JuLySo's 2012 challenge...make it to 75!

Well, last year I aimed for 100 and fell short...only got to 64. I really think I can make it to 75 in 2012! Good luck to me and to everyone else:)))

Welcome to the group, Julie! Good luck with the challenge in 2012!

Thanks:)

You are quite welcome! I hope you have a wonderful time with the group!

You can do it!

Welcome! Glad you decided to join us.

FYI, we've added a couple of wikis to the mix this year. The first is where we keep important threads. The second is the Threadbook where we have a directory to all the members' threads. Both help keep a handle on the chaos! :)

Thanks! ...and thanks for the information:)

Book #1 is Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. A fun, light book...I enjoyed it!

What a fun book to start your 2012 reading!

#8: I thought that one was a hoot! Glad to see your 2012 reading is off to a fun start!

Definitely FUN!!! Last night I finished 2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Very interesting, reminds me of Water for Elephants. I really enjoyed it!

#11: I am almost to the end of The Night Circus and have enjoyed it very much. I am glad to see you liked it.

The Night Circus is definitely different, but so worth it! I'm glad you like it:)

Oh, hi there! Hope you don't mind if I stalk your thread - both Confessions and The Night Circus are on my wish list, so I'm glad to hear they're entertaining :D.

Hi, I finished The Night Circus earlier in the week and thought it was fantastic, very well written and so so easy to read.

HA! Stalk away...Confessions is just fun! The Night Circus is really different, but I loved it. I hope you like them both:)

I don't think I would have normally read The Night Circus, but I kept reading such good things about it, so I recommended it for our book club. SO glad I did! It is one of those books you just don't forget...what ya reading next?

3. The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams, oohhh really liked this book. Hope she keeps writing, would love to see this story line continue...

4. In the Belly of Jonah by Sandra Brannan...was an OK read, not my favorite...

5. The Leopard by Jo Nesbo...a bit disappointed with this one, thought I would love it like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but no:(

Too bad you did not care for your last read, Julie. I hope your next one is better!

Scandinavian crime fiction is a bit darker than other crime fiction, so it's not for everyone. I enjoy reading it occasionally. I'm sure I'll get around to reading The Leopard in the next few months, but I'm not in a hurry to get to it.

Thanks, I'm sure it will get better:)

It is & I generally like that darker thing, but this one just wasn't my cup of tea! I guess I just like the Dragon books too much;)

6. I read Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne on my Kindle, almost forgot about it! I enjoyed it, sweet story:)

7. I just love Laura Childs! I jsut finished her latest...Agony of the Leaves and I really enjoyed it!!!

>26 julyso: I didn't realize that was out yet. I thought it had a spring release date.

I received an uncorrected proof...lucky me:)

TWO more!!!
8. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick..I loved The Invention of Hugo Cabret, but I didn't love this one nearly as much.
9. Chasing Rainbows by Kathleen Long...a good read!

10. I finished Catch Me by Lisa Gardner!

11. I started & finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and I really enjoyed it! I saw the preview for the movie, had heard lots about the book, and a friend recommended it...so I finally gave in and read it. SO glad I did...I'm hooked! Not my usual type of book, really different, but I like that:)

Hi! I see that we have quite a few books in common. So I've starred your thread so I can stalk your reading. :-)

Awesome...stalk away! I will have to check out your library.

12. Finished book 2 in The Hunger Games series...Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins! I really loved it, must read the third one! This makes 12 books for me...good start!

13. Victims by Jonathan Kellerman finished! Love me some Jonathan Kellerman:)))

14. Mockingjay, the third in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, finished! I really liked this series, can't wait for the movie!!!

15. To Have and To Kill by Mary Jane Clark...a disappointment:(

16. I just finished a wonderful book...Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley!

17. Another awesome book....Iron House by John Hart!

I loved Iron House! I also loved The Last Child by John Hart, maybe even more than Iron House.

I don't think I've read The Last Child, I will have to add it to my pile!

18. Just finished True Colors by Kristin Hannah, loved it! love her books!

19. Ready, Scrap, Shoot by Joanna Campbell Slan...lame.

20. Saving Ruth by Zoe Fishman, good story, I enjoyed it.

21. Reread One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, so fun!!!

22. Don't Look Behind You by Ann Rule, another interesting book by Rule.

23. I read The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott, really enjoyed it!!!

24. I finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, good book, not as good as I thought it would be. I got bogged down with all the chemistry/science stuff!

25. I finished Girlchild for my book club about a week ago, forgot to add it here. Not a fan of this one.
26. Yesterday, I finished Home Another Way by Christa Parrish, liked the story...not the ending!

27. Read Fifty Shades of Grey...by E. L. James...not sure what all the fuss is about...

28. The Confession by John Grisham...didn't like this one either! I need a great book to read...help!!!!

29. Little Girl Gone by Drusilla Campbell, a good book, I liked it.

30. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs....loved this book...the ending, not so much! Definitely a sequel coming....

31. Summer Breeze by Nancy Thayer...could have lived without this one!
32. Oolong Dead by Laura Childs...loved:)

33. The Informationist by Taylor Stevens,
34. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman.

35. Stash by David Klein, really enjoyed the book, didn't love some of the ending.
36. Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson, read for my junior high library and I think it is good. It is about about addiction to meth, but nothing graphic.

37. The After Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer, cute story.

38. Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark...good one, really enjoyed it!

39. I finished The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigaiani, wonderful book!!!

40. I read The Last Letter from Your Lover, very good.

41. The Cat Sitter's Pajamas by Blaize Clement.
42. Home Front by Kristin Hannah...very good!!!

43. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan...liked the story, not so much the ending!

44. The Sisters by Nancy Jensen...another ugh:(((

45. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, a can't put it down thriller/mystery.

46. I read Foundations of Library & Information Science for a class I took this summer, I read it ALL summer, so I think it definitely counts!!!

#64: Oh yes, it definitely counts! I count my textbooks!

Thanks, alcottacre! I thought so, especially since it was really BIG and super BORING!!!

47. I finished The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner, it started a bit slow, but I ended up loving it.

48. I read The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber...almost to 50...YEAH!!!

49. You Don't Want to Know by Lisa Jackson...UGH!

50. Just read Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag...good, but very slow to get to the end.

51. Have a Little Faith
52. The Light Between Oceans

53. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.

What did you think of The Light Between Oceans? It's on my wishlist.

I really hate to say....I read it for our book club...some loved it, but I did not...its a great story & that is about all I can say!

54. Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay...good story!
55. Prayers and Lies by Sherri Wood Emmons

56.Murder Past Due by Miranda James, cute cozy mystery.
57. Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber, sweet story!

58. I just finished The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton, absolutely loved it!!!

59. Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult...awesome!

60. Fallen by Karin Sluaghter.

ONLY 15 more books to go!! I don't think I am going to make it:(((

61. Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer, good one:)

62. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
63. The Litigators by John Grisham
64. Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke

65. Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age by Heting Chu...read it for my library science class!

66.Frozen Heat by Richard Castle...and...
67. The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee.

68. Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Book Store by Robin Sloan.

69. The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro.

70. 212 by Alafair Burke.

Good books! Will you have enough time over the holidays to add 5 more? :)

I sure hope so! I have to read some short ones:)

71. The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark...very good!

72. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber...only 3 more to go!!! I may have to cheat a bit;)

OK, I am cheating a bit here with a couple of childrens' books...
73. Stable in Bethlehem by Joy N. Hulme
74. Bad Kitty Christmas by Nick Bruel

Drats! I didn't make it, so close, though!!!

That was sooo close! Congratulations on 74!

Those Bad Kitty books are so cute!