At the time I knew it was a big task but I believed it was doable, even though I also knew there was a good chance I wouldn't get there - ie it was possible even if maybe not probable. And I gave it a darned good shot. Back on January 1 I also had no idea of just how busy the year that would follow would be. My year has been - well, I won't go into the year that was, but suffice to say it has been busy. But I kept reading.
Did I each my goal? Nope. But I did reach a final total that I am pretty proud of.
My total for the year: 266 Books.
And what wonderfully varied books they were. From picture books to lengthy nonfiction. From the sad, to the serious to the whimsical and joyous. Romance, murders, sport, babies...
I'm a little sad that I didn't get the 366, but am really glad that I set myself the challenge and that I recorded my reading for the year. I've enjoyed it so much that I will keep a similar tally in 2013, but without setting a target total. It's a great way of recording for myself what I've read.
So, if you're interested, here is the final list. Where a book has been reviewed on Aussiereviews, I've linked to it. For most that haven't, I've linked to alternative reviews.
Enjoy - and Happy New Year!
| 1 | Straight Line to My Heart | Bill Condon | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 2 | Only Ever Always | Penni Russon | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 3 | Harry's War | John Heffernan | Omnibus | Children's |
| 4 | Just Like That | Janet Poole | Mountain View | Self Help |
| 5 | Shadrach | Meindert Dejong | Harper Trophy | Chidlren's |
| 6 | Nanberry | Jackie French | Angus&RObertson | Young Adult |
| 7 | Extinction 2 | Lizzie Wilcock | Scholastic | Young Adult |
| 8 | The Filth Licker | Cristy Burne | Frances Lincoln | Children's |
| 9 | Crow Country | Kate Constable | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 10 | Note on the Door | Lorraine Marwood | Walker | Children's/Poetry |
| 11 | The Golden Door | Emily Rodda | Scholastic | Children's |
| 12 | Lily Gets Her Wings | Elizabeth Pulford | Scholastic | Children's |
| 13 | Animal People | Charlotte Wood | Allen & Unwin | Contemporary Adult |
| 14 | Lily Has a Secret | Elizabeth Pulford | Scholastic | Children's |
| 15 | Button Boy | Rebecca Young & Sue deGennaro | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 16 | I Heart You, You Haunt Me | Lisa Schroeder | Simon Pulse | YA Verse Novel |
| 17 | Froi of the Exiles | Melina Marchetta | Penguin | Young Adult |
| 18 | The Red Bridge | Kylie Dunstan | Windy Hollow | Picture Book |
| 19 | Nog and the Land of Noses | Bruce Whatley | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 20 | How Now Brown Frau | Merridy Eastman | Allen & Unwin | NonFiction - Memoir |
| 21 | Revenge | Gabrielle Lord | Scholastic | Children's |
| 22 | Selected Poems | TS Eliot | Faber and Faber | Poetry |
| 23 | Lola's Secret | Monica McInerney | Penguin | Contemporary Adult |
| 24 | The Little Refugee | Ahn Do | Allen & Unwin | Picture Book |
| 25 | Cooking the Books | Kerry Greenwood | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 26 | Flood | Jackie French | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 27 | City of Lies | Lian Tanner | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 28 | Bilby Secrets | Edel Wignell | Walker | Picture Book |
| 29 | The Biggest Estate on Earth | Bill Gammage | Allen & Unwin | NonFiction - Memoir |
| 30 | Selby Sprung | Duncan Ball | Angus&Robertson | Children's |
| 31 | For All Creatures | Glenda Millard | Walker | Picture Book |
| 32 | Autumn Laing | Alex Miller | Allen & Unwin | Adult - Literary Fiction |
| 33 | The Attractor Factor | Joe Vitale | Wiley | Self Help |
| 34 | Come Down, Cat | Sonya Hartnett | Penguin | Picture Book |
| 35 | The Outcasts | John Flanagan | Random House | Young Adult |
| 36 | Quinn's Riddles | Aleesah Darlison | Walker | Children's |
| 37 | Willow's Challenge | Aleesah Darlison | Walker | Children's |
| 38 | Krystal's Choice | Aleesah Darlison | Walker | Children's |
| 39 | Ellabeth's Test | Aleesah Darlison | Walker | Children's |
| 40 | The Secret Signal | Simon Haynes | Bowman | Children's |
| 41 | Poetry Matters | Ralph Fletcher | Harper Trophy | Non Fiction - Writing |
| 42 | HipsterMattic | Matt Granfield | Allen & Unwin | Non Fiction |
