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2012 Book Challenge Completed!

Though, I completely bombed my self-prescribed book challenge. Apparently, constraints in my reading life, just do not work.

Books Read (by genre)

Fiction

The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberol, Agnete Friis

Triburbia by Karl Taro Greenfield

Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer

The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner

Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay

Fifty Shames of Earl Grey by Andrew Shaffer

Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson *

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak*

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

The Murders at Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

Carry the One: A Novel by Carol Anshaw

We Are the Animals by Justin Torres*

Crash by J.G. Ballard

Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson*

Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

SF/Fantasy/Horror:

Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version by Philip Pullman

The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm edited by Ellen Datlow*

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling*

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig

Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

It by Stephen King *

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling*

Ladies’ Night by Jack Ketchum

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

Battle Royale by Koshum Takami

The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling*

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson*

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman*

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy*

The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman*

Among Others by Jo Walton*

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection CD: The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection CD by Neil Gaiman

A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman

Graphic Novels

Promethea: Book One by Alan Moore*

Promethea: Book Two by Alan Moore*

Promethea: Book Three by Alan Moore*

Promethea: Book Four by Alan Moore*

Promethea: Book Five by Alan Moore*

Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller*

Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For by Frank Miller*

Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill by Frank Miller*

Sin City, Vol. 4: That Yellow Bastard by Frank Miller*

Sin City, Vol. 5: Family Values by Frank Miller*

Sin City, Vol. 6: Booze, Broads, and Bullets by Frank Miller*

Sin City, Vol.7: Hell and Back by Frank Miller*

Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 14: Witches by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team by Bill Willingham*

Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind by Bill Willingham

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham*

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Vol. 1 by Alan Moore*

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Vol. 2 by Alan Moore*

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier by Alan Moore*

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 by Alan Moore*

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman*

Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman*

The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman*

The Books of Magic, Vol. 1: the Binding by John Ney Rieber*

Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers by John Harris Dunning*

Blankets by Craig Thompson *

Pinocchio by Winshluss*

The Walking Dead, Compendium 2 by Robert Kirkman

The Facts in the Case of the Disappearance of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman*

Black Hole by Charles Burns*

Neverwhere by Mike Carey*

Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman*

Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman*

The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger*

Habibi by Craig Thompson*

300 by Frank Miller*

Thessaly: Witch for Hire by Bill Willingham*

M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman*

Non-Fiction

Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall

Let’s Pretend this Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson

* denotes library book

Bold denotes genre favorite