2012: A Review

I kinda fell off the waggon for writing book reviews back in May, must try harder next year.

In 2012, I read 34 books, which isn't too bad, but I was aiming to read more. The problem I found was that after I read Wheel of Time 7: Crown of Swords, I didn't want to wait another month to read the next book. (My plan had been to read 1 Wheel of Time book per month so that I finished reading the series in December, perfectly timed for the final book coming out on the 8th January.) So I quickly finished all the other books in the Wheel of Time series, after which I was too excited about the new book coming in January that I couldn't focus on any other books. Instead I listened to the Wheel of Time audio books, two per month, I've now listened to all of them, and I'm counting the days until the 8th January. Seriously, I am more excited about A Memory of Light (the final Wheel of Time book) than I was about Christmas.

My plan for 2013 is:

1) Write book reviews for every book that I read in 2012 and haven't reviewed yet, I plan to do this between now and the 7th January.
2) Read A Memory of Light, soooooo excited about this, and review it.
3) Continue to work my way through the BBC Top 100 Books list, still loads of them to read.
4) Finish reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series, I've completed the first book and started the second.
5) Only read books that I haven't read before, unless they are on the BBc Top 100 Books list.
6) Start working my way through the 5000+ books that I have on my Kindle, trying some new authors and new genera's etc.

The books I read in 2012 are:

1) The Wheel of Time 1: The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan 
2) The Inheritance Cycle 1: Eragon - Christopher Paolini
3) The Inheritance Cycle 2: Eldest - Christopher Paolini
4) The Inheritance Cycle 3: Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
5) The Inheritance Cycle 4: Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
6) The Wheel of Time 2: The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan
7) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
8) His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights - Phillip Pullman
9) The Wheel of Time 3: The Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan
10) Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
11) Lord of the Rings 1: The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien
12) The Wheel of Time 4: The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan
13) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
14) Mistborn 1: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
15) The Wheel of Time 5: The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
16) Mistborn 2: The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
17) The Wheel of Time 6: Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan
18) The Wheel of Time prequel: New Spring - Robert Jordan
19) Mistborn 3: Hero of the Ages - Brandon Sanderson
20) Mistborn 4: Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson
21) The Wheel of Time 7: A Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan
22) The Wheel of Time 8: A Path of Daggers - Robert Jordan
23) Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James
24) The Wheel of Time 9: Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan
25) The Wheel of Time 10: Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan
26) The Wheel of Time 11: Knife of Dreams - Robert Jordan
27) The Wheel of Time 12: The Gathering Storm - Brandon Sanderson
28) The Wheel of Time 13: Towers of Midnight - Brandon Sanderson
29) A Song of Ice and Fire 1: A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
30) The Wheel of Time 14 Prologue: By Grace and Banners Fallen - Brandon Sanderson
31) The Hunger Games 1: The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
32) The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
33) The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
34) The Pseudonomicon - Phil Hine

I have created links to the book reviews already completed and will update the links as I write more reviews.

Finally, I want to nominate my best and worst books of the year:

Best Book of the Year 2012 - I would like to say all of the Wheel of Time books, but I'm going to choose a book that I read for the first time this year

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

This book is amazing, I couldn't put it down, parts of it terrified me so much that I wanted to scream at the characters in the book to run away, parts of it moved me to tears (which is not an easy thing to do). At the end of this book I was emotionally drained. I will defiantly read more by Sebastian Faulks.

Worst Book of the Year 2012 - Damn curiosity got the better of me and I wish I had never picked up this drivel, I can't believe how many women like this book.

Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James

Dear EL James, please do not attempt to write any more books, go get a job somewhere else, somewhere you will not inflict your shite on the eyes and minds of any more people. Thank you.

Happy New Year everyone.

Tasha xxx