Because my attention was drawn more to politics in 2017… for some reason… I ended up reading fewer books than in the previous year:
Because I taught an Introduction to Ethnic Studies course this year for the first time, roughly 20% of my reading was in that field:
Across all books, I did read two excellent books: American Gods by Neil Gaiman and The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler. And, fortunately, there were no books this year that I absolutely hated, though I felt a handful were below average.
My year’s worth of books can be found on Goodreads, if you’re interested in additional details. I hope I can get more reading – and writing done – in 2018… but we shall see.