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The 2014 Reading List Thread - January

I start this every year and peter out about 1/4 of the way though...not this time, dammit. I'm gonna break it out by months, and maybe that'll make it easier to keep up with.

Ever wonder just how much you actually read in a year? I do, which is why I like trying to chronicle it. If you're insane like me, start a list in this thread, and just keep going back to edit it to add every book you read (not purchased...read) in the month of January 2014. It's not a contest, or a race, but it'll be interesting, I think to not only see what everyone reads, but how much stuff we actually put away in a single month.

If we keep this going, we'll do one for February, March, etc...
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    TorchsongTorchsong Posts: 2,794
    edited January 2014
    January 2014

    Marada, the She-Wolf (Titan)
    West Coast Avengers - Assemble (Marvel Premiere HC)
    Ultimate Comics: Ultimates Vol. 2 (Marvel)
    Parker: Slayground (IDW)
    Legion of Super-Heroes: Consequences (DC)
    West Coast Avengers - Family Ties (Marvel Premiere HC)
    Wolverine & The X-Men TPB 1 (Marvel)
    Fables: Snow White TPB (DC/Vertigo)
    Rainbow in the Dark (Love/Warren)
    Wolverine & The X-Men TPB 2 (Marvel)
    Vampirella: Death and Destruction (Harris)
    Project: Superpowers Part 2, Vol. 2 (Dynamite)
    Black Terror Vol. 2 (Dynamite)
    Project: Superpowers - Meet the Bad Guys (Dynamite)
    Black Terror Vol. 3 (Dynamite)
    A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol. 7 (Seven Seas)
    My Little Pony Annual: Equestria Girls (IDW) (Don't Judge Me!) :)
    Captain America: War and Remembrance (Marvel Premiere HC)
    Spinnerette Vol. 1 (Indie)
    Spinnerette Vol. 2 (Indie)
    Spinnerette Vol.3 (Indie)
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    fredzillafredzilla Posts: 2,131
    edited January 2014
    Nova #1-5 (digital)
    Uncanny X-Men #1-5 (digital)
    FF (vol. 2) #3 (digital)
    Locke & Key: Omega #1-5 (digital)
    Saga #1-12 (re-read) (digital)
    Death: The Time of Your Life #1-3 (digital)
    March (OGN) (digital)
    Star Wars #12
    The Star Wars #4
    The Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1-4 (digital)
    Spider-Man #18-23 (digital) (90s shock! Because a guy with spider powers isn't enough, Larson gives Spidey a pouch belt--with no less than thirty pouches, a cybernetic arm--they called it a "cast" to help heal his broken arm--riiiight, and a cybernetic eye. And the typos/grammar problems... Sheesh!)
    Lost at Sea OGN (digital)
    B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth (vol. 5): The Pickens County Horror & Other Stories
    Wonder Woman #1-24 (digital)
    B.P.R.D. Vampire TPB
    Abe Sapien: Dark Terrible and the New Race of Man TPB
    The Uncanny X-Men #138-143 (Days of Future Past) (digital)
    Local OGN (digital)
    Fear Itself (re-read) (digital)
    Midnight Nation TPB
    Nephilites: Awakenings (Vol. 1) TPB
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    John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    edited February 2014
    January 2014

