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This was my best reading year yet in terms of meeting my reading goals. Actually, it might have been the first year I actively set reading goals.
- Total number of books read: 50.
- Fiction books: 46.
- Nonfiction books: 4.
- YA books: 8.
- Audio books: 3.
- Kindle books: 14.
- DailyLit books: 2.
- Books reread: 2.
I recently posted my list of favorite books, but here is a quick list:
- Revolution, Jennifer Donnelly
- Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
- On Writing, Stephen King
- The Songcatcher, Sharyn McCrumb
- The Paris Wife, Paula McLain
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
- The Secret History, Donna Tartt
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
- Passion, Jude Morgan
- The Kitchen Daughter, Jael McHenry
Least favorite books of 2011 (no one-star books this year!):
- The Dream of Perpetual Motion, Dexter Palmer
- Adam & Eve, Sena Jeter Naslund
Favorite book meme of the year: Top Ten Tuesdays.
Favorite reading challenge: The R.I.P. Challenge. Again.
Just a couple of days ago, I posted a list of my favorite blog posts for this year.
My Where Are You Reading 2011 reading challenge map (you can open it up and look all over):
View 2011 Where Are You Reading Challenge in a larger map
Yay for meeting your reading goals. I love your list and will have to come back and revisit it.
Wishing you a wonderful 2012 filled with 5 star reads!
You too, Jenners!
I participated in your challenge to read six books I should have read in school but didn't and thoroughly enjoyed doing so. I read several books that we make kids read at our school: A Brave New World; Lord of the Flies; and Beloved. I also read three books that almost everyone my age read when they were in school or right after: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Phantom Tollbooth; and The Bell Jar. Thanks for making be read these books by encouraging me by setting up this challenge.
That's great, Anne! I'm glad. I still need to read Hitchhiker's Guide, and I've never read The Phantom Tollbooth or The Bell Jar. Hope you enjoyed them.