Posted by Underground Crafter on December 31, 2012 |
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One of my goals for 2012 was to read more. Last year around this time, I was feeling like some sort of statistic – you know, featured in all those doomsday articles you see online about how people don’t read anymore. Then my colleagues gifted me a Kindle Fire
for Christmas and I hoped it would be the inspiration I needed to read (non-crochet and non-knitting) books.
I read 7 books in 2011. (I’m defining “read” loosely here, since 4 were audiobooks.) I was hoping to read at least 12 in 2012, and I was able to (slightly) exceed my goal! So without further ado, here is the list of non-crafty books I read in 2012.
- The City and the Stars
by Arthur C. Clarke
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs (my review)
- Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents, 22E
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
by Stieg Larsson (my Millenium Trilogy review)
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
by Susan Cain (my review)
- Halfway Human
by Carolyn Ives Gilman (my review)
- Dying Inside
by Robert Silverberg (my review)
- The Righteous
by Michael Wallace (my review)
- The Year of the Flood: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
- How To Love Your Job Or Find A New One
by Joanna Penn (my review)
- Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
by Elizabeth L. Cline (my review)
- The Last Man
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (my review)
- The Brief History of the Dead: A Novel
by Kevin Brockmeier (my review)
- Here
by Denise Grover Swank (my review)
I found out about many of these books through Wednesday’s Yarn Along with Small Things. I’m looking for more books to read in 2013, and I’m always interested in finding more recommendations on Goodreads, so feel free to stop by my profile page and add me to your friends!
What was your favorite read of 2012?
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Awesome list!!!
I lurk at Yarn Along for the book recommendations. Thanks for posting yours. I have a list of 20 already for the new year but I want to do 52 in 2013! That was my goal this year but I only made it to 35.
Wow. Just wow, Nicky. Where do you find time for blogging with all that reading, lol?
On the subway baby!!!! I travel 1.5 hours each way every work day … that’s three hours of prime reading time!
I tried being an underground crafter too but I like to relax — feet up kinda relax — when I craft, so I just use the time to read.
That’s a great reading commute. I only have about 45 minutes, of which I can use maybe 30 for crafting time (usually more like 20 because it is so crowded).
Happy New Year Marie! I have seen all those books being updated on Goodreads and have read several of them too. I also love finding books from Yarn Along.
I’ve read a lot more this year too and my favourites have probably been ‘The 100 year-old-man who climbed out of the window and disappeared’ and the 3 Hunger Games books. Harold Fry touched me, as did The Book Thief which also I loved. Pride & Prejudice was my biggest surprise – I loved that after 20+ years of putting off reading it!
Here’s to lots more lovely books and a great 2013! x
Thanks for the suggestions, Sarah! I’ve also had a block against Pride & Prejudice, so maybe I’ll check it out.
OMG … an Austenian block!!! Sacrilege!!!!!
I’m getting ready to re-read the volumes this year again. We could read P & P together if you like.
Confession, Nicky: I’m a little scared of committing to reading P & P
. But when I get ready to try it out, I will let you know!
Great job with meeting and exceeding your challenge! Your post made me think back to the number of books that I have read this year. Probably less than in previous years. The standouts for me were re-reading childhood favorites like Heidi and Anne of Green Gables. I am also slowly making my way through A Song of Ice and Fire series (currently on book 4).
Happy New Year!
Thanks for the reading suggestions, autumngeisha!