2012 books + giveaway

I've done a lot of reading this year.  My goal was to read 40 books throughout the year and I managed that.  Next year I hope to read as many if not more. 

I always enjoy reading other people's thoughts on books and ratings.  I write recommendations down as people post them on blogs or Facebook or whatever and I add books to my library queue and to my "To Read" shelf on Goodreads.  I thought I'd share my 2012 book list for those of you who are interested. 

Here's the list of the books I read this year and the rating I gave them on Goodreads.  I also included the average rating each book received on Goodreads in case you are interested. 

Title, Author, My Rating, Average Rating

• Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane, 3, 3.96
• Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher, 4, 4.06
• Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn, 4, 4.01
• Reflected in You (Crossfire, #2), Sylvia Day, 3, 4.37
• Bared to You (Crossfire, #1), Sylvia Day, 3, 4.19
• Where We Belong, Emily Giffin, 3, 3.87
• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed, 3, 3.99
• Rules of Civility, Amor Towles, 3, 4.02
• Night Road, Kristin Hannah, 3, 4.14
• Insurgent (Divergent, #2), Veronica Roth, 4, 4.3
• Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far, Bristol Palin, 3, 3.33
• The Principles of Running: Practical Lessons from My First 100,000 Miles, Amby Burfoot, 4, 3.45
• Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen, 3, 4.03
• There's Something About St. Tropez, Elizabeth Adler, 3, 3.46
• The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, 5, 4.55
• Still Missing, Chevy Stevens, 4, 3.96
• Riven, Jerry B. Jenkins, 4, 4.04
• The Giver (The Giver, #1), Lois Lowry, 4, 4.11
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards, 3, 3.53
• The Road, Cormac McCarthy, 3, 3.93
• Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3), E.L. James, 3, 3.92
• The First Husband, Laura Dave, 3, 3.55
• If I Stay (If I Stay, #1), Gayle Forman, 3, 4
• Where She Went (If I Stay, #2), Gayle Forman, 3, 4.19
• Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2), E.L. James, 4, 3.95
• Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1), E.L. James, 4, 3.6
• You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other), Vanessa Williams, 3, .58
• The Book of Jonas, Stephen Dau, 3, 3.73
• Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1), Marissa Meyer, 3, 4.04
• Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money, Geneen Roth, 2, 3.52
• The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern, 2, 3.99
• Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman, 3, 3.87
• Diary of a Mad Fat Girl, Stephanie McAfee, 3, 3.43
• Paper Towns, John Green, 3, 4.15
• Looking for Alaska, John Green, 3, 4.27
• The Rules of Inheritance, Claire Bidwell Smith, 4, 4.19
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, 3, 4.06
• The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1), James Dashner, 4, 3.98
• Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay, 3, 4.07
• The Underside of Joy, Seré Prince Halverson, 3, 3.84
• Why Women Need Fat: How "Healthy" Food Makes Us Gain Excess Weight and the Surprising Solution to Losing It Forever, William D. Lassek, 3, 3.43
• Crossed (Matched, #2), Ally Condie, 4, 3.56

And....
because I'm feeling happy this morning and because I like to read and because it's close to Christmas and because I already have a new hardback copy of the book I'd like to give away one of my favorite books I read this year.  There were several that I would highly recommend, but one of them is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.  I will mail this book to a random commenter on Friday.  Just tell me a book you've read lately that you've loved.  Feel free to share on other social media sites or blogs for extra entries, just leave a comment to let me know you did.  Thanks!

Happy Tuesday!