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FlickrWhen this j3rk is on vacation, most of the time, the best form of relaxation is to kick back and read a good book while surrounded by nature. This is a log of books I've read, along with what I though about them in a 0-5 star rating.
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| 2011 | |||
| 📗 Cloak of Deception | James Luceno | July |   |
| 📗 Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter | Michael Reaves | August | |
| 📗 Rogue Planet | Greg Bear | September | |
| 📗 Outbound Flight | Timothy Zahn | October | |
| 📗 The Approaching Storm | Alan Dean Foster | November | |
| 📗 Republic Commando: Hard Contact | Karen Traviss | November | |
| 6 books read in 2011 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 📗 Shatterpoint | Matthew Stover | January | |
| 📗 Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | January | |
| 📱 The River | Gary Paulsen | January | |
| 📱 Brian's Winter | Gary Paulsen | January | |
| 📱 Brian's Return | Gary Paulsen | January | |
| 📱 Brian's Hunt | Gary Paulsen | January | |
| 📱 The Game Games Bowl | Tim Buckley | January | |
| 📗 Raptor Red | Robert T. Bakker | June | |
| 📗 Boundary | Eric Flint / Ryk E. Spoor | September | |
| 📗 Threshold | Eric Flint / Ryk E. Spoor | October | |
| 📱 Pirate Latitudes | Michael Crichton | October | |
| 11 books read in 2012 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 📗 Mammoth | John Varley | May | |
| 📗 Back to the Moon | Travis S. Taylor / Les Johnson | May | |
| 📗 Red Thunder | John Varley | October | |
| 📗 Red Lightning | John Varley | December | |
| 📗 Rolling Thunder | John Varley | December | |
| 5 books read in 2013 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 📱 Santa Fe Rules | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 Short Straw | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📱 Santa Fe Dead | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 Santa Fe Edge | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 Orchid Beach | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 Orchid Blues | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 Blood Orchid | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📗 Reckless Abandon | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📗 Iron Orchid | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 9 books read in 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 📗 New York Dead | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📗 Dirt | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📗 Dead in the Water | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📗 Swimming to Catalina | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📗 Worst Fears Realized | Stuart Woods | February | |
| 📗 Star Wars: The Jedi Path & Book of Sith | Daniel Wallace | February | |
| 📱 L.A. Dead | Stuart Woods | February | |
| 📗 Cold Paradise | Stuart Woods | February | |
| 📱 The Short Forever | Stuart Woods | February | |
| 📱 Dirty Work | Stuart Woods | March | |
| 📗 Dark Lightning | John Varley | April | |
| 📗 Two Dollar Bill | Stuart Woods | May | |
| 📱 Dark Harbor | Stuart Woods | May | |
| 📱 Fresh Disasters | Stuart Woods | May | |
| 📗 Slow Apocaplyse | John Varley | May | |
| 📱 Shoot Him If He Runs | Stuart Woods | May | |
| 📱 Hot Mahogany | Stuart Woods | June | |
| 📱 Loitering With Intent | Stuart Woods | June | |
| 📗 The Martian | Andy Weir | June | |
| 📱 Kisser | Stuart Woods | June | |
| 📱 Strategic Moves | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📱 Bel-Air Dead | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📱 Son of Stone | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📱 D.C. Dead | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📱 Unnatural Acts | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 Severe Clear | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 Collateral Damage | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 Unintended Consequences | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 Doing Hard Time | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 Standup Guy | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📱 Chiefs | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📱 Run Before the Wind | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📱 Deep Lie | Stuart Woods | October | |
