books 2013
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llcoolvadI don't expect anyone will read this! It's pretty long. Previously I'd update each month, but somehow this year has gotten away from me altogether, and I haven't updated since the end of March! I had written a few of these along the way, but mostly this is just quickie review crap. Made it to 56 books read this year, but a few were more reference materials, and a couple I haven't finished.
Books Read 2013
JANUARY
1. The Last Kind Words, Tom Piccirilli, Crime.
2. Standing in Another Man's Grave, Ian Rankin, Crime.
FEBRUARY
3. Gun Machine, Warren Ellis, Crime.
4. Stranger Here, Jen Larsen, Memoir.
5. Chalk Girl, Carol O'Connell, Crime (audio).
MARCH
6. Shame, Alan Russell, Crime.
7. Burning Man, Alan Russell, Crime.
8. Downriver, Loren D. Estleman, Crime.
9. A Share in Death, Deborah Crombie, Crime.
10. Mixtape for the Apocalypse, Jemiah Jefferson, Fiction.
11. Fallen, Karin Slaughter, Crime (audio).
12. Suspect, Robert Crais, Crime (audio).
APRIL
13. Brothers and Bones, James Hankins, Crime. Charlie Beckham, up-and-coming federal prosecutor, is about to conduct the trial of his career when a homeless man calls Charlie by a secret nickname that only Charlie and his missing brother Jake knew. The man disappears into the crowd before Charlie can ask him any questions. Over the next few days Charlie searches for this man throughout the streets of Boston, gets beaten by a pack of thugs, insults a friend at a party, and gets framed for that friend's murder. He goes on the lam trying to prove his innocence and solve his brother's disappearance/possible murder. While I was reading this I kept thinking what a good movie it would make. When I finished, I looked up the author, and it turns out he writes screenplays for a living. Of course!
14. The Ghosts of Belfast, Stuart Neville, Crime. Gerry Fegan, former IRA hitman, is tormented by the ghosts of the 12 people he killed during the Troubles. All he wants is peace, so he drinks himself into oblivion every night, but it doesn't keep them at bay for long. They have one demand: kill the men who orchestrated their deaths. These are all very hard men, though. And Fegan is a falling-down drunk. Also, by killing the leaders of the Party, will the tenuous balance that's recently been struck be overturned? Lots of violence and bleakness. But it's Irish, so you'd really expect that. Very well-written. Again, Irish!
15. Dead Connection, Alafair Burke, Crime. Ellie Hatcher is brought into the homicide squad by difficult and creative detective Flann McIlroy to help with a possible serial killer who finds his victims through an internet dating site. Ellie's young and attractive, so she's expected to play the "bait" part in the investigation. But she has a complicated past, brought up by a detective father who apparently killed himself when he was unsuccessful at tracking a serial killer. The current crimes start to mimic the old crimes, for which someone has already been imprisoned. Clearly the killer is targeting Ellie, but who is it and why? Burke is the daughter of master suspense novelist James Lee Burke, so I suppose any comparison isn't fair. But she's very mediocre. Her characters are pretty one-dimensional, her command of language is a bit dull (unlike her lyrical father) and her plotting is pedestrian. Still, she's better than a lot. I'll keep reading her, see if she gets better.
16. Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman, (audio) Crime. Much better than the last book. Maybe it helps listening to this rather than reading it? Not sure. But Kellerman has returned to form. Very complicated multi-level investigation into the deaths of two different skeletonized babies, one from 50+ years ago, and one current one. Eventually the trail seems to lead to Hollywood royalty, and Alex has to work pretty hard to get to the truth. I wonder how many real-life non-cops there are in the world consulting with the police and solving their crimes? Because if you read a lot of crime novels the cops manage to solve nothing at all by themselves.
MAY
17. Angel's Tip, Alafair Burke, Crime. Ellie and her brother Jess go for an early morning jog and stumble upon a murder scene. An out-of-town college student in NY on vacation has been killed after partying in a trendy nightclub with some wealthy locals. When they examine her body, it looks like her hair has been hacked off. Over the course of the investigation Ellie finds out that her ex-partner had been researching the deaths of several women over the years who seem to have hair hacked off, also. A serial killer?
