Books Read in 2013
January
1. How to Be a Woman, by Caitlian Moran
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 8: Last Gleaming, by Joss Whedon
3. You Must Work Harder to Write Poetry of Excellence, by Donato Mancini
4. Gwendolyn MacEwen, Volume 1, by Gwendolyn MacEwen
5. Life is About Losing Everything, by Lynn Crosbie
6. The Unmemntioable, by Erin Moure
7. Church of the Exquisite Panic, by Alayna Munce
8. Nice Weather, by Frederick Seidel
9. Masham Means Everything, by Kanina Dawson(1)
10. Just Kids, by Patti Smith
11. Patti Smith: Camera Solo, by Susan Talbott
12. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
February
13. Illuminations, by Arthur Rimbaud, translated by John Ashbury
14. Illyria: Haunted, by Scott Tipton
15. Poems for an Oil-Free Coast (2)
16. You Are Here, by James Pollock
17. Hologram, by PK Page
18. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 9, Volume 1: Freefall, by Joss Whedon
19. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 9, Volume 2: On Your Own, by Joss Whedon
20. Angel: A Hole in the World, by Scott Tipton
21. How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, by The Oatmeal
22. An Oak Hutch, by Phil Hall
24. Am I Disturbing You?, by Anne Hebert
25. Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes, by Michael Cho
26. Full Frontal TO, by Patrick Cummins and Shawn Micallef
27. Born Weird, by Andrew Kaufman
28. [sic], by Nikki Reimer
29. Winterkill, by Catherine Graham
March
31. Heroines, by Kate Zambreno
32. Two Solitudes, by Hugh MacLennan
33. Expressway, by Sina Queyras
34. The People’s Apocalypse, edited by Ariel Gore(5)
35. Arts Reviews, by Celia Brayfield
36. Alert to Glory, by Sally Ito
37. 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes, by Judith Finlayson
38. Distrust That Particular Flavor, by William Gibson
39. No Language is Neutral, by Dionne Brand
40. A Woman Alone on the Atikokan Highway, by Jeanette Lynes
41. The Sentinel, by AF Moritz
April
42. The Metaphysician in the Dark, by Charles Simic
43. Far to Go, by Alison Pick
44. In Reliquary, by Daryl Hine
45. Are You My Mother?, by Alison Bechdel
46. Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 1, by Joss Whedon
47. Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 2, by Joss Whedon
48. Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 3, by Joss Whedon
49. Angel: After the fall, Vol. 4, by Joss Whedon
50. The Essential PK Page, by PK Page
51. The Painted Girls, by Cathy Marie Buchanan
52. The Gourmet Vegetarian Slow Cooker, by Lynn Alley
53. Unleashed, by Sina Queyras
54. Angel & Faith: Season 9, Vol. 1: Live Through This, by Christos Gage
55. Angel & Faith: Season 9, Vol 2: Daddy Issues, by Christos Gage
56. Crafting the Personal Essay, by Dinty W Moore
57. O Resplandor, by Erin Moure
58. subverting the lyric, by rob mclennan
59. Yesno, by Dennis Lee
60. Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 5, by Kelly Armstrong
May
61. Spike: The Complete Series, by Brian Lynch
62. Testament, by Dennis Lee
63. A Lover’s Quarrel, by Carmen Starnino
64. The Art of Recklessness, by Dean Young
65. Dinosaur Comics: Dudes Already Know About Chickens, by Ryan North
66. Angel & Faith, Season 9, Episode 3: Family Reunion, by Christos Gage
67. Hawkeye, Vol 1: My Life as a Weapon, by Matt Fraction
68. Demeter, by Becky Cloonan
69. My So-Called Freelance Life, by Michelle Goodman
70. Trobairitz, by Catherine Owen(6)
71. Adventure Time, Vol 1, by Ryan North
72. Lazy Bastardism, by Carmine Starnino
73. Ink on Paper, by Brad Cran(7)
June
74. In Search of Duende, by Federico García Lorca
75. Gwendolyn MacEwan, Vol 2, by Gwendolyn MacEwan
76. Chris Eaton: A Biography, a novel by Chris Eaton(8)
77. Short Haul Engine, by Karen Solie
78. Archive of the Undressed, by Jeanette Lynes
79. The Polymers, by Adam Dickinson
80. What’s the Score?, by David McFadden
81. Midnight Salvage: Poems, 1995-1998, by Adrienne Rich
82. Cottonopolis, by Rachel Lebowitz
83. Modern and Normal, by Karen Solie
84. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9, Vol. 3, by Jane Espenson
85. Spike, by Peter David
86. Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes, by Daniel L Everett
July
87. Spike: Asylum, by Brian Lynch
88. Spike: A Dark Place, by Victor Gischler
89. Finding Grace, by Mary-Lynn Murphy(9)
90. The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After, by Robert Kirkman
91. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 1, by Naoko Takeuchi
92. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 2, by Naoko Takeuchi
93. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 3, by Naoko Takeuchi
94. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 4, by Naoko Takeuchi
95. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 5, by Naoko Takeuchi
96. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6, by Naoko Takeuchi
97. The Material Sublime, by Carelton Wilson(10)
98. The Modern Element, by Adam Kirsch
100. How Fiction Works, by James Wood
101. Government, by Jason Christie
103. Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits, by Matt Fraction
