2011 in Review - The Book Stats

I don't keep track of a lot of stats, but I did include a few in each of my wrap-up posts for the months of 2011. They were what I was curious about. I could do more, but I am a bit behind and am going to go the 'easier' route. I might keep track of a bit more in 2012.

New To Me Authors

1. Jennifer Estep (Touch of Frost)
2. Drew Magary (The Postmortal)
3. L.J. Smith (The Secret Circle: Book 1 - The Initiation)
4. Tanya Lee Stone (The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie)
5. Laurel Ann Nattress (editor: Jane Austen Made Me Do It)
6. H.P. Lovecraft (The Call of Cthulhu)
7. Amy Plum (Die for Me)
8. Tina Fey (Bossypants)
9. Little Princes (Conor Grennan)
10. Bram Stoker (Dracula)
11. Helen Dunmore (A Spell of Winter)
12. Lisa Habel (Dearly, Departed)
13. Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl's: 101 Misused Words You'll Never Confuse Again)
14. E. Lockhart (The Disreputable History of Frankie-Landau Banks)
15. Salman Rushdie (Luka and the Fire of Life)
16. Kathleen Winter (Annabel)
17. Erin Morgenstern (The Night Circus)
18. Hillary Jordan (When She Woke)
19. S.G. Browne (Breathers)
20. Matthew Gregory Lewis (The Monk)
21. Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark & Grimm)
22. Mark Lawrence (Prince of Thorns)
23. Frances Hardinge (Fly By Night)
24. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
25. Kathryn Stockett (The Help)
26. Katherine Webb (The Legacy)
27. Kate Chopin (The Awakening)
28. Vera Brosgol (Anya's Ghost)
29. Pam Jenoff (The Things we Cherished)
30. Sandra Brown (A Secret Splendour)
31. Caitlin Kittredge (The Iron Throne)
32. Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
33. Agnes Humbert (Resistance)
34. Ellen Feldman (Next to Love)
35. Lisa Searin (Magic Lost, Trouble Found)
36. Matthew Norman (Domestic Violets)
37. Helene Hanff (84, Charing Cross Road)
38. Simon van Booy (Everything Beautiful Began After)
39. Mary Robinette Kowal (Shades of Milk and Honey)
40. Amor Towles (Rules of Civility)
41. Justine Picarde (Daphne)
42. Juliet Grey (Becoming Marie Antoinette)
43. George R.R. Martin (A Game of Thrones)
44. Mark Dunn (Ella Minnow Pea)
45. Moira Young (Blood Red Road)
46. Randy Russell (Dead Rules)
47. Joann Sfar & Emmanuel Guilbert (The Professor's Daughter)
48. Steven Millhauser (Enchanted Night)
49. Karen Kincy (Other)
50. Melanie Benjamin (The Autobiography of Tom Thumb)
51. Franny Billingsley (Chime)
52. Joe, Alina, Vicki, and Valerie Darger (Love Times Three)
53. Mitchell Zuckoff (Lost in Shangri-La)
54. N. John Hall (Correspondence)
55. Pete Hautman (The Big Crunch)
56. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (The Yellow Wallpaper)
57. Paolo Bacigalupi (Ship Breaker)
58. Jo Walton (Among Others)
59. Kiersten White (Paranormalcy)
60. Laura Miller (The Magician's Book)
61. Kate Lord Brown (The Beauty Chorus)
62. Julie Kagawa (Winter's Passage)
63. N.K. Jeminsin (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)
64. Jen Sookfong Lee (Shelter)
65. Mary Robinette Kowal (First Flight)
66. Rachel Swirsky (Eros, Philia, Agape)
67. Charles Stross (Overtime)
68. Jackson Pearce (Sisters Red)
69. Katherine Langrish (The Shadow Hunt)
70. Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches)
71. Doug TenNapel (Ghostopolis)
72. Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth)
73. Barry Deutsch (Hereville: How Mika Got Her Sword)
74. Steve Kluger (My Most Excellent Year)
75. Beth Revis (Across the Universe)
76. Terry Morre (The Complete Strangers in Paradise)
77. Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
78. Joss Whedon (Serenity: Those Left Behind and Float Out)
79. Susan Hill (The Man in the Picture)
80. Felicia Day (The Guild)
81. Elizabeth Gaskell (North and South)
82. Giles Whittell (Spitfire Women of World War II)
83. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet, and The Sign of Four)
84. Jean Webster (Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy)
85. H.G. Wells (The Invisible Man)
86. Chris Priestley (Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror)
87. Sam Wasson (Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman)
88. Gail Z. Martin (The Sworn)
89. Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre)
90.Graham Moore (The Sherlockian)
91. Erin Bow (Plain Kate)
THOUGHTS: Wow, I read way too many new-to-me authors... It is no wonder my TBR pile is never manageable. I am thinking in 2012 I have to try and make more of an effort to revisit old authors.

