2013 BOOKS READ

2013 BOOKS READ

January

1. Thrall by Natasha Trethewey, 2012, 96 pgs., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2. Once Upon a Time Machine edited by Andrew Carl and Chris Stevens, 2012, 432 pgs., Dark Horse
3. Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman, 2013, 32 pgs., Harper Collins
4. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver, 2012, 448 pgs., Harper Collins
5. The 10 P.M. Question by Kate De Goldi, 2008, 245 pgs., Candlewick Press
6. Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges, 2013, 262 pgs., Mariner Books

Total Books Read: 6, Total Pages Read: 1,515

February

7. Wandering Son Volume 1 by Shimura Takako, 2011, 207 pgs., Fantagraphics
8. Wandering Son Volume 2 by Shimura Takako, 2012, 227 pgs., Fantagraphics 
9. A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson, 2012, 392 pgs., Farrar Straus Giroux
10. Midnight Days by Neil Gaiman, 2000, 160 pgs., Vertigo
11. The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook by Shaun Tan, 2013, 128 pgs., Arthur A. Levine Books
12. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, 2007, 234 pgs., Mariner Books
13. Maus I by Art Spiegelman, 1986, 160 pgs., Pantheon Books
14. Maus II by Art Spiegelman, 1991, 138 pgs., Pantheon Books
15. Gate 7 Volume 1 by CLAMP,  2011, 192 pgs., Dark Horse
16. Gate 7 Volume 2 by CLAMP,  2012, 192 pgs., Dark Horse
17. Gate 7 Volume 3 by CLAMP,  2012, 184 pgs., Dark Horse
18. The Stuff of Legend Book 3: A Jester's Tale by Mike Raicht, 2012, 124 pgs., Th3rd World Studios
19. The Savage by David Almond and Dave McKean, 2008, 80 pgs., Candlewick Press
20. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain, 2013, 368 pgs., Broadway
21. American Virgin Vol. 1: Head by Steven T. Seagle, 2006, 112 pgs., Vertigo
22. The Unwritten Volume 4: Levithan by Mike Carey, 2011, 144 pgs., Vertigo
23. The Unwritten Volume 5: On To Genesis by Mike Carey, 2012, 144 pgs., Vertigo
24. The Unwritten Volume 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words, 2012, 240 pgs., Vertigo

Total Books Read: 18, Total Pages Read: 3,426

March

25. Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter, 2009, 288 pgs., Penguin Press
26. Wandering Son Volume 3 by Shimura Takako, 2012, 224 pgs., Fantagraphics
27. The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway, 2012, 368 pgs., Putnam
28. McBroom's Ear by Sid Fleischman, 1969, 50 pgs., Grosset and Dunlap

Total Books Read: 4, Total Pages Read: 930

April


29. I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block, 1998, 186 pgs., Harper Collins
30. The Unwritten Vol. 7 by Mike Carey, 2013, 144 pgs., Vertigo
31. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles De Lint, 2013, 292 pgs., Little Brown
32. Natural Fashion by Hans Silvester, 2009, 168 pgs., Thames & Hudson
33. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, 2013, 328 pgs., St. Martin's Griffin
34. Bird by Rita Murphy, 2008, 153 pgs., Delacorte Press
35. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, 2013, 277 pgs., Little Brown

Total Books Read: 7, Total Pages Read: 1,548

May

36. Lamby by Nikki Polidori, 2013, 151 pgs., SMA Publications 
37. Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger, 2013, 80 pgs., Harry N. Abrams 
38. Kissing the Beehive by Jonathan Carroll, 2000, 256 pgs., Orion 
39. Talking in the Dark by Billy Merrell, 2003, 144 pgs., Push
40. Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman, 2013, 80 pgs., William Morrow 

Total Books Read: 5, Total Pages Read: 711

June

41. American Savage by Dan Savage, 2013, 320 pgs., Dutton Adult
42. Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger, 2011, 304 pgs., Simon & Schuster
43. Soonchild by Russell Hoban, 2012, 144 pgs., Candlewick Press
44. The Commitment by Dan Savage, 2006, 304 pgs., Plume
45. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, 2013, 192 pgs., William Morrow

Total Books Read: 5, Total Pages Read: 1,264

July

46. Hero by Perry Moore, 2009, 432 pgs., Hyperion
47. Relish by Lucy Knisley, 2013, 176 pgs., First Second
48. Kinfolk Volume 8, 2013, 140 pgs., Kinfolk
49. Wandering Son Volume 4 by Shimura Takako, 2013, 224 pgs., Fantagraphics Books
50. The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida, 1993, 32 pgs., Paperstar
51. Shipwrecked! by Rhoda Blumberg, 2001, 80 pgs., Harpertrophy
52. Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say, 1993, 32 pgs., Sandpiper
53. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral, 2012, 304 pgs., Razorbill
54. Joyland by Stephen King, 2013, 288 pgs., Hard Case Crime
55. Ruined Landscape: Paintings of the Balkan War Zone, 2000, 128 pgs., John F. Blair

Total Books Read: 10, Total Pages Read: 1,836

August

56. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg, 2013, 336 pgs., Arthur A. Levine Books 
57. Gate 7 Vol. 4 by CLAMP, 2013, 176 pgs., Dark Horse
58. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, 2008, 464 pgs., Mariner Books 

Total Books Read: 3, Total Pages Read: 976

September

59. The Color Master by Aimee Bender, 2013, 240 pgs., Doubleday


Total Books Read: 1, Total Pages Read: 240

October

60. Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman, 2013, 128 pgs., Harper Collins
61. Love & Misadventure by Lang Leav, 2013, 165 pgs., Andrew McMeel Publishing
62. More Than This by Patrick Ness, 2013, 480 pgs., Candlewick Press
63. The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice by Mike Carey, 2013, 160 pgs., Vertigo 
64. Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, 2013, 240 pgs., Candlewick
65. Carrie by Stephen King, 2013 (this version), 304 pgs., Anchor
66. Boxers by Gene Luen Yang, 2013, 336 pgs., First Second
67. Saints by Gene Luen Yang, 2013, 176 pgs., First Second
68. Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block, 2013, 240 pgs., Henry Holt and Co.
69. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan, 2013, 200 pgs., Knopf
70. Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, 2013, 144 pgs., Penguin Classics
71. Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell, 2013, 192 pgs., Top Shelf

Total Books Read: 12, Total Pages Read: 2,765

November

72. House of Mystery Vol. 1 by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham, 2009, 128 pgs., Vertigo
73. Wandering Son Vol. 5 by Shimura Takako, 2013, 200 pgs., Fantagraphics
74. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh, 2013, 384 pgs., Touchstone
75. 14 by Peter Clines, 2012, 370 pgs., Permuted Press
76. Wild by Cheryl Strayed,  2013, 315 pgs., Vintage Books

Total Books Read: 5, Total Pages Read: 1,397

December

77. The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell, 2013, 336 pgs., Harper Perennial
78. Another Night Before Christmas by Carol Ann Duffy, 2010, 41 pgs., Picador
79. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843, 118 pgs., Penguin
80. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Vol. 3, 2013, 128 pgs., It Books

Total Books Read: 4, Total Pages Read: 623

2013 Wrap Up Post