Tag Archives: cumulative reading list

Although these days I’m a fairly organized reader, with a Excel spreadsheet and everything,  when I first started yakking about books in 2007, I didn’t even list them. I just posted rambling towers of paragraphs on MySpace.  I’ve been wanting to … Continue reading →

Updated for the last time last night, here’s 2017 in books!  As usual, titles in bold were favorites. — January — 1. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves; P.G. Wodehouse (Comedy) 2. Ask a Science Teacher,  Larry Scheckel (Science) 3. The Twilight War: the Secret History of America’s Thirty … Continue reading →

…whew.— January —1. How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had it Coming, Mike Brown (Science)2. Stagecoach:  Wells-Fargo and the American West,  Phillip Fradkin (History)3. Picking Up:  On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City, Robin Nagle4. Defeating … Continue reading →

Whew, what a year.  flags books involved in this year’s Read of England series.   marks books involved in my annual American Revolution series. — January — 1. Lives of the Planets: A Natural History of the Solar System,  Richard Corfield (Science) 2. The Empty Throne, Bernard Cornwell … Continue reading →

Considering I usually struggle to get to 150, I’m somewhat pleased and somewhat terrified by my results this year. The usual year in review will follow this weekend.Previous years:    2011 | 2012 | 2013 — January —1. The Red Queen, Matt Ridley2. Stonehenge: … Continue reading →

Updated for the final time the day before yesterday, below is the list of this year’s reads. Those in bold are superior favorites. — January —1. Calico Joe, John Grisham (Fiction)2. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Fiction)3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Fiction)4. Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life  of … Continue reading →

Below is the past year’s reading, updated for the last time yesterday morning..expect the annual end of the year wrap up today or tomorrow. Books in bold print are superior favorites. — January —  1. Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival … Continue reading →