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January	The Great Influenza by John M. Barry Fascinating backstory behind the Spanish Flu epidemic.  Get your flu shots!  A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Possibly the best ever overview of science and scientists. Get the audiobook for your next long car trip.	The January Dancer by Michael Flynn Really interesting, great characters and fascinating world-building.  Nice and long, too. Satisfying, sad when I finished.  The Lost Fleet:  Victorious by Jack Campbell  I like the whole Lost Fleet series, unique treatment of near lightspeed shootouts	Fragment: A Novel by Warren Fahy Nice Lost World disaster scenario. Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt Fairly average time travel treatment.	Selection Event by Wayne Wightman Average end-of-world disease catastrophe novel.  Meh.  Toward Yesterday by Paul Jones	The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison Murder Mystery in Tibet, interesting view of the chinese/tibet issue.		Lock In by John Scalzi Really great!  What happens if 5% of the population gets paralyzed (locked in), and ends up using virtual reality and teleoperated robot bodies.  Love Scalzi!    Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Documentary of the Galveston Hurricane, similar to The Great Hurricane of 1938 which I also read.  Life before weather satellites sucked.    Night of the Purple Moon, Colony East, and Generation M by Scott Cramer  Series of Young Adult books, what happens if all the grownups die. Not bad, not great.
February	Into Africa by Martin Dugard Doctor Livingston, I presume?	Oiive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Not bad, read it for book club and enjoyed the characters.	The White Queen by Philippa Gregory Boring, didn't finish. Yawn. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick   Mail Order Bride's life, well told.	The Dig by Michael Siemsen Really enjoyed this, psychic archaeology! The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin Really good treatment of the terrible blizzard in the 1880s and early weather reporting.	A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness   Annoying chutney of demons, vampires, and witches, without adherence to canon.	State of Wonder by Ann Patchett A little too much navel-gazing.	If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch Readjustment of teenager raised in the woods after recovery from custody kidnapping.   Young Adult fiction, but definitely adult themes. Really liked it. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn  An acquired taste, but I found it interesting.  Disturbing, definitely, and improbable, and weird.
March	Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks Gag. Awful.	The People of the Abyss by Jack London Sad treatment of what it was like to be really poor in London.	Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear  Not my favorite Greg Bear, hard to follow, hard to stay engaged.	On the Oceans of Eternity by S. M. Stirling  Continuation of the Island in the Sea of Time story, tied to Dies the Fire.  Love the series.	Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Ursula Le Guin Translated from Russian, a rediscovered classic.  You'll still be thinking about it for a while after reading.  The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker   Really bad science, average writing, environmental collapse from 11 year old girl's POV.    Way Station by Clifford Simak Nice version of a galactic train conductor.  Religious overtones.	A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin	The Round House by Louise Erdrich Coming of age of a native american boy growing up on a reservation in the '80s.  Some rough stuff, but very good explanation of jurisdiction issues and what life was like.
April	The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan Why don't we know all this about the Dust Bowl already?  You need to read this book!  A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman Life in the Middle Ages.  Not bad.	The Help by Kathryn Stockett Great book, tough being in Mississippi during Segregation.  Containment by Christian Cantrell Mankind's Worst Fear by David L. Erickson Axis by Robert Charles Wilson Not bad, not riveting.  American Gods by Neil Gaiman I liked it, but not as much as others seem to.	The Scourge of God by S. M. Stirling Part of the Dies the Fire story, great series.	The Frozen Sky by Jeff Carlson   The Demon Under The Microscope by Thomas Hager   Fascinating story of the discovery and early use of Sulfa antibiotics and what it was like before we had them.	Arrows of the Queen; Arrow's Flight; and Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey I reread these little books often.  More fantasy than SciFi, suitable for young adults.  8.4 by Peter Hernon   Nice catastrophic earthquake along New Madrid fault in present day.   Armageddon by Brian Clarke    Life and Death on Mt Everest by  Sherry Ortner   Nice version of really bad earthquake with methane gas apocolypse.  Things just keep getting worse.	A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin	Absolution Gap by Alistair Reynolds More Revelation Space.  Yay!    The Experiment of Dreams by Brandon Zenner  Lucid Dreaming.  Yawn.
May		Living Organized by Sandra Felton Yeah, got a couple useful tips but I'm lousy at following through, especially when I'm supposed to get rid of stuff. The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Fun sci-fi fluff, not bad.  The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls	Island in the Sea of Time by S. M. Stirling   Great story, inverse of Dies the Fire, where Nantucket gets thrown centuries back in time.	Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card Prequel to Ender's Game, the first Formic War.  Love Card's work.	The Passage by Justin Cronin This was terrific and satisfying (meaning long!)  Will be tempted to reread it.  Exile by Michael Kube-McDowell I wanted to like this more, it was just ok.  Mindbend by Robin Cook  Typical Robin Cook medical thriller, entertaining fluff, a bit dated.	Sail by James Patterson Had to read for book club.  Not a fan.   Brain on Fire by Susanna Cahalan  Autobiography of having a really bad neurological disease and getting better.  Makes you worry how many mentally ill people are just physically sick and could be treated.
