One thing I did this year was try to clear my TBR shelf of books that had been there since 2008. There were quite a few DNF, but I chose not to record those. I got through 24 of the 28 books. In 2013, my goal is to finish the final four from 2008 and read 18 books on my TBR from 2009.
My top 10 favorite were:
- The Ditchdigger's Daughters
- Divergent
- The Scorpio Races
- Pandemonium
- Heaven is Here
- The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
- Daddy-Long-Legs
- Mockingbird
- Baking Cakes in Kigali
- The Chosen
5 star: 8
4 star: 33
3 star: 14
2 star: 4
Unrated: 1 (just couldn't rate Code Name Verity)
Of the books I read:
Books I purchased: 18
Free downloads: 3
Books from publishers/publicists: 0 (big change for me)
Books that were gifts: 3
Books from the library: 23 (big increase from last year)
Books from BookMooch: 10
Books I borrowed: 3
Books I read electronically: 8
Audiobooks: 4
Nonfiction: 10
Adult books: 37
YA books:19
Middle grade/Children's: 4
Here is a list of my 2012 reads:
- 60. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
- 59. Ex Libris
- 58. The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
- 57. Baking Cakes in Kigali
- 56. On Strike for Christmas
- 55. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- 54. The Reluctant Bachelorette
- 53. The Magician's Assistant
- 52. A Discovery of Witches
- 51. Crow Lake
- 50. The Camel Bookmobile
- 49. Code Name Verity
- 48. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- 47. Insurgent
- 46. Abundance
- 45. Hallowed
- 44. Daddy-Long-Legs *
- 43. Unearthly
- 42. A Crimson Warning
- 41. The Peach Keeper
- 40. The Summer I Turned Pretty
- 39. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
- 38. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
- 37. Savannah
- 36. Milkweed
- 35. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection *
- 34. A Lesson in Secrets
- 33. The Miracle of Forgiveness
- 32. Born to Run
- 31. The Fault in Our Stars
- 30. A Woman of Substance
- 29. Kissing the Bee
- 28. Seedfolks
- 27. Heaven is Here *
- 26. Lola and the Boy Next Door
- 25. Out of Sight, Out of Time
- 24. Pandemonium *
- 23. The Scorpio Races *
- 22. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- 21. Out of My Mind
- 20. Sister of My Heart
- 19. Daughters in My Kingdom
- 18. The Twentieth Wife
- 17. The Beekeeper's Apprentice
- 16. Year of Wonders
- 15. The Chosen
- 14. I'll Be There
- 13. Paranormalcy
- 12. The New Testament **
- 11. Letters for Emily
- 10. Mockingbird
- 9. Tuesdays with Morrie
- 8. As You Wish
- 7. Midnight in Austenland
- 6. So Big
- 5. Bel Canto
- 4. The Winter Sea
- 3. Divergent *
- 2. The Ditchdigger's Daughters *
- 1. Across the Universe
