50 Books in 2010
Reading Challenge
Behind the LJ cut, please find a complete list of the books I've read thus far in 2010. The list includes both the title and author of each book, as well as a rating based on the quality of the work and my enjoyment of it.
Rating System
A read that felt like torture or like work. Will never re-read and regret ever wasting the time reading it in the first place.
A mediocre read. While it doesn't leave one feeling angry over wasted time, it doesn't even pass as a happy distraction from life.
An average read which was neither terrible nor mind-blowingly brilliant. Simply a nice escape from reality.
A pleasurable read that while not life-changing was far above 'average' and which I will probably re-read in the future.
A near perfect read that will leave a lasting impression and which I will definitely re-read in the future
Title
Author
Rating
001.
We Two - Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Gillian Gill
002.
Eating The Dinosaur
Chuck Klosterman
003.
Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
Janet Gleeson
004.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
Belle De Jour
005.
The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl
Belle De Jour
006.
Sex With Kings
Eleanor Herman
007.
Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris
008.
Monarchy
David Starkey
009.
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Vincent Lam
010.
The Last Single Woman in America
Cindy Guidry
011.
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
012.
Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis
013.
Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
014.
The MacKade Brothers: Rafe & Jared
Nora Roberts
015.
The MacKade Brothers: Devin & Shane
Nora Roberts
016.
Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England
Maureen Waller
017.
The Private Realm of Marie Antoinette
Marie-France Boyer
018.
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
Caroline Weber
019.
Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger
020.
Cousin Phillis
Elizabeth Gaskell
021.
Born in Fire
Nora Roberts
022.
Born in Ice
Nora Roberts
023.
Born in Shame
Nora Roberts
024.
No Country For Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
025.
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
026.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeff Lindsay
027.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Jeff Lindsay
028.
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
Kristin Chenoweth
029.
Measure For Measure
William Shakespeare
030.
Wedlock
Wendy Moore
031.
Tell All
Chuck Palahniuk
032.
Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends From Cleopatra to Princess Di
Kris Waldherr
033.
Marie Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter
Susan Nagel
034.
The Trial of Queen Caroline: The Scandalous Affair That Nearly Ended a Monarchy
Jane Robins
035.
Dexter in the Dark
Jeff Lindsay
036.
Lady Worsley's Whim
Hallie Rubenhold
037.
The Carrie Diaries
Candace Bushnell
038.
Dexter By Design
Jeff Lindsay
039.
Catherine Howard
Lacey Baldwin Smith
040.
My Lady Scandalous
Jo Manning
041.
The Lost King of France
Deborah Cadbury
042.
Sliding Into Home
Kendra Wilkinson
043.
Bitter Is The New Black
Jen Lancaster
044.
Bright Lights, Big Ass
Jen Lancaster
045.
The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower
Robert Graysmith
046.
Such A Pretty Fat
Jen Lancaster
047.
My Fair Lazy
Jen Lancaster
048.
Marilyn
Andre De Dienes
049.
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
050.
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
051.
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
052.
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages
Phyllis Rose
053.
The Inimitable Jeeves
P G Wodehouse
A big thanks to bolivarblues for the table code!
Current Status: 53/50 Books Read