On Jan 1, 2012, I looked at my personal collection of books and realized with horror that a) I couldn’t remember reading some of them, or b) I had never read some of them.

So I set a personal goal of reading a book a week. By the end of the year, I had read 23 books- a far cry from the 52 books I had hoped to read on Day 1, but far more than I had read in years past. Even though I didn’t meet my goal, it was still a win for me.

This page is where I will list my ongoing progress. Some books are classics, some are contemporary, some are fiction, some are How-Tos. I subscribe to Audible, so I suppose many will be audiobooks. Any book is a candidate, it doesn’t have to be one of the books I own (although most will probably fall in that category).

Once I decide to read a book, I will read it cover to cover.

I will not, however, be posting reviews, except in the rarest of cases (e.g., I find a life-changing book, or a good friend invites me to guest-blog a review). It simply takes too long to write reviews and I don’t want my reading pace to suffer for it.

Here is the list of books I’ve read so far. I will update it each week.

2013 Book # / Title

1. Bitter is the New Black, by Jen Lancaster

On deck: Angelology, by Danielle Trussoni

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2012 Books

1. Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIght, by Mark Haddon
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
4. How NOT to Write a Novel, by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra newman
5. The Messenger, Jan Burke
6. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
7. Wicked, by Gregory Maquire
8. A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling
10. A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin
11. The Rule of Four, by Dustin Thomason & Ian Caldwell
12. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
13. A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin
14. Cherokee Plants: Their Uses — A 400 year history, by Paul B. Hamel & Mary U. Chiltoskey
15. How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts, by Frances Densmore
16. The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald
17. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
18. The Winds of War, by Herman Wouk
19. Legion, by Brandon Sanderson
20. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
21. War and Remembrance, by Herman Wouk
22. When the Emperor was Divine, by Julie Otsuka
23. A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin