I'm So Close To My Goal of 50!
Books I have read in 2008
Edit: DONE!!! I have reached my goal for the year and read 50 books! Woohoo!!
50. Snow Flower and The Secret Fan by Lisa See
49. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel/ Levithan, David Cohn
48. Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander.
47. Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
46. Sula by Toni Morrison
45. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
44. The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
43. Love Is The Drug by Sarahbeth Purcell
42. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
41. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
40. sTori Telling by Tori Spelling
39. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
38. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
37. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
36. Such A Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster
35. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
34. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
33. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
32. "Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back On The Streets" by Warren Ellis.
31. Mysteries Of Pittsburg by Michael Chabon
30. Conversations With The Fat Girl by Liza Palmer
29. Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David Stenn
28. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
27. Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
26. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
25. My Lady Scandalous: The Amazing Life and Outrageous Times of Grace Dalrymple Elliott, Royal Courtesan by Jo Manning
24. The Pig Who Sang To The Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Masson
23. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
22. Posessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
21. Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl by Anonymous
20. The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
19. Girls by Nic Kelman
18. Tommyland by Tommy Lee & Anthony Bozza
17. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
16. The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins
15. Athenais: The Real Queen of France by Lisa Hilton
14. Becoming Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis
13. The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD and Thomas M. Campbell II
12. Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
11. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
9. Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein
8. Exit to Eden by Anne Rice
7. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
6. Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins
5. Atonement by Ian McEwan
4. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1. Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz
Since I always comment but constantly just re-re-edit one entry, I decided from now on, to keep my thoughts under a cut.
The Rum Diary was actually a lot better than I had anticipated. A young Hunter S. Thompson? Is it even possible? :D
The Glass Castle was so far one of the best books I've read this year. As a matter of fact, I think it's up there with my favorite books evah! Recommended all around!
I was not a fan of The Great Gatsby, which is unfortunate because I really wanted to like it. I mean it's F. Scott Fitzgerald. He was the quintessential example of the roaring 20s, and important to flapper-dom, as a whole. :) The characters lacked depth, were shallow, and I didn't really like them.
Heh I don't know why but I totally dig Tori Spelling. Her autobiography was pretty entertaining.
The Hours was one of the most depressing yet beautiful books I have ever read. Wow...
Persepolis was an ok read, very quick, as is usually the case with graphic novels. It was a good look inside Iranian culture.
Such A Pretty Fat was chick lit...but it was cute chick lit. I swear Jen Lancaster and I are twins. I feel like I wrote that book.:D
Anthony Bourdain's book was a bit of a disappointment to me. I think I was jsut expecting more since I am an avid "No Reservations" fan. Also, it felt a bit rushed. I must say though that I already told Steve he is taking me to Les Halles for an anniversary or something. :)
I loved The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. I could not put it down! It was a delicious read and I'm very curious about her other works, as well as other historic-romance novels. I need to get The Boleyn Inheritance! Also yay! New royal family to obsess over - Tudors!
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer was utterly amazing. I truly adored it. It is certainly one of my top three books of the year. I bawled my eyes out at the end.
Vinegar Hill was good although highly depressing. Not a good book to read if you're going through relationship problems, fo' sho'.
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was pretty sucky. It wasn't a good YA read and it wasn't a good 20-something read. I feel it was really contrived and I don't see how they could have effectively made a movie out of it unless it strayed really far from the plot.