In 2018 I read 60 books.
In 2019, I read 46 (in my defense, a couple of them were whoppers of over 600 pages!)
In 2020, I read 43, but there were NO cartoon anthologies on the list this time!
In 2021, I read a total of 46 books - some pretty massive biographies (600+ pages) included.
In 2022, I read 66 books - including reading the Sandman saga TWICE, at least. Also re-read Colleen McCullough's MASTERS OF ROME series - thick, chunky books, but I love them! And the usual mix of history, biography, and fiction.
Now it's 2023!
January 2023
A SMALL DARK PLACE by Martin Schenk
AND THERE WAS LIGHT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN JOURNEY by John Meacham
THE LOST SOUL OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY by Stephen Knott
February 2023
MURDER ON THE SKY RIDE by Joe Hewitt
BEHIND THE SCENES by Elizabeth Keckley
MARCH 2023
March 11 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN: THE DUTY OF A STATESMAN by William Lee Miller
March 18 - ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA by Colleen McCullough
March 27 - THE WARS OF THE ROSES - The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
APRIL 2023
April 2 - THE BLOOD OF GODS by Conn Iggulden
April 21 - KING GEORGE V by Kenneth Rose
Apr. 24 - DEVOLUTION by Max Brooks
Apr. 28 - THE CABINET OF DR. LENG by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
MAY 2023
May 1 - THE SECOND WORLD WAR: THE GATHERING STORM by Winston Churchill
May 14 - DIABLO MESA by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
May 17 - NAKED STATUES, FAT GLADIATORS, AND WAR ELEPHANTS - Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garret Ryan
JUNE 2023
June 26 - AMERICAN CAESAR: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, 1880-1964 by William Manchester
June 28 - DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by Jeff Lindsey
June 29 - COMMENTARIES ON THE GALLIC WARS by Julius Caesar and Aulus Hirtius
July 2023
July 10 - COMMENTARIES ON THE CIVIC WARS by Gaius Julius Caesar and Aulus Hirtius
July 12 - THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEN by Bob Woodward
July 19 - THE EISENHOWER CHRONICLES by M.B. Zucker
July 21 - COMMENTARIES ON THE ALEXANDRIAN WARS by Gaius Julius Caesar and others
July 28 - COMMENTARIES ON THE AFRICAN WARS by an unknown officer of Julius Caesar
July 30 - COMMENTARIES ON THE SPANISH WAR by an unknown officer of Julius Caesar
August 2023
Aug. 3 - THE POPE AND MUSSOLINI by David Kertzer
Aug. 15 - HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
Aug. 23 - THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS by Neil Gaiman
Aug. 23 - THE DEFINING MOMENT: FDR'S 100 DAYS AND THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE by Jonathan Alter
Aug. 24 - THE CROW by James O'Barr
Aug. 29 - THE SANDMAN: PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES by Neil Gaiman
September 2023
Sep. 4 - DESTINED TO BE A HAMILTON by Mary-Anne Hamilton and Helena Reynolds
Sep. 12 - THE SANDMAN: THE DOLL HOUSE by Neil Gaiman
Sep. 18 - HOLLY by Stephen King
Sep. 25 - THE SANDMAN: DREAM COUNTRY by Neil Gaiman
Sep. 30 - PRESIDENT GARFIELD: FROM RADICAL TO UNIFIER by C.W. Goodyear
October 2023
Oct. 12 - THE SANDMAN: SEASON OF MISTS by Neil Gaiman
Oct. 25 - THE SANDMAN: A GAME OF YOU by Neil Gaiman
November 2023
Nov. 12 - THE SANDMAN: FABLES AND REFLECTIONS by Neil Gaiman
Nov. 27 - AN UNFINISHED LIFE: JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek
December 2023
Dec. 7 - THE SANDMAN: BRIEF LIVES by Neil Gaiman
Dec. 15 - THE SANDMAN: WORLD'S END by Neil Gaiman
Dec. 22 - THE NEVERGLADES, Vol. 1 - David Farrow
Dec. 23 - THE SANDMAN: THE KINDLY ONES by Neil Gaiman
Dec. 27 - THE NEVERGLADES, Vol. 2 - David Farrow
Dec. 30 - THE SANDMAN: THE WAKE by Neil Gaiman
And that's the year!
January.
Blitzkrieg: The origins successes and failures of the lightning war.
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury.
Reanimator Incorporated.
Middle Earth Battles.
Armies of The Hobbit.
Armies of The Lord of the Rings.
The Caverns of Kalte - Joe Dever.
February.
Knights of Dark Renown.
Words and Wars: Ukraine Facing Russian Propaganda.
Missions.
March.
Pirate Borg.
Mutant Chronicles.
February: Mondo Exotica
April: Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
June: Metamorphoses (Ovid)
July: The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film (re-read)
August: The Encyclopedia of Underground Film
October: I Cannot, Yet I Must: The True Story of the Best Bad Monster Movie of All Time Robot Monster
November: Historia Discordia
Makeup To Breakup: My Life In & Out of KISS by Peter Criss
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Retail Gangster: The INSANE Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie by Gary Weiss
The Lives of Brian by Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
I Slept With Joey Ramone by Mickey Leigh and Legs McNeil
The Great A&P and The Struggle For Small Business in America by Marc Levinson
Kirby: King of Comics by Mark Evanier
Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics (graphic novel) by Tom Scioli
Star Wars: Skywalker Strikes (graphic novel) by Jason Aaron and Tom Cassaday
Just started The Three Musketeers
Quote from: The Burgomaster on March 09, 2023, 02:48:19 PM
Just started The Three Musketeers
This brings to mind something from what I believe was a fan-made Knights of the Dinner Table comic strip where they're playtesting a musketeer era RPG. B.A. is narrating a scene where a guy is attempting to goad one of them into a duel when Bob and Dave both declare that they shoot him. It follows thusly.
B.A.: You shoot him?!? With what?
Bob: With our muskets.
Dave: Standard issue gear for musketeers, dude.
I went through a long period where I wasn't reading anything (or at least, not keeping track of what I was reading) but now I'm back with a vengeance so to speak.
November.
The Sword of Shannara by Terr Brooks
December
Gone South Robert McCammon
Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Caitlyn Doughty (reread)
Misquoting Jesus Bart D. Ehrman
Godless Dan Barker
Killing The Mob Bill O'Reilly and Matt Dugard
Dawn of Man: The Story of Human Evolution Robin McKie
Killing The Legends Bill O'Reilly and Matt Dugard