The 12 in 12 challenge
Okay, so I'm going to do the 12 in 12 challenge at Library Thing. I most definitely want to concentrate my reading list this year so that I'm not staring at my bookshelves for days at a time between books.
These are the categories I've decided on this year:
1. Historical Data Comes in Handy (history)
...Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences 1 - Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris) 10/19
...The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Smith & Annie Barrows) 10/24
2. The Funny Man Always Gets the Girl (humor)
...Something Rotten (Thursday Next 4 - Jasper Fforde) 3/10
3. Never Too Old For This (YA)
...Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) 1/10
...The Shifter (The Healing Wars Book 1 - Janice Hardy) 5/12
4. All Pixelated (ebooks on my Kindle)
...Anathema (The Causal Enchantment 1 - K.A. Tucker) 3/10
...Shadow Unit #1 (Will Shetterly and others) 4/6
...Defying Pack Law (Eve Langlais) 5/1
...Snow White and Her Seven Lovers (Jenna Ives) 4/28
...500 Ways to Be a Better Writer (Chuck Wendig) 4/21
...The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern) 10/8
...Brotherhood of the Rose (David Morrell) 11/5
...The Geek Job (Eve Langlais) 11/12
...Lady of Devices (Book 1 - Shelley Adina) 11/20
...Tumbler (Brand Gamblin) 11/29
...Her Own Devices (Book 2 - Shelley Adina) 12/3
...Magnificent Devices (Book 3 - Shelley Adina) 12/8
5. Need to See the Movie (books that have movies)
...Alice in Wonderland (online course - Lewis Carroll) 7/27
...Through the Looking Glass (online course - Lewis Carroll) 8/3
6. The Pharm Girl's Book Club (work book club)
...Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter 5 - Nalini Singh) 3/23
...Bayou Moon (Edge Book 2 - Ilona Andrews) 5/25
...Fate's Edge (Edge Book 3 - Ilona Andrews) 6/4
...Chasing Fire (Nora Roberts) 6/20
...Blood Oath (The President's Vampire Book 1 - Christopher Farnsworth) 6/28
...The Electric Church (book 1 - Jeff Somers) 8/15
...Crave (book 2 - J.R. Ward) 9/17
7. She Knows What I Like (female authors)
...Graceling (Book 1 - Kristin Cashore) 5/26
...Fire (Book 2 - Kristin Cashore) 6/10
...The Iron Duke (Book 1 - Meljean Brook) 7/6
...Bitterblue (Book 3 - Kristin Cashore) 7/8
...Kiss of Steel (Bec McMaster) 9/10
...The Iron Wyrm Affair (Lilith Saintcrow - Book 1) 12/27
8. RIP, Dear One (dead authors)
...The Girl Who Played With Fire (Book 2 - Stieg Larsson) 7/15
9. Never Eat What the Fairies Offer (Fairy Tales, both old and new)
...The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For A Little While (short story - Catherynne M. Valente) 4/10
...Cinder (book 1 - Marissa Meyer) 5/20
10. I Already Picked That (from my 100 books list)
...The Gunslinger (Book 1 - Stephen King) 5/3
11. Ooh, I Liked That One (rereads)
...Cry Wolf (Patricia Briggs) 2/14
...Hunting Grounds (Patricia Briggs) 2/16
...Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life (Terry Brooks) 4/3
...The Beekeepers Assistant (*audiobook* Laurie R King) 5/30
...Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (*ebook* JK Rowling) 5/30
...A Monstrous Regiment of Women (*audiobook* Laurie R King) 6/3
12. On the Cutting Edge (new books out in 2012)
...All Things Wicked (Karina Cooper) 2/27
...Born to Darkness (Suzanne Brockman) 9/4
...The Map of Time (Felix J. Palma) 8/29
...Unraveling (Elizabeth Norris) 11/14
...Precinct 13 (Tate Hallaway) 12/11
These are the categories I've decided on this year:
1. Historical Data Comes in Handy (history)
...Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences 1 - Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris) 10/19
...The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Smith & Annie Barrows) 10/24
2. The Funny Man Always Gets the Girl (humor)
...Something Rotten (Thursday Next 4 - Jasper Fforde) 3/10
3. Never Too Old For This (YA)
...Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) 1/10
...The Shifter (The Healing Wars Book 1 - Janice Hardy) 5/12
4. All Pixelated (ebooks on my Kindle)
...Anathema (The Causal Enchantment 1 - K.A. Tucker) 3/10
...Shadow Unit #1 (Will Shetterly and others) 4/6
...Defying Pack Law (Eve Langlais) 5/1
...Snow White and Her Seven Lovers (Jenna Ives) 4/28
...500 Ways to Be a Better Writer (Chuck Wendig) 4/21
...The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern) 10/8
...Brotherhood of the Rose (David Morrell) 11/5
...The Geek Job (Eve Langlais) 11/12
...Lady of Devices (Book 1 - Shelley Adina) 11/20
...Tumbler (Brand Gamblin) 11/29
...Her Own Devices (Book 2 - Shelley Adina) 12/3
...Magnificent Devices (Book 3 - Shelley Adina) 12/8
5. Need to See the Movie (books that have movies)
...Alice in Wonderland (online course - Lewis Carroll) 7/27
...Through the Looking Glass (online course - Lewis Carroll) 8/3
6. The Pharm Girl's Book Club (work book club)
...Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter 5 - Nalini Singh) 3/23
...Bayou Moon (Edge Book 2 - Ilona Andrews) 5/25
...Fate's Edge (Edge Book 3 - Ilona Andrews) 6/4
...Chasing Fire (Nora Roberts) 6/20
...Blood Oath (The President's Vampire Book 1 - Christopher Farnsworth) 6/28
...The Electric Church (book 1 - Jeff Somers) 8/15
...Crave (book 2 - J.R. Ward) 9/17
7. She Knows What I Like (female authors)
...Graceling (Book 1 - Kristin Cashore) 5/26
...Fire (Book 2 - Kristin Cashore) 6/10
...The Iron Duke (Book 1 - Meljean Brook) 7/6
...Bitterblue (Book 3 - Kristin Cashore) 7/8
...Kiss of Steel (Bec McMaster) 9/10
...The Iron Wyrm Affair (Lilith Saintcrow - Book 1) 12/27
8. RIP, Dear One (dead authors)
...The Girl Who Played With Fire (Book 2 - Stieg Larsson) 7/15
9. Never Eat What the Fairies Offer (Fairy Tales, both old and new)
...The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For A Little While (short story - Catherynne M. Valente) 4/10
...Cinder (book 1 - Marissa Meyer) 5/20
10. I Already Picked That (from my 100 books list)
...The Gunslinger (Book 1 - Stephen King) 5/3
11. Ooh, I Liked That One (rereads)
...Cry Wolf (Patricia Briggs) 2/14
...Hunting Grounds (Patricia Briggs) 2/16
...Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life (Terry Brooks) 4/3
...The Beekeepers Assistant (*audiobook* Laurie R King) 5/30
...Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (*ebook* JK Rowling) 5/30
...A Monstrous Regiment of Women (*audiobook* Laurie R King) 6/3
12. On the Cutting Edge (new books out in 2012)
...All Things Wicked (Karina Cooper) 2/27
...Born to Darkness (Suzanne Brockman) 9/4
...The Map of Time (Felix J. Palma) 8/29
...Unraveling (Elizabeth Norris) 11/14
...Precinct 13 (Tate Hallaway) 12/11