I have read 97 books this year. It's a lot, but it's less than for 2012. Several factors can explain the numbers decrepancy: my broken Kindle, turmoil in my personal life, the 2013 NBA finals, point is I kept reading every day of the year, but numbers didn't add up as quickly as I would've liked.
It's really weird nonetheless to look at the list of books I've read, because I can tell exactly what I was reading when major events were happening in my life, in 2013. Here are the official nominees for the 2013 Dead End Follies Awards that rewards the very best of my year in reading.
NOMINEES FOR BEST BOOK COVER
HONORABLE MENTION: Jonathan D. Lippincott for Frank Bill's DONNYBROOK
NOMINEES FOR BEST SHORT STORY
THE HOLLOW WOMAN, by Laura Benedict in FEEDING KATE
THIS TOO SHALL PASS, by Steve Weddle in COUNTRY HARDBALL
HOOSIER DADDY, by Jedidiah Ayres in A F*CKLOAD OF SHORTS
HONORABLE MENTION: BIGOREXIA, by Glenn Gray in THE LITTLE BOY INSIDE AND OTHER STORIES.
NOMINEES FOR BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION
HONORABLE MENTION: A F*CKLOAD OF SHORTS, by Jedidiah Ayres.
NOMINEES FOR BEST NEW BOOK (published in 2013)
DONNYBROOK, by Frank Bill
HONORABLE MENTION: ONE LOST SUMMER, by Richard Godwin and EVIL IN ALL ITS DISGUISES, by Hilary Davidson.
NOMINEES FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL
PENANCE, by Dan O'Shea
NOMINEES FOR BEST LITERARY NOVEL
DRIVE, by Rob Roberge
NOMINEES FOR BEST NEW WRITER (discovery)
HONORABLE MENTION: Bradley Sands
NOMINEES FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR
DONNYBROOK, by Frank Bill
