I read at least 58 books in 2011; "at least 58" because I know there are a few missing from this list.
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| Case Histories | Atkinson, Kate |
| At Home: A Short History of Private Life (audiobook) | Bryson, Bill |
| A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (audiobook) | Bryson, Bill |
| Dead End Gene Pool: A Memoir | Burden, Wendy |
| Fool Moon: Book 2 of the Dresden Files (audiobook) | Butcher, Jim |
| Grave Peril: Book 3 of the Dresden Files (audiobook) | Butcher, Jim |
| Heartsick | Cain, Chelsea |
| Sweetheart | Cain, Chelsea |
| Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate 1) (audiobook) | Carriger, Gail |
| Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate 2) (audiobook) | Carriger, Gail |
| The Alchemist (audiobook) | Coelho, Paulo |
| The Poet | Connelly, Michael |
| Cathedral | DeMille, Nelson |
| Vanished | Finder, Joseph |
| Dress Your Dog: Nifty Knits for Classy Canines | Fredens, Sys |
| Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn | Friend, Catherine |
| The Goblins of Labyrinth | Froud, Brian |
| The Graveyard Book (audiobook) | Gaiman, Neil |
| American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition | Gaiman, Neil |
| American Gods (audiobook) | Gaiman, Neil |
| Same Kind Of Different As Me | Hall, Ron |
| Star Island | Hiaasen, Carl |
| The Knitting Circle | Hood, Ann |
| Through No Fault of My Own: A Girl's Diary of Life on Summit Avenue in the Jazz Age | Irvine, Coco |
| Full Dark, No Stars | King, Stephen |
| Breathless | Koontz, Dean |
| Iron Lake | Krueger, William Kent |
| My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black; Or, A Culture-Up Manifesto | Lancaster, Jen |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (audiobook) | Larsson, Stieg |
| The Stone Angel | Laurence, Margaret |
| The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | Lewis, Michael |
| Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street | Lewis, Michael |
| A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3 (audiobook) | Martin, George R. R. |
| A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 (audiobook) | Martin, George R.R. |
| A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2 (audiobook) | Martin, George R.R. |
| Deception | Mina, Denise |
| The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer | Mukherjee, Siddhartha |
| 21 Essential American Short Stories | Pockell, Leslie M. |
| Knitting for Dogs: Irresistible Patterns for Your Favorite Pup -- and You! | Porter, Kristi |
| The Complaints | Rankin, Ian |
| Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp | Rapkin, Mickey |
| Silent in the Grave | Raybourn, Deanna |
| Vintage Baby Knits: More Than 40 Heirloom Patterns from the 1920s to the 1950s | Rengren, Kristen |
| Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (audiobook) | Robbins, Tom |
| The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry | Ronson, Jon |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Ronson, Jon |
| Sarah's Key | Rosnay, Tatiana de |
| The Blade Itself | Sakey, Marcus |
| At the City's Edge | Sakey, Marcus |
| Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading | Sankovitch, Nina |
| One Was a Soldier: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery | Spencer-Fleming, Julia |
| A Dark Matter | Straub, Peter |
| Shoot to Thrill (A Monkeewrench Novel) | Tracy, P. J. |
| Moon Over Manifest | Vanderpool, Clare |
| The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel | Webb, Wendy |
| Passage | Willis, Connie |
| Fire Watch | Willis, Connie |
| Night of the Grizzlies |
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Found at: The Eclectic Bookshelf (thanks to Chris for the link)
The 2012 Support Your Local Library Challenge is being hosted by The Eclectic Bookshelf.
The guidelines are as follows:
- Anyone can join.
- You don't need a blog to participate. If you are a non-blogger please leave a comment with a link (if you review elsewhere) to your review or with the book(s) you read.
- Audio, ebooks (some libraries allow ebooks to be checked out), bound books are ok. I would have included graphic novels, but I don't cannot read those so it is a moot point.
- No re-reads.
- Create a sign up post and post the link in the linky.
- Challenge goes from January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012.
- Levels:
* Level 1 - Read 12 library books
* Level 2 - Read 24 library books
* Level 3 - Read 36 library books
* Level 4 - Read 37+ library books
I already read at least 50 books/year, almost every single one from the library, so I am not going to sign up for this. But supporting your local library is A Very Good Thing, especially in these days of tight municipal budgets when some folks question the needs for libraries.
I encourage you to sign up for this challenge at whatever level is comfortable for you. Knowledge is a good thing; we all need more of it. Please go forth and investigate your library!