18. 212, Alafair Burke, Crime. Ellie Hatcher has isses with the wealthy. When Sam Sparks, real estate developer, refuses to assist her investigation when his bodyguard is murdered in Sparks' apartment, Hatcher arrests him and then trouble begins.
19. John Doe, Tess Gerritsen, Crime (short). Isles goes to a cocktail party and wakes up in her living room, on her couch, disheveled and with no memory of how she got home. Later, a handsome stranger ends up dead in a park with her address in his pocket. Did she kill him? What happened that night?
20. Never Tell, Alafair Burke, Crime. A 16-year old rich girl dies of an apparent suicide. Her parents refuse to believe she'd kill herself and exert pressure on the department to investigate as if she was murdered. Lots of twists, but Ellie manages to solve it all. She has a little character growth by the end of the book, developing a bit of finesse in the way she views people.
JUNE
21. Robert B. Parker's Wonderland, Ace Atkins, Crime. First Robert B. Parker™ I've read since his death. They apparently have a few people writing him. This one is not bad. Very Parkerish in tone. Plot was a little slight, but a lot of the later Spenser books were pretty slight. Ace gets my approval.
22. The Stranger, Camilla Lackberg, Crime
23. The Are of Wire: Creative Techniques for Designer Jewelry, J. Marsha Michler, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
24. Bead on a Wire: Making Handcrafted Wire and Beaded Jewelry, Sharilyn Miller, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
25. Stringing Style 2: 50 More Designs for Beaded Jewelry, Jean Campbell, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
26. Beaded Jewelry: The Complete Guide, Susan Ray, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
27. The Cold Dish, Craig Johnson, Crime. Oh, ok, I have a new older crime writer to love! Parker, Hillerman, Francis, etc. might all be dead, but I've still got James Lee Burke and now Craig Johnson. Started watching the tv series, and then decided to read the books. I read these all in order on the train while commuting. Very good! I can probably never re-read them, however, as they'll make me think of hot smelly MBTA cars.
JULY
28. Death Without Company, Craig Johnson, Crime. I loved all of these.
29. Kindness Goes Unpunished, Craig Johnson, Crime. I have nothing to say but yay!
30. Another Man's Moccasins, Craig Johnson, Crime. Good!
31. The Dark Horse, Craig Johnson, Crime. Still good!
32. Junkyard Dogs, Craig Johnson, Crime. Yep, good!
AUGUST
33. Hell Is Empty, Craig Johnson, Crime. Not tired of him yet. Nervous because supply is running low.
34. As The Crow Flies, Craig Johnson, Crime. Yay, another good one.
35. Divorce Horse, Craig Johnson, Crime (short story); Christmas in Absaroka County, Craig Johnson, Crime (short story); Messenger, Craig Johnson, Crime (short story). Short stories. All good.
36. A Serpent's Tooth, Craig Johnson, Crime. NOOOOOO. I have run out. Thank god I have a new James Lee Burke to read.
37. Light of the World, James Lee Burke, Crime (audio). Back to the perfect team of James Lee Burke and Will Patton. Good story, set in Montana and not New Orleans.
SEPTEMBER
38. Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger, Crime. Desperate to find more modern Western crime novels like Craig Johnson's, I picked this one up. Not bad, kind of bleak, but I'll keep reading Kent.
39. The Incrementalists, Steven Brust & Skyler White, SF. Great premise, great execution. Scalzi's quote: "Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries, and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money." Indeed!
40. So Good They Can't Ignore You, Cal Newport, Non-Fic. Feeling like I wasn't going to manage at my new job, I decided to read this. Sorta helpful. I didn't finish. I rarely finish self-help books. I should make a point to read the last page. What if one of them said HA HA HA SUCKER, I WAS LYING! I GOT YOUR MONEY FOR NOTHING! I'd never know.
41. Night Film, Marisha Pessel, Thriller (audio). Creepy and interesting. A lot of the unique formatting that apparently happens in the print version is a tiny bit awkward in the audio version, but it's a compelling story so you muddle through, largely because the performer (TV and movie star Jake Weber) pulls it off. This is one of my favorites of this year.