| 43 | Darius Bell & the Crystal Bees | Odo Hirsch | Allen & Unwin | Childrens |
| 44 | The Coming of the Whirlpool | Andrew McGahan | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 45 | Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck | Michelle Gillespie | Fremantle Press | Picture Book |
| 46 | The Bicyle | Colin Thompson | ABC Books | Picture Book |
| 47 | Tin Toys | Bruce Whatley | Random House | Picture Book |
| 48 | The Jewel Fish of Karnak | Graeme Base | Penguin | Picture Book |
| 49 | A Bus Called Heaven | Bob Graham | Walker | Picture Book |
| 50 | Vampyre | Margaret Wild | Walker | Picture Book |
| 51 | Desert Boys | Peter Rees | Allen & Unwin | Non Fiction |
| 52 | The Flying Emu | Sally Morgan | Walker | Children's |
| 53 | Foal's Bread | Gillian Mears | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 54 | The Carousel | Ursula Dubosarsky | Viking | Picture Book |
| 55 | Assault | Brian Falkner | Walker | Young Adult |
| 56 | The Red House Mystery | AA Milne | Audio | Adult |
| 57 | Matilda is Missing | Caroline Overington | Bantam | Adult |
| 58 | Bom! Went the Bear | Nicki Greenberg | Allen & Unwin | Picture Book |
| 59 | Rudie Nudie | Emma Quay | ABC Books | Picture Book |
| 60 | Equinox | Lara Morgan | Walker | Young Adult |
| 61 | A Bear and a Tree | Stephen Michael King | Penguin | Picture Book |
| 62 | Liar Bird | Lisa Walker | Harper Collins | Adult |
| 63 | Hatched | Asphyxia | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 64 | Dead, Actually | Kaz Delaney | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 65 | Stella Makes Good | Lisa Heidke | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 66 | The Quicksand Pony | Alison Lester | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 67 | Every Minute in Australia | Yvette Poshoglian | Scholastic | Childrens Nonfiction |
| 68 | Comeback | Peter Corris | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 69 | strictly confidential | roxy jacenko | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 70 | Watermelon on my Plate | Paddy Dewan | Papyrus Publishing | Children's Poetry |
| 71 | Professor Fred Hollows | Hazel Edwards | New Frontier | Children's Nonfiction |
| 72 | The Red Poppy | David Hill | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 73 | Sarah Thornhill | Kate Grenville | Audio | Adult |
| 74 | Currawalli Street | Chirtopher Morgan | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 75 | Raven Lucas: Missing | Christine Harris | Scholastic | Young Adult |
| 76 | Mort | Martin Chatterton | Random House | Children |
| 77 | The Secret of the Swords | Frances Watts | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 78 | The Poison Plot | Frances Watts | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 79 | Shy the Platypus | Leslie Rees | National Library | Children |
| 80 | Sea Hearts | Margo Lanagan | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 81 | Jakes Concert Horror | Ken Spillman | Fremantle Press | Childrens |
| 82 | Yippee! Summer Holidays | Tjalaminu Mia | Fremantle Press | Childrens |
| 83 | Emu and the Water Tree | Gladys Milroy | Fremantle Press | Childrens |
| 84 | All Monkeys Love Bananas | Sean E Avery | Fremantle Press | Picture Book |
| 85 | The Festival By The Sea | June Loves | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 86 | Unnamed | Children's | ||
| 87 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Librivox | Adult |
| 88 | The Cold Cold Ground | Adrian McKinty | Serpent's Tail | Adult |
| 89 | Mandy | Julie Edwards | Harper Trophy | Children's |
| 90 | Lily Goes Skitter Skating | Elizabeth Pulford | Scholastic | Children's |
| 91 | Lily Lands in Bubble Trouble | Elizabeth Pulford | Scholastic | Children's |
| 92 | The Greatest Liar on Earth | Mark Greenwood & Frane Lessac | Walker Books | Picture Book |
| 93 | Unnamed | Adult Nonfiction | ||
| 94 | The Ghost of Ping-Ling | Peter Cooper | Omnibus | Young Adult |
| 95 | The Shiny Guys | Doug MacLeod | Penguin | Young Adult |
| 96 | Unnamed | Adult | ||
| 97 | The Night Before Mother's Day | Doug MacLeod | Allen & Unwin | Gift Book |
| 98 | Quiet the Mind | Matthew Johnstone | Pan Macmillan | Self Help |
| 99 | The Memory Tree | Tess Evans | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 100 | The Reluctant Hallelujah | Gabrielle Williams | Penguin | Young Adult |
