| Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking |
Michael Ruhlman |
Print |
NOOK Store |
272 |
11-20-2011 |
01-03-2013 |
9 |
Awesome and useful book...breaks me free from recipes. |
| So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel |
Phil Hornshaw |
Print |
NOOK Store |
336 |
06-02-2012 |
02-13-2013 |
7 |
Altogether entertaining and quite adequate if not superb. |
| Wool Omnibus Edition |
Hugh Howey |
Print |
NOOK Store |
550 |
08-09-2012 |
06-15-2013 |
10 |
awesome |
| The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood |
David R. Montgomery |
Print |
Library |
302 |
09-22-2012 |
01-08-2013 |
9 |
Terrific primer on geology and how it reveals ancient catastrophes. |
| Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph |
Dennis Prager |
Print |
NOOK Store |
440 |
10-25-2012 |
11-04-2013 |
8 |
Terrific and kinda terrifying. |
| Blindness |
Jose Saramago |
Print |
NOOK Store |
304 |
11-15-2012 |
05-02-2013 |
9 |
still amazing. |
| Nascence: 17 Stories That Failed and What They Taught Me |
Tobias S. Buckell |
Print |
Received as Gift |
300 |
11-18-2012 |
12-31-2013 |
8 |
Inspired me to do some writing. |
| Odd Apocalypse |
Dean Koontz |
Audio |
Library |
|
12-04-2012 |
01-23-2013 |
5 |
Ugh. The charm is officially gone from the Odd series. |
| The Apochrypha: Or Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible |
Various Authors |
Print |
NOOK Store |
300 |
12-04-2012 |
12-26-2013 |
7 |
Some interesting stuff in there. |
| The Bible: English Standard Version |
Various Authors |
Print |
Owned |
1042 |
01-01-2013 |
11-19-2013 |
10 |
finished again! |
| The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next |
Lee Smolin |
Print |
NOOK Store |
416 |
01-04-2013 |
05-06-2013 |
7 |
Some very good and also some very boring stuff. Mixed recommendation. |
| The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again |
J.R.R. Tolkein |
Print |
NOOK Store |
370 |
01-05-2013 |
04-06-2013 |
7 |
meh |
| Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions |
Rachel Held Evans |
Print |
NOOK Store |
240 |
01-07-2013 |
01-23-2013 |
8 |
Terrific and thought-provoking. An honest look at questioning faith and coming to embrace the questions. |
| The Racketeer |
John Grisham |
Print |
Library |
343 |
01-09-2013 |
01-17-2013 |
8 |
Another excellent thriller from Mr. Grisham. |
| A Short History of the World |
Christopher Lascelles |
Print |
NOOK Store |
164 |
01-23-2013 |
02-05-2013 |
8 |
Terrific high-level overview of World History. |
| Wild Pitches |
Dirk Hayhurst |
Print |
NOOK Store |
197 |
01-29-2013 |
01-31-2013 |
9 |
Terrific once again! |
| Ender's Shadow |
Orson Scott Card |
Print |
Owned |
379 |
02-08-2013 |
03-15-2013 |
9 |
Required a bit more editing than I thought for a read-aloud. Still awesome though. |
| Impulse |
Steven Gould |
Print |
NOOK Store |
378 |
02-17-2013 |
02-23-2013 |
8 |
Very enjoyable once again. |
| Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It |
Gary Taubes |
Print |
NOOK Store |
288 |
02-22-2013 |
03-06-2013 |
10 |
I'm going to miss bread and pasta and chips and stuff. |
| Farside |
Ben Bova |
Print |
NOOK Store |
368 |
02-26-2013 |
03-25-2013 |
7 |
Entertaining and kept me guessing for a bit. |
| The Lost Gate |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
OverDrive/Libby |
|
03-02-2013 |
03-08-2013 |
9 |
Okay, now I'm ready for The Gate Thief. |
| Out of this World: All the Cool Things You Wanted to Know About Space |
Clive Gifford |
Print |
NOOK Store |
144 |
03-08-2013 |
03-14-2013 |
8 |
Nice basic astronomy intro for the kidzes |
