You can check out my
2011 75 book challenge and my
2009 booklist+2010 50 book challenge by following the links. If you have any questions on anything I have read, wherever it was mentioned, you are always welcome to ask. I'm always happy to talk books! ^__^
Challenge period: 1 Jan 2012-31 Dec 2012
Challenge progress (books):
59 / 85 books. 69.4% done!
Challenge: failed, when excluding graphic novels/comic books :(Challenge progress (pages):
18762 / 30,000 pages. 62.5% done!
##) [Pgs]     Title      --     Author     (Date Read) »»Total pgs to date
Books01) [767p] Louisa May Alcott Unmasked: Collected Thrillers (23-25 Dec, 30 Dec-11 Jan) »» 650/30,000 = 2.2%
02) [278p] Woman of the Inner Sea - Thomas Keneally (11-14 Jan) »» 928/30000 = 3.1%
03) [215p] The Game-Players of Titan - Philip K. Dick (16 Jan) »» 1143/30000 = 3.8%
04) [380p] A Darker Place - Laurie R. King (17-18 Jan) »» 1523/30000 = 5.1%
05) [210p] Werewolves in Their Youth - Michael Chabon (19-21 Jan) »» 1733/30000 = 5.8%
06) [150p] Journey to Topaz - Yoshiko Uchida (22-23 Jan) »» 1883/30000 = 6.3%
07) [250p] The Measure of a Man - Sidney Poitier (23-26 Jan) »» 2133/30000 = 7.1%
08) [180p] Lily's Crossing - Patricia Reilly Giff (26-27 Jan) »» 2313/30000 = 7.7%
09) [212p] Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (27-28 Jan) »» 2525/30000 = 8.4%
10) [405p] The People's Train - Thomas Keneally (28 Jan-5 Feb) »» 2930/30000 = 9.7%
11) [310p] Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton (5-6 Feb) »» 3240/30000 = 10.8%
12) [300p] Freedom Writers Diary - Erin Gruwell & Freedom Writers (7-8 Feb) »» 3540/30000 = 11.8%
13) [155p] City Of Illusions - Ursula K. Le Guin (14-15 Feb) »» 3695/30000 = 12.3%
14) [720p] Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Alex Haley (8-16 Feb) »» 4415/30000 = 14.7%
15) [655p] Omnibus: The Hymn / Night Plague - Graham Masterton (16-23 Feb) »» 5070/30000 = 16.9%
16) [310p] The Ghost - Robert Harris (23-24 Feb) »» 5380/30000 = 17.9%
17) [280p] Rites of Passage - William Golding (24-25 Feb) »» 5660/30000 = 18.9%
18) [325p] HeartSick - Chelsea Cain (26 Feb) »» 5985/30000 = 20%
19) [150p] Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape - Frans de Waal, Frans Lanting (2-4 Mar) »» 6135/30000 = 20.5%
20) [285p] Cimarron Rose - James Lee Burke (9-10 Mar) »» 6420/30000 = 21.4%
21) [400p] Sweetheart - Chelsea Cain (15-16 Mar)
22) [235p] Anthills Of The Savannah - Chinua Achebe (13-27 Mar) »» 6655/30000 = 22.2%
23) [390p] Heartwood - James Lee Burke (28 Mar) »» 7045/30000 = 23.5%
24) [470p] Bitterroot - James Lee Burke (29 Mar) »» 7515/30000 = 25%
25) [385p] In the Moon of Red Ponies - James Lee Burke (30-31 Mar) »» 7900/30000 = 26.3%
26) [595p] The Broken Window - Jeffery Deaver (4-5 Apr) »» 8495/30000 = 28.3%
27) [100p] Russian Mirror: Three Plays By Russian Women - Melissa T Smith (5-6 Apr) »» 8595/30000 = 28.7%
28) [335p] Atlantis - David Gibbins (14-16 Apr) »» 8930/30000 = 29.8%
29) [300p] The Gates of November - Chaim Potok (25-30 Apr) »» 9230/30000 = 30.8%
30) [305p] The Hacker and the Ants - Rudy Rucker (1-4 May)
31) [310p] Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (5-8 May) »» 9540/30000 = 31.8%
32) [480p] Year's Best SF (#1 - 95/96) (9-25 May) »» 10020/30000 = 33.4%
33) [120p] Maurice, Or, The Fisher's Cot - Mary Shelley (26 May) »» 10140/30000 = 33.8%
34) [250p] Mister B. Gone - Clive Barker (26-27 May) »» 10390/30000 = 34.6%
35) [415p] The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon (29 May-2 Jun)
36) [287p] HMS Ulysses - Alistair MacLean (14-15 Jul)
37) [190p] Morality Play - Barry Unsworth (15-18 Jul)
38) [320p] Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Sojourner Truth (23 Jul-7 Aug)
39) [330p] Killing Rommel - Steven Pressfield (8-10 Aug)
40) [475p] The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories (16 Aug-10 Sept)
41) [455p] Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko (11-13 Sept)
42) [455p] Day Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko (13-15 Sept)
43) [405p] Twilight Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko (16-17 Sept)
44) [370p] Last Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko (17-18 Sept)
45) [265p] China Trade - S. J. Rozan (19-20 Sept)
46) [400p] Attack on the Queen - Richard P. Henrick (20-26 Sept)
47) [235p] The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (6-7 Oct)
48) [205p] Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon (15-16 Oct)
49) [220p] Goodbye, Columbus - Philip Roth (18-22 Oct)
50) [080p] Adrift on the Sea of Rains - Ian Sales (26 Oct)
