What I read in 2011. 55 books. Here’s to 60 in 2012!
- (Jan. 1) The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma, Trenton Lee Stewart
- (Jan. 2) American Girls: Kirsten (Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten’s Surprise, Happy Birthday Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, Changes for Kirsten)
- (Jan. 2) It’s A Book, Lane Smith
- (Jan. 3) Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson
- (Jan. 5) Ninth Ward, Jewell Parker Rhodes
- (Jan. 5) A Patient’s Guide to PCOS, Walter Dutterweit, MD with George Ryan
- (Jan. 7) Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, Anthony Bourdain
- (Jan. 22) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
- (Jan. 23) Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer
- (Feb. 6) American Girls: Molly (Meet Molly, Molly Learns a Lesson, Molly’s Surprise, Happy Birthday Molly!, Molly Saves the Day, Changes for Molly)
- (Feb. 10) Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
- (Feb. 18) Copper Sun, Sharon M. Draper
- (Mar. 10) The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler
- (Mar. ?) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (#1), Lemony Snicket
- (Mar. 26) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room (#2), Lemony Snicket
- (Mar. ?) The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
- (Mar. 27) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window (#3), Lemony Snicket
- (Mar. 28) Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, Bryan Lee O’Malley
- (Apr. 3) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill (#4), Lemony Snicket
- (Apr. 5) Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach
- (Apr. 7) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- (Apr. 10) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy (#5), Lemony Snicket
- (Apr. 14) Beloved, Toni Morrison
- (Apr. 26) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator (#6), Lemony Snicket
- (May 1) Bossypants, Tina Fey
- (May 2) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village (#7), Lemony Snicket
- (May 3) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital (#8), Lemony Snicket
- (May 4) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival (#9), Lemony Snicket
- (May 8) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope (#10), Lemony Snicket
- (May 11) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto (#11), Lemony Snicket
- (May 25) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril (#12), Lemony Snicket
- (May 25) A Mercy, Toni Morrison
- (June 7) Anya’s Ghost, Vera Brosgol
- (June 11) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Year 7), J.K. Rowling
- (June 23) A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End (#13), Lemony Snicket
- (June 28) Chocolat, Joanne Harris
- (July ?) The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- (July 12) I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Ramit Sethi
- (July 14) The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis
- (Aug. 8) Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
- (Aug. 25) Forge, Laurie Halse Anderson
- (Aug. 26) Go Ask Alice, Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks)
- (Aug. 27) Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell, ill. Ted Lewin
- (Sep. 9) It’s Kind of A Funny Story, Ned Vizzini
- (Sep. 10) Coraline, Neil Gaiman
- (Oct. 26) The Story of Mankind, Hendrick Willem van Loon
- (Nov. 22) The Golden Fleece and the Heroes that Lived Before Achilles, Padraic Collum
- (Nov. 23) The Windy Hill, Cornelia Meigs
- (Dec. 7) The Walking Dead: Volume 1, Robert Kirkman, ill. Tony Moore
- (Dec. 15) Keeper, Kathy Appelt
- (Dec. 23) Death’s Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab Where the Dead Do Tell Tales, Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
- (Dec. 25) Olivia, Ian Falconer
- (Dec. 27) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
- (Dec. 29) The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
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Nice. We read quite a lot of the same books. My 2011 goal was to read 100 books, and I didn’t quite make it. I completed 67 and am 3/4 through #68. I think I’ll try again for 2012 🙂