OCTOBER
42. Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, Horror. King has finally revisted the Shining. Danny Torrance is a grown man now, recovering alcoholic, and he still "shines", although a bit less than when he was a kid. There is a vampiric travelling group that kills and drinks the Shining out of little children all over the country, and Danny has been contacted telepathically by the strongest voice he's ever heard. It's a little girl halfway across the country, and he knows he needs to help her.
43. Cold Vengeance, Preston & Child, Crime. Another Pendergast. He finds out that his wife was murdered, not eaten by a lion as he thought. His quest to get vengeance takes him from Scotland to NYC to Lousiana, and makes him fear that everything she told him was a lie. Lots of sneaking about.
44. Two Graves, Preston & Child, Crime. Yet another Pendergast, still part of what is being referred to as the "Helen Trilogy". Apparently Pendergast fathered twins with his dead wife which he didn't know about. The children are now teenagers, and they're part of a Nazi eugenics experiment, and it's all wildly complicated. Anyway, there's a trip to South America, dangerous Nazis, lots of explosions, scary children, and superstitious peasants.
45. Police, Jo Nesbo, Crime. So Harry gets shot in the last novel, three at point-blank range. We're to think he was dead. But you know, it's a series! So probably not. There's a killer taking out Oslo police officers, and they desperately need Harry. But he's nowhere to be found, and it's implied that he's lying in a hospital room. Who will save the day?
46. CyberStorm, Matthew Mather, Thriller. This is easily the worst thing I read this year. Suddenly all infrastructure in the country fails at the same time, it seems. Then it snows for days and days in New York. And anyone who isn't a crazy survivalist suddenly is starving and resorting to cannibalism. Or something. Anyway, it's dumb. The characters are stupid and uninteresting. If you read amazon reviews, they say it's SO REALISTIC AND AMAZING, but no.
47. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, YA. Great story of two teens who have cancer who meet during treatment and fall in love. It's a lot better than it sounds.
NOVEMBER
48. The Bat, Jo Nesbo, Crime. Book one in the Harry Hole series, not previously available in English. Harry is a young Norwegian cop who is sent to Australia to do some research on a Norwegian girl who was murdered in Australia.
49. It Happens in the Dark, Carol O'Connell, Crime. Not the best in the Mallory series. She doesn't seem to grow or learn anything or really do much other than solve the crime. I guess they can't all be the best!
50. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, Non-Fic. Interesting. Lots of individual stories from normal people, some famous people, all around how they've either survived or thrived in the last half decade or more. How America has changed over that time, and what direction it's heading. Almost finished — not quite.
DECEMBER
51. White Fire, Douglas Preston, Thriller. Another Pendergast novel. Less Pendergast, more Corrie Swanson. Not terrible. No more of the Helen-dead-wife plotline, which is a big plus.
52. Spider Woman's Daughter, Anne Hillerman, Crime. Hillerman is Tony Hillerman's daughter. She was previously a non-fiction writer, and at the urging of many people she decided to take up her father's series. Pretty decent!
53. The Gods of Guilt, Michael Connelly, Crime. Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, has a new case, his daughter isn't speaking to him, and he's drinking a lot.
54. Slow Horses, Mick Herron, Crime. Bad British spies — who have made various mistakes on ops — end up getting assigned to Slough House, where they do routine, probably useless busywork. Referred to as Slow Horses, they're expected to find the assignment unpleasant enough that they quit or retire. Then stuff happens and suddenly they are needed...
55. Camel Club, David Baldacci, Crime (audio). Spies and behind-door dealings and murder and the Secret Service and conspiracies and potential apocalypses. Good stuff! Took awhile to be able to follow all the characters (there are a lot) through the audio version.
56. Venetia's Song, Suzanne Palmer, SF. [currently not published] YAY! Having beta reader status totally pays off. Scottish native Fergus Ferguson is a retriever of missing things. He's out to the "armpit of the galactic spiral arm" settlement of Cernekkan to retrieve a stolen luxury spaceship from a local thug, and while attempting to do so he manages to trigger all manner of trouble. There are aliens, gun-runners, clones?, EMP mines, asteroids filled with sewage, plagues of ticks, trips to Mars, staggering amounts of dumb luck, and an inter-settlement war. I would love it even if Suzanne weren't my bestie! But she is.