    Adventure Time: Playing With Fire (BOOM! Studios, digital)...3/5
    Archer & Armstrong #14 (Valiant, digital)...5/5
    Archer & Armstrong #15 (Valiant, digital)...5/5
    Art Monster # 1 (Monkeybrain, digital)...3/5
    Bandette # 6 (Monkeybrain, digital)...4/5
    Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (DC digital)...5/5
    The Bunker # 2 (Hoarse and Buggy Productions, digital)...4/5
    The Bunker # 3 (Hoarse and Buggy Productions, digital)...5/5
    D4VE # 1 (Monkeybrain, digital)...5/5
    D4VE # 2 (Monkeybrain, digital)...5/5
    Doc Savage #1 (Dynamite, digital)...3/5
    Edison Rex # 1 (Monkeybrain, digital)...4/5
    Eternal Warrior # 1 (Valiant, digital)...5/5
    Gandhi: A Manga Biography (Penguin Books, TP)...5/5
    Green Arrow #23 (DC, digital)...5/5
    Green Arrow #23.1: Featuring Count Vertigo (DC, digital)...5/5
    Green Arrow #24 (DC, digital)...5/5
    Hitsville UK # 1 (Great Beasts Comics, digital)... 2/5
    Kranburn # 2 (FEC Comics, digital)...2/5
    Letter 44 #2 (Oni Press, digital)...5/5
    Locke & Key: Clockworks Vol. 5 (IDW, TP)...5/5
    Locke & Key: Open the Moon (IDW, digital)...4/5
    Locke & Key: Grindhouse (IDW,digital)...4/5
    Motorcycle Samurai: A Very White Bolt Christmas (Top Shelf, digital)...3/5
    Morning Glories Vol. 4: Truants (Image-Shadowline,TP)...3/5
    Mysteryman (Matthew Todd, digital)...3/5
    Night of 1,000 Wolves (IDW, digital)...3/5
    Quantum and Woody # 3 (Valiant,digital)...4/5
    Skyward # 1 (Action Lab, digital)...2/5
    Sin of Omniscience # 1 (Odd 19 Studios, digital)... 3/5
    Transformers: Dark Cybertron #1 (IDW, digital)...3/5
    Transformers Classics Vol. 1 (IDW, digital)...1/5
    UNITY # 1 (Valiant, digital)...5/5
    UNITY # 2 (Valiant, digital)...5/5
    Valiant 8-Bit Adventure: UNITY #1 (Valiant, digital)...3/5
    X-O Manowar # 16 (Valiant, digital)...3/5
    X-O Manowar # 17 (Valiant, digital)...4/5
    X-O Manowar # 18 (Valiant, digital)...4/5
    X-O Manowar # 19 (Valiant, digital)...5/5

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    CaptShazamCaptShazam Posts: 1,178
    edited January 2014
    Injustice Gods Among Us #12 (buy)
    Batman Chronicles tpb vol 1 (buy)
    Star Wars # 12 (pants)
    Harley Quinn #1 (borrow)
    JSA: The Liberty Files tpb. (buy!!!)
    Black Widow #1 (pants)
    Velvet # 1, 2, & 3. (buy,buy,buy)
    Injustice Gods Among Us Y2 #1
    (buy-orrow)
    DC Showcase Superman vol 1 (buy)
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    mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,613
    edited February 2014
    Jan 2014
    Invincible Ironman Omnibus by Busiek & Chen
    Scalped vol 1-4
    TMNT vol 1 (new series, Nook)
    Boys Digital Omnibus vol 1 (Nook)
    Boys Digital Omnibus vol 2 (Nook)
    Boys Herogasm (Dynamite did not include Herogasm or Highland Laddie in thier omnibus which sucks, Nook)
    Star Wars - Dark Empire 1 & 2
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    bamfbamfbamfbamf Posts: 718
    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!
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    LibraryBoyLibraryBoy Posts: 1,803
    edited January 2014
    January 2014 - updated 1/28/14

    HCs/TPBs:
    X-Factor Vol. 2: Life and Death Matters
    X-Factor Vol. 3: Many Lives of Madrox
    Uncanny X-Men (current) Vol. 1: Revolution (liked what I've read of All New X-Men, but kinda hated this)
    X-Factor Vol. 4: Heart of Ice
    X-Factor Vol. 5: The Only Game in Town
    Legends of the Dark Knight: Alan Davis
    X-Factor Vol. 6: Secret Invasion
    X-Factor Vol. 7: Time and a Half

    Singles:
    Superior Foes of Spider #s 6 & 7
    FF #s 14 & 15
    Batman '66 #6
    Velvet #s 2 & 3
    Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp (read digitally)
    Wolverine (1982 mini-series) #1 (read digitally)
    Daredevil #s 34 & 35
    Miracleman #1
    Amazing X-Men #3
    Mr. Peabody and Sherman #1
    Doc Savage #s 1 & 2
    WWE #1
    Avengers Assemble #22
    Harley Quinn #1
    Black Widow #1
    All New X-Factor #s 1 & 2
    Alias #s 6-10
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    GregGreg Posts: 1,946
    edited January 2014
    RASL Vol 1
    Through The Darkness: The Story of Machinations
    Fun With Milk & Cheese
    All New X-Men #1
    Sex Criminals #1
    Hellboy In Hell #5
    Revival #15, 16
    Worlds' Finest #18
    Guardians of the Galaxy #10
    Star Wars #12, 13
    Hawkeye #14
    Fearless Defenders #12
    More Than Meets The Eye #25
    Deadpool The Gauntlet #1
    Dark Convergence
    The Warcaster Chronicles: The Way of Caine
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    mguy1977mguy1977 Posts: 801
    edited February 2014
    January 2014