Series Talk

Mythos Academy Series - 1/2
The Secret Circle - 1/3
The Last Dragonslayer - 1/2
Skulduggery Pleasant Series - 6/6 Caught up!
Revenants Series - 1/1 Caught up!
Dearly, Departed Series - 1/1 Caught up!
Lord of the Rings - 2/3 - (Reread)
The Stormlight Archives - 1/1 - Caught up!
Sevenwaters Series - 2/5
Wicked Lovely Series - 4/5
The Broken Empire Trilogy - 1/1 - Caught up!
Fly By Night Series - 1/2
The Dresden Files Series - 1/I am not even sure...
Iron Codex Series - 1/1 - Caught up!
Sweet Tooth Series - 3/3 - Caught up!
Thursday Next Series - 3/6
Raine Benares Series - 1/5
Cato Series - 1/11
Alexia Tarabotti Series - 2/4
Nightschool Series - 3/4
Avalon High Series - 3/3 - FINISHED!
King Amir Series - 2/3
Gathering of Faerie Series - 2/2 - FINISHED!
Little Blue Envelopes Series - 2/2 - FINISHED!
The Unwritten Series - 3/3 - Caught up!
Marie Antoinette Trilogy - 1/1 - Caught up!
Farseer Trilogy: 1/3
Song of Fire and Ice Series: 1/5
Outlander Series: 1 out of not sure...
Blood Red Road Trilogy: 1/1 - CAUGHT UP!
Jack of Fables Series : 9/9 - FINISHED!
Other Series: 1/2
Sianim Series: 3/4
Women of the Otherworld Series: 12/12 - CAUGHT UP!
DarkGlass Mountain Trilogy: 3/3 - FINISHED!
The Tawny Man Trilogy: 3/3 - FINISHED!
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Series: 5/5 - FINISHED!
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Series? - 1/1 - CAUGHT UP!
Newford Series: 11/24 - Approximately
The Hunchback Assignments: 3/3 - CAUGHT UP!
Paranormalcy Trilogy: 1/1 - CAUGHT UP!
Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy: 3/3 - FINISHED!
The Orphan's Tale duology: 2/2 - FINISHED!
Chaos Walking Trilogy: 3/3 - FINISHED!
Princess of the Midnight Ball Series: 2/2 - CAUGHT UP! (Anyone know what this really called?)
Fables Series: 15/15 - CAUGHT UP!
A Discovery of Witches Trilogy: 1/1 - CAUGHT UP!
Chobits Series: 7/8 - Only one more to go!
Serenity Series: 3/3 - CAUGHT UP!
Across the Universe Trilogy: 1/1 CAUGHT UP!
Mercedes Thompson Series: 6/6 CAUGHT UP!
One Piece Series: 4/54
Essex County Trilogy: 3/3 FINISHED!
Horatio Lyle Series: 2/4
The Worlds of Chrestomanci Series: 1/5
In Death Series: 12/32
The Guild Series: 4/4 COMPLETED!
Regency Draculia Series: 1/3
Scott Pilgrim Series: 2/6
"New" Bone Series: 1/1 CAUGHT UP!
Sherlock Holmes Series: 3/9
Daddy-Long Legs Series: 2/2 COMPLETED!
Bone Series: 11/11 CAUGHT UP! (Includes Rose and Tall Tales)
The Fallen Kings Cycle: 1/1 CAUGHT UP!
Maisie Dobbs Series: 8/8 CAUGHT UP!
THOUGHTS: I have way too many series and trilogies on the go. I was happy to finish a few in 2011, but then I started a whole bunch more. Some of the series I say I am caught up in also have books out now, but I just chose to ignore that fact for the moment.

The Source

Library - 84
Personal - 85
E-Reader - 40
Borrowed From Friend - 25
THOUGHTS: One of the plans I had for 2011 was to read more books that I own. I wish I had done a bit better with that because I obviously have way too many unread books at the moment. I still think I read more books that I own this year than the last couple, so it wasn't terrible. In 2012 I would like to try and read more books that I own and less that I don't because my TBR pile could stand to get a bit smaller.

