2010: A Year of Excessive Reading

I'd like to think this past year has been productive. Somehow amidst knocking out 38 credits, getting a job, and still maintaining a social life, I managed to read 19 books this year. Am I bragging? Maybe. If you consider reading a plethoric amount of books a "cool" thing, well then, get ready for a lot of coolness, because I'm about to list them all:

1. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk by Legs McNeil. From the Velvet Underground to the Sex Pistols - this book covers nearly every influential Punk band from the late 60's through the 80's. It's awesome, go read it. Now.
2. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. It's cute, it's chick lit, it's got candy and romance.
3. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. Equally cute and chick lit, but substitute candy with magical cooking.
4. Nightlight: A Parady by the Harvard Lampoon. I despise Twilight, therefore I love this.
5. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I will never spell his name right without looking it up beforehand, but I really enjoyed this regardless.
6 - 11. Scott Pilgrim 1 - 6 by Bryan Lee O'Malley. I refer to them as comic books, but for the sake of argument I'll call them graphic novels (even though they're totally synonymous, Micah). These, ahem, graphic novels are fun reads and were a great precursor to the movie.
12. Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares. Guilty pleasure? Yes. Nostalgic and memory filled? Yes and yes.
13. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I love getting books as presents, especially when they're awesome like this.
14. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. He's weird and twisted and writes weird and twisted books, simply put.
15. Anthem by Ayn Rand. I love Ayn Rand; I love this book.
16. Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare. Normally I don't like to count assigned reading as extracurricular reading, but since I read the whole play, I figured I may as well. Plus, I like Shakespeare.
17. The Riddlemaster of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip. I feel a little cheap putting this on my list since I haven't actually finished it yet. Yikes.
18. Hotel by Micah McFarland. Yes, this is totally going on the list. My boyfriend wrote a novel, and I read it and helped edit it. I can't wait to re-read it when it's finished.
19. Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Okay, so I haven't finished this one yet, but I plan on finishing it before school starts on the 10th. I'm currently at page 203 of 936. I can totally finish it in 10 days. Right?

So there you have it. I already have a few books lined up for 2011, and I can't wait to get started. Thanks to everyone and anyone who bothered to read my bibliomania-filled posts this year, look forward to future attempts in the new year.