo - Greg Rucka

Bravo – Greg Rucka

2 years ago, Greg Rucka introduced us to Jad Bell and his team of Delta Force operatives in Alpha.  His follow-up, Bravo, picks up a few weeks later, with Bell and his team hot on the trail on the people behind the attack at the Wilsonville amusement park.

Rucka gives us a more straight-laced military thriller than last time, something more akin to his Queen & Country works.  He picks up the threads from his last book and weaves them into a satisfying follow up, while still leaving room for the series to continue.  Will there be a Charlie in our future? I, for one, am looking forward to it.