{"id":14142,"date":"2015-01-03T08:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T14:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=14142"},"modified":"2015-01-02T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:30:12","slug":"2014-the-year-in-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/03\/2014-the-year-in-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"2013: The Year In Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the day after <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">dinging a professor for not reading enough good stuff<\/a>, allow me to present the list of books I finished in 2014:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Modge Podge Rocks<\/em> by Amy Anderson<\/li>\n<li><em>Conan the Cimmerian<\/em> by Robert E. Howard<\/li>\n<li><em>You Must Remember This 1978<\/em>edited by Betsy Dexter<\/li>\n<li><em>Poetry for Cats<\/em> by Henry Beard<\/li>\n<li><em>Captive of Gor<\/em> by John Norman<\/li>\n<li><em>Rebel Moon<\/em> by Bruce Bethke and Vox Day<\/li>\n<li><em>Spectrum II<\/em> edited by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest<\/li>\n<li><em>The French Powder Mystery<\/em> by Ellery Queen<\/li>\n<li><em>God, Man, and Archie Bunker<\/em> by Spencer Marsh<\/li>\n<li><em>The Day After Tomorrow<\/em> by Allan Folsom<\/li>\n<li><em>Wonderland<\/em> by Ace Atkins<\/li>\n<li><em>Damned If You Do<\/em> by Michael Brandman<\/li>\n<li><em>Skin Tight<\/em> by Gary Henderson<\/li>\n<li><em>Black Like Me<\/em> by John Howard Griffin<\/li>\n<li><em>The Maid&#8217;s Version<\/em> by Daniel Woodrell<\/li>\n<li><em>Real Women Don&#8217;t Pump Gas<\/em> by Joyce Jillson<\/li>\n<li><em>A Daughter&#8217;s Revenge<\/em> by J.R. Roberts<\/li>\n<li><em>Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell<\/em> by Richard Marcinko and John Weisman<\/li>\n<li><em>Churchill: In Memoriam<\/em> by The Editors of the New York Times<\/li>\n<li><em>Forbidden City<\/em> by Alex Archer<\/li>\n<li><em>The Bloody Crown of Conan<\/em> by Robert E. Howard<\/li>\n<li><em>Devil&#8217;s Pool<\/em> by Charlie Farmer<\/li>\n<li><em>The Curmudgeon&#8217;s Guide to Getting Ahead<\/em> by Charles Murray<\/li>\n<li><em>The Battle Off Midway Island<\/em> by Theodore Taylor<\/li>\n<li><em>The Martian<\/em> by Andy Weir<\/li>\n<li><em>Sink the Bismarck<\/em> by C. S. Forester<\/li>\n<li><em>The Conquering Sword of Conan<\/em> by Robert E. Howard<\/li>\n<li><em>Blood Silver: The Story of the Yocum Dollar<\/em> by Woody P. Snow<\/li>\n<li><em>Books are Better In Bed Than Men Because<\/em> by Deenie Vin<\/li>\n<li><em>Women Who Love Cats Too Much<\/em> by Allia Zobel<\/li>\n<li><em>101 Reasons Why A Cat Is Better Than A Man<\/em> by Allia Zobel<\/li>\n<li><em>Bomun Temple in Seoul Korea<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Private Hell of Hemingway<\/em> by Milt Machlin<\/li>\n<li><em>The Lost Ones<\/em> by Ace Atkins<\/li>\n<li><em>Cheap Shot<\/em> by Ace Atkins<\/li>\n<li><em>Mary Rose<\/em> by J.M. Barrie<\/li>\n<li><em>Beautiful Korea<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What Makes a Picasso a Picasso?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Designation Gold<\/em> by Richard Marcinko and John Weisman<\/li>\n<li><em>The Barrabas Hit<\/em> by Jack Hild<\/li>\n<li><em>Poems of Creatures Large and Small<\/em> by edited by Gail Harvey<\/li>\n<li><em>Dirty South<\/em> by Ace Atkins<\/li>\n<li><em>The Fall<\/em> by Albert Camus<\/li>\n<li><em>Longarm and the Border Showdown<\/em> by Tabor Evans<\/li>\n<li><em>As Autumn Approaches<\/em> by Ronald E. Piggee<\/li>\n<li><em>No Exit and Three Other Plays<\/em> by Jean-Paul Sartre<\/li>\n<li><em>Leif and Thorkel<\/em> by Genevra Snedden<\/li>\n<li><em>Limericks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Murder for Halloween<\/em> edited by Michele Slung and Roland Hartman<\/li>\n<li><em>New Pearl of the Orient Korea<\/em> by the Korea National Tourist Corporation<\/li>\n<li><em>Last Seen in Massilia<\/em> by Steven Saylor<\/li>\n<li><em>Norman Rockwell: A Sixty Year Retrospective<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Time-Hoppers<\/em> by Robert Silverberg<\/li>\n<li><em>Tiger at the Gates<\/em> by Jean Giraudoux \/ Chistopher Fry<\/li>\n<li><em>Magic<\/em> by William Goldman<\/li>\n<li><em>Chains of the Sea<\/em> edited by Robert Silverberg<\/li>\n<li><em>The Programmer&#8217;s Book of Rules<\/em> by George Ledin, Jr. and Victor Ledin<\/li>\n<li><em>The Three Legions<\/em> by Gregory Solon<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington IOU<\/em> by Don Pendleton<\/li>\n<li><em>Conan the Cimmerian<\/em> by Roy Thomas<\/li>\n<li><em>Christmas Jars<\/em> by Jason F. Wright<\/li>\n<li><em>Bad Cat<\/em> by Jim Edgar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s only 62, and it&#8217;s a bunch less than I read a few short years ago.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a couple books of lightweight poetry in there, a couple of plays, and only a couple of things one would consider Literature (the Existentialist works).  Of all the things I&#8217;ve read, I&#8217;m proudest of reading the Robert E. Howard&#8217;s complete Conan stories.  I probably read too much Ace Atkins considering how little satisfaction I get out of reading them.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I did make progress on two thousand+ pages books that I&#8217;ve been working on for several years now, and I&#8217;m actually almost done with an actual Harvard Classics book (<em>Folklore: Aesop, Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Anderson<\/em>) that I&#8217;ve been reading aloud to my child(ren) off and on for a couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, I hope to finish more books, and as always, I hope to read a better quality of literature, but I&#8217;ll sneak in the short bits while watching sports and while digesting Literature.  But I promise that to myself every year anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you&#8217;re thinking 62 books is a lot to read in a given year, check out the numbers <a href=\"http:\/\/randall120.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/31\/december-2014-book-round-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a>.  That fellow reads as many books in a year as I buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the day after dinging a professor for not reading enough good stuff, allow me to present the list of books I finished in 2014: Modge Podge Rocks by Amy Anderson Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. 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