MissLibrarianLord in 2012!

Hi Everyone!

I'm so excited to be a part of the 75 Books Challenge again this year! Last year was so much fun, and I conquered some tomes that I never thought I'd find the time to add to my "Books Read" list!

I did a horrible job of socializing last year... although I used my thread to measure my books, I only made a few friends. I hope this year is different... I want to bond with more of my fellow bibliophiles!

I'm starting off the year reading "Les Miserables." Huge, yes, but extremely interesting! I'm nearly 1/3 done, so it is not technically a complete 2012 read. Oh well!

Stop by whenever you can!

Books Read:



Pages Read:



Books Acquired:

January:

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Finished 1/2/2012)
2. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Finished 1/15/2012)
3. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (Finished 1/19/2012)
4. Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov (Finished 1/23/2012)
5. Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Finished 1/27/2012)
6. The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett

FILMS:
1. Miss Minoes (Viewed 1/2/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279231/
2. Married Life (Viewed 1/4/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804505/
3. La Vie En Rose (Viewed 1/5/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188/
4. Modern Family, Season 1 (Viewed 1/10/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/
5. The Darjeeling Limited (Viewed 1/21/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0838221/
6. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Viewed 1/21/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017668/
7. WTC: The First 24 Hours (Viewed 1/21/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304919/
8. La Journee de la Jupe (Skirt Day) (Viewed 1/22/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286809/
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Viewed 1/29/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/

February:
7. A Short View of Tragedy by Thomas Rymer (Finished 2/6/2012)
8. The Man of Mode by George Etherege (Finished 2/15/2012)
9. The Way of the World by William Congreve (Finished 2/15/2012)
10. Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Finished 2/17/2012)
11. A History of the American Theatre From Its Origins to 1832 by William Dunlap (Finished 2/22/2012)
12. The Contrast by Royall Tyler (Finished 2/24/2012)
13. Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (Finished 2/27/2012)
14. Andre by William Dunlap (Finished 2/29/2012)
15. The Indian Princess by James Nelson Barker (Finished 2/29/2012)
16. Fashion by Anna Cora Mowatt (Finished 2/29/2012)

FILMS:
10. Ghostbusters (Viewed 2/24/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/
11. Bee Movie (Viewed 2/24/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389790/

March:
17. The Long Walk by Stephen King (Finished 3/9/2012)
18. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Finished 3/14/2012)
19. Strife by John Galsworthy (Finished 3/16/2012)
20. Votes For Women by Elizabeth Robins (Finished 3/16/2012)
21. Trelawny of the "Wells" by Arthur W. Pinero (Finished 3/17/2012)
22. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets by Bernard Shaw (Finished 3/18/2012)
23. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Finished 3/18/2012)
24. Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw (Finished 3/19/2012)
25. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Finished 3/21/2012)
26. The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman (Finished 3/29/2012)
27. One Third of a Nation by The Living Newspaper (Finished 3/31/2012)

FILMS:
12. Project X (Viewed ?): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1636826/
13. Mrs. Warren's Profession (BBC) (Viewed 3/17/2012): http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=D87340&gclid=CK_MtoLK8...
14. Food Inc. (Viewed 3/20/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/
15. The Believer (Viewed 3/23/2012): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247199/
16. Company (Viewed 3/27/2012)

April:

28. Haiti by William Dubois (Finished 4/5/2012)
29. The Revolt of the Beavers by Oscar Saul (Finished 4/7/2012)
30. The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus (Finished 4/19/2012)
31. Fate of a Cockroach by Tawfik Al-Hakim (Finished 4/20/2012)
32. Sizwe Bansi Is Dead by Athol Fugard (Finished 4/22/2012)
33. Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka (Finished 4/25/2012)

Reading- Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim
Reading- Titanic First Accounts (Penguin Classics Deluxe)

FILMS:
17. The Hunger Games (Viewed 4/1/2012)
18. Tower Heist (Viewed 4/6/2012):http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/

May:

34. Angels in America by Tony Kushner (Finished 5/2/2012)
35. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Finished 5/7/2012)
36. Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches: A German Exile Drama in the Struggle Against Fascism by John J. White and Ann White (Finished 5/9/2012)
37. Brecht on Theatre translated by John Willett (Finished 5/22/12)
38. The Trial of Lucullus by Bertolt Brecht (Finished 5/22/12)
39. Baal by Bertolt Brecht (Finished 5/23/12)
40. A Man's A Man and The Elephant Calf by Bertolt Brecht (Finished 5/24/12)
41. The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht (Finished 5/24/12)
42. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (Finished 5/27/12)
43. Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien (Finished 5/28/12)

June:

44. Gracefully Insane by Alex Beam (Finished 6/3/12)
45. Titanic First Accounts (Penguin Classics Deluxe) (Finished 6/24/12)

July:

46. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Finished 7/2/12)
47. The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein (Finished 7/14/12)
48. Performance Theory by Richard Schechner (Finished 7/23/12)
49. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James (Finished 7/27/12)

August:

50. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Finished 8/20/12)
51. Brecht & Co.: Sex, Politics, and the Making of the Modern Drama by John Fuegi (Finished 8/28/12)
52. Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht (Finished 8/30/12)

September:

53. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Finished 9/3/12)
54. Beyond the Pleasure Principle by Sigmund Freud (Finished 9/11/12)
55. Auschwitz and After by Charlotte Delbo (Finished 9/13/12)
56. The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levy (Finished 9/15/12)
57. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James (Finished 9/16/12)
58. A Child of Hitler by Alfons Heck (Finished 9/29/12)
59. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (Finished 9/30/12)

October:

60. Hitler's Beneficiaries by Gotz Aly (Finished 10/9/12)
61. Germans Into Nazis by Peter Fritzsche (Finished 10/14/12)
62. Pleasure and Power in Nazi Germany edited by Pamela E. Swett (Finished 10/17/12)
63. Lucky by Alice Sebold (Finished 10/30/12)

November:

64. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (Finished 11/5/12)
65. Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich by Alison Owings (Finished 11/7/12)
66. Kosher Chinese by Michael Levy (Finished 11/11/12)
67. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Finished 11/13/12)
68. Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (Finished 11/27/12)

December:

69. Wishin and Hopin by Wally Lamb (Finished 12/2/12)
70. The Making of Salem by Robin DeRosa (Finished 12/6/12)
71. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Finished 12/8/12)
72. The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford (Finished 12/11/12)
73. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Finished 12/14/12)
74. The Call of Cthulu by H.P. Lovecraft (Finished 12/16/12)
75. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Finished 12/20/12)
76. How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal (Finished 12/23/12)

Reading: Strength Through Joy by Shelley Baranowski

Les Miserables! That is an ambitious book to start off with. I've always wanted to read it. Happy readings for 2012!

Glad to have you back with us for 2012, Rebecca!

Welcome back!

Thanks, guys! I'm halfway done with Les Miserables as of today! I didn't have the biggest reading day today, as I adopted a new kitten, Ichabod! He is adorable, but he's semi-feral, so I'm nervous about his ability to adjust! Hopefully I'll be finishing up The Night Circus tonight!

Welcome! and Happy New Year. Good luck with the kitten!

Thanks! I just finished The Night Circus! I'm going to push ahead with Les Miserables, so you may not hear from me for a few days!

What did you think of The Night Circus?

Good luck with Mr. Ichabod!

19: I'd also like to know what you thought. I just started reading The Night Circus last night.

Not a fan of The Night Circus. It's alright, but it didn't do that much for me. I thought that it was a little confusing at times, and often slow-moving. It sounds strange, but large tomes like Les Miserables draw me in much more. I don't want to say that The Night Circus was a waste of time at all, but I feel like I accomplish a lot and add to my understanding of the world when I read the classics.

I changed Ichabod's name to Moritz. Anyone who is familiar with Frank Wedekind's Spring's Awakening may know Moritz Stiefel... a "sad, soulful sleepyhead" and one of my favorite characters. It fits the new kitty. Let's just hope he doesn't commit suicide like the character he is named after...!!!

Sorry to hear that you did not enjoy The Night Circus more, Rebecca. I am really liking it myself.

I have never heard of Spring's Awakening. Is it worth seeking out?

ABSOLUTELY! It's a play written in the 1890s... all about teenage angst. It was also turned into a Broadway musical in 2006. I adore it... so much that I got one of Moritz's best quotes tattooed down the my side!

I will have to look for it then!

Just a note to say I've starred your thread - looking at your last year's thread I think we read a lot of the same sort of books. I'm new to this Group and don't know people either but I'm trying to star a few not to get overwhelmed.

Good luck with your 2012 reading. I'm having a really slow start - haven't read anything yet but I have the excuse that I have an assignment due in next week and everything else is on hold until that's finished.

Hi SandDune! Thanks so much! I'm really excited that you've reached out! Keep me posted, and I'll be sure to follow your thread as well!

I will be working on my master's thesis this semester, so I'm sure my reading will have to slow down a bit. My parents complained about my HUGE drop in my desire to socialize while I was home for the holidays... they claim I read way too much. And that is coming from two adults that read a lot themselves! I do have to admit... I hit the bars a lot less frequently than in past years, haha!

I just hit 1,000 pages on Les Miserables, and I hope to finish it by next Monday!

If you were hitting the bars less, just tell them you are trying to spare your liver ;)

You're right, Stasia! To my friends, however, I am quickly becoming the "cat lady"! I go home and feed my kitties, grab a glass of wine, and read read read!

Read read read sounds good to me!

Finally finished Les Miserables, one of the most incredible works I have ever read. Now I'm off to get a drink :)

Does anyone have any good suggestions for books about the food industry? I'm in the middle of making dietary choices for myself as well as researching the treatment of animals. Suggestions are welcome!!!

Thanks MissLibrarianLord - just read this post, and remembered how much I enjoyed Les Miserables when I was in school - I had vowed then to reread it someday - so I just added it to my TBR list.

I just read Beastly Things by Donna Leon. It's fiction, but it deals with the food industry, specifically a slaughterhouse.

Just went through a major break up. My reading is going too slowly these days... :(

#32: Michael Pollan's books are good: In Defense of Food, Food Rules, The Omnivore's Dilemma.

Anyone else having a very very slow time reading this summer? I don't know what's up with me!