{"id":5762,"date":"2021-01-03T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T23:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2021-01-03T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T23:47:20","slug":"a-year-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/5762","title":{"rendered":"A year in books"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year was an uneven year of reading for me. The pandemic started with me being very unfortunately midway through The Stand<\/em>. I toughed it out, but after that my reading slowed. After months of being home, I wasn’t able to focus on much, but then I jumped into some lighter fare, including a lot of Michael Connelly (Bosch). In the fall, I read quite a few food politics books as a part of an Eat Local<\/a> work project I’m doing. By the end of the year, I exceeded my normal 50 books by a few.<\/p>\n

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  1. Coyote Destiny<\/i> by Allen Steele<\/li>\n
  2. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral<\/i> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The Stand<\/i> by Stephen King<\/li>\n
  4. If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name<\/i> by Heather Lende<\/li>\n
  5. Seedfolks<\/i> by Paul Fleischman<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Security<\/i> by Poul Anderson<\/li>\n
  7. The Stranger in the Woods<\/i> by Michael Finkel<\/li>\n
  8. Born with Teeth<\/i> by Kate Mulgrew<\/li>\n
  9. Navajos Wear Nikes<\/i> by Jim Kristofic<\/li>\n
  10. Little Bee<\/i> by Chris Cleave<\/li>\n
  11. Scribbling the Cat<\/i> by Alexandra Fuller<\/li>\n
  12. Where the Crawdads Sing<\/i> by Delia Owens<\/li>\n
  13. The Peripheral<\/i> by William Gibson<\/li>\n
  14. Agency<\/i> by William Gibson<\/li>\n
  15. Where the Dead Sit Talking<\/i> by Brandon Hobson<\/li>\n
  16. Boy Swallows Universe<\/i> by Trent Dalton<\/li>\n
  17. Sundiver<\/i> by David Brin<\/li>\n
  18. 2312<\/i> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\n
  19. Heart of a Lion<\/i> by William Stolzenburg<\/li>\n
  20. The Black Echo<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  21. The Guardians<\/i> by John Grisham<\/li>\n
  22. The Black Ice<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  23. Clock Dance<\/i> by Anne Tyler<\/li>\n
  24. Aurora<\/i> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/li>\n
  25. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry<\/i> by Fredrik Backman<\/li>\n
  26. Camino Winds<\/i> by John Grisham<\/li>\n
  27. The Concrete Blond<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  28. The Last Coyote<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  29. The Boy from the Woods<\/i> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\n
  30. Save Me the Plums<\/i> by Ruth Reichl<\/li>\n
  31. Delicious!<\/i> by Ruth Reichl<\/li>\n
  32. Garlic and Sapphires<\/i> by Ruth Reichl<\/li>\n
  33. My Kitchen Year<\/i> by Ruth Reichl<\/li>\n
  34. Not Becoming My Mother<\/i> by Ruth Reichl<\/li>\n
  35. Savage Feast<\/i> by Boris Fishman<\/li>\n
  36. Plenty<\/i> by Alisa Smith and JB MacKinnon<\/li>\n
  37. Trunk Music<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  38. Eat Here<\/i> by Brian Halweil<\/li>\n
  39. Growing Tomorrow<\/i> by Forrest Pritchard<\/li>\n
  40. The Poet<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  41. Local<\/i> by Douglas Gayeton<\/li>\n
  42. Blood Work <\/i>by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  43. Angels Flight<\/i> by by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  44. Slow Food Nation<\/i> by Carlo Petrini<\/li>\n
  45. A Darkness More Than Night<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  46. Gaining Ground<\/i> by Forrest Pritchard<\/li>\n
  47. Void Moon<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  48. City of Bones<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  49. Waging Peace<\/i> by Diana Oestreich<\/strong><\/li>\n
  50. Chasing the Dime<\/i> by Michael Connelly<\/li>\n
  51. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage<\/i> by Alfred Lansing<\/li>\n
  52. Earth<\/i> by David Brin<\/li>\n
  53. Each Step is the Journey<\/i> by Patricia Klinck<\/li>\n
  54. Hippie<\/i> by Paulo Coelho<\/li>\n
  55. The Dirty Life<\/i> by Kristin Kimball<\/li>\n
  56. Food from the Radical Center<\/i> by Gary Nabhan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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