Thursday, November 3, 2011

2012 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge

2012 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge OK, I'm fast becoming a reading challenge addict. The object of the Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge (hosted by The Book Vixen) is simply to read more books in a year than you did the year before.

2011 was my first year out of university, so the number of books I read skyrocketed from the year before. I'm hoping I can continue that trend and bump it up even higher for 2012. I'll be going for the level Out of Breath, which aims for 6 to 10 more books than the year before.

At the end of the year I'll update this post with the number of books I read in 2011, at which point I can set my goal for 2012. Then I'll maintain a list of the books I read here, so it'll be easy to see my progress.

Update: I read 72 books in 2011! I can't believe it! Therefore, I'll set 78 books as my goal for 2012. Wish me luck!

Books read so far in 2012:
  1. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
  2. The Grimoire Chronicles: Veil Between Worlds by Sally Dubats
  3. Steam-Powered 2: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft
  4. Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
  5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
  6. Caught in Crystal by Patricia C. Wrede
  7. The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
  8. The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose
  9. MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche
  10. The Hollow Tree by Janet Lunn
  11. Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
  12. The Whipping Club by Deborah Henry
  13. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
  14. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
  15. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  16. John Dies at the End by David Wong
  17. Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by R.L. LaFevers
  18. The Twits by Roald Dahl
  19. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  20. Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke
  21. Risen (The Dark Victorian #1) by Elizabeth Watasin
  22. Charmed Season 9 Volume 1 by Paul Ruditis
  23. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
  24. The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa
  25. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
  26. Jesus on Mars by Philip José Farmer
  27. Running in Bed by Jeffrey Sharlach
  28. The Mummy by Anne Rice
  29. Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides by Ariel Meadow Stallings
  30. The Invasion (Animorphs #1) by K.A. Applegate
  31. Final Crossing by Carter Wilson
  32. The Visitor (Animorphs #2) by K.A. Applegate
  33. The Marrying Kind by Ken O'Neill
  34. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  35. Xoc by Matt Dembicki
  36. The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
  37. Auraria by Tim Westover
  38. The Encounter (Animorphs #3) by K.A. Applegate
  39. A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager
  40. A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager
  41. What I Didn't Say by Keary Taylor
  42. Sabrina the Teenage Witch #14: Spying Eyes by Nancy Holder
  43. Lucretia and the Kroons by Victor LaValle
  44. The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
  45. The Enchanted Truth by Kym Petrie
  46. Quarantine by John Smolens
  47. You are Microscopic (Choose Your Own Adventure #130) by Edward Packard
  48. The Infects by Sean Beaudoin
  49. Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
  50. Dream Magic: Awakenings by Dawn Harshaw
  51. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  52. Claws by Will Weaver
  53. The Message (Animorphs #4) by K.A. Applegate
  54. Carrie by Stephen King
  55. Change the World Before Bedtime by Mark Kimball Moulton, Josh Chalmers, and Karen Good
  56. Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon
  57. The Hermitage House Miracle by Malcolm Ater
  58. The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll
  59. The Predator (Animorphs #5) by K.A. Applegate
  60. Killer Virus (Choose Your Own Adventure #177) by R.A. Montgomery
  61. Zombie Surf Commandos from Mars by Tony Abbott
  62. The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
  63. The Capture (Animorphs #6) by K.A. Applegate
  64. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  65. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  66. Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories by Zack Whedon
  67. The Stranger (Animorphs #7) by K.A. Applegate
  68. Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler 
  69. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
  70. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  71. Uglies: Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld 
  72. The Andalite's Gift (Megamorphs #1) by K.A. Applegate
  73. Cat or Dog for President by Julia Dweck 
  74. We're All Different but We're All Kitty Cats: First Day of School by Peter J. Goodman
  75. Skin Again by bell hooks 
  76. The Mine by John A. Heldt
  77. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 
  78. "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" (All the Wrong Questions #1) by Lemony Snicket
  79. Twelve Months by Steven Manchester
  80. Shifted Perspective by J. Bridger
  81. S is for Space by Ray Bradbury 
  82. North Pole High: Rebel Without a Claus by Candace Jane Kringle
  83. The Tree With No Branches by Johnny Knew 
  84. The Alien (Animorphs #8) by K.A. Applegate 
  85. Fog by Caroline B. Cooney
  86. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Vol. 1, adapted by Denise Mina 
  87. The Journey by John A. Heldt
  88. Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom 
  89. The Living Room by Bill Rolfe
  90. Dented Cans by Heather Walsh

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for participating. Good luck and I hope you reach your goal!

    Happy reading :)

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