I didn't meet my goal for increasing the overall number of books in 2011. I'd set it high, at 65. But I did read one more book than I had in the last two years--52 instead of 51--and this year was also a LARGE book year: the number of pages that goodreads tells me I read in 2011 vastly outnumbers any previous year in which I kept track.

Most of the books on the list that aren't novels are because of grad school. There were also a number of books I am still half way through (a lot of cyberculture and ebook-related things) that I suspect I'll finish in 2012, and two huge novels I just started (Moby Dick and 1Q84).

Anyhow, here's the list! Especially recommended books are starred as usual. Happy 2012!

• Read a lot of misc. away-from-school-and-work things:
• Started Moby Dick
• Read V for Vendetta
• Also read all of the first volume of Lynda Barry's Blabber Blabber Blabber
• and started, in short bursts, Bulfinch's Mythology
  

• Best American Comics 2011

• Finished Mockingjay. Not sure how I feel about the end.
• Pre-cataloging zines, finally took a good look at Excitement and Adventure--what an amazing zine--it totally does all the things a zine should: delight you in its construction, provide an avenue for an obsession and share some intriguing info. It has pockets and inserts and trading cards!
  

• Mockingjay
• "Why Full Open Access Matters" by Michael W. Carroll
  

• Finished Catching Fire, started Mockingjay.

• 1Q84 on the train.
• Catching Fire at my desk in a moment of what feels like complete and utter demoralization, even after the relief of the semester's end. :(
  

• Even though the semester, my paper and my prep for the presentation was not 100% done at 7am this morning, I started Hunger Games anyway.
• It's true what they say about this book. Finished it within 24 hours.
  

• Re-reading McGill for THE LAST PRESENTATION OF THE SEMESTER!!!
• A bit more 1Q84
  

• Re-reading Scott and Bourdieu for final projects.
• Started 1Q84 by Murakami last night, just a few pages. Love the Chip Kidd design and the amazing slick paper, but my wrists are already aching from the weight of this thing.
  

• Re-read parts of McGill, reviews, and prep for another talk.

• A few reviews of American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting

• Finished American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting

• More of American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting
• POSSESSION !!!
  

• Occupy Periodicals, a great blog post by Karen Gisonny
• More of American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting, 1834-1853, which I am appreciating for its approach: investigating copyright discourses (surrounding reprinting and international copyright law) in the US instead of deterministically tracing what came to be
• A few things from a Sandy mailing: People's Libraries and a few other articles