Okay, I didn’t quite make it, but 41 books is still good. On to my goal for 2013. 5 months ago

41. Charlie Bone and the Red Knight – Jenny Nimmo
42. Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne
43. Collected Sonnets – Edna St. Vincent-Millay
44. The Sweet Far Thing – Libba Bray
45. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
46. Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris
47. Americana: And Other Poems – John Updike
48. Quicksand- Nella Larsen
49. A Breifer History of Time – Stephen Hawking
50. Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories – James Thomas ed.

Finished the last at 7PM December 31. Hurray! 5 months ago

50. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Done! And just in time! 5 months ago

I unfortunately didn’t quite finish this goal. I didn’t see that option though? 5 months ago

Finished:
Pigeon by Karen Solie

Started:
The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace
Le Petit Prince 5 months ago

Fun cozy set in a small North Carolina town. Really enjoyed the characters.

Finished: December 28, 2012 5 months ago

“Three years ago, when my son was still in college and my daughter lived across the Bay, my wife packed her car with her clothes and things, discussed with me her reasons for taking half the savings and, after a farewell which I cannot recall verbatim, she left…”

When a retired schoolteacher in his sunset years gets his first glimpse at the failures in his life, he cracks a window open to everything, and everyone, outsid

Good quick read. I enjoyed it, but found myself wanting to know more 5 months ago

At Thanksgiving and then immediately after I read and reread the entire Girl Genius series thus far – even got out the actual comics for the beginning.
Still super good. 5 months ago

Finished: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow 5 months ago

Reread all the anthologies and then read the Cul de Sac Against Parkinson’s tribute.

I can’t believe it’s over. Such a great strip and so many unresolved questions. 5 months ago

Aah! So good, so very very good.

Ostensibly a mystery though really that’s the third level of story, such writing, such a character. See! It’s not that I can’t read stories that are filled with unbearable sadness, I just prefer the sadness to be spilled from the story – not shot at me with a hose.
Oh, the fucking TRAGEDY of WWI.

What books should be. Immerses you in a world and makes you think and feel but doesn’t manipulate you or insult your intelligence. It’s all I can do not to go and buy all of them and read them all right now since I read this book in 4 hours straight. 5 months ago

You know, if I just read all the books I have half finished by the bed I’d finish this goal by the new year. Here’s the first one I’ve been poking at all year as I got it from my mil for my birthday.

Very interesting and useful reference guide to all things Regency – including fully explaining the Regency. Well written and clear. I learned some stuff! 5 months ago

November 2012 – 2 books

74. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain – Finished November 17, 2012.

75 Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe – Finished November 17, 2012.

Total read for the Year 2012: 75 books

Total books to Finish the goal: 0 books

Estimated Date of Goal Completion: Finished on June 18, 20125 months ago

October 2012 – 1 books

73. Outbreak by Robin Cook – Finished October 24, 2012

Total read for the Year 2012: 73 books

Total books to Finish the goal: 0 books

Estimated Date of Goal Completion: Finished on June 18, 20125 months ago

September 2012 – 5 books

68. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald -Finished September 7, 2012.

69. A Princess of Mars (Barsoom #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs – Finished September 10, 2012.

70. The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford– Finished September 20, 2012

71. Gumpisms: Wit & Wisdom of Forrest Gump by Winston Groom – Finished September 24, 2012.

72. Sky Rider by Nancy Springer – Finished September 30, 2012

Total read for the Year 2012: 72 books

Total books to Finish the goal: 0 books

Estimated Date of Goal Completion: Finished on June 18, 20125 months ago