Those with a goal for the year.. Post what you have read so far!

I figured I would start a thread so we can all keep track of how many books we aim to read this year and what we read so far. Feel free to add what you thought of the book to perhaps encourage others to pick it up!

Goal for 2011: 111 books

Read so far:
1. Catching Fire - quick read, very entertaining!
2. Mockingjay - good but liked the first two books better
3. Plum Island
4. The Secret Life of Ceecee Wilkes
5. Remember Me
6. Can you keep a secret?
7. Swtiched - Trylle Series

Message edited 1/22/2011 12:15:49 AM.

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Hmmm, I think I'll set my goal at 50. I can read 2+ per week if I read more and surf the web less (I read the first 6 Harry Potters in a week), but I'm going to try and be realistic with my goal as to what I can accomplish over the whole year. I also 'read' audiobooks during my commute since it is about an hour and a half each way. This way I feel like I'm doing something productive with that time.

My books so far:
1. Conspiracy in Kiev (finished 1/11) - got this one as a free download on my Kindle and thought I would give it a try. Pretty good read, and first of a trilogy, so I'm most likely going to download the other two.
2. Changes, Dresden Files book 12 (audiobook, finished 1/14) - just WOW. Amazing book, highly impressed with the series that 12 books in it is getting better and better.
3. Turn Coat, Dresden Files book 11 (audiobook, finished 1/5)
4. Side Jobs, Dresden Files short stories (audiobook, finished 1/22)
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (in progress)
6. Switched, Trylle Series Book 1 (finished 1/15)
7. Torn, Trylle Series Book 2 (finished 1/15)
8. Ascend, Trylle Series Book 3 (finished 1/16)
9. Earth The Book (audiobook, in progress)

Message edited 1/25/2011 9:17:00 PM.

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1. Mockingjay
2. Matched
3. Secret Life of Cee Cee Wilkes.

I have to look back. I'm pretty sure I finished Mockingjay in 2011, not 2010.

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My goal: 111

1. One Fifth Avenue (Candace Bushnell)
2. Chronicles of Avonlea (Lucy Maud Montgomery)
3. There's Cake in My Future (Kim Gruenenfelder)
4. Too Good To Be True (Kristan Higgins)
5. The Sleeping Beauty Proposal (Sarah Strohmeyer)
6. Everyone Worth Knowing (Lauren Weisberger)
7. The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
8. Fools Rush In (Janice Thompson)
9. The Healer's Apprentice (Melanie Dickerson)
10. Emma (Jane Austen)
11. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieeg Larson)
12. The True Story of Mary Stuart: Queen of Scots. (John Guy)
13: Paper Roses (Amanda Cabot)
14. The Cinderella Pact (Sarah Strohmeyer)
15. 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Maureen Johnson)
16. Secrets of the Tudor Court (D.L. Bogdan)
17. Both Sides of Time (Caroline Cooney)
18. Stupid History (Leland Gregory)
19. Cottage by the Sea (Ciji Ware)
20. Always the Bridesmaid (Whitney Lyles)
21 Bossypants (Tina Fey)
22. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer (Seth Grahame-Smith)
23. The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
24. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (JK Rowling)
25. Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
26. The Season (Sarah Maclean)
27. Nine Rules to Break when Romancing a Rake (Sarah Maclean)
28. Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord (Sarah Maclean)
29. Ties that Bind (Heather Huffman)
30. Chaos (Rachel Ward)
31. The Time Machine (HG Wells)
32. Agatha Christie Complete Mystery Collection
33. Life's a Beach (Clare Cook)
34. Cleopatra (Stacy Schiff)
35. Three
36. Escape from Verona (David Grey)
37. The Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
38. Bright Young Things (Anna Goberson)
39. Belly laughs (Jenny McCarthy)
40. What's Your Number? (Karen Brodsky)
41. Eleven Scandals to Starting when Stealing a Duke's Heart (Sarah Maclean)
42. Escape from Time

Message edited 9/27/2011 10:58:50 PM.

