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Read both of of The Reckoners books over the past week.

Great reads. Sanderson is easily my favorite writer right now.

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I've been listening to these on audio book and they are excellent in that format. Interesting premise although the main protagonist can be very juvenile at times. And yes I realize he is a teen.

Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in WWII by Belton Cooper (B+)
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin (B+)
Empire of the Summer Moon by S C Gwynne (B-)
The Stand by Stephen King (B-)
The Martian by Andy Weir (B+)
Tom Clancy's Support and Defend by Mark Greaney (A-)
Tom Clancy's Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney (A-)
Tom Clancy's Under Fire by Grant Blackwood (B)


Currently reading Tom Clancy's Commander in Chief by Greaney and am liking it a lot. Greaney has been the better writer over Blackwood to take over after Clancy and continue his story lines. Apparently he has his own series of books so I may look into those for my 2016 reading.

King Dork , B
1776 David McCullough, A
Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham, B+
Where the Red Fern Grows, A
A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore, C+

Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller - B
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe - A
The Eagle Against the Sun by Ronald Spector - DNF (This book should've been right in my wheelhouse, but it was just too excruciatingly detailed, even for me. Maybe I'll pick it up again next year, but I'm not optimistic...)

Final tally for the year after just finishing my last book:

1 Storm Front - Jim Butcher
2 Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
3 Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
4 Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
5 Death Masks - Jim Butcher
6 Blood Rites - Jim Butcher
7 Dead Beat - Jim Butcher
8 Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher
9 White Night - Jim Butcher
10 Small Favor - Jim Butcher
11 Turn Coat - Jim Butcher
12 Changes - Jim Butcher
13 Ghost Story - Jim Butcher
14 Cold Days - Jim Butcher A-
15. The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch - A
16. The Martian - Andy Weir - A
17. Skin Game - Jim Butcher A-
18. Steelheart - Brandon Sanderson B
19 A Moveable Feast - Hemingway B+
20 Armada - Ernest Cline - B
21 The Queen of Fire - Anthony Ryan - D
22. Red Seas Under Red Skies + Scott Lynch B+
23. The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher D
24. Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson A-
25. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson A-

26. Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch A-
Great book, love this series.

27. Side Jobs - Jim Butcher B
Good collection of short stories. Last story was a great companion to Changes.

Looking forward to next year and figuring out what the hell to read.