| 101 | Our Nest is Best | Penny Olsen & Penny O'Hara | NLA | Board Book |
| 102 | Lightning Jack | Glenda Millard & Patricia Mullins | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 103 | Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude | Maureen McCarthy | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 104 | Ruffy and Me | Dave Trumbull & Adam Carruthers | Omnibus | Picture Book |
| 105 | Three Summers | Judith Clarke | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 106 | The Ink Bridge | Neil Grant | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 107 | Lone Pine | Susie Borwn & Margaret Warner | Little Hare | Picture Book |
| 108 | A Day to Remember | Jackie French | Angus&Robertson | Picture Book |
| 109 | A Dissection of Murder | Felicity Young | Harper Collins | Adult |
| 110 | How I Got My Wiggle Back | Anthony Field | ABC Books | Adult Nonfiction |
| 111 | Kick It To me | Neridah McMullin | One Day Hill | Picture Book |
| 112 | The Fine Colour of Rust | P. A. O'Reilly | Blue Door/Harper Collins | Adult |
| 113 | The Mystery of Riddle Gully | Jen Banyard | Fremantle Press | Children's |
| 114 | Polyanna | Children's | ||
| 115 | Bitter Greens | Kate Forsyth | Vintage | Adult |
| 116 | Spitting Image | James Roy | Walker | Children's |
| 117 | The Light Between Oceans | ML Stedman | Vintage | Adult |
| 118 | Forget Me Not | Sue Lawson | Walker | Young adult |
| 119 | Just Doomed | Terry Denton | Pan Macmillan | Childrens |
| 120 | Show Day | Penny Matthews & Andrew McLean | Omnibus | Picture Book |
| 121 | A Confusion of Princes | Garth Nix | Allen & Unwin | Young adult |
| 122 | Australian Story | Tania McCartney | NLA | Children's Nonfiction |
| 123 | Scared Yet | Jaye Ford | Bantam | Adult |
| 124 | The Mother's Group | Fiona Higgins | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 125 | Dancing to the Flute | Manisha Jolie Amin | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 126 | Mortimer Revealed | Asphyxia | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 127 | The Wrong Boy | Suzy Zauk | Black Dog | Young Adult |
| 128 | 10 Futures | Michael Pryor | Woolshed | Young Adult |
| 129 | Love Shy | Lili Wilkinson | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 130 | Vulpi | Kate Gordon | Random House | Young Adult |
| 131 | What Women Want | Nelly Thomas | Ebury Press | Adult Nonfiction |
| 132 | The Boy Who Fell to Earth | Kathy Lette | Random House | Adult |
| 133 | The Silver Door | Emily Rodda | Scholastic | Children's |
| 134 | Red | Libby Gleeson | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 135 | Cannily, Cannily | Simon French | Walker Books | Children's |
| 136 | Five Billion Sold | David Glyn n | Arbon Publishing | Adult Nonfiction |
| 137 | Gertie the Witch | Valerie Thomas | New Frontier | Childrens |
| 138 | Katie and the Leprechaun | Kathryn England | New Frontier | Childrens |
| 139 | Wattle Creek | Fiona McCallum | Mira | Adult |
| 140 | After Cleo Came Jonah | Helen Brown | Allen & Unwin | Adult Nonfiction |
| 141 | Waltzing Matilda | Dennis O'Keeffe | Allen & Unwin | Adult Nonfiction |
| 142 | Dead Wrong | Christine Harris | Omnibus | Young Adults |
| 143 | Change the Locks | Simon French | Walker Books | Childrens |
| 144 | Other Brother | Simon French | Walker Books | Childrens |
| 145 | Wind in the Wires | Joy Dettman | Pan Macmillan | Adult |
| 146 | Hey Jack! The Worry Monsters | Sally Rippin | Hardie Grant | Childrens |
| 147 | Hey Jack! The New friend | Sally Rippin | Hardie Grant | Childrens |
| 148 | Best Friend Showdown | Yvette Pshoglian | Scholastic | Childrens |
| 149 | Cupcake Catastrophe | Yvette Pshoglian | Scholastic | Childrens |
| 150 | What Makes My Mum Happy | Tania Cox | Allen & Unwin | Picture Book |
| 151 | Fallout | Chris Morhpew | Hardie Grant | Young Adult |
| 152 | Silhouette | Thalia Kalipsalis | Hardie Grant | Young Adult |
| 153 | Metro Winds | Isobelle Carmody | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 154 | Love Notes From Vinegar House | Karen Tayleur | Black Dog | Young |
| 155 | A Youth Not Wasted | Ian Parkes | 4th Estate | NonFiction - Memoir |
| 156 | Holier Than Thou | Laura Buzo | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 157 | Waiting at the Gate | Robyn Caughlan | Magabala | NonFiction - Memoir |
