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 7 (of 52) – The Fault In Our Stars

The Fault In Our Stars - John Green

The Fault In Our Stars – John Green

Author John Green delivers a tale of a young girl suffering from cancer who meets a boy and finally starts to live her life like a normal teenager.  A shared fascination with a recluse novelist helps bring the two together and gives them something to focus on when real life becomes too real.

The Fault In Our Stars, soon to become the latest young adult novel to hit the big screen, was an easy read and, for the most part, a good one.  I could have done without the crazy author subplot, but it didn’t detract too much from the overall tale, which was pretty strong.