2020, for so many reasons, was not a banner year for reading. You'd think with a pandemic going on, and working from home I'd have a lot more time for reading. Noooooooo. I had time to remodel a bathroom and replace two bits of fence and put up a bunch of shelves in the garage, but not for reading.
Hoping 2021 is better. But I'm not counting on it.
Here goes the roll call for 2020, though. Some re-reads, obviously. But some great new reads, mostly books I got for Christmas 2019.
Eleven Blue Men was educational reading when the pandemic hit. I read it so I could hear what it was like when they had competent people in charge of public health (and the country for that matter).
Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis. 327 pages.
Better Mousetrap, The; by Tom Holt. 345 pages.
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World, by Ken Alibek with Stephen Handelman. 319 pages.
Book of Mormon, The; translated by Joseph Smith Jr. 535 pages.
Class: A Guide Through the American Class System, by Paul Fussell. 202 pages.
Cuckoo's Egg, The; by Cliff Stoll. 399 pages.
Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway, by Dave Barry. 180 pages.
Dilbert Future, The; by Scott Adams. 258 pages.
Dog's Purpose, A: A Novel for Humans; by W. Bruce Cameron. 319 pages.
Eleven Blue Men, by Berton Roueche. 192 pages.
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett. 377 pages.
Great Government Goofs! by Leland H. Gregory III. 264 pages.
Life of Pi, The; by Yann Martel. 326 pages.
Marguerite de la Roque: A Story of Survival, by Elizabeth Boyer. 316 pages.
McBroom Tells a Lie, by Sid Fleischman. 48 pages.,
Medical Detectives, The; by Berton Roueche. 403 pages.
Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, The; by W. Bruce Cameron. 334 pages.
Moving Pictures, by Terry Pratchett. 254 pages.
Narrow Sea, The; Barrier, Bridge, and Gateway to the World the History of the English Channel, by Peter Unwin. 340 pages.
Peter Principle, The; by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. 180 pages.
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke. 214 pages.
Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky. 484 pages.
Stranger in the Woods, The; Michael Finkel. 203 pages.
The Taming of the Screw, by Dave Barry. 90 pages.
Up the Down Staircase, by Bel Kaufman. 340 pages.
Woman Who Smashed Codes, The; by Jason Fagone. 444 pages.
Page Total: 7,791
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