The Year In Books

With the year coming to an end, it is time to take a look back at the books I’ve read this year, 24 in total and 18 if you exclude the graphic novels.  Of those 24, 6 were graphic novels, another 6 were non-fiction, and 3 were TV show tie-ins.  Overall, I did a good job of clearing out the “to-read” drawer, as 9 of the 18 books came from there.

The 8 authors that I read for the first this year were:
Eliot Asinof
Hugh Delehanty
James Patterson
Len Berman
Marcos Breton
Phil Jackson
Ray Bradbury
Sammy Sosa

Amber Benson, Brian K. Vaughan, and Pia Guerra were the only authors I read multiple times in 2012.

Greg Rucka’s Alpha and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl were the only books released in 2012 that I read in 2012.

I revisited the work of 5 authors that I had not read since the previous century:
Stephen King 1993
John Grisham 1996
Scott Adams 1997
Ketih R.A. DeCandido 1999
Mel Odom 1999

Finally, the breakdown by month.  Being off for most of December certainly helped pad the total a tad bit. Continue reading →

Book 14 (of 52) – Spanning The World

Spanning The World: The Crazy Universe of Big-Time Sports, All-Star Egos, and Hall of Fame Bloopers – Len Berman

Back in 2005, I went to Europe for the first time and my mom bought me this book to read on the flight.  7 years later, again on a trip to Europe, I finally got around to it.  Len Berman is a local sports anchor in New York who, despite getting some national exposure with NBC over the years, I had never heard of.  He combines personal anecdotes with crazy sports stories for a rather easy, if unengaging read.  I can only assume that Berman’s fans would get more out of the book.