{"id":30622,"date":"2023-01-02T07:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=30622"},"modified":"2023-01-01T19:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T01:34:03","slug":"2022-the-years-reading-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/2022-the-years-reading-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2022: The Year’s Reading in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I only read 76 books this year, but I did close out some series–well, at least I read all the volumes in certain series that I owned, including the Executioner whose books I started picking up about a decade ago, some children’s books that I bought before I had children, and re-read some volumes of James Blish’s Star Trek<\/em> series which turned episodes of the television series into short stories.<\/p>\n

Here’s the rundown:<\/p>\n

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  1. Terror Intent<\/a><\/em> The Executioner #219<\/li>\n
  2. Tea in the Time of COVID 2020<\/a><\/em> Ann Kynion<\/li>\n
  3. Time’s Eye<\/a><\/em> Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter<\/li>\n
  4. Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates<\/a><\/em> Mary Mapes Dodge<\/li>\n
  5. Terror Near Town<\/a><\/em> James R. Wilder<\/li>\n
  6. Firefly: Still Flying<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Gracie: A Love Story<\/a><\/em> George Burns<\/li>\n
  8. Star Trek<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  9. Star Trek Memories<\/a><\/em> William Shatner with Chris Kreski<\/li>\n
  10. The Courtship of Barbara Holt<\/a><\/em> Brian J. Noggle<\/li>\n
  11. Mr. Monk Is Miserable<\/a><\/em> Lee Goldberg<\/li>\n
  12. Star Trek 2<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  13. Heidi<\/a><\/em> Johanna Spyri<\/li>\n
  14. Star Trek 3<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  15. Star Trek 4<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  16. The Story<\/a><\/em> <\/li>\n
  17. The Dark Side of CX<\/a><\/em> Michael G. Bartlett<\/li>\n
  18. Gorilla Mindset<\/a><\/em> Mike Cernovich<\/li>\n
  19. Star Trek 5<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  20. The Red Badge of Courage<\/a><\/em> Stephen Crane<\/li>\n
  21. John D. MacDonald: A Checklist of Collectible Editions and Translations<\/a><\/em> David G. MacLean<\/li>\n
  22. True Tales from Dickerson Park Zoo<\/a><\/em> Mike Crocker<\/li>\n
  23. Tiger Stalk<\/a><\/em> The Executioner #220<\/li>\n
  24. The Samurai: The Philosophy of Victory<\/a><\/em> Robert T. Samuel<\/li>\n
  25. The Valley of Yesterday<\/a><\/em> Jeane K. Harvey<\/li>\n
  26. Black Beauty<\/a><\/em> Anna Sewell<\/li>\n
  27. Blood and Fire<\/a><\/em> The Executioner #221<\/li>\n
  28. The Old and the Beautiful<\/a><\/em> <\/li>\n
  29. Mr. Obvious<\/a><\/em> James Lileks<\/li>\n
  30. Point Position<\/a><\/em> The Executioner #305<\/li>\n
  31. Tucked Away in a Discolored Scrapbook<\/a><\/em> S.V. Farnsworth<\/li>\n
  32. Nuts About Squirrels<\/a><\/em> Don H. Corrigan<\/li>\n
  33. Thin Ice and Other Poems<\/a><\/em> Marcia Muth<\/li>\n
  34. Within This Center: Poems and Images<\/a><\/em> Robert C. Jones<\/li>\n
  35. Hard Start: Martian Intrigue<\/a><\/em> S.V. Farnsworth<\/li>\n
  36. Alice in Wonderland<\/a><\/em> Lewis Carroll<\/li>\n
  37. Introducing Machiavelli<\/a><\/em> Patrick Curry and Oscar Zarate<\/li>\n
  38. Sergeant York<\/a><\/em> Alvin York \/ Edited by Tom Skeyhill<\/li>\n
  39. Boxing: The American Martial Art<\/a><\/em> R. Michael Onello<\/li>\n
  40. The Midwest Survival Guide<\/a><\/em> Charlie Berens<\/li>\n
  41. My \u00c1ntonia<\/a><\/em> Willa Cather<\/li>\n
  42. Star Trek 6<\/em><\/a> James Blish<\/li>\n
  43. Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman<\/a><\/em> Pierre Alex Jeanty<\/li>\n
  44. The Pandora Gambit<\/a><\/em> Levi Samuel<\/li>\n
  45. Tae Kwon Do Basics<\/a><\/em> Keith D. Yates and H. Bryan Robbins<\/li>\n
  46. Lifetime Collection of Poetry<\/a><\/em> Lucille Christiansen<\/li>\n
  47. Zen in the Martial Arts<\/a><\/em> Joe Hyams<\/li>\n
  48. Serenity: The Official Visual Companion<\/a><\/em> Joss Wheldon<\/li>\n
  49. The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray<\/a><\/em> Robert Schmakenberg<\/li>\n
  50. A Trail of Memories: The Quotations of Louis L’Amour<\/a><\/em> Angelique L’Amour<\/li>\n
  51. Red Snow and Death Had Yellow Eyes<\/a><\/em> Lester Dent<\/li>\n
  52. Nine Tomorrows<\/a><\/em> Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n
  53. I Sing the Body Electric!<\/a><\/em> Ray Bradbury<\/li>\n
  54. A View from the Bridge<\/a><\/em> Arthur Miller<\/li>\n
  55. Star Trek 7<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  56. Bendigo Shafter<\/a><\/em> Louis L’Amour<\/li>\n
  57. Life to Life<\/a><\/em> Don Pendleton<\/li>\n
  58. Star Trek 8<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  59. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<\/a><\/em> Jules Verne<\/li>\n
  60. Star Trek 11<\/a><\/em> James Blish<\/li>\n
  61. John Donnelly’s Gold<\/a><\/em> Brian J. Noggle<\/li>\n
  62. The Saint Meets His Match<\/a><\/em> Leslie Charteris<\/li>\n
  63. Buff Lamb: Lion of the Ozarks<\/a><\/em> Randy H. Greer<\/li>\n
  64. The Broken Snare<\/a><\/em> R.D. Symons<\/li>\n
  65. The Lilac Lady<\/a><\/em> Ruth Albert Brown<\/li>\n
  66. Time to Time<\/a><\/em> Don Pendleton<\/li>\n
  67. Born Standing Up<\/a><\/em> Steve Martin<\/li>\n
  68. Dark Love<\/a><\/em> edited by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, and Martin H. Greenberg<\/li>\n
  69. Conan the Barbarian<\/a><\/em> L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter<\/li>\n
  70. Conan the Destroyer<\/a><\/em> Robert Jordan<\/li>\n
  71. The Wild Horses of Shannon County, Missouri<\/a><\/em> Dean Curtis<\/li>\n
  72. The Silent Partner<\/a><\/em> Lee Goldberg<\/li>\n
  73. Christmas Stories for the Heart<\/a><\/em> compiled by Alice Gray<\/li>\n
  74. Double Star<\/a><\/em> Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  75. Fullmetal Alchemist<\/a><\/em> Hiromu Arakawa<\/li>\n
  76. Milk and Honey<\/a><\/em> Rupi Kaur<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I read several volumes of poetry, a couple plays, and only a couple pieces of literature not counting the classic children’s volumes (My \u00c1ntonia<\/em> and The Red Badge of Courage<\/em>). So I guess I’ll have to dig into something more serious in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I only read 76 books this year, but I did close out some series–well, at least I read all the volumes in certain series that I owned, including the Executioner whose books I started picking up about a decade ago, some children’s books that I bought before I had children, and re-read some volumes of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30622"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30626,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30622\/revisions\/30626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}