In 2011 I read 55 books and I have to say that I am very happy with the amount of time I spent reading. My goals for the year were to read more while getting to better understand the publishing industry, and I accomplished that. Now, my goals will be to read roughly the same amount (in pages, not books), blog more often, and continue to learn about the industry that lies behind the books I love. Here’s a running list of books read in 2012:
- All Her Father’s Guns, James Warner, 190 pages
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, 189 pages
- The Outlaw Album, Daniel Woodrell, 167 pages
- The Great Typo Hunt, Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson, 249 pages
- The Underside of Joy, Seré Prince Halverson, 303 pages
- Much Ado About Loving, Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly, 202 pages
- Julia’s Child, Sarah Pinneo, 279 pages
- One for the Money, Janet Evanovich, 320 pages
- Two for the Dough, Janet Evanovich, 325 pages
- Three to Get Deadly, Janet Evanovich, 321 pages
- Girl Land, Caitlin Flanagan, 194 pages
- The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey, 386 pages
- A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway, 211 pages
- The Obamas, Jodi Kantor, 336 pages
- 50 Shades of Grey, E.L. James, 384 pages
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, 374 pages
- Signs of Life, Natalie Taylor, 306 pages
- The Day the World Ends, Ethan Coen, 121 pages
- Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Chelsea Handler, 244 pages
- Bleak House, Charles Dickens, 822 pages
- Dancing Naked in Dixie, Lauren Clark, 314 pages
- The Maid and the Queen, Nancy Goldstone, 249 pages
- The House at Tyneford, Natasha Solomons, 359 pages
- The Lover’s Dictionary, David Levithan, 211 pages
- The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, 351 pages
- After the Fog, Kathleen Shoop, 387 pages
- On the Road, Jack Kerouac, 307 pages
- Breakfast with Socrates, Robert Rowland Smith, 221 pages
- Step Across this Line, Salman Rushdie, audiobook
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, 84 pages
- Speculation, Edmund Jorgensen, 264 pages
- The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D., Nichole Bernier, 309 pages
- Partitions, Amit Majmudar, 211 pages
- The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 516 pages
- Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me, Chelsea’s Family, Friends, and Other Victims, 292 pages
- Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, 385 pages
- Living, Thinking, Looking, Siri Hustvedt, 354 pages
- Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins, 391 pages
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, 400 pages
- Arcadia, Lauren Groff, 289 pages
- January First, Michael Schofield, 291 pages
- Four to Score, Janet Evanovich, 368 pages
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 224 pages
- The Near Witch, Victoria Schwab, 304 pages
- High Five, Janet Evanovich, 340 pages
- The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, 320 pages
- Hot Six, Janet Evanovich, 320 pages
- A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness, 592 pages
- 196 pages of The Black Count by Tom Reiss
- 138 pages of The E Myth by Michael E. Gerber
Total pages: 15,090
Oh, you’re one book ahead of me in 2012! Where do you find the time? I already feel like I’m drowning in books (it’s not an unpleasant sensation).
I am ahead on The Hunger Games series though. Will you be writing a review? I must remember to pop back and check it out :)
Honestly, I have no idea! I feel like I am drowning in books, too! I guess I just don’t watch a lot of television?
I don’t do YA reviews on this blog but I loved The Hunger Games and wanted to say something about it so I made a vlog, but WordPress won’t let me post it without an upgrade. Still trying to decide if I want to go ahead and make the move to self-hosting or give up on vlogging before I’ve begun. I’m not too tech savvy, so self-hosting is a bit intimidating.
Long story short, The Hunger Games will eventually make its way onto Trees and Ink :)
Ah, yes – I pretty much don’t watch TV anymore – can’t say I miss it much. Plus I gave up on Facebook about a year ago, so that’s another 300 hours per month of my life back ;)
Ah, didn’t realise you couldn’t put videos on WordPress.com – weird. Where do you keep your vlogs then? WordPress self-hosting is a lot easier than you’d think. Once it’s set up, it’s pretty much like using WordPress – and the set up is pretty straight forward with the better hosts. If you ever decide to make the switch and need a hand, I’ve got a little bit of experience…
Aha, well I shall look out for it then :)
I don’t miss it much either–although I do watch Netflix from time to time. Have to feed my Mad Men habit :)
I only did one vlog and have it on my computer, it’s not posted anywhere. I will keep your expertise in mind if/when I switch to self-hosting. I appreciate it!
Oh yes, gotta keep up with Kristina Hen… erhem Mad Men addiction too. I do have some exceptions :)
A-ha, I’m too worried about looking like a fool to vlog. My wavy-arm form of literary criticism is definitely reserved for the staff room at lunch times ;)
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