138 Books In A Year!

And the official number of novels I read in the year 2010...

138!

Whoa baby. I sure do need to get a life. But we'll talk about my lack of social interaction another time.

First... let's remember the rules of my challenge (The Quest to Read 100 Books in 2010).
"So. THE RULES:
1. I must read the entire book. I am only alloted twenty pages of skippage for the book to count as "read."
2. I may skip more than twenty pages WHILE STILL READING, just to satisfy my need to know what happens, but MUST go back and read the skipped pages for it to count as "read."
3. I may reread books, but again, they must be read all the way through (omitted the twenty pages overall, in dire and neccesary situations) not just skimmed, to count as "read."
4. If I can't give a review of the book after reading it, this means I was falling asleep while reading it, and therefore must go back and reread the parts I can't remember to make it "count."
5. More rules may be added as neccesary. But none may be eliminated.
6. My own works do not count. Okay, Let It Be does, but only if I read it straight-through. Which I rarely do.
7. Textbooks DO count, but seeing as not only do I not POSSESS any, the fact that I'm going to read it from cover-to-cover (omit alloted twenty pages) is so highly unlikely I might laugh. But I thought it was good rule.
8. All books MUST be completed by January 1st, 12:00 AM. NO EXCEPTIONS. Unless I go into a coma....
....9. If I go into a coma (medicine indused or otherwise) I will be allowed the number of days I was unconscious--- up until January 1st 2010--- to catch up. This is unlikely, but I'd like to be prepared."
-"100 Books in a Year", hollysthoughts.com, May, 2010

Well, obviously I did not sink into any coma during the past year (medicine induced or otherwise), and I followed the rules quite completely. And honestly? It was totally fun. Sure, I'ma dork, but I'm a very happy dork.

Since I don't want to bore you to death, you can check out the list of the first 100 in the September section here or at darklightlullabye.com. I'll only bore you into a temporary stupor by listing the books I read since I completed the first 100.

SINCE THEN…
101. Once a Witch, Carolyn MacCullough
102. Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin
103. Ruined, Paula Morris
104. Lament (reread), Maggie Stiefavter
105. The Amanda Project: Invisible I, Stella Lennon
106. This Lullaby, Sarah Dessen
107. Beautiful Dead: Arizona, Eden Maguire
108. Paranormalacy, Kiersten White
109. Lament (reread), Maggie Steifvater
110. Infinite Days, Rebecca Maizel
111. Beautiful Creatures (reread), Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
112. Beautiful Darkness, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
113. Stolen (reread), Lucy Christopher
114. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini
115. A Certain Slant of Light, Laura Whitcomb
116. Tithe: A Modern Faire Tale, Holly Black
117. Need (reread), Carrie Jones
118. Captivate (reread), Carrie Jones
119. The Education of Bet, Lauren Baratz-Logsted
120. The Loser’s Guide to Life and Love, A. E. Cannon
121. The Plague, (not Camus, but a cheapy book I picked up at my local library that rather stunk)
122. Fly on the Wall, E. Lockhart
123. Wildthorn, Jane Eagland
124. Marked, P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
125. Wondrous Strange (reread), Lesley Livingston
126. Darklight (reread), Lesley Livingston
127. Blue Bloods, Melissa de la Cruz
128. Masquerade (a Blue Bloods novel), Melissa de la Cruz
129. Revelations (a Blue Bloods novel), Melissa de la Cruz
130. The Van Alen Legacy (a Blue Bloods novel), Melissa de la Cruz
131. Misguided Angel (a Blue Bloods novel), Melissa de la Cruz
132. Charlie St. Cloud, Ben Sherwood
133. Jane, April Lindner
134. Dream Factory, Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler
135. The Summoning (reread), Kelley Armstrong
136. The Awakening (reread), Kelley Armstrong
137. The Reckoning (reread), Kelly Armstrong
138. The Mermaid’s Mirror, L. K. Madigan

And there we have it. Evidence that I am, indeed, a dork of monstrous proportaions. Teehee :) I'm okay with that!