Books Read 2013
JANUARY
1. The Last Kind Words, Tom Piccirilli, Crime.
2. Standing in Another Man's Grave, Ian Rankin, Crime.
FEBRUARY
3. Gun Machine, Warren Ellis, Crime.
4. Stranger Here, Jen Larsen, Memoir.
5. Chalk Girl, Carol O'Connell, Crime (audio).
MARCH
6. Shame, Alan Russell, Crime.
7. Burning Man, Alan Russell, Crime.
8. Downriver, Loren D. Estleman, Crime.
9. A Share in Death, Deborah Crombie, Crime.
10. Mixtape for the Apocalypse, Jemiah Jefferson, Fiction.
11. Fallen, Karin Slaughter, Crime (audio).
12. Suspect, Robert Crais, Crime (audio).
APRIL
13. Brothers and Bones, James Hankins, Crime. Charlie Beckham, up-and-coming federal prosecutor, is about to conduct the trial of his career when a homeless man calls Charlie by a secret nickname that only Charlie and his missing brother Jake knew. The man disappears into the crowd before Charlie can ask him any questions. Over the next few days Charlie searches for this man throughout the streets of Boston, gets beaten by a pack of thugs, insults a friend at a party, and gets framed for that friend's murder. He goes on the lam trying to prove his innocence and solve his brother's disappearance/possible murder. While I was reading this I kept thinking what a good movie it would make. When I finished, I looked up the author, and it turns out he writes screenplays for a living. Of course!
14. The Ghosts of Belfast, Stuart Neville, Crime. Gerry Fegan, former IRA hitman, is tormented by the ghosts of the 12 people he killed during the Troubles. All he wants is peace, so he drinks himself into oblivion every night, but it doesn't keep them at bay for long. They have one demand: kill the men who orchestrated their deaths. These are all very hard men, though. And Fegan is a falling-down drunk. Also, by killing the leaders of the Party, will the tenuous balance that's recently been struck be overturned? Lots of violence and bleakness. But it's Irish, so you'd really expect that. Very well-written. Again, Irish!
15. Dead Connection, Alafair Burke, Crime. Ellie Hatcher is brought into the homicide squad by difficult and creative detective Flann McIlroy to help with a possible serial killer who finds his victims through an internet dating site. Ellie's young and attractive, so she's expected to play the "bait" part in the investigation. But she has a complicated past, brought up by a detective father who apparently killed himself when he was unsuccessful at tracking a serial killer. The current crimes start to mimic the old crimes, for which someone has already been imprisoned. Clearly the killer is targeting Ellie, but who is it and why? Burke is the daughter of master suspense novelist James Lee Burke, so I suppose any comparison isn't fair. But she's very mediocre. Her characters are pretty one-dimensional, her command of language is a bit dull (unlike her lyrical father) and her plotting is pedestrian. Still, she's better than a lot. I'll keep reading her, see if she gets better.
16. Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman, (audio) Crime. Much better than the last book. Maybe it helps listening to this rather than reading it? Not sure. But Kellerman has returned to form. Very complicated multi-level investigation into the deaths of two different skeletonized babies, one from 50+ years ago, and one current one. Eventually the trail seems to lead to Hollywood royalty, and Alex has to work pretty hard to get to the truth. I wonder how many real-life non-cops there are in the world consulting with the police and solving their crimes? Because if you read a lot of crime novels the cops manage to solve nothing at all by themselves.
MAY
17. Angel's Tip, Alafair Burke, Crime. Ellie and her brother Jess go for an early morning jog and stumble upon a murder scene. An out-of-town college student in NY on vacation has been killed after partying in a trendy nightclub with some wealthy locals. When they examine her body, it looks like her hair has been hacked off. Over the course of the investigation Ellie finds out that her ex-partner had been researching the deaths of several women over the years who seem to have hair hacked off, also. A serial killer?
18. 212, Alafair Burke, Crime. Ellie Hatcher has isses with the wealthy. When Sam Sparks, real estate developer, refuses to assist her investigation when his bodyguard is murdered in Sparks' apartment, Hatcher arrests him and then trouble begins.
19. John Doe, Tess Gerritsen, Crime (short). Isles goes to a cocktail party and wakes up in her living room, on her couch, disheveled and with no memory of how she got home. Later, a handsome stranger ends up dead in a park with her address in his pocket. Did she kill him? What happened that night?
