2012 Book Challenge

Gearing up for a 2012 Reading Challenge. In 2011 I accomplished my personal goal of reading 100 books - I actually read 112! (YEAH). This year for 2012,  I want to participate in a challenge that will allow me to link up with other readers and hear their comments about books.  There are five levels to the challenge ranging from reading 5 books to 20+ at level V.

For 2012 I am striving for Level V by reading the following books:

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 
2. Divergent by Veroncia Roth 
3. Delirium by Lauren Oliver 
4. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson 
5. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead 
6. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
7. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater 
8. The Maze Runner by James Dashner 
9. Every Last One by Anna Quindlen 
10. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks 
11. Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 
12. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 
13. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen 
14. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White 
15. A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 
16. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 
17. Naked in Death by JD Robb 
18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
19. You Against Me by Jenny Downham 
20. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 
21. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 
22. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 
23. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 
24. I heart you, You haunt me by Lisa Schroeder 
25. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Juniot Diaz 
26. The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler 
27. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa 
28. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 

On her blog www.readingwithtequilla.com, a list of 266 recommended books was posted.  From the list I have already read 38 of the books. Wow! That is more than I would have guessed... maybe all that reading is paying off. Here is my list of books I have already read:


Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins,  Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling , The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K Rowling, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, South of Broad by Pat Conroy, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Paper Towns by John Green, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor, Eragon by Christopher Paolini, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Looking For Alaska by John Green, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Fire by Kristin Cashore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, XVI by Julia Karr, A B C's by Dr. Seuss, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, Matched by Ally Condie, White Cat by Holly Black, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Across the Universe by Beth Revis, I am not a serial killer by Dan Wells, The Pledge by Kimberly Derting, Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin.