This year’s reading list includes classics of all genres, fairy tales, and contemporary horror. My challenge for 2013 is 85 books.
Last Updated: 12/31/2013
January 2013
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum [About | My Review]
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts… by Susan Cain [About | My Review]
- Niceville by Carsten Stroud [About | My Review]
- Zone One by Colson Whitehead [About | My Review]
- Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion [About | My Review]
- Deadly Desire by Keri Arthur [About | My Review]
February 2013
- How Children Succeed…and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough [About | My Review]
- Advent by James Treadwell [About | My Review]
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey [About | My Review]
- Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates [About | My Review]
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by Bryan Lee O’Malley [About | My Review]
- Dead City by Joe McKinney [About | My Review]
- Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones [About | My Review]
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle [About | My Review]
- The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King [About | My Review]
- House of Skin by Jonathan Janz [About | My Review]
- The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley [About | My Review]
- The Trials & Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood by Jack Zipes [About | My Review]
March 2013
- Off Season by Jack Ketchum [About | My Review]
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill [About | My Review]
- Project-Based Homeschooling by Lori Pickert [About | My Review]
- Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O’Malley [About | My Review]
- The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt [About | My Review]
- How to Organize (Just About) Everything by Peter Walsh [About | My Review]
- Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern [About | My Review]
- Organize Your Whole House by The Family Handyman [About | My Review]
- The Legacies (The Lost Files #1-3) by Pittacus Lore [About | My Review]
- The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore [About | My Review]
- The Spark of Life by Frances Ashcroft [About | My Review]
- At Dawn by Jobie Hughes [About | My Review]
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury [About | My Review]
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters [About | My Review]
- Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review]
April 2013
- The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill [About | My Review]
- African Folk Tales by Hugh Vernon-Jackson [About | My Review]
May 2013
- Suffer the Children by John Saul [About | My Review]
- Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O’Malley [About | My Review]
June 2013
- Beast by Donna Jo Napoli [About | My Review]
- Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern [About | My Review]
- What’s a Homeowner to Do? by Stephen Fanuka and Edward Lewine [About | My Review]
- Refresh Your Home: 500 Simple Projects… by The Family Handyman [About | My Review]
- Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement by Julian Cassell [About | My Review]
- The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair by Black & Decker [About | My Review]
- Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review]
- The Neighbors by Ania Ahlborn [About | My Review]
July 2013
- The Orphanage of Miracles by Amy Neftzger [About | My Review]
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [About | My Review]
- Lovely, Dark and Deep by Amy McNamara [About | My Review]
- The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani [About | My Review]
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson [About | My Review]
August 2013
- Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier [About | My Review]
- What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang [About | My Review]
- The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson [About | My Review]
- Cold Days by Jim Butcher [About | My Review]
- Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier [About | My Review]
- Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead [About | My Review]
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan [About | My Review]
September 2013
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber [About | My Review]
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review]
- Contaminated by Em Garner [About | My Review]
- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson [About | My Review]
October 2013
- The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood [About | My Review]
- How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig [About | My Review]
- It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini [About | My Review]
- What Are You Waiting For? by Kristen Moeller, M.S. [About | My Review]
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read
November 2013
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling [About] re-read
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling [About] re-read
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins [About | My Review] re-read
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins [About | My Review] re-read
- A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce [About | My Review]
- The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten. by Steve Martin [About | My Review]
- Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern [About | My Review]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling [About] re-read
- Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier [About] (I stopped at page 42.)
- Anarchy by James Treadwell [About] (I stopped at page 35.)
- The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved by Joey Comeau [About | My Review]
- The Five Love Languages of Teenagers by Gary Chapman [About | My Review]
- Ghost Story by Peter Straub [About | My Review]
December 2013
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read
- You’ve Got a Book in You by Elizabeth Sims [About | My Review]
- The Women of Hammer Horror by Bobb Cotter [About | My Review]
- Doctor Sleep by Stephen King [About | My Review]
- Horns by Joe Hill [About | My Review]
- The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer [About | My Review]
- The Lost by Jack Ketchum [About | My Review]
- Urban Gothic by Brian Keene [About | My Review]
- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [About | My Review]
- Dearest by Peter Loughran [About | My Review]
Fiction: 69 | Non-Fiction: 18 | Total: 87