What Did I Read In 2012?
January
(1) Wait for Me!: Memoirs by Deborah Devonshire [2010] Autobiography - Really liked it
(2) The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan [2011] Children’s Fantasy - It was okay
(3) Bitten (Women of the Otherworld #1) by Kelley Armstrong [2001] Rural Fantasy - It was okay
February
(4) The Inferior by Peadar Ó Guilín [2008] Young Adult Science Fiction - Liked it
(5) Shadow Heir (Dark Swan #4) by Richelle Mead [2011] Rural Fantasy - It was okay
(6) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline [2011] Science Fiction - Liked it
(7) Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor [2011] Young Adult Fantasy - It was okay
March
(8) Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly #2) by Charlaine Harris [2006] Paranormal Mystery - Liked it
(9) Grave Secret (Harper Connelly #4) by Charlaine Harris [2009] Paranormal Mystery - Liked it
(10) When Maidens Mourn (Sebastian St. Cyr #7) by C.S. Harris [2012] Historical Mystery - Really liked it
(11) Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #2) by Charlaine Harris [2002] Rural Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
(12) Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) by Charlaine Harris [2003] Rural/Urban Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
(13) Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse #4) by Charlaine Harris [2004] Rural Fantasy - Reread - Really liked it
(14) Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) by Charlaine Harris [2005] Rural Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
April
(15) Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #6) by Charlaine Harris [2006] Rural/Urban Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
(16) All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7) by Charlaine Harris [2007] Rural/Urban Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
(17) From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8) by Charlaine Harris [2008] Rural Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
(18) Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9) by Charlaine Harris [2009] Rural Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
(19) Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10) by Charlaine Harris [2010] Rural Fantasy - Reread - Liked it
May
(20) Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse #12) by Charlaine Harris [2012] Rural Fantasy - It was okay
(21) The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton [1913] Fiction - Reread - Loved it
(22) Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee [2011] Young Adult Paranormal - It was okay
(23) Rivers of London (Peter Grant #1) by Ben Aaronovitch [2011] Urban Fantasy - Liked it
(24) The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1) by Kelley Armstrong [2011] Young Adult Paranormal - It was okay
(25) Isle of Night (The Watchers #1) by Veronica Wolff [2011] Young Adult Paranormal - HATED IT!!!!!!!!!!
June
(26) Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson [2008] Autobiography / Landscape - Liked it
(27) Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires #1) by Rachel Caine [2006] Young Adult Paranormal - Hated it
(28) The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan [2012] Young Adult Fantasy - Liked it
(29)(30) Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo [2012] Young Adult Fantasy - Original read and reread - Really really really liked it A LOT!
July
(31) The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass [2012] Young Adult Fiction - It was okay and not as horrible as I expected
(32) Ingo (Ingo #1) by Helen Dunmore [2005] Children’s Fantasy - Liked it
(33) Seaward by Susan Cooper [1983] Children’s Fantasy - Liked it
(34) Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl #1) by Cecily von Ziegesar [2002] Young Adult Fiction - Pretty horrible
August
(35) Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh [1944] Fiction - Reread - One of my all time favorite novels, I absolutely adore it
(36) A College of Magics (A College of Magics #1) by Caroline Stevermer [1994] Young Adult Fantasy - Liked it
(37) City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare [2007] Young Adult Fantasy - Did not like it
(38) A Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics #2) by Caroline Stevermer [2004] Young Adult Fantasy - It was okay
September
(39) Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth [2011] Young Adult Science Fiction - Liked it
(40) Insurgent (Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth [2012] Young Adult Science Fiction - It was okay
(41) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky [1999] Young Adult Contemporary - Liked it
(42) Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1) by Melissa Marr [2007] Young Adult Fantasy - It was okay
(43) Fallen (Fallen #1) by Lauren Kate [2009] Young Adult Paranormal - Did not like it
(44) Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely #2) by Melissa Marr [2008] Young Adult Fantasy - Liked it
(45) Frankenstein by Rick Walton [2012] Children’s Picture Book - It was cute
(46)(47) The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater [2012] Young Adult Fantasy - Original read and reread - Really really really liked it A LOT!
October
(48) Rules of Civility by Amor Towles [2011] Historical Fiction - Really liked it
(49) The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling [2012] Contemporary Fiction - Really liked it
(50) Darkfever (Fever #1) by Karen Marie Moning [2006] Urban Fantasy - Reread - Really liked it
(51) Bloodfever (Fever #2) by Karen Marie Moning [2007] Urban Fantasy - Reread - Really liked it
(52) Faefever (Fever #3) by Karen Marie Moning [2008] Urban Fantasy - Reread - Really liked it
(53) Dreamfever (Fever #4) by Karen Marie Moning [2009] Urban Fantasy - Reread - Really liked it
(54) Iced (Dani O'Malley #1) by Karen Marie Moning [2012] Urban Fantasy - HATED IT
(55) Shadowfever (Fever #5) by Karen Marie Moning [2011] Urban Fantasy - Reread - Loved it
November
(56) The Diviners (The Diviners #1) by Libba Bray [2012] Historical Fiction Paranormal - It was okay
(57) Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) by Maggie Stiefvater [2009] Young Adult Paranormal - It was okay
(58) The Secret Country (The Secret Country #1) by Pamela Dean [1985] Children’s Fantasy - Hated it
(59) I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño [1965] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
(60) Little House in the Big Woods (Little House #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1932] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Loved it
(61) Little House on the Prairie (Little House #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1935] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
(62) On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House #4) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1937] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
(63) The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt [2007] Children’s Fiction - Liked it
(64) By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House #5) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1939] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
(65) Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt [2011] Children’s Fiction - Really liked it
(66) The Long Winter (Little House #6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1940] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Loved it
(67) Little Town on the Prairie (Little House #7) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1941] Children’s Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
December
(68) These Happy Golden Years (Little House #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1943] Young Adult Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
(69) The First Four Years (Little House #9) by Laura Ingalls Wilder [1953] Young Adult Historical Fiction - Reread - Really liked it
(70) Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1) by Seanan McGuire [2009] Urban Fantasy - Liked it
(71) Late Eclipses (October Daye #4) by Seanan McGuire [2011] Urban Fantasy - Really liked it
(72) One Salt Sea (October Daye #5) by Seanan McGuire [2011] Urban Fantasy - Liked it
(73) Ashes of Honor (October Daye #6) by Seanan McGuire [2012] Urban Fantasy - Really liked it!
(74) A Local Habitation (October Daye #2) by Seanan McGuire [2009] Urban Fantasy - Liked it
(75) An Artificial Night (October Daye #3) by Seanan McGuire [2010] Urban Fantasy - It was okay
So I read 75 books this year for fun…I so do not include books read for work in this list! Of these, 27 were rereads. 12 of the books read were written by male authors so that means the remaining 63 were by female authors. In terms of substance, it was a light year of reading for me with a lot of easy reads and children’s literature mainly because I spent most of the year trying to escape from work, stress, and illness.
If I had to pick a favorite new-to-me read from 2012 I would say it’s a tie between Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo and The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater…both of them Young Adult Fantasy.
Hands down the worst book I read this year was Isle of Night (The Watchers #1) by Veronica Wolff. It is the WORST BOOK IN THE WORLD!
Most disappointing read was Iced (Dani O'Malley #1) by Karen Marie Moning. WAY TO RUIN A SERIES KMM!!!!!
Most fun to reread was probably the Little House series. I have reread The Long Winter in recent years but I hadn’t read the entire series straight through in ages. I just simply adore them. They are utterly charming no matter what your age.
Here is to good reading to all for 2013!