I listen to audiobooks all the time. Here are some thoughts on 20 of them.   Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi This could only happen in Hollywood. Great story, love the sci-fi real world mashup. Redshirts: A Novel in Three Codas by John Scalzi The secret life of expendable characters and read by Wil Wheaton. My favorite book of the year World War Z by Max Brooks Ken Burns does zombies. Definitely get the audio book; its an all star cast. The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick If the Axis won WW2 A mundane life in an parallel world 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Beautifully written. But, way too long and the worst-written sex I have ever read. 7th Sigma by Steven Gould Louis L’amour does Sci-fi Fun story. Can’t wait for the sequel The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Made me want to run away and join it. Takes a long time to get started, but the world is so great I didn’t care Way Station by Clifford D. Simak Old school sci-fi Like looking at a time capsule of America in the 50s Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt But they don’t do much else. I would call this Bad Decisions Made Through Time. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah E. Harkness Vampires are cool. Witches are full of angst. Behemoth, Goliath, and Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Steam Punk WW1 in a Young Adult Book For fans of YA and revisionist history alike. If you liked Hunger Games, you’ll probably also like this. This author gets better and better with time. One of the best voices in YA, but his characters can be frustrating. Just tell him already!!! Interworld by Neil Gaiman Another world by Neil Gaiman. Feels like...

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It’s been a great year of photo taking for me. I would recommend a year long project like this to anyone who wanted to hone a skill. There were a lot of days I didn’t want to do it, but in the end I am very happy to have completed a year of taking a picture every day. So below are my faves of the year.       Click here to see all my pics from 2011...

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