To Read In Twenty Twelve

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You all know I’m a big fan of reading and writing, but so far my talk of books has been limited to reviews and random polls of what you’re currently reading. After a morning filled with Pinterest – a dangerously addictive site – I’ve decided it would be fun to create a “to-read” list for 2012, in hopes that I will be able to actively cross the books off as I go…and that perhaps you will join me!

Side note: I want to find a way to create these bookstairs in my future home.

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The theme of this year’s reading is “series.” Bobby and I were given a lot of box sets for Christmas (not to mention my current wallet-draining fascination with Outlander), and my goal is to read them all. I’ll be posting reviews of the first book in each series and then will do a wrap up of the entire collection once I’ve finished, with a spoiler alert so that I don’t give away anything from the earlier books.

Below is my starter list. Ambitious? Yes, but doable. I’m sure there will be changes as the year progresses, but in the meantime I will post it to my Books page to keep track. Our apartment might overflow someday soon, but at least there will be some great literary adventures in the meantime.

To Read in Twenty Twelve

  • Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
  • Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
  • Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (reading now)
  • Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
  • The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
  • A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
  • An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
  • The Dark River by John Twelve Hawkes (second book in the Traveler trilogy)
  • The Golden City by John Twelve Hawkes
  • The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
  • Wish by Melina Gerosa Bellows
  • Skinny by Diana Spechler
  • These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
  • Insurgent by Veronica Roth
  • Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
  • The Gunslinger by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
  • The Drawing of Three by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
  • The Waste Lands by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
  • Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
  • A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
  • A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
  • A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
  • A Feast of Crows by George R.R. Martin
  • A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

I would love for you to join me in reading any of the books on this list that look interesting to you. And if you’ve read any of them already, I’d love to know what you think!

Abrazos,

21 Comments

  1. I read The Space Between Us last year and LOVED it! Her new book, The World They Found, is also very good. Have you read any of her books before or will this be the first?

    • Interesting – I’ve heard they are fantastic but definitely “projects” in terms of keeping up with everything and taking it all in. I’ll be curious to see how I feel after the first four!

  3. Great motivation! I have a few bookclubs that I’m a part of, so I usually have my reading material determined for me, but I always try to squeeze in a few extras here and there. Devil in the White City is awesome- I definitely liked it more because it all happened in Chicago…very creepy, though! If you want to add another book along the way, I recommend Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It’s an epic (in the literal sense of the word- it’s about 900 pages) but it was hands down the best book that I’ve read in the last 5 years.

    • I keep hearing Devil in the White City is awesome but very creepy. It makes me oddly excited to read it! Thanks for the recommendation on Shantaram. I just Googled it and am super intrigued.

    • I am definitely enjoying it so far! The author has a different voice from many of the books I read, but in a new and interesting way. It’s also a bit sad, as you can imagine — but I think it will be well worth picking up!

  8. Devil in the White City is a great book! I learned so much about Chicago and at the same time the book takes you on quite a thrill ride 🙂

  10. are you a member of bookreads.com? i just discovered it because since getting my kindle i’m a read-o-holic and it’s an amazing book community (which already had half of my facebook friends and half of my blogger friends on it, and no one told me about it!) that recommends books for you based on the books you’ve read. and you set up an account, netflix style, where they show you books and you say if you’ve read them or not, or you can input your own. and then you can see all your recommendations, and see what your friends rated the books as! it’s incredible and i’ve already built my lengthy 2012 list of books i can’t wait to read as well!
    i’m also reading “extremely loud and incredibly close” right now, but i’m not sure if i can finish it, i’m halfway through and its not pulling me in at all. let me know if i should keep going!

    • Yes!! I think you might be referring to goodreads.com rather than bookreads, right? If so, I love it, but don’t utilize it nearly as much as I should! We’ll have to find each other on there. 🙂 I’m glad to hear that you’re having trouble getting into ELAIC. I’m finding it’s an interesting read but not one of those books that I can’t put down, which is not a good sign for me!

    • ha yes! sorry major typo, bookreads.com! i am an addict now that i found that there’s an iphone app so i can update it and add books to my list as soon as my friends recommend them to me! i’ll try to find you 🙂

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