New Year’s Resolution 2012 & Book Challenge Update!

I did it! I achieved my New Year’s Resolution for 2012 of reading 50 books!

Here’s the list:

1. Shoe String Chic By: Kerrie Hess
2. The Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering your Cholesterol By: Mason W. Freeman, M.D.
3. Live More, Want Less By: Mary Carlomagno
4. The Wisdom of Gandhi
5. The Art of More for Less – Savvy Chic By: Anna Johnson
6. P.S. – I Made This… By: Erica Domesek
7. Style on a Shoestring By: Andy Paige
8. The One Hundred By: Nina Garcia
9. Born Again Vintage By: Bridgett Artise
10. Fashion Geek By: Diana Eng
11. Where Valor Rests – Arlington National Cemetery
12. The Steamboat Shuffle By: Michael Capek
13. Style Yourself By: Bloggers
14. Hummingbirds By: Melanie Votaw
15. How to Shoot Great Travel Photos By: Susan McCartney
16. The Swimsuit – A History of Twentieth Century Fashions By: Sarah Kennedy
17. Dirty Little Secrets from otherwise perfect moms By: Trisha Ashworth & Amy Nobile
18. Old Roses By: Graham Murphy
19. 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People By: David Niven PhD
20. Lady Gaga – Style Bible By: David Foy
21. In Step With Fashion – 200 Years of Shoe Styles By: Norma Shephard
22. 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School By: Charles J. Sykes
23. Thrifty Chic By: Liz Bauwens
24. The Little Black Book of Style By: Nina Garcia
25. A Short Guide to a Happy Life By: Anna Quindlen
26. Being Perfect By: Anna Quindlen
27. Plato in 90 Minutes By: Paul Strathern
28. Natural Beauty Recipe Book By: Gill Farrer-Halls
29. Raising Bookworms By: Emma Walton Hamilton
30. Penny Saving Household Helper By: Rebecca Diliberto
31. Lift By: Kelly Corrigan
32. Mamarazzi By: Stacy Wasmuth
33. The No Cry Potty Training Solution By: Elizabeth Pantley
34. The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins
35. The Lifecyles of Butterflies
36. Catching Fire By: Suzanne Collins
37. Mocking Jay By: Suzanne Collins
38. The Illustrated Timeline of Religion By: Laura Smith
39. Stress Reduction for Busy People By: Dawn Groves
40. Being Logical – A guide to good thinking By: D.Q. McInerny
41. 10 Minute Kid Clutter Control By: Rose R. Kennedy
42. Organizing Solutions for People with ADD By: Susan C. Pinsky
43. The Only 127 Thing You Need – A guide to Life’s Essentials By: Donna Wilkinson
44. How Children Succeed By: Paul Tough
45. The Casual Vacancy By: J.K. Rowling
46. How to Raise an Amazing Child – The Montessori Way By: Tim Seldin
47. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo By: Steig Larsson
48. Many Ways To Say I Love You – Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers By: Fred Rogers
49. How to Ruin Your Financial Life By: Ben Stein
50. Same Homework/New Plan – How to help your disorganized kid sit down and get it done By: Sally G. Hoyle, PhD.

I also won the book contest but not by much. Ivy did very well. She told me that her New Year’s Resolution for 2013 is to beat me! I told her to go for it!!

P.S. The Book List 2012 Tab has additional information about the books if you are curious.