This challenge was great fun last year -

***Use this thread to list the books you've read.... and don't forget you can come back and re edit your list at any time ....***

Happy Reading

My challenge is to read 150 -

1. The Drowning Girl by Margaret Leroy
2. A Gathering Storm by Rachel Hore
3. The Taker by Alma Katsu
4. The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
5. The Tudor Queens of England by David Loades (NF)
6. The Cavalier Queen by Fiona Mountain
7. Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh
8. Armistice by Nick Stafford
9.Season of Light by Katharine McMahon
10.The Radleys by Matt Haig
11.The Ghost of Lily Painter by Caitlin Davies
12.11.22.63 by Stephen King
13.A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths
14.Velvet by Mary Hooper
15.The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
16.Across the Bridge by Morag Joss
17.Jail Bird by Jessie Keane
18.The Curiosity Cabinet by Catherine Czerkawsa
19.The Lost Wife by Alyson
20. The Pools by Bethan Roberts
21. First Lady by Michael Dobbs
22. A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
23. The Book of Summers by Emyla Hall
24. Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
25. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
26. The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life by William Nicholson
27. Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir(NF)
28. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
29. A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
30. The God Box by Mary Lou Quinlan(NF)
31. Mutiny on the Bount by John Boyne
32. The Go-Between by L P Harley
33. The Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson
34. Trapeze by Simon Mawer
35. Putting Alice back Together by Carol Marinelli
36. The Apothecary's Daughter by Charlotte Betts
37. The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau
38. The Mistress's Revenge by Tamar Cohen
39. The Good Father by Noel Hawley
40. The Bone Thief by V W Whitworth
41. The Winter King by Thomas Penn(NF)
42. The Time Travellers Guide to Elizabethan England by Dr Ian Mortimer(NF)
43. The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
44. Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Nail Gaiman
45. Smut by Alan Bennett
46. The Soldiers Wife by Joanna Trollope
47. A Rural Affair by Catherine Alliott
48. The Captain's Daughter by Leah Fleming
49. The Uncrowned Queen by Anne O'Brien
50. The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
51. The King's Concubine by Anne O'Brien
52. An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay
53. Another Time, Another Place by Leif GW Persson
54. Her Highness, The Traitor by Susan Higinbotham
55. Where there's a Will by Michael Kerrigan
56. Cage of Stars by Jacqueline Mitchard
57. Lost Innocence by Susan Lewis.
58. Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James
59. Fifty Shades Freed by E L James
60. Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
61. Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide
62. Shelter by Frances Greenslade
63.

Here is my list! 150!
Come the Morning /Donati
Endless Forest / Donati
Fire Along the Sky / Donati
Hunger Games / Collins
King's Grace / Smith
Kidnapped / Stevenson
Queen of Swords /Donati
Rose Garden / Kearsley
Savage Lands / Clark
The Traitors Wife / KentBones of Avalon / Rickman
Wine of Angels / Rickman
Winter Sea / Kearsley

Here goes my goal is 150.

1. Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
2. Summer House by Nancy Thayer
3. The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyes
4. Because She Can by Bridie Clark
5. The Radleys by Matt Haig
6. Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck
7. Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
8. Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Nevin
9. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
11. Edge of Winter by Luann Rice
12. A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
13. The Last Letter From Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
14. Peony in Love by Lisa See
15. Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts
16. Etta by Gerald Koplan
17. The Feast of Crows by George RR Martin
18. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
19. best friends, occasional enemies the Lighter side of Life as a mother and daughter by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
20. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
21. Heart of Dixie by Tami Hoag
22. Keeper of the Grail by Michael Spradlin
23. Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji
24. The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
25. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
26. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
27. Fallen In Love by Lauren Kate
28. Waking up in Charleston by Sherryl Woods
29. Alice Bliss by Laura Hamilton
30. Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Hough
31. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
32. Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig
33. Centuries of June by Keith Donahue
34. The tortilla curtain by T.C. Boyle
35. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
36. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison
37. Escape by Barbara Delinsky
38. Marrying Daisy Bellamy by Sarah Wiggs
39. A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware
40. Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
41. Tiger Eye by Marjorie Liu
42. Last Night at the Lobster by Stuart Onan
43. She Makes it Look Easy by Marjorie Whalen
44. Fireside by SusanWiggs
45. The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens
46. Unleashed by Nancy Holder
47. All my Sons by Arthur Miller
48. Home of the Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigliani

So far in 2012:

1. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray (woman who grew up poor in a salvage yard in Georgia becomes a passionate advocate for the endangered ecosystems in her region of the country)

My goal for this year is at least 150 books. I surpassed that for the past 2 years, but since I might want to fit in some long things, I think it's a reasonable goal.

