okeres - 2013 books

My reading plan for this year is 75 x2 :) - at least 25 books to be from my own shelves, and I want to read at least 15 non-fiction. I'm also participating in the 2013 Category Challenge - using categories selected from my personal library, i.e., randomly selected tags from my non-fiction books. I read a lot of genre fiction generally - science fiction, fantasy, mystery and suspense, and one of my goals this year is to mix it up a little bit - well, to at least read more non-fiction. :P

Some of the non-fiction on my TBR -

- The Undressed Art: Why We Draw by Peter Steinhart
- The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
- The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading Writing & the World of Books by Robertson Davies
- The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
- Standing at Water's Edge: Moving Past Fear, Blocks, and Pitfalls to Discover the Power of Creative Immersion by Anne Paris
- The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold by Gretel Ehrlich
- The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule by Joanna Kavenna
- In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit
- The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky
- The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

And some of the fiction I'm planning to read . . .

- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
- In The Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Accelerando by Charles Stross

:: STATUS ::

49/150 : Total Books Read | Personal Library (PL): 5/25 | Non-fiction 1/15

Total Books

NON-FICTION BOOKS READ

(1) Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - Finished 3/6/13

:: currently reading ::
In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop - Steve Kowitt

FICTION READ

:: January ::
(1) Dragon Justice (PSI #4) - Laura Anne Gilman (F)
(2) Widow’s Web (Elemental Assassin #7) - Jennifer Estep (F)
(3) Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy - Dana Stabenow, ed. (F)
(4) The Company - K J Parker (F)
(5) A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison (F)
(6) Trick of the Light (Trickster #1) - Rob Thurman (F)
(7) The Grimrose Path (Trickster #2) - Rob Thurman (F)
(8) Ghost Story (Dresden Files #13) - Jim Butcher (F)
(9) The Wild Ways (Gale Women #2) - Tanya Huff (F)
(10) Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi (SF)
(11) Wayfinder - C E Murphy (F)
(12) The Steel Remains - Richard k Morgan (F/reread)
(13) Chimera - Rob Thurman (F)
(14) All Seeing Eye - Rob Thurman (F)
(15) Deathwish (Cal Leandros #4) - Rob Thurman (F)
(16) Roadkill (Cal Leandros #5) - Rob Thurman (F)
(17) Delusion in Death - J D Robb (M)
(18) Hounded (Iron Druid Chronicles #1) - Kevin Hearne (F)
(19) Hexed (Iron Druid #2) - Kevin Hearne (F)
(20) Ghost of a Dream (Ghost Finders #3) - Simon R Green (F)

:: February ::
(21) Fleece Navidad - Maggie Sefton (M)
(22) Dropped Dead Stitch - Maggie Sefton (M)
(23) Unraveled - Maggie Sefton (M)
(24) Three in Death - J D Robb (M)
(25) Steel's Edge - Ilona Andrews (F)
(26) The Silvered - Tanya Huff (F)
(27) Time of Death - J D Robb (M)
(28) Ceremony in Death - " " (M)
(29) Born in Death - " " (M)
(30) Innocent in Death - " " (M)
(31) Promises in Death - " " (M)
(32) Fantasy in Death - " " (M)
(33) Indulgence in Death - " " (M)
(34) Big Jack - " " (M)
(35) The Unquiet - J D Robb, et al (M)
(36) Devil's Punch - Ann Aguirre (F)
(37) Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie (F)
(38) Treachery in Death - J D Robb (M)
(39) The Cold Commands - Richard k Morgan (F)
(40) Hammered (Iron Druid #30 - Kevin Hearne (F)
(41) Creation in Death - J D Robb (S)
(42) Sheepfarmer’s Daughter (in The Deed of Paksenarrion #1) - Elizabeth Moon (F) (PL)
(43) Divided Allegiance (The Deed of Paksenarrion #2) - Elizabeth Moon (F) (PL)
(44) Oath of Gold (The Deed of Paksenarrion #3 ) - Elizabeth Moon (F) (PL)
(omnibus edition of three books in one volume - counting as individual books)

:: March ::
(45) The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien (F)(PL)
(46) Ice Blue - Anne Stuart (S)
(47) Shadows at Sunset - Anne Stuart (S)
(48) One Wrong Move - Shannon McKenna (S)
(49) Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain (NF)(PL)

:: currently reading & next up ::
Blackout (Cal Leandros #6) - Rob Thurman (F)
Tricked (Iron Druid #30 - Kevin Hearne (F)

(F) fantasy | (SF) science fiction | (M) mystery/suspense

Welcome! Good start to the year. Quiet is one of those books I keep hearing about that I need to get on my TBR.

Kerrie, you have some great books in that list (which I should stop clicking on and reading about!). Good luck with the challenge. I am also hoping for 150 books this year, and trying to increase my non-fiction.

I just finished Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking and really liked it. I think a lot of that came from the feeling of these are my people as I'm a pretty typical introvert. It is always good to hear that I'm not the only one. What do you think of it?

#5 Thanks drneutron!

#7 KarenElissa - I'm just a couple of chapters into Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking but I'm really enjoying it. I do a lot of nodding while I'm reading it. :P

#6 Thanks susanj67! 150 books shouldn't be too difficult to manage as I can inhale fiction some days. :) The non-fiction part will be trickier. I read lots of N-F last year, but it was a cherry-picker method, looking up things, reading a chapter here and there - only managed to read five cover to cover though. Maybe I'll have better results this year if I keep a N-F book next to whatever fiction I'm currently reading - keep it in front of me so I won't forget. lol Good luck to you on reading 150 and on increasing your non-fiction reading as well.