Books of 2014

Last year I joined all these reading challenges.  I managed to read all the books but I only got about a tenth of the reviews done that I was supposed to do.  So this year no challenges.  I don't need the stress.  And as many times as I tell myself not to stress about it because it is supposed to be fun, I still stress about it.  I still want to keep track of what I'm reading though.  So I'm going to make a list and just keep track of a few things. 

O= I own this book
L= I got it from the library
GN= graphic novel
NF= non-fiction
HF= historical fiction
SF= science fiction
F= fantasy
M= mystery
YA= young adult

And I will also be listing the number of pages as well.


1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (O, F) - 317
2. Dragonbreath: Nightmare of the Iguana by Ursula Vernon (L, YA, F) - 202
3. Masked by Lou Anders (O, SF) - 399
4. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (L, F) - 378
5. Thinking in Numbers by Daniel Tammet (O, NF) - 272
6. The Navigator by Clive Cussler (O) - 437
7. Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster (O, YA) - 254
8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (O, SF) - 54
9. A Dismal Thing to Do by Alisa Craig (O, M) - 198
10. World War Z by Max Brooks (L, F) - 342
11. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (O) - 394
12. The Roaches Have No King by Daniel Evan Weiss (L) - 249
13. The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson (O) - 219
14. Loitering With Intent by Peter O'Toole (O, NF) - 198
15. Dreamthief's Daughter by Michael Moorcock (O, F) - 460
16. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (O) - 97
17. The Technologists by Matthew Pearl (O, HF, M) - 470
18. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart (O, M) - 178
19. Flash Gordon: Invasion of the Red Sword (L, GN)
20. Syrup by Max Barry (O) - 294
21. The African Queen by C.S. Forester (O) - 308
22. Elephants of Acid by Alex Boese (L, NF) - 266
23. Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell - (YA, O, F) - 324
24. The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato (O) - 115
25. The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin (YA, O) - 218
26. The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain (HF, O) - 403
27. Basic Elements of Christian Life Vol. 3 by Witness Lee (NF, O) - 39
28. Alien Agenda by Jim Marrs (NF, O) - 590
29. Conan the Conqueror by Robert E. Howard (F, O) - 222
30. The Lightning Catcher by Anne Cameron (YA, O, F) - 418
31. Spiritual Nourishment by Witness Lee (O, NF) - 36
32. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (O) - 463
33. Made in the USA by Billie Letts (O) - 355
34. Wild Born by Brandon Mull (YA, O) - 202
35. The Case of the Toxic Mutants (YA, L) - 208
36. Birdmen by Lawrence Goldstone (O, NF) - 386
37. Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian (O) - 340
38. The Feast by Randy Lee Eickhoff (O) - 239
39. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher (L, F) - 371
40. Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson (L, NF) - 279
41. The Dead Zone by Stephen King (L) - 402
42. Reflecting the Beauty of the Lord by Carol Albrecht (O, NF) - 62
43. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (O) - 368
44. The Hotel Majestic by Georges Simenori (M, O) - 170
45. Sundance by David Fuller (HF, O) - 336
46. The Bad Place by Dean Koontz (F, O) - 417
47. Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland (HF, M, O) - 367
48. Mythology by Edith Hamilton (O, NF) - 465
49. The Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen (O, NF) - 277
50. The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui Sutherland (YA, F, O) - 304
51. Scorpius by John Gardner (O) - 319
52. Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg (O) - 158
53. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence (O) - 115
54. The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy (O, HF) - 355
56. Red Rabbit  by Tom Clancy (O) - 618
57. When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale (O) - 224
58. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (O, F) - 471
59. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (O) - 191
60. Drawing From Memory by Allen Say (YA, NF) - 63
61. Kraken by China Mieville (O) - 509
62. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (O, M,) - 528
63. The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry (O) - 89
64. The Periodic Table by Paul Parsons (L, NF) - 240
65. The Boy and the Samurai by Erik Christian Haugaard (YA, O, HF) -221
66. Playmates by Robert Parker (O, M) - 222
67. SMASH: Trial by Fire by Chris Bolton (YA, L, GN) - 145
68. The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin (O, NF) - 269
69. Broken Arrow by Elliott Arnold (O, HF) - 246
70. B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton (O, M) - 211
71. The Nine Giants by Edward Marston (HF, O, M) - 236
72. Fork it Over by Alan Richman (O, NF) - 319
73. The Way to Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean (O, M) - 213
74. Frank Lloyd Wright: A Gatefold Portfolio by Robin Langley Sommer (O, NF) - na
75. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris (O) - 159
76. The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee (O, NF) - 285
77. The Edge of the World by Kevin J. Anderson (O, F) - 565
78. The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories by Rudyard Kipling (O) - 100
79. From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell - (O, M) - 369
80. Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham - (O, NF) - 251
81. Inferno by Dante Alighieri - (O) - 178
82. Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert - (O) - 199
83. A Smarter Way to Learn Pool by George Fels - (L, NF) - 196
84, What of the Mormons? by Gordon B. Hinckley - (L, NF) - 222
85. Mindset by Carol S. Cweck, Ph.D. - (NF) - 246
86. Partnership by Vincent Collins - (NF, O) - 30
87. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - (O) - 75
88. The Twits by Roald Dahl - (YA) - 96
89. I, Iago by Nicole Galland - (HF, O) - 370
89. Brain Wars by Mario Beauregard - (NF, O) - 214
90. Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe - (O) - 183
91. The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter - (M, O) - 320
92. Jimmy the Kid by Donald Westlake - (M, O) - 185
93. Beany and the Dreaded Wedding by Susan Wojciechowski - (YA, O) - 122
94. The Sword Bearer by John White - (YA, O) - 294
95. Bluffton by Matt Phelan - (YA, L) - 223
96. Mail-Order Mysteries by Kirk Demarais - (NF, L) - 148
97. Detection by Gaslight ed. by Douglas G. Greene - (M, O) - 258
98. Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius - (NF, O) - 541
99. Chupacabra by Roland Smith - (YA, O) - 285
100. Hidden Things by Doyce Testerman - (O, F) - 325
101. Calico Joe by John Grisham - (O) - 208

= 27,509