Books Read in 2011

Well, I did it again!  I surpassed my previous year's goals and read way more books while at the same time enjoying keeping track of my Pages Read Challenge which was my first time partaking in.


Goal: 10,000 pages
Total: 13,517 pages = 135% of goal completed!


December: 843 pages. Completed 8% in December!
42. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 283 pages
41. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 80 pages
40. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 480 pages

November: 1,948 pages. Completed 19% in November!
39. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer 756 pages
38. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer 629 pages
37. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 563 pages

October: 1,762 pages. Completed 18% in October!
36. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 498 pages
35. Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm 144 pages
34. The Secret Circle: The Captive Part II and The Power by L.J. Smith 400 pages
33. The Secret Circle: The Initiation and The Captive Part I by L.J. Smith 416 pages
32. Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum 304 pages

September: 1,371 pages. Completed 13% in September!
31. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum 352 pages
30. The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum 312 pages
29. The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum 264 pages
28. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 184 pages
27. Strike Zone by Kate Angell 259 pages

August: 600 pages. Completed 6% in August!
26. Curveball by Kate Angell 292 pages
25. Squeeze Play by Kate Angell 308 pages

July: 495 pages. Completed  4.9 % in July!
24. Remembering South Cape May: The Jersey Shore Town That Vanished into the Sea by Joseph G. Burcher, Robert Kenselaar 128 pages
23. Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont 26 pages
22. The Beach House by Jane Green 341 pages

June: 816 pages. Completed 8.1% in June!
21. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 304 pages
20. Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara 512 pages

May: 0 pages.  Completed 0% in May =-(

April: 1,428 pages. Completed 14.2% in April!
19. The Cat Who Came In From The Cold  by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 107 pages
18. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 214 pages
17.  Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum 272 pages
16. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 104 pages
15.  A Little Princess  by Frances Hodgson Burnett 186 pages
14. Ozma of OZ  by L. Frank Baum 210 pages
13. The Woggle-Bug Book  by L. Frank Baum 48 pages
12. The Marvelous Land of Oz  by L. Frank Baum 287 pages

March:1,424 pages. Completed 14.2% in March!
11. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  by L. Frank Baum 240 pages
10. Alice I Have Been: A Novel  by Melanie Benjamin 400 pages
9. ArchEnemy: The Looking Glass Wars, Book Three  by Frank Beddor 384 pages
8. Seeing Redd: The Looking Glass Wars, Book Two  by Frank Beddor 400 pages

February: 1,700 pages.  Completed 17% in February!
7. The Looking Glass Wars  by Frank Beddor 358 pages
6. There's No Place Like Here  by Cecilia Ahern 341 pages
5. The Iliad  by Homer 614 pages
4. Lady Whistledown Strikes Back  by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan 387 pages

January: 1,130 pages. Completed 11.3% in January!
3. The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown  by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan 391 pages
2. On The Way To The Wedding  by Julia Quinn 371 pages
1. It’s In His Kiss  by Julia Quinn 368 pages

I've decided for 2012 that I'm going to do three challenges in order to make things more fun as far as my reading.  I'm doing the Pages Read Challenge, Reduce Mount TBR, and the 1001 books you must read before you die challenge all over at bookcrossing.com.  My goals are to read 14,000 pages, move 45 books from my TBR shelf, and to read six 1001 books.  I'm super excited for this new year to read a lot and burst my previous goals from 2011.  Happy 2012 everyone and happy reading!

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon

     So I'm preparing for Saturday's 24 hour read-a-thon.  This time I don't have the need to cram into a short span because I've surpassed my reading goals for the year.  I'm just planning to enjoy myself and have fun.  Which means that I'm planning on getting up a few hours later than the normal start time.  My plans are to participate in about twelve hours of the read-a-thon.  I didn't get any snacks this time around but I'm hoping to just find stuff from around the house.  This read-a-thon is starting on Saturday, October 22 at 8 am in my area.   If you are interested in signing up for this read-a-thon you can go to the site at http://24hourreadathon.com .



Here is the list of possible reads which I'm keeping track of on Goodreads:

Treasure Island  by Robert Lewis Stevenson 160 pages (Kindle)
Cinderella  by Henry W  Hewet 24 pages (Kindle)
Stuart Little by E.B. White  144 pages (Kindle)
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom 192 pages (Kindle)
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 192 pages (Kindle)
For One More Day by Mitch Albom 197 pages (Kindle)
Elliot and the Goblin War by Jennifer A Nielsen 208 pages (Kindle)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 208 pages (Kindle)
February Flowers by Fan Wu 256 pages (Kindle)
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 270 pages
Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire 280 pages
Dancing on Sunday Afternoons by Linda Cardillo 288 pages (Kindle)
A Little Love Story by Roland Murillo 288 page (Kindle)
Wuthering Bite by Sarah Gray 362 pages
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire 372 pages
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 374 pages (Kindle)
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 400 pages 
Wicked by Gregory Maguire 406 pages
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 432 pages
The Awakening and the Struggle by L.J. Smith 492 pages
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 498 pages
Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm, Carl Ludwig 609 pages (Kindle)


Total Possible Pages: 6,652 


Good luck to everyone!  I'll be doing my usual updates on all the social sites and trying to participate as much as possible in the challenges.  I love winning free books! Happy Reading All!