| 📱 The Run | Stuart Woods | December | |
| 34 books read in 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 📱 Capital Crimes | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📱 Mounting Fears | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📗 Castaway Planet | Eric Flint / Ryk E. Spoor | February | |
| 📱 Micro | Michael Crichton / Richard Preston | March | |
| 📱 Space Viking | H. Beam Piper | April | |
| 📱 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Cory Doctorow | May | |
| 📗 The Hobbit | J. R. R Tolkein | May | |
| 📱 Carnal Curiosity | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📱 Cut and Thrust | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 Paris Match | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 Early Retirement Extreme | Jacob Lund Fisker | August | |
| 📗 Insatiable Appetites | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📗 Hot Pursuit | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📗 Naked Greed | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📗 Foreign Affairs | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📗 Scandalous Behavior | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📱 Freakonomics | Steven D. Levitt | September | |
| 📱 Family Jewels | Stuart Woods | October | |
| 📱 Smooth Operator | Stuart Woods | October | |
| 📗 Capital Crimes | Lawrence Sanders | October | |
| 📱 Dishonorable Intentions | Stuart Woods | December | |
| 📱 Footprints of Thunder | James F. David | December | |
| 22 books read in 2016 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 📱 Sex, Lies, and Serious Money | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📱 Below the Belt | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📗 Thunder of Time | James F. David | January | |
| 📗 Dinosaur Thunder | James F. David | February | |
| 📱 1984 | George Orwell | March | |
| 📗 Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | April | |
| 📱 The Player of Games | Iain M Banks | April | |
| 📱 Fast and Loose | Stuart Woods | April | |
| 📱 Consider Phlebas | Iain M Banks | May | |
| 📗 The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | June | |
| 📱 Indecent Exposure | Stuart Woods | June | |
| 📱 Use of Weapons | Iain M. Banks | July | |
| 📗 Mass Effect: Revelation | Drew Karpyshyn | July | |
| 📱 Matter | Iain M. Banks | August | |
| 📗 Mass Effect: Ascension | Drew Karypshyn | September | |
| 📗 Mass Effect: Retribution | Drew Karpyshyn | September | |
| 📱 Quick and Dirty | Stuart Woods | October | |
| 📱 Artemis | Andy Weir | November | |
| 18 books read in 2017 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 🎧 Walkaway | Cory Doctorow | January | |
| 📱 Little Brother | Cory Doctorow | January | |
| 📱 Homeland | Cory Doctorow | February | |
| 📚 The Man Who Sold the Moon | Cory Doctorow | February | |
| 📱 Surface Detail | Iain M. Banks | May | |
| 📱 Unbound | Stuart Woods | May | |
| 📱 Shoot First | Stuart Woods | May | |
| 📱 The Lost City of the Monkey God | Douglas Preston | May | |
| 📱 Star Wars: Darth Plagueis | James Luceno | June | |
| 📱 Turbulence | Stuart Woods | July | |
| 📗 The Mayan Apocalypse | Mark Hitchcock / Alton Gansky | July | |
| 📱 The Genesis Fleet: Vanguard | Jack Campbell | August | |
| 📱 Year Zero | Rob Reid | August | |
| 📗 The Genesis Fleet: Ascendant | Jack Campbell | August | |
| 📗 The Money Shot | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📱 The Lost Fleet: Dauntless | Jack Campbell | September | |
| 📱 The Lost Fleet: Fearless | Jack Campbell | September | |
