What I Read in 2012

The annual list of what I read this year. A lot of it was forgettable, a lot of it was entertaining.  I have highlighted some books because I enjoyed them or because some aspect of the book stayed with me for a long time. Some are fiction, some non-fiction, some are children's books.                                 The Little Book of Talent - Daniel Coyle

Gone - Randy Wayne White

The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds - Alexander McCall Smith

The Daydreamer - Ian McEwan

The Newlyweds - Nell Freudenberger

The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker

Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

Liesl & Po - Lauren Oliver

The 500 - Matthew Quirk

Princess Elizabeth's Spy - Susan Ella MacNeal

Until the Night - Giles Blunt

Instructions (everything You'll Need to Know on your Journey) - Neil Gaiman

The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny

The Innocents - Francesca Segal

The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

How Did You Get This Number - Sloane Crosley

The Absolute Value of Mike - Kathryn Erskine

Restless in the Grave - Dana Stabenow

Bones are Forever - Kathy Reichs

Triple Shot - Sandra Balzo

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

Wicked Business - Janet Evanovich

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs - Alexander McCall Smith

Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James

Portuguese Irregular Verbs - Alexander McCall Smith

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

Wicked Autumn - G.M. Malliet

Chasing the Bear - Robert Parker

They DId It With Love - Kate Morgenroth

Bahamarama - Bob Morris

The Chaperone - Laura Moriarty

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt - Beth Hoffman

Late Eclipses - Seanan McGuire

Love In A Nutshell - Janet Evanovich

An Everlasting Meal - Tamar Adler

Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson

Deadlock - Sara Paretsky

Elegy for Eddie - Jacqueline Winspear

Boneshaker - Cherie Priest

The Lola Quartet - Emily St. John Mandel

The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin

State of Wonder - Ann Patchett

Coaching Kids to Play Soccer - Jim San Marco

The Family Fang - Kevin Wilson

The Jane Austen Marriage Manual - Kim Izzo

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (the second time I read this book b/c I forgot everything from the first time)

Lush Life - Richard Price

Number The Stars - Lois Lowry

The Uninvited Guests - Sadie Jones

The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems - Billy Collins

Foreskin's Lament - Shalom Auslander

Chasing Midnight - Randy Wayne White

REAMDE - Neal Stephenson

A Bucket of Ashes - Patricia Ryan

Still Life With Murder - Patricia Ryan

Grave Endings - Rochelle Majer Krich

The Ice Princess - Camilla Lackberg

Bloodfever - Karen Marie Moning

The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion

Bad Island - Doug TenNapel

The Crowded Grave - Martin Walker

Darkfever - Karen Marie Moning

Left Bank - Kate Muir

Busy Monster - William Giraldi

Red Mist - Patricia Cornwell

I Am Half-sick of Shadows - Alan Bradley

Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl

The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) - Mindy Kaling

You Deserve Nothing - Alexander Maksik

Sweetness in the Belly - Camilla Gibb

Blood, Bones & Butter - Gabrielle Hamilton

The Most Dangerous Thing - Laura Lippman

The Chronology of Water - Lidia Yuknavitch

Whisper To The Blood - Dana Stabenow

A Night Too Dark - Dana Stabenow

Though Not Dead - Dana Stabenow