    Fables Vol. 19 Snow White tpb
    BPRD Vampire TPB
    Filthy Rich tpb (Vertigo Crime)
    Parker the Hunter Vol. 1 TPB SC
    Hellboy Midnight Circus OGN
    Superman Vol. 1 What Price Tomorrow? HC (new52) I wanted to reread this
    Superman Under A Yellow Sun (A Novel by Clark Kent) OGN

    Matthew
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    random73random73 Posts: 2,318
    Cool. I've been tracking my books since Oct. 1996. My goal every year is 52 books. Most I have ever hit was 50. for 2013 I hit 22. I typically don't count Trades or comics (although i have flip flopped on this. When i first started getting back into comics in '07 I counted them for a couple months but it seemed like i was inflating my results so i quit).
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    kfreemankfreeman Posts: 314
    I'm on board. Only going to keep track of TPBs and OGNs though, if that is ok.
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    kfreemankfreeman Posts: 314
    edited January 2014
    So far (as of 1/25):

    Attack on Titan Vol. 10 (manga)
    Werewolves of Montpelier (Fantagraphics)
    I Killed Adolf Hitler (Fantagraphics)
    Strangers in Paradise Vol. 2
    X-Men: Days of Future Past
    Lazarus Vol. 1 (Image)
    Lost Cat (Fantagraphics)
    Helter Skelter (Vertical, manga)
    Knights of Sidonia Vol. 6 (manga)
    Jackie Rose and The Treasure of Captain Read (Kickstarter)
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    bamfbamfbamfbamf Posts: 718
    bamfbamf said:

    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!

    Fear Itself - when did Stuart Immonen become such an amazing artist? This story line felt like Marvel's version of Blackest Night, instead of everyone getting a lantern ring, they got Asgardian weapons... the only lame part of the story was that if the world REALLY was ending, why were the only Marvel heroes defending the earth: the Avengers and some of the FF. Where was the X-Men, New Warriors, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. etc...

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    GregGreg Posts: 1,946
    bamfbamf said:

    bamfbamf said:

    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!

    Fear Itself - when did Stuart Immonen become such an amazing artist? This story line felt like Marvel's version of Blackest Night, instead of everyone getting a lantern ring, they got Asgardian weapons... the only lame part of the story was that if the world REALLY was ending, why were the only Marvel heroes defending the earth: the Avengers and some of the FF. Where was the X-Men, New Warriors, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. etc...
    The X-Men took on Juggernaut in the the Uncanny tie-in issues. I can't think of any others.

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    random73random73 Posts: 2,318
    bamfbamf said:

    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!

    I think it has been the most consistently satisfying read of the last year.
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    KrescanKrescan Posts: 623
    bamfbamf said:

    bamfbamf said:

    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!

    Fear Itself - when did Stuart Immonen become such an amazing artist? This story line felt like Marvel's version of Blackest Night, instead of everyone getting a lantern ring, they got Asgardian weapons... the only lame part of the story was that if the world REALLY was ending, why were the only Marvel heroes defending the earth: the Avengers and some of the FF. Where was the X-Men, New Warriors, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. etc...

    The New Warriors had been disbanded since Civil War, but Fear Itself: Homefront had an ongoing story about Robbie Baldwin helping people (pretty much giving his character a full circle from Civil War to Fear itself)

    @Greg was right the X-men were taking on Juggernaut

    Really that's how the incorporated a lot of the Marvel U without putting them in the main 7 part series all of the Hammer wielders were off causing trouble and different teams had to help take them out.

    As for the Guardians of the Galaxy they were probably off fighting Annihilus or something.

    Homefront and Youth in Revolt were two of my more favorite of the spin-offs

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    TorchsongTorchsong Posts: 2,794
    kfreeman said:

    I'm on board. Only going to keep track of TPBs and OGNs though, if that is ok.

    No rules or limitations on what you track, Kevin. It's entirely up to you. I'm pretty much all trades these days.
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    bamfbamfbamfbamf Posts: 718
    edited January 2014
    IMHO this is just a great design... i love the glowing cracks

    image
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    chrismyerschrismyers Posts: 8
    edited January 2014
    Damian Son of Batman # 3
    Legenderry # 1
    Injustice Gods Among Us # 12
    Amazing Spider-Man # 37 (July 2010)
    Avengers Assemble vol 1
    Gladstone's School for World Conquerors vol 1
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    bamfbamfbamfbamf Posts: 718
    edited January 2014
    bamfbamf said:

    bamfbamf said:

    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!

    Fear Itself - when did Stuart Immonen become such an amazing artist? This story line felt like Marvel's version of Blackest Night, instead of everyone getting a lantern ring, they got Asgardian weapons... the only lame part of the story was that if the world REALLY was ending, why were the only Marvel heroes defending the earth: the Avengers and some of the FF. Where was the X-Men, New Warriors, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. etc...

    Thor: God of Thunder #1-3... OMG! THIS SERIES IS AMAZING!!! THIS STUFF IS MIND BLOWINGLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to finish the first arc... I hope the ending does not disappoint!!! I usually can't stand Thor, but this is unbelievable!!!
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    TorchsongTorchsong Posts: 2,794
    Okay gang - I'm upping the ante on my list. As I progress through I'm going to put the books I really REALLY enjoyed this month (limit of say... 5?) in bold. I pretty much enjoy anything I read, but I'm going to narrow each month down by five. Then at the end I'll pick the one book from those five that blew me away. So at year's end I'll have a list of the 12 best books I read in 2014. Assuming I can keep up, that is. :)
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    bamfbamfbamfbamf Posts: 718
    All-New X-Men #1-5 - and it was fcking amazeballs!!!

    Fear Itself - when did Stuart Immonen become such an amazing artist? This story line felt like Marvel's version of Blackest Night, instead of everyone getting a lantern ring, they got Asgardian weapons... the only lame part of the story was that if the world REALLY was ending, why were the only Marvel heroes defending the earth: the Avengers and some of the FF. Where was the X-Men, New Warriors, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc. etc...

    Thor: God of Thunder #1-5... OMG! THIS SERIES IS AMAZING!!! THIS STUFF IS MIND BLOWINGLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finished the first story arc and can't wait for the 2nd to go on sale on comixology!!!

    Savage Wolverine #1-5 - Frank Cho is a god. Story was good too. Just a fun romp through the forest and it was nice to see Wolverine decapitate people... coz when you fight a guy with 6 adamantium blades, you should not wake away from that fight

    Demon Knights Vol 1 - zzzZZzzZZzzzZZZzz... not sure why the Geeks loved this series so much... the art was subpar and the characters were not very well explained... maybe it works if you are already familiar with the pre-New52 versions of these characters... what is up with the female knight who pretends to be a man?
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    John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    Torchsong said:

    Okay gang - I'm upping the ante on my list. As I progress through I'm going to put the books I really REALLY enjoyed this month (limit of say... 5?) in bold. I pretty much enjoy anything I read, but I'm going to narrow each month down by five. Then at the end I'll pick the one book from those five that blew me away. So at year's end I'll have a list of the 12 best books I read in 2014. Assuming I can keep up, that is. :)

    You've been reading my mind :D

    Already preparing for same thing due end of each month.
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    TorchsongTorchsong Posts: 2,794
    bamfbamf said:


    Demon Knights Vol 1 - zzzZZzzZZzzzZZZzz... not sure why the Geeks loved this series so much... the art was subpar and the characters were not very well explained... maybe it works if you are already familiar with the pre-New52 versions of these characters... what is up with the female knight who pretends to be a man?

    If you haven't read Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory - do so. Not just because it explains the knight, but because the rest of the story is great as well.

    Demon Knights worked for me because it was about as far removed from what DC was doing at the time. I knew it would never last, but I supported it right up until it ended. I loved the characters, both old and new (never thought I'd see the day I was rooting FOR Vandal Savage), and even when it was revealed that these guys were essentially Stormwatch - Medieval, it still read better to me than about 90% of the rest of the New52.


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    mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,613
    Torchsong said:


    If you haven't read Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory - do so. Not just because it explains the knight, but because the rest of the story is great as well.

    Seconded on that. What a great series.
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    bamfbamfbamfbamf Posts: 718
    seems odd they would relaunch a title, but require readers to have significant prior knowledge of the characters... i'll check out Seven Soldier of Victory. THANKS!
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    fredzillafredzilla Posts: 2,131
    Everyone still doing this? I've been actively trying to read more recently because of this list. I've gotten a little backlogged on my trade reading and now I'm catching up.
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    John_SteedJohn_Steed Posts: 2,087
    edited January 2014
    fredzilla said:

    Everyone still doing this? I've been actively trying to read more recently because of this list. I've gotten a little backlogged on my trade reading and now I'm catching up.

    Still doing it. I put anything comics on the list - no matter the form, size or age of the comic. I read more comics than ever. Time's running out. And I don't want to miss any.
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    mwhitt80mwhitt80 Posts: 4,613
    I started using comixology on my nook. I've been able to blast through collections. It's really different.
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    CaptShazamCaptShazam Posts: 1,178
    I am still going but I am reading DC Showcase presents Superman vol 1 and it is taking a while.
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