{"id":4795,"date":"2013-12-31T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2013-12-30T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T22:33:38","slug":"2013-the-year-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/2013-the-year-in-books\/","title":{"rendered":"2013: The Year In Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2013books\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With another year coming to an end, it is time to take a look back at the 18 books I read over the past year, 6 overall less than last year but the same total if you exclude the graphic novels.\u00a0 Of those 18, 5 were non-fiction and, of the 13 novels, 5 were TV show tie-ins.\u00a0 Only 3 of the books came from the \u201cto-read\u201d drawer, and 7 were e-books, which was a new category for me last year.<\/p>\n

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A majority of the books I read this year were by authors I’ve never read before. \u00a0The 11 authors that I read for the first this year were:
\nAlan Sepinwall
\nJoe Hill
\nRebecca Forster
\nSarah Silverman
\nKimberly McCreight
\nAndrew Gross
\nBen Mezrich
\nTina Fey
\nRon Rapoport
\nDavid Mack
\nDustin Diamond<\/p>\n

The ghost writer for Richard Castle\u00a0was the only author I read multiple times in 2013.<\/p>\n

The five books that I read this year that were released this year were Richard Castle’s Deadly Heat<\/em><\/a>, Kimberly McCreight’s Reconstructing Amelia<\/em><\/a>, Brad Meltzer’s The Fifth Assassin<\/em><\/a>, Warren Ellis’ Gun Machine<\/em><\/a>, and From Black Sox to Threepeats<\/em><\/a>, edited by Ron Rapoport.<\/p>\n

Finally, the breakdown by month.\u00a0 Being off again for most of December certainly helped pad the total a tad bit.<\/p>\n

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Dec \u2013 3
\nNov \u2013 3
\nOct \u2013 1
\nJul \u2013 2
\nJun \u2013 1
\nMay – 1
\nApr \u2013 1
\nMar \u2013 1
\nFeb \u2013 3
\nJan \u2013 2<\/p>\n

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