January

1/1/2012 The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney
1/1/2012 The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Ranch Wife byRee Drummond
1/2/2012 released by Susan Wingate
1/2/2012 Feed by Jerry McKinney
1/4/2012 Shadows of the Past byT.L. Lawrence
1/4/2012 Water for Elephants bySara Gruen
1/5/2012 The Seer of Shadows by Avi
1/7/2012 Neodruids: Volume One by Lark LaTroy
1/11/2012 The Stranger You Seek byAmanda Kyle Williams
1/11/2012 In Extremis byJerry McKinney
1/11/2012 Tock by Jerry McKinney
1/14/2012 Dragon Night by Stephanie Campbell
1/15/2012 Lie Canthropy by Jerry McKinney
1/16/2012 The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
1/20/2012 The Why Cafe by John P. Strelecky
1/21/2012 Blood Vines by Erica Spindler
1/22/2012 Teeth And Talons, A Horror Anthology bySamantha Combs
1/24/2012 Something Stirs by Thomas Smith
1/24/2012 Tears of Love by Jerry McKinney
1/26/2012 A Call from the Dark by Adam Deverell
1/27/2012 The Journey of Natty Gann by Ann Matthews
2/1/2012 Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
2/4/2012 Sleep No More by Greg Iles
2/4/2012 Abe by Jerry McKinney
2/8/2012 Born To Die by Lisa Jackson
2/11/2012 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
2/14/2012 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
2/15/2012 Be Mine by Sharon Kleve
2/15/2012 Christmas Spirit by Jerry McKinney
2/19/2912 The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
2/23/2012 The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
2/25/2012 A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
2/26/2012 The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone
2/29/2012 Takeover by Lisa Black
3/2/2012 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
3/3/2012 Casting Stones by G.M. Barlean
3/6/2012 Waiting to Forget by Sheila Kelly Welch
3/8/2012 Evidence of Murder byLisa Black
3/8/2012 The Emerald City by J.A. Beard
3/9/2012Defensive Wounds by Lisa Black
3/10/2012 The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
3/14/2012 Trail Of Blood by Lisa Black
3/19/2012 Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
3/31/2012 These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
3/31/2012 A Soft Place to Land by Susan Rebecca White
3/31/2012 The Dispatcherby Ryan David Jahn
4/4/2012Goliath by Susan Woodring
4/10/2012 Shelter by Frances Greenslade
4/15/2012 Going in Circles by Pamela Ribon
4/18/2012 Domers by David Couzins
4/22/2012 Pandora's Key byNancy Richardson Fischer
4/23/2012 Shades of Grey by Michael Cargill
4/25/2012 Paying the Piper by Simon Wood
4/29/2012 Dragged Into Darkness by Simon Wood
5/2/2012 Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew byJim Higley
5/3/2012 Scary Mary byS.A. Hunter
5/4/2012 Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day by Ben Loory
5/6/2012 The Zookeeper's Wife byDiane Ackerman
5/7/2012 Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
5/7/2012 Girl, Stolen byApril Henry
5/9/2012 The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
5/12/2012 The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
5/16/2012 All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
5/22/2012 Jaguar Sun by Martha Bourke

Yearly Challenges:

Every 3rd book read has to be book I have "on hand"

Every 4th book read has to be a Nook book I already have downloaded.

Read at least 80 books by year end - at least.

Expand into different genres- fantasy, western, historical, etc.

2012 Goal: Fill in the slots with book titles or authors names that begin with:


S-Something Stirs by Thomas Smith
A- A Call from the Dark by Adam Deverell
N- book:The Night Circus|9361589] by Erin Morgenstern
D-Dragon Night by Stephanie Campbell
Y- The Why Cafe by John P. Strelecky

S- Sleep No More by Greg Iles
T- Tock by Jerry McKinney
E- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
C- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
K- The Kitchen House byKathleen Grissom
L-
E- Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black
R- Pamela Ribon book Going in Circles

New Authors - 12 for the year

1- Erica Spindler in Blood Vines
2. Erin Morgenstern in The Night Circus
3. Jonathan Safran Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
4. Margot Livesey in The Flight of Gemma Hardy
5. Susan Woodring in Goliath
6. Ben Loory in Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
7. Cheryl Rainfield in Scars
8. Nancy Werlin in The Rules of Survival

Finished Nook books in 2012

In Extremis
Something Stirs
Dragon Night
released
Tears of Love
Feed
Lie Canthropy
The Story Sisters
Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew
Scary Mary

Genre's for 2012

1. Cookbook The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Ranch Wife by Ree Drummond
2. Fiction Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
3. Game related s.f. Dragon Night by Stephanie Campbell
4. YA A Call From the Dark by Adam Deverell
5. Horror Feed by Jerry McKinney
6. Biography memoir A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
7. Historical fiction adult - The Kitchen House
8. Forensic crime- Defensive Wounds
9. Paranormal romance- Be Mine
10. Dark Fantasy- Primal Thirst
11. Hauntings Fantasy - Christmas Spirit
12. Historical Fantasy - The Seer of Shadows
13. Quiet horror Teeth And Talons, A Horror Anthology
14. Splatter horror - Death Bonds
15. Supernatural menace horror- Something Stirs
16. Zombie horror - In Extremis
17. Action thriller - Shadows of the Past
18. Erotic thriller - Sleep No More
19. Historical thriller - Child 44
20. Psychological thriller - Never Knowing
21. Romantic thriller - Blood Vines
22. Technological S.F. - The Future of Us
23. Alternate history s.f. - 11/22/63
24. Children's fantasy s.f.-The Sixty-Eight Rooms
25. Self help -The Why Cafe
26. Magical s.f.- The Night Circus
27. Romance s.f. - Ghostly
28. Superheroes s.f. -Neodruids
29. Young adults s.f. -The Emerald City
30. Romantic crime- Born To Die
31. Realistic fiction YA- Waiting to Forget, Carry Me Down
32. Realistic fiction - Casting Stones
33. Historical fiction YA - Journey of Natty Gann
34. Forensic Crime - Trail Of Blood
35. Crime Thriller- The Dispatcher
36. Dystopian- Domers
37. Weird Tales Horro- Dragged Into Darkness
38. Young Adult Horror- Scary Mary

March Challenges:

1. Small Press Month-Read a book published by a small publisher. Waiting to Forget

April Challenges:

1. Tax Day-Read a book where one of the authors initials is I,R or S. Simon Wood book Dragged Into Darkness