books 2012
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2012 Goal: 50 new (to me) books. (No page goal; re-reads don't count.)
[Note: I have a goal of 75 books in 2012 on GoodReads, but re-reads do count for that.]
Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson
Title: The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic
Author: Kathleen Valentine
Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Title: Watson's Afghan Adventure
Author: Kieran McMullen
Title: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Title: Hi I'm a Social Disease
Author: Andersen Prunty
Title: Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak
Author: Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser
Title: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Author: Mishka Shubaly
Title: Bedtime Stories for Children You Hate
Author: Antoinette Bergin
Title: Creepiosity: A Hilarious Guide to the Unintentionally Creepy
Author: David Bickel
Title: F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers
Author: Richard Benson
Title: Hmm...I Did Not Know That
Author: A.P. Holiday
Title: The Hellbound Heart
Author: Clive Barker
Title: The Girl Who Played With Fire
Author: Stieg Larsson
Title: Alias Madame Doubtfire
Author: Anne Fine
Title: Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents
Author: Richard Lederer
Title: Enemies, A Love Story
Author: Josh Schollmeyer
Title: Turn Here
Author: Jackson Pearce
Title: Lifeboat No. 8: An Untold Tale of Love, Loss, and Surviving the Titanic
Author: Elizabeth Kaye
Title: Smash the Hammer
Author: Sean Hill
Title: Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
Author: Kate Bornstein
Title: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
Author: Jenny Lawson
Title: Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
Author: James Patterson
Title: Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!
Author: James Patterson
Title: Ella Minnow Pea
Author: Mark Dunn
Title: You Want WHAT??? Concierge Tales from the Men and Women Who Make Las Vegas Dreams Come True
Author: Mariann Mohos
Title: 5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
Author: Karl Shaw
Title: Thirteen Reasons Why
Author: Jay Asher
Title: When the Wind Blows
Author: Raymond Briggs
Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Author: Patrick Ness
Title: Angel
Author: Mary E. Kingsley
Title: Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway: Stories of the Inspiration Behind Great Works of Literature
Author: Celia Blue Johnson
Title: All For One
Author: Ryne Douglas Pearson
Title: What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Curious Stories Behind Our Favorite Foods
Author: Albert Jack
Title: How NOT to RV
Author: Jennifer Flower
Title: How to Raise Your IQ by Eating Gifted Children
Author: Lewis Frumkes
Title: The Living Dead
Editor: John Joseph Adams
Title: The Shining
Author: Stephen King
Title: Different Seasons
Author: Stephen King
Title: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
Author: Stieg Larsson
Title: Jaws
Author: Peter Benchley
Title: The Deadly Dinner Party
Author: Jonathan A. Edlow
Title: Shadow Show
Editor: Sam Weller
Title: Unwind
Author: Neal Shusterman
Title: The Colorado Kid
Author: Stephen King
Title: Zoo
Author: James Patterson
Title: The Regulators
Author: Stephen King
Title: Desperation
Author: Stephen King
Title: The Arrival
Author: Shaun Tan
Title: Diary
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Title: Dolores Claiborne
Author: Stephen King
Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author: Diane Setterfield
Title: Sphere
Author:Michael Crichton
Title: 500 Essential Cult Books
Author: Gina McKinnon
Title: The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Title: The Final Deduction: The Last of Sherlock Holmes
Author: David W. Walker
Title: The Turn of the Screw
Author: Henry James
Title: Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
Author: Stefan Kiesbye
Title: Gathering Blue
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Messenger
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Son
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Escape from Hat
Author: Adam Kline
Title: Surprise Island
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: The Yellow House Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: Mystery Ranch
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: Mike's Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: Come Along With Me
Author: Shirley Jackson
Title: Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell
Author: Ellen Douglas
Book Count: 69/50
01.) Unreal! by Paul Jennings
02.) The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
03.) The Giver by Lois Lowry
04.) The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
05.) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
2012 Goal: 50 new (to me) books. (No page goal; re-reads don't count.)
[Note: I have a goal of 75 books in 2012 on GoodReads, but re-reads do count for that.]
Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson
Title: The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic
Author: Kathleen Valentine
Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Title: Watson's Afghan Adventure
Author: Kieran McMullen
Title: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Title: Hi I'm a Social Disease
Author: Andersen Prunty
Title: Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak
Author: Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser
Title: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Author: Mishka Shubaly
Title: Bedtime Stories for Children You Hate
Author: Antoinette Bergin
Title: Creepiosity: A Hilarious Guide to the Unintentionally Creepy
Author: David Bickel
Title: F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers
Author: Richard Benson
Title: Hmm...I Did Not Know That
Author: A.P. Holiday
Title: The Hellbound Heart
Author: Clive Barker
Title: The Girl Who Played With Fire
Author: Stieg Larsson
Title: Alias Madame Doubtfire
Author: Anne Fine
Title: Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents
Author: Richard Lederer
Title: Enemies, A Love Story
Author: Josh Schollmeyer
Title: Turn Here
Author: Jackson Pearce
Title: Lifeboat No. 8: An Untold Tale of Love, Loss, and Surviving the Titanic
Author: Elizabeth Kaye
Title: Smash the Hammer
Author: Sean Hill
Title: Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
Author: Kate Bornstein
Title: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
Author: Jenny Lawson
Title: Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
Author: James Patterson
Title: Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!
Author: James Patterson
Title: Ella Minnow Pea
Author: Mark Dunn
Title: You Want WHAT??? Concierge Tales from the Men and Women Who Make Las Vegas Dreams Come True
Author: Mariann Mohos
Title: 5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
Author: Karl Shaw
Title: Thirteen Reasons Why
Author: Jay Asher
Title: When the Wind Blows
Author: Raymond Briggs
Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Author: Patrick Ness
Title: Angel
Author: Mary E. Kingsley
Title: Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway: Stories of the Inspiration Behind Great Works of Literature
Author: Celia Blue Johnson
Title: All For One
Author: Ryne Douglas Pearson
Title: What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Curious Stories Behind Our Favorite Foods
Author: Albert Jack
Title: How NOT to RV
Author: Jennifer Flower
Title: How to Raise Your IQ by Eating Gifted Children
Author: Lewis Frumkes
Title: The Living Dead
Editor: John Joseph Adams
Title: The Shining
Author: Stephen King
Title: Different Seasons
Author: Stephen King
Title: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
Author: Stieg Larsson
Title: Jaws
Author: Peter Benchley
Title: The Deadly Dinner Party
Author: Jonathan A. Edlow
Title: Shadow Show
Editor: Sam Weller
Title: Unwind
Author: Neal Shusterman
Title: The Colorado Kid
Author: Stephen King
Title: Zoo
Author: James Patterson
Title: The Regulators
Author: Stephen King
Title: Desperation
Author: Stephen King
Title: The Arrival
Author: Shaun Tan
Title: Diary
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Title: Dolores Claiborne
Author: Stephen King
Title: The Thirteenth Tale
Author: Diane Setterfield
Title: Sphere
Author:Michael Crichton
Title: 500 Essential Cult Books
Author: Gina McKinnon
Title: The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Title: The Final Deduction: The Last of Sherlock Holmes
Author: David W. Walker
Title: The Turn of the Screw
Author: Henry James
Title: Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
Author: Stefan Kiesbye
Title: Gathering Blue
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Messenger
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Son
Author: Lois Lowry
Title: Escape from Hat
Author: Adam Kline
Title: Surprise Island
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: The Yellow House Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: Mystery Ranch
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: Mike's Mystery
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Title: Come Along With Me
Author: Shirley Jackson
Title: Truth: Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell
Author: Ellen Douglas
Book Count: 69/50
01.) Unreal! by Paul Jennings
02.) The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
03.) The Giver by Lois Lowry
04.) The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
05.) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein