2012 is over

2012 is over.

I am looking back at a great reading year. I have never before taken part in reading challenges or even kept a count of the books I have read. I have really liked doing both.

I have taken part in 24 Reading Challenges of these I have completed 22 challenges.

The two challenges I failed to complete were Where Are You Reading Challenge, and Six Degrees of Separation Challenge.

Where Are You Reading Challenge was about reading from the 50 States in the US. Unfortunately I found that very difficult and I read a lot from Britain but just not enough from the States so I gave up.
Six Degrees of Separation Challenge was about going from one author to the next from author reviews in the books. I didn't feel that all reviews had transferred from the physical book to the e-book and it was too much work.
These two challenges I will not try  again.

The other 22 challenges I have enjoyed and I will be taking part in several of them again in 2013 plus some new ones.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

December 2012 Update

I have read as much as expected this month. I had to read a few books in order to finish off my 2012 reading challenges and then a lot of Christmas books for Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge 2012 hosted by Michelle @ The True Book Addict. I have read 19 books / short stories this month.

This is the list of my reads this month.

1. Christmas Eve at Swamp's End by Norman Duncan
2. The Christmas Bake-Off by Abby Clements 
3. Snowed Under by Jude Ryan 
4. Old Man's War by John Scalzi 
5. One Imperfect Christmas by Myra Johnson
6. Destiny by Susan Leigh Noble
7. Cold Days by Jim Butcher 
8. The Search by Susan Leigh Noble
9. Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
10. Bah, Humbug! A Romantic Comedy Novella by Heather
11. Embers of the Raven: a Christmas Story from Greenland by Chris Paton 
12. The Christmas Angel by Abbie Farwell Brown 
13. A Little Book For Christmas by Cyrus Townsend Brady 
14. Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley
15. 'Tis the Season by China Miéville
16. Falling for Christmas by Debbie Macomber
17. Santa Maybe by Scarlett Bailey 
18. A Simple Amish Christmas by Vannetta Chapman 
19. Ravenmind: a Christmas Story from Greenland by Chris Paton

November 2012 Update

November has been a good reading month for me. I have been choosing books in order to finish some of my 2012 reading challenges. This month I took part in Thankfully Reading Weekend 2012 hosted by Jenn over at jennsbookshelves.
I have finished 13 books this month and I am getting close to finishing most of my challenges.

This is the list of my reading this month:

1. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson  
2. No Hand to Hold & No Legs to Dance on: A Thalidomide Survivor's Story by Louise Medus 
3. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild  
4. Foretold by Jana Oliver
5. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
6. Ægteskab for Amatører (The Amateur Marriage) by Anne Tyler
7. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 
8. Delirium by Lauren Oliver 
9. Zoo City by Lauren Beukes 
10. Y by Bonnie Rozanski
11. Changes by Jim Butcher
12. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 
13. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

All my posts from November are HERE

October 2012 Update

This has been a great reading month. I have read 19 books, quite a jump from last month where I only read 5. The main reason for reading all these books has been that I have taken part in no less than 3 Read-a-Thons and 1 month long Reading Challenge.
So thank you to Michelle @ The True Book Addict for FrightFall Read-a-Thon and Season of the Witch Reading Challenge.
Also thank you to all the great hosts at Dewey's Read-a-Thon. This was my third Dewey's Read-a-Thon and I hope to keep taking part in these.
Last but not least thank you to Alexa and Bianca for hosting 22 on 22 Read-a-Thon celebrating Bianca's birthday.

This is the list of what I read this month:

1. Øjne i Mørket (The Eyes of Darkness) by Dean Koontz
2. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher 
3. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker 
4. I am Legend by Richard Matheson 
5. Åndesøstre (Haunted Sister) by Lael Littke  
6. Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
7. Forgiven by Jana Oliver 
8. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
9. White Night by Jim Butcher 
10. Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle 
11. A Modern Witch by Debora Geary 
12. A Hidden Witch by Debora Geary
13. The Witchlings Midnight Curse by Amanda Turner 
14. Outside In by Maria V. Snyder 
15. A Reckless Witch by Debora Geary
16. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
17. Lonely Souls by Karice Bolton
18. Jewels by Lakisha Spletzer 
19. The Vampire's Warden by S.J. Wright

All my post from October can be found HERE and this month there were lots of posts.

September 2012 Update

Hmm, I thought August was a slow month with only 8 books read. September was even worse!!
I hope October gets a lot better and I think it will as I am taking part in 3 different read-a-thons in October.

I have read only 5 books in September.

1. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
2. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
3. The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
4. Karrusellen by Rosamunde Pilcher
5. The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner

The few posts from September can be found HERE

August 2012 Update

August has been a very busy month for me and I have also been without internet for a while. Over the summer I have moved but I am very lucky and the new flat is brilliant, not to mention the view.
I hope to catch up with my reading and blogging soon.
In August I only read 8 books.

