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Some people decided to read 52 books in one year. They did great, even exceeded their challenges. For me, that's at least a hundred books behind my yearly reading potential.

So, I've given myself a difficult goal. 100 books in one year. Novels nourish me better than meals.

So here, I'm going to document my progress.

EDIT: After January's progress, this has been scaled back from 300 to 100. If I speed up, the goal may increase.

January
1. Blood Bowl Omnibus by Matt Forbeck
2. Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess
3. Leftovers by Laura Wiess
4. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
5. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert
6. A Giant Problem by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi
7. Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
8. Unleashed by Kristopher Reisz

Monthly Total: 8

February
9. Pride by Rachel Vincent
10. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
11. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
12. The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
13. Space Wolf Omnibus by William King

Monthly Total: 5

March
14. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
15. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
16. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
17. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
18. On the Prowl by Patricia Briggs
19. Changeling by Delia Sherman
20. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
21. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
22. Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
23. Horus Rising by Dan Abnett
24. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
25. Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz

Monthly Total: 12

April
26. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
27. A Certain Strain of Peculiar by Gigi Amateau
28. Dark Lover by JR Ward
29. False Gods by Graham McNeill

Monthly Total: 4

May
30. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
31. Rumble in the Jungle by Matt Forbeck
32. Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino

Monthly Total: 3

June
33. Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B Cooney
34. Voice on the Radio by Caroline B Cooney
35. What Janie Found by Caroline B Cooney
36. The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling
37. Hidden Warrior by Lynn Flewelling
38. Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

Monthly Total: 6

Year's Total: 38

Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr

One more, just in case.

Just finished An Abundance of Katherines. There was a high quantity of math in the book, but I kept reading to the end for a very clever voice.

I'm glad I finally picked up a John Green book. As a friend of Maureen Johnson's, he holds his own well.

Well, I've gotten farther than I thought I would this month. Seven books.

I don't really want to rush the next two, though.

Pretty Monsters was amazing. I'm glad I didn't rush that one, slowly appreciating the stories was the way to go.

Out of curiosity...



Does this work?