| 📱 The Lost Fleet: Courageous | Jack Campbell | September | |
| 📱 The Lost Fleet: Valiant | Jack Campbell | October | |
| 📗 Castaway Odyssey | Ryk E. Spoor / Eric Flint | October | |
| 📱 The Lost Fleet: Relentless | Jack Campbell | November | |
| 📱 The Lost Fleet: Victorious | Jack Campbell | November | |
| 📗 Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught | Jack Campbell | November | |
| 📱 Beyond the Frontier: Invincible | Jack Campbell | December | |
| 📱 The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight | Jack Campbell | December | |
| 25 books read in 2018 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 📗 Beyond the Frontier: Guardian | Jack Campbell | January | |
| 📱 The Lost Stars: Perilous Shield | Jack Campbell | January | |
| 📱 Beyond the Frontier: Steadfast | Jack Campbell | January | |
| 📱 The Lost Stars: Imperfect Sword | Jack Campbell | February | |
| 📱 The Lost Stars: Shattered Spear | Jack Campbell | February | |
| 📱 A Delicate Touch | Stuart Woods | March | |
| 📱 Beyond the Frontier: Leviathan | Jack Campbell | March | |
| 📱 Desperate Measures | Stuart Woods | March | |
| 📱 Wild Card | Stuart Woods | April | |
| 📱 Sex on the Moon | Ben Mezrich | April | |
| 📱 The Heist | Janet Evanovich | May | |
| 📱 One Way | S. J. Morden | May | |
| 📱 Relic | Alan Dean Foster | June | |
| 📱 The Genesis Fleet: Triumphant | Jack Campbell | June | |
| 📱 Skin Game | Stuart Woods | June | |
| 📱 Seveneves | Neal Stephenson | August | |
| 📱 Dragon Teeth | Michael Crichton | August | |
| 📱 The Chase | Janet Evanovich | August | |
| 📱 Contraband | Stuart Woods | August | |
| 📱 The Job | Janet Evanovich | September | |
| 📱 The Scam | Janet Evanovich | September | |
| 📱 Gunpowder Moon | David Pedreira | October | |
| 📱 The Pursuit | Janet Evanovich / Lee Goldberg | October | |
| 📱 The Big Kahuna | Janet Evanovich | November | |
| 📚 The Shell Game | Janet Evanovich | November | |
| 📱 Acadie | Dave Hutchinson | December | |
| 26 books read in 2019 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 📗 How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems | Randall Munroe | January | |
| 📱 Stealth | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📱 Treason | Stuart Woods | February | |
| 📱 Hit List | Stuart Woods | March | |
| 📱 Tomorrow's Kin | Nancy Kress | April | |
| 📱 Castaway Resolution | Eric Flint / Ryk E. Spoor | May | |
| 📱 If Tomorrow Comes | Nancy Kress | May | |
| 📱 The Space Between the Stars | Anne Corlett | May | |
| 📱 Bombshell | Stuart Woods | June | |
| 📱 Dark Run | Mike Brooks | June | |
| 📱 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet | Becky Chambers | June | |
| 📱 Dark Sky | Mike Brooks | July | |
| 📱 A Closed and Common Orbit | Becky Chambers | July | |
| 📱 Dark Deeds | Mike Brooks | August | |
| 📱 Terran Tomorrow | Nancy Kress | August | |
| 📱 No Way | S.J. Morden | August | |
| 📱 Choppy Water | Stuart Woods | September | |
| 📱 Record of a Spaceborn Few | Becky Chambers | September | |
| 📱 Tarkin | James Luceno | October | |
| 📱 Shakeup | Stuart Woods | November | |
| 📱 Look to Windward | Iain M Banks | December | |
| 📱 Drifters Alliance: Book 1 | Elle Casey | December | |
| 📱 Drifters Alliance: Book 2 | Elle Casey | December | |
| 📱 Drifters Alliance: Book 3 | Elle Casey | December | |
| 24 books read in 2020 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 📱 Hush Hush | Stuart Woods | January | |
| 📱 From a Certain Point of View | Renée Ahdieh | February | |
| 📱 Wanderers | Chuck Wendig | March | |
| 📱 Darth Plagueis | James Luceno | April | |
| 📱 Double Jeopardy | Stuart Woods | April | |
| 📱 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within | Becky Chambers | May | |
| 📱 Sleeping Giants | Sylvain Nuevel | May | |
| 📱 Waking Gods | Sylvain Nuevel | June | |
| 📱 Jackpot | Stuart Woods / Bryon Quertermous | June | |
| 📱 Only Human | Sylvain Nuevel | June | |
| 10 books read in 2021 | |||
| 190 books read since keeping track | |||