20. Never Tell, Alafair Burke, Crime. A 16-year old rich girl dies of an apparent suicide. Her parents refuse to believe she'd kill herself and exert pressure on the department to investigate as if she was murdered. Lots of twists, but Ellie manages to solve it all. She has a little character growth by the end of the book, developing a bit of finesse in the way she views people.
JUNE
21. Robert B. Parker's Wonderland, Ace Atkins, Crime. First Robert B. Parker™ I've read since his death. They apparently have a few people writing him. This one is not bad. Very Parkerish in tone. Plot was a little slight, but a lot of the later Spenser books were pretty slight. Ace gets my approval.
22. The Stranger, Camilla Lackberg, Crime
23. The Are of Wire: Creative Techniques for Designer Jewelry, J. Marsha Michler, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
24. Bead on a Wire: Making Handcrafted Wire and Beaded Jewelry, Sharilyn Miller, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
25. Stringing Style 2: 50 More Designs for Beaded Jewelry, Jean Campbell, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
26. Beaded Jewelry: The Complete Guide, Susan Ray, Non-Fic. Used as reference for new hobby.
27. The Cold Dish, Craig Johnson, Crime. Oh, ok, I have a new older crime writer to love! Parker, Hillerman, Francis, etc. might all be dead, but I've still got James Lee Burke and now Craig Johnson. Started watching the tv series, and then decided to read the books. I read these all in order on the train while commuting. Very good! I can probably never re-read them, however, as they'll make me think of hot smelly MBTA cars.
JULY
28. Death Without Company, Craig Johnson, Crime. I loved all of these.
29. Kindness Goes Unpunished, Craig Johnson, Crime. I have nothing to say but yay!
30. Another Man's Moccasins, Craig Johnson, Crime. Good!
31. The Dark Horse, Craig Johnson, Crime. Still good!
32. Junkyard Dogs, Craig Johnson, Crime. Yep, good!
AUGUST
33. Hell Is Empty, Craig Johnson, Crime. Not tired of him yet. Nervous because supply is running low.
34. As The Crow Flies, Craig Johnson, Crime. Yay, another good one.
35. Divorce Horse, Craig Johnson, Crime (short story); Christmas in Absaroka County, Craig Johnson, Crime (short story); Messenger, Craig Johnson, Crime (short story). Short stories. All good.
36. A Serpent's Tooth, Craig Johnson, Crime. NOOOOOO. I have run out. Thank god I have a new James Lee Burke to read.
37. Light of the World, James Lee Burke, Crime (audio). Back to the perfect team of James Lee Burke and Will Patton. Good story, set in Montana and not New Orleans.
SEPTEMBER
38. Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger, Crime. Desperate to find more modern Western crime novels like Craig Johnson's, I picked this one up. Not bad, kind of bleak, but I'll keep reading Kent.
39. The Incrementalists, Steven Brust & Skyler White, SF. Great premise, great execution. Scalzi's quote: "Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries, and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money." Indeed!
40. So Good They Can't Ignore You, Cal Newport, Non-Fic. Feeling like I wasn't going to manage at my new job, I decided to read this. Sorta helpful. I didn't finish. I rarely finish self-help books. I should make a point to read the last page. What if one of them said HA HA HA SUCKER, I WAS LYING! I GOT YOUR MONEY FOR NOTHING! I'd never know.
41. Night Film, Marisha Pessel, Thriller (audio). Creepy and interesting. A lot of the unique formatting that apparently happens in the print version is a tiny bit awkward in the audio version, but it's a compelling story so you muddle through, largely because the performer (TV and movie star Jake Weber) pulls it off. This is one of my favorites of this year.
OCTOBER
42. Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, Horror. King has finally revisted the Shining. Danny Torrance is a grown man now, recovering alcoholic, and he still "shines", although a bit less than when he was a kid. There is a vampiric travelling group that kills and drinks the Shining out of little children all over the country, and Danny has been contacted telepathically by the strongest voice he's ever heard. It's a little girl halfway across the country, and he knows he needs to help her.
43. Cold Vengeance, Preston & Child, Crime. Another Pendergast. He finds out that his wife was murdered, not eaten by a lion as he thought. His quest to get vengeance takes him from Scotland to NYC to Lousiana, and makes him fear that everything she told him was a lie. Lots of sneaking about.
