Read (2012)

A complete list of all books I’ve read in 2012, plus links to reviews I’ve written for them.

Past: 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011

Key
* = reread
R = book gotten for review from author/publisher
T = book read for a tour
e = ebook
a = audiobook

Ratings are out of five total possible birds. DNF = I didn’t finish it but I read more than 50%.

January

001. New Girl – Paige Harbison [rating: 4] e R
002. Tooth and Claw – Jo Walton [rating: 3.5] e
003. The Green Man – Michael Bedard [rating: 3] eR
004. Graffiti Moon – Cath Crowley [rating: 4] eR
005. A Greyhound of a Girl – Roddy Doyle [rating: 2.5] eR
006. Street Dreams – Tama Wise [rating: 2] eR
007. I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – Julie Dawn Cole & Michael Esslinger [rating: 2] e
008. Lies Beneath – Anne Greenwood Brown [rating: 2] eR
009. Ghost College – Scott Nicholson & J.R. Rain [rating: 2.5] e
010. The Art of Money Getting – P.T. Barnum [rating: 2] e
011. Planet Janet – Dyan Sheldon [rating: 3]
012. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte [rating: 4] e
013. Withering Tights – Louise Rennison [rating: 2] e
014. The Giver – Lois Lowry [rating: 3] e
015. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green [rating: TBD]
016. ttyl – Lauren Myracle [rating: 3]
017. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – Ann Brashares [rating: 2.5]
018. Vesper – Jeff Sampson [rating: 3] e
019. Dramarama – E. Lockhart [rating: 4]
020. Boy Meets Girl – Meg Cabot [rating: 3.5]
021. Wanderlove – Kirsten Hubbard [rating: 5] eR
022. The Wizard, the Witch and Two Girls from Jersey – Lisa Papademetriou [rating: 3]
023. Stupid Fast – Geoff Herbach [rating: 4] e

— Monthly Review

February

024. The Unidentified – Rae Mariz [rating: 4] e
025. Entwined – Heather Dixon [rating: 5] e
026. Shades of Simon Gray – Joyce McDonald [rating: 3]
027. The Wander Year: One Couple’s Journey Around the World – Mike McIntyre [rating: 3] e
028. Flawless – Lara Chapman [rating: 2] e
029. A Drowned Maiden’s Hair – Laura Amy Schlitz [rating: 4.5] e
030. American Gods: 10th Anniversary Edition – Neil Gaiman [rating: 5] e *
031. Five Tomorrows – Sarah A. Hoyt [rating: 3] e
032. Wolf Brother – Michelle Paver [rating: 3.5]
033. Fame Fatale – Wendy Holden [rating: 2.5]
034. Dust – Arthur Slade [rating: 4] e
035. My Fair Godmother – Janette Rallison [rating: 3] e
036. Wish – Alexandra Bullen [rating: 3.5] e
037. Who What Wear: The Allegra Biscotti Collection – Olivia Bennett [rating: 3.5] e
038. Goy Crazy – Melissa Schorr [rating: 4] e
039. My Lunatic Life – Sharon Sala [rating: 2] e
040. What Would Jane Austen Do? – Laurie Brown [rating: 3.5] e
041. Haint Misbehavin’ – Maureen Hardegree [rating: 4] e

— Monthly Review

March

042. The Tail of Emily Windsnap – Liz Kessler [rating: 3] e
043. Ordinary Magic – Caitlen Rubino-Bradway [rating: 3.5] eR
044. Pizzicato – Rusalka Reh [rating: 3] e
045. Death of an Obnoxious Tourist – Maria Hudgins [rating: 3] e
046. Shadows on the Moon – Zoe Marriott [rating: 5] eR
047. Penumbra – Carolyn Haines [rating: 4] e
048. Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain [rating: 5] e
049. The Poison Diaries – Maryrose Wood [rating: 3.5] e
050. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer [rating: 5] e
051. Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer [rating: 5] e*
052. The Arctic Incident – Eoin Colfer [rating: 5] e*
053. Burn Mark – Laura Powell [rating: 4.5] eR
054. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins [rating: 3.5] e
055. Lord of the Changing Winds – Rachel Neumeier [rating: 3] e
056. Land of the Burning Sands – Rachel Neumeier [rating: 4] e
057. The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness [rating: 5] e
058. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins [rating: 4.5] e
059. Law of the Broken Earth – Rachel Neumeier [rating: 4] e
060. Vodnik – Bryce Moore [rating: 3] eR
— Monthly Review

April

061. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins [rating: 3.5] e
062. Sabriel – Garth Nix [rating: 5] e*
063. Six Against the Stars – Stephen Hunt [rating: DNF] e
064. The Ask and the Answer – Patrick Ness [rating: 4.5] e
065. Crocodile on the Sandbank – Elizabeth Peters [rating: 4] e*
066. The Making of a Trade School – Mary Schenck Woolman [rating: 3] e
067. Morgue Mama – C.R. Corwin [rating: 3] e
068. A Spark of Death – Bernadette Pajer [rating: 2.5] e
069. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great – Judy Blume [rating: 3.5] e*
070. Lirael – Garth Nix [rating: 4] e
— Monthly Review

May

071. So You Want to Be a Wizard – Diane Duane [rating: 5] *
072. The Spy Lady and the Muffin Man – Sesyle Joslin [rating: 4] *
073. Deep Wizardry – Diane Duane [rating: 5] *
074. High Wizardry – Diane Duane [rating: 4]
075. Equal Rites – Terry Pratchett [rating: 3.5] *
076. Carpe Jugulum – Terry Pratchett [rating: 4] *
077. Thief of Time – Terry Pratchett [rating: 4] *
078. Charmed Life – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 5] *
079. The Lives of Christopher Chant – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 5] *
080. The Magicians of Caprona – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 4] *
081. Witch Week – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 5] *
082. Conrad’s Fate – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 3] *
083. The Pinhoe Egg – Diana Wynne Jones [rating: 3.5] *
084. Operation Red Jericho – Joshua Mowll [rating: 4] *

— Monthly Review