The most powerful drug

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ~ Rudyard Kipling

I've been keeping an annual reading log on my blog since 2008. While I haven't been doing much else in the way of blogging lately, that's one thing I'd like to keep. So, more for me than anything else, the 68 books I read in 2012 ...

Good Reads: 2012

Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins

Sensei: A Thriller

by John Donohue

Darkness Under the Sun

by Dean Koontz

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel

by Eoin Colfer

Once In A Blue Moon

by Brenna Lyons

Stitches

by M.T. Murphy

Re: union

by Eric Liu

Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe

by Jane Espenson

Silver Shells

by M.T. Murphy

The Moonlit Mind: A Tale of Suspense

by Dean Koontz

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

by Jenny Lawson

Ed Parker's The Zen of Kenpo

by Ed Parker

Here Be Monsters - An Anthology of Monster Tales

by M.T. Murphy

Timeless

by Gail Carriger

Magic Strikes Hot Tub Scene

by Gordon Andrews

Curran #3

by Gordon Andrews

Raven Calls

by C.E. Murphy

Rain Fall

by Barry Eisler

Shade

by Emily Devenport

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son

by Chuck Dixon

Fate's Edge

by Ilona Andrews

Sins of the Demon

by Diana Rowland

Kitty's Big Trouble

by Carrie Vaughn

Instructions

by Neil Gaiman

The Iron Wyrm Affair

by Lilith Saintcrow

Odd Interlude #1

by Dean Koontz

Odd Interlude #2

by Dean Koontz

Odd Interlude #3

by Dean Koontz

Nearly Departed in Deadwood

by Ann Charles

Pet Shop Boys: A Short Story

by Kim Harrison

Madly & Wolfhardt

by M. Leighton

Madly

by M. Leighton

Haunted

by Savy Eckiss

'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy

by Leslie Langtry

Celebrity in Death

by J.D. Robb

The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery

by Justin Richards

A Perfect Blood

by Kim Harrison

A Murder of Crows

by Edward Medina

Trouble on Reserve (The Hollows, #10.5).

by Kim Harrison

The Prophet

by Khalil Gibran

Serenity: Better Days and Other Stories

by Joss Whedon

Blood Crime

by Kim Harrison

Redshirts

by John Scalzi

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling

Forbidden Mind

by Kimberly Kinrade

Astonishing X-Men

by Joss Whedon

All Spell Breaks Loose

by Lisa Shearin

Ninth Crossing: Discovery

by Kate Gordon

Notorious Nineteen

by Janet Evanovich

Madly & the Jackal

by M. Leighton

Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter

by Darwyn Cooke

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit

by Darwyn Cooke

Along Came A Demon

by Linda Welch

Con & Conjure

by Lisa Shearin

DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 2

by Darwyn Cooke

DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1

by Darwyn Cooke

An Apple for the Creature

by Charlaine Harris

Odd Is on Our Side

by Dean Koontz

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J.K. Rowling

The Shepherd's Tale

by Zack Whedon

Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed

by Carl Zimmer

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides

by Matthew Inman

The Queen's Blade

by T.C. Southwell

This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store

by A.K. Turner

The Day of the Dead

by Karen Chance

Optical Delusions in Deadwood

by Ann Charles

Magic Dreams

by Ilona Andrews

 Zen