2012 Projects – A Book A Week

I’ve now done and loved this project for two years. Reading has a special place in my heart. It is and will always be my first love. So for 2012 I decided to continue my “a book a week” goal. Some weeks I won’t get to finish it and that’s ok but I know that I will read a whole lot more if I set this goal.

Here is my current list of 2012 books. They’re not sorted and you’ll see most of them are fiction. Some are young adult. Some are nonfiction. Some are from last year and some are new. I might only read a few on this list or many, it doesn’t matter, the idea is just to have a starting point.

  1. Angle of Repose
  2. Moneyball
  3. 1Q84
  4. Enclave
  5. The Adoration of Jenna Fox
  6. The Leftovers
  7. The Serpent’s Coil
  8. The Power of Six
  9. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
  10. The War Against the Rull
  11. The Leftovers
  12. After
  13. The Knife of Never Letting Go
  14. Moonwalking with Einstein
  15. History of Love
  16. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
  17. A Visit From the Goon Squad
  18. By Nightfall
  19. The Marriage Plot
  20. Aleph
  21. Birthmarked
  22. Marked
  23. A Minute for Me
  24. The Fault in Our Stars
  25. The Beginner’s Goodbye
  26. In One Person
  27. Crossed
  28. The Descendants
  29. The Legacy
  30. The Solitude of Prime Numbers
  31. Liesl and Po
  32. The Scorpio Races
  33. Wicked Lovely
  34. Gone
  35. Sapphique
  36. Invisible Justice
  37. What I Talk about when I Talk about Running
  38. Predictably Irrational
  39. We Bought a Zoo
  40. All These Things I’ve Done
  41. The Magicians
  42. Falling Together
  43. Insurgent
  44. Pandemonium
  45. Bitterblue
  46. The Rise of Nine
  47. The Art of Fielding
  48. The Night Circus
  49. The Lover’s Dictionary
  50. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
  51. Michael Vey
  52. The Willpower Instinct

By the way, last year I ended up reading over 70 books and since that’s more than 52, some of them are going to be posted in 2012. I put those in the “Books Read in 2011” category just so I can keep track of when I read each book. Feel free to ignore the tags.

Here’s to another year of high quality reading. As always, if you have suggestions please leave comments. I regularly read the suggested books!

10 comments to 2012 Projects – A Book A Week

  • Karen, how do you decide what books to put on your list? Have they been recommended to you? Do you search for certain genres online? I am always on the lookout for good books to read πŸ™‚

    • karenika

      I just ask around as much as i can. I am on two book clubs so I have lists from there. And I avidly look at what everyone’s reading everywhere i go πŸ™‚

  • dawn

    Good luck on your 2012 reading list, always a good idea.

  • Just for fun, here are a few comments about the books on your list:

    Angle of Repose — I love, love, love Stegner! And holy cow, if you read this in a week I will think you are even more amazing!
    1Q84 — One of my librarian friends loved it, another one hated it. I can’t decide when to read it!
    Enclave — Waiting for me to pick up from the hold shelf!
    The Adoration of Jenna Fox — loved this one! There is a continuation out now, too (The Fox Inheritance)
    The Knife of Never Letting Go — Can’t wait to hear if you like it or not!
    Moonwalking with Einstein — On the eternal wait list for this one.
    History of Love — one of my favorites. If you like it you should also try Everything is Illuminated, which is written by her husband.
    A Visit From the Goon Squad — I really liked her book The Keep, and I keep meaning to get to this one but haven’t yet.
    The Marriage Plot — sitting in my “read this soon” pile (which is too tall)
    Birthmarked — out of the current crop of dystopias, this is my favorite. There’s also a sequel.
    Crossed — Ally Condie is coming to my library next Saturday!
    The Solitude of Prime Numbers — A very Amy-ish book. I love it…but I hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
    The Scorpio Races — I didn’t love her other trilogy but this one is right up my alley!
    What I Talk about when I Talk about Running — Turned me into a Murakami fan!
    The Magicians — I SOOOO wanted to love this one!
    The Night Circus — This will be under the tree for me.
    The Lover’s Dictionary —- in my top-ten favorites of 2011

    Hope you’ll forgive the ridiculously long comment, but book lists like yours always make me excited! πŸ˜‰

    • karenika

      woohoo. love love the long comments!!

      I did Angle of Repose on audio in the end. IT was unabriged and 33 hours! but i did listen to the whole thing in less than a week, i couldn’t stop πŸ™‚ Listening to Moneyball now. Great thing to do while I make art πŸ™‚ (next on the list to listen to is Jacob and Zoet)
      I am a HUGE Murakami fan .Huge. So I am pretty sure I will love IQ84. Can’t wait to carve out time to read it πŸ™‚
      Just finished Enclave. It was ok. Not bad but nothing amazing imho. Reading Jenna Fox right now, liking it so far πŸ™‚

      πŸ™‚ if you have other recommendations, i’d love to hear them!!! I am always looking for good books!!! I loved Sisters and several other recommendations by you!

    • karenika

      uhm i think it was actually called sister. right?

  • pam

    I’m also an avid reader and am on book 102 for 2011. I loved Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. Didn’t like Jacob de Zoet, but don’t let me discourage you. I’m going to put some of your list on my to-read list. Another great place to get reviews is on Good Reads on the computer. Also NPR puts out a book review every week.

    • karenika

      I go to Good Reads often! πŸ™‚ I didn’t know about NPR reviews tho, I will check them out, thank you!! what did you not like about Zoet may I ask? Just curious. πŸ™‚

  • janet k

    I LOVE your list….I am an avid reader, but have never kept track like this! I am now going to make a list for 2012….and I will shoot for a book a week! Thanks

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