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My goal 111+

1. How to Knit a Wild Bikini - Christie Ridgway
2. Unravel Me - Christie Ridgway
3. Dirty Sexy Knitting - Christie Ridgway
4. Love Me To Death - Allison Brennan
5. Cypress Point- Diane Chamberlain
6. Senseless - Mary Burton
7. Crush On You - Christie Ridgway
8. The He Kissed Me - Christie Ridgway
9. Secrets to the Grave - Tami Hoag
10. Call Me Irresistible - Susan Elizabeth Phillips
11. There's Cake in My Future - Kim Gruenenfelder
12. Marrying Daisy Bellamy - Susan Wiggs
13. Merciless - Mary Burton
14. Here to Stay - Catherine Anderson
15. Switched Trylle Series Book #1 - Amanda Hocking
16. Torn Trylle Series Book #2 -Amanda Hocking
17. Ascend Trylle Series Book # 3 -Amanda Hocking
18. Love at First Flight - Marie Force
19. The Fall - Marie Force
20. True North - Marie Force
21. My Blood Approves - Amanda Hocking
22. Hollowland - Amanda Hocking
23. A Chesapeake Shores Christmas - Sherryl Woods
24. Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
25. Just the Sexiest Man Alive - Julie James
26. Practice Makes Perfect - Julie James
27. Something About You - Julie James
28. A lot Like Love - Julie James
29. Love You More - Lisa Gardner
30. Kiss Me, Kill Me - Allison Brennan
31. Line of Scrimmage - Marie Force
32. The Wreck - Marie Force
33. Night Road - Kristin Hannah
34. Breaking the Rules - Suzanne Brockmann
35. My One and Only - Kristan Higgins
36. The Chesapeake Diaries: Almost Home - Mariah Stewart
37. Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later - Francine Pascal
38. Deadly Fear - Cynthia Eden
39. Deadly Heat - Cynthia Eden
40. Deadly Lies - Cynthia Eden
41. Summer of Two Wishes - Julia London
42. One Season of Sunshine - Julia London
43. A Light At Winter's End - Julia London
44. The Sweetest Thing - Jill Shalvis
45. Fatal Affair - Marie Force
46. Fatal Justice - Marie Force
47. Chasing Fire - Nora Roberts
48. Live to Tell - Wendy Corsi Staub
49. Scared to Death - Wendy Corsi Staub
50! Everybody Loves a Hero - Marie Force
51. Eve - Iris Johansen
52. Any Man of Mine - Rachel Gibson
53. Anything you want - Erin Nicholas
54. No Matter What - Erin Nicholas
55. Driftwood Cottage - Sherryl Woods
56. I'd Know You Anywhere - Laura Lippman
57. Maid for Love - Marie Force
58. Moonlight Cove - Sherryl Woods
59. Dead by Morning - Beverly Barton
60. Run - Blake Crouch
61. Afraid - Blake Crouch
62. Fool for Love - Marie Force
63. Beach Lane - Sherryl Woods
64 The Midwife's Confession - Diane Chamberlain
65. Sealed with a Kiss - Mary Doughridge
66. Wanting What You Get - Kathy Love
67. Getting What You Want - Kathy Love
68. Wanting Something More - Kathy Love
69. Sealed with a Kiss
70. Beach Lane - Sherrly Woods
71. Breaking the Silence - Diane Chamberlain
72. Fool for Love - Marie Force
73. Divorced, Desperate and Delicious - Christie Craig
74. Divorced, Desperate and Deceived - Christie Craig
75. Divorced, Desperate and Dating - Christie Craig
76. You Belong To Me - Karen Rose
77. Separate Lives - Diane Chamberlain
78. Houston We Have a Problem - Erin McCarthy
79. Fallen - Karin Slaughter
80. Mouth To Mouth - Erin McCarthy
81. Already Home - Susan Mallary
82. Serial Uncut - Blake Crouch
83. Ready For Love - Marie Force
84. Desert Place - Blake Crouch
85. All She Ever Wanted - Barbara Freethy
86. Black Ties and Lullabies - Jane Graves
87. Maybe This Time - Jennifer Cruise
88. All Fall Down - Erica Spindler
89. Never Knowing - Chevy Stevens
90. Bet Me - Jennifer Cruise
91. Compromising Positions - Jenna Bayley -Burke
92. Exclusivity Yours - Shannon Stacey
93. Undeniably Yours - Shannon Stacey
94. Yours to Keep - Shannon Stacey
95. Fatal Consequences - Marie Force
96. Crazy for You - Jennifer Cruise
97. Born to Die - Lisa Jackson
98. Only Yours - Susan Mallory
99. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
100. Tall Tales and Wedding Veils - Jane Graves
101. Lakeside Cottage - Susan Wiggs
102. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
103. The Cinderella Deal - Jennifer Cruise
104. Escape From the World Trade Center - Leslie Haskin
105. Can't Hurry Love - Christie Ridgway
106. Hot Wheels and High Heels - Jane Graves
107. Tell No One - Harlan Coben
108. One Scream Away - Kate Brady
109. Sweet Justice - Christy Reece
110. Only Yours - Susan Mallary
111. Last to Die - Kate Brady
112. Hell to Pay - Wendi Corsi Staub
113. In Seconds - Brenda Novak
114. Inside - Brenda Novak
115. The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks
116. From this Moment on- Bella Andre
117. The Look of Love - Bella Andre
118. Quinn - Iris Johanson
119. Bonnie - Iris Johanson
120. Silent Run - Barbara Freethy
121. Love Will Find a Way - Barbara Freethy
122. Only His - Susan Mallary
123. Dark Lover BDB # 1 - JR Ward
124. Lover Eteranal BDB # 2 - JR Ward
125. Lover Awakened BDB # 3- JR Ward
126. Lover Revealed BDB #4 - JR Ward
127. Lover Unbound BDB # 5 - JR Ward
128. Crossed (Matched #2) - Ally Condie

