Clearly I'm terrible about posting lately, but here goes:
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
The Magician King - Lev Grossman
Allegiant - Veronica Roth
Earth Unaware - Orson Scott Card
Earth is Room Enough - Isaac Asimov
Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm missing a few books, but there's nothing to be done about that except update more often!
Both of the Grossman books are OK but not great. I enjoyed parts of each of them, and muddled through parts of each of them. If you are into fantasy, try them out. Otherwise, stay away.
Allegiant is the third in a trilogy (starting with Divergant). Seriously only read this if you've read the first two and just want to know what happens next. And even then... you might want to just read the wikipedia page...
Earth Unaware is the start of a prequel-to-Ender's Game-trilogy. I enjoyed it, but I am extremely biased when it comes to Card, so don't trust me. Read it if you enjoy scifi and/or Card's stuff, but not otherwise.
Earth is Room Enough is a collection of fantastic short stories by Isaac Asimov. I came to admire his skill after reading this book. Which says a lot because I usually hate short stories. Highly recommended, unless you hate scifi.
Warbreaker is a huge book that I found at the library when I was desperate for something to read. Sanderson has also authored Elantris which I was not hugely impressed by. Well Warbreaker has completely changed my opinion on Sanderson. I finished this behemoth in about 3 days and was very emotionally invested in the book. Only for fantasy folks of course, but if you are one you'll love it!
I re-read Persepolis while waiting for 2.5 hours at the DMV for my new license. Yes, after 7 years in this state I have finally made it official. This book is extremely well written and illustrated and tells an important story that should not be forgotten. Everyone should read it.
Aaannnnddd, now that the year is (long) over, the 2013 (approximate) count of books: 34! Which, shockingly, is 2 more than last year, although quite far from the 44 I read in 2011. Works out to ~1.5 weeks per book (~64% of a book per week)
