♥ often on a wet day i begin counting up; what i've read and what i haven't read. ~virginia woolf

with only a few days left of 2012, i think it's fair to say that i failed at

my goal of reading at least 40 books. i made a valiant  effort, but was thwarted

by distractions of all shapes and sizes, and an attention span the size of a thimble.

if i have learned one thing, it's not to make goals you can beat yourself up over

all year long for not making, but rather- enjoy what you're reading at this very moment,

 at whatever pace you like ;)

here is a little list of what i managed to read this year:

1) in praise of slowness, carl honore

2) super sad true lovestory, gary shteyngart

3) the secret history, donna tart

4) the moviegoer,  walker percy

5) the elegance of the hedgehog,  muriel barbery

6) peter pan, jm barrie

7) the umbrella man & other stories, roald dahl

8) i dare you, william danforth

9) you learn by living, eleanor roosevelt

10) in cold blood, truman capote

11) white tiger, aravind adiga

12) sula, toni morrison

13) elements of style, william strunk & eb white

14) on the road, jack kerouac

15) the little prince, antoine de saint-exupery

16) a confederacy of dunces, john kennedy toole

17) written on the body, jeanette winterson

18) tinkers, paul harding

19) the waves, virginia woolf

20) a moveable feast, ernest hemingway

21) lord of the flies, william golding

22) writing down the bones, natalie goldberg

23) flush, virginia woolf

24) the prime of miss jean brodie, muriel spark

25) the sisters brothers, patrick dewitt

26) passion fruit, short stories

27) perfume, patrick suskind

28) breakfast at tiffany's, truman capote

29) life is meals, james & kay salter

30) ordinary people, judith guest

31) 101 things i learned from fashion school, alfredo cabrera

32) 12 secrets of highly successful women, gail mcmeekin

33) classy, derek blasberg

34) the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde

35) american psycho, bret easton ellis 

my favorites, by far, were # 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 22 & 29

and i am still struggling to finish # 34 & 35! 

did any book change your life this year? 

i would love a recommendation for 2013 :)