{"id":7753,"date":"2012-12-28T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T16:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=7753"},"modified":"2012-12-28T13:29:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T18:29:27","slug":"books-i-read-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/12\/28\/books-i-read-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Books I read in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/span>ay back in 2005 or so, there was a fun widget for the blog called Library Thing. It helped you keep track of and share your books. I loved it and used it for a couple of years, but lost track of it over time. For the last couple of years, I’ve been using excellent and less cumbersome alternative: Goodreads<\/a>. Are you on it? If you are, feel free to ping me at DaniGirlOttawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the last year, I was reasonably diligent about updating what I was reading, mostly because I’ve begun to get a little fuzzy in the memory department and I forget which books I’ve read and which ones I’ve been meaning to read. I’ve also started using it to keep track of the books I read with the big boys, and soon I think I’ll let them each create their own accounts to keep track of what they’ve read.<\/p>\n

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So here, for no particular reason except to share and because I’ve been meaning to get back to blogging about books a little bit more, are the books I’ve read in 2012 in chronological order, the star-rating I’ve given them on GoodReads and some random editorial comments.<\/p>\n

11\/22\/63<\/strong> by Stephen King 5* (awesome book)
\nSmokin’ Seventeen<\/strong> by Janet Evanovich 4*
\nThe Hunger Games<\/strong> by Suzanne Collins 3*
\nCatching Fire<\/strong> by Suzanne Collins 4*
\nMockingjay <\/strong>by Suzanne Collins 3*
\nWater for Elephants <\/strong>by Sara Gruen 5* (One of the best books I read this year)
\nBreakfast at Tiffany’s<\/strong> by James Patterson 2*
\nA Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing<\/strong> by Lawrence Krauss 4*
\nUnderstanding Flash Photography: How to Shoot Great Photographs Using Electronic Flash<\/strong> by Bryan Peterson 3*
\nButterfly Winter <\/strong>by WP Kinsella 2* (I love WP Kinsella – I was so disappointed by this book.)
\nThe Passionate Photographer: Ten Steps Toward Becoming Great<\/strong> by Steven Simon (returned to library before I finished)
\nThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/strong> by Mark Haddon 3* (weird book, still not sure I liked it)
\nBefore I Go To Sleep<\/strong> by SJ Watson 4*
\nPhotographically Speaking: A Deeper Look at Creating Stronger Images<\/strong> by David duChemin 5* (if you want to read about the non-technical parts – the heart! – of making great photographs, read anything by David duChemin. My fave photography author by far.)
\nThe Stand<\/strong> by Stephen King 5*+ (it took me almost all summer to re-read this classic. Loved it 10x more than I did when I first read it 20+ yrs ago. Brilliant book.)
\nHappiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories<\/strong> by Lucia Perillo 4*
\nThe Hypnotist<\/strong> by Lars Kepler 4* (couldn’t put it down)
\nLullabies for Little Criminals <\/strong>by Heather O’Neill 3* (I wanted to love this book, but I couldn’t warm up to the protagonist)
\nJohn Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Black & White Photography<\/strong> 3*
\nThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry<\/strong> by Rachel Joyce 4* (endearing and completely different from what I expected)
\n1982<\/strong> by Jian Ghomeshi 4* (fun stories that wonderfully capture growing up in suburban Canada in the 1980s, although wanders dangerously close to being twee in places. If you made mix tapes when you were a pre-teen you will find something to like about this)
\nThe Dearly Departed<\/strong> by Elinor Lipman 3*
\nCanadian Pie<\/strong> by Will Ferguson 4* (I loved parts of this book madly. Just as wonderful as Beauty Tips from Moosejaw,<\/a> except for the odd inclusion of a failed CBC radio play. Shoots Will Ferguson to my top-ten fave authors list.)<\/p>\n

And finally, started in 2012 but not yet finished, I’m so excited to have another Dark Tower book to read! Just started The Wind in the Keyhole by Stephen King, a Christmas gift. Only a few pages in, but it makes me want to re-read <\/a>the whole Dark Tower saga.<\/p>\n

Did you read any of these? What did you think? What were the best and worst books you read this year? Please help me fill my library wish-list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Way back in 2005 or so, there was a fun widget for the blog called Library Thing. It helped you keep track of and share your books. I loved it and used it for a couple of years, but lost track of it over time. For the last couple of years, I’ve been using excellent … Continue reading “Books I read in 2012”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7753"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7763,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753\/revisions\/7763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}