2012 RECAP

Shortly, 2012 will be a memory, so it's time to look back at the books of 2012 and recap how those books were appreciated(?).

January: 2 pre-owned : 4 borrowed : 0 ARC  - 6 books.
Best of the Month: Crunch Time

February: 5 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 1 new: 1 ARC - 13 books.
Best of the Month:  Trick of the Light and Forgotten Garden
The worst of the month - Great Expectations

March: 4 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 2 new: 2 ARC  - 13 books.
Best of the Month:  Diva runs out of Thyme just barely squeaked by Affairs of Steak
Least Favorite of the Month:  Remains to be Scene

April: 4 pre-owned: 9 borrowed: 0 new: 2 ARC  - 15 books.
Best of the Month:  Hunger Games
Least Favorite of the Month:  Elegance of the Hedgehog

May: 0 pre-owned:8 borrowed: 0 new: 1 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: Grant
The worst of the month - Burn
 
June: 2 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 1 new: 0 ARC - 9 books.
Best of the Month: Sprinkle with Murder
The worst of the month - Rutherford B. Hayes
 
JULY: 1 pre-owned: 8 borrowed: 0 new: 2 ARC  - 11 books.
Best of the Month:  True Justice 
The worst of the month - The Colfax massacre
  
August: 4 pre-owned: 3 borrowed: 1 new: 4 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  Organize Your Corpses
The worst of the month - Winter Palace
  
September:  4 pre-owned: 5 borrowed: 2 new: 1 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  Cleopatra: A Life
The worst of the month - From the tow-path to the White House
  
October:  2 pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 0 new: 4 ARC  - 9 books.
Best of the Month:  Princess Elizabeth's Spy  
The worst of the month - Frozen Thames
 
November:  5 pre-owned: 6 borrowed: 0 new: 0 ARC  - 11 books.
Best of the Month:  Empires of Light  
The worst of the month - Rumpole Misbehaves
  
December: 2  pre-owned: 4 borrowed: 4 new: 2 ARC  - 12 books.
Best of the Month:  Orchid Murder  
The worst of the month - 500 Appetizers  


Favorites of 2012:
Grant
Trick of the Light
Forgotten Garden - Best of the 2012
Hunger Games
Diva Runs out of Time
Cleopatra: A Life
Queen Elizabeth's Spy
The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel
Destiny of the Republic
Orchid Murder

Rutherford Birchard Hayes: The Life and Death of Rutherford B. Hayes Worst of 2012


Yearly total
Books Read - Owned  64 (Pages: 21,654)
Books Read - Borrowed 24  (Pages: 7,530)
Audio Books heard - 45 (Pages:17,959     492¼hours)

Total Completed
49 books, 45 audio books,  39 e-books -  47,143 pages
114 fiction; 19 nonfiction
10 New books
81 Pre-Owned
27 borrowed (library and friends/family)
15 for review - 7 ARCs/8 ERs

Challenge progress
75 book Challenge   133/75
12 in 12 Challenge  completed  with only 11 overlaps of 32 allowed
50 State Challenge   41/51 + DC
Endless European Challenge    16/49
96/80  BOMBS

New Books acquired
 37 Books purchased  - $180  (Tim - 2/$30)  - 10 READ
 25 Books won (ER, ARC, GIVEAWAYS, Netgalleys) in 2012 - 15 READ
106 Books received for no cost

29 new ARDs - 15 read
139 new e-books - 10 read.....................28 on top of selection list for 2013


So to all who have visited and shared my ramblings in 2012,