95 books (and counting)

35,480 pages (and counting)

That's what I read in 2012. In January, I set a goal of reading 80 books for the year and I'm thrilled that I surpassed that goal. And I'll probably add a few more to that 95-book total before the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2013. 

Because I'm bookishly geeky and all, I'm having a blast playing around with the stats page on my Goodreads account. For instance, I can tell you that the longest book I read was Diana Gabladon's "Voyager," at 1,059 pages. Goodreads also breaks down my books from the year by how many stars I gave each one. So, without further ado, my five-star books, the best I read in 2012 (listed in the order in which I read (or, in some cases, re-read) them:

• Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
• Send by David Shipley
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• A Million Suns by Beth Revis
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins
• The Night Cirucs by Erin Morgenstern
• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
• Insurgent by Veronica Roth
• Sweet Land of Liberty by Callista Gingrich
• Green Heart by Alice Hoffman
• Overseas by Beatriz Williams
• Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson
• Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
• Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
• Jeneration X by Jen Lancaster
• Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
• Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Boy who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry
• Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
• Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
• How to Watch the Olympics by David Goldblatt
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond
• A Different Kind of Normal by Cathy Lamb

So, which books got the proverbial (or literal) five stars from you this year?