Books 2012
My goal was to read 60 new books this year. Once I hit that, I started counting books I hadn't read in a while also.
(Note on ratings: I basically start at four stars and add or subtract stars from there.)
Devil Bones- Kathy Reichs Jan 03, 2012 ***
Girl Genius, Vol. 3: Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine- Phil and Kaja Foglio Jan 04, 2012 *****
Girl Genius, Vol. 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams-Phil and Kaja Foglio Jan 04, 2012 ****1/2
Girl Genius, Vol. 5: Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess-Phil and Kaja Foglio Jan 05, 2012 ****
Girl Genius, Vol. 6: Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite-Phil and Kaja Foglio Jan 05, 2012 *****
Girl Genius, Vol. 7: Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle-Phil and Kaja Foglio Jan 05, 2012 *****
Girl Genius, Vol. 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones-Phil and Kaja Foglio Jan 06, 2012 *****
House of Leaves-Mark Z. Danielewski Jan 15, 2012 ****
Battle Royale- Koushun Takami Jan 17, 2012 ***
Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World- Lisa Bloom Jan 23, 2012 ***
The Crimson Labyrinth-Yusuke Kishi Jan 25, 2012 ****1/2
The Guns of Avalon-Roger Zelazny Jan 26, 2012 ****
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void- Mary Roach Jan 28, 2012 *****
Fatal Alliance-Sean Williams Jan 31, 2012 **1/2 (audiobook had issues)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers-Mary Roach Jan 31, 2012 ****
The Iron Duke - Meljean Brook Feb 03, 2012 *****
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex-Mary Roach Feb 12, 2012 *****
The Eyre Affair-Jasper Fforde Feb 20, 2012 ***1/2
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife-Mary Roach Feb 21, 2012 ***1/2
A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck- Roger Ebert Mar 03, 2012 ****
The Girl Who Played With Fire- Stieg Larsson Mar 14, 2012 ****
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities- Amy Stewart Apr 04, 2012 ****
The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture- Christine A. Jackson, Apr 16, 2012 **
Commedia della Morte- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Apr 16, 2012 ****
Strangers in Death-J.D. Robb Apr 20, 2012 ****
The Magic Mountain-Thomas Mann Apr 20, 2012 ***1/2
Survivor In Death-J.D. Robb Apr 22, 2012 ****
The Thirteenth Tale- Diane Setterfield Apr 22, 2012 *****
Loyalty in Death-J.D. Robb Apr 24, 2012 ****
Remember When-Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb Apr 26, 2012 ***
Innocent in Death-J.D. Robb Apr 28, 2012 ****
Visions in Death-J.D. Robb Apr 29, 2012 ***1/2
Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro Apr 30, 2012 ****1/2
Fantasy in Death-J.D. Robb May 06, 2012 ****
Origin in Death-J.D. Robb May 08, 2012 ****
Imitation in Death-J.D. Robb May 11, 2012 ****
Memory in Death-J.D. Robb May 12, 2012 ****
Rapture in Death-J.D. Robb May 13, 2012 ****
Ceremony in Death-J.D. Robb May 14, 2012 ****
Vengeance in Death-J.D. Robb May 15, 2012 *****
Holiday in Death-J.D. Robb May 16, 2012 ****
Conspiracy in Death-J.D. Robb May 18, 2012 ****
Witness in Death -J.D. Robb May 19, 2012 ***1/2
Judgment in Death-J.D. Robb May 21, 2012 ****1/2
