I wasn’t really sure I was going to participate in another 100 books in a year challenge in 2012 as I knew my year wouldn’t be conducive to much reading. Turns out I did pretty well (still didn’t achieve the 100 though).
And as the challenge I usually participate in doesn’t include non-fiction books, I didn’t register for it but kept a list for myself.
You can see I listed some stories and novellas as well – anything to get the number as high as possible and re-reading HP helped as well as I read it fast (and it helps with stress too). So, with little cheating with the novellas, I actually got the list to a higher number this year (it was 81 in 2011).
Here is the list:
1. PC & Kristen Cast: Destined
2. Kresley Cole: Lothaire
3. Sabrina Jeffries: To Wed a Wild Lord
4. Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
5. Suzanne Collins: Catching Fire
6. Suzanne Collins: Mockingjay
7. Lois M. Bujold: Cryoburn
8. Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora
9. Amanda Hocking: The Hollowland
10. M.J. Rose: The Book of Lost Fragrances
11. Trish Milburn: The White Witch
12. Veronica Blade: Something Witchy This Way Comes
13. S.K.S. Perry: Darkside
14. Matthew Reilly: Scarecrow Returns
15. Stephanie Laurens: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae
16. Stephanie Laurens: In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster
17. Sabrina Jeffries: A Lady Never Surrenders (The Hellions of Halstead Hall)
18. Linda Mooney: Captive Surrender
19. Julie Kagawa: The Immortal Rules
20. Marilee Brothers: The Moonstone series, Moonstone
21. Marilee Brothers: The Moonstone series, Moonrise
22. Marilee Brothers: The Moonstone series, Moon Spun
23. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
24. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
25. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
26. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
27. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
28. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
29. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
30. Rachel Hawkins: Hex Hall
31. Rachel Hawkins: Hex Hall, Demonglass
32. Rachel Hawkins: Hex Hall, Spell Bound
33. Gwenda Bond: Blackwood
34. Scott Lynch: Red Seas Under Red Skies
35. Denyse Beaulieu: The Perfume Lover
36. Marilee Brothers: The Moonstone series, Moon Shadow
37. Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves
38. Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves, Fate
39. Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves, Flutter
40. Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves, Wisdom
41. James Rollins: Bloodline
42. Sherylin Kenyon: Chronicles of Nick, Invincible
43. Trish Milburn: Bane
44. Kresley Cole: Demon from the Dark
45. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
46. Kresley Cole: Lothaire
48. Elizabeth Peters: Crocodile on the Sandbank
49. Elizabeth Peters: Curse of the Pharaohs
50. Elizabeth Peters: The Mummy Case
51.Elizabeth Peters: Lion in the Valley
52. Gail Carriger: Soulless
53. Gail Carriger: Changeless
54. Gail Carriger: Blameless
55. Patricia Briggs: Alpha and Omega
56. Patricia Briggs: Cry Wolf
57. Patricia Briggs: Hunting Groung
58. Patricia Briggs: Fair Game
59. Tess Gerritsen: John Doe (Rizzoli and Isles series), story
60. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
61. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
62. Alyssa Harad: Coming to my Senses
63. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
64. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
65. Stephanie Laurens: Lady Risks All
66. Shayne Leighton: Of Light and Darkness
67. Temple Matthews: The New Kid
68. Kresley Cole: The Poison Princess
69. Kim Harrison: Pale Demon
70. Kresley Cole: Shadow’s Claim
71. Kim Newman: Anno Dracula
72. Natania Barron: Pilgrim of the Sky
73. James Rollins: City of Screams (novella)
74. Kim Harrison: A Perfect Blood
75. JK Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
76. Cassandra Clare: City of Bones
77. Cassandra Clare: The City of Ashes
78. Liesel Schwartz: The Conspiracy of Alchemists
79. Heather Graham: Keeper of the Night
80. James Rollins: Tracker (a short story)
81. Sacvan Bercovitch: The American Jeremiad
82. Perry Miller: Errand into the Wilderness
83. Cassandra Clare: City of Glass
84. Roja Dove: The Essence of Perfume
Tagged: 100+ challenge, book challenge, books
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One of my New Years resolutions is to try and read more! Great post 🙂
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Thanks! I’m still trying to reach 100 though. 🙂
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Congrats on reading eighty-four books this past year, Ines. That is impressive! I am such a slow reader, a good number for me is two books a month.
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James, I don’t really watch TV, books are my favourite thing in the world when I have free time. Actually, I try and create more free time so I could read more. 🙂 If I don’t read for a week, I become very unpleasant to be around. 😉
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I spend a lot of time on web forums and listening to music, so I guess that is time that I could be reading. I’m always reading something; but slowly. I got a book of poetry as a Christmas gift that I’m looking forward to starting soon.
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Lovely! I never read poetry – we don’t seem to be on the same page. 😉
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😉 Our tastes in books are somewhat different, but that’s fun, I think. I am generally more of a reader of prose, but poetry has grabbed my attention of late. I published one, rather weak, poem on my blog a while back and I have another idea for one to try and write.
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That’s impressive. I dropped out of my usual 100+ challenge this year because it seemed to be _reducing_ my motivation to read. Do you find that it ever influences your reading negatively?
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Martha, I did give that some thought that’s why I didn’t sign-up for any challenges but kept the list through the year for myself.
I would very much like to hit the 100 mark eventually but I use this more as a reminder of what I’ve read in a year. I could never keep it in my head and I find it informative of my reading habits.
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Wow, way to go! I’m kind of like the two books a month guy myself. 84 is incredible.
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Joan, I’m pretty sure you have a hobby or a habit you enjoy that takes up a lot of your time. 🙂 I just happen to love reading and spend all my free time doing it.
I just hope I reach 100 books in a year eventually. It sounds good. 🙂
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Mislim da jedino fali 50 nijansi sive! 🙂
J.
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Ne znam kaj bi mi se trebalo dogoditi da ta knjiga zaluta na moju listu. Iako nikad ne reci nikad, no dovoljno sam čula o toj knjizi od ljudi čijem mišljenju vjerujem da sumnjam da će se ta knjiga naći u mojim rukama.
Jesi je ti pročitao? 😉
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