My Top ten books of 2013

Using Goodreads is a very handy thing.  It was nice enough to compile a list of books that I've read over the past year making this quite easy.

View my list HERE (just click on the image)

So, the top ten...


The hands down winner is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  Beautifully written.  I can't wait to see the movie, which was released with limited distribution so I'm waiting for it to come out on DVD.

#2  The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

#3 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

#4 Wonder by R.J. Palacio

#5 Insurgent by Veronica Roth

#6 The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester

#7 I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

#8 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

#9 A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

#10 Son (The Giver #4) by Lois Lowry

Each are excellent reads for their own reasons.  Read them all!

~In the book world, word of mouth is king~

Coming soon....

the second book from The Never Chronicles

Available now from J.R. Wagner...

A tale of perseverance, strength and redemption.

www.TheNeverChronicles.com

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10 things I'd rather have done than watch Safe Haven

by J.R. Wagner

Yeah, I saw it.  It was one of those exchanges...I chose Django Unchained (yes, the Academy award winning film!) and as punishment for making my wife sit through the violence I agreed to see this.

Before the list I'd like to say that I sat through the majority of the movie believing the lead male character (Josh Duhamel) played Bones (Dr. McCoy) in the latest Star Trek film, which made it slightly more tolerable...slightly.

I was horrified to find out that it was not Bones (who is played by Karl Urban. Sorry Karl)

Urban

Duhamel

In my defense, they look very, very similar...especially when you're looking for some little thing to cling onto in order to justify sitting through a movie like this.

To the list!

Ten things I'd rather have done than watch Safe Haven

10. Spend 115 minutes watching...paint dry

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 9. Get my legs waxed

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