2013: The Year in Books

I've been keeping track of the books I read each year for about two decades now, initially on paper and electronic notes, then on this blog. The yearly average tends towards something greater than 60 (I always seem to make at least 60). Some years I'm more careful in making notes (occasionally I overlook a book or three!). I usually finish what I read, only on a few occasions do I give up.

I also tend to read a large number of books simultaneously. I can put a book down for days, weeks, even a year, pick it up and begin again. I think I'm reading something like 50 books right now. Some will be finished this year, some not.

Book count: 24 (as of May 22, 2013).

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Idylls of the King (online version found here) (February).

Iain M. Banks: Consider Phlebas (April). The Player of Games (April).

Gary W. Bray: After My Lai: My Year Commanding First Platoon, Charlie Company (January).

Michael L. Burgoyne, Albert J. Marckwardt, E.D. Swinton: The Defense of Jisr al_Doreaa with E.D. Swinton's The Defence of Duffer's Drift (February).

Arthur C. Clarke: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 02: The Sentinel (See here for omnibus review of Clarke short stories) (January). The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 03: The Star (May).

Samuel R. Delany: The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction (Revised and Expanded Edition) (April).

C.S. Forester: Rifleman Dodd (February).

William Gibson: Distrust That Particular Flavor (April). Pattern Recognition (May).

Robert A. Heinlein: Beyond This Horizon (previous review here) (January).

Russell Lewis: Company Commander (January).

Andre Norton: The Time Traders (omnibus, made up of Time Traders and Galactic Derelict) (legal and free version here and here) (March). Star Soldiers (omnibus, made up of Star Guard and Star Rangers) (legal and free version here and here)(March).

Edgar Allen Poe: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (February).

Tim Powers: Salvage & Demolition (February).

Spider Robinson: Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (February). Time Travelers Strictly Cash (February) (omnibus review here).

David Weber: On Basilisk Station (January).

Bing West: The Village (January).

Jim Zubb (author) & Andrew Huerta, Jake Bilbao, Ivan Anaya, Ross Campbell, Mohan, Marshall Dillon and Matteo Scalera (artists, colorists and letterers): Pathfinder Volume 01: Dark Waters Rising (May).