Tuesday, January 18, 2011

2014


41 books read so far
7 Audiobooks
7 poetry collections/anthologies
1 play
1 poem

The number in parenthesis is the rating given to the book. I use the GoodReads system. 
1 - didn't like it
2 - it was ok
3 - liked it
4 - really liked it
5 - it was amazing


January  - see post
  1. Audiobook: The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam (5)
  2. Enter the Dragon: China's Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950 - 1951 by Russell Spurr (5)
  3. Dog Songs: Poems by Mary Oliver (5)
  4. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (5)
February - see post
  1. The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea by James Brady (4)
  2. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (4.5)
March and April - see post
  1. My Bookstore  edited by Ronald Rice (4)
  2. Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra (4)
  3. Life After Death by Deepak Chopra (4)
  4. on Life After Death by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (4)
  5. On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (4)
  6. Audiobook: FDR by Jean Edward Smith (4)
  7. Divergent by Veronica Roth (3)
  8. Bridges to Heaven by Sue Frederick (4)
May  - see post
  1. Power of the Soul: Inside Wisdom for an Outside World by John Holland (3.5)
  2. Warrior Pose by Brad Willis aka Bhava Ram (5)
  3. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (3)
  4. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer (5)
  5. Kirpalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat by Richard Faulds (5)
  6. Audiobook: Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul by Deepak Chopra (4)
  7. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson (4)
June - see post
  1. Yin, Yang and Yogini: A Woman's Quest for Balance, Strength and Inner Peace by Kathryn Livingston (2.5)
  2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (4)
  3. Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell #1) by Hilary Mantel (4)
July - see post
  1. Audiobook - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (5)
  2. Bringing Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell #2) by Hilary Mantel (4)
  3. Inferno by Dan Brown (4)
  4. The Trouble With Poetry by Billy Collins (5)
  5. Return from Tomorrow by George Ritchie (5)
  6. The Art of Drowning by Billy Collins (4)
  7. Questions About Angels by Billy Collins (5)
  8. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (4)
  9. Audiobook - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (5)
  10. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand (5)
  11. Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins (4)
August - see post
  1. Searching For Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton By Linda Gray Sexton (5)
  2. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (5)
  3. Audiorecording: The Voice of the Poet - Anne Sexton (4)
  4. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation and commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda (5)
  5. Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins (4)
September - see post
  1.  Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters edited by Linda Gray Sexton and Lois Ames (5)
  2. The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart (4)
  3. The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart (4)
October - see post
  1. Edge of Eternity (Century Trilogy #3) by Ken Follett (4)
  2. Poetry as Survival by Gregory Orr (5+)
  3. The Poet's Corner: The One and Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family complied by John Lithgow (4)
  4. Audiobook - The Churchills: In Love and War by Mary S. Lovell (5)
November - see post
  1. Half In Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide by Linda Gray Sexton (4)
  2. Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian (4)
  3. Hecuba by Euripides (4)
  4. The Blessing: A Memoir by Gregory Orr (4)
  5. Song of Myself by Walt Whitman (5)
  6. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (4)
  7. Americans in Paris: Life and Death in Nazi Germany by Charles Glass (4)
December
  1. Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8 by Newt Gingrich, Albert Hanser and William Forstchen (5)
  2. Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen (5)
  3. True Refuge: Finding Peach and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart by Tara Brach (5)

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