2012 Book Manifesto

For 2012 I aim to do something different.  Something that will involve commitment and patience.  Something that also will clear up a lot of the TBR pool.

Declarations
  • I will not purchase any new/used books in 2012.***
  • I will read only from books I own or can attain freely (ie, library, friends, publishers, et al.)
  • I will will read only selections from my GoodReads To-Be-Read shelf (dated 12/31/11).  This is currently visible on the list below.
Reasons
  • I won't have to spend money on books.  (Granted, I don't spend that much money on books as it is, but even so, in principle, I'm saving money.)
  • I can finally dwindle down my TBR pool and read things I've been putting off forever.
  • To see if I can actually do it.  Self-discipline is a tool that needs to be used more, as its benefits are manifold.
Exceptions
  • I will continue to make my monthly trek to the comic shop and pick up the newest issue of Fables, as has been my wont for some time now.
  • I will purchase anything Pat Rothfuss releases, though the only possibility (to my knowledge) is a potential novella.
  • If I receive gift-cards to bookstores during the year, I will use them, as I'm not spending any of my money.
  • ***If I get an amazing deal through my Kindle with Special Offers, then I'll likely gobble it up, as these offers are usually $1 or $2 for a book and not altogether common and I would be a fool to turn my nose to the offer.
Hopes
  • Finally read The Brothers Karamazov, 100 Years of Solitude, The Shadow of the Torturer, Peter & Max, and the multitude of random comics/graphic novels that have piled up. {own}
  • Finish the Fate of the Jedi series, as I have only two books left.  {library}
  • Read a lot of Lovecraft during the RIP challenge for 2012 and possibly The Stand.  {own}
  • Read The American Book of the Dead, which I received earlier in 2011 but haven't started it yet.  {own}
  • Continue getting free books from the few publishers I receive from, as well as possibly take on some new authors/publishers.
  • I hope Justin Cronin's sequel to The Passage comes out, and I also hope Peter Brett's third volume in the Painted Man series is released.  {library}
  • The Alloy of Law?  {library?}
Strikes (Books that I Bought)
  1. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman; bought ebook for $2.99 through Amazon {special}, 2/14/12; novel is on my pre-2012-TBR for what it's worth.
  2. The Lord of the Rings ebook; paid $9.99 for full trilogy, but had Amazon gift card and didn't actually spend real money on.  I do not plan to read this in 2012 though, so that's good.
  3. BPRD: Hardcover Ed. Volume 2; bought with Amazon gift card and didn't spend any real money, again.  I could not resist the urge to devour it, either.  Not on original TBR.
  4. The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths, by Padraic Colum; bought this ebook for free through Amazon to add to my Kindle; decided to read it intermittently.  Not on original TBR.
  5. Gardens of the Moon,Steven Erikson; bought ebook for $2.99 through Amazon {special}, 7/1/12; novel is on my pre-2012 TBR for what it's worth; used Amazon gift card, so no real money was spent
  6. Sandman Volume 4, by Neil Gaiman; bought with gift card, insufficient funds, paid remainder with actual money; $4.97
  7. Fletch, by Gregory McDonald; paid $.50 at library for super nice paperback
  8. The Things They Carried, by Timothy O'brien, on my TBR and another $.50 at library
Total Actual Money Spent To Date: $9.14
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The December 31, 2012 TBR:

The True Meaning of Smekday, Adam Rex
The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell
Universe X, Vol. 2, Alex Ross
Paradise X Volume 2, Alex Ross
Paradise X Volume 1, Jim Krueger
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Peter and Max, Bill Willingham
Chronicles, Vol. 1, Bob Dylan
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1), Brandon Sanderson
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4), Brandon Sanderson
Shadowland: Shadowland, Andy Diggle [This is a separate mini-series.]
Daredevil Vol. 22: Shadowland, Andy Diggle
Daredevil Vol. 21: The Devil's Hand, Andy Diggle
Daredevil Vol. 20: Return of the King, Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 19: Lady Bullseye, Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 18: Cruel and Unusual, Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 17: Hell to Pay, Vol. 2, Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 16: Hell to Pay, Vol. 1 ,Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 15: The Devil, Inside and Out, Vol. 2, Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 14: The Devil, Inside and Out, Vol. 1, Ed Brubaker
Daredevil Vol. 13: The Murdock Papers, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 12: Decalogue, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 11: Golden Age, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 10: The Widow, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 9: King of Hell's Kitchen, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 8: Echo - Vision Quest, David Mack
Daredevil Vol. 7: Hardcore, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 6: Lowlife, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 5: Out, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 4: Underboss, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 3: Wake Up, Brian Michael Bendis
Daredevil Vol. 2: Parts of a Hole, David Mack

Ganymede (The Clockwork Century, #4), Cherie Priest
Dreadnought (The Clockwork Century, #3), Cherie Priest
Clementine (The Clockwork Century, #2), Cherie Priest
The City & The City, China Mieville
The Light of Burning Shadows, Chris Evans
A Darkness Forged in Fire, Chris Evans
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, Chris Priestley
Ascension (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, #8), Christie Golden
Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle Series #4), Christopher Paolini
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy
They Had Goat Heads, D. Harlan Wilson
The Return of Superman, Dan Jurgens
Superman: World Without a Superman, Dan Jurgens
Superman: The Death of Superman, Dan Jurgens
I Don't Want to Kill You (John Cleaver, #3), Dan Wells
Mr. Monster (John Cleaver, #2), Dan Wells
The Price of Spring (Long Price Quartet, #4), Daniel Abraham
An Autumn War (Long Price Quartet, #3), Daniel Abraham
A Betrayal in Winter (Long Price Quartet, #2), Daniel Abraham
A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet, #1), Daniel Abraham
Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, David Foster Wallace
Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 3: KnightsEnd, Doug Moench
Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Who Rules the Night, Doug Moench
Path of Destruction (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #1), Drew Karpyshyn
The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
Erasing Hell, Francis Chan
Crazy Love, Francis Chan
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Shadow and Claw, Gene Wolfe
Batman: Arkham Asylum, Grant Morrison
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft
1Q84, Haruki Murakami
The American Book of the Dead, Henry Baum
Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
The Children of Hurin, J.R.R. Tolkien
Finch, Jeff VanderMeer
Changes (Dresden Files, #12), Jim Butcher
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11), Jim Butcher
Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10), Jim Butcher
White Night (The Dresden Files, #9), Jim Butcher
Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8), Jim Butcher
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7), Jim Butcher
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6), Jim Butcher
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5), Jim Butcher
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4), Jim Butcher
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3), Jim Butcher
Sasha (A Trial of Blood & Steel # 1), Joel Shepherd
Pantheon (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #7), John Jackson Miller
Sentinel (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #6), John Jackson Miller
Purgatory (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #5), John Jackson Miller
Savior (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #4), John Jackson Miller
Paragon (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #3), John Jackson Miller
Skyborn (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #2), John Jackson Miller
Precipice (Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, #1), John Jackson Miller

Catch-22, Joseph Heller
The Twelve, Justin Cronin
Devices and Desires (Engineer Trilogy, #1), K.J. Parker
Lamentation  (The Psalms of Isaak, #1), Ken Scholes
Marvels, Kurt Busiek
The Case for a Creator, Lee Strobel
The Magicians, Lev Grossman
Indescribable, Louie Giglio
I Am Not But I Know I AM, Louie Giglio
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
World War Z, Max Brooks
I, Jedi (Star Wars), Michael A. Stackpole
B.P.R.D. Volume 1: Hollow Earth and Other Stories, Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. Volume 2: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories, Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. Volume 3: Plague of Frogs, Mike Mignola

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1), N.K. Jemisin
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1), Naomi Novik
Stardust, Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
Your Annotated, Illustrated College Survival Guide, Pat Rothfuss
The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
The Great Bazaar and Other Stories, Peter V. Brett
Brayan's Gold, Peter V. Brett
The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, #3), Peter V. Brett
The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out, Robert Kirkman
The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone, Robert Kirkman
The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them, Robert Kirkman 
The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters, Robert Kirkman
Invincible Ultimate Collection, Volume 6, Robert Kirkman
Invincible Ultimate Collection Volume 5, Robert Kirkman
Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Volume 4, Robert Kirkman
Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Volume 3, Robert Kirkman
2666, Roberto Bolano
X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1, Scott Lobdell
X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 2, Scott Lobdell
X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 3, Scott Lobdell
X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 4, Scott Lobdell
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1), Scott Lynch
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith
Lost and Found, Shaun Tan
Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan
The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick
The Stand, Stephen King
Just After Sunset, Stephen King
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1), Steven Erikson
The Army of the Republic, Stuart Archer Cohen
Stories of Your Life and Others, Ted Chiang
White Graphic Novel: The Great Pursuit, Ted Dekker 
Red Graphic Novel: The Heroic Rescue, Ted Dekker 
Black Graphic Novel: The Birth of Evil, Ted Dekker
The Measure of the Magic (Legends of Shannara, #2), Terry Brooks
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
Allegiance (Star Wars), Timothy Zahn
Apocalypse (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, #9), Troy Denning

Code: 
Strikethrough text means the book was read
Red text means the book was abandoned/removed from TBR

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(This list is subject to change from edits throughout the year.)

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