104. Sex, Drugs & Cocopuffs, by Chuck Klosterman
105. Cloudy with a Fire in the Basement, by Ronna Bloom
August
106. Overqualified, by Joey Comeau
107. tether, by Jill Stengel
108. Mnemotechnics, by Jessica Smith
109. punchlines 1.0, by Aaron Tucker
110. Black Orchid, by Neil Gaiman
111. Sub Rosa, by Amber Dawn
112. Buffy the Vampires Slayer: Tales of the Vampires, by Joss Whedon
113. Spike: Shadow Puppets, by Brian Lynch
114. The Art of Fiction, by John Gardner
115. Angel, Vol. 1: The Curse, by Jeff Mariotte
116. Angel, Vol. 2: Old Friends, by Jeff Mariotte
117. An Experiment in Criticism, by CS Lewis
118. The Rabble of Downtown Toronto, by Jason Kieffer
119. The Will to Change, by Adrienne Rich
120. The Productive Writer, by Sage Cohen
121. Gender Outlaw, by Kate Bornstein
122. PoMoSexuals, edited by Carol Queen
123. Nobody Passes, edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
September
124. BITCHfest, edited by Lisa Jervis
125. For Those About to Write, by Dave Bidini
126. The Perfect Scoop, by David Lebovitz
127. The Autobiography of Red, by Anne Carson
128. The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, by Michael Ondaatje
129. To Be or Not to Be, by Ryan North
130. Angel: After the Fall, Vol. 6: The Last Angel in Hell, by Brian Lynch
131. The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters that Rock, by Diana Burrell
132. Sex and the Slayer, by Lorna Jowett
133. The New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout, by Brian Michael Bendis
134. Timely Irreverence, by Jay MillAr
135. Willow: Wonderland, by Jeff Parker and Christos Gage(13)
October
136. The Renegade Writer, by Lisa Formichelli
137. Little Cat, by Tamara Faith Berger(14)
138. Serenity, Vol. 3: The Shepherd’s Tale, by Zack Whedon
139. Get a Freelance Life, by Margit Feury Ragland
140. Appetites, by Caroline Knapp
141. Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill
142. Angel & Faith. Vol. 4: Death and Consequences, by Christos Gage
143. The Wealthy Freelancer, by Steve Slaunwhite
144. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 9, Vol. 4: Welcome to the Team, by Andrew Chambliss
145. How to Kill a Vampire, by Liisa Ladouceur(15)
146. The Miracles of Ordinary Men, by Amanda Leduc(16)
November
147. Science: Ruining Everything Since 1543, by Zach Weiner
148. Hyperbole and a Half, by Allie Brosh(17)
149. The Freelance Bible, by Sara Horowitz
150. Writer for Hire, by Kelly James-Enger
151. Rimbaud the Son, by Pierre Michon
152. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 7, by Naoko Takeuchi
153. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8, by Naoko Takeuchi
154. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 9, by Naoko Takeuchi
155. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 10, by Naoko Takeuchi
156. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 11, by Naoko Takeuchi
157. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 12, by Naoko Takeuchi
158. PostApoc, by Liz Worth(18)
December
159. No Kidding, edited by Henriette Mantel(19)
160. The Demonologist, by Andrew Pyper(20)
161. The Pure Gold Baby, by Margaret Drabble(21)
162. Bite Down Little Whisper, by Don Domanski
163. Blue is the Warmest Color, by Julie Maroh(22)
164. The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War, by Robert Kirkman
165. The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner(23)
166. Tender Buttons, by Gertrude Stein
167. How to Host a Dinner Party, by Corey Mintz(24)
168. Dance with Dragons, by George R R Martin
169. The New Avengers, Vol. 2: Sentry, by Brian Michael Bendis
170. The New Avengers, Vol. 3: Secrets and Lies, by Brian Michael Bendis
171. The New Avengers, Vol. 4: The Collective, by Brian Michael Bendis
Footnotes:
- Reviewed for Quill & Quire, April 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, issue 59. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, issue 60. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, issue 60. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, issue 60. [↩]
- Reviewed for Broken Pencil, issue 61. [↩]
- Reviewed for Quill & Quire, September 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for The Bull Calf Review, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for Poetry is Dead, issue 2, vol. 4. [↩]
- Reviewed for Poetry is Dead, issue 2, vol. 4. [↩]
- Reviewed for Sound on Sight, October 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for Room, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for This Magazine, forthcoming. [↩]
- For “Amanda Leduc Talks Miracles and Naked Canadian Authors,” She Does the City, November 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, November 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, December 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, December 2013. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for The Winnipeg Review, issue 14. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, forthcoming. [↩]
- Reviewed for She Does the City, December 2013. [↩]