The Book Challenge discussion

Hey, all! I didn't complete all of my goals for 2011, so I'm just going to try again. Life and health issues got in the way in 2011, and all I can do is give it another go!

Total goal: 80 50 books read in 2012 (Not that I'm happy about this, but due to my major surgery in April, I couldn't focus on reading until July. I definitely not going to meet my goal. Sorry.)

Challenges:
Read at least 5 Stephen King books.
Read at least 5 classics
Read at least 5 non-fiction
Read at least 5 books from series I've been meaning to catch up on.
Read at least 10 group monthly challenges.

And to just keep track:
How many e-books read on my Kindle.
How may library books read.
How many books read that have been waiting on my TBR shelves for years.
How many audio books have I read.

Read at least 5 Stephen King books:
1. Gerald's GameStephen King
2. A Face in the Crowd by Stephen King
3. In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill
4. The Waste Lands by Stephen King (re-read)
5.

Read at least 5 classics:
1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (re-read)
2. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
3. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
4. The Birds by Daphne du Maurier
5. Web by John Wyndham
6. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (re-read)
7. .The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
8. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
9. In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
10. "Master Harold"...and the boys by Athol Fugard
11. Billy Budd by Louis Osborne Coxe
12. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Read at least 5 non-fiction:
1. Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage by Kody Brown
2. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
3. Oheka Castle by Ellen Schaffer
4. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
5.

Read at least 5 books from series that I've been meaning to catch up on:
1. Until I Die by Amy Plum
2. The Twelve by Justin Cronin
3. .Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
4.
5.

Read at least 10 group monthly challenges:
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (B&B FBR #2 - JANUARY)
2. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith (CLASSICS FOR BEGINNERS - JANUARY)
3. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin (Valar Morghulis--Valar Dohaeris - FEBRUARY)
4. Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia by Mike Resnick (B&B FBR #2 - FEBRUARY)
5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (B&B FBR #2 - March)
6. Ready Player OneErnest Cline(21st CENTURY GHOSTS - March)
7. The Prestige by Christopher Priest (B&B FBR #2 - JULY)
8. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (B&B FBR #2 - SEPTEMBER)
9. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson (B&B FBR #2 - JUNE)
10.

KEEPING TRACK: How many e-books have I read on my Kindle:
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. The Inventor by Morgan Karpiel
3. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
4. Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia by Mike Resnick
5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
7. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
8. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
9. The Prestige by Christopher Priest
10. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
11. A Face in the Crowd by Stephen King
12. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
13. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
14. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
15. In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill

KEEPING TRACK: How many library (borrowed) books have I read:
1. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
4. Beastly by Alex Flinn
5. "Master Harold"...and the boys by Athol FugardAthol Fugard
6. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
7. Billy Budd by Louis Osborne Coxe

KEEPING TRACK: How many books have I read that have been waiting on my shelves for years:
1. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
2. .I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (ARC)
3. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
4. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
5.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
7. Gerald's Game by Stephen King
8. Kyle's Bed & Breakfast by Greg Fox
9. Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
10. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
11. Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? by Max Brallier
12. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
13. Hideaway by Dean Koontz
14. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
15. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon by P.N. Elrod

KEEPING TRACK: How many audio books have I read:
1. The Birds by Daphne du Maurier
2.
3.
4.
5.

BOOKS TOWARD TOTAL GOAL
1. Die for Me by Amy Plum
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
3. The Inventor by Morgan Karpiel
4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
5. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
6. I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
7. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
8. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
9. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
10. Kirinyaga: A Fable of Utopia by Mike Resnick
11. First Blood by David Morrell
12. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
13. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

14. The Birds by Daphne du Maurier
15. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
16. Web by John Wyndham
17. The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
18. Gerald's Game by Stephen King
19. Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage by Kody Brown
20. Kyle's Bed & Breakfast by Greg Fox
21. Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
22. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
23. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
24. Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? by Max Brallier

25. Oheka Castleby Ellen Schaffer
26. The Prestige by Christopher Priest
27. Until I Die by Amy Plum
28. The Twelve by Justin Cronin
29. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
30. A Face in the Crowd by Stephen King
31. Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
32. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
33. The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson
34. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

35. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
36. In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
37. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
38. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
39. Beastly by Alex Flinn
40. "Master Harold"...and the boys by Athol Fugard
41. Hideaway by Dean Koontz
42. In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill
43. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
44. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

45. Billy Budd by Louis Osborne Coxe
46. Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist
47. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon by P.N. Elrod
48. Dahlia Underground Sookie Stackhouse 9.3 by Charlaine Harris
49. The Waste Lands by Stephen King
50. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Well, in many ways I succeeded this year, but in others, I still haven't. Not a bad year considering back surgery and what not. I will close this one out and start fresh in 2013. :)