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#69 All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris#70 On Becoming Babywise by Gary Ezzo
I have a feeling that my reading is about to decrease since I'm having the baby Friday but I'm pretty happy with what I've managed to read so far this year.
#66 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson#67 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
#68 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
#61 Choke by Chuck Palahniuk#62 Dead Babies by Martin Amis
#63 1001 Books for Every Mood by Hallie Ephron
I think you're right Judy-anything that makes you think that much has to have something going for it. I know what you mean about The Road-I was horrified but had to keep reading. The Reader wasn't quite as powerful for me but clearly I'm still thinking about it.
The REader had that effect on me too..The only other book that made me feel like this was the Road. I didn't really enjoy reading it, but was drawn in and couldn't quit...and was happy to finish, yet was still thinking about it several days later. Understanding layers of why this one did this and why that one didn't do that. Hmmm. I've decided this is the hallmark of a different kind of "good book!.
It's drving me insane that I can't add my last book for July to my list above since the body is too long (although I keep cutting things out and it still says it's too long-ugh!) Anyway I'm continuing my list here.July
43. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
44. The Postman Always Rings Twice
45. The River Between
46. The Freddie Stories
47. The Potty Training Answer Book
48. Lucia Lucia
49. Peaches
50. The Protest Singer
51. The Graveyard Book
52. Sold
53. Sarah's Key
54. Chasing Harry Winston
55. Marley and Me
56. The Year of Magical Thinking
57. Smashed Squashed Splattered, Chewed, Chunked, and Spewed
August
58. Redbird Christmas
59. Ballet Shoes
60. The Reader
61. Choke
62. Dead Babies
63. 1001 Books for Every Mood
64. Garden Spells
65. Grave Sight
66. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
67. Wide Sargasso Sea
68. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
September
69. All Together Dead
70. On Becoming Babywise
#57 Smashed Squashed Splattered Chewed Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle#58 Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
#59 Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield
Well I made it to my goal of reading 50 by the time I have my second baby in September. I think now I'll just see how many I can get done before the baby is born.
#48 Lucia Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
#49 Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson
#50 The Protest Singer:An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Alec Wilkinson
#51 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
#52 Sold by Patrica McCormick
Hmmm...I picked up Last Night of the Lobster several times but each time I put it down, distracted by other, shiny things. Now that I see you gave it 4 stars I'm tempted to give it a try after all.
Good luck with the goal and Congrats on the new baby! My son is expecting his baby in Sept as well. My first grand-baby! A little girl! I'm obviously a wee bit excited....
#45 The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o#46 The Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry
#47 The Potty Training Answer Book by Karen Deerwester
I'm behind on my updating
#42 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
#43 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
#44 The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain
#34 I Hate Myself and I Want to Die:52 of the Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard by Tom Reynolds#35 Anyone But You by Lara Zeises
#36 Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
#31 Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume edited by Jennifer O'Connell#32 The Beach House by Jane Green
#33 The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Haven't updated in a while. #27 I Capture the Castle by Dode Smith
#28 Come Closer by Sara Gran
#29 The Heroines by Eileen Favorite
Two more to add# 25 Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
# 26 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
I really liked it. I'll have to look around for the discussions on goodreads-it's definitely a book that would be great to talk about.
I can't seem to make my whole list fit in one post so I'm breaking it up from January-June and July-December.January
1. Last Night at the Lobster
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3. Little Women
4. The Godmother
5. True Grit
6. The Shining
February
7. How Stella Got Her Groove Back
8. Stardust
9. Tales of Beedle the Bard
10. Twilight
11. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
March
12. Club Dead
13. Certain Girls
14. Handle With Care
15. 84 Charing Cross Road
16. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
17. Basket Case
April
18. Dead to the World
19. Clementina
20. Case Histories
21. Watership Down
22. The White Tiger
23. 1984
May
24. Surviving Demon Island
25. Dead as a Doornail
26. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
27. I Capture the Castle
28. Come Closer
29. The Heroines
30. The People of the Book
June
31. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume
32. The Beach House
33. The History of Love
34. I Hate Myself and I Want to Die:52 of the Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard
35. Anyone But You
36. Gathering Blue
37. One Fifth Avene
38. The Jane Austen Book Club
39. Fight Club
40. What It Is
41. Definitley Dead
42. Pride and Prejudice
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