2012 Books Read

2012 BOOKS READ:

January
1. Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman, 2007, 248 pgs., Picador
2. Level Up by Gene Luen Yang, 2011, 160 pgs., FirstSecond
3. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories by Joseph Gordon Levitt, 2011, 88 pgs., It Books
4. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour, 2012, 308 pgs., Dutton Books
5. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, 2007, 259 pgs., Thomas Nelson
6. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, 2008, 272 pgs., Speak
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, 2012, 318 pgs., Dutton Books
8. Tale of Sand by Jim Henson and Ramon K. Perez, 2012, 152 pgs., Archaia Books
9. Pink Smog by Francesca Lia Block, 2012, 185 pgs., Harper Teen
10. Letters From the Closet by Tony Ferrante and Paulette Jacobson, 1994, 48 pgs., Tzedakah Publications

January Totals: 10 Books, 2,038 Pages

February 
11. Drawing Down the Moon by Charles Vess, 2009, 200 pgs., Dark Horse Books
12. Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card, 2012, 240 pgs., Tor Books
13. Chime by Franny Billingsley, 2011, 368 pgs., Dial
14. The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss, 2012, 82 pgs., Quirk Books
15. Twenty Six by Jonathan Kemp, 2011, 134 pgs., Myriad Editions
16. Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, 2010, 224 pgs., Little, Brown
17. I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan, 1969, 228 pgs., Flux
18. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, 2012, 400 pgs., Reagan Arthur Books
19. One Girl Cookies: Recipes for Cakes, Cupcakes, Whoopie Pies, and Cookies from Brooklyn's Beloved Bakery by Dawn Casole and David Crofton, 2012, 160 pgs., Clarkson Potter

February Totals: 9 Books, 2,036 Pages

March
20. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sàenz, 2012, 259 pgs., Simon and Schuster
21. The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan, 2008, 220 pgs., Scholastic Press
22. Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee, 2005, 209 pgs., Laurel-Leaf
23. Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh, 2005, 128 pgs., Parallax Press
24. The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes From a Life by Robert Goolrick, 2008, 227 pgs., Algonquin
25. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn, 2011, 304 pgs., Viking

March Totals: 6 Books, 1,347 Pages

April
26. What the Living Do: Poems by Marie Howe, 1997, 91 pgs., Norton

April Totals: 1 Book, 91 Pages

May
27. The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac by Kris D'Agostino, 2012, 336 pgs., Algonquin Books 

May Totals: 1 Book, 336 Pages

June
28. Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, 2012, 336 pgs., Putnam
29. A Chance in the World by Steve Pemberton, 2012, 256 pgs., Thomas Nelson
30. Blood Wounds by Susan Beth Pfeffer, 2011, 248 pgs., Harcourt
31. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick ed. by Chris Van Allsburg, 2011, 228 pgs., Houghton Mifflin
32. The Alphabet Not Unlike the World by Katrina Vandenberg, 2012, 96 pgs., Milkweed Editions

June Totals: 5 Books, 1,164 Pages

July
33. The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll, 2001, 256 pgs., TOR 
34. The Light Princess by George MacDonald, 1969, 110 pgs., SquareFish
35. Native Guard: Poems by Natasha Trethewey, 2007, 51 pgs., Mariner Books
36. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson, 2009, 288 pgs., Square Fish
37. Labor Day by Joyce Maynard, 2009, 244 pgs., Harper Perennial
38. White Apples by Jonathan Carroll, 2003, 320 pgs., TOR

July Totals: 6 Books, 1,269 Pages

August
39. The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball, 2011, 304 pgs., Scribner 
40. Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy, 2012, 319 pgs., Farrar, Straus and Giroux
41. Menagerie by Sharon Montrose, 2011, 192 pgs., It Books
42. Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden, 2012, 255 pgs., Akashic Books
43. The Gingerbread Rabbit by Randall Jarrell, 1972, 55 pgs., Collier Books
44. Horns by Joe Hill, 2011, 416 pgs., Harper
45. Shadow Show edited by Sam Weller and Mort Castle, 2012, 464 pgs., William Morrow
46. Voluntary Madness by Norah Vincent, 2008, 289 pgs., Penguin Books

August Totals: 8 Books, 2,294 Pages

September
47. A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente, 2008, 167 pgs., Norilana Books 
48. The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson, 2011, 304 pgs., Henry Holt and Co.
49. Every Day by David Levithan, 2012, 336 pgs., Knopf Books
50. When I Knew edited by Robert Trachtenberg, 2005, 128 pgs., It Books

September Totals: 4 Books, 935 Pages

October
51. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters, 2010, 528 pgs., Penguin Audio 
52. Death: The Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman, 2012, 320 pgs., Vertigo
53. Gandhi: A Manga Biography by Kazuki Ebine, 2011, 192 pgs., Penguin Books
54. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, 2000, 98 pgs., Penguin Books
55. The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan, 2012, 309 pgs., Knopf 
56. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, 2004, 304 pgs., W.W. Norton &
Co.
57. For Color Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, 2010, 112 pgs., Scribner 

October Totals: 7 Books, 1,863 Pages

November
58. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Volume 2 ed. by Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Wirrow, 2012, 128 pgs., HitRecord 

November Totals: 1 Book, 128 Pages

December
59. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, 2012, 368 pgs., The Dial Press 
60. I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus by S.G. Browne, 2012, 201pgs., Gallery Books 
61. The Evil Garden by Edward Gorey, 1965, 32 pgs., Pomegranate
62. Six Earlier Days by David Levithan, 2012, 40 pgs., Alfred A. Knopf

December Totals: 4 Books, 641 Pages

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