60 books and counting

Yehey! I'm so happy I completed my goal, two weeks and 5 days before  the year ends.

I'm so happy. 60 books, hmm not bad for me. I never really had reading goals before. I usually read books whenever I want to escape from reality (trust me, this means always) and read another if I have spare time. I have a tendency to repeat the book over and over again (*ehem* Norwegian Wood).

This year, its different! I challenged myself to read more. I really want to change my goal to 100 but, I have doubts! haha! Don't worry next year, I might challenge myself to 80-100 books. 

And I still have 3 books in my currently reading list and I just hope I could finish it before the year ends. :)

These are the books that made my goal possible: 

My Top 5 Favorites:

1. SPUTNIK Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami - no doubt, hahaha! 

2. Before Ever After - Samantha Sotto

3. Stardust - Neil Gaiman (my first time to read a Gaiman book! I promise to read more of his books next year)

4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

5. After Dark - Haruki Murakami

The runner ups:

*The Girl who was on fire - different authors talk about The Hunger Games. TEAM Katniss! Yey!

*Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

* Truth About Forever, Just Listen and Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

* The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman 

My feel good books:

of course, from my favorite! Meg Cabot -- I laughed with her at Queen of Babble, can't wait to read the sequels.

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Chain Reaction - Simone Elkeles

Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

Ligo na u, Lapit na me - Eros Atalia

Beastly - Alex Flinn

Lessons, lessons, lesson:

Actually, all those books taught me life lessons, new things, new ideas and gave me wider imagination...

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress - Susan Jane Gilman

Ligo na u, Lapit na me - Eros Atalia (haha!)

Lock & Key & Just Listen - Sarah Dessen

Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

What I talk about when I talk about running - Haruki Murakami

I expected too much:

South of the Border West of the sun - Haruki Murakami (I always wanted to read this book, its kinda boring but I still like it.. maybe I just expected for something more, idk!)

The Vampire Diaries book 1 - I love the tv series sooo muuuch but I don't know what happened. LOL

Delirium - Lauren Oliver 

Cried so much (goooosh!):

The Time Traveler's wife - Audrey Niffenegger ... Need I say more?

I can't remember how many times I cried with Sarah Dessen's books.

Dear eyes, really really sorry but I can't help it! :)

I also want to share this photo that I saw in my tumblr dashboard,

Photo by: syaraku

Child choosing a destination. 
(I can't get the exact link of the one who added the words)

Cheers to more books. more reads. more happiness.