Reading Challenges 2012
I’ll be using this page to keep track of the all the 2012 reading challenges and my progress. As I read a book, it will be crossed out from the list and a completion date added. To make it a bit easier to stay organized, my reading challenges have been divided into four categories: genres and series, titles and authors, locations, and miscellaneous. Books cannot be crosslisted within a category but can be across categories. Stay tuned to see if I can make it!
Seasonal Challenges:
Goal: 6/14
5 points: Read a book chosen for the U.S. 2012 World Book Night.
10: Read a book you were supposed to read in school, but either bailed on or Cliff-Noted.
10: Read a memoir or narrative nonfiction book. — Paris in Love by Eloisa James
15: Read a book in one calendar day. – The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults by Stephen Mitchell
15: Read a book that you’ve always wanted to read but haven’t gotten around to yet. — Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
20: Read a pair of books that have antonyms in the titles.
20: Read a book that is set in a place you’ve never been but want to visit. — The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (Salem, Massachusetts)
25: Find a book written the year you were born that was later made into a movie. Read the book and watch the movie; compare. Or find a movie released the year you were born that was based on a book. Do the same thing.
25: Go into a bookstore or library. Pick any bookshelf. Read the third book from the left on the fourth shelf from the top
25: Read a book about which you’ve heard bad things. — Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
30: Read a trilogy (or any three consecutive books in a series). Total page count for all three books together must be at least 500 pages. — A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Category A: Genres
Goal: 14/24
- The Undead World of Oz (2009)
- Alice in Zombieland (2011)
You are So Undead to Me — Stacey Jay(2/27/12)Undead Much — Stacey Jay(2/29/12)- Generation Dead — Daniel Waters (Generation Dead #1) (2009)
- Kiss of Life — Daniel Waters (Generation Dead #2) (2010)
- Passing Strange — Daniel Waters (Generation Dead #3) (2011)
Allison Hewitt is Trapped — Madeleine Roux(4/26/12)Night of the Necromancer — Kyle West(2/3/12)- Feed — Mira Grant (Newsflesh #1) (2010)
- Deadline — Mira Grant (Newsflesh #2) (2011)
- Blackout — Mira Grant (Newsflesh #3) (2012)
Zombie Blondes — Brian James(2/4/12)- Sadie Walker is Stranded — Madeleine Roux (2012)
The Dark and Hollow Places — Carrie Ryan (Forest of Hands and Teeth #3)(1/8/12)The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks — Max Brooks(1/7/12)Brains: A Zombie Memoir – Robin Becker(1/9/12)Autumn: Purification – David Moody(1/24/12)Autumn: Disintegration – David Moody(1/27/12)The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore(2/11/12)Rise Again — Ben Tripp(3/15/12)- The First Days — Rhiannon Frater
Eat, Slay, Love — Jesse Petersen(3/16/12)Aftertime — Sophie Littlefield(4/5/12)
Goal: 5/12
The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins(1/11/12)Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins(1/12/12)Mockingjay — Suzanne Collins(1/13/12)A Great and Terrible Beauty — Libba Bray(5/15/12)- Rebel Angels — Libba Bray (2006)
- A Sweet Far Thing — Bray (2009)
- City of Bones — Cassandra Clare (2008)
- City of Ash — Cassandra Clare (2009)
- City of Glass — Cassandra Clare (2010
- The Golden Compass — Philip Pullman (1995)
- The Subtle Knife — Philip Pullman (1997)
- The Amber Spyglass — Philip Pullman (2000)
The View from Saturday — E.L. Konigsburg(4/20/12)
Goal: 6/10
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Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters(5/19/12) -
Hand of Isis — Jo Graham (2010)
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Ill Wind — Rachel Caine (2003)
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Heat Stroke — Rachel Caine (2004)
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The Kingdom of Ohio — Matthew Flaming (2010)
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Chill Factor — Rachel Caine (2005)
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Windfall — Rachel Caine (2005)
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Queene of Light — Jennifer Armintrout (2009)