51) [210p] The Body Snatchers - Jack Finney (29-30 Oct)
52) [490p] Dead Souls - Nicolai Gogol (26 Feb-15 Nov)
53) [425p] The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi (16-18 Nov)
54) [190p] Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (6-9 Dec)
55) [290p] Concourse - S. J. Rozan (16-18 Dec)
56) [290p] Mandarin Plaid - S. J. Rozan (18-19 Dec)
57) [245p] Blood Memories - Barb Hendee (20 Dec)
58) [320p] Red Dragon - Thomas Harris (22-25 Dec)
59) [405p] Book of Renfield - Tim Lucas (26-30 Dec)
Comics & Graphic Novels01) [190p] Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (#1) - David Petersen (11 Jan)
02) [088p] The Amazon - Steven T. Seagle (Author), Tim Sale (Illustrator) (14 Jan)
03) [096p] Zombie Cop - Jeff Mariotte (Author), Szymon Kudranski (Illustrator) (16 Jan)
04) [224p] BioGraphic Novel: The 14th Dalai Lama - Tetsu Saiwai (17 Jan)
05) [142p] The Unwritten, Vol. 1 - Mike Carey (Author), Peter Gross (Illustrator) (18-19 Jan)
06) [165p] The Unwritten, Vol. 2 - Mike Carey (Author), Peter Gross (Illustrator) (21-22 Jan)
07) [280p] V For Vendetta - Alan Moore (Author), David Lloyd (Illustrator) (22 Jan)
08) [190p] Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (#2) - David Petersen (28 Jan)
09) [160p] Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story - Mat Johnson (Author), Simon Gane (Illustrator) (8 Feb)
10) [140p] Big Book of Horror - Steve Niles (Author), Ted McKeever, Scott Morse, Richard Sala (Painters) (25 Feb)
11) [105p] Alan Moore's A Small Killing - Alan Moore, Oscar Zárate (26 Feb)
12) [240p] Preludes and Nocturnes (The Sandman #1; issues 1-7) - Neil Gaiman (Author), Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III (Illustrators) (11 Mar)
13) [130p] DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) (6 Apr)
14) [100p] The Jew of New York - Ben Katchor (10-14 Apr)
15) [265p] Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 (Fabletown/Animal Farm) - Bill Willingham;; Lan Medina, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Craig Hamilton (Illustrators) (16-17 Apr)
16) [240p] The Doll's House (The Sandman #2) - Neil Gaiman;; Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse (Illustrators) (18 Apr)
17) [120p] Dream Country (The Sandman #3) - Neil Gaiman;; Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, Malcolm Jones III, Kelly Jones (Illustrators) (26 Apr)
18) [225p] Season of Mists (The Sandman #4) - Neil Gaiman;; Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, P. Craig Russell (Illustrators) (26-27 Apr)
19) [265p] Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2 (Storybook Love) - Bill Willingham;; Lan Medina, Craig Hamilton, Bryan Talbot, Linda Medley, Steve Leialoha, P. Craig Russell (Illustrators) (8 May)
20) [160p] The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock - Mike Carey, Peter Gross (Illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Cover Artist) (13-15 May)
21) [190p] A Game of You (The Sandman #5) - Neil Gaiman;; Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Bryan Talbot, George Pratt, Stan Woch, Dick Giordano (Illustrators) (16 May)
22) [265p] Fables and Reflections (The Sandman #6) - Neil Gaiman;; Bryan Talbot, Stan Woch, P. Craig Russell, Shawn McManus, John Watkiss, Jill Thompson, Duncan Eagleson, Kent Williams (Illustrators) (17 May)
23) [255p] Brief Lives (The Sandman #7) - Neil Gaiman;; Jill Thompson, Vince Locke (Illustrators) (18 May)
24) [240p] Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Craig Hamilton, Steve Leialoha, P. Craig Russell (Illustrators) (20 May)
25) [165p] Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Tony Akins, Jimmy Palmiotti (Illustrators) (20 May)
26) [190p] Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, David Hahn, Steve Leialoha (Illustrators) (20 May)
27) [145p] Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Jim Fern (Pencils); Steve Leialoha, Jimmy Palmiotti, Andrew Pepoy (Inks) (20 May)
28) [160p] Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Shawn McManus, Andrew Pepoy (Illustrators) (21 May)
29) [145p] Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall - Bill Willingham;; Esao Andrews, John Bolton, Mark Buckingham, James Jean, Derek Kirk Kim, Jill Thompson, Mark Wheatley, Charles Vess, Michael W. Kaluta, Tara McPherson (Illustrators) (21 May)
30) [200p] Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy, Gene Ha, Joshua Middleton, Inaki Miranda, Michael Allred (Illustrators) (1 Jun)
31) [105p] The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects - Mike Mignola (2 Jun)
