50 book challenge

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as i take down all my holiday decorations i am reminded that i haven't yet publicly admitted defeat on the 50 book challenge for 2011
i failed!  sob, gasp, sniffle
i only read 48 books in 2011

but...
i kinda think i won too
i read 48 books in 2011
that's not too shabby, not at all
and three of them were beer books!

jury's still out on trying again in 2012
lemme get back to you on that after my vacation!
(meaning that if i read enough books on vacation to have put a dent into 50 for 2012, challenge on!  if i don't get around to reading on the beach, then screw it, i shall read purely for pleasure in 2012!)

DECEMBER


48. George R.R. Martin - A Feast for Crows
47. George R.R. Martin – A Storm of Swords
46. Benjamin Hoff – The Te of Piglet
45. George R.R. Martin – A Clash of Kings
NOVEMBER

44. Elizabeth Gilbert – Eat Pray Love
43. George R.R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
OCTOBER

42. A.J. Jacobs – My Life as an Experiment
41. Michael Connelly – The Fifth Witness

SEPTEMBER

40. Michael Connelly – The Reversal
39. Stieg Larsson – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
38. Margaret Atwood – Oryx and Crake
37. Jilly Cooper – The Man Who Makes Husbands Jealous

AUGUST

36. Lisa M. Morrison – Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest
35. Sarah Graves – Crawl Space
34. Jeff Lindsay – Dexter is Delicious
33. Noah Boyd – Agent X
32. Jon C. Stott – Beer Quest West
31. Khaled Hosseini – A Thousand Splendid Suns

JULY

30. Kelley Armstrong – The Reckoning
29. Kelley Armstrong – The Summoning
28. Kelley Armstrong – The Awakening
27. Michelle Moran – Cleopatra’s Daughter
26. Michelle Moran – The Heretic Queen
25. Kelley Armstrong – Frostbitten
24. Michelle Moran – Nefertiti
23. Kim Harrison – Early to Death, Early to Rise
22. Charlaine Harris – Dead in the Family
JUNE
21. Michael V. Smith: Progress
20. Michael Connelly: Angels Flight
19. Jilly Cooper: Jump!
MAY:

18. Rachel York: Chasing Lightning
17. Guy Gavriel Kay: Under Heaven
16. Kim Harrison: Black Magic Sanction

APRIL:

15. Preston & Child: Fever Dream
14. Nicholas Pashley: Cheers! An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada

MARCH:

13. Louise Welsh – Naming the Bones
12. Jack Whyte – Order in Chaos
11. Noah Boyd – The Bricklayer
FEBRUARY:

10. Christopher Moore – Coyote Blue
9. Christopher Moore – Island of the Sequined Love Nun
8. Jeff Lindsay – Dexter by Design
7. Rachel Solar-Tuttle – Number Six Fumbles
6. Val McDermid – Fever of the Bone
5. Kim Harrison – Once Dead, Twice Shy
4. Jonathan Franzen – Freedom

JANUARY:
3. MaryJanice Davidson – Undead & Unwelcome
2. MaryJanice Davidson – Undead & Unworthy
1. Kim Harrison – White Witch, Black Curse

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