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Child of Darkness — Jennifer Armintrout (2009)
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Veil of Shadows — Jennifer Armintrout (2009)
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children — Ransom Riggs(2/1/12) -
Evermore — Alyson Noel(3/2/12) -
Blue Moon — Alyson Noel(3/4/12) -
Timeless — Gail Carriger(3/18/12) -
Everneath — Brodie Ashton(4/1/12)
Goal: 3/10
- Halfway to the Grave — Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #1) (2007)
- One Foot in the Grave — Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #2) (2008)
- At Grave’s End — Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #3) (2008)
- Destined for an Early Grave — Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #4) (2009)
- This Side of the Grave — Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #5) (2011)
- One Grave at a Time — Jeaniene Frost (Night Huntress #6) (2011)
American Vampire — Jennifer Armintrout(2/2/12)- The Passage — Justin Cronin (2011)
The Radleys — Matt Haig(4/27/12)Sunshine — Robin McKinley(2/17/12)- Haunted by Your Touch — Jeaniene Frost (2010)
Goal: 5/10
- At the Queen’s Summons — Susan Wiggs (Tudor Rose #3) (2009)
Regency Romance(3/23/12)- Flirting for Forever — Gwyn Cready (2010)
- Seducing the Heiress — Olivia Drake (2009)
- Never Trust a Rogue — Olivia Drake (2010)
- Scandal of the Year — Olivia Drake (2011)
- The Hostage — Susan Wiggs (2010)
- The Mistress — Susan Wiggs (2010
- The Firebrand — Susan Wiggs (2010)
- Aching for Always — Gwyn Cready (2010)
A Lady Never Tells — Candace Camp(1/23/12)A Gentleman Always Remembers – Candace Camp(2/7/12)An Affair Without End – Candace Camp(2/10/11)Definitely Not Mr. Darcy — Karen Doornebos(4/12/12)

Goal: 2/10
- The Goose Girl — Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern #1) (2005)
- Enna Burning — Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern #2) (2006)
- River Secrets — Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern #3) (2008)
- Forest Born — Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern #4) (2011)
- Mythology — Edith Hamilton (1999)
- Beauty — Robin McKinley (2005)
- Pegasus — Robin McKinley (2010)
Beastly — Alex Flinn(4/15/12)The Frog Prince — Stephen Mitchell(5/14/12)- TBD

Goal: 4/10
- The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott — Kelly O’Connor McNees (2010)
Palace Circle — Rebecca Dean(3/8/12)- The Firemaster’s Mistress — Christie Dickason (2008)
- The Birth of Venus — Sarah Dunant (2004)
- Burning Bright — Tracy Chevalier (2007)
- Remarkable Creatures — Tracy Chevalier (2010)
Lost in Austen — Emma Campbell Webster(1/29/12)The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane — Katherine Howe(5/7/12)- Cotillion — Georgette Heyer
- The Rossetti Letter — Christi Phillips (2008)
The Shadow of the Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafon(4/8/12)

Goal: 10/20
Hatter M Vol. 1(1/15/12)Hatter M Vol. 2(1/17/12Hatter M Vol. 3(1/18/12)The Boys: The Big Ride(1/8/12)The Walking Dead Book 4 (4/22/12)- The Walking Dead Book 5
- The Walking Dead Book 6
- 300
Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream(1/27/12)Doctor Who: Through Time and Space(2/22/12)- The Boys 10
Doctor Who: The Forgotten(3/26/12)Wonderland by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew(5/23/12)Kick-Ass by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.(5/23/12)- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
Goal: 3/12
- January —
A Midsummer Night’s Dream(1/27/12) - February —
Macbeth(2/22/12) - March —
Henry V(3/25/12) - April — Much Ado About Nothing
- May — Antony and Cleopatra
- June — Richard III
- July — As You Like It
- August — King Lear
- September — Cymbeline
- October — Twelfth Night
- November — Othello
- December — Pericles
Goal: 1/5
- The Host — Stephenie Meyer (2008)
- The Martian Chronicles — Ray Bradbury
- Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress — Robert Heinlein
- Contact — Carl Sagan
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein(1/8/12)
Goal: 0/5
- Outlander (1991)
- Dragonfly in Amber (1992)
- Voyager (1994)
- Drums of Autumn (1997)
- The Fiery Cross (2001)
Goal: 8/16
- Classics — The Bostonians by Henry James (1886)
- Biography — Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton (2003)
- Cookery, Food, and Wine –
- History — Mayflower by Nathan Philbrick (2007)
- Modern Fiction —
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin(5/22/12) - Graphic Novel and Manga –
Bad Doings and Big Ideas by Bill Willingham(4/23/12) - Crime and Mystery —
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie(5/17/12) - Horror —
The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan(3/1/12) - Romance –
- Science Fiction and Fantasy —
The Magicians by Lev Grossman(1/21/12) - Travel —
Paris in Love by Eloisa James(5/16/12) - Poetry –
- Journalism and Humor —
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs(2/26/12) - Science and Natural History —
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson(4/18/12) - Children’s and Young Adult — The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (2010)
- Social Sciences and Philosophy — The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order (1999(
- 19th Century —
- 20th Century –
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald(1/26/12) - Reread Classic — Jane Austen
- Classic Play –
- Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime —
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde(4/26/12) - Classic Romance — Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes (late 12th century)
- Translated Classic — Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (1857)
- Classic Award Winner –
- International Classic –
Goal: 4/7
HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone(1/7/12)HP and the Chamber of Secrets(2/22/12)HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban(3/29/12)HP and the Goblet of Fire(5/13/12)- HP and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
- HP and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
- HP and the Deathly Hallows (2007)
Goal: 4/5 books
Vol. 1 Legends in ExileVol. 2 Animal FarmVol. 3 Storybook LoveVol. 4 March of the Wooden SoldiersVol. 5 The Mean SeasonsVol. 6 HomelandsVol. 7 Arabian Nights (and Days)Vol. 8 WolvesVol. 9 Sons of EmpireVol. 10 The Good PrinceVol. 11 War and PiecesVol. 12 The Dark AgesVol. 13 The Great Fables CrossoverVol. 14 Witches(1/6/12)Vol. 15 Rose Red(1/10/12)Vol. 16 Super Group(2/2/12)1001 Nights of SnowfallJack of Fables: Vol. 1 The (Nearly) Great EscapeJF: Vol. 2 Jack of HeartsJF: Vol. 3 The Bad PrinceJF: Vol. 4 AmericanaJF: Vol. 5 Turning PagesJF: Vol. 6 The Big Book of WarJF: Vol. 7 The New Adventures of Jack and JackJF: Vol. 8 The Fulminate BladeJF: Vol. 9 The End(1/6/12)Peter and Max: A Fables Novel- Fables Covers by James Jean
- Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
- Cinderella: Fables are Forever
Category B: Titles and Authors

Goal: 22/23
T — Rise Again by Ben Tripp (3/15/12)
O — Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
B — The Zombie Surivival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks (1/7/12)
E — Jack of Fables: The End (1/6/12)
F — The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1/26/12)
R — HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (1/7/12)
A — Autumn: Purification by David Moody (1/24/12)
N – Night of the Necromancer by Kyle West (2/3/12)
C — The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (1/11/12)
E — Evermore by Alyson Noel (3/2/12)
S — Harry Potter Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley (1/29/12)
B — The Boys: The Big Ride (1/8/12)
U – Undead Much by Stacey Jay (2/29/12)
F — Doctor Who: The Forgotten (2/26/12)
F — Beastly by Alex Flinn (4/15/12)
E — Eat, Slay, Love by Jesse Petersen (3/16/12)
N — Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (3/4/12)
B — Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker (1/9/12)
A — Autumn: Disintegration by David Moody (1/27/12)
R — The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan (1/8/12)
G — The Magicians by Lev Grossman (1/21/12)
E — Everneath by Brodie Ashton (4/1/12)
R — Fables: Rose Red (1/10/12)

Authors and Titles Combined Goal: 18/26
- A —
American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout(2/2/12) - B —
Bad Doings and Big Ideas by Bill Willingham(4/23/12) - C —
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins(1/12/12) - D —
Doctor Who: Through Time and Space(2/22/12) - E –
- F — Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- G —
A Gentleman Always Remembers by Candace Camp(2/7/12) - H —
