A year summed up

So I lost count somehow and messed up, I only made it to 114 books this year, not 115, and I am half way through two books that I was hoping to finish today, but it's just not going to happen.

A quick summary.....

My most favorite books this year, in no particular order:

• The Help
• The Book Thief
• The Thirteenth Tale
• Thirteen Reasons Why
• The Hunger Game series

My most favorite characters:

• Tiny Cooper (Will Grayson Will Grayson)
• Ron Weasley (Harry Potter)
• Lisbeth Salandar (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
• Grandma Mazur (Stephanie Plum Series)

Least favorite characters:

• Prof Umbridge (Harry Potter)
• any character in Kurt Vonegets books
• All of the characters in The Magicians
• Sookie Stackhouse
• Bella Swan (Twilight)

Most kick ass character ever written:

• Lisbeth Salander---Hands freaking down

A few books that I can't even remember reading:

• Love the One You're With
• Everyone is Beautiful
• Some Girls Are (even though I slightly remember that I did like this book)

Worst books all year:

• The Magicians
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

I am changing things up this next year with my list. I will be participating in a challenge that is 111 books in 2011, but not 2011 books in 2011 like my husband thinks I should do. I am also going to change up my side bar with my list of books. I am not going to have a preselected list this year, since as you can see how well I did with the list from last year. I am just going to add the books to the list as I finish them and my to be read list will just be stored on my GoodReads account.

I am going to make sure that I read more printed books this year because my cousin and close friend think that I cheat by listening to audio. Little do they know that I actually retain more and pay attention more with audio mainly because I am a multi-tasker and when all I am doing is one thing, my mind wanders and I lose focus. So my goal is to read at least 4 print books a month, this also includes on my kindle. I also want to decrease my unread books at home. In a little bit I am going to separate my books into read and to be read, take a picture, post it, and then in the middle and the end of the year, do it again to show the impact that I have done. This post might even wait until tomorrow depending on how sassy I feel tonight.

So that is it everyone. I really hope everyone has a far better 2011, as I had the worst year of my life this year and am totally looking forward to bigger and better things.

Happy New Years, and see you on the other side :)