Member: BenjaminHahn

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About meI am an avid reader, but unfortunately my taste for purchasing books out paces the speed at which I can read them. It is probably a good thing that I live in Alaska where my proximity to fine used books stores is extremely limited. Mail order is my main savior.

Below is my reading list for 2013. With our first baby in the picture now after 2012, I predict many of my selections this year will continue to be related to quenching my thirst for parenting knowledge. I hope to spice it up a bit with some distracting fiction here and there too. Last year's count of 40 was surprising given the circumstances. Who knows, perhaps I will do better than I thought again and get a good deal of reading done. A lot of my reading this past year was baby books, over and over again. I can only hope for more of the same.

Reading List for 2013:

1. Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor
2. A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
3. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
4. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
5. Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
6. Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
7. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
8. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
9. The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

About my libraryThe year of 2012 was the year of new shelves in the house and reshuffling the library since the new baby took over the nonfiction room. They look great in the living room now. I really ought to focus on getting through some of my "to read" pile however. I am starting to run out of easy places to put up book shelves.

Rating system
★★★★★ PERFECT - All-time favorite
★★★★.5 EXCELLENT - Very enjoyable/Highly recommended.
★★★★ VERY GOOD - An author to watch
★★★.5 GOOD - Will look for more by same author
★★★ ENJOYABLE - But nothing special
★★.5 OKAY - Mildly enjoyable but forgettable
★★ POOR - Dull plot or interesting idea wasted
★.5 VERY POOR - Difficult to finish
★ TERRIBLE - Could not finish
0.5 TRASH - Should never have been published

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up, 50 Book Challenge, Dishonorable Society Of Lazy Scholars And Leisurely Gentlemen, Edition Erudition, Folio Society devotees, New Lifetime Reading Plan

Favorite authorsSimon Armitage, Michael Chabon, Bernard Cornwell, Jared Diamond, Dave Eggers, Neil Gaiman, Lev Grossman, Ernest Hemingway, Hesiod, Homer, Lucretius, Magnus Magnusson, George R. R. Martin, Cormac McCarthy, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Mervyn Peake, Neal Stephenson, S. M. Stirling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Gene Wolfe (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites

Favorite bookstoresDark Horse Books, Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle), Left Bank Books, Magus Books (Seattle), Michael's Books, Old Inlet Bookshop, Port Book & News, Powell's City of Books (Portland), The Homer Bookstore, Title Wave Books - Midtown Store, Twice Sold Tales (University District), Village Books

Favorite librariesAnchorage Public Library - Z. J. Loussac Public Library, University of Washington - Suzzallo Library, Western Washington University Libraries

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Real nameBenjamin Hahn

LocationAnchorage, AK

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Member sinceApr 1, 2007

Currently readingMao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang
Schott's Almanac 2007 (Schott's Almanac) by Ben Schott
Edenborn by Nick Sagan
Empires of the Ancient Near East 4 Volume Box Set (Empires of the Ancient Near East London Folio Society, Second Edition 2000) by J.M. Cook
Gormenghast Trilogy: Gormenghast / Titus Alone / Titus Groan (3 Volume Set in slipcase) by Mervyn Peake
Schott's Miscellany 2008: An Almanac by Ben Schott
Justice for Hedgehogs by Ronald Dworkin
In Saint George's Name by Christian Tobler
What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? And 60 Other Great Cultural Questions by Peter D' Epiro
The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past by David S. Kidder
Year Round Things to Do by Shirley Hughes
The Book of Days by Elizabeth Donaldson
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati by David S. Kidder
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Skim by Mariko Tamaki
Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't by Nate Silver
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