Book List (first time I'm keeping track!)
1. Water for Elephants...Excellent read
2. Things Not Seen...good...read it to my 10 year old son (now we're reading the follow-up to it, called Things Hoped For)
3. Kite Runner...excellent read; completed 3/16/08 (saw the movie already...excellent)
4. Golden Compass...also currently reading, to the kids...funny that my 5 year old is paying the most attention, despite the difficult vocabulary!
5. The Book of Dead Birds...completed 11/2008
...different; liked it.
6. Winter Birds, by Jim Grimsley excellent....poetic....shocking....completed 7/2010
7. The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville....excellent study of human interaction...with humour completed 7/2010
8. The Gift of an Ordinary Day, by Katrina Kenison
9. Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen completed 12/2010
10. Dance of Anger, by Harriet Lerner
11. Sister India, by Peggy Payne...completed Feb. 2010, while in India!
12. Blessings, by Anna Quindlen completed 1/1011
13. The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison...completed 6.2011
14. Foul Play, by Janet Evanovich...completed 7/2011
15. True Believer, by Nicholas Sparks, completed 7/2011
16. One True Thing, by Anna Quindlen 2011
17. Wicked Appetite, by Janet Evanovich 2011
18. Naughty Neighbor, by Janet Evanovich 7/2011
19. Why Normal Isn't Healthy, by Bowen White MD 8/2011
20. Tears of the Desert, by Hamila Bashir 1/2012
21. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, 12/2011
22. Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, 12/2011
23. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
24. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins, 4.2012
25. Eragon, completed 7/1/12
26. If I Should Die Before I Wake, by Han Nolan, completed 9/2012
27. Crazy, by Han Nolan, completed 9/2012
28. Rise and Shine, by Anna Quindlen, completed 10/2012
29. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, completed 11/2012
30. Divergence, by Veronica Roth, completed 12/2012
31. Everyman, by Philip Roth, completed 12/22/12
32. I, Sniper, by Stephen Hunter, completed 1/2013
33. In The Dark of the Night, by John Saul, completed 4/2013
34. Midnight Voices, by John Saul, completed 5/2013
35. The Devil's Labyrinth, by John Saul, completed 5/2013
36. The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination, by Robert Coles, completed 5/2013
37. Meditations from a Movable Chair, by Andre Dubus, completed 6/1/13
38. Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, completed 6/2013 (my father read it to me >30 years ago!)
39. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, by John Gray, completed 7/2013
40. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby, completed 8/11/13
41. Room, Emma Donaghue, completed 9/2013
42. Silken Prey, John Sandford, completed 4/2014
43. Buried Prey, John Sandford, completed 5/2014
44. Storm Prey, John Sandford, completed 6/2014
2. Things Not Seen...good...read it to my 10 year old son (now we're reading the follow-up to it, called Things Hoped For)
3. Kite Runner...excellent read; completed 3/16/08 (saw the movie already...excellent)
4. Golden Compass...also currently reading, to the kids...funny that my 5 year old is paying the most attention, despite the difficult vocabulary!
5. The Book of Dead Birds...completed 11/2008
...different; liked it.
6. Winter Birds, by Jim Grimsley excellent....poetic....shocking....completed 7/2010
7. The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville....excellent study of human interaction...with humour completed 7/2010
8. The Gift of an Ordinary Day, by Katrina Kenison
9. Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen completed 12/2010
10. Dance of Anger, by Harriet Lerner
11. Sister India, by Peggy Payne...completed Feb. 2010, while in India!
12. Blessings, by Anna Quindlen completed 1/1011
13. The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison...completed 6.2011
14. Foul Play, by Janet Evanovich...completed 7/2011
15. True Believer, by Nicholas Sparks, completed 7/2011
16. One True Thing, by Anna Quindlen 2011
17. Wicked Appetite, by Janet Evanovich 2011
18. Naughty Neighbor, by Janet Evanovich 7/2011
19. Why Normal Isn't Healthy, by Bowen White MD 8/2011
20. Tears of the Desert, by Hamila Bashir 1/2012
21. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, 12/2011
22. Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, 12/2011
23. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
24. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins, 4.2012
25. Eragon, completed 7/1/12
26. If I Should Die Before I Wake, by Han Nolan, completed 9/2012
27. Crazy, by Han Nolan, completed 9/2012
28. Rise and Shine, by Anna Quindlen, completed 10/2012
29. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, completed 11/2012
30. Divergence, by Veronica Roth, completed 12/2012
31. Everyman, by Philip Roth, completed 12/22/12
32. I, Sniper, by Stephen Hunter, completed 1/2013
33. In The Dark of the Night, by John Saul, completed 4/2013
34. Midnight Voices, by John Saul, completed 5/2013
35. The Devil's Labyrinth, by John Saul, completed 5/2013
36. The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination, by Robert Coles, completed 5/2013
37. Meditations from a Movable Chair, by Andre Dubus, completed 6/1/13
38. Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, completed 6/2013 (my father read it to me >30 years ago!)
39. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, by John Gray, completed 7/2013
40. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby, completed 8/11/13
41. Room, Emma Donaghue, completed 9/2013
42. Silken Prey, John Sandford, completed 4/2014
43. Buried Prey, John Sandford, completed 5/2014
44. Storm Prey, John Sandford, completed 6/2014