{"id":16133,"date":"2016-12-31T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=16133"},"modified":"2016-12-31T10:59:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T16:59:51","slug":"2016-the-years-reading-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/31\/2016-the-years-reading-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2016: The Year&#8217;s Reading in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here is the list of books I&#8217;ve read this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Sea Wolf<\/i> by Jack London<\/li>\n<li><i>Life Is Simple: First Cutting<\/i> by Jerry Crownover<\/li>\n<li><i>Art Treasures of Seoul<\/i> by Edward B. Adams<\/li>\n<li><i>The Hero<\/i> by John Ringo and Michael Z. Williamson<\/li>\n<li><i>Rogue Warrior: Green Team<\/i> by Richard Marcinko and John Weisman<\/li>\n<li><i>Dead Street<\/i> by Mickey Spillane<\/li>\n<li><i>Flawed Dogs<\/i> by Berkeley Breathed<\/li>\n<li><i>GI Joe: The Story Behind the Legend<\/i> by Don Levine with John Michlig<\/li>\n<li><i>Changdeog Palace<\/i>  <\/li>\n<li><i>Toulouse-Lautrec: Painter of Paris<\/i> by Horst Keller<\/li>\n<li><i>Carolingian Chronicles<\/i> by Translated by Bernard Walter Scholz with Barbara Walters<\/li>\n<li><i>Doomsday Disciples<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Hoot<\/i> by Carl Hiaasen<\/li>\n<li><i>How to Live Like A Lord Without Really Trying<\/i> by Shepherd Mead<\/li>\n<li><i>Vulture&#8217;s Vengeance<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Down the Wire Road in the Missouri Ozarks and Beyond<\/i> by Fern Agnus <\/li>\n<li><i>Tuscany Terror<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Ten Years in the Tub<\/i> by Nick Hornby<\/li>\n<li><i>Life in the Age of Charlemagne<\/i> by Peter Munz<\/li>\n<li><i>Gulliver&#8217;s Travels<\/i> by Jonathan Swift<\/li>\n<li><i>Bad Publicity<\/i> by Jeffrey Frank<\/li>\n<li><i>So You Want to Be a Wizard<\/i> by Diane Duane<\/li>\n<li><i>Reinhold Niebuhr<\/i> by Bob E. Patterson<\/li>\n<li><i>Invisible Assassins<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Down with Love<\/i> by &#8220;Barbara Novak&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Mountain Rampage<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>The Greek and Roman World<\/i> by W.G. Hardy<\/li>\n<li><i>The Joy of Hate<\/i> by Greg Gutfeld<\/li>\n<li><i>Paradine&#8217;s Gauntlet<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Island Deathtrap<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Take It Off, Take It All Off!<\/i> by David Riitz<\/li>\n<li><i>The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family<\/i> by Edited by Ray Richmond<\/li>\n<li><i>Ambush on Blood River<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Kierkegaard<\/i> by Elmer H. Duncan<\/li>\n<li><i>Love&#8217;s Legacy<\/i> by Stephanie Dalla Rosa<\/li>\n<li><i>Yo, Millard Fillmore!<\/i> by Will Cleveland &#038; Mark Alvarez<\/li>\n<li><i>John Donnelly&#8217;s Gold<\/i> by Brian J. Noggle<\/li>\n<li><i>Holes in It<\/i> by Todd Tevlin<\/li>\n<li><i>The Normlings<\/i> by Todd Tevlin<\/li>\n<li><i>Frik in Hell Vol 3<\/i> by Todd Tevlin<\/li>\n<li><i>Crude Kill<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Fear and Trembling<\/i> by Soren Kierkegaard<\/li>\n<li><i>Starcraft Archive<\/i> by various<\/li>\n<li><i>Sold for Slaughter<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>The Most of George Burns<\/i> by George Burns<\/li>\n<li><i>Fishin&#8217;, Huntin&#8217;, Travelin&#8217;, and Ozark Memories<\/i> by L.B. Cook<\/li>\n<li><i>The Weapon from Beyond<\/i> by Edmond Hamilton<\/li>\n<li><i>Slam the Big Door<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>Starman Jones<\/i> by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n<li><i>The Roman Holiday of Mrs. Stone<\/i> by Tennessee Williams<\/li>\n<li><i>A Brief History of Sanibel Island<\/i> by Marya Repko<\/li>\n<li><i>The Sanibel Sunset Detective<\/i> by Ron Base<\/li>\n<li><i>The Last Paradise: The Building of Marco Island<\/i> by Douglas Waitley<\/li>\n<li><i>The Know It All<\/i> by A.J. Jacobs<\/li>\n<li><i>Insane City<\/i> by Dave Barry<\/li>\n<li><i>Wicked Springfield Missouri<\/i> by Larry Wood<\/li>\n<li><i>Beggars in Spain<\/i> by Nancy Kress<\/li>\n<li><i>All Madden<\/i> by John Madden with Dave Anderson<\/li>\n<li><i>Wolverine: Weapon X<\/i> by Marc Cerasini<\/li>\n<li><i>Kilroy Was Here<\/i> by Charles Osgood<\/li>\n<li><i>An