Books Read in 2013

I don't have it much in me to write a long post about the books I've read this year.

I love to read. Even throughout all of the terribly difficult times in the hospital with Sam and all of the stress of the last few weeks of his life and the horrible hole that he left in our lives…reading brings me solace and comfort. I can lose myself in a book. Sometimes, though, the knowledge that I'm going to peek my head back out and find things unchanged…sometimes that makes it hard to get lost…

I don't keep track of when exactly I finish all the books, but I know that I went through some lengthy "dry spells" this year...periods when I didn't read anything beyond my Facebook feed or an Entertainment Weekly magazine…here's my list for 2013. I can't even imagine tomorrow, but I know that the sun will rise and set and I know that I will eventually pick up another book to read. 

And so it goes…

1. The Panther by Nelson DeMille
2. Havana Real by Yoani Sanchez
3. Game Changer by Margaret Petersen Haddix
4. The Fault in our Stars by John Green
5. Cuba: A History by Sergio Guerra-Vilaboy
6. Two Whole Cakes by Lesley Kinzel
7. Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card
8. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
9. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
10. One More River by Mary Glickman
11. Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
12. I Love Mondays and Other Confessions From Devoted Working Moms by Michelle Cove
13. Friendkeeping by Julie Klam
14. Curse of the Thirteenth Fey by Jane Yolen
15. Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua
16. Beautiful Creatures by Garcia and Stohl
17. Memoir of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
18. Relational Judaism by Ron Wolfson
19. Wisdom for People of All Faiths by Evan Moffic
20. Saying No & Letting Go by Edwin Goldberg
21. A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
22. The Still Point of the Turning World by Emily Rapp
23. The Round House by Louise Ehrdrich
24. Son by Lois Lowry
25. Enigma by Robert Harris
26. The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
27. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
28. The Selection by Kiera Cass
29. The Elite by Kiera Cass
30. Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
31. Liars' Gospel by Naomi Alderman
32. Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
33. Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card
34. One by LeighAnn Kopans
35. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
36. Jerusalem Assassin by Abraham Azrieli
37. The Passage by Justin Cronin
38. Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss
39. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
40. The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anotn DiSciafnai
41. The English Girl by Daniel Silva
42. Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
43. Indelible by Dawn Metcalf
44. Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
45. Two by LeighAnn Kopans
46. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
47. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
48. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
49. How To Be a Friend to A Friend Who is Sick by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
50. From Telling to Teaching by Joye Morris
51. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
52. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
53. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
54. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
55. Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor
56. Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Melton

Previous book lists are over in the sidebar <--- of my blog.
Usually I keep my list on my blog but this year I did a terrible job of updating it and started using GoodReads to keep track of what I've read. So feel free to follow me over there.

I'm hoping to read some of the "best of 2013" in the first month of 2014. What did you read in 2013 that you liked best?