Books Read 2012

Books Read 2012

Yeah I completed my goal of reading 65 books for 2012. Hopefully in 2013 I'll reach 70.

• 67. The KJV Bible
• 66. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• 65. The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
• 64. The Last Lecture by Randy Paush
• 63. For One More Day by Mitch Albom
• 62. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• 61. Crush by Gary Paulsen
• 60. A Thousand Splendid Suns bt Khaled Housseini
• 59. Brain Rules by John Medina
• 58. Late Bloomers by Brendan Gill
• 57. Switch by Chip Heath
• 56. Your Money Counts by Howard Dayton
• 55. Forks Over Knives the Cookbook by Del Sroufe
• 54. Living Organizes by Sandra Felton
• 53. 30 Lessons For Living by Karl Pillemer
• 52. Room by Emma Donoghue
• 51. Over My Dead Body by Kate Klise
• 50. Amphigorey Also by Edward Gory
• 49. 1,000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn Sokol
• 48. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• 47. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• 46. Birds of Prey by wilbur Smith
• 45. The Lost Gate by Oscard Scott Card
• 44. How Green was My Valley by Richard LLewellyn
• 43. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
• 42. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
• 41. Hope is Contagious by Ken Hutcherson
• 40. The House That Cleans Itself by Mindy Starks Clark
• 39. What the Most successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam
• 38. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
• 37. How to Knit a Love Song by Rachael Herron
• 36. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
• 35. The Paradise Prophecy by Robert G. Brown
• 34. Face of Betrayal by Lis Wiehl
• 33. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
• 32. Life in Pause by K.E. Rodgers
• 31. The Green Trap by Ben Bova
• 30. Under Heaven by Guy Kay
• 29. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• 28. Monster by Frank Peretti
• 27. Dear Photograph by Taylor Jones
• 26. Moon Runner by Carolyn Marsden
• 25.Once A Runner by Joh Parker
• 24. Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
• 23. The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall
• 22. Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
• 21. Pharos by Alice Thompson
• 20. A Movie and a book by David Wagner
• 19. Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey
• 18. Absolute Perfection of Crime by Tanguy Viel
• 17. Chicken Justice by Steve Coffman
• 16. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• 15. Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet
• 14. Mama Said by Helen Watson
• 13. Directions to Servants by Jonathan Swift
• 12. Among the Missing by Morag Joss
• 11. Black Monday by R. scott Reiss
• 10. Before Versailles by Karleen Koen
• 9. I'm Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
• 8. A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
• 7. Persuasion by Jane Austen
• 6. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laura Rigler
• 5. ThunderSnow by Cindy Borgne
• 4. Definitely Not Mr.Darcy by Karen Doornebos
• 3. It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider by Jim Henson
• 2. The Glass Case: A Short Story by Kristin Hannah
• 1. The Keeper: Short Story by Ted Dekkar

Goal Accomplish - 60 Books Read in 2010

Another Year has past and I accomplished my reading goal. My husband found a quote that I really like:

"A man who won't read is no different from a man who can't."

Books I Read in 2010

60. Holy Bible

59. Giovanni's Light by Phyllis Theroux

58. The Christmas Letters by Lee Smith

57. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris

56. Lift by Kelly Corrigan

55. The Mitford Snowman by Jan Karon

54. Blockade Billy by Stephen King

53. Overcoming Speechlessness by Alice Walker

52. The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger

51. Unexpectedly Eighty by Judith Viorst

50. The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke

49. La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith

48. Black Monday by R. Scott Reiss

47. The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie

46. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

45.River Whispers by Glynn Marsh Alam

44. Kiss by Ted Dekker

43. White by Ted Dekker

42. Red by Ted Dekker

41. Black by Ted Dekker

40. Green By Ted Dekker

39. The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb

38. One Second After by William R. Forstchen

37. Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

36. Spells by Aprilynne Pike

35. Green with Envy by Shira Boss

34. Lucy's Eyes and Margaret's Dragon by Giselle Potter

33. The people of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

32. The Dead and Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

31. Lord Sunday by Garth Nix

30. Wings by Aprilynne Pike

29. The Cross Gardener by Jason Wright

28.Pure Drivel by Steve Martin

27.This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

26. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

25.The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

24. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

23. Alex Katz Paints Aada by Robert Storr

blockquote>22. The Essential Edward Hopper by Justin Spring

21. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

20. The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

19. D is for Dahl by Wendy Cooling

18. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud

17. Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of African American Artisit by Tonya Bolden

16. The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue

15. Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow

14. Little Bee by Chris Cleave

13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

12. The Tale of the Unknown Island by Jose Saramango

11. Keys to the City by Joel Kostman

10. Beach Road by James Patterson

9. Coraline by Neil Gaiman

8. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

7. Books by Larry McMurtry

6. Last Light by Terri Blackstock

5. The City & The City by China Mieville

4. The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe

3. The Legend of the Vila Della Luna by Jana Fayne Kolpen

2. The Goddess of Kitchen Avenue by Barbara Samuel

1. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Book #58

So we are almost at years end and I'm attempting my goal of 60 books read for 2010. This morning I at 5am I could not get my husband out of the bed to go running so I finished reading a novel called Christmas Letters by Lee Smith. I meant to read it before Christmas. It's a collection of Christmas letters spanning three generations.

I'm sure that you've probably received one of those end-of-the-year summaries. I tend not to like these letters because everything sounds so perfect and I don't know about your life but mine can get pretty messy and I feel like a hypocrite if I only report the good stuff, especially when there's so many other things are pressing on my heart. I know that everyone will say but who wants to hear about your child struggling in school and the expensive tutors and all the parent involvement is not helping and how your child's self esteem is lowering because they are trying. No one wants to hear that.

I actually liked the book and all of the letters were not "my family is perfect and yours is not." It was a little corny but I'm okay with corny. I have 1 more book to go and I will finish reading Revelations on the 31. I always read through the entire Bible every year and I count it as 1 book which will give me a total of 60. I haven't decided what my goal for 2011. I usually try to do an increase but I don't know if I can make it to 65.

Painting in Progress

I was very excited about painting this new picture but then I had to refocus and finish my reading goal for 2009. So instead of painting I finished my last two books. Yeah! I didn't want to do what I did last year by not completing my goal. Although the book was over 500 pages, my sister said that I should count that as 2 books but that'a not my way of counting. Hopefully I can work on the painting some more before my vacation is over.