"As people draw nearer to God, they will throw away the labels of the world as they

rediscover that all the people of the earth are their brothers and sisters and that we are all part of a divine family."

( A Quote from an article by Seth Adam Smith http://sethadamsmith.com/2012/08/08/are-muslims-lamanites-2/)

'How did I do?'

I feel good about accomplishing as many of the reading goals as I did this year. For three years in a row I have had a goal to read at least 50 books and this year was the first time I met (and flew past) that goal. My e-reader really helped in this regard and I carry it almost everywhere I go. I'm on Goodreads and LibraryThing, if you like reading and want to be 'friends' on those sites, just leave a comment. Soon I will post reading goals for 2013 and do the reading map summarizing 2012's reads. Happy Reading in 2013!

 2012 Reading Challenge Summary

2012 Reading Challenges               posted: January 1, 2013

1. Support Your Local Library- 6/12

2. Young Adult Challenge 13/12

3. E- Book challenge- 41/20

4. Mount To Be Read- 18/25

5. Mix it Up Challenge- 8 category goal/actually read 10 categories

History

Classics

Modern Fiction

Short Story Collections

Audio Books

Romance

Fantasy and Science Fiction

Young Adult

Non-Fiction

Religion/Psychology

Science

6. Where Are You Reading- map will be done at the end of the year

7. End of the World Challenge 2/2

8. American Classic Author Nathaniel Hawthorne Challenge 2/2

9. Banned Books- 0/1

10. Female Sci Fi Authors- 2/1

11. Related to Science- 3/2

12. Read a minimum of 50 Books 71/50

(Some categories overlap such as: TBR and E-Book)

The 2 books marked with an * were provided to me for review. All the rest I chose to obtain, read them because I wanted to, and purchased with my own money.

  

1. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
2. Keep Out by Nick Redfern
3. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
6. Sabriel by Garth Nix
7. Back-Up by Jim Butcher
8. Making Hand Milled Soaps by Susan Godfrey
9. House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
10. Jesus the Very Thought of Thee by Millet and Newell
11. The Real Pirates of the Caribbean by Colin Woodard
12. The Suppressed History: Lewis and Clark by Paul Schrag
13. Reckless by Cornelia Funke
14. The Pet Psychic (What the Animals Tell Me) by Sonya Fitzpatrick
15. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
16. Ascend by Amanda Hocking
17. Mixed Bag by Marva Dasef
18. Leviathan by Vaughn Heppner
19. *Vampire-ish by Cani-Jo (ARC)
20. *A Heart in Sun and Shadow by Annie Bellet
21. (The Lizzie Borden Story by Ira Krakow) (terrible BTW)
22. Hearts West-True Stories of Mail Order Brides by Chris Enss
23. Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey
24. Doctors Who Kill by John Summit
25. Secret Chamber by Alan Fey
26. True Miracles with Genealogy by Anne Bradshaw
27. Ghost Hunting diary Vol. I by T. M.Simmons
28. The Unicorns War Softly by S.J. Reisner
29. Old Magic by Marianne Curley
30. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
31. The Breeder’s Code-The Awakening by Eric Niven
32. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
33. New Jersey Stories by Frank Richard Stockton
34. Gossamer by Lois Lowry
35. How I Killed Pluto by Mike Brown
36. Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin
37. Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Leonid N. Andreyev
38. The Tipping Point- Malcolm Gladwell
39. Blood by Douglass Starr
40. The Olive Fairy Book Andrew Lang
41. The Flaming Grenade by M. Williams
42. The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier
43. Ghost Stories of Antiquary by M.R. James
44. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
45. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
46. Daughters in My Service
47. Japanese Culture Design Guide “Mon” by Momoyo Nishimura
48. The Story of the Scrolls by Geza Vermes
49. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
50. Thornyhold by Mary Stewart
51. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
52. Epigenetics by Richard C. Francis
53. Two Minutes at the Gate by Tom Morelli
54. Mycroft Holmes and the Case of the Romanoff Pearls by David Dickenson
55. Indian Ghost Stories by S. Mukerji
56. This House is Haunted by Hanz Holzer
57. Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
58. The Tree of Life by Vaughn Heppner
59. True Miracles of Genealogy part 2 by Anne Bradshaw
60. Legion by Brandon Sanderson
61. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
62. Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
63. The Reverse Immigrant by Alfred Zappala
64. Mycroft Holmes and the Murder at the Diogenes Club by David Dickenson
65. A Haunted Love Story by Mark Spencer
66. The Mound Builders by Robert Silverberg
67. The Big Book of Ghosts by Various Authors
68. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
69. Nadia Comaneci: Perfect 10 by David Bruce
70. Of Bone and Steel and Other soft Materials by Annie Bellet
71. The Bee Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales by Frank R. Stockton