| 158 | The Reunion | Joanne Fedler | Allen & Unwin | NonFiction |
| 159 | Morgan's Law | Karly Lane | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 160 | Bob the Builder and the Elves | Emily Rodda | ABC Books | Children's |
| 161 | Why Pick on Me? | Louis Sachar | Bloomsbury | Children's |
| 162 | Mountain Wolf | Rosanne Hawke | Harper Collins | Young Adult |
| 163 | Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum | Julia Donaldson | McMillan | Children's Poetry |
| 164 | Storm Boy | Colin Thiele | New Holland | Children's |
| 165 | Love & Hunger | Allen & Unwin | Allen & Unwin | NonFiction |
| 166 | The Owl & The Pussycat | Edward Lear | Walker Books | Children's |
| 167 | The Monster | Garth Nix & Sean Williams | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 168 | Baby Animal Farm | Karen Blair | Walker Books | Picture Book |
| 169 | Revolting Rhymes | Roald Dahl | Puffin | Children's |
| 170 | The Invaders | John Flanagan | Random House | Young Adult |
| 171 | Unnamed | |||
| 172 | The Little Book of Anxiety | Kerri Sackville | Ebury Press | Nonfiction |
| 173 | The Meaning of Grace | Deborah Foster | Vintage | Adult |
| 174 | Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend | Steven Herrick | UQP | Children's |
| 175 | Unnamed | |||
| 176 | Horrible Harriet's Inheritance | Leigh Hobbs | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 177 | The Forgotten Pearl | Belinda Murrell | Random House | Children's |
| 178 | The Mountain | Drusilla Modjeska | Vintage | Adult |
| 179 | Ten Tiny Things | Meg McKinlay & Kyle Hughes-Odgers | Fremantle Press | Picture Book |
| 180 | Shark Atack | Jackie French | Scholastic | Children's |
| 181 | Hubert and the Magic Glasses | Candice Lemon-Scott | New Frontier | Children's |
| 182 | The Mapmaker's Apprentice | Peter Cooper | Omnibus | Children's |
| 183 | Sister Madge's Book of Nuns | Doug MacLeod | Working Title | Children's |
| 184 | Sam the Cat | Sam Bowring & Andrew McLean | Working Title | Picture Book |
| 185 | Rainbow Street Pets | Wendy Orr | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 186 | Dragonkeeper | Carole Wilkinson | Black Dog | Young Adult |
| 187 | Broken | Elizabeth Pulford | Walker Books | Young Adult |
| 188 | Millie's Something Special | Tania Cox & David Miller | Working Title | Picture Book |
| 189 | Tanglewood | Margaret Wild & Vivienne Goodman | Working Title | Picture Book |
| 190 | Mummy's Kisses | Paula Clark & Lisa Stewart | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 191 | Welcome to Normal | Nick Earls | Vintage | Adult |
| 192 | The Queen With a Wobbly Bottom | Phillip Gwynne & Bruce Whatley | Little Hare | Picture Book |
| 193 | The Coat | Julie Hunt & Ron Brooks | Allen & Unwin | Picture Book |
| 194 | Purple Roads | Fleur McDonald | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 195 | My Book of Jokes | Bronwen Davies | Scholastic | Children's |
| 196 | Ned Kelly's Secret | Sophie Masson | Scholastic | Children's |
| 197 | Garden of the Purple Dragon | Carole Wilkinson | Black Dog | Young Adult |
| 198 | Whisky Charlie Foxtrot | Annabel Smith | Fremantle Press | Adult |
| 199 | Dragon Moon | Carole Wilkinson | Black Dog | Young Adult |
| 200 | Green Monkey Dreams | Isobelle Carmody | Allen & Unwin | Fantasy |
| 201 | Baby Tawnies | Judy Paulson | Random House | Picture Book |
| 202 | The Boy Under the Table | Nicole Trope | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 203 | Divine Clementine | Hayley S Kirk | Random House | Young Adult |
| 204 | A Distant Land | Alison Booth | Bantam | Adult |
| 205 | My Hundred Lovers | Susan Johnson | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 206 | Winter's Light | MJ Hearle | Pan Macmillan | Young Adult |
| 207 | Jilted | Rachael Johns | Mira | Adult |
| 208 | The Ghost at he Point | Charlotte Calder | Walker Books | Children |
| 209 | Waratah House | Ann Whitehead | Penguin | Adult |
| 210 | Brumby's Run | Jennifer Scoular | Penguin | Adult |
| 211 | Cold Grave | Kathryn Fox | McMillan | Adult |
| 212 | Three Rivers Rising | Jame Richards | Brilliance Audio | Young Adult |
| 213 | Moonlight & Ashes | Sophie Masson | Random House | Young Adult |
| 214 | Am I Black Enough for You | Anita Heiss | Random House | Non Fiction |
