2011, what do I have to say about you? If you've been following me for a while you'll know that this last year I graduated with a Bachelors of Arts and got a new puppy, who is now almost a full grown dog. I moved from Chicago back to my parents house in Michigan and that I had a few of my biggest reading slumps ever. Needless to say with so many big events 2011 was a bit of a mixed bag for me, and I am not sad to say that it is over. I didn't complete my original goal of 75 books over the year, nor my amended goal of 50 but came in with a respectable 40.

My goals for next year are simple. Enjoy what I'm reading, don't let blogging become a chore and not to let book/page count stress me out!

Here's a list of the books I completed in 2011
1. The Imperfectionists - Rachman

2. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk - Sedaris

3. The Crying of Lot 49 - Pynchon

4. The Winter Ghosts - Mosse

5. The Odyssey (abridged) - Homer

6. Clara & Mr. Tiffany - Vreeland

7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - Rowling

8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling

9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling

10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling

11. The Paris Wife -McLain

12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling

13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Rowling

14. Exit the Actress - Parmar

15. Midnight Sun - Meyer

16. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling

17. The Tragedy of Arthur - Phillips

18. Far to Go - Pick

19. Leaving Van Gogh - Wallace

20. Pride & Prejudice - Austen

21. The Alchemist - Coelho

22. The Night Villa - Goodman

23. My American Unhappiness - Bakopoulos

24. The Magicians - Grossman

25. The Ghost Orchid - Goodman

26. The Drowning Tree - Goodman

27. A Game of Thrones - Martin
28. Tree Of Codes - Foer

29. The Secret Lives of Dresses - McLean

30. Slaughterhouse - Five - Vonnegut

31. The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Allen

32. Coraline - Gaiman

33. The Winter Palace - Stachnaik

34. The Night Circus - Morgenstern

35. There But For The - Smith

36. The Lady of the Rivers - Gregory

37. The Secret History - Tartt

38. Mr. Fox - Oyeyemi

39. The Little Prince - Saint-Exupery

40. Winnie-the-Pooh - Milne

Have a great 2012!