The books that I finished reading in December 2018
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| December 2018 Reading: photo by Cliff Hutson |
“Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them,” Al Franken
“Red Shirt,” A.J. Stewart
“Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot,” Al Franken
“Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” Ben Goldfarb
“On Track,” David Allen
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margarita,” Tim Federle
“Farming While Black,” Leah Penniman
My favorite of these is "Eager". Beavers are fascinating creatures. They had, and continue to have, a huge impact on the environment.
Both of Franken's books are dated in terms of their publication dates, but what he has to say is frighteningly relevant today.
And, obviously, I enjoy David Allen's work. "On Track" is the second of his books that I read in 2018.
A Year's Worth of Books
1. “The Wanted,” Robert Crais
2. “Getting Started,” David Allen
3. “Medium Raw,” Anthony Bourdain
4. “A Drive into the Gap,” Kevin Guilfoile
5. “Wine. all the Time,” Marissa A. Ross
6. “A Different Drummer,” William Melvin Kelly
7. “Fire and Fury,” Michael Wolff
8. “The Negro Traveler’s Green Book,” Victor H. Green
9. “Pale Gray for Guilt,” John D. MacDonald
10. “Hiroshima Boy,” Naomi Hirahara
11. ”White Tears,” Hari Kunzru
12. “Down the River unto the Sea,” Walter Mosley
13. “Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture,” Louise Harpman and Scott Specht
14. “100 Amazing Facts About the Negro,” Harry Louis Gates, Jr.
15. “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” Marlon Bundo with Jill Twiss
16. “Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us,” Dr. Lucy Jones
17. ”Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work,” Matthew B. Crawford
18. “Off the Grid,” C.J. Box
19. “Black Betty,” Walter Mosley
20. “Stiff Arm Steal,” A.J. Stewart
21. “Offside Trap,” A.J. Stewart
22. “High Lie,” A.J. Stewart
23. “Dead Fast,” A.J. Stewart
24. “Crash Tack,” A.J. Stewart
25. “Deep Rough,” A.J. Stewart
26. “King Tide,” A.J. Stewart
27. “No Right Turn,” A.J. Stewart
28. “The Hidden Life of Trees,” Peter Wohlleben
29. “A Colony in a Nation,” Chris Hayes
30. “Cruise Control,” A.J. Stewart
31. “The Lost City of Z,” David Grann
32. “John Woman,” Walter Moseley
33. “The Tangled Tree,” David Quammen
34. “The Lost World,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
35. “Black No More,” George S. Schuyler
36. “Killers of the Flower Moon,” David Grann
37. “Hell’s Angels,” Hunter S. Thompson
38. “Holy Ghost,” John Sanford
39. “Up the Mountain Path,” Marianne Dubuc
40. “The Feather Thief,” Kirk Wallace Johnson
41. “Dark Sacred Night,” Michael Connelly
42. “The Feral Detective,” Jonathan Lethem
43. “Yosemite Fall,” Scott Graham
44. “The President is Missing,” Bill Clinton and James Patterson
45. “Crime Partners,” Donald Goines
46. “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them,” Al Franken
47. “Red Shirt,” A.J. Stewart
48. “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot,” Al Franken
49. “Eager,” Ben Goldfarb
50. “On Track,” David Allen
51. “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margarita,” Tim Federle
52. “Farming While Black,” Leah Penniman
I read fifty-two books in 2018, they are presented in the order that I finished them. The total is lower than usual, but still beats David Allen's for the year. Of course, he works full time and I don't. But, I lost a month due to watching the World Cup, as many as three matches a day.
I read fifty-two books in 2018, they are presented in the order that I finished them. The total is lower than usual, but still beats David Allen's for the year. Of course, he works full time and I don't. But, I lost a month due to watching the World Cup, as many as three matches a day.
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