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This was a year of shoddy record keeping. Between buying a house, moving, getting married, and finishing a book<\/a>, I had long periods of time where I lapsed in jotting down what I read from one week to the next. As such, the numbers below represent the books I was able to record and I suspect a few titles aren’t accounted for. To be fair, if I can’t even remember a book I read (which is kinda the purpose of me writing them down in the first place!) it probably isn’t a book I’m going to highly recommend. And so, that being said…<\/p>\n Books read in 2013: 107<\/strong> A few thoughts (As usual, here are my posts on books read in 2012<\/a>,\u00a02011<\/a>,\u00a02010<\/a>, and\u00a02009<\/a>):<\/p>\n One of the first books I read in 2013 was Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar<\/em><\/a>. It is the book I most regularly come back to. And I admit that I’m thrown by the fact that the book I’m most fond of this year\u2013the book that lingers in my mind\u2013is essentially a collection of advice columns from formerly anonymous “Dear Sugar,” Cheryl Strayed. The columns are raw and honest and tender. I suspect those are adjectives thrown at this book regularly. It was from this<\/a> column that I took the plunge. Maybe that’s a good place for you to decide if it’s a book for you too.<\/p>\n Likewise, I lingered slowly through The Conversations<\/a><\/em> and found Walter Murch’s approach to editing and filmmaking to resonate with my own pedagogy of inquiry-driven teaching and learning.<\/p>\n Big Day Coming<\/a> was a fun read because well… Yo La Tengo:
\nComics and graphic novels included in reading total: 14
\nBooks of poetry included in reading total: 5
\nBooks reread included in reading total: 7
\nAcademic & Education related books included in reading total: 12
\nYA and Junior Fiction books included in reading total: 14<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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