Book-It 'o11! Summation!
In a hustle to get this shit out of the way, I'm posting and have decided to omit a book since I did technically finish it in 2012, albeit only a few hours in. See the dedication I have to my own set challenges? Sometimes? At any rate, here's a wrap up of last year's Fifty Books Challenge!
Favorite Books:
A Century and Some Change: My Life Before the President Called My Name
Llewellyn's 2011 Witches' Companion: An Almanac for Everyday Living
The Guerilla Art Kit
You'll Never Know Book Two: Collateral Damage
Rose of No Man's Land
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
Full Dark, No Stars
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir
Blankets
Habibi
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, Volume II
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, Volume I
V For Vendetta
Bunny Drop, Vol. 1
Bunny Drop, Vol. 2
Market Day
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Hark! A Vagrant
Least Favorite Books:
Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
Sing You Home: A Novel
In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood
So Much Pretty: A Novel
Finding Marjorie West
The Kite Runner (Graphic Novel)
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook
The Little Endless Storybook
Mister Wonderful: A Love Story
Green River Serial Killer--Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife
Liar's Kiss
Books That Felt Like a Sisyphean Ordeal:
Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
Books That Made Me Want to Smack the Author(s):
Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook: Wonderfully Witchy Blessings, Charms & Spells
Sing You Home: A Novel
In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood
Finding Marjorie West
The Help
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
Green River Serial Killer--Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife
Liar's Kiss
Books That Helped Me Look at the World in a New Way:
A Century and Some Change: My Life Before the President Called My Name
Llewellyn's 2011 Witches' Companion: An Almanac for Everyday Living
The Guerilla Art Kit
Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia
Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
Full Dark, No Stars
Lost and Found: The True Story of Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Abduction that Shocked the World
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
Secrets in the Cellar: a True Story of the Austrian Incest Case That Shocked the World
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir
Blankets
Anya's Ghost
Habibi
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, Volume II
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, Volume I
V For Vendetta
The War Within: One More Step at a Time
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
Bunny Drop, Vol. 1
Bunny Drop, Vol. 2
Green River Serial Killer--Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife
Market Day
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
American Splendor: Another Dollar
Books I've Already Recommended to People:
A Century and Some Change: My Life Before the President Called My Name
Cake Boss: Stories and Recipes from Mia Famiglia
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
Full Dark, No Stars
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
Habibi
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, Volume II
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years, Volume I
Hark! A Vagrant
Most Disappointing Books:
Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
Paint it Black
Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook: Wonderfully Witchy Blessings, Charms & Spells
The Onion Presents A Book of Jean's Own!: All New Wit, Wisdom, and Wackiness from The Onion's Beloved Humor Columnist
In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood
So Much Pretty: A Novel
Finding Marjorie West
Anya's Ghost
The Kite Runner (Graphic Novel)
Jack the Ripper: A Journal of the Whitechapel Murders 1888-1889
Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook
The Little Endless Storybook
Green River Serial Killer--Biography of an Unsuspecting Wife
Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale
Bunny Drop, Vol. 3
The Best American Comics 2010
Most Depressing (as in Sadness-Inducing) Books:
Paint it Black
Dearest Anne: A Tale of Impossible Love
Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
Full Dark, No Stars
Lost and Found: The True Story of Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Abduction that Shocked the World
Secrets in the Cellar: a True Story of the Austrian Incest Case That Shocked the World
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir
Blankets
The Kite Runner (Graphic Novel)
V For Vendetta
Market Day
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Most Uplifting Books:
Llewellyn's 2011 Witches' Companion: An Almanac for Everyday Living
It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living
A Stolen Life: A Memoir
Habibi
V For Vendetta