32) [070p] King #1 - Ho Che Anderson (2 Jun)
33) [170p] DMZ, Vol. 2: Body of a Journalist - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) (2-3 Jun)
34) [170p] Worlds' End (The Sandman #8) - Neil Gaiman;; Michael Allred, Gary Amaro, Mark Buckingham, Dick Giordano, Tony Harris, Steve Leialoha, Vince Locke, Shea Anton Pensa, Alec Stevens, Bryan Talbot, John Watkiss, Michael Zulli (Illustrators) (3 Jun)
35) [350p] The Kindly Ones (The Sandman #9) - Neil Gaiman;; Mark Hempel, Richard Case, D'Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston, Keven Nowlan (Illustrators) (4-5 Jun)
36) [190p] The Wake (The Sandman #10) - Neil Gaiman;; Michael Zulli, Jon J. Muth, Charles Vess (Illustrators) (6 Jun)
37) [185p] Coraline - P. Craig Russell (Adaptor/Illustrator), Neil Gaiman (7 Jun)
38) [240p] Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Aaron Alexovich, Andrew Pepoy (Illustrators) (12 Jun)
39) [190p] Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, Andrew Pepoy (Illustrators) (14 Jun)
40) [130p] DMZ, Vol. 3: Public Works - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) (22 Jun)
41) [130p] DMZ, Vol. 4: Friendly Fire - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) (22 Jun)
42) [095p] Signal to Noise - Neil Gaiman (Author), Dave McKean (Illustrator) (11 Jul)
43) [145p] Klezmer, Book One: Tales of the Wild East - Joann Sfar, Alexis Siegel (Translator) (15 Jul)
44) [145p] DMZ, Vol. 5: The Hidden War - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) (10 Aug)
45) [215p] The Mice Templar, Vol. 1: The Prophecy - Bryan J.L. Glass, Michael Avon Oeming (11 Aug)
46) [140p] The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 - Thomas Ott (21 Aug)
47) [175p] Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages - Bill Willingham;; Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn (Illustrators) (25 Aug)
48) [110p] The Piper (Grimm Fairy Tales) - Mike Kalvoda, Axel Machain, Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco, (Illustrators) (25 Aug)
49) [155p] Ted McKeever Library Book 1: Transit - Ted McKeever (2 Sept)
50) [455p] Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 - Linda Medley (2-9 Sept)
51) [145p] DMZ, Vol. 6: Blood in the Game - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli (Illustrator) (10 Sept)
52) [145p] Baltimore, Vol 1: The Plague Ships - Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden (Authors), Ben Stenbeck (Illustrator) (10 Sept)
53) [375p] Castle Waiting, Vol. 2 - Linda Medley (11 Sept)
54) [140p] Cuba: My Revolution - Inverna Lockpez (18 Sept)
55) [205p] Nat Turner - Kyle Baker (29 Sept)
56) [215p] The Ticking - Renée French (1-3 Oct)
57) [145p] Global Frequency, Vol 1: Planet Ablaze - Warren Ellis;; Steve Dillon, Glenn Fabry, Garry Leach, David Lloyd, Roy A. Martinez, Jon J Muth, Liam Sharp (Illustrators) (16-17 Oct)
58) [140p] Unknown Soldier Vol. 1: Haunted House - Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli (Illustrator) (17-18 Oct)
59) [230p] Fables: Great Fables Crossover - Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges;; Mark Buckingham, Tony Akins, Andrew Pepoy, José Jr. Marzán, Dan Green (Illustrators) (11-12 Nov)
60) [065p] There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story - Gary Larson (15 Nov)
61) [165p] DMZ, Vol. 07: War Powers - Brian Wood (Author), Riccardo Burchielli, Kristian Donaldson, Nikki Cook (Illustrators) (15 Nov)
62) [200p] Unknown Soldier Vol. 2: Easy Kill - Joshua Dysart (Author), Alberto Ponticelli, Pat Masioni (Illustrators)(2-3 Dec)
63) [290p] Palestine - Joe Sacco (10-11 Dec)
64) [145p] Dante's Inferno - Christos Gage, Diego Latorre (Artist) (11-12 Dec)
65) [110p] De: Tales - Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá (14 Dec)
66) [130p] Hellboy, Vol 1: Seed of Destruction - Mike Mignola (Story & Illustration), John Byrne (Script) (14 Dec)
67) [180p] Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites by Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson (Illustrator) (19 Dec)
68) [130p] Y: The Last Man, Vol 1: Unmanned - Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Jr. Marzán, Clem Robins, Pam Rambo (30 Dec)
69) [130p] Y: The Last Man, Vol 2: Cycles - Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Jr. Marzán, Clem Robins, Pamela Rambo (30 Dec)
70) [95p] The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch - Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illustrator) (30-31 Dec)
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