January 2012
1. Hexed by Kevin Hearne
2. Gaudy Night (a Lord Peter mystery) by Dorothy Sayers (audio)
3. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks
4. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (audio)
5. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (audio)
6. Emma by Jane Austen (audio)
7. The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obeht
8. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
9. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
10. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (audio)
11. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer (audio)
12. Hammered by Kevin Hearne
13. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
14. The Radleys by Matt Haig
15. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (audio)
16. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

February 2012
17. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
18. Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (audio)
19. The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan
20. Rules by Cynthia Lord
21. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana : Five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
22. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (audio)
23. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
24. Persuasion by Jane Austen (audio)
25. Bloody Halls by Carl Brookins
26. Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick
27. Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett (audio)
28. Godless by Pete Hautman
29. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (audio)

March 2012
30. Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
31. This Little Piggy Went to Murder by Ellen Hart
32. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (audio)
33. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (audio)
34. Timeless by Gail Carriger
35. Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (audio)
36. Snatched by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue
37. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
38. The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett (audio)
39. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (audio)
40. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (audio)
41. The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
42. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (audio)
43. At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost (audio)
44. Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik

April 2012
45. Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington
46. Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett (audio)
47. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich (audio)
48. Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
49. Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost (audio)
50. Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger
51. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (audio)
52. Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
53. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb (audio)
54. The Fire by James Patterson and Jill Dembowski (audio)
55. The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
56. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith (audio)
57. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (audio)

I realized I hadn't updated for April yet. Not quite as many this month, but part of the reason is a couple of long listens (as well as a busy schedule), and this isn't bad.

Not sure yet of my goal for 2012 (probably a modest 50 -75). Here's what I have so far:
Goal update: 90 - 100! Might as well live dangerously.

January (updated to include my favorite re-read of the month!):
1. All Men of Genius -- Lev AC Rosen
2. The Mystery of Grace -- Charles de Lint
3. Sweetly -- Jackson Pearce
4. Wonderstruck -- Brian Selznick
5. After the Apocalypse -- Maureen McHugh
6. The Fault In Our Stars -- John Green
7. The Death of King Arthur -- Peter Ackroyd
8. The Revisionists -- Thomas Mullen
9. The Woman In Black -- Susan Hill
10. Somewhere In Time -- Richard Matheson
11. The Perks of Being A Wallflower -- Stephen Chbosky
12. Voyager -- Diana Gabaldon

February:
13. Anna Dressed In Blood -- Kendare Blake
14. The Night Circus -- Erin Morgenstern
15. Flashback -- Dan Simmons
16. Eye of the Tempest -- Nicole Peeler
17. The Rook -- Daniel O'Malley
18. Ocean's Touch -- Denise Townsend
19. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter -- Seth Grahame-Smith
20. There Is No Dog -- Meg Rosoff
21. Looking for Alaska -- John Green
22. Timeless -- Gail Carriger

March:
23. Before I Go To Sleep -- S. J. Watson
24. The Boggart and the Monster -- Susan Cooper
25. The Flight of Gemma Hardy -- Margot Livesy
26. Soulless (Manga) -- Gail Carriger
27. Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 8 (graphic novels), volumes 1 - 8
28. Death Comes To Pemberley -- P. D. James
29. Alpha & Omega -- Patricia Briggs
30. Cry Wolf -- Patricia Briggs
31. Hunting Ground -- Patricia Briggs
32. Fire Watch -- Connie Willis
33. The Gunslinger -- Stephen King

April:
34. The Drawing of the Three -- Stephen King
35. The Waste Lands -- Stephen King
36. Why We Broke Up -- Daniel Handler
37. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight -- Jennifer Smith
38. The Snow Child -- Eowyn Ivey
39. Sacre Bleu -- Christopher Moore
40. N. (graphic novel) -- Stephen King
41. Stolen -- Lucy Christopher
42. A Game of Thrones (graphic novel) -- George R. R. Martin
43. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children -- Ransom Riggs
44. Inkheart -- Cornelia Funke
45. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares -- Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Well, Lisa, if your goal is 50-75, you should make it easily with a few more months like January.

