2011 Books
In 2010 I read 120 books – not counting the ones I didn’t finish! I beat my number of books read in 2009 by 29! I don’t have a number goal for this year, I would like to keep my books read around the 100 mark though. Let’s see how this year goes!
As I did in my 2010 Books I will be keeping track of my books read per month this year (TY) versus last year (LY).
January (TY: 15 | LY: 11)
- Darklight (Wondrous Strange, #2) – Lesley Livingston
- Ballads of Suburbia – Stephanie Kuehnert
- The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1) – Jacqueline West
- Rise of the Darklings (Invisible Order, #1) – Paul Crilley
- Choker – Elizabeth Woods – 2011 Debut
- Purge – Sarah Darer Littman
- Reckless – Cornelia Funke
- The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
- Seven Sorcerers – Caro King
- Shadow Spell – Caro King
- Ash – Malinda Lo
- Wintercraft (Book 1) – Jenna Burtenshaw
- XVI – Julia Karr – 2011 Debut
- Wildthorn – Jane English
- Tempestuous (Wondrous Strange, #3) – Lesley Livingston
February (TY: 13 | LY: 4)
- Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires, #2) – Chloe Neill
- Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #3) – Chloe Neill
- Tempest’s Legacy (Jane True, #3) – Nicole Peeler
- The Girl Who Chased the Moon – Sarah Addison Allen
- The Iron Witch – Karen (Kaz) Mahoney – 2011 Debut
- Arrow (Faery Rebels, #3) – R.J. Anderson
- Wither (Chemical Garden #1) – Lauren DeStefano – 2011 Debut
- Entangled – Cat Clarke – 2011 Debut
- Outside In (Inside Out #2) – Maria V. Snyder
- The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson #5) – Rick Riordan
- Silver Borne (Mercedes Thompson, #5) – Patricia Briggs
- Sizzling Sixteen (A Stephanie Plum Novel) – Janet Evanovich
- Pale Demon (Rachel Morgan, #9) – ? Kim Harrison ?
March (TY: 12 | LY: 8 )
- The 13 Secrets – Michelle Harrison
- Ballad – Maggie Stiefvater
- Get Well Soon – Julie Halpern
- Into the Wild Nerd Yonder – Julie Halpern
- The Bone Magician – F. E. Higgins
- The Eyeball Collector – F.E. Higgins
- Angelfire (Book 1) – Courtney Allison Moulton – 2011 Debut
- Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely #3) – Melissa Marr
- Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2) – Rachel Hawkins
- The Cabinet of Wonders (The Kronos Chronicles, #1) – Marie Rutkoski
- Poison – Chris Wooding
- River Secrets (Books of Bayern, #3) – Shannon Hale
April (TY: 11 | LY: 13)
- Forest Born (The Books of Bayern, #4) – Shannon Hale
- Tyger Tyger (Goblin Wars, #1) – Kersten Hamilton
- The Prince of Neither Here Nor There – Seán Cullen
- Broken (Grant County, #7) – Karin Slaughter
- Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) – Gayle Forman
- Blackwatch (Wintercraft #2) – Jenna Burtenshaw
- Ondine: The Summer of Shambles – Ebony McKenna
- The Celestial Globe (The Kronos Chronicles, #2) – Marie Rutkoski
- Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) – Gail Carriger
- Sophomore (Class of ’89) – Linda A. Cooney
- Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate, #2) – Gail Carriger
May (TY: 17 | LY: 13)
- Blameless (The Parasol Protectorate, #3) – Gail Carriger
- Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon #1) – Alison Goodman
- Eona (Eon #2) – Alison Goodman
- Through Her Eyes – Jennifer Archer – 2011 Debut
- Never Sit Down in a Hoopskirt and Other Things I Learned in Southern Belle Hell – Cricket Rumley – 2011 Debut
- Wake Unto Me – Lisa Cach – 2011 Debut
- Impossible – Nancy Werlin
- Other – Karen Kincy
- Elixir – Hilary Duff
- Something Deadly This Way Comes (Madison Avery, #3) – Kim Harrison
- The Doll People – Ann M. Martin
- Gimme a Call – Sarah Mlynowski
- It’s Kind of a Funny Story – Ned Vizzini
- Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac – Gabrielle Zevin
- Nightshade (Book 1) – Andrea Cremer
- Haunting Violet – Alyxandra Harvey
- The Nancy Drew Files: Case #66 – Tall, Dark and Deadly – Carolyn Keene
June (TY: 8 | LY: 12)
- Wolfsbane (Nightshade, #2) – Andrea Cremer
- The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 2 – Spellbound – Jacqueline West
- Junior (Class of ’89) – Linda A. Cooney
- The Demon’s Surrender (Demon’s Lexicon, Book 1) – Sarah Rees Brennan
- Indulgence in Death (Eve Dallas, #31) – J.D. Robb
- The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles, #2) – Rick Riordan
- Starcrossed (Book 1) – Josephine Angelini – 2011 Debut
- Knightly Academy (Book 1) – Violet Haberdasher
July (TY: 18 | LY: 17)
- Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4) – Gail Carriger
- Once Every Never – Lesley Livingston
- Forgotten – Cat Patrick – 2011 Debut
- Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac – Vicki Pettersson
- Ultraviolet – R.J. Anderson
- The Neon Graveyard: The Final Sign of the Zodiac – Vicki Pettersson
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making – Catherynne M Valente
- Witchlanders – Lena Coakley – 2011 Debut
- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer – Michelle Hodkin – 2011 Debut
- The Jewel of the Kalderash (Kronos Chronicles, Book 3) – Marie Rutkoski
- Blood Magic – Tessa Gratton – 2011 Debut
- The Goddess Test – Aimée Carter – 2011 Debut
- The Crowfield Curse – Pat Walsh
- Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2) – Kiersten White
- Small Town Sinners – Melissa Walker
- Misfit – Jon Skovron
- Divergent – Veronica Roth – 2011 Debut
- Want to Go Private? – Sarah Darer Littman
August (TY: 12 | LY: 13)
- Prophecy of Days – Book 2: The Serpent’s Coil– Christy Raedeke
- Ruined: A Novel – Paula Morris
- Dark Souls: A Novel – Paula Morris
- Eye of the Tempest (Jane True, #4) – Nicole Peeler
- Queste (Septimus Heap, #4) – Angie Sage
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs – 2011 Debut – 100th book!!
