Vic's 50 Book Challenge 2013

1 - Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute

4-1/2 stars

2 - The Breach by Patrick Lee

3-1/2 stars

3 - Ghost Country by Patrick Lee

3-1/2 stars

4 - Deep Sky by Patrick Lee

3-1/2 stars

5 - Neuromancer by William Gibson

3-1/2 stars

6 - Final Impact by Yvonne Navarro

3-1/2 stars

7 - Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

4 stars

8 - The Drill Press Book: Including 80 Jigs & Accessories You Can Make by R. J. De Cristoforo

4 stars

9 - Collecting Old Maps by Francis J. Manasek

4 stars

10 - The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

5 stars

11 - Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

3-1/2 stars

12 - Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina

3 stars

13 - Timeline by Michael Crichton

3 stars

14 - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

5 stars

15 - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

5 stars

16 - The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

5 stars

17 - Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block

3-1/2 stars

18 - First Evidence by Ken Goddard

3 stars

How did you like the Tolkien? I haven't read the trilogy in years and I've been thinking of giving it a reread.

I've read The Hobbit and the Lord of the rings several times. I never tire of them. On the other hand, I've tried to read The Silmarillion twice now and can't get through 50 pages.

19 - The Philippine War 1899-1902 by Brian McAllister Linn

4 stars

#20> Well, I did get through the Silmarillion, but I do know what you mean about it. I read it just to get the background information about the Middle Earth mythology, but I can't say I enjoyed the experience much. Anyway, next up for me will indeed be a reread of The Hobbit.

I just finished watching the new Hobbit movie (part 1). Wow, I liked the movie but it sure ain't the book!

20 - A World Out of Time by Larry Niven

3-1/2 stars

21 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett

4-1/2 stars

22 - William Howard Taft The President Who Became Chief Justice by Bill Severn

3 stars

23 - The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande

3-1/2 stars

24 - Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease by Robert H. Lustig

3-1/2 stars

25 - From A Buick 8 by Stephen King

3-1/2 stars

26 - Wool by Hugh Howey

4-1/2 stars

27 - Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie

2 stars

28 - Woodrow Wilson by John Milton Cooper Jr.

4 stars

29 - Runaway by Alice Munro

4 stars

30 - Floater by Joseph L. Koenig

3-1/2 stars

31 - Truck: On Rebuilding a Worn-Out Pickup and Other Post-Technological Adventures by John Jerome

3-1/2 stars

32 - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

3 stars

33 - Dune by Frank Herbert

4-1/2 stars

34 - Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

3-1/2 stars

35 - Ringworld by Larry Niven

5 stars

36 - Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven

4 stars

37 - Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems (Workbench Series) by Tony Candela

2-1/2 stars

38 - Chesapeake: A Novel by James A. Michener

3-1/2 stars

39 - Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier

3 stars

40 - eBay Photos That Sell: Taking Great Product Shots for eBay and Beyond by Dan Gookin

2-1/2 stars

41 - Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

3-1/2 stars

42 - The history of Sussex County, Delaware by Harold Bell Hancock

3 stars

43 - George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter

3-1/2 stars

44 - Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

3-1/2 stars

45 - Routing and Shaping: Techniques for Better Woodworking (Workshop Companion) by Nick Engler

3 stars

46 - All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

5 stars

47 - Farside (Grand Tour) by Ben Bova

3 stars

48 - The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions by Scott Adams

3 stars