Best of 2011 Reviews

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton - Not Reviewed

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (review)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett - Not Reviewed

The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin (review)

The Beauty Chorus by Kate Lord Brown (review)

Little Princes by Conor Grennan - Not Reviewed

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (review)

Resistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France by Agnes Humbert (review)

Far and Away: A Prize Everytime by Neil Peart (review)

Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell (review)

Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer by Derek Landy - Not Reviewed

Spellbound by Kelley Armstrong (review)

Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade (review)

Fables Volume 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham (review)

River Marked by Patricia Briggs (review)

A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (review)

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (review)

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence - Not Reviewed

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (review)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (review)

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (review)

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (review)

The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin (review)

The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay - Not Reviewed

The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley (review)

The Unwritten Series by Mike Carey (review)

The Infinity Gate by Sara Douglass (review)

Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb (review)

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (reread review)

The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Nieffenegger (reread review)

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (review)

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger (review)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (review)

Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint (review)

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (review)

I might try and sneak some 2011 reviews into 2012 just to have something to link back to. We will see what happens!

December in Review and Reads in 2011

Howdy folks! I hope you are enjoying the beginning of a New Year! I have been a bit busy lately, but I am hoping things will start to calm down soon.

December in Review

What I Learned

I just do not read come the end of the year. I suppose there is just too much else going on. December was just terrible only reading 2 books. I am really hoping 2012 goes better and I actually read a few things. My reading slowed down and my TBR pile didn't get any smaller. With the books that the cc bought me for Christmas and the books I bought with my gift cards, I had a huge overflow and had to break down and get another bookcase. When I read I put the books I want to keep in my mother's basement, but I just haven't been going through them fast enough to keep the bookcase manageable. My dream is to get it back onto one bookcase and then put my favourite books and series on the other bookcase.

New to Me Authors

Jennifer Estep (Touch of Frost)

Drew Magary (The Postmortal)

Series Talk

Mythos Academy Series - 1/2 

The Source

Personal - 1

E-Reader - 1

What I Read

238. Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy, Book 1) by Jennifer Estep
239. The Postmortal by Drew Magary

Books Added to the TBR Pile

I did really badly with keeping track this month... I didn't really do my Week in Review posts because I had nothing to talk about.

These are the books I read in 2011. I will do a bit of a stats post tomorrow if anyone is interested. I will also link to the reviews of my Best Reads of 2011. I did the post in a hurry and sort of forgot!

Reads in 2011

JANUARY
1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Completed January 1, 2011)
2. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Completed January 1, 2011)
3. The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Completed January 3, 2011)
4. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster (Completed January 4, 2011)
5. The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger (Completed January 4, 2011)
6. Bone: Tall Tales by Jeff Smith & Tom Sniegoski (Completed January 4, 2011)
7. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (Completed January 5, 2011) - Sci-Fi Experience
8. Fables - Volume 14: Witches by Bill Willingham & company (Completed January 7, 2011)
9. Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley (Completed January 8, 2011)
10. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson (Completed January 9, 2011)
11. The Fallen Kings Cycle Book 1: The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin (Completed January 10, 2011)
12. Muppet Robin Hood by Tim Beedle & Company (Completed January 11, 2011)
13. Masques by Patricia Briggs (Sianim Series, Book 1) (Completed January 12, 2011)
14. Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs (Sianim Series, Book 2) (Completed January 14, 2011)
15. Dear Enemy by Jean Webster (Completed January 17, 2011)
16. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Completed January 20, 2011)
17. Nightschool: The Weirn Books - Volume 1 by Svetlana Chmakova (Completed January 21, 2011)
18. Muppet Peter Pan by Grace Randolph & Company (Completed January 21, 2011)
19. Muppet King Arthur by Paul Benjamin, Patrick Storck, & Company (Completed January 21, 2011)
20. The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson by Roger Landridge & Company (Completed January 21, 2011)
21. The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion by Roger Langridge (Completed January 22, 2011)
22. A Lesson In Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs Series, Book 8) (Competed January 23, 2011)
23. The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (Completed January 26, 2011)
24. Witness in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death Series, Book 10) (Completed January 28, 2011)
25. Plain Kate by Erin Bow (Completed January 29, 2011)
26. Chobits Volume 5 by Clamp (Completed January 29, 2011)

