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December Books

Non-Fiction 3 (2013 total 46)
Tardis Eruditorum vol 4: Tom Baker and the Hinchcliffe Years, by Philip Sandifer
Information is Beautiful, by David McCandless
Stuff I've Been Reading, by Nick Hornby

Fiction (non-sf) 5 (2013 total 44)
Eyeless in Gaza, by Aldous Huxley
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Popinjay, by Iona McGregor
The Truth Commissioner, by David Park
The Devils, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

SF (non-Who) 8 (2013 total 65)
Two unpublished novels
Patternmaster, by Octavia E. Butler
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
Looking for Jake and other stories, by China Miéville
The Father Christmas Letters, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Next Generation, vol. I, by John Francis Maguire (provisionally classified as sf)

Doctor Who 4 (2013 total 72)
Dancing The Code, by Paul Leonard
Death and Diplomacy, by Dave Stone
City of the Dead, by Lloyd Rose
The Men Who Sold The World, by Guy Adams

Comics 2 (2013 total 30)
Animate Europe! (responsible editor Hans H. Stein)
Le Chat du Rabbin tome 1, by Joann Sfarr

~6,800 pages (2013 total ~67,000)
5/22 (2013 total 71/257) by women (McGregor, Butler, Rose and two more)
1/22 (2013 total 11/257) by PoC

Reread: Treasure Island, The Popinjay, Rendezvous with Rama, City of the Dead - 4 (2013 total 28)

Acquired 2011 or before: 12 (2013 total 105) - Rendezvous With Rama, City of the Dead, Death and Diplomacy, Treasure Island, Eyeless in Gaza, Looking for Jake, Le Chat du Rabbin v 1, Dancing the Code, The Devils, The Next Generation v I, Letters from Father Christmas, The Truth Commissioner
Acquired 2012: 1 (YTD 30) - The Men Who Sold The World
Acquired 2013: 9 (YTD 122) - The Wise Man's Fear, Pattern-Master, The Popinjay, Animate Europe, Information is Beautiful, Stuff I've Been Reading, TARDIS Eruditorum v 4, 2 unpublished.

Reading now:
About Time: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who, 2005-2006; Series 1 & 2, by Tat Wood
Saints of the Shadow Bible, by Ian Rankin
The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
Tags: bookblog 2013
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