Monday, January 2, 2012

Challenges in 2012

This year I have chosen to pare back my number of reading challenges. Last year I participated in 16 and managed to complete most of them. This year i am starting out with only 8. They are:

*Books Read in 2012 (78/100)

*2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (5/30)

*Chunkster Reading Challenge 2012 (8/8)

*Why buy the Cow Reading Challenge

*2012 E-Book Reading Challenge (30/30)

*What's In a Name 5 (5/5)

*Men in Uniform Reading Challenge

* 5x4 Personal Reading Challenge 2012 (6/20)

*Cruisin' Through the Cozies 2012 (2/7)

*Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge 2012 (2/8)

My wrap-up for 2011 is here:
2011 Wrap-up

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Books Read in 2012 (100+ Personal Challenge)

Books Read in 2012
100+ Personal Challenge



I will keep track of all the books I read this year here be they fiction or non-fiction. My personal goal is 100+. I wanted to join a group but found the ones I looked at didn't allow audio books, or only allowed fiction. I will be reading a mixture of books and wish to count them all.

January
1. The Big Four by Agatha Christie
2. The Brave by Nicholas Evans
3. 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz
4. Quinn by Iris Johansen
5. Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
6. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
7. Killing Lincoln by O'Rilley and Dugard
8. Legacies by F. Paul Wilson
9. Snuff by Terry Pratchett
10. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
11. John Adams by David McCullough
12. A Hard Day's Fright by Casey Daniels

February
14. Room by Emma Donoghue
15. Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
16. The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green
17. Bonnie by Iris Johansen
18. Worth Dying For by Lee Child
19. 61 Hours by Lee Child

March - December
Well, this has been a very interesting year for us. The kids lived with us for 8 months, which was quite a life changing event but one I wouldn't change for anything. My husband and I have both had medical issues this year as well which slowed me down. And now my 87 year old father is in need of care for a broken arm. But God is good and he is seeing us through. God willing dad will gain his strength back and achieve his goal of returning home.


Even with all this I managed to read 81 books this year, quite a few short of my goal of 100 but many more than I thought I'd get to.

I did not post them here and I won't go back and try to put them in. However I kept track of them at Goodreads on my 2012 shelf. If you would like to view the list this is the link:

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/668747-sharon?format=html&shelf=2012