FEBRUARY
27. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb (In Death Series, Book 11) (Completed January 31, 2011)
28. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Completed February 5, 2011)
29. Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, and Will Conrad (Completed February 9, 2011)
30. Serenity: Float Out by Patton Oswalt, Patric Reynolds, and Joss Whedon (Completed February 9, 2011)
31. The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road by Roger Landridge & Company (Completed February 9, 2011)
32. The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill (Completed February 10, 2011)
33. The Guild Issue 1 by Felicia Day & Jim Rugg (Completed February 10, 2011)
34. The Guild Issue 2 by Felicia Day & Jim Rugg (Completed February 10, 2011)
35. The Guild Issue 3 by Felicia Day & Jim Rugg (Completed February 10, 2011)
36. The Guild: Vork by Felicia Day, Jeff Lewis, & Company (Completed Feburary 10, 2011)
37. Muppet Snow White by Jesse Blaze Snider, Patrick Storck, & Company (Completed February 10, 2011)
38. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (Completed February 10, 2011)
39. A Fine and Terrible Place by Peter S. Beagle (Completed February 10, 2011)
40. Jack of Fables Volume 8: The Fulminate Blade by Bill Willingham & Company (Completed February 11, 2011)
41. Nightlight: A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon (Completed February 12, 2011)
42. Daughter of the Forest (Book One of The Sevenwaters Trilogy) by Juliet Marillier (Completed January 15, 2011)
43. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (Completed January 15, 2011)
44. The Vampire Voss by Colleen Gleason (Regency Draculia, Book 1) (Completed January 19, 2011)
45. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Volume 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Completed January 19, 2011)
46. Bone: Quest for the Spark by Jeff Smith and Tom Sniegoski (Book 1) (Completed February 23, 2011)
47. Chobits Volume 6 by Clamp (Completed February 23, 2011)
48. Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell (Completed February 26, 2011)
49. The Muppet Show Comic Book: Muppet Mash by Roger Landridge & Company (Completed February 28, 2011)

MARCH
50. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (Completed March 4, 2011)
51. Supernatural: Beginning's End - Volume 1 by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
52. Supernatural: Beginning's End - Volume 2 by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
53. Supernatural: Beginning's End - Volume 3 by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
54. Supernatural: Beginning's End - Volume 4 by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
55. Supernatural: Beginning's End - Volume 5 by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
56. Supernatural: Beginning's End - Voume 6 by Andrew Dabb, Daniel Loflin, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
57. Rock 'n' Roll Comics: The Runaways by Spike Steffenhagen, Jay Allen Sanford, & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
58. Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories by Zack Whedon & Company (Completed March 5, 2011)
59. Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (Completed March 6, 2011)
60. Sweet Tooth - Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire (Completed March 9, 2011)
61. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch (Completed March 9, 2011)
62. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger (Completed March 11, 2011)
63. Across the Universe (Across the Universe, Book 1) by Beth Revis (Completed March 11, 2011)
64. River Marked by Patricia Briggs (Mercedes Thompson Series, Book 6 (Completed March 12, 2011)
65. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (Completed March 14, 2011)
66. Once Piece Volume 4 - The Black Cat Pirates by Eiichiro Oda (Completed March 15, 2011)
67. The Complete Strangers in Paradise Volume 1 by Terry Moore (Completed March 15, 2011)
68. True Blood Volume 1 by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, & David Messina (Completed March 20, 2011)
69. True Blood Volume 2 by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, & David Messina (Completed March 20, 2011)
70. True Blood Volume 3 by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, & David Messina (Completed March 20, 2011)
71. True Blood Volume 4 by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, & David Messina (Completed March 20, 2011)
72. True Blood Volume 5 by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, & David Messina (Completed March 20, 2011)
73. True Blood Volume 6 by Alan Ball, David Tischman, Mariah Huehner, & David Messina (Completed March 20, 2011)
74. Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire (Completed March 21, 2011)
75. The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb (Book 2) (Completed March 23, 2011)
76. The Worlds of Chrestomanci: Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (Book 1) (Completed March 28, 2011)
77. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan (Completed March 29, 2011)
78. By the Time You Read This, I'll be Dead by Julie Anne Peters (Completed March 30, 2011)

APRIL
79. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (Completed April 3, 2011)
80. The Shadow Hunt by Katherine Langrish (Completed April 6, 2011)
81. Terribly Twisted Tales Edited by Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg (Completed April 6, 2011)
82. Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint (Completed April 11, 2011)
83. L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower & Skottie Young (Completed April 12, 2011)
84. Fables Volume 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham & Company (Completed April 15, 2011)
85. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Completed April 16, 2011)
86. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen (Completed April 21, 2011)
87. Far and Away: A Prize Every Time by Neil Peart (Completed April 23, 2011)
88. Ursula by Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba (Completed April 23, 2011)
89. Chobits Volume 7 by Clamp (Completed April 23, 2011)
90. Serenity Volume 2: Better Days by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, & Will Conrad (Completed April 23, 2011)
91. Serenity Volume 3: The Shepherd's Tale by Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, & Chris Samnee (Completed April 23, 2011)
92. Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones (Completed April 25, 2011)
93. Trickster - Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection edited by Matt Dembicki (Completed April 25, 2011)
94. Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel (Completed April 26, 2011)


