Book Worm

I am a bit of a self proclaimed bookworm/book nerd.  People are always asking me for book recommendations, and I'm completely obsessed with goodreads (be my friend!), so I thought this page was necessary on my bloggy.







In 2012, my goal was to again read 52 books.  I assumed it'd be harder to complete that goal since I was in school for the full year.  I was wrong.  Midway through the summer, I squashed that goal, and decided to up it to 100.  The most I'd ever read was 60 in 2011.  I hit my goal and then some with 113 books read for 2012.  Below are some posts I created as quarterly check ins for the books I had read, along with my ratings.  In 2013 I've again challenged myself to read 100 books.  Stay tuned for more book worm fun.

2013 Reading Challenge

2013 Reading Challenge
Jeri has read 142 books toward her goal of 150 books.
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2012 books:

Books read in 2011

My goal for 2011 was to read 52 books (I read 60!) Listed below are the books I read as well as my ratings (via **s) for the books. 

January


Daniels' Running Formula - Jack Daniels
January 2nd-5th, 2011
***

Juliet- Anne Fortier
January 5th-13th, 2011
****

The Housekeeper and the Professor- Yoko Ogawa
January 25th-26th, 2011
*****

February




The Red Garden - Alice Hoffman
January 26th-February 2nd, 2011
***

 The Help - Kathryn Stockett
January 26th-February 11th, 2011
*****

Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
February 13th, 2011
****

Astrid and Veronika - Linda Olsson
February 14th-20th, 2011
****

Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart
January 16th-February 21st, 2011
**

 March

American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
February 18th-March 2nd, 2011
****

Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
March 3rd-5th, 2011
****

The Book of Tomorrow - Cecelia Ahern
March 6th-11th, 2011
***

Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
March 13th-16th, 2011
****

Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
March 20th-22nd, 2011
****

So Much Pretty - Cara Hoffman
March 14-28th, 2011
*****

Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
March 28th-30th, 2011
****

April

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
April 3rd-4th, 2011
*****

The Giver - Lois Lowry
re-read April 11th-13th, 2011
*****
All-time favorite book :)

Last Time I Saw You - Elizabeth Berg
April 15th-21st, 2011
**

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
April 22nd-25th, 2011
*****

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
April 26th-May 2nd, 2011
*****

May

Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
May 3rd-10th, 2011
*****


Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
May 10th-17th, 2011
*****

May 18th-June 3rd, 2011
A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
*****

June

June 3rd-12th, 2011
If You Were Here - Jen Lancaster
***

June 13th-17th, 2011
Big Girl Small - Rachel DeWoskin
***

June 19th-20th, 2011
Normal Gets You Nowhere - Kelly Cutrone
***

June 22nd-26th, 2011
***
June 12th-July 8th, 2011 (reread)
Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer
****
July
July 10th-11th, 2011
Room  - Emma Donoghue
*****
July 13th-16th, 2011
All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
****


July 18th, 2011
The Peach Keeper - Sarah Allen
****


July 19th-21st, 2011
Bossypants - Tina Fey
****

July 23rd-26th, 2011
Always Something There to Remind Me - Beth Harbison
****


July 23rd-26th,2011
Skipping a Beat - Sarah Pekkanen
****


July 27th-30th, 2011
 Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts - Lucy Dillon
****

August

 August 1st-5th, 2011
The Story of Beautiful Girl - Rachel Simon
*****

 
August 7th-9th, 2011
Advanced Marathoning  - Pete Pfitzinger
*****


August 9th-14th, 2011
Beauty Queens - Libba Bray
***


August 14th-16th, 2011
  Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard
****



 August 17th, 2011
  Flawless - Sara Shepard
****


August 17th-22nd, 2011
Then Came You - Jennifer Weiner
***

August 22nd-25th, 2011
Divergent - Veronica Roth
*****


August 27th-28th, 2011
Perfect - Sara Shepard
****

 September


September 5th, 2011
Heart Monitor Training  - John Parker

***

September 2nd-8th, 2011
Unbelievable - Sara Shepard
****


September 1st-10th, 2011
Don't Kill the Birthday Girl - Sandra Beasley
***


September 11th-19th, 2011
  Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares
****

October














September 20th-October 11th, 2011
One Day - David Nicholls
****


November


October 25th-November 3rd, 2011
Maine - J. Courtney Sullivan
***


November 4th-5th, 2011
Delirium - Lauren Oliver
*****


November 5th-9th, 2011
Wicked - Sara Shepard
****


September 3rd-November 9th, 2011
Organization of Information - Arlene Taylor
***

November 9th-12th, 2011
Before I Fall - Before I Fall
****



November 12th-16th, 2011
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
****


November 21st-23rd, 2011
Matched - Ally Condie
****


November 23rd-29th, 2011
Killer - Sara Shepard

****

December




November 29-December 5th, 2011
The Night Circus - Erin Mortensen
*****


December 8th-13th, 2011
It Looked Different on the Model - Laurie Notaro
***


December 13th-16th, 2011
The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks
***
FYI:  If you click on some/most of these links and purchase the book through amazon I get a couple of pennies to pay my bills.  WHOO! ;)



Photos taken by my fabulous photographer friend Kathryn.