Altogether New Book of Top Ten Lists<\/i> by Dave Letterman<\/li>\n<li><i>The Drawings of William Blake<\/i> by Sir Geoffrey Keynes<\/li>\n<li><i>Paper Lion<\/i> by George Plimpton<\/li>\n<li><i>K-PAX<\/i> by Gene Brewer<\/li>\n<li><i>The Forbidden City<\/i>  <\/li>\n<li><i>12 Monkeys<\/i> by Elizabeth Hand<\/li>\n<li><i>Wars of the Ancient Greeks<\/i> by Victor Davis Hanson<\/li>\n<li><i>New York City of Dreams<\/i> by Bill Harris<\/li>\n<li><i>Dead Man Running<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>The Ballad of Ethan Burns<\/i> by James D. Balestreiri<\/li>\n<li><i>Monet<\/i> by Alberto Martini<\/li>\n<li><i>Peter Paul Rubens Medaenas<\/i>  <\/li>\n<li><i>Lightning Fall<\/i> by Bill Quick<\/li>\n<li><i>The Official Jewish Joke Book\/The Official Irish Joke Book<\/i> by Larry Wilde<\/li>\n<li><i>Orbiting Omega<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>The Eight-Seven<\/i> by Ed McBain<\/li>\n<li><i>Camille Pissarro: A Medaenas Monograph<\/i> by Anne Schirrmeister<\/li>\n<li><i>Kierkegaard: A Biographical Introduction<\/i> by Ronald Grimsley<\/li>\n<li><i>The Experience of Nothingness<\/i> by Michael Novak<\/li>\n<li><i>The Courtship of Barbara Holt<\/i> by Brian J. Noggle<\/li>\n<li><i>Back Roads of the Ozarks<\/i> by Wayne Sullins<\/li>\n<li><i>Let Us Go Quietly Together For A Little Way. Let Me Talk To You<\/i> by Charlotte Osborn<\/li>\n<li><i>Women the Children Men<\/i> by Roberta Metz<\/li>\n<li><i>Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue<\/i> by Richard Marcinko and John Weisman<\/li>\n<li><i>The Peter Principle<\/i> by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull<\/li>\n<li><i>Beirut Payback<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>The Lessons of History<\/i> by Will Durant<\/li>\n<li><i>Advanced French for Exceptional Cats<\/i> by Henry Beard<\/li>\n<li><i>Hiroshage<\/i> by Sebastian Izzard<\/li>\n<li><i>RoboTech Genesis\/Battle Cry\/Homecoming<\/i> by Jack McKinney<\/li>\n<li><i>Desperate Measures<\/i> by Joe Clifford Faust<\/li>\n<li><i>Cry Hard Cry Fast<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>A Bullet for Cinderella<\/i> by John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li><i>Misspent Youth<\/i> by Peter F. Hamilton<\/li>\n<li><i>Nora Bonesteel&#8217;s Christmas Past<\/i> by Sharyn McCrumb<\/li>\n<li><i>Ginger Snaps<\/i> by Compiled By Dian Ritter<\/li>\n<li><i>Prairie Fire<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>Living a Mother&#8217;s World<\/i> by Mary Jane Rerucha<\/li>\n<li><i>Skysweeper<\/i> by &#8220;Don Pendleton&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><i>TV Superstars &#8217;81<\/i> by Ronald W. Lackman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Okay, so a full fourteen percent of the books I read were Executioner novels.  I read a couple of film books (<em>12 Monkeys<\/em> and <em>Down with Love<\/em> among them).<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I read some theology and philosophy, including a primary text by Kierkegaard (<em>Fear and Trembling<\/em>), a couple books about Kierkegaard, a book about Niebuhr, and so on.  I read six books by people I know (three comics by Todd Tevlin, a book by Stephanie Dalla Rosa, and my two books).  I mixed nonfiction with fiction pretty well, and I mixed genres in the fiction along with a couple classics (<em>The Sea Wolf<\/em> and <em>Gulliver&#8217;s Travels<\/em>).  I even read poetry for pleasure.  So not bad.<\/p>\n<p>Unstated in this list is books I started and didn&#8217;t get through.  Two come to mind: <em>The Courage to Be<\/em> by Paul Tillich and <em>Zen Mind, Beginner&#8217;s Mind<\/em> by Shunryu Suzuki.  I started reading them as my carry book, got halfway through them, and then lost the train of thought in them.  I expect I&#8217;ll revisit them in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully I can get near 100 again next year, which would mean I&#8217;m only acquiring a handful more books than I&#8217;m reading annually.  Just in case I live to a time when books are not cheaply available on the second hand market (or new for that matter).  It might happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, here is the list of books I&#8217;ve read this year: The Sea Wolf by Jack London Life Is Simple: First Cutting by Jerry Crownover Art Treasures of Seoul by Edward B. Adams The Hero by John Ringo and Michael Z. 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