MAY
95. Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint (Completed May 2, 2011)
96. Nightschool: The Weirn Books Volume 2 by Svetlana Chmakova (Completed May 2, 2011)
97. Widdershins by Charles de Lint (Completed May 5, 2011)
98. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Completed May 7, 2011)
99. Among Others by Jo Walton (Completed May 7, 2011)
100. Empire of Ruins: The Hunchback Assignments III by Arthur Slade (Completed May 8, 2011)
101. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White (Paranormalcy, Book 1) (Completed May 9, 2011)
102. Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton (Completed May 10, 2011)
103. The Dark and Hollow Places (Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy, Book 3) by Carrie Ryan (Completed May 11, 2011)
104. The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller (Completed May 12, 2011)
105. The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings - Part 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christoper Tolkien (Completed May 13, 2011)
106. The Beauty Chorus by Kate Lord Brown (Completed May 14, 2011)
107. The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley (Completed May 15, 2011)
108. Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon (Completed May 18, 2011)
109. The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. Valente (Completed May 20, 2011)
110. Chaos Walking - Book Three: Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness (Completed May 23, 2011)
111. The New World by Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking Prequel) by Patrick Ness (Completed May 23, 2011)
112. Hare Moon by Carrie Ryan (Completed May 24, 2011)
113. Winter's Passage by Julie Kagawa (Completed May 24, 2011)
114. Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George (Completed May 25, 2011)
115. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Completed May 25, 2011)
116. Dead Time by Christy Ann Conlin (Completed May 26, 2011)
117. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Book One of the Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (Completed May 26, 2011)
118. Shelter by Jen Sookfong Lee (Completed May 26, 2011)
119. Promises to Keep by Charles de Lint (Completed May 27, 2011)
120. First Flight by Mary Robinette Kowal (Completed May 30, 2011)
121. Eros, Philia, Agape by Rachel Swirsky (Completed May 30, 2011)
122. Overtime by Charles Stross (Completed May 31, 2011)
123. A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky (Completed May 31, 2011)

JUNE
124. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Completed June 3, 2011)
125. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Completed June 4, 2011)
126. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Completed June 7, 2011)
127. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants: Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares (Completed June 8, 2011)
128. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb (The Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 3) (Completed June 19, 2011)
129. The Very Best of Charles de Lint (Completed June 19, 2011)
130. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (Completed June 23, 2011)
131. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Completed June 28, 2011)


JULY
132. Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb (Completed July 3, 2011)
133. Cut by Robin Hobb (Completed July 3, 2011)
134. A Touch of Lavender by Robin Hobb (Completed July 3, 2011)
135. Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue (Completed July 8, 2011)
136. Game of Thrones (Book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R.R. Martin (Completed July 8, 2011)
137. Outlander (Outlander Series, Book 1) by Diana Gabaldon (Completed July 10, 2011)
138. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (Completed July 10, 2011)
139. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn (Completed July 10, 2011)
140. Blood Red Road by Moira Young (Completed July 11, 2011)
141. Dead Rules by Randy Russell (Completed July 12, 2011)
142. The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar & Emmanuel Guilbert (Completed July 14, 2011)
143. Enchanted Night by Steven Millhauser (Completed July 15, 2011)
144. Jack of Fables - Volume 9: The End by Bill Willingham and Company (Completed July 17, 2011)
145. Other by Karen Kincy (Completed July 18, 2011)
146. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin (Completed July 19, 2011)
147. Steal the Dragon by Patricia Briggs (Sianim Series, Book 3) (Completed July 19, 2011)
148. Chime by Franny Billingsley (Completed July 20, 2011)
149. Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage by Joe, Alina, Vicki, and Valerie Darger (Completed July 21, 2011)
150. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff (Completed July 24, 2011)
151. Fables - Volume 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham & Company (Completed July 25, 2011)
152. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (Completed July 25, 2011)
153. Spell Bound (Women of the Otherworld Series, Book 12) by Kelley Armstrong (Completed July 25, 2011)
154. Correspondence: An Adventure in Letters by N. John Hall (Completed July 28, 2011)
155. The Infinity Gate (DarkGlass Mountain Trilogy, Book 3) by Sara Douglass (Completed July 28, 2011)
156. The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman (Completed July 30, 2011)
157. There is No Dog by Meg Rosoff (Completed July 30, 2011)

