Books Read in 2013

Okay, this is the third year in a row. I wanted to read 24 books and only read the following 16. It wasn't even laziness/depression this time. I finished 6 of those books either after a very long time or several tries. Yes, Hemingway, I am speaking of you, thwarting four attempts since I was twelve.

But then, sometime in summer I finally got around to finishing the third season of Game of Thrones and got obsessed with reading fics again. Well, good luck in 2014, self.

Deutsch:

Der alte Mann und das Meer von Ernest Hemingway (03.02.13)*
Germania von Tacitus (11.01.13)*
Gesellschaftsgeschichte der Neuzeit 1750-1989 von Altena/van Lente (10.12.13)*
Jerusalem - Die Biografie von Simon Sebag Montefiore (16.05.13)*
Das Kopfkissenbuch der Dame Sei Shonagon von Sei Shonagon, Helmut Bode (20.01.01)*
Lysistrate von Aristophanes (23.05.13)*
Rostam - Die Legenden aus dem Schahnahme von Abu'l-Qasem Ferdausi (24.07.13)*


English:

Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie (19.05.13)**
Blood Books Volume II by Tanya Huff (22.03.13)*
Blood Books Volume III by Tanya Huff (18.04.13)*
Cold Days by Jim Butcher (24.01.13)*
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett (10.01.13)*
Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino (18.01.13)**
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (02.02.13)**
Plot versus Character by Jeff Gerke (13.12.13)**
Strike Back by Chris Ryan (15.01.13)*

Fic: Speak of the Devil

Title: Speak of the Devil
Fandom: Arrow
Length: 6506 words
Rating: PG-13
Genre: gen, casefic
Pairing: Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Roy Harper, Thea Queen, Sebastian Blood, Lyla Michaels
Warnings: torture
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: tptigger
A/N: This fic was originally written for Jena Bartley during Yuletide 2013

Summary: Oliver Queen is ready for a quiet night off when his sister tells him that her boyfriend is missing. [Set post episode 2.09]



( Roy Harper lurked in the shadows and watched the door of a run-down office building with bleary eyes. )