I love to read. My goal is to own a small bookstore some day, write book reviews and read 100+ books every year. Last year my brother asked me how many books I read a year and I had no idea, so I decided to start keeping track this year. I have missed a few, but I here are the items I have accounted for.
I broke the technical and recreational up separately as many people visiting this site will be more interested in the technical items.
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Here are the books I have read and am reading along with short reviews and thoughts on each.
Currently Reading:
Books that I have opened and at least read a chapter. I sometimes put a book to the side for various reasons.
- Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success by Christopher Duncan
- Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman
On My Bookshelf:
These are books I have purchased, or my wife has, but I haven't read yet. I plan on reading them. I'm sure there are some books on my shelf I have no interest in reading, but I'm not going through them all here.
- Tribulation Force by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Code Complete by Steve C McConnell
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook by Ken England
- Nicolae by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Soul Harvest by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Apollyon by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Assasins by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- The Indwelling by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- The Mark by Tim F. LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams by Robert W. Peterson
- On The Road by Jack Kerouac
- Free As In Freedom by Sam Williams
- Ice Reich by William Dietrich
- Because He Could by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann
- Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story by Eric Garcia
On My List:
These are books I want to get or had recommended to me.
- Disappearing Cryptography: Being and Nothingness on the Net by Peter Wayner
- Moneyball by Michael Lewis
- Free for All by Peter Wayner
- Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black by John Feinstein
- Empire Falls by Richard Russo
- The Loss of the S.S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons by Lawrence Beesley
- McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales by MICHAEL CHABON (Editor)
- Facing Ali: 15 Fighters / 15 Stories by Stephen Brunt
- Wilt: Larger than Life by Robert Allen Cherry
- No Witnesses by Ridley Pearson
- The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest: A Novel by Po Bronson
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Numbers
| Year | Count |
| 2008 | 47 |
| 2007 | 65 |
| 2006 | 68 |
| 2005 | 112 |
| 2004 | 59 |
| 2003 | 42 |
| 2002 | 47 |
| 2001 | 43 |
| 2000 | 49 |
| 1999 | 49 |
I know I am forgetting some for 1999, but until I get a chance to look through my bookshelf, this is the official count.)
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