2012 Reading List

So I did this last year... well let me re-phrase that... I wrote a blog post like this last year 2011 Reading List Blog Post aaaand... epic fail! I only read two books (well plus another not on the list)... pretty embarrassing. Oh well, I'm still glad I at least read and maybe this year I will read FOUR books. Woot!

This is this years list; I wrote explanations of why I chose the books I am adding to the list this year. If you would like explanations for last years' books, please click on the link above (insert Amy smiley face here) My plan is to finish each book every 3-4 weeks (but let's be honest... I don't really have the best track record, so we'll see how it goes). I'll still blog after each book finished... aren't you so excited?!

First I want to read all the books I have started and have not finished:

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (I started this last year but I was having a hard time getting into it so I jumped to another book... I need to finish it so that I can return it to the person I borrowed it from... eek)

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

The Work and the Glory Vol. 7 No Unhallowed Hand

The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach (I started this in college and loved it! Haha, I love being smart about money. I got busy with finals and didn't get to finish it and then it got packed away and I found it this past summer so it's now on the unfinished list)

Then I'm going to jump into the rest of these books: beginning to end!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Everyone is raving about it and yes I'm going to be that person that reads the books because everyone else is AND I saw the trailor for the movie and I'm intriqued AND I promised my cousin and his wife that I would read it, SO I'm going to read it before the movie comes out. Also, if this book turns out to be as addicting as everyone says then I will also be reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins soon after)

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (I love Peter Pan; I love the idea of Neverland - a place where you find adventure and imagination. A friend of mine found out that I love Peter Pan and she said I should read the book. She said it was well written and beautiful. My mom gave me the book for my birthday and now it is on the list. And it cut in line too!)

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas

Utopia by Sir Thomas More

Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson (This is the third book in the children's series about how Peter Pan became Peter Pan. I have been having so much fun reading these books. It isn't exactly a challenging read but... well... haha I really don't care)

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The Noticer by Andy Andrews (A few summers ago I read the book The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews and I loved it. I was telling a friend about it and he was said I should also read The Noticer... so it is on the list. I'm really excited for this one)

The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas

Twenty Years After by Alexander Dumas

Mount Vernon Love Story by Mary Higgins Clark

Ok! That is the list and maybe next years list too! I just hope I make more time this year because there are SO many books I want to read: Little Women, Jane Austin Books, Matched, The Tipping Point, Outliers... well we'll see :)