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein(1/8/12) - I — Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
- J —
The Joy of Scrapbooking by Lisa Bearnson(1/30/12) - K —
Wonderland by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew(5/23/12) - L —
A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp(1/23/12) - M —
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore(2/11/12) - N –
- O — One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
- P —
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe(5/7/12) - Q — Queen of Light by Jennifer Armintrout
- R —
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs(2/1/12) - S —
Fables: Super Group(2/2/12) - T —
Timeless by Gail Carriger(3/18/12) - U — Undead Much by Stacey Jay
- V —
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg(4/20/12) - W —
Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham(1/6/12) - X –
- Y —
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs(2/26/12) - Z —
Zombie Blondes by Brian James(2/4/12)
Goal: 3/6
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Topographical Feature – Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
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Something in the Sky —
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins(1/13/12) -
Creepy Crawly –
You are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay(2/27/12) -
Type of House —
Palace Circle by Rebecca Dean(3/8/12) -
Something from Your Pocket — The Dark Compass by Philip Pullman
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Something on a Calendar — The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
Category C: Location

Goal: 27/37 Books
Jack of Fables: The End(1/6/12)Fables: Witches(1/6/12)The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan(1/8/12)The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks(1/7/12)- Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
- River Secrets by Shannon Hale
- Forest Born by Shannon Hale
Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker(1/9/12)Fables: Rose Red(1/10/12)Autumn: Purification by David Moody(1/24/12)Autumn: Disintegration by David Moody(1/27/12)- Turnabout’s Fair Play by Kaye Dacus
- Love Remains by Kaye Dacus
Undead Much by Stacey Jay(2/29/12)The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore(2/11/12)- The First Days by Rhiannon Frater
Rise Again by Ben Tripp(3/15/12)You are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay(2/27/12)Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream(1/27/12)Fables: Supre Group(2/2/12)Doctor Who: Through Time and Space(2/22/12)Macbeth by Shakespeare(2/22/12)- The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy
Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield(4/5/12)- Pure by Julianna Baggott
- Beastly by Alex Flinn
- Kiss of Night by Debbie Viguie
- Blueprints of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot
- The Feast of the Drowned by Stephen Cole
- Only Human by Gareth Roberts
Eat, Slay, Love by Jesse Petersen(3/16/12)Doctor Who: The Forgotten(3/26/12)Everneath by Brodie Ashton(4/1/12)Definitely Not Mr. Darcy by Karen Doornebos(4/12/12)The Walking Dead: Book Four(4/22/12)Bad Doings and Big Ideas by Bill Willingham(4/23/12)The Frog Prince by Stephen Mitchell(5/14/12)Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie(5/17/12)Wonderland by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew(5/23/12)Kick-Ass by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.(5/23/12)
Goal: 33/150
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein(1/8/12)Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster(1/29/12)Zombie Blondes by Brian James(2/4/12)Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs(2/1/12)- The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
- Burning Bright by Tracey Chevalier
- The Firemaster’s Mistress by Christie Dickason
- Remarkable Creatures by Tracey Chevalier
The Magicians by Lev Grossman(1/21/12)- At the Queen’s Summons by Susan Wiggs
Regency Romance(3/23/12)Sunshine by Robin McKinley(2/17/12)Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux(4/26/12)Night of the Necromancer by Kyle West(2/3/12)- Morrigan’s Cross by Nora Roberts
- The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dance by Katherine Howe(5/7/12)- The Maiden’s Hand by Susan Wiggs