1. Quietus by Susan Leigh Noble
2. Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
3. The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 
5. Secrets by Lynne Barrett-Lee
6. River Marked by Patricia Briggs
7. The Brides Baby by Liz Fielding
8. Witchcraft by Emma Mills

All August posts can be found HERE

July 2012 Update

I didn't read much in the beginning of July but took revenge in the second half of the month while I was on a canoe trip. So I ended up reading 13 books all in all which I am very satisfied with.

1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. Always the Baker Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
4. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
5. Fierce Dawn by Amber Scott
6. Lirael by Garth Nix
7. Abhorsen by Garth Nix
8. Algonquin Voices - Selected Stories of Canoe Lake Women by Gaye I. Clemson
9. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi 
10. Along the Trail in Algonquin Park: With Ralph Bice by Bice Ralph 
11. Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
12. Chalcot Crescent by Fay Weldon 
13. Awakening by Karice Bolton

July posts can be found HERE

June 2012 Update

I have read only 5 books this month. I would have liked to have read more but I am happy I even read 5 as it has been an extremely busy month for me. The 1st of June we found out we were moving and by the 20th of June we had moved out and on our way on holiday before we move somewhere new in August.

1. The Snow People by Marie Herbert
2. The Stars my Destination by Alfred Bester
3. Wedding Tiers by Trisha Ashley
4. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
5. Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell

All June posts are HERE

May 2012 Update

This month I have read 10 books and joined another two reading challenges: The A-Z Book Challenge 2012 and Finishing the Series Reading Challenge 2012.
I am satisfied with the amount of books I read this month.

1. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
2. Northern Lights by Nora Roberts 
3. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman 
4. Chicken Soup for the Soul Love Stories by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Peter Vegso. 
5. Graceling by kristin Cashore 
6. Darkhouse by Karina Halle 
7. Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
8. Dead Running by Cami Checketts
9. The Wandering Valkyl by Dan Wright
10. Divergent by Veronica Roth

All May posts are HERE

April 2012 Update

I have read 16 books and 2 short stories in the month of April. Thanks to the two Read-a-Thon's I have taken part in. Dewey's 24 hour Read-a-Thon where I read 3½ books and Spring Into Horror Read-a-Thon hosted by Michelle at The True Book Addict, that took place over last the week and I read 6 books for this.

1. Sowing Secrets by Trisha Ashley 
2. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 
3. The Ask and The Answer 
4. Restoration of Faith by Jim Butcher (short story) 
5. The New World by Patrick Ness  (short story) 
6. That’s Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters 
7. Neuromancer by William Gibson 
8. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White 
9. The Tar-aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster 
10. Supernaturally by Kiersten White 
11. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 
12. Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley 
13. Cursed by Jeremy C. Shipp 
14. The Howling by Gary Bradner
15. Indigo by Orphelia Keys 
16. Turner by Karl Drinkwater 
17. Ivory by Steven Merrifield 
18. The Green King by Stephanie Parker

 THIS is where all my posts from April is.

March 2012 Update

I have read 13 books in the month of March. Thanks to Magical March Reading Challenge hosted by Roof Beam Reader.
12 of my 13 books read this month fit this challenge, the last would have if it had not been a re-read.

1. A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula Le Guin
2. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
3. Daughter of the Flames by Zoë Marriott
4. Witchblood by Emma Mills 
5. Convergence 2012 by Robert R. Ricks 
6. Fire by Kristin Cashore
7. Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
8. Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
9. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
10. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 
11. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
12. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher 
13. Summoned by Susan Leigh Noble

 THIS is the link to all the books I read in March.

February 2012 Update

This is the list of the 8 books I read in February. Definitely not as many as I would have liked.

1. For Love of Mother - Not by Alan Dean Foster
2. Whisper of a Witch by Suza Kates
3. Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
4. Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder
5. Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder
6. Rose by Martin Cruz Smith
7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. Sojourner by Maria Rachel Hooley

To reach the goal of the 110 books I have set for the year, I have to read  at least 9+ books a month so I fell short this month. Luckily I read a lot last month and I hope to read more than 9 books again in March.
My February books can be found HERE

January 2012 Update

Here is a list of the 17 books I read in January. I ended up reading quite a bit among other things thanks to Michelle, The True Book Addict who hosted A winter's respite Read-a-Thon. I read 7 books in the week that this Read-a-Thon took place.

1. Spellbound by Kelley Armstrong
2. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
3. Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
4. The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
5. Enders's Game by Orson Scott Card
6. Sabriel by Garth Nix
7. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
8. Hidden by Kelley Armstrong
9. Trader by Charles de Lint
10. LightMasters: Number 13 by M.G. Wells
11. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
12. Sojourn by Jana Oliver
13. Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
14. The Penal Colony by Richard Herley
15. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
16. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
17. Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey

These books were a great start to all my challenges for this year. And my opinion of these books can be found HERE