44. Two Graves, Preston & Child, Crime. Yet another Pendergast, still part of what is being referred to as the "Helen Trilogy". Apparently Pendergast fathered twins with his dead wife which he didn't know about. The children are now teenagers, and they're part of a Nazi eugenics experiment, and it's all wildly complicated. Anyway, there's a trip to South America, dangerous Nazis, lots of explosions, scary children, and superstitious peasants.
45. Police, Jo Nesbo, Crime. So Harry gets shot in the last novel, three at point-blank range. We're to think he was dead. But you know, it's a series! So probably not. There's a killer taking out Oslo police officers, and they desperately need Harry. But he's nowhere to be found, and it's implied that he's lying in a hospital room. Who will save the day?
46. CyberStorm, Matthew Mather, Thriller. This is easily the worst thing I read this year. Suddenly all infrastructure in the country fails at the same time, it seems. Then it snows for days and days in New York. And anyone who isn't a crazy survivalist suddenly is starving and resorting to cannibalism. Or something. Anyway, it's dumb. The characters are stupid and uninteresting. If you read amazon reviews, they say it's SO REALISTIC AND AMAZING, but no.
47. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, YA. Great story of two teens who have cancer who meet during treatment and fall in love. It's a lot better than it sounds.
NOVEMBER
48. The Bat, Jo Nesbo, Crime. Book one in the Harry Hole series, not previously available in English. Harry is a young Norwegian cop who is sent to Australia to do some research on a Norwegian girl who was murdered in Australia.
49. It Happens in the Dark, Carol O'Connell, Crime. Not the best in the Mallory series. She doesn't seem to grow or learn anything or really do much other than solve the crime. I guess they can't all be the best!
50. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, Non-Fic. Interesting. Lots of individual stories from normal people, some famous people, all around how they've either survived or thrived in the last half decade or more. How America has changed over that time, and what direction it's heading. Almost finished — not quite.
DECEMBER
51. White Fire, Douglas Preston, Thriller. Another Pendergast novel. Less Pendergast, more Corrie Swanson. Not terrible. No more of the Helen-dead-wife plotline, which is a big plus.
52. Spider Woman's Daughter, Anne Hillerman, Crime. Hillerman is Tony Hillerman's daughter. She was previously a non-fiction writer, and at the urging of many people she decided to take up her father's series. Pretty decent!
53. The Gods of Guilt, Michael Connelly, Crime. Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, has a new case, his daughter isn't speaking to him, and he's drinking a lot.
54. Slow Horses, Mick Herron, Crime. Bad British spies — who have made various mistakes on ops — end up getting assigned to Slough House, where they do routine, probably useless busywork. Referred to as Slow Horses, they're expected to find the assignment unpleasant enough that they quit or retire. Then stuff happens and suddenly they are needed...
55. Camel Club, David Baldacci, Crime (audio). Spies and behind-door dealings and murder and the Secret Service and conspiracies and potential apocalypses. Good stuff! Took awhile to be able to follow all the characters (there are a lot) through the audio version.
56. Venetia's Song, Suzanne Palmer, SF. [currently not published] YAY! Having beta reader status totally pays off. Scottish native Fergus Ferguson is a retriever of missing things. He's out to the "armpit of the galactic spiral arm" settlement of Cernekkan to retrieve a stolen luxury spaceship from a local thug, and while attempting to do so he manages to trigger all manner of trouble. There are aliens, gun-runners, clones?, EMP mines, asteroids filled with sewage, plagues of ticks, trips to Mars, staggering amounts of dumb luck, and an inter-settlement war. I would love it even if Suzanne weren't my bestie! But she is.
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Date: 2013-12-28 10:14 pm (UTC)Also, yea for new hobbies!
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Date: 2013-12-29 06:19 am (UTC)Every year I think I need to read more and watch less. Since I watched twice as many movies as books and watched A LOT of television on top of that, clearly I haven't managed to change. I guess I need to embrace the now!
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Date: 2013-12-29 08:44 pm (UTC)Well, movies are sort of like short stories, and a TV season is sort of like 2-3 books, so maybe the disparity of your experience isn't quite as huge as you're thinking.
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