New year, new reading challenge. Yay!
Last year, I challenged myself to read any 70 books. This was a 10 book increase over the prior year. This year the challenge is to read with some structure. The total goal is 71, 45 of which are predetermined. The total number did not increase much as I have new people in my life. Reading is a solitary habit and I don't want to push away the people that I love.
So here it is, the 2012 reading list:
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse
Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
You Must Go and Win by Alina Simone
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix by J.K. Rowling