2010: List of books/novels read
Last year I didn't make my goal. Actually, I've not made it once since I started this in 2007, but the first year I read 44 books, the next year I started grad school and read 41, and in 2009 I added a new job into the mix and read 40 books. 125 books in three years isn't too shabby! 2010 will bring me a new chance to get crackin' on my goal!
1. I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak +
2. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, Barack Obama *^
3. Lit: A Memoir, Mary Karr *
4. Best Friends Forever, Jennifer Weiner
5. Twenties Girl, Sophie Kinsella ^
6. Same Kind of Different As Me, Ron Hall and Denver Moore *
7. Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor +
8. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
9. The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks
10. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins +
11. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins +
12. The Story Sisters, Alice Hoffman
13. Trading Up, Candace Bushnell
14. House Rules, Jodi Picoult
15. Dear John, Nicholas Sparks
16. Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
17. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of A Premier College, Jacques Steinberg *
18. Gone, Michael Grant +
19. The Summer Before, Ann M. Martin +
20. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
21. Nightlight, Harvard Lampoon
22. Hunger, Michael Grant +
23. Nanny Returns, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus ^
24. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
25. The Burning Bed, Faith McNulty *
25. <1>I Will Carry You, Angie Smith *
27. The Shadow of Your Smile, Mary Higgins Clark
28. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett +
29. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, Jennifer O'Connell *#
30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, Stieg Larrson
31. Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson +
32. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
33. In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy *
34. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert *
35. Just Listen, Sarah Dessen +
36. Lies, Michael Grant +
37. Chasing Harry Winston, Lauren Weisberger
38. The Help, Kathryn Stockett
39. The Things We Do For Love, Kristin Hannah
40. I Am Hutterite, Mary-Ann Kirkby *
41. Magic Hour, Kristin Hannah
42. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
43. Left Behind, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
44. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins +
45. Tribulation Force, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
46. Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan
47. Kroma, Bruce Zachary *
48. Persuasion, Jane Austen
49. Crank, Ellen Hopkins +
50. Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller *
51. The Jesus Style, Gayle Erwin *
52. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
53. Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks
54. The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis
55. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris *
56. Even Silence Has An End, Ingrid Betancourt *
57. Love, Charleston, Beth Webb Hart
58. Glass, Ellen Hopkins +
59. Fallout, Ellen Hopkins +
60. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
61. Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control, Elisabeth Elliot *
62. A Time to Dance, Karen Kingsbury
63. Emma, Jane Austen
64. Oogy: The Dog Only A Family Could Love, Larry Levin *
65. On Mystic Lake, Kristin Hannah
66. Room, Emma Donoghue
* Non Fiction
+ Adolescent Lit
# Short story collection / anthology
^ Book on tape
66 / 50 books. 132% done!
1. I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak +
2. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, Barack Obama *^
3. Lit: A Memoir, Mary Karr *
4. Best Friends Forever, Jennifer Weiner
5. Twenties Girl, Sophie Kinsella ^
6. Same Kind of Different As Me, Ron Hall and Denver Moore *
7. Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor +
8. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
9. The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks
10. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins +
11. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins +
12. The Story Sisters, Alice Hoffman
13. Trading Up, Candace Bushnell
14. House Rules, Jodi Picoult
15. Dear John, Nicholas Sparks
16. Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
17. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of A Premier College, Jacques Steinberg *
18. Gone, Michael Grant +
19. The Summer Before, Ann M. Martin +
20. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
21. Nightlight, Harvard Lampoon
22. Hunger, Michael Grant +
23. Nanny Returns, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus ^
24. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
25. The Burning Bed, Faith McNulty *
25. <1>I Will Carry You, Angie Smith *
27. The Shadow of Your Smile, Mary Higgins Clark
28. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett +
29. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, Jennifer O'Connell *#
30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, Stieg Larrson
31. Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson +
32. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
33. In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy *
34. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert *
35. Just Listen, Sarah Dessen +
36. Lies, Michael Grant +
37. Chasing Harry Winston, Lauren Weisberger
38. The Help, Kathryn Stockett
39. The Things We Do For Love, Kristin Hannah
40. I Am Hutterite, Mary-Ann Kirkby *
41. Magic Hour, Kristin Hannah
42. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
43. Left Behind, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
44. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins +
45. Tribulation Force, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
46. Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan
47. Kroma, Bruce Zachary *
48. Persuasion, Jane Austen
49. Crank, Ellen Hopkins +
50. Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller *
51. The Jesus Style, Gayle Erwin *
52. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
53. Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks
54. The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis
55. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris *
56. Even Silence Has An End, Ingrid Betancourt *
57. Love, Charleston, Beth Webb Hart
58. Glass, Ellen Hopkins +
59. Fallout, Ellen Hopkins +
60. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
61. Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control, Elisabeth Elliot *
62. A Time to Dance, Karen Kingsbury
63. Emma, Jane Austen
64. Oogy: The Dog Only A Family Could Love, Larry Levin *
65. On Mystic Lake, Kristin Hannah
66. Room, Emma Donoghue
* Non Fiction
+ Adolescent Lit
# Short story collection / anthology
^ Book on tape
66 / 50 books. 132% done!