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To see how close to 111 i can get

1. My Blood Approves - Amanda Hocking (#1) (short less than 200 pgs)
2. Fate - Amanda Hocking(#2) (less than 200pgs)
3. Flutter - Amanda Hocking(3) (around 600 pages)
4. Wisdom - Amanda Hocking(#4) (less than 200)
5. Awakened - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast(#8 in the House of Night Series)
6. Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin
7. Switched - Amanda Hocking (Book 1 - Trylle Series... same author as the My Blood Approves- 500pgs)
8. Torn - Amanda Hocking(Book 2 - Trylle Series - 650 pgs)
9. Ascend - Amanda Hocking (Final book in the Trylle Series) 550pgs
10. Song of the Moon - Catherine Banks (Book 1 in the Artemis Lupine Series)
11. Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead (Final Book of Vampire Academy)
12. Something Blue - Emily Giffin (300pgs)
13. Learn Me Good - John Pearson (350pgs)
14. Romantically Challenged - Beth Orsoff (345pgs)- the listing on B&N said 345 but on my nook its like 800pages...
15. Dog Food and Diamonds - K. C. Scott
16. How I Learned to Love the Walrus - Beth Orsoff
17. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
18. All The Pretty Girls (Taylor Jackson Series # 1) - J. T. Ellison
19. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
20. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
21. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
22. Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
23. I Am Number Four - Pittacus Lore
24. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
25. Baltimore Blues - Laura Lippman
26. Run - Blake Crouch
27. Diary of a Mad Fat Girl - Stephanie McAfee
28. Kiss of the Star (Book 2 of the Artemis Lupine Series)- Catherine Banks

Message edited 4/13/2011 9:26:42 AM.

