85

That is the number of books I read in 2012. Down on 2011 which was 103 reads.

I finished the year off with this:

Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

Finishing it on New Years Eve, giving me my 85th book for the year. You can view the whole list here.

As for my other 2012 challenges - A bit of a mixed result.

What's in a Name Challenge - I managed 4 of the 6 books for this challenge.

EBook Challenge - I made my original target of 10 books for this challenge and decided to go for 25. Missed it by 1! Mind you, my Kindle died twice this year so maybe if that hadn't happened...

Aussie Authors Challenge - was aiming for 12, read 20

Dystopia Challenge - totally failed at this one. Was aiming for between 4 and 7, read 2. I really struggled to find adult dystopian that interested me this year.

I've only signed up for one challenge in 2013 so far. Little White Dove's 13 in 13 challenge - with some modified rules. I'm not sure if I will go for any others, although I will continue to track my reading with a 2013 list. The only other challenge I'm contemplating is an ebook one and maybe an Aussie Author one - I like to set myself up for success!

As previously mentioned I'm also looking at changing the direction of this blog. I have decided to keep the sewing one separate. However you may find more than just book reviews appearing here. I often have thoughts about politics and other aspects of life I want to share and have decided to do it here rather than start another blog. I hope that whatever I do you find it interesting enough to pop in every now and then!

2012 Challenges

I'm starting to look at my challenges for 2012 and needed some where to store the ideas! So this is what I am looking at so far

What's in a Name  which is hosted by Beth Fish Reads

In this challenge you need to read 6 books with different features in the title. eg a topographical feature such as Cold Mountain.

Aussie Author Challenge hosted by Book Lover Book Reviews

This year I have read (so far!) 43 books by 23 different Australian Authors so I will be going for the DINKY-DI level– Read and review 12 books by at least 6 different Australian authors

 Read Dystopia Challenge hosted by Book Journey

I really enjoy dystopian novels and have read a fair few this year. I'm going to start with the Leader of Your District Level (7-10 books) and hopefully graduate to Survivor (11+)

EBook Challenge hosted by Workaday Reads. I participated in this challenge last year over at The Ladybug Reads, but this year she has passed the mantle over to Workday Reads. So far this year I have read 9 Ebooks on my kindle so I will be going for the CD level - 10 books.