Read Mo’ Books
One of my big resolutions (okay, my only resolution) in 2012 was to read more books. I love to read and I work in publishing but I’d really gotten out of the habit of making time to sit down with a book in recent years. I set out to read 52 books in 2012 and I hit that goal in September so I upped it to 75 books. Thanks to a week on the beach at Thanksgiving, I finished 2012 having read 78 books. Here are my ten favorites in no particular order (with the exception of one, I think they all published in the last 2 years)…
- Tigers in Red Weather
- The Chocolate Money
- The Age of Miracles
- Where’d You Go Bernadette
- Gone Girl
- The Chaperone
- The Art of Fielding
- The Fault in Our Stars
- So Big
- Rules of Civility
I currently have 103 books on my to-read list, but here’s what I’m most looking forward to reading in 2013 (most of these publish in the first half of the year, so get your pre-orders in!)…
- Beautiful Ruins
- Eleanor & Park
- The Dinner
- Me Before You
- Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See
- Blueprints for Building Better Girls
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls
- Vampires in the Lemon Grove
- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
- Chanel Bonfire
What did you read in 2012? What are you looking forward to reading in 2013? Let’s be Goodreads friends!
Megs
Twitter: SarafinaKitchen
Crap. More to add to my list.
Megs´s last awesome blog post…Sautéed Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Capers
Corrin
Twitter: CorrinRenee
Yours will be as long as mine, eventually!
(That sounded dirty, didn’t it?)
brianna
Twitter: girlseeksplace
Too many book lists, too little time.
brianna´s last awesome blog post…life: january goals
Corrin
Twitter: CorrinRenee
Story of my life.
Tara
Twitter: taraburkholder
I originally had my goal set for 48 books in 2012, but by Christmas I’d already hit that so I upped it to 52 & hit it just in the nick of time.
I’ve set 2013 at 72, I might up it to 75. That’s a much more round sounding number. I’ll be adding these books to my Amazon list straight away. I’m not very active on Goodreads. I much more prefer Shelfari because I can sync my Amazon purchases with my Shelfari list & set yearly goals there. I might have to go play around with Goodreads more.
Tara´s last awesome blog post…We’re Here!
Corrin
Twitter: CorrinRenee
Let me know if you read something good…we can swap!
I need to dive into Shelfari–a few of my clients have asked about it and I’m not a user.
Cathy Benavides
I just go through the Amazon free books like twice a week. I’ve found some amazing stuff that way!!
Cathy Benavides´s last awesome blog post…I’m Coming For You 2013
Corrin
Twitter: CorrinRenee
Do you get the Kindle Daily Deal emails? I swear I download something every day.
Erin
Twitter: ecsuperhero
I finished Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See last night and couldn’t sleep for a good long while because I had so much to turn over in my head. Wow.
Erin´s last awesome blog post…This Christmas
Tara
Twitter: taraburkholder
You can swap books on Amazon?!? I’m intrigued! Tell me more! I usethe Kindle app on my ipad. I wonder if that makes any difference.
I just finished Chocolate Money. LOVED IT! Thanks for the recommendation!
Tara´s last awesome blog post…We’re Here!
Corrin
Twitter: CorrinRenee
Yes! Publishers can set titles as “lendable.” When you purchase a book, you can lend it to one person (using their email address) for 14 days. There’s a website (though I think it has a fee) called ebookfling that can help facilitate those lends if you’re looking for a specific book to borrow. Also, if you’re an Amazon prime member, they have a huge lending library and many of the daily deal books are free, and other ebooks are discounted. Everything should work through the app.
(And I wrote the following first. thinking you were talking about the trade in, but I’m going to leave it in case you didn’t know.)
You can! Kinda. Newer releases (typically hardcover) can be sent in for a credit. They provide the shipping and the credits I’ve received have ranged from $1-5. Just go back to the book page and look in the right column for a trade in button with the price that is being offered.
Glad you liked Chocolate Money! My copy is being passed all around.
Jess (The Cozy Reader)
Twitter: thecozyreader
Dude. Eleanor & Park was AMAZING. Did I recommend that to you once before?! If so, you’re awesome for accepting the recommendation.
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Corrin
Twitter: CorrinRenee
You did! And I’ve have it preordered!