AUGUST
158. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Completed August 1, 2011)
159. The Legacy by Katherine Webb (Completed August 3, 2011)
160. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (Completed August 3, 2011)
161. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (Completed August 4, 2011)
162. The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff (Completed August 4, 2011)
163. A Secret Splendor by Sandra Brown (Completed August 5, 2011)
164. The Iron Thorn (Iron Codex, Book 1) by Caitlin Kittredge (Completed August 6, 2011)
165. Sweet Tooth - Volume 2: In Captivity by Jeff Lemire (Completed August 6, 2011)
166. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Completed August 6, 2011)
167. Resistence: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France by Agnes Humbert (Completed August 9, 2011)
168. The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next Series, Book 3) by Jasper Fforde (Completed August 9, 2011)
169. Next to Love by Ellen Feldman (Completed August 11, 2011)
170. Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Searin (Raine Benares, Book 1) (Completed August 15, 2011)
171. Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow (Cato Series, Book 1) (Completed August 16, 2011)
172. Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman (Completed August 16, 2011)
173. Changeless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (Book 2) by Gail Carriger (Completed August 17, 2011)
174. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (Completed August 18, 2011)
175. Nightschool: The Weirn Books - Volume 3 by Svetlana Chmakova (Completed August 19, 2011)
176. Avalon High: Coronation - Volume 3: Hunter's Moon by Meg Cabot (Completed August 19, 2011)
177. The King's Daughters (King Amir Series, Book 2) by Nathalie Mallet (Completed August 20, 2011)
178. Reasons to be Happy by Katrina Kittle (Completed August 21, 2011)
179. Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy (Completed August 22, 2011)
180. A Gathering of Faerie - Book Two: Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater (Completed August 22, 2011)
181. The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson (Little Blue Envelopes, Book 2) (Completed August 22, 2011)
182. She Loves You, She Loves You Not by Julie Anne Peters (Completed August 25, 2011)
183. Sweet Tooth - Volume 3: Animal Armies by Jeff Lemire (Completed August 26, 2011)
184. The Unwritten - Volume 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Company (Completed August 26, 2011)
185. The Unwritten - Volume 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Company (Completed August 26, 2011)
186. The Unwritten - Volume 3: Dead Man's Knock by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Company (Completed August 26, 2011)
187. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (Completed August 26, 2011)
188. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Completed August 27, 2011)
189. Daphne by Justine Picardie (Completed August 29, 2011)
190. Becoming Marie Antoinette (Marie Antoinette Trilogy, Book 1) by Juliet Grey (Completed August 30, 2011)


SEPTEMBER
191. The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive - Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson (Completed September 1, 2011)
192. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller (Completed September 3, 2011)
193. The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay (Completed September 3, 2011)
194. Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie (Completed September 5, 2011)
195. Son of the Shadows (Sevenwaters Series, Book 2) by Juliet Marillier (Completed September 5, 2011)
196. Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Completed September 8, 2011)
197. Bone - Volume 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith (Completed September 8, 2011)
198. Bone - Volume 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith (Completed September 9, 2011)
199. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Completed September 10, 2011)
200. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan (Completed September 14, 2011)
201. Breathers by S.G. Browne (Completed September 15, 2011)
202. Radiant Shadows: A Wicked Lovely Book (Book 4) by Melissa Marr (Completed September 15, 2011)
203. The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis (Completed September 16, 2011)
204. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff (Completed September 17, 2011)
205. A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (Completed September 18, 2011)
206. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Completed September 21, 2011)
207. The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien (Completed September 22, 2011)
208. The Poison Eaters: And Other Stories by Holly Black (Completed September 22, 2011)
209. Prince of Thrones: Book One of The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence (Completed September 23, 2011)
210. Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge (Completed September 25, 2011)
211. The Dresden Files - Volume 1: Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Completed September 29, 2011)
212. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Completed September 29, 2011)

OCTOBER
213. Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham (Completed October 2, 2011)
214. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Completed October 6, 2011)
215. The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and her Impact on Us by Tanya Lee Stone (Completed October 7, 2011)
216. Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant Series, Book 6) by Derek Landy (Completed October 7, 2011)
217. Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart by Laurel Ann Nattress (Completed October 8, 2011)
218. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft (Completed October 8, 2011)
219. Die for Me (Revenants Series, Book 1) by Amy Plum (Completed October 11, 2011)
220. Bossypants by Tina Fey (Completed October 11, 2011)
221. Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan (Completed October 11, 2011)
222. Dracula by Bram Stoker (Completed October 18, 2011)
223. A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore (Completed October 20, 2011)
224. Smut by Alan Bennett (Completed October 21, 2011)
225. Dearly, Departed by Lisa Habel (Completed October 21, 2011)
226. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (Completed October 21, 2011)
227. Grammar Girl's: 101 Misused Words You'll Never Confuse Again by Mignon Forgarty (Completed October 22, 2011)
228. The Lord of the Rings - Book 2: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (Completed October 28, 2011)
229. The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
230. Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn (Completed October 28, 2011)
231. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton (Completed October 29, 2011)
232. Affinity by Sarah Waters (Completed October 29, 2011)
233. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Completed October 29, 2011)

NOVEMBER
234. Fables: Volume 2 - Animal Farm by Bill Willingham & Company (Completed November 3, 2011)
235. Alice, I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Completed November 7, 2011)
236. The Secret Circle: Book 1 - The Initiation by L.J. Smith (Completed November 11, 2011)
237. The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (Completed November 28, 2011)

DECEMBER
238. Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy, Book 1) by Jennifer Estep
239. The Postmortal by Drew Magary

Best Reads of 2011

Best Historical Fiction:

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton (Completed October 29, 2011)

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (Completed August 27, 2011)

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Completed August 1, 2011)

The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin (Completed July 19, 2011)

The Beauty Chorus by Kate Lord Brown (Completed May 14, 2011)

Best Non-Fiction:

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan (Completed October 11, 2011)

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (Completed August 18, 2011)

Resistance: A Woman's Journal of Struggle and Defiance in Occupied France by Agnes Humbert (Completed August 9, 2011)

Far and Away: A Prize Every Time by Neil Peart (Completed April 23, 2011)

Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell (Completed February 26, 2011)

Series I Continue to Love:

Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant Series, Book 6) by Derek Landy (Completed October 7, 2011)

Spell Bound (Women of the Otherworld Series, Book 12) by Kelley Armstrong (Completed July 25, 2011)

Empire of Ruins: The Hunchback Assignments III by Arthur Slade (Completed May 8, 2011)

Fables Volume 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham & Company (Completed April 15, 2011)

River Marked by Patricia Briggs (Mercedes Thompson Series, Book 6 (Completed March 12, 2011)

A Lesson In Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs Series, Book 8)

Classics That I Loved:

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Completed October 6, 2011)

Favourite Fantasy Reads:

Prince of Thrones: Book One of The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence (Completed September 23, 2011)

The Way of Kings: The Stormlight Archive - Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson (Completed September 1, 2011)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Completed September 10, 2011)

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Completed April 16, 2011)

Daughter of the Forest (Book One of The Sevenwaters Trilogy) by Juliet Marillier (Completed January 15, 2011)

The Fallen Kings Cycle Book 1: The Sworn by Gail Z. Martin (Completed January 10, 2011)

Honourable Mentions:
Among Others by Jo Walton
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy #1) by N.K. Jemisin

Best Canadian Read:

The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay (Completed September 3, 2011)

The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley (Completed May 15, 2011)

Favourite Graphic Novels:

The Unwritten - Volume 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Company (Completed August 26, 2011)
The Unwritten - Volume 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Company (Completed August 26, 2011)
The Unwritten - Volume 3: Dead Man's Knock by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Company (Completed August 26, 2011)

Trilogy I Was Sad To See End:

The Infinity Gate (DarkGlass Mountain Trilogy, Book 3) by Sara Douglass (Completed July 28, 2011)

Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb (The Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 3) (Completed June 19, 2011)

Books That Stand-up to a Reread:

Outlander (Outlander Series, Book 1) by Diana Gabaldon (Completed July 10, 2011)

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Completed June 28, 2011)

Best Young Adult Fiction:

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (Completed June 23, 2011)

My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger (Completed March 11, 2011)

Book That I Didn't Expect to Love But Did:

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Completed May 25, 2011)

Best Short Story Collection:

Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint (Completed April 11, 2011)

Book That I Am Still Thinking About:

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Completed February 5, 2011)

End of the Year Survey and Book Buying...

I saw this survey on It's All About Books and decided I really needed to post something today, so I went with this... If you get bored the end of my post shows the books I got for Christmas with my gift cards... The event is hosted by The Perpetual Page-Turner.

Bookish Bests

1. Best Book You Read In 2011?

This is a hard question! I really enjoyed many books this year, so I don't think I could pick one. I will have to do a more in-depth post for this question.

2. Most Disappointing Book/Book You Wish You Loved More Than You Did?

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. People seem to love that book and I was very disinterested....

3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2011?

Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman. When I read descriptions I didn't think it sounded like something I would really enjoy, but I decided to be 'different'. I am glad that I did!

4. Book you recommended to people most in 2011?

The Night Circus and A Discovery of Witches. They are the ones I gave gifts to, too.

5. Best series you discovered in 2011?

The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson. I really enjoyed the first book and am tempted by the rest...

6. Favorite new authors you discovered in 2011?

Helen Dunmore, E. Lockhart, Erin Morgernstern, Mark Lawrence, Kathryn Stockett, Helene Hanff, and many more...

7. Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you?

oops, I really need to read down on these things... Probably Everything Began After by Simon van Booy. I probably wouldn't have read this without book bloggers.

8. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2011?

The Night Circus was unputdownable... Maybe not so much thrilling, though.

9. Book you most anticipated in 2011?

River Marked by Patricia Briggs. I love this series!

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2011?

um... Among Others by Jo Walton has a pretty cover!

11. Most memorable character in 2011?

Good lord... These questions are hard. I know I will answer them and then think of something else... um... Helene Hanff. I know her books are non-fiction, so not really a character, but she sticks with me.

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2011?

The Night Circus, I think.

13. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2011?

Little Princes by Conor Grennan in the non-fiction aspect. Probably When she Woke by Hilary Jordan in the fiction department.

14. Book you can't believe you waited UNTIL 2011 to finally read?

So many! I finally read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books. I finally read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2011?

I have no idea. I don't record this...

16. Book That You Read In 2011 That Would Be Most Likely To Reread In 2012?

I don't reread much, so not sure.

17. Book That Had A Scene In It That Had You Reeling And Dying To Talk To Somebody About It? (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc. etc.) Be careful of spoilers!

Probably either A Discovery of Witches or The Night Circus.

Book Blogging/Reading Life in 2011

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2011?

Oh, wow, there are so many blogs that I started reading this year. Some of them just started blogging, but others have been blogging for years. I couldn't really narrow it down...

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2011?

Man, I don't know. My posts normally all are terrible. I think I have enjoyed all of my buddy reviews, though, because they are always fun to do!

3. Best discussion you had on your blog?

Probably my venting on my Blogiversary post. I still kinda regret saying anything, but most people seemed to sort of agree and those that didn't lead to some interesting discussions.

4. Most thought-provoking review or discussion you read on somebody else's blog?

I think I tend to look at things as a whole. I might read one post and it sort of makes me think, but then more posts about the same sort of thing getting me paying attention. Sometimes I make my own connections, though.

5. Best event that you participated in (author signings, festivals, virtual events, memes, etc.)?

Easy! Virtual Advent. I might be a bit biased, though...

6. Best moment of book blogging in 2011?

um... I finally did a vlog... And then another one... For me that is a HUGE step. I also talked to Marg on Skype...

7. Most Popular Post This Year On Your Blog (whether it be by comments or views)?

I actually don't pay attention to things like that. I am not even sure how to do that easily, so I just won't.

8. Post You Wished Got A Little More Love?

There are many... There never seems to be any rhyme or reason to what is popular. I find that more 'personal' posts get the best results. Book posts get attention, but music and things don't usually get much attention...

9. Best bookish discovery (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?

I started using Fictfact this year. I find it very helpful...

10. Did you complete any reading challenges or goals that you had set for yourself at the beginning of this year?

I completed challenges, yes. I also read more classics in one year than I have in years. That was sort of a goal. I probably could have done better, but it wasn't terrible either.

Looking Ahead...

1. One Book You Didn't Get To In 2011 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2012?

I think The Wise Man's Fear, the next Kingkiller book, by Patrick Rothfuss, will be read very soon in 2012. <---- I am just going to say DITTO to Suey's answer. I was very excited about this book and STILL haven't read it.

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2012?

BITTERBLUE!!! Oh, and FAIR GAME! I don't like that series quite as much as her other one, but still, fun! And the new John Green... And more Fables... And a sequel to A Discovery of Witches... And a new book by Mark Lawrence...

3. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging In 2012?

I want to get rid of my current template. I am tired of the black, but I am terrible at things like that...


Gift Card Book-Buying:

Bitterblue is a book I have been waiting for FOREVER! (Pre-order)

Finally! Sequel to the Fables spin-off! (Pre-order)

This came out a while ago but I was waiting for my Christmas gift cards...

New Patricia Briggs!!! I have been waiting for years! (Pre-order)

I read the first book in this series earlier this year, so I am excited to see what happens next... (Pre-order)

um, duh? I think I am too late to have it signed, but I still had to have a copy (Pre-order)

Ana (and several other people) loved this book and someone stole the library copy...

I wanted a new Daphne du Maurier book. It was a bit overwhelming, but I just like this title...

I have found I love Brandon Sanderson and this was a good price...

I have heard lots of good things about this book. 

I received a review copy of the second book in this series without knowing it was the second book, so need book 1...

This was a splurge... It just sounds good. (Pre-order)

This sounds like a book you should own... Also a splurge. (Pre-order)

I love this series, so I am very excited to get a chance to read this...

This book is out next year and is the 5th Volume.

This was in the Bargain Bin...

I loved Hugo Cabret, so this was sort of a given...