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message 1: by Liz (last edited Sep 28, 2012 05:44AM) (new)

Liz (busy91) My book goal for 2012 is 85.
I wanted to focus more on fiction, although I don't think I've done well on that so far.
I also wanted to read a wider variety of books, I've only met that goal partialy. I've read a lot of fiction so far, that I found to be very good.

January
1. The Inflammation - Free Diet Plan - Monica Reinage
2. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body - Daniel Amen
3. The Inflammation Syndrome - Jack Challem
4. Confessions of a Reformed Dieter - A.J. Rochester
5. Divergent - Veronica Roth

February
6. Reading Like a Writer - Francine Prose
7. Mr. g - Alan Lightman
8. Lady Susan - Jane Austen
9. The Sucessful Novelist - David Morrell
10. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
11. How I Write - Janet Evanovich
12. Your Best Life Now - Joel Osteen
13. Chekov: Eleven Stories - Anton Chekov
14. A Countess Below Stairs - Eva Ibbotson
15. Below Stairs - Margaret Powell

March
16. Lives of Musicians - Kathleen Krull
17. The Astonishing Power of Emotions - Esther & Jerry Hicks
18. Sister - Rosamund Lupton
19. Lives of Writers - Kathleen Krull
20. Lives of Artists - Kathleen Krull
21. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
22. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
23. Jesus: A Story of Enlightment - Deepak Chopra

April
24. My Reading Life - Pat Conroy
25. The Godfather - Mario Puzzo
26. Being in Balance - Wayne Dyer
27. New York: A Novel - Edward Rutherfurd
28. Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes
29. You on a Diet: Waist Management - Mehmet Oz
30. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
31. Drop Dead Healthy - A.J. Jacobs

May
32. Eat Right 4 Your Type
33. The Paleo Solution - Robb Wolff
34. Here is New York - E.B. White
35. The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilerson
36. The Road To Grace - Richard Paul Evans
37. Candide - Voltaire

June
38. Insurgent - Veronica Roth
39. The Pleiadian Agenda - Barbara Hand Clow
40. Storybound - Marissa Burt
41. Dear Cary - Dyan Cannon
42. Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
43. The Family Corleone - Ed Falco


24 Non Fiction
19 Fiction


message 2: by Liz (last edited Sep 28, 2012 05:45AM) (new)

Liz (busy91) Here starts my next 3 months of the year. In August I got caught up in my 'New Thought' reading. I get on these reading kicks and can't get off. However, my fiction reading is picking up.


July
44. Sal Mineo: A Biography - Michael Gregg Michaud
45. The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom
46. Positive Principle Today - Norman Vincent Peale
47. Tell The Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt
48. The Pilgram's Progress - John Bunyan
49. The Dry Grass of August - Anna Jean Mayhew
50. Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting - Wayne Dyer

August
51. Dream Catchers - Sandy Lo
52. Mistletoe and Margaritas - Shanon Stacey
53. Antebellum - Kayeen Thomas
54. The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
55. The Biology of Belief - Bruce Lipton
56. Stillness Speaks - Eckhart Tolle
57. The Moses Code - James Twyman
58. The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire - Deepak Chopra
59. Practicing the Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
60. The Isaiah Effect - Gregg Braden
61. Learned Optimism - Martin Seligman
62, The Dark Side of Light Chasers - Debbie Ford
63. The Divine Matrix - Gregg Braden

September
64. Out of My Mind - Sharon Draper
65. I Am Number Four - Pitticus Lore
66. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
67. The Healing - Jonathan Odell
68. May the Road Rise Up to Meet You - Peter Troy
69. War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality - Deepak Chopra
70. Rise of the Elgen: Michael Vey #2: Richrd Paul Evans
71. Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self - Danielle Evans
72. Rose Madder - Stephen King
73. Zen in the Art of Writing - Ray Bradbury

15 Non-Fiction
15 Fiction


message 3: by Liz (last edited Sep 28, 2012 05:37AM) (new)

Liz (busy91) Here will be the last 3 months of the year.
I plan this to be mostly fiction. I'd like it to be all fiction, but I think I have one or two Christmas books that are non-fiction that I want to read.

October

74.


message 4: by Liz (last edited Sep 28, 2012 05:51AM) (new)

Liz (busy91) Here is my A-Z Title Challenge for 2012

Liz's A-Z Challenge for 2012

I haven't done an A-Z title challenge in a few years. It is kind of late in the year to start one, so I will see if I can finish it with the books I've already read. That means I may have to play catch up.

I'll only list one book for each letter, because there are multiples.

A Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahme-Smith
B Below Stairs - Margaret Powell
C Candide - Voltaire
D Divergent - Veronica Roth
E Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
F (the) Family Corleone - Ed Falco
G (the) Godfather - Mario Puzo
H Here is New York - E.B White
I Insurgent - Veronica Roth
J Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra
K (the) Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom
L Lady Susan - Jane Austin
M Mr. g - Alan Lightman
N New York: A Novel - Edward Rutherfurd
O Out of My Mind - Sharon M. Draper
P (the) Pilgram's Progress - John Bunyan
Q
R Road to Grace - Richard Paul Evans
S Storybound - Melissa Burt
T Tell The Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt
U
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W (the) Woman in Black - Susan Hill
X The Divine MatriX - Gregg Braden
Y Your Best Life Now - Joel Osteen
Z Zen in the Art of Writing - Ray Bradbury


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Love your organization.


message 6: by Liz (new)

Liz (busy91) LOL! It is only organized because I'm posting it now. If I had posted it in January, It would be one hot mess!!


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