Epilogue: A Year in Review.

I guess I haven’t officially been blogging for a year, but it has been a year since I started reading the first book I wrote a blog about.  So for that reason (and also it seems like the appropriate time), this is my inaugural year in review blog. 

First of all: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! 

This year, my husband and I decided to make a Christmas tree out of my book collection.  I just love how it turned out!

To review, I never read as much as I want.  I suppose that’s the curse of choosing an occupation that takes up most of my brainy energy.  And when I do reach that inevitable novel conclusion, I also lack sufficient time to write a meaningful blog entry.  No worries, friends, I will push ahead into year two. 

2012 Reads Include:

Emperor of All Maladies by Siddharta Mukhejee

Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter by James Hirsch

Tinkers by Paul Harding

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The final book on that list is by far my favourite read of 2012. 

Like I said, I never read as much as I want.  I’ve been browsing some other book bloggers and realize that my reading speed is nowhere near those serious readers.  How they find the time to succeed at their 200books/year challenge is beyond me.

I have, however, gained some other useful ideas to improve this little endeavor of mine.  These include:

            1. Making lists of my favourite books

            2. Incorporating Quote Days

            3. Including the total number of pages I read (maybe this will make me feel better
            about the lack of total books I finish in one year).

            4. Including a to-read list so you’ll know what I’m thinking of reading.

So here’s to year two of Novel Meanderings of an Academic!