Three in Death-J.D. Robb May 23, 2012 ***
Betrayal in Death-J.D. Robb May 23, 2012 ****1/2
Seduction in Death-J.D. Robb May 25, 2012 ****
Reunion in Death-J.D. Robb May 26, 2012 ****
Purity in Death-J.D. Robb May 27, 2012 ****1/2
Portrait in Death-J.D. Robb May 28, 2012 ****
Divided in Death- J.D. Robb May 29, 2012 ****
Creation in Death-J.D. Robb May 31, 2012 ****1/2
Salvation in Death- J.D. Robb May 31, 2012 ****
Promises in Death -J.D. Robb Jun 04, 2012 ****
Time of Death-J.D. Robb Jun 05, 2012 ****
Kindred in Death-J.D. Robb Jun 05, 2012 ****
Indulgence in Death-J.D. Robb Jun 07, 2012 ****
Treachery in Death-J.D. Robb Jun 08, 2012 ****1/2
New York to Dallas-J.D. Robb Jun 11, 2012 ****
Lost in a Good Book-Jasper Fforde Jun 12, 2012 ****1/2
Body Double- Tess Gerritsen Jun 14, 2012 ****
Celebrity in Death-J.D. Robb Jun 15, 2012 ****
Darth Plagueis- James Luceno Jun 17, 2012 ****
Vanish-Tess Gerritsen Jun 18, 2012 ****
The Mephisto Club-Tess Gerritsen Jun 20, 2012 ***1/2
In the Night Garden- Catherynne M. Valente Jun 23, 2012 *****
Feed- Mira Grant Jun 28, 2012 ****1/2
In the Cities of Coin and Spice -Catherynne M. Valente Jun 30, 2012 ****1/2
Werewolves of Wisconsin and Other American Myths, Monsters and Ghosts-Andy Fish Jul 03, 2012 ***1/2
The Chrysalids-John Wyndham Jul 08, 2012 ****1/2
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time- Michael Shermer Jul 10, 2012 ***
Sabriel- Garth Nix Jul 14, 2012 ****1/2
Nyarlathotep-H.P. Lovecraft Jul 15, 2012 ***1/2 (Illustrated edition, I didn't like the art)
The Outsiders-S.E. Hinton Jul 25, 2012 *****
That Was Then, This is Now-S.E. Hinton Jul 25, 2012 ***1/2
Tex-S.E. Hinton Jul 26, 2012 ****
Born in Death-J.D. Robb Jul 27, 2012 ****
American Vampire, Vol. 1- Scott Snyder and Stephen King Aug 11, 2012 ****1/2
Rumble Fish-S.E. Hinton Aug 14, 2012 *****
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008-John Scalzi Aug 15, 2012 ****
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making-Catherynne M. Valente Sep 11, 2012 ****1/2
Redshirts-John Scalzi Sep 15, 2012 ****1/2
Old Man's War-John Scalzi Oct 2012 ****
Delusion in Death- J.D. Robb Oct 11, 2012 ****
The Darkangel- Meredith Ann Pierce Oct 12, 2012 ***1/2
The Casual Vacancy- J.K. Rowling Nov 09, 2012 **1/2
I am America-Stephen Colbert Nov 10, 2012 ****1/2
I am a Pole-Stephen Colbert Nov 13, 2012 ****
Acheron-Sherrilyn Kenyon Nov 16, 2012 ****
Night Pleasures-Sherrilyn Kenyon Nov 19, 2012 ****
Night Embrace-Sherrilyn Kenyon Nov 25, 2012 ****
Dance with the Devil-Sherrilyn Kenyon Dec 2012 ****1/2
Fantasy Lover-Sherrilyn Kenyon Dec 02, 2012 ****1/2
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't- Stephen Colbert Dec 03, 2012 ****
Sorcery and Cecelia-Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermeyer Dec 06, 2012 *****
The Battle of the Labyrinth-Rick Riordan Dec 09, 2012 ****1/2
Kiss of the Night-Sherrilyn Kenyon Dec 19, 2012 ****1/2
Night Play- Sherrilyn Kenyon Dec 25, 2012 ****
The Last Olympian- Rick Riordan Dec 27, 2012 ****1/2
The Stepsister Scheme- Jim C. Hines Dec 28, 2012 *****
Rosemary and Rue- Seanan McGuire (Currently Reading)
(Note on ratings: I basically start at four stars and add or subtract stars from there.)