Books read in 2012

I set a goal at Goodreads.com to read 25 books in 2012. I hit that goal pretty early on, so I bumped it up to 35 and finished the year with 37 books read. Or, as I prefer to think of it, 10,451 pages. That’s 3,325 more pages than I read with 17 books in 2011. Some of this year’s books earned 5-star reviews. I didn’t read anything I hated so much I only gave it 1 star, though there were a few 2-star ratings. Here are some of the highlights of what I read.

This year will be remembered as the yea...