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so, maybe i should have officially challenged myself to read 50 books this year - look how well i did, unofficially! (no beer books this year though... must remedy that for 2013) 1. Deborah Harkness: A Discovery of Witches 2. James Frey: A Million Little Pieces 3. Tina Fey: Bossypants 4. Malachy McCourt: A Monk Swimming 5. Adam Mansbach: Go the Fuck to Sleep 6. Steve Martin: The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten.: The Tweets of Steve Martin 7. Beth Griffenhagen: Haiku for the Single Girl 8. Jo Nesbo : The Redbreast 9. Jo Nesbo: The Redeemer 10. Jo Nesbo: Nemesis 11. Patrick deWit: Ablutions 12. Patrick deWit: The Sisters Brothers 13. Michael Connelly: The Drop 14. Camilla Lackberg: The Ice Princess 15. Camilla Lackberg: The Preacher 16. Camilla Lackberg: The Stone Cutter 17. Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games 18. Suzanne Collins: Mockingjay 19. Suzanne Collins: Catching Fire 20. Veronica Roth: Divergent ...

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 F...

Yikes! Only a month left and I’ve still got 6 books to go… 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....

finally getting another beer book into the line-up! currently reading jon c stott's beer quest west AUGUST Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns JULY Kelley Armstrong – The Reckoning Kelley Armstrong – The Summoning Kelley Armstrong - The Awakening Michelle Moran – Cleopatra’s Daughter Michelle Moran – The Heretic Queen Kelley Armstrong – Frostbitten Michelle Moran – Nefertiti Kim Harrison – Early to Death, Early to Rise Charlaine Harris – Dead in the Family JUNE Michael V. Smith: Progress Michael Connelly: Angels Flight Jilly Cooper: Jump! MAY: Rachel York: Chasing Lightning Guy Gavriel Kay: Under Heaven Kim Harrison: Black Magic Sanction APRIL: Preston & Child: Fever Dream Nicholas Pashley: Cheers! An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada MARCH: Louise Welsh – Naming the Bones Jack Whyte – Order in Chaos Noah Boyd – The Bricklayer FEBRUARY: Christopher Moore – Coyote Blue Christopher Moore – Island of the Sequined Love Nun Jeff ...

the count so far on my 50 book challenge is 21 at the end of june i should be at 25... gotta start reading more short books - no more 800+ page ones! JUNE: Michael V. Smith: Progress Michael Connelly:  Angels Flight Jilly Cooper: Jump! MAY: Rachel York: Chasing Lightning Guy Gavriel Kay: Under Heaven Kim Harrison: Black Magic Sanction APRIL: Preston & Child: Fever Dream Nicholas Pashley: Cheers! An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada MARCH: Louise Welsh – Naming the Bones Jack Whyte – Order in Chaos Noah Boyd – The Bricklayer FEBRUARY: Christopher Moore – Coyote Blue Christopher Moore – Island of the Sequined Love Nun Jeff Lindsay – Dexter by Design Rachel Solar-Tuttle – Number Six Fumbles Val McDermid – Fever of the Bone Kim Harrison – Once Dead, Twice Shy Jonathan Franzen – Freedom JANUARY: MaryJanice Davidson – Undead & Unwelcome MaryJanice Davidson – Undead & Unworthy Kim Harrison – White Witch, Black Curse

April addition: Preston & Child - Fever Dream Nicholas Pashley - Cheers!  An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada yes - its a beer book!!! and a bloody funny one at that i strongly suggest all y'all read it i'll lend you my copy as soon as i finish pulling out a million funny quotes for this blog!

my march additions to the 50 book challenge: louise welsh - naming the bones jack whyte - order in chaos

while not specifically beer related i have decided to once again do the 50 book challenge (i.e. try to read 50 books in a calendar year) and post about all my reading prowess right here! yay for you! so, there will be a beer book, maybe three in my quest for 50 but the lion's share of books are going to be gratification of my insatiable quest for murder mysteries and silly vampire books lord help us all... spurred on by the four books i read while on vacation and the three i have devoured since being home, i am feeling like 50 could happen for me this year i've come close in the past but i can't recall ever actually reaching the specified fifty... let this be my year! JANUARY 2011 1. MaryJanice Davidson - Undead & Unwelcome 2. MaryJanice Davidson - Undead & Unworthy 3. Kim Harrison - White Witch, Black Curse FEBRUARY 2011 4. Christopher Moore - Coyote Blue 5. Christopher Moore - Island of the Sequined Love Nun 6. Jeff Lindsay - Dexter by Des...