Well, I'm happy to report that I achieved my resolution for 2012. I read more books during 2012 than I did in 2011. I needed to read 29 books, and I finished 35! It wasn't too hard... and I actually should have read much much more. 2012 was a year with plenty of down time. To be fair, I spent the vast majority of the year in places not very conducive to reading. The book selection in UAE is somewhat lacking (unless you love Pablo Coelho), and book prices in Australia are quite high.
Despite succeeding in my resolution, this place is still pretty sleepy. Maybe that's just the way it's going to be.
Here are my books for the year:
1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (304)
2. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (324)
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs (352)
4. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (397)
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (328)
6. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (304)
7. Freedom by Johnathan Franzen (708)
8. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (560)
9. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (352)
10. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel (210)
11. Bit of a Blur by Alex James (274)
12. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (231)
13. The Understudy by David Nicholls (404)
14. Bossypants by Tina Fey (274)
15. The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker (274)
16. Submarine by Joe Dunthorne (309)
17. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (374)
18. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (391)
19. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (390)
20. Then Again by Diane Keaton (256)
21. Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods (264)
22. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (240)
23. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson (331)
24. The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (599)
23. A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs (272)
24. Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester (198)
25. Breakfast at Tiffany's and other stories by Truman Capote (160)
26. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (368)
27. How to Be Good by Nick Hornby (305)
28. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (384)
29. The Different World of Fin Starling by Elizabeth Stead (313)
30. The Water Underneath by Kate Lyons (284)
31. The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson (259)
32. Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (307)
33. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (352)
34. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume (399)
35. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (279)
I finished my first book of 2013 today, so it looks like I'm off to a good start!
Despite succeeding in my resolution, this place is still pretty sleepy. Maybe that's just the way it's going to be.
Here are my books for the year:
1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (304)
2. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (324)
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs (352)
4. Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (397)
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (328)
6. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea (304)
7. Freedom by Johnathan Franzen (708)
8. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (560)
9. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (352)
10. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel (210)
11. Bit of a Blur by Alex James (274)
12. Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (231)
13. The Understudy by David Nicholls (404)
14. Bossypants by Tina Fey (274)
15. The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker (274)
16. Submarine by Joe Dunthorne (309)
17. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (374)
18. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (391)
19. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (390)
20. Then Again by Diane Keaton (256)
21. Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods (264)
22. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (240)
23. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson (331)
24. The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (599)
23. A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs (272)
24. Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester (198)
25. Breakfast at Tiffany's and other stories by Truman Capote (160)
26. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (368)
27. How to Be Good by Nick Hornby (305)
28. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (384)
29. The Different World of Fin Starling by Elizabeth Stead (313)
30. The Water Underneath by Kate Lyons (284)
31. The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson (259)
32. Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (307)
33. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (352)
34. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume (399)
35. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (279)
I finished my first book of 2013 today, so it looks like I'm off to a good start!
