GoodReads Reviews: My 2013 Read List

As much as I feel like a well-read individual, I know I don't give it the time and devotion to support such a perception. I do give it as much time and devotion as I am able to at this time in my life. From 10:30pm - 11:00pm is when I currently have a quiet room to devote to whatever story I have at hand. But if Eli refused to nap that day, if work was particularly draining or if I decided to devote 9:00pm - 10:30pm to wine drinking, then even those 30 minutes are forsaken for a good nights sleep.

A review of my 2013 reading list on GoodReads tells the story pretty well.

I read some incredible books last year. By incredible, I mean that I took something away from the story. They were books that stayed with me a few days after they were completed. Nearly all of them were books lent to me by friends or my in-laws. And they were good. 

But they total in number a whopping 5. Yep five novels in 365 days. Hardly the record of a well-read individual.

Now, this number does not include the obsessive number of re-reads I had of the Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay this year in anticipation of the Catching Fire release. For the record, those numbers were HG (1), Catching Fire (2) Mockingjay (2). And to defend myself, I can read those in 2 nights when insomnia kicks in.

Anyway, these books deserve mentioning only because I highly recommend them and would love to discuss them with any friend who may choose to give them a read as well. I've linked the below to my GoodRead reviews in case you are curious.

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman 
Origin: Lent to me by my mother-in-law

 An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin 
 Origin: I read the Shopgirl and wanted to read Mr. Martin's other novels. 









  
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
Origin: Lent to me by Miss Jenny Criglar

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 
Origin: Purchased at the GFU bookstore in 1997(?) for my Modern Novel class.

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
Origin: Lena Dunham recommended this book via her Twitter feed. Now, I don't really give two-hoots about Miss Dunham (no offense Lena) but I am impressed by young women who are able to pack their lives with everything they ever wanted to do (Mindy Kaling is my other idol).