Bailey reads 2012

I am often asked how many books I read in a year. This page tallies up the books I have read in 2012.  New reads are in plain, black text; rereads are in blue-purple. I count everything I read: novels, manga, and textbooks.

In 2011, I read 67 books.

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This list is organized as such: Title by Author. (Date Completed).

January

1. Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead (1 January)
2. Bleach, Vol. 1 by Tite Kubo (4 January)
3. Bleach, Vol. 2 by Tite Kubo (4 January)
4. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (8 January)
5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (16 January)

February

1. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (4 February)
2. The Kingdom of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman (5 February)
3. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral (10 February)
4. Rhetoric Before and Beyond the Greeks, edited by Carol S. Lipson & Roberta A. Binkley (14 February)
5. Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler (24 February)

March

1. Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones (11 March)
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (12 March)
3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (17 March)
   
4. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (18 March)
   
5. The Formation Of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces by Thomas P. Miller (21 March)
6. The Stalker Chronicles by Carley Moore (30 March, ARC)

April

1. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (1 April)
2. Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie: The Making of Chinese American Rhetoric by LuMing Mao (8 April)
3. 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad (19 April, ARC)
4. Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (27 April)

May

1. Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams (1 May, ARC)
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith (12 May)
3. The Elusive Flame by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (15 May)
   
4. Bleach, Vol. 3 by Tite Kubo (20 May)
5. Bleach, Vol. 4 by Tite Kubo (24 May)

June

1. Fruits Basket, 23 Vols. by Natsuki Takaya (11 June)
2. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (12 June)
3. The Fallen by Liz Braswell (20 June)

July

1. The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2 July)
2. The Liar Society by Lisa & Laura Roecker (2 July)
3. The Stolen by Liz Braswell (7 July)
4. The Chosen by Liz Braswell (7 July)
5. Secret Letters by Leah Scheier (8 July)
6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (9 July)

August

1. Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone (3 August)
2. The Awakening by L.J. Smith (20 August)
3. The Struggle by L.J. Smith (20 August)
4. The Fury by L.J. Smith (20 August)
5. Dark Reunion by L.J. Smith (21 August)

September

1. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (13 September)
2. Team Human by Justine Larbalestier  & Sarah Rees Brennan (14 September)
3. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills (19 September)
4. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (28 September)

Total Read:  65

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General Category Reads

• YA Reads: 25
• Adult Reads: 9
• Play: 0
• Non-fiction Reads: 0
• Graphic Novel & Manga: 27
• Graduate School Reads: 4