Renald128's 2013 reading list

I just have this thread to keep track of the books I read during the year, I only got to read 25 books last year, I'll try to read more this year (hopefully).

I finished one of the books I started reading last year, The Hero of Ages which was the last one in the Mistborn trilogy, it was good but not great.

Books read: 1

I just finished Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Slum, great read, very raw and real.

Books read: 2

Good luck with your thread and happy reading :-)

Happy New Year (sorry so late)!

#3: Thanks Ameise!

#4: You were early for the Chinese new year :P!

I just finished Gone Girl, I started this book because I thought the story sounded good, after I began reading it I felt the characters weren't fully fleshed, they felt fake, I wanted to like them I really did, I read wanting to know what happened at the end and after finishing it I hated the ending. Not a book I would ever recommend.

Books read: 3

P.S. On the bright side the next book will look more than great.

I finished reading The Selection, it was nice, light and very simple book but very enjoyable.

Books read: 4

I finished reading Farenheit 451 which was good.

Books read: 5

Yeah, I thought that was a good one, too.

Hi, billie!

I finished The Great Gatsby which I loved! I can't wait to see the movie adaptation of this year!

Books read: 6

I finally finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It took me forever to read this one. I ended up liking it, but I thought it was too long.

#10: Yeah, that one felt the longest to me too, billiejean, too much teen angst for me :D

I finished reading Warm Bodies which was nice but I didn't love it.

Books read: 7

I finished reading Anna Karenina and it was good, very intricate storytelling but nice nonetheless.

Books read: 8

I love Anna Karenina, as well. But I like lots of Russian authors. War and Peace was also a great read but much longer than Anna Karenina. I have come to love the story of Kitty and Levin more than the story of Anna and Vronsky.

#13: Yeah, I know what you mean, billie!

I finished reading A wrinkle in Time, it was very enjoyable.

Books read: 9

Another great read!

#15: Hi, billie! Yes, very lovely book.

I finished reading The Maze Runner which was really good, I couldn't put it down!

Books read: 10

I see that The Maze Runner is on my wishlist. I guess I need to find it somewhere and read it!

#17: I enjoyed it a lot, billie!

I finished reading The Elite, book two of the selection trilogy, it was really really good.

I also read The Prince which is a novella of the same series. Not a lot of new insight, just a change of perspective.

Books read: 12

I finished reading The Hedge Knight which is a short story from The Song of Ice and Fire series, I loved it! And I just finished Matched which was nice but I didn't love, it is a little entertaining though.

Books read: 14

I finished reading The Sworn Sword the second short story from the Song of Ice and Fire, it was really good too.

Books read: 15

I finished reading The Mystery Knight which was my favorite of the three short stories.

Books read: 16

I finished reading The Thief which was really really good and I started reading comics in my new tablet and finished The Sandman which was also really really good! And I finished the The Walking Dead: Volume 1 Days gone bye

Books read: 19

My daughter loves those Sandman books. I haven't read any of them, though.

#23: They are really good, billiejean!

I have done a lot of reading (mostly the comics from The Walking Dead):

The Walking Dead vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
The Walking Dead vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
The Walking Dead vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
The Walking Dead vol. 5: The Best Defense
The Walking Dead vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life
The Walking Dead vol. 7: The Calm Before
The Walking Dead vol. 8: Made to Suffer
The Walking Dead vol. 9: Here We Remain
The Walking Dead vol. 10: What We Become
The Walking Dead vol. 11: Fear The Hunters

And I also finished one novel The Scorch Trials which was good, not amazing but good all in all.

Books read: 30

I am up to date with The Walking Dead comic, I've read:

The Walking Dead vol. 12: Life Among Them
The Walking Dead vol. 13: Too Far Gone
The Walking Dead vol. 14: No Way Out
The Walking Dead vol. 15: We Find Ourselves
The Walking Dead vol. 16: A Larger World
The Walking Dead vol. 17: Something to Fear
The Walking Dead vol. 18: What Comes After

Books read: 37

I finished The Queen of Attolia which was amazing, this series gets better and better.

Books read: 38

I finished The King of Attolia and this series keeps blowing my mind, they are really really good.

Books read: 39

My daughter got me to the World War Z movie. I don't usually watch zombie movies, but I made it through ok. I have never seen The Walking Dead, but it is certainly popular. I had no idea that the show came from graphic novels.

#28: I love a good zombie movie/book/comic, billie! But I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea.

I finished reading The Death Cure which was ok, I didn't love the series but not every work can be a masterpiece of writing. On the other hand, I finished A Conspiracy of Kings and thought it was amazing, I still prefer the third one in the series but the fourth one lived up to the expectations of it.

Books read: 41

I finished reading Les Misérables which was great, a little long but a great masterpiece. I also finished The Ocean at the End of the Lane which was good.

Books read: 43

I finished reading The Cuckoo's Calling and I loved it, I liked this novel better than The Casual Vacancy, it was not the writing of Vacancy that bothered me, it was the story, it was not the kind of story I like to read. But Cuckoo's Calling is a mystery which grabbed me right at the beginning and I couldn't put it down till I finished. Rowling is indeed a great writer.

Books read: 44

I finished reading The House of Secrets which I thought was bland, action packed but not very well developed characters, Horns which was really good and can't wait for the movie and Code Name Verity which was also very good.

Books read: 47

You are really zooming along with your reading! I have been wanting to read Les Mis for quite a while, but I haven't committed to it yet. Great job!

#33: Yes, billie! I've gotten a lot of reading done this year :D

I finished reading The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch which was an okay book and Wonder which I absolutely love and enjoyed a lot.

Books read: 49

I finished reading The Princess Bride which was really wonderful!

Books read: 50

Well done!!!

#36: Thanks, Ameise!

I finished reading The Shining Girls which I enjoyed but somehow failed to live up to the plot I imagined when I read the synopsis and the setting of the story (It's a time-traveler serial killer)

Books read: 51

I finished reading Night Film: A novel, the beginning was good and the setting was great but the ending was all over the place and didn't feel at all satisfying.

I also read the three prequel stories to The Returned: The first, the sparrow and the choice. All very enjoyable and I will count them as one book read.

Books read: 53

I finished reading The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led The Revels There and it was really good (not as engaging as the first one but still good) and the prequel short story The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland for a little while which was also good.

Books read: 55

I was in the middle of a reading slump caused by the many responsibilities of adult life (college and work). I hope I am finally over the reading slump. I finished reading Allegiant which was ok, not brilliant but fairly entertaining.

Books read: 56

I finished reading Lexicon and I thought it was just ok. The world building from this books wasn't satisfying for me.

Books read: 57

I just finished Life after Life, it was beautifully written and fully-fleshed characters. Really enjoyable story.

ETA: I also finished The Walking Dead Volume 19 since I am counting these comics through the volumes.

Books read: 59

I finished reading The Shining yesterday and it was really good!

Books read:60.