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins(1/11/12)- Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
- The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
Palace Circle by Rebecca Dean(3/8/12)- Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
The Boys: The Big Ride(1/8/12)Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins(1/12/12)Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins(1/13/12)Hatter M Vol. 1(1/15/12)Hatter M Vol. 2(1/17/12)Hatter M Vol.3(1/18/12)A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp(1/23/12)American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout(2/2/12)A Gentleman Always Remembers by Candace Camp(2/7/12)An Affair Without End by Candace Camp(2/10/12)The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan(3/1/12)Evermore by Alyson Noel(3/2/12)Blue Moon by Alyson Noel(3/4/12)Timeless by Gail Carriger(3/18/12)The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon(4/8/12)The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson(4/18/12)The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde(4/26/12)The Radleys by Matt Haig(4/28/12)A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray(5/15/12)Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters(5/19/12)Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin(5/22/12)
Goal: 6/41
- 0-99
- 100-199
- 200-299 —
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs(2/26/12) - 300-309 — Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (2005) / Collapse by Jared Diamond (2011) / The History of the Wife by Yalom (2002)
- 310-319
- 320-329
- 330-339
- 340-349
- 350-359
- 360-369
- 370-379
- 380-389
- 390-399
- 400-499
- 500-599
- 600-699 —
The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson(4/18/12) - 700-709
- 710-719
- 720-729
- 730-739
- 740-749
- 750-759
- 760-769
- 770-779 —
The Joy of Scrapbooking by Lisa Bearnson(1/30/12) - 780-789
- 790-799 —
Harry Potter Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley(1/29/12) - 800-899 —
Readings on Shakespeare’s The Histories(3/25/12) - 900-909
- 910-919 —
Paris in Love by Eloisa James(5/16/12) - 920-929
- 930-939
- 940-949
- 950-959
- 960-969
- 970-979 — What Ifs of America (2004) / Founding Myths (2004)
- 980-989
- 990-999
Category D: Miscellaneous
Goal: 6/20
- Water for Elephants — Sara Gruen (2007)
Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)(5/22/12)- P.S. I Love You — Cecelia Ahern (2008)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)(1/11/12)A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)(1/27/12)- Much Ado About Nothing — Shakespeare
- The Dark Compass — Philip Pullman
- Othello — Shakespeare
- Emma — Jane Austen
Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde)(4/26/12)- Contact — Carl Sagan
Beastly (Alex Flinn)(4/15/12)Kick-Ass (Mark Millar and John Romita Jr)(5/23/12)- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
Goal: 11/30
- 1982 –
- 1983 –
- 1984 –
- 1985 –
- 1986 –
- 1987 –
- 1988 –
- 1989 –
- 1990 –
- 1991 —
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein(1/8/12) - 1992 — Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
- 1993 –
- 1994 — Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
- 1995 — The Dark Compass by Philip Pullman
- 1996 —
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg(4/20/12) - 1997 –
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling - 1998 —
Reading’s on Shakespeare’s The Histories(3/25/12) - 1999 —
HP 2 by J.K. Rowling(2/22/12) - 2000 — HP 4 by J.K. Rowling
- 2001 — The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
- 2002 –
- 2003 — Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
- 2004 — Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
- 2005 —
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon(4/8/12) - 2006 — Morrigan’s Cross by Nora Roberts
- 2007 —
Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster(1/29/12) - 2008 —
Hatter M Vol. 1(1/15/12) - 2009 —
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks(1/7/12) - 2010 —
Fables: Witches(1/6/12) - 2011 —
Jack of Fables: The End(1/6/12) - 2012 — Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux
7. White — TBD
- January — The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- February — Night of the Necromancer by Kyle West and Jelani Sims
- March — Bridge to Terabithia







































