16. Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art by Christopher Moore
Of the three Christopher Moore books I've read, this one was by the THE MOST FABULOUS. Everybody should read it. Amazing.

15. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Not as brilliant as Middlesex, but definitely better than most modern fiction. I <3 Jeffrey Eugenides.

14. Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva

13. The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva

More Gabriel. I need a break from this now. I'm starting to see certain parts of the books that get recycled in the formula.

However, it is nice reading them back to back so you can follow the character's back story better. :)

12. The Taken by Vicki Pettersson
Meh. This is the first in a series, but I was kind of underwhelmed by Pettersson's prose. The premise was good; the execution left me in a "blah" place.

11. The Defector by Daniel Silva
( My love for Gabriel Allon, let me show you it... )

10. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
( Oh my )

7. Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon

6. Hidden History of Detroit by Amy Elliot Bragg

Both were good. One is fiction. One is non-fiction. Made me learn lots of things I did no know.

5. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Reread: Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenDoes anyone have any recommendations that don't involve love triangles, love, sex, or anything remotely relating to anything lovey at all for me to read? Because I'm having internal issues putting myself through some of this stuff. Is ( Read more... )

This "post" was originally written on my "new" typewriter; it has been in my car since I returned to Michigan. I brought it in today, and realized that maybe there was enough ink left in the ribbon to play around a little and get a feel for how the little machine actually types ( Read more... )

3. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction

I listened to The Virgin Suicides a few years ago, and thought Jeffrey Eugenides was brilliant for writing that book. I knew Middlesex was out there, that it had even won awards, but for some reason I kept putting off reading it ( Read more... )

During one of the four semesters I spent in biology during my high school career, my favorite of all the teachers at my school had a heart to heart with the class. "I don't care what other people have told you; having kids changes EVERYTHING. You may think living with somebody is a big shift in your life, because you have to get used to their weird ( Read more... )