2013... onto 2014

Happy New Year!!

45.

I am surprised that I actually read 45 books this year (I thought I read less). 32 Fiction and 13 Non-Fiction (including 2 graphic non-fiction). In 2012, I read 29 books. I am still way behind to my usual 100 books a year. Hey, if I count all the kid books I'd read...

5 Did Not Finish (all fiction).

To be honest, even though I'd marked a few books as 4 Stars or 4.5 Stars, none of them really jumped out to me so much that made me wanted to recommend it to everyone (remember Still Alice? The Help? Human Bobby?)

Don't get me wrong, i enjoyed them, but they were not that life-changing. I suppose the two 4.5 Stars books - my two top rated ones - did have a bit of an impact. But they just didn't make me go wow.

For 2014, I decided that I need to read more books that'd INSPIRE me. Be they fiction or non-fiction. I guess I just didn't quite feel inspired this year. I have already borrowed a bunch of books from the library (oops, I wasn't supposed to!) so hopefully they'd be a good start! And really, I'd just keep on being a mood reader, and pick whatever that strikes my mood.

The book I'm reading right now is The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty. I didn't mean to pick this as my first book (I had another book in mind), but this was actually the last book I started in 2013, and hope I'd finish before the new year...

I did manage to blog every book I read in 2013, so I am happy about that! I want to keep this goal in 2014. Hopefully I can be a bit more active in blogging non-book related posts too, but I just feel a bit weird posting more personal stuff here since this is primarily a book blog. And being an introvert, I just didn't think my life is that interesting that others would want to read about it (no twitter here) :p

Want to know what books I'd read in 2013 and how they were rated? Click here. You can see links to each review there too.

How about you? Do you have any plans on what you wish to read this year?

By the way, if you have any books that inspire you, I'd love to hear about them. Please! :)



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Books Read in 2013

Fiction:

1. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (3 Stars)
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (3 Stars)
3. The Cross Examination of Oliver Finney by Randy Singer (4 Stars)
4. Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio (3 Stars) 
5. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (3 Stars)
6. The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell (3 Stars)
7. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (3.5 Stars)
8. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult (3 Stars)
9. Defending Jacob by William Landay (4 Stars) 
10. If You Were Here by Alafair Burke (3.5 Stars)
11. A Textbook Case (Lincoln Rhyme short story) by Jeffery Deaver (3.5 Stars)
12. Say You're Sorry (Joseph O'Loughlin #6) by by Michael Robotham (3.5 Stars)
13. Tell Tale by Same Hayes (3.5 Stars)
14. Joyland by Stephen King (3.5 Stars)
15. The Wednesday Sisters (Wednesday #1) by Meg Waite Clayton (3 Stars)
16. No Way Back by Andrew Gross (2.5 Stars)
17. The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma (3 Stars)
18. The Kill Room (Lincoln Rhyme #10) by Jeffery Deaver (3.5 Stars)
19. Bait by J. Kent Messum (2.5 Stars)
20. After the Fall by Victoria Roberts (2 Stars)
21. Mother, Mother: A Novel by Koren Zailckas (4 Stars)
22. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom (3.5 Stars)
23. The Stranger You Know (Forensic Instincts #3) by Andrea Kane (3.5 Stars)
24. Corrupt Practices: A Parker Stern Novel by Robert Rotstein (4 Stars)
25. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (3 Stars)
26. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (2.5 Stars)
27. We Are Water by Wally Lamb (3.5 Stars)
28. The October List by Jeffrey Deaver (4 Stars)
29. The Boy Who Could See Demons: A Novel by Carolyn Jess-Cooke (4 Stars)
30. Going Home (Survivalist #1) by A. American (3.5 Stars)
31. Surviving Home (Survivalist #2) by A. American (3.5 Stars)
32. Escaping Home  (Survivalist #3) by A. American (3 Stars)

Non-Fiction:

1. Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford (3 Stars)
2. Lessons From Madame Chic: The Top 20 Things I Learned While Living In Paris by Jennifer Scott (3 Stars)
3. Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy by Susan Spencer-Wendel, Bret Witter (4.5 Sars) 
4. The Other End Of The Stethoscope by Marcus Engel (4 Stars) 
5. You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You by Jennifer Baumgartner  (3 Stars)
6. The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall  (4 Stars)
7. How to Fix Your Novel by Steve Alcorn (4 Stars)
8. Awakened Leadership: Beyond Self-Mastery by Alan E. Shelton (2.5 Stars)
9. My Road To Wealth: Learn About Obtaining Wealth Through The Story Of A Young Self Made Multimillionaire by Todd Babbitt (4.5 Stars)
10. Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor, Sara Campitelli (4 Stars)
11. Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job by Jon Acuff
12. Relish: My Life In the Kitchen by Lucy Kinsley (4 Stars)
13. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf (3.5 Stars)

Did Not Finish - Fiction

1. The Antagonist by Lynn Coady 
2. You Shouldn't Call Me Mommy by Susan Tsui  
3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 
4. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
5. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

Did Not Finish - Non-Fiction

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