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1. Room - Emma Donoghue
2. Still Missing - Chevy Stevens
3. Vampire Academy (book 1)
4. Frostbite - (book 2 - Vampire Academy)
5. The Soul Catcher - Alex Kava (book 3 - Maggie O'Dell series)
6. Shadow Kiss - vampire academy
7. Blood Promise ( - vampire Academy)
8. Spirit Bound - Book 5 - vampire academy
9. The Last Sacrifice - Final book - vampire academy
10. At the Stroke of Madness - Alex Kava
11. Shadowfever - Karen Marie Moning
12. Fragile - Lisa Unger
13. True Colors - Kristin Hannah
14. Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
15. Switched - Amanda Hocking
16. The Last Child - John Hart
17. This is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper
18. A Necessary Evil - Alex Kava
19. WhiteWash - Alex Kava
20. Torn by Amanda Hocking
21. Ascend by Amanda Hocking
22. Mistaken Identity - Lisa Scottoline
23. Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
24. Exposed - Alex Kava
25. Awakened - by P.C. Cast
26. Play Dead - Harlan Coben
27. Leaving Home: Short Pieces - Jodi Picoult
28. Run by Blake Crouch
29. Damaged by Alex Kava
30. Devil in the Junior League
31. Things you do for love - Kristen Hannah
32. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33. Catching Fire
34. Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin
35. Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
36. A Secret Kept
37. Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon
38. Live Wire by Harlan Coben
39. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
40. Something Blue by Emily Giffin
41. Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
42. Dewey the Library Cat
43. My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking
44. Fate (MBA #2)
45. Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
46. Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
47. Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
48. One Summer bu David Balducci
49. Awakening by SJ Bolton
50. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
51. One Day by David Nicholls
52. Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
53. Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
54. Postmistress by Sarah Blake
55. Iron House by John Hart
56. Now You See Her - James Patterson
57. Between Sisters - Kristin Hannah
58. Wisdom - Amanda Hocking
59. Escape by Barbara Delinksky
60. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
61. Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares
62. Outlander - Diana G
63. The Shadow Wife - Diane Chamberlain
64. Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline
65. World Without End - Ken Folliett
66. Juliet by Anne Fortier
67. Darkness, My Old Friend - Lisa Unger
68. Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich
69. The 6th Man - David Balducci
70. Thunder Dog

Message edited 11/29/2011 10:19:37 AM.

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My goal is 30 books for the year. I only read on the train into/from work so it's limited.

Goal: 30 Books in 2011

January
1. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson

February
4. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larson
5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larson
6. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins


March
8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
9. Room by Emma Donoghue
10. Always the Baker Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker
11. Listen by Rene Gutteridge


April
12. Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie
13. Fools Rush in by Janice Thompson
14. The Potluck Club by Linda Evans Shepherd


May
15. Diary of a Mad Fat Girl by Stephanie McAfee
16. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler


June
17. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
18. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
19. Something Blue by Emily Giffin
20. The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
21. Run by Blake Crouch

July
22. We Interrupt This Date by LC Evans
23. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
24. Dating a Cougar by Donna McDonald
25.

August
26. Princess of Nowhere by Lorenzo Borghese
27. Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
28. Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
29. Born in Ice by Nora Roberts
30. Born in Shame by Nora Roberts *** With this book I met my Goal for the year! Woohoo!
31. How to Dump Your Boyfriend by Sibel Hodge (total waste)

September
32. Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga Book 1)
33. Rising Tides (Chesapeake Bay Saga Book 2)
34.Inner Harbor (Chesapeake Bay Saga Book 3)
35. The Search by Nora Roberts

October
36. Black Rose by Nora Roberts
37. Red Lily by Nora Roberts
38. Vision in White (Bride Quartet Book 1)
39. Chesapeake Blue (Chesapeake Bay Saga Book 4)


November
40. Bed of Roses (Bride Quartet Book 2)
41. Savor the Moment (Bride Quartet Book 3)

December
None. Took a break :)

Message edited 1/4/2012 12:10:16 PM.