| 215 | Albert of Adelaide | Howard L Anderson | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 216 | Team Human | Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 217 | The Greedy Crocodile | Sally Morgan | Walker Books | Childrens |
| 218 | The Second Forever | Colin Thompson | Random House | Children's |
| 219 | Creepy and Maud | Dianne Touchell | Fremantle Press | Young Adult |
| 220 | In the Lion | James Foley | Walker Books | Picture Book |
| 221 | The Boy Who Wouldn't Die | David Nyuol Vincent | Allen & Unwin | Nonfiction |
| 222 | Eddie Pipper | Janeen Brian | New Frontier | Children's |
| 223 | The Last Dance | Sally Morgan | Little Hare | Picture Book |
| 224 | Watching the Climbers on the Mountain | Alex Miller | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 225 | The Missing Case | Simon Haynes | Bowman | Children's |
| 226 | Clementine Rose & the Surprise Visitor | Jacqueline Harvey | Random House | Children's |
| 227 | The Beginner's Guide to Revenge | Marianne Musgrove | Woolshed | Children's |
| 228 | Nobody's Boy | Dianne Bates | Celapene | Children's |
| 229 | Eic Vale Epic Fail | Michael Gerard Bauer | Omnibus | Children's |
| 230 | Louis Beside Himself | Anna Feinberg | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 231 | The Colour of Trouble | Gerry Bobsien | Walker | Young Adult |
| 232 | Brave Heart | Brett & Hayley S Kirk | Random House | Young Adult |
| 233 | Boomerang Bride | Fiona Lowe | Harlequin | Adult |
| 234 | Mary MacKillop: Australia's First Saint | Gabiann Marin | New Frontier | Children's |
| 235 | Hey Baby | Corinne Fenton | Black Dog | Picture Book |
| 236 | The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf | Ambelin Kwaymullina | Walker Books | Young Adult |
| 237 | Into That Forest | Louis Nowra | Allen & Unwin | Young Adult |
| 238 | The Race for the Chinese Zodiac | Gabrielle Wang | Black Dog | Picture Book |
| 239 | everything left unsaid | Jessica Davidson | Pan Macmillan | Young Adult |
| 240 | Did My Mother Do That | Sharon Holt | Walker Books | Picture Book |
| 241 | Heart of Stone | Michael Chamberlain | New Holland | Nonfiction |
| 242 | The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog | Sue deGennaro | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 243 | S.C.U.M | Danny Katz | Allen & Unwin | Children's |
| 244 | The Perfect Flower Girl | Taghred Chandbab | Allen & Unwin | Picture Book |
| 245 | The Very Hungry Bear | Nick Bland | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 246 | Banjo Bounces Back | Lachie Hume | Omnibus | Picture Book |
| 247 | Star | Catherine Bateson | Scholastic | Children |
| 248 | The Amber Amulet | Craig Silvey | Allen & Unwin | Fiction |
| 249 | Phyllis Wong and the Forgotten Secrets of Mr Okyto | Geoffrey McSKimming | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 250 | My Home Broome | Tamzyne Richardson | Magabala | Picture Book |
| 251 | Miss Understood | James Roy | Woolshed | Children |
| 252 | The Gift | Penny Matthews & Martin McKenna | Omnibus | Picture Book |
| 253 | Stories for Six Year Olds | Linsay Knight (ed) | Random House | Children |
| 354 | The Twelve Days of Aussie Christmas | Colin Buchanan & Glen Singleton | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| 255 | Malice: Conspiracy 365 | Gabrielle Lord | Scholastic | Young Adult |
| 256 | Stage Fright | Marianne Delacourt | Allen & Unwin | Adult |
| 257 | Stories for 5 Year Olds | Linsay Knight (ed) | Random House | Children |
| 258 | The Third Door | Emily Rodda | Omnibus | Children |
| 259 | Be Home for Armageddon | Luke Edwards | Omnibus | Children |
| 260 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | JK Rowling | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 261 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | JK Rowling | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 262 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | JK Rowling | Allen & Unwin | Children |
| 263 | Luke's Way of Looking | Nadia Wheatley & Matt Ottley | Walker Books | Picture Book |
| 264 | Go Jojo Go! | Tess Bickford & Jennifer Castles | Allen & Unwin | Picture Book |
| 265 | Black Fella White Fella | One Day Hill | Neil Murray | Picture Book |
| 266 | The Terrible Suitcase | Emma Allen & Freya Blackwood | Omnibus | Picture Book |
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