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June reading list:

34) Hortholary: Tales from Montagascony, Michael Reynier
33)  Austin Osman Spare: The Occult Life of London's Legendary Artist, Phil Baker*
32) The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two, J.R.R. Tolkien
31) The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking, Mike Rohde*
30) Meditations (Penguin Great Ideas), Marcus Aurelius*
29) The Book of Lost Tales, Part One, J. R. R. Tolkien

Year to date:

28) Three Parts Dead, Max Gladstone
27) The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
26) The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
25) X's For Eyes, Laird Barron
24) The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
23) The Sorcerer's House, Gene Wolfe
22) Playing at the World, Jon Peterson
21) The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers
20) Foreign Devils, John Hornor Jacobs
19) Stopping and Seeing, Chih-i (Zhiyi), translated by Thomas Cleary*
18) Medusa's Web, Tim Powers
17) Expiration Date, Tim Powers
16) Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson
15) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson
14) The Art and Thought of Heraclitus, Charles Kahn*
13) Count Zero, William Gibson (re-read)
12) The Mechanical, Ian Tregillis
11) Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti
10) The Shibboleth, John Hornor Jacobs
9) The Twelve-Fingered Boy, John Hornor Jacobs
8) This Dark Earth, John Hornor Jacobs
7) Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton*
6) City of Blades, Robert Jackson Bennett
5) Gemini Cell, Myke Cole
4) Silver on the Road, Laura Anne Gilman
3) The Croning, Laird Barron
2) The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson
1) How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, Sarah Bakewell*

 April reading list:

23) The Sorcerer's House, Gene Wolfe
22) Playing at the World, Jon Peterson
21) The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers
20) Foreign Devils, John Hornor Jacobs

Year to Date:

19) Stopping and Seeing, Chih-i (Zhiyi), translated by Thomas Cleary*
18) Medusa's Web, Tim Powers
17) Expiration Date, Tim Powers
16) Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson
15) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson
14) The Art and Thought of Heraclitus, Charles Kahn*
13) Count Zero, William Gibson (re-read)
12) The Mechanical, Ian Tregillis
11) Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti
10) The Shibboleth, John Hornor Jacobs
9) The Twelve-Fingered Boy, John Hornor Jacobs
8) This Dark Earth, John Hornor Jacobs
7) Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton*
6) City of Blades, Robert Jackson Bennett
5) Gemini Cell, Myke Cole
4) Silver on the Road, Laura Anne Gilman
3) The Croning, Laird Barron
2) The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson
1) How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, Sarah Bakewell*

 Time for a February reading list!

13) Count Zero, William Gibson (re-read)
12) The Mechanical, Ian Tregillis
11) Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti
10) The Shibboleth, John Hornor Jacobs
9) The Twelve-Fingered Boy, John Hornor Jacobs
8) This Dark Earth, John Hornor Jacobs

Year to Date:

7) Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton
6) City of Blades, Robert Jackson Bennett
5) Gemini Cell, Myke Cole
4) Silver on the Road, Laura Anne Gilman
3) The Croning, Laird Barron
2) The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson
1) How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, Sarah Bakewell

Well, I failed to get through 52 books this year...but it's not like I had made a promise to anyone but myself. So there.

49) The Present Alone is Our Happiness, Pierre Hadot
48) The Black Company, Glen Cook
47) Slade House, David Mitchell
46) Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe (re-read)
45) The Broken Sword, Poul Anderson

44) King Solomon's Mines, Henry Rider Haggard
43) The Rim of Morning, William Sloane
42) Matter, Iain M. Banks
41) Declare, Tim Powers (re-read)
40) Southern Gods, John Hornor Jacobs
39) Pietr the Latvian, Georges Simenon
38) The Aeronaut's Windlass, Jim Butcher
37) Starting Strength, Mark Rippetoe
36) The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
35) The Inner Citadel, Pierre Hadot   
3) In the Dark Places of Wisdom, Peter Kingsley (paperback)
2) Lovecraft's Monsters, edited by Ellen Datlow (Kindle)
1) Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (hardcover)

An epic attempt at catching up - I don't know that I'll finish the year with 52 books read, but I sure tried. :)

Most recent (August/September):   
In the Dark Places of Wisdom, Peter Kingsley (paperback)
Lovecraft's Monsters, edited by Ellen Datlow (Kindle)
Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (hardcover)

Working my way back to parity, woohoo!

This month:   
In the Dark Places of Wisdom, Peter Kingsley (paperback)
Lovecraft's Monsters, edited by Ellen Datlow (Kindle)
Seveneves, Neal Stephenson (hardcover)

 This month: 

laughingsquid.com/an-incredibly-detailed-cross-section-illustration-of-kowloon-walled-city-in-hong-kong/

Wow! I first learned about Kowloon Walled City in a William Gibson novel (Virtual Light, I think) and have always found it fascinating.  These cross-sections are really cool!

Well, 2014 was not my best reading year. I kept up a pretty good clip, but fell short of reading a book a week, and 2015 is probably not going to be the best year for reading either. I have other, more important stuff that will keep me occupied. :)

1. Revival, Stephen King
2. Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King
3. The Doubt Factory, Paolo Bacigalupi
4. City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett
5. The Magic of Recluce, L. E. Modesitt Jr.
6. Brilliance, Marcus Sakey
7. Swords and Deviltry, Fritz Leiber
8. The Dog Said Bow-Wow, Michael Swanwick
9. Annihilation, Jeff Vandermeer
10. Acceptance, Jeff Vandermeer
11. Authority, Jeff Vandermeer
12. The Third Bear, Jeff Vandermeer
13. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
14. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
15. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J. K. Rowling
17. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling
18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling
19. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling
20. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling
21. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
23. Single & Single, John Le Carré
24. Our Game, John Le Carré
25. Far North, Marcel Theroux
26. Strange Bodies, Marcel Theroux
27. Solaris, Stanislaw Lem
28. White Fire, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs
29. The Lovers, John Connolly
30. A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich
31. Hild, Nicola Griffith
32. Of Dice and Men, David M. Ewalt
33. Learning To Breathe Fire, J. C. Herz
34. His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik
35. Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey
36. Caliban's War, James S. A. Corey
37. The Light is the Darkness, Laird Barron
38. The Peripheral, William Gibson

Re-Read:

39. The Knight, Gene Wolfe
40. The Wizard, Gene Wolfe
41. Neuromancer, William Gibson
42. Count Zero, William Gibson
43. Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson
44. All Tomorrow's Parties, William Gibson
45. Pattern Recognition, William Gibson
46. Spook Country, William Gibson
47. Zero History, William Gibson
48. The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart

Edited to add the following, which I had forgotten. Thanks, Amy! <3

49. Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper
50. The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
51. Greenwitch, Susan Cooper
52. The Grey King, Susan Cooper
53. Silver on the Tree, Susan Cooper