What I've Read so Far in 2012!

This year I started something new. I've actually been keeping track of all the books I've read during the year in a Word document. 

Innovative, right?! Ha! Between books purchased, checked out from the library, or loaned to me by friends, it was always so difficult to remember everything I'd read during the year and I knew it was incomplete come December. This past January, I changed all that - I started a Word document and have been listing them as one of my yearly goals. :-)

My good friend Caroline Rose recently posted her list here at her blog, Caroline by Line.http://carolinebyline.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-reading-update_12.html 

She and I intersect with many titles and lately we've discussed some of our favorites, which is always fun and enlightening. 

Here's mine - so far. I have 35 sitting in huge piles waiting for me. With more looming on the horizon since I have about 8 books on Hold at the library.   

Total so Far this year: 74 Books! 

Children’s & YA Novels: 

Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Trapped by Michael Northrop

May B by Caroline Starr Rose

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

The Visconti House by Elsbeth Edgar

Eight Keys by Suzanne LeFleur

Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming

Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Auxier

The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer Holm

The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Variant by Robison Wells

The Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs

Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams

Girls Don’t Fly  Kristin Chandler

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

Starters by Lissa Price

With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

Sean Grisham’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt

Slayers by C. J. (Janette Rallison)

Shifting by Bethany Wiggins

Legend by Marie Lu

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Bigger Than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder

Where Things Come Back, John Corey Whaley

What Happened on Fox Street? Tricia Springstubb

Tighter by Adele Griffin

Chime by Franny Billinsgly

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Grave Mercy by R.L. LeFevers

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

The Wild Queen Carolyn Meyer

Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindle

Desert Angel by Charlie Price

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Leisl and Po by Lauren Oliver

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin

Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

Iva Honeysuckle by Candice Ransom

Cleopatra’s Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

Small Damages by Beth Kephart

The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford

Don’t Look Behind You by Michelle Gagnon

Skylark by Meagan Spooner

My Mixed-Up Blueberry Summer  by Jennifer Gennari

Non-Fiction Books:

7 Miracles that Saved America by Todd Stewart

7 Miracles that Saved the World by by Chris and Todd Stewart

America’s Hope by Douglas Brinley

Growing up Amish by Ira Wagler

Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo

The Writer’s Book of Hope by Ralph Keys

The Bedouin by Jamail Jabbar

Bedouins of the Desert by Alan Keohane

Belly Dance by Wendy Bonaventura

Lehi’s Journey by Lynn and Hope Hilton

Jordan, Past and Present by E. Borgia

Arabian Travels by Wilford Thesiger

Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles Doughty

The Shallows: How the Internet is Transforming our Brains

Outliers by Malcom Gladwell

Adult Novels:

Rebecca’s Tale by Sally Beauman

The Dressmakers Daughter by Kate Alcott

Sister by Rosamund Lipton

The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler

State of Wonder by Anne Patchett

Books Read in 2009

It's very interesting to compile this list. For one thing, I knew I hadn't done as much reading this year with a new baby in the house and writing so much and book production and the publicity and promotion research and things like my website and book trailer and school visits and blogging more and getting an account on Facebook. I really miss not reading as much. But I was surprised by how much I actually *had* read. It's also interesting how eclectic the list is. I try to read widely but there are so many books I wish I could have crammed into my brain. But alas, I need to wait until the time I don't need sleep anymore.

There's also some political non-fiction I didn't put on the list as well as my daily scripture study.

And you can probably get a BIG HINT about the type of book I'm currently revising for my editor by the research books below. Ha, ha!

There's also the realization, once again, about how much I enjoy Southern type novels by my adult list. I always have, and try to read as many as I can in children's lit as well. There are titles that are set in the South that I did not read this past year, mostly because our library never got them in.


Children's/Teen Literature:

1. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier
2. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
3. Savvy by Ingrid Law
4. Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
5. Wake by Lisa McMann
6. The London Eye Mystery by Siohban Dowd
7. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
8. Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren Henderson
9. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
10. Fade by Lisa McMann
11. Masterpiece by Elisa Broach
12. Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
13. The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
14. The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O'Roarke Dowell
15. The Curse of Addy McMahon by Katie Davis
16. Millicent Min by Lisa Yee
17. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate deCamillo
18. Love, Cajun Style by Diane Les Becquets
19. Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
20. Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
21. Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse
22. The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
23. Gone by Michale Grant
24. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
25. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
26. Bliss by Lauren Myracle
27. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
28. Anonymously Yours by Richard Peck
29. A True and Faithful Narrative by
30. 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
31. A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
32. The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson
33. The Kind of Friends we Used to Be by Frances O'Rourke Dowell
34. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
35. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
36. Fairy Tale by Cynthia Balog
37. Prada and Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
38. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
39. Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge

Adult Novels:

1. The Girl who stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
2. Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
3. Between Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
4. The Sister by Poppy Adams
5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
6. Making a Literary Life by Carolyn See
7. Ethan Fromme by Edith Wharton
8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
9. Tell No One by Harlan Coben
10. Time of My Life by Allison Winn Scotch
11. Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
12. Sunset Unlimited by James Lee Burke
13. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
14. Learning to Fly by April Henry
15. The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity by Lissa Warren
16. Voodoo and Hoodoo by Jim Haskins
17. The Mysterious Marie Laveau by Raymond J. Martinez
18. Charms, Spells & Formulas by Ray T. Malbrough
19. Old Love Charms & Spells
20. Black & White Magic by Marie Laveau
21. Voodoo handbook of Cult Secrets by Anna Riva
22. Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic by Catherine Yronwode
23. Hoodoo Mysteries by Ray Malbrough
24. Utterly Wicked, Curses, Hexes and Other Unsavory Notions by Dorothy Morrison