(from prettybooks.tumblr.com)  2012 Book Challenge It’s that time of year again! I had a lot of fun participating in the 50 Book Challenge with you guys in 2011. I personally read more than ever and I had to increase my goal to 100 books, which I surpassed. The biggest feedback I received about the challenge was that it encouraged and motivated people to read more. The Rules: 1. Choose an amount of books that you want to read in 2012 (e.g. 25, 50, 75, 100) 2. Read, read, read! There isn’t a rule about what type books these have to be; read anything you want. You decide what you want to include (novels, short stories, non-fiction, school books…).  To keep track of how much you’re reading, you can use the Goodreads Reading Challenge, create a list (on Tumblr, LiveJournal, LibraryThing, your computer), write book reviews, post about each book you’re reading - it’s up to you. I personally like to create a 50 Book Challenge page, which I can update easily. It may be a good idea to use the #50 book challenge tag so that others can read posts about your progress. Although this is a quantifiable challenge, the most important thing is that you’re reading and that you’re having fun doing it :) *reread **recommend  1. Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi*, **  2. Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan**  3. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres**  4. All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman** 5. Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch  6. Dare Truth Promise by Paula Boock 7. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King**  8. Willow by Julie Hoban* 9. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green**  10. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler** 11. The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan** 12. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon** 13. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides** 14. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck** 15. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer**  16. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson** 17. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral 18. The Statistical Probability of Love at the First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith**  19. Looking For Alaska*, ** 20. Ernest Hemingway on Writing edited by Larry W. Phillips  21. Gossamer by Lois Lowry 22. A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle** 22. Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle** 23. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky*, ** 24. Love that Dog by Sharon Creech*, ** 25. Sahara Special by Emse Raji Codell* 26. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher*,** 27. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusack*, ** 28. Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Smith Magazine** 29. How Writer Work by Ralph Fletcher  30. Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka* 31. There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom! by Louis Sachar*, **  32. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis* 33. Astonishments: Selected Poems of Anna Kamienska edited and translated by Grazyna Drabik and David Curzon**