I read 50 (edited from 49 1-13-12--I forgot one!) books in 2011. Up from 30 last year! Here is a list of them. My favorites: The Help, Matched and its sequel Crossed, Sarah's Key, Vampire Academy books, Richard Paul Evans and Nicholas Sparks' books! :)



- Ariana: The Making of a
Queen, a novel by Rachel Ann Nunes
- Babylon Rising Book 2:
The Secret on Ararat by Tim F. LaHaye and Bob Phillips
- Babylon Rising Book 3:
The Europa Conspiracy by Tim F. LaHaye and Bob Phillips
- Babylon Rising Book 4:
The Edge of Darkness by Tim F. LaHaye and Bob Phillips
- Blood Promise (Vampire
Academy, Book 4) by Richelle Mead
- Bloodlines by Richelle
Mead
- Born to Run: A Hidden
Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by
Christopher McDougall
- Crossed by Ally Condie
- Culture Warrior by Bill
O'Reilly
- Don't Cry Wolf by Clair
M. Poulson
- Eye of the Tempest by
Nicole Peeler
- Freakonomics: A Rogue
Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and
Stephen J. Dubner
- Frostbite (Vampire
Academy, Book 2) by Richelle Mead
- Heaven is for Real: A
Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo and
Lynn Vincent
- Just Give Me a Little
Piece of Quiet: 60 Mini-Retreats For a Mom's Soul by Lorilee Craker
- Last Sacrifice (Vampire
Academy, Book 6) by Richelle Mead
- Letters to Malcolm
Chiefly on Prayer: Reflections on The Dialogue Between Man and God by C.S.
Lewis
- Lost December: A Novel
by Richard Paul Evans
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Michael Vey: The Prisoner
of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
- Miles to go: The Second
Journal of the Walk Series by Richard Paul Evans
- Murder by Design by
Betsy Brannon Green
- Promise Me by Richard
Paul Evans
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana
de Rosnay
- Secrets of the
Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
- Shadow Kiss (Vampire
Academy, Book 3) by Richelle Mead
- Spirit Bound (Vampire
Academy, Book 5) by Richelle Mead
- SuperFreakonomics:
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life
Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
- Tempest Rising by
Nicole Peeler
- Tempest's Legacy by
Nicole Peeler
- The Act of Marriage:
The Beauty of Sexual Love, Updated and Expanded by Tim and Beverly LaHaye
- The Best of Me by
Nicholas Sparks
- The Help, a novel by
Kathryn Stockett
- The History of Love: a
novel by Nicole Krauss
- The Horse and His Boy:
Book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Last Battle: Book 7
in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Magician's Nephew:
Book 6 in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Maytrees: A Novel
by Annie Dillard
- The Miracle of Freedom:
Seven Tipping Points That Saved the World by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
- The Most Important
Thing I Know: Life Lessons from Colin Powell, Stephen Covey, Maya Angelou, and
Over 75 Other Eminent Individuals compiled by Lorne A. Adrain
- The Overton Window: A
Thriller by Glenn Beck
· The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
- The Silver Chair: Book
4 in The Chronicles of Narnia (again) by C.S. Lewis
- The Walk by Richard
Paul Evans
- Tracking the Tempest by
Nicole Peeler
- Vampire Academy by
Richelle Mead
- Wanted One Family by
Deanna Edwards
- Water for Elephants by
Sara Gruen
- Witch & Wizard by
James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
- Witch & Wizard: The
Gift (2) by James Patterson and Ned Rust
- z...and countless children's
books read over and over (think Ten Apples Up on Top and Brown Bear, Brown
Bear)