Rating system
1 star – If I finished it, shame on me.
2 stars – I wanted to see how it ended, but it was just okay.
3 stars – I liked it.
4 stars – I loved it.
5 stars – It was brilliant and you should read it immediately – in fact, everyone should.
January:
1. Thanks for the Memories
by Cecilia Ahern (audiobook) – 4 stars – my review
2. Tipperary by Frank Delaney – 4 stars – my review
3. While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delisnky (audiobook) – 4 stars – my review
4. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (read-aloud) – 5 stars
5. That Distant Land: The Collected Stories by Wendell Berry – 5 stars
6. Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry – 4 stars – my review
7. Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner – 3 stars – my review
8. The Passage by Justin Cronin (audiobook) – 5 stars – my review
9. What He Must Be If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Voddie Baucham Jr. – 4 stars
10. The Informationist by Taylor Stevens – 5 stars – my review
11. The Annotated Persuasion by Jane Austen – 5 stars
12. The Death Cure by James Dashner (read-aloud) – 5 stars – my review
13. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (audiobook) – 5 stars
February:
14. The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman (audiobook) – 3 stars
15. A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd (audiobook) – 5 stars – my review
16. Digging to America by Anne Tyler (audiobook) – 4 stars
17. In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination by Margaret Atwood – 4 stars
18. Divergent by Veronica Roth – 4 stars
19. Pretty by Jillian Lauren – 3 stars – my review
20. The Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney – 5 stars – my review
Books I started in 2012 but chose not to finish:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre (audio) – The reader is terrific, so it’s not the format. I made it through two discs, but for a spy thriller, it is slooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I mean, nothing happens. Conversations, mostly. Just couldn’t get through it.
Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (audio) – I love Anne Tyler’s work, but I didn’t like the reader. I’ll probably try this in print at some point.
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian (audio) – I enjoyed Midwives, but since then, I’ve tried two books by Bohjalian, and neither have worked for me. I think this may just be a case of not a good match between author and reader.