- Treachery in Death (An Eve Dallas Novel) – J.D. Robb
- Circle of Fire (Prophecy of the Sisters, #3) – Michelle Zink
- Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, #4) – Chloe Neill
- Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes – Jonathan Auxier – 2011 Debut
- Perfect – Ellen Hopkins
- Virtuosity – Jessica Martinez – 2011 Debut
September (TY: 11 | LY: 12)
- Fiendish Deeds: The Joy of Spooking #1 – P. J. Bracegirdle
- Total Eclipse (Weather Warden, #9) – Rachel Caine
- Under the Green Hill – Laura L. Sullivan
- Dark Inside (Book 1) – Jeyn Roberts – 2011 Debut – review in October 2011
- Shadowfever (Fever , #5) – Karen Marie Moning
- High King’s Tomb (Green Rider, #4) – Kristen Britain
- Witch Eyes – Scott Tracey – 2011 Debut
- So Silver Bright (Théâtre Illuminata, Act III) – Lisa Mantchev
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) – Rae Carson – 2011 Debut
- The Apothecary – Maile Meloy – 2011 Debut
- The Lunatic’s Curse (Tales of the Sinister City, #4) – F. E. Higgins
October (TY: 9 | LY: 4)
- Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Volume One) – Robin Hobb
- The Demon Trapper’s Daughter (Demon Trappers, #1) – Jana Oliver
- Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories – edited by Megan Kelley Hall & Carrie Jones
- Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger
- Dreaming Anastasia – Joy Preble
- The Near Witch – Victoria Schwab – 2011 Debut
- Shine – Lauren Myracle
- Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles, #3) – Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
- Born at Midnight (Shadow Falls, #1) – c.c. hunter – 2011 Debut
November (TY: 9 | LY: 3)
- The Last Dragonslayer – Jasper Fforde
- The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
- First Day on Earth – Cecil Castellucci
- Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy, #1) – Jennifer Estep
- The Faerie Ring (Faerie Ring, #1) – Kiki Hamilton
- Prized (Birthmarked, #2) – Caragh M. O’Brien
- Bad Kitty vs Uncle Murray – Nick Bruel
- The Placebo Effect – David Rotenberg – review to come January 2012
- The Future of Us – Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Did Not Finish: Devoted (Elixir, #2) – Hilary Duff
December (TY: ? | LY: 8 )
- The Mane Squeeze (Pride, #4) – Shelly Laurenston
- A Bad Kitty Christmas – Nick Bruel
- Disposable Minds, Expendable People – C. G. Rossi
- Unearthly (Book 1) – Cynthia Hand – 2011 Debut
- The Autumn Palace (Ondine #2) – Ebony McKenna
Did Not Finish: Cast in Chaos (Chronicles of Elantra, #6) – Michelle Sagara
TOTAL: 140 books!
One Comment
All4Paws
G-day Cat,i have stumbled apone this site, and i’m wondering if you could be of some help 😉 my 7year old son love anything to do with machinary (digger’s, cranes, ect) I have just bought 2 of the Beyond the spiderwick chronicles books number 1 the Nixies song and 2 the Giant Problem, i’m going to try to read these to him these school holiday’s over christmas. I’m just wondering how do you encourage boy’s to read? could you sergest any books that i could try to introduce him too. i have been a bookworm (joined a book club last year) for the past two years. but i do struggle to read my book with in a month i’m a slow reader but i try. I love fairy tale, fantasy, animal book’s. My DS has a great imagination and so do i.
thank you for taking the time to read this note.
Hooroo from Australia Sylvia and the boy’s ( one boy is fur less son the other 2 boy’s have wet noses and waggy tail’s) 😆