Finding Time to Read in a Tricky 2013

Well my 2013 reading goal was 50. I knew it was unlikely that I'd do this, what with a new home, a marriage, and a new novel, but by setting the bar high, I WAS able to read 26 (and closer to my "real" goal of 30.  I am a very slow and detailed reader, so this has got to be a personal best).

The theme of this year was books that became movies or TV shows interspersed with some others because these were books I've been salivating over and just *HAD* to read. And while I didn't get to all of the titles that I wanted to (Next year, Exorcist, Godfather, and Harry Potter, next year!) I thoroughly loved these selections. I've bolded the titles that fit the theme...

I've also linked to the pages of some authors that you may or may not have heard but are so, so, so worth checking out.

So without further adieu, here they are by month that I finished the book.

Jan

• Darkly, Dreaming Dexter--Jeff Lindsay
• Dearly, Devoted Dexter--Jeff Lindsay
• Dexter in the Dark--Jeff Lindsay
• Sleeping Murder--Agatha Christie
• Fight Club--Chuck Palahniuk

Feb

• Lisey’s Story--Stephen King
• Leave Myself Behind--Bart Yates
• Odd Interlude--Dean Koontz

March

• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh--Michael Chabon
• Water for Elephants--Sara Gruen
• Dexter by Design--Jeff Lindsay
• Psycho--Robert Bloch

April

• Blood Meridian--Cormac McCarthy

May

• Shogun--James Clavell

June

• Full Dark, No Stars--Stephen King

July/August

• The War Magician--David Fisher
• The American Boy--Andrew Taylor

September

• Revelations of Preston Black--Jason Jack Miller
• Play Dead--Michael A. Arnzen

October

• Cog--K. Ceres Wright
• Jaws--Peter Benchley

November

• Odd Men Out--Matt Betts
• Trick or Treachery--Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain

December

• Only Human--Mike Mehalek*
• Deeply Odd--Dean Koontz
• Keeper of the Children--William H. Hallahan

You can see these books and my all time reading list at goodreads.

*I did read my book this year (for fun) after publication so I counted it...Hope that's not cheating

Raw Dog Cover Reveal: Odd Men Out by Matt Betts

Dog Star Books will be having us all raw dog screaming in 2013.  Here is another sneak peek that I was privy to recently that I wanted to share with the Trickyverse.

It is Matt Betts alternate history/ steampunk novel Odd Men Out.


And WOW! Another great cover by Bradley Sharp, whose work I quickly became a fan of--and am loving more and more with each reveal. 

COVER REVEAL

BOOK: Odd Men Out

AUTHOR:  Matt Betts

ARTIST: Bradley Sharp

PUBLISHER: Dog Star Books

GENRE: Steampunk/Alternate History

SUMMARY: Fighting for survival in a post-Civil War America overrun by zombies, Cyrus and Lucinda join a military group called the Odd Men Out, and together they face a terrorist army from the North in a showdown over a weapon of enormous power.

The Civil War went on far longer than anyone expected, prompting the North and South to call a truce to fight their common enemy: The Chewers – dead men come to life to attack the living. As a result, a peacekeeping force called the Office of Military Operations is created to watch over the tenuous peace.

Cyrus Joseph Spencer didn’t fight in the war and couldn’t care less about the United Nations of America that resulted from it. His main concern is making money and protecting his crew from all manner of danger. To escape a horrible tragedy, Cyrus and one of his wards, Lucinda, board a U.N. dirigible for safety. They quickly discover their situation has not improved as the U.N. team is chasing a group of rogue soldiers in hopes of stopping them from obtaining a terrible weapon.

They also have to contend with a larger threat - Drago del Vapore – a giant lizard attacking the West Coast and wreaking havoc on everything it encounters. As the two sides face off against each other and the huge beast, Cyrus feels more and more like an Odd Man Out and finds it harder and harder to stay out of the fight.

RELEASE: July 2013

LINKS: Dog Star Books - http://dogstarbooks.blogspot.com

Matt Betts – http://zombiewrangler.blogspot.com

Bradley Sharp - http://www.bradsharp.co.uk/