June		Gods and Pawns; The Empress of Mars; Not Less than Gods; and Children of the Company by Kage Baker  I love Kage Baker's work, unique treatment of time travel, and cyborgs.  Saving Cascadia by John Nance So Lame.  Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling Classic story about sudden change to the laws of physics where fast combustion and electricity suddenly no longer work. Great series!	The Redbreast; Nemesis; and The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo  Series of Norwegian detective novels translated to English, enjoyed them!	Impact by Douglas Preston The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman Tear in Time by Christopher David Petersen Immortality by Kevin Bohacz	1632 by Eric Flint Time travel story, small town gets sent back to flintlock era Europe. Not bad. The Krone Experiment by J. Craig Wheeler Mad scientist creates micro black hole that oscillates through the earth, munching as it goes.  Average  The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen Town quarantines itself during the spanish flu epidemic.  Story told from young man's POV, not bad.  Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card Part of the Ender series, Bean takes three of his kids int space with the same genetic problem he has, we get to know them. Thin, but not bad. Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card  Buggers get to earth, we try to fight them.  Nice prequel to the Ender books.	The Eye of the World, and     The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan Friend adores this series, have read several and am still only kind of meh.  More fantasy than scifi.	In the Lion's Mouth, and On the Razor's Edge by Michael Flynn Books 3 and 4 of Tales of the Spiral Arm  More from the January Dancer world.  Love these, though they are not as good as the first books.
July		A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky   A short story about the last days of Agamemnon's daughter, told from her POV. Well done.    The Protector's War by S. M. Stirling Resolution of the Dies the Fire initial trilogy, very satisfying.	Fisherman's Hope by David Feintuch Children of Hope by David Feintuch The Midshipman's Hope series is a good one, if a bit grim.  He never gets a break.	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett A childhood favorite, reread.  Still love it. Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card Average, not what I hoped for from Card.	The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Interesting premise, Men can hear the thoughts of all other men, and it's made them a bit loopy.    A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin  First Game of Thrones book.  Loved them!  Don't get attached to anyone though.    The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker  Yawn.	Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Pink and Purple historical fiction bodice ripper, set in Scotland so I listened to it while hiking the west highland way.  Won't read the sequels. Won't watch the rest of the series.  Not my cup o tea.	Leviathan Wakes, book 1 of The Expanse by James Corey These books take a while to get going--3/4 of the book is build up, the last quarter is worth it though.   The Last Colony by John Scalzi  Not up to John Scalzi's standard, but not bad.
August		A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving I did not expect to like this as much as I did, but I find myself thinking about reading it again.  Great audiobook.		Elephant Girl by Jane Devin So sad, treatment of abuse and poverty.	Brilliance by Markus Sakey Savants are being born, a lot.  How to handle that in today's society, dystopian fiction. Meh.    Up Jim River by Michael Flynn Love this series, follows The January Dancer.  Anti-hero, nice world-building.    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds  Very fond of this far future space opera series, complicated, rich scifi with a lot of unique elements.	The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan	Caliban's War, book 2 of The Expanse by James Corey   Abaddon's Gate, book 3 of The Expanse by James Corey   Enjoying this series, there is a TV version being made which will be difficult to keep from being abominable, but the books are good. Again, they start slow and trundle along for quite a while before the payoff.
September	The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Read the others instead.  Sabriel by Garth Nix A bit overly dramatically read by Tim Curry, but it was ok.	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows Entertaining story about small town during one of the World Wars.		Straight Man by Richard Russo Amusing, funny treatment of professorship.	Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds Nano-plague, in a world where everyone has computer implants--uh oh! Enjoyable but again, compiicated and rich continuation of Revelation Space story.		Cibola Burn, book 4 of The Expanse, by James Corey More of The Expanse, same reviews.
October	Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross I will enjoy reading this again, and there is a good movie version though it's hard to find.	A Meeting at Corvallis by S. M. Stirling Part of Dies the Fire story.	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Entertaining treatment of an autistic-like boy's POV.   The Sword of the Lady by S.M. Stirling Part of the Dies the Fire story, great series, starting to drag on a bit.	Wool by Hugh Howey Good short story about an isolated community.	Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds Another chapter in Revelation Space.    Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain  Definitely spoke to me.	The Year of No Sugar by Eve O. Schaub Read for book club.  Made me want to bake brownies.	Nemesis Games by James Corey I think this is it for The Expanse, but who knows?
November		The Sunrise Lands by S. M. Stirling Nice part of the Dies the Fire story.	Splendid Solution by Jeffrey Kluger About Salk's quest for a Polio vaccine, and what life was like before we had one.  If you're even thinking about not vaccinating your kids, read this first.	Still Missing by Chevy Stevens Read it for book club, sad abduction story.	A Clash of Kings and   A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin More Game of Thrones, more bloody deaths and swords and plotting and all.    Angry Housewives Eating Bonbons by Lorna Landvik  Story of a midwest book club and the ladies in it over about 20 years.  Not at all bad.
December	In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick Shipwreck/lifeboat true story about the wreck of the whaling boat Essex when a whale got mad.  Listened to it in the car over several weeks and was never so thirsty!  Medieval People by Eileen Power Character study/daily life of representative people in the middle ages.  Ok.  Cod by Mark Kurlansky   The perils of overfishing.  So sad what we've done to the oceans.	Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson Living in the south was tough.	The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain Read this for Book Club, Hemingway's first wife's early life. Neither bad nor riveting. Against the Tide of Years by S. M. Stirling   Part of the Island in the Sea Of Time story, great series!	Up Jim River by Michael Flynn   As it pertains to me, there is an occasion of enjoying the world building of Michael Flynn.	Now You See Her by James Pattison Barely remember this one, yawn.    Seattle Quake 9.2 by Mark Talbott  Below average earthquake fiction.	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Bible story from minor female character's perspective.  Enjoyable, probably more so if you're into the whole old testament.