I realized that I hadn't updated with all my January books, so I did that just now. Things have slowed down a bit while I listen to something long, but that's OK.

ETA: I blew right by my original paltry goal of 25 books! 100 books it is, and if I can stop reading 5+ at a time, it might actually happen.

Well, it's safe to say that you all are obsessed readers! My kind of people, by the way.

January:
1. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
2. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
3. Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon
4. Lord John and The Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
5. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
6. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
7. The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon

February:
8. The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
9. Lord John and the Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon
10. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
11. On Writing by Stephen King
12. The Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
13. The Journey Prize Stories 22: Best of Canada's New Writers edited by Pasha Malla
14. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
15. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
16. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

March:
17. The Lion. the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
18. Pilgrims and Other Stories by Elizabeth Gilbert
19. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
20. Bone Fire by Mark Spragg
21. A Good American by Alex George
22. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
23. The Scottish Prisoner (again!)
24. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

April
25. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
26. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
27. Stuart Little by E.B. White
28. The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
29. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
30. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
31. The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
32. The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Geraldine Brooks
33. Selected Shorts: Readers and Writers by various

ETA: Please come find me if you are on goodreads!

This is my list for January:

1. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
2. Long Quiet Highway by Natalie Goldberg
3. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
4. The Great American Bus Ride by Irma Kurtz
5. Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward
6. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
7. Plum Lovin’ by Janet Evanovich
8. Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

So far so good for my goal to read 8 books a month!

Thanks for the support! I have a few longer books coming up in my queue, so we'll see.

Audiobooklover, I see you read "Wonderstruck". What did you think? I thought it was just beautiful.

A friend (and my trustiest book sharer) thinks children's and YA books shouldn't count. I disagree! I have a real soft spot for YA novels, so I always read quite a few each year. Any thoughts on this?

Oh, and what about re-reads? I did love rereading Voyager during the past few months!

I count YA books, too. I enjoy them. There are always books I re-read each year and I count those as well. I balance out complex books of several hundred pages with fun fluff like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels that only take a day or two to read. Balance and variety are good!

I thought Wonderstruck was lovely too. And, being from NYC originally, it was fun to have it set in part there. I got it because one of my daughters heard about it, but I enjoyed it.

And, I disagree with your friend. I count young adult and some children's novels. I don't count anything too short (I usually have those as a subset under a number so, maybe 37a, so I remember that I read them), which can be kids stuff or short stories. But, anything fairly substantial gets its own number, like Wonderstruck. My total would be somewhat lower if I didn't count YA, but some YA is good stuff - like the Hunger Games books or Harry Potter, etc., so I wouldn't skip those on my list. But, everyone can do it their own way.



I agree completely. I count rereads. You'll note Voyager is on my January list even though I actually read most of it in 2011. I wish it didn't turn out that way, but since I add books to the list when I finish them, that's the way it worked out in this case. And, I read (or listen to) some short/quick things and some quite long ones and I think variety is great. I also read across a lot of different genres. In fact, one of my suggestions for a challenge last year was to read at least one book in each of a bunch of genres, but I don't actually have a good list of genres for that and some books, like the Outlander series, are hard to classify. I do read a lot of different stuff, though, so I figure I kind of do that anyway.

My goal for 2012 is 100 new books (I re-read my favorite titles all the time)

January 2012
1) Outlander
2) Dragonfly in Amber
3) Voyager
February 2012
4) The Scottish Prisoner

Ladies, I am so impressed! This is my first reading challenge and my first year to not be working full time. Almost all my reading up to this point has been non-fiction and largely work related, sooo.... not sure what a reasonable goal is for me??
Guess I'll take a stab at a modest 70....not all months will be a quiet as January!

1.The Scarlet Mansion--Alan Eckert
2.The Black Dahlia-----James Ellroy
3.Memoirs of a Geisha--Arthur Golden
4.The Scarpetta Factor--Patricia Cornwell
5.Port Mortuary---Patricia Cornwell
6.Host---Stephanie Meyer
7.Lillith---Jean Plaidy
8.In the Garden of Beasts---Erik Larson