How 2011 Went for me

I challenged myself to read the following in 2011:

Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
His Illegal Self, by Peter Carey
Descarte's Bones, by Russell Shorto
Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder
Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey
Freedom, by Johathan Franzen
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, by Colin Cotterill
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art, by Laney Salisbury and Aley Sujo
An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination, by Elizabeth McCracken

I read the above three plus:

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, by Tom Franklin

The Ministry of Special Cases, by Nathan Englander

Bearing the Body, by Ehud Havazelet

His Illegal Self, by Peter Carey

The Good Thief, by Hannah Tinti

So: eight total. Not glorious, especially considering how many other books I read this last year! I am determined to make a better showing in 2012.