Books Read in 2012

Here are the 91 books that I completed in 2012. 62% were first time reads. 24% were on audio, 36% were eBooks, and 40% were traditional print medium. It's been just less than a year since I first met and began reading Nathan Lowell's books - but I feel like I've been reading them all my life. On the other hand, I've been reading the Jean Auel books for at least thirty years and I'm SO very glad to be done with the last one. Other than VALLEY OF HORSES, I doubt I will ever re-read one again. Charlie Stross's Merchant Princes series were a good read, but the farther along the series went, the more I felt that I had missed something - it just didn't quite all hang together as well as I hoped. And finally, THE SPARROW, which has been on my to read list since the year it came out. I found it deeply thought provoking and excellently done, but must admit to a bit of, shall we say, disgruntlement at the ending. If the protagonist had been female rather than male, the book wouldn't have had nearly the impact that it did. Everyone would have said, "Get over it and move along." That makes me a little disappointed.

Jo Graham The Ravens of Falkenau
C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Estby The Year We Were Famous
Laurie King The Pirate King
Pasi Sahlberg Finnish Lessons
Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan Lord of the Jungle
Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat
Lorna Barrett Bookplate Special
Charles Stross The Family Trade
Nathan Lowell Quarter Share
Laura Leone Under the Voodoo Moon
E.L. Konigsburg The View From Saturday
Charles Stross The Hidden Family
Charles Stross The Clan Corporate
Louisa May Alcott Under the Lilacs
Charles Stross The Merchant's War
Charles Stross The Revolution Business
Nathan Lowell Half Share
Nathan Lowell Full Share
Charles Stross The Trade of Queens
Robin LaFevers Grave Mercies
Zilpha Keatley Snyder Libby on Wednesday
Janet Evanovich One for the Money
Kenneth Oppel Airborn
Dick Francis Hot Money
Jane Yolen "The Face in the Cloth"
Larry Niven "Into the Fog"
Zenna Henderson "The Believing Kind"
C.S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet
Anne McCaffrey Restoree
Mary Norton The Borrowers
Carrie Vaughn "Harry and Marlowe"
Agatha Christie The Secret Adversary
Nathan Lowell Double Share
Clive Cussler The Mediterranean Caper
Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars
Clive Cussler Spartan Gold
David Palmer Emergence
Dick Francis For Kicks
Edward Eager Half Magic
Jean Auel The Land of Painted Caves
Clive Cussler Lost Empire
A.E. VanVogt Slan
Dick Francis Dead Heat
Clive Cussler The Kingdom
Ilona Andrews On the Edge
Lauryn Christopher Conflict of Interest
Elizbeth Enright Spiderweb for Two
Rachel Simon The Story of Beautiful Girl
Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and the Lost Empire
Agatha Christie Miss Marple's Final Cases
Sharon Shinn Gateway
Carol Brink The Pink Motel
Alfred Bester The Demolished Man
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Courier Run
Nathan Lowell Captain's Share
April Henry Circles of Confusion
April Henry Learning to Fly
Dick Francis Trial Run
A.A. Fair Crows Can't Count
Jim and Joyce Lavene A Timely Vision
Laurie King The Game
Dick Francis Second Wind
Susan Alia MacNeal Mr Churchill's Secretary
Roger Zelazny This Immortal
Jack McDevitt Time Travelers Never Die
Mary Jo Putney The Bargain
Caroline Cooney The Face on the Milk Carton
Caroline Cooney Whatever Happened to Janie?
Georgette Heyer Friday's Child
S. M. Stirling Island in the Sea of Time
Zane Grey The Lone Star Ranger
Nathan Lowell Owner's Share
S. M. Stirling Against the Tide of Years
Georgette Heyer Cotillion
Caroline Cooney The Voice on the Radio
Orson Scott Card The Lost Gate
Dick Francis Whip Hand
Anne McCaffrey The Year of the Lucy
Anne McCaffrey Stitch in Snow
Orson Scott Card Stone Father
Larry Niven Fleet of Worlds
H. Beam Piper The Other Human Race
Gwen Bristow Calico Palace
Elizabeth Moon The Deed of Paksenarion
Scott O'Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins
Georgette Heyer The Reluctant Widos
Mary Daria Russell The Sparrow
Dick Francis Decider
Dick Francis To the Hilt
David Weber A Beautiful Friendship