| The Gate Thief |
Orson Scott Card |
Print |
NOOK Store |
384 |
03-18-2013 |
03-22-2013 |
9 |
Terrific follow-up to The Lost Gate. |
| The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability |
Lierre Keith |
Print |
Library |
320 |
04-05-2013 |
04-20-2013 |
9 |
Tremendous, important book. |
| Storm Front |
Jim Butcher |
Print |
OverDrive/Libby |
322 |
04-21-2013 |
04-28-2013 |
9 |
terrific fun! |
| Fool Moon |
Jim Butcher |
Print |
OverDrive/Libby |
352 |
05-05-2013 |
05-22-2013 |
7 |
Quite gruesome and enjoyable. |
| Heir to the Empire |
Timothy Zahn |
Print |
NOOK Store |
432 |
05-05-2013 |
05-23-2013 |
8 |
still awesome after all these years. |
| The Gate Thief |
Orson Scott Card |
Audio |
Library |
|
05-07-2013 |
06-07-2013 |
8 |
Good audio performances. I'm even warming to Emily Card. |
| Earth Afire |
Orson Scott Card |
Print |
Library |
399 |
06-08-2013 |
06-21-2013 |
7 |
Took a while to get into it, but enjoyable on the whole. |
| The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer |
Neal Stephenson |
Print |
OverDrive/Libby |
455 |
06-22-2013 |
07-22-2013 |
8 |
Certainly a terrific book, but I'm still not sure I get it entirely. |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Jeff Kinney |
Print |
NOOK Store |
217 |
07-02-2013 |
07-04-2013 |
7 |
quite delightful. |
| Deeply Odd |
Dean Koontz |
Audio |
Library |
|
07-12-2013 |
08-01-2013 |
7 |
Much better than Odd Apocalyse. |
| Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time |
Dava Sobel |
Print |
NOOK Store |
208 |
07-22-2013 |
10-13-2013 |
9 |
Terrific, entertaining and inspiring. Definitely going to pick up more of Sobel. |
| Hell is Real (But I Hate to Admit It |
Brian Jones |
Print |
NOOK Store |
187 |
07-25-2013 |
08-02-2013 |
6 |
Good info on evangelism, but way off on Hell. |
| Inferno |
Dan Brown |
Print |
OverDrive/Libby |
488 |
08-30-2013 |
09-27-2013 |
8 |
Surprisingly good, and it kept me guessing. |
| Death Trap: Robot Wars, Book One |
Sigmund Brouwer |
Print |
NOOK Store |
288 |
09-05-2013 |
09-15-2013 |
7 |
Serviceable sci-fi, if a little too Christian for my taste. |
| Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All |
Paul A. Offit |
Print |
Library |
290 |
09-24-2013 |
10-07-2013 |
9 |
Chilling, engrossing, terrific. |
| The Simplified Guide: Paul's Letters to the Churches |
David Hazelton |
Print |
Review Copy |
215 |
10-07-2013 |
12-28-2013 |
7 |
A nice resource for small groups, I think. |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
Washington Irving |
Print |
OverDrive/Libby |
96 |
10-20-2013 |
10-27-2013 |
7 |
Hmm...well, not quite what I expected. |
| Odd Thomas |
Dean Koontz |
Print |
NOOK Store |
446 |
11-04-2013 |
11-12-2013 |
10 |
Climbing the ranks of my favorite books. |
| Farewell to the Master |
Henry Bates |
Print |
Online or eBook |
32 |
11-13-2013 |
11-14-2013 |
7 |
interesting |
| The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch |
Thomas Thwaites |
Print |
NOOK Store |
192 |
11-17-2013 |
11-22-2013 |
8 |
quite interesting and engaging...and short! |
| Planet of the Apes |
Pierre Boulle |
Print |
Library |
272 |
11-25-2013 |
11-30-2013 |
9 |
It's a madhouse! Madhouse! |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
James Thurber |
Print |
OverDrive/Libby |
32 |
12-04-2013 |
12-04-2013 |
8 |
Awesome. Love the original movie, looking forward to the new one. |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Stieg Larsson |
Print |
NOOK Store |
465 |
12-07-2013 |
12-24-2013 |
7 |
entertaining enough, I suppose, but not great. |