Baby got Books!

(sung to the tune of Baby Got Back)

I like big books and I cannot lie,
You other readers can’t deny
When the story opens up and sweeps me away
And I'm reading for the rest of the day
I get hooked!
Wanna devour the rest of that book!
Then you notice it's the first of a series.
Deep in the arc of the story,
Twists and turns to glory.
Oh baby, just one more chapter
That’s all I’m after!
My book club tried to warn me
And now I’m caught up in the story!
Ooh, hard or paperback
You say e-books are a sin?
Well amuse me, confuse me
I ain’t your average groupie!
Fantasy or sci-fi, oh
Historical or bio
Challenge my brain, it’s no strain!
TV pulls me down the drain!
I’m tired of blogs and sites
Saying reading is a dead art
Take a person with a brain and inquire
It’s gotta build a world and inspire!
So readers! Readers!
Has your story got the punch? (Hell yeah!)
Then read it, read it, read that epic book!
Baby got books!

2013 Reading List

These are the books I read for the first time in 2013. The list doesn't include novellas, short stories, compilations or re-reads.  One or two were forgettable and I had to look up the descriptions to recall having read them, but for the most part I chose well and listened to recommendations from the right people.

Atticus for the Undead	John Abramowitz
Throne of the Crescent Moon	Saladin Ahmed
The Shining Girls	Lauren Beukes
The Woken Gods	Gwenda Bond
This Case is Gonna Kill Me	Philippa Bornikova
Existence	David Brin
Dreams and Shadows	C. Robert Cargill
Revealed	P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Pirate Cinema	Cory Doctorow
The Ocean at the End of the Lane	Neil Gaiman
Odd and the Frost Giants	Neil Gaiman
Witchling	Yasmine Galenorn
Girl Unwrapped	Gabriella Goliger
Hild	Nicola Griffith
Affliction	Laurell K. Hamilton
Dead Ever After	Charlaine Harris
Hounded	Kevin Hearne
Hexed	Kevin Hearne
Hammered	Kevin Hearne
Tricked	Kevin Hearne
Trapped	Kevin Hearne
Bluedawn	Brighton Hill
NOS4A2	Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box	Joe Hill
Libriomancer	Jim C. Hines
Codex Born	Jim C. Hines
Shift	Hugh Howey
Southern Gods	John Horner Jacobs
Sappho’s Leap	Erica Jong
Doctor Sleep	Stephen King
Swordspoint	Ellen Kushner
The Privilege of the Sword	Ellen Kushner
Thomas the Rhymer	Ellen Kushner
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L’Engle
Kiss of the Butterfly	James Lyon
Beyond Black	Hilary Mantel
Lamb	Christopher Moore
The Taken	Vicki Pettersson
The Hangman’s Daughter	Oliver Potzsch
Fireflies	Lacey Reah
Divergent	Veronica Roth
Insurgent	Veronica Roth
Allegiant	Veronica Roth
Attic Clowns	Jeremy Shipp
Tinker	Wen Spencer
Wolf Who Rules	Wen Spencer
Elfhome	Wen Spencer
Palimpsest	Catherynne Valente
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a   Ship of Her Own Making	Catherynne Valente
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There	Catherynne Valente
Mechanique	Genevieve Valentine
How to Discipline Your Vampire	Mina Vaughn
The Book of Blood and Shadow	Robin Wasserman
The Golem and the Jinni	Helene Wecker
Under the Empyrean Sky	Chuck Wendig