So Many Books, So Little Time

December is coming to an end and I must say that I had a pretty good reading month!  I read twice the number of books in December as I did in November.  In addition to finishing Les Miserables, I read a total of 8 books: that's not my best month ever but it's a lot better than I have done in the past few months.  With the end of December comes the end of the year so I thought I would include my stats for the year in this post. Total books read in 2012 :  112 Number of library books read:  49 Number of books that were historical fiction: 54 Number of non-fiction books read:   14 Number of physical books I own that I read:  21 (This is an epic failure on my part!) Here is what I read in December: 1.) Her Majesty's Will by David Blixt 2.) The Raven's Heart by Jesse Blackadder 3.) Escape by Carolyn Jessop 4.) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 5.) Becoming Sister Wives by the Brown Family 6.) The Forbidden Queen by Anne O'Brie...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature hosted by Tynga's Reviews . I had a wonderful Christmas!  The hubs bought me a Nook Simple Touch with the Glow Light feature!  I have been wanting one of these forever.  Now I just need to decide on what cover I want!   I also got two of the Pioneer Woman's cookbooks.  I can't wait to try out some of the recipes!   The hubs gave me a gift card to Barnes and Noble and picked up a bunch of new ebooks.  They were having such a great sale, I couldn't resist! Ebooks:  The Distant Hours by Kate Morton One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf The Unfailing Light by Robin Bridges The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston Mystic River by Dennis Lehane The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani The Given Day by Dennis Lehane   The Rose Garden b...

I can't believe 2012 is almost over!  The year went by so fast!  I set a lot of goals for myself for this year and I met some of them but not all of them.  My original 2012 goals post can be found here . Goals for Reading:  I signed up for 5 challenges and completed 3 of them.  I really wanted to finish them all but I had a really hard time with reading towards the end of this year. Back to the Classics Challenge- 9/9 2012 TBR Pile Challenge- 9/10 2012 Support your Local Library Challenge- 24/24 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge- 20/20 2012 Eastern European Reading Challenge- 3/4 I didn't do too well on all of my other reading goals.  I didn't read very many books I owned (only 21 out of 86!) and I didn't read any books in Russian.  I did take a Russian language class in the fall so I think my goal to work on the language skills kind of got met.  My last reading goal was to read one non-fiction book a month.  I did read 14 non-...

From Goodreads:  In many ways, the Browns are like any other middle-American family. They eat, play, and pray together, squabble and hug, striving to raise happy, well-adjusted children while keeping their relationship loving and strong. The difference is, there are five adults in the openly polygamous Brown marriage—Kody and his four wives—who among them have seventeen children. Since TLC first launched its popular reality program Sister Wives, the Browns have become one of the most famous families in the country. Now Kody, Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn reveal in their own words exactly how their special relationship works—the love and faith that drew them together, the plusses and pitfalls of having sister wives, and the practical and emotional complications of a lifestyle viewed by many with distrust, prejudice, even fear. With the candor and frankness that have drawn millions to their show, they talk about what makes their fascinating family work, addressing the top...

From Goodreads:  Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind. My Thoughts:  I am not going to do a long in-depth review of this book because I think I am one of the last people on Earth to have read/reviewed this book. ...

From Goodreads:  .... Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of God, deprive their followers the right to make choices, force women to be totally subservient to men, and brainwash children in church-run schools. Against this background, Carolyn Jessop’s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. Not only did she manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS. And in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs. My Thoughts:  I have always been really interested in polygamy and have been meaning to read this book for a long time.  Carolyn's story is so sad but it's also inspiring.  She was forced to marry someone much older who she didn't like and had to live in an extremel...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature hosted by Tynga's Reviews . Oh my goodness, I need to stay away from NetGalley!  There are so many books that I want to read! Here is what I got this week: From the Library: Becoming Sister Wives by the Browns (I already finished this and I really liked it!  Review coming soon.) From NetGalley: Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell The Forgotten Queen by D.L. Bogdan     The Forbidden Queen by Anne O'Brien   What books did you pick up this week?