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My list so far:

1. Brave New World
2. Secret Lives of Bees
3. The Help
4. The Lost Hero
5. Size 12 is Not Fat
6. Size 14 is Not Fat Either
7. Big Boned
8. Water for Elephants
9. The Secret Life of Cee Cee Wilkes
10. The Luxe
11. Kindred
12. Vision in White..Bride Quartet Book 1
13. Bed of Roses..Bride Quartet Book 2
14. Savor the Moment..Bride Quartet Book 3
15. Happy Ever After..Bride Quartet Book 4
16. Antigone
17. The Great Gatsby
18. Rumors..The Luxe Book 2
19. Envy..The Luxe Book 3
20. Splendor..The Luxe Book 4
21. Shopaholic
22. Shopaholic takes Manhattan
23. Shopaholic Ties the Knot
24. Shopaholic and Sister
25. Shopaholic and Baby
26. Mini Shopaholic
27. To Kill a Mockingbird
28. Boy Meets Girl
29. Don't Bink
30. Vampire Academy Book 1
31. Room
32. Frostbite..Vampire Academy Book 2
33. Shadowkissed..Vampire Academy Book 3
34. Pope Joan
35. The Things They Carried
36. Plum Island
37. Cross Fire
38. Tick Tock
39. Sarah's Key
40. Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out
41. Mr. Monk and the Road
42. Blood Promise..Vampire Academy Book 4
43. 44 Charles Street
44. Dead Reckoning
45. The Bell Jar
46. Romeo and Juliet
47. I am Number Four
48. Tipping Point
49. Blink
50. Outliers
51. What the Dog Saw
52. The Lincoln Lawyer
53. The Invisible Bridge
54. The Power
55. Mr. Monk on the Couch
56. Something Borrowed
57. Something Blue
58. Baby Proof
59. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
60. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
61. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
62. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
63. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
64. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
65. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
66. Outlander
67. Touching Spirit Bear
68. Fever 1793
69. One Day
70. Toys
71. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
72. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
73. Beauty's Punishment
74. Dragonfly in Amber
75. Johnny Tremain
76. Eragon
77. Eldest
78. Catherine Called Birdy
79. Never Let Me Go
80. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
81. The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven
82. Kill Alex Cross
83. An American Plague
84. A Christmas Wedding
85. Mockingbird
86. Total Money Makeover
87. Freakonomics (reading now)

Message edited 12/24/2011 8:06:24 AM.

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Posted by 20mrsc10

My list so far:

1. Brave New World

I've been so busy Now I'm going to go pick up my Nook!!

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Only Room so far. I'm starting Cleopatra now.

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I'll set my goal at 50 for now, may be able to do more since I'm on crutches for at least a month.

1. Game Change
2. The Forgotten Garden
3. Anna and the French Kiss

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Posted by hopingforbaby

Posted by AngnShaun

Posted by hopingforbaby

I figured I would start a thread so we can all keep track of how many books we aim to read this year and what we read so far. Feel free to add what you thought of the book to perhaps encourage others to pick it up!

Goal for 2011: 111 books

Read so far:
1. Catching Fire - quick read, very entertaining!
2. Mockingjay - good but liked the first two books better
3. Plum Island (currently reading) - so far so good!

Nelson DeMilles Plum Island???

thats my favorite book ever

Yes! I actually started reading it because you recommended it on another thread. I love mystery/detective books so I figured why not. I can't fully comment on the story yet since I am not far enough into the book to know where it's going but I LOVE the main character. He is such a smart azz and it makes the story more entertaining that way!

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Not sure what my goal is...I'm still trying to finish Gone with the Wind lol, I should be finishing it in the next few days. I really love it, but can't wait to start a new story.

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The Lost Symbol--Dan Brown
Darkly Dreaming Dexter---in progress

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no goal in mind, but so far:

tinkers
life of pi
zeitoun
and now reading the brief wondrous life of oscar wao

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I'd love to hit 50--I hit 39 in 2010!

So far:

Poser by Claire Dederer
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (YA fiction)

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So far

1. A Million Little Pieces