The Book List 2014

It was a pretty good reading year, especially towards the last few month. Oz and Tilda are finally able to play together for longer stretches. I will grab a cup of (HOT!!!) tea, curl up my arm chair in the bedroom, and read, read, read, until someone needs me. And then I wait for the next read break. It's been pretty great. This year I also tried to review more of the things I read, so hopefully there will be more of that next year.

I also read a lot of comics, which filled in a lot of the numbers here. I also started listening to audio books and I'm obsessed. It's hard to listen to music in the car anymore if I have a good book to listen.

 I set my Goodreads challenge for 50 and ending up going a bit over 60. So for 2015 we are aiming for 75!

1. You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs 

2 Wonder Woman: Love and Murder by Jodi Picoult- hated this one. Just awful.

3.Y the Last Man: Ring of Truth vol 5 by Brian K Vaughan - I started this series, but I have yet to finish it. My library system doesn't carry the whole of it, I was tired of waiting for it on ILL, so I've decided to start buying it. But it's going slowly. 

4. Catwoman Vol 1; The Game by Judd Winick- This is the NEW 52 run of Catwoman and I hated it. I was very uncomfortable with how young they made her. She was too much sex kitten and not enough bad ass in total control.

5.Y the Last Man: Girl on Girl

6. Glamping with Mary Jane: Glamour + Camping by Mary Jane Butters

7. Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, from Cleopatra to Princess Di

 by Kris Waldherr --Some interesting info, but the writing was a bit dry. I enjoyed the illustrations.

8. Damned by Chuck Palahniuk-- after some awful recent books, I was *really* pleased by this one and enjoyed it from start to finish. Look forward to reading the sequel this year.

9. Wonder Woman Vol 1 Blood by Brian Azzarello

10. Y the Last Man vol 7: Paper Dolls by Brian Vaughan

11. Walking Dead vol 17 Something to Fear by Robert Kirkman

12. Walking Dead vol 18 What Comes After by Robert Kirkman

13. Batman Vol 1 Court of Owls by Scott Snyder

14. The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman- LOVED IT. BOUGHT IT. Trying to get everyone to read it. It was an instant new favorite. 

15. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

16. Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing up in the 1970s by Margaret Sartor

17. Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan (audio book)- So hilarious to listen to!

18. Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music by Marisa Meltzer

19. Y the Last Man vol 8: Kimono Dragons by Brian Vaughan

20.Batman Vol 2 City of Owls by Scott Snyder

21. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (audio book)- Another fantastic listen. 

22. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (audio book) 

23. Walking Dead vol 19: March to War by Robert Kirkman

24. Batman Vol 3 Death of the Family by Scott Snyder

25. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - Another new favorite! Thank you to my friend Christie for urging me to read it this year. It was brilliant.

26.Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth Jr.

27. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (audio book)- This was the first one I read that was not narrated by the author. And with audio books the narrator makes or breaks it. I was hesitant to read this book because of the "spider" aspect of it...but the narrator is fantastic and made it a great experience to listen to this book. 

28. The Dark Tower; The Gunslinger by Stephen King- this was drawn from my book jar this year! Griff adores this series, and I've always been hesitant to start. I'll admit, it was tough to get through. But I'm not giving up on the series!

29. Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower

30. Wonder Woman vol 2 Guts by Brian Azzarello

31. Salem's Lot by Stephen King (audio book)- I was so happy that the audio adaptation was good!

32. The Good Body by Eve Ensler (audio book)- Absolute fucking garbage. This is total white feminism at it's privileged worse. It made me insanely angry. If you enjoyed the Vagina Monologues, do not ruin it for yourself by listening (reading) to this one.

33. Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems by Alice Walker

34. Mistress by Mistake by Kim Lawrence- I had a go at reading a Harlequin Romance for a summer reading challenge and it was awful. Just not sexy at all. Disappointing!

35. How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto- I love the film, the book was equally good.

36. Batgirl Vol 2: Knight fall Descends by Gail Simone

37. Wonder Woman Vol 3 Iron by Brian Azzarello

38. Batman HUSH vol 1 by Jeph Loeb - Loved it. Bought it.

39. Wonder Woman Vol 4 War by Brian Azzarello

40. Batman Private Casebook by Paul Dini- I have no memories of this one, so it can't have been that good.

41. Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever by Joe Kane-- pretty interesting. 

42. Batman Vol 2 HUSH by Jeph Loeb

43. Getting the Pretty Back by Molly Ringwald

44. Batman R.I.P by Grant Morrison

45. LARGE PRINT (Unshelved #8) by Bill Barnes--library humor. Love it.

46. Batman The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb -favorite

47. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch 

48. Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

49. The Stand by Stephen King (audio book)- I had heard this was a good one, and I enjoyed it, but it was great. I was glad that I had already read the book years ago, because I did tend to drift in and out but had a good idea of where I was. 

50. Smile by Raina Telgemeier

51. The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman

52. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut

53. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes - possibly made me love one of my favorite movie even more. 

54. Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch 

55. Yes Please by Amy Poehler

56. A Matter of Life by Jeffery Brown

57. Rooms by Lauren Oliver- It was supposed to be a ghost story, but it was just crap. Absolute crap.

58. Thanksgiving by Sam Sifton 

59.  11/22/63 by Stephen King (audio book)- This was my other favorite for the year. I was never interested in sitting down to read this one. But my co-worker had listened to it, so I decided to give it a go and I was instantly hooked. The narrator and this story are MAGIC. I would find myself looking for excuses to drive, or sit in the car, so I could just listen. 

60. Batman: Gotham Underground by Frank Tieri- didn't like it. 

61. Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers

62. Redefining Girly: How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween by Melissa Atkins Wardy- You can see my previous blog about this one.

63. How to Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran- LOVE. LAUGH OUT LOUD. LOVE. I'm such a fangirl over Caitlin Moran. 

64. The Art Of Asking: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer- I am such a fan of hers, and I was not disappointed in this book at all. I cried several times, I couldn't tear myself away from it. Must get it to add to my home collection. 

WHEW. That was a lot of typing. I'm quite impressed with this list *pats self on back*. I'm ready for 2015!