2011 Reading Plan Status

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This is me attempting to track my progress on my 2011 Reading Plan.


UPDATE: Total Books Read - 69

 Books Read from my TBR:

1. Soledad's Sister by Butch Dalisay (Jan. 6)
2. $#*! My Dad Says by Justin Halpern (Jan. 7)
3. The El Bimbo Variations by Adam David (Jan. 11)
4. Tun-huang by Yasushi Inoue (Jan.11)
5. The Reader by Bernard Schlink (Jan. 16)
6. Light Boxes by Shane Jones (Jan. 17)
7. Electra and other plays by Sophocles (trans. by E.F. Watling) (Jan. 27)
8. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (Jan. 27)
9. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Feb. 2)
10. Once by Morris Gleitzman (Feb. 3)
11. The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (Feb. 5)
12. Blue Angel, White Shadow by Charlson Ong (Feb. 8)
13. One Day by David Nicholls (Feb. 14)
14. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller (Feb. 19)
15. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (Feb. 22)
16. A Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (Mar. 2)
17. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Apr. 21)
18. The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (Apr. 22)
19. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Apr. 23)
20. Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath (Apr. 24)
21. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (May 8)
22. The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberly (May 14)
23. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco (May 28)
24. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (June 22)

Non-TBR books I've read:
1. Blindness by Jose Saramago (Mar. 29)
2. One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde (Apr. 5)
3. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (Apr. 20)
4. Dracula by Bram Stoker (May 7)
5. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (May 20)
6. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd (May 21)
7. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (May 23)
8. The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (June 7)
9. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (July 6)
10. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
11. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
12. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
13. The Long Weekend by Adam David
14. Tabi Po: Book 1 by Mervin Malonzo
15. Surgeons Do Not Cry by Ting Tiongco
16. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
17. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
18. Windmills 1: Bearkdowns by Josel Nicolas
19. Philippine Speculative Fiction 6 edited by Nikki Alfar and Kate Aton-Osias
20. Paper Cuts by Pam Pastor
21. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
22. The Stranger by Albert Camus
23. The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
24. High Society by Paolo Chikiamco and Hannah Buena
25. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
26. World War Z by Max Brooks
27. Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws by Herge
28. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Herge
29. On Writing by Stephen King
30. Orchards by Holly Thompson
31. It's a Mens World by Bebang Siy
32. The Walking Dead: Book 1 by Robert Kirkman
33. The Walking Dead: Book 2 by Robert Kirkman
34. The Walking Dead: Book 3 by Robert Kirkman
35. The Walking Dead: Book 4 by Robert Kirkman
36. The Walking Dead: Book 5 by Robert Kirkman
37. The Walking Dead: Book 6 by Robert Kirkman
38. The Walking Dead, Volume 13 by Robert Kirkman
39. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
40. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
41. Sweet Tooth: Book 1 by Jeff Lemire
42. Sweet Tooth: Book 2 by Jeff Lemire
43. Sweet Tooth: Book 3 by Jeff Lemire
43. Sweet Tooth: Book 4 by Jeff Lemire
44. Trese 4: Last Seen After Midnight by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo
45. Northlanders: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood


Roberto Bolano book:

Books published in 2010:

1. $#*! My Dad Says by Justin Halpern (Jan. 7)
2. The El Bimbo Variations by Adam David (Jan. 11)
3. The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (Feb. 5)
4. Blue Angel, White Shadow by Charlson Ong (Feb. 8)
5. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (Apr. 20)
6. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (May 20)
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Books I bought/acquired:

1. (Jan. 27) The Help
2. (Jan. 27) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
3. (Feb) A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
4. (Feb) Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
5. (Mar. 27) The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
6. (Mar. 29) One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde
7. (Apr) The Magicians by Lev Grossman
8. (Apr. 28) A Monster Calls by Siobhan Dowd and Patrick Ness
9. (Apr. 28) Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
10. (May 19) A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Comments

Stepford Mum said…
Go, Fanta, go! Consider me your first official cheerleader.
January 4, 2011 at 10:19 PM
gege said…
Wow! It's exciting to see these numbers filled out.

I have not yet decided on my reading plan for 2011. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.
January 4, 2011 at 10:22 PM
fantaghiro23 said…
@Stepford Mum - Thank you! Will need a cheerleader.:)

@Gege - I'm excited to fill up the numbers, too. Was overwhelmed by my TBR, hence this plan.
January 4, 2011 at 10:50 PM
GatheringBooks said…
Unfortunately I can not NOT buy books. Especially bargain books that are worth less than ten dollars and begging to be taken off the shelf (I don't make it a habit to buy the really expensive ones, I'm a cheapskate that way, must be the developing country syndrome). But if i do join, i'm sure it would be an EPIC fail. =)
January 14, 2011 at 7:54 AM
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