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50 Books in 2009
I'll start with the next few books I plan on reading in the next few weeks.Reading now What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw.
Plan to start New Moon from Stephanie Meyers next week. :~)
Lisa I bet Fiona will join you!!!! 50 books is only 4 books a month or basically 1 book a week. Sounds easy!
Ok, well I'm well into my Flower Connection, so that is no. 1. I'm also reading a neurology book Why Michael Couldn't Hit by Dr. Klawans. I love Klawans' writing, I love neurology books but I loathe sports so I'll probably give it up. I have no further plans, just pick up books from the shop as they catch my eye.
Emilee wrote: "Lisa I bet Fiona will join you!!!! 50 books is only 4 books a month or basically 1 book a week. Sounds easy!"Yeah, SOUNDS easy. Prrp!
I want to read more. I have a list of books I feel that I need to read more and I'm trying to read all the books in my shelf. I have a list around here somewheres...
Here it is:1.
2. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
3. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
4. Roots - Alex Haley
5. The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
6. Shadow of the Wall - Christa Laird
7. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
8. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
9. Journeys to the Heartland - William Horwood
10.The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
11. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susan Clarke
12. Lorna Doone - R. G Blackmore
13. Fanny Hill - John Cleland
14. Power of Three- Diana Wynne Jones
15. Elidor - Alan Garner
16. A Room With a View - E. M Forster
17. Diary of an Ordinary Woman - Margaret Forster
18. Black Swan Green: A Novel - David Mitchell
19. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
20. The Catcher in the Rye J. D Salinger
Only 20 but my goal is to read all of those in this year. Considering I only read 34 last year...
Good for you Fiona...I can never make a list...or let me say that again..I can make a list but I never stick to it. LOLI'll keep you all posted as I read them. :~)
Lisa: I do better if I make a list especially if I put it in my planner it forces me to complete the task.
So far:1. Hard-Boiled Legs, the Breakfast Book - Michael Rosen (laugh-out-loud children's book. Especially recommended to those who were the older sisters of naughty younger kiddies).
2. Flower Confidential. Amazing book on the flower business - everything from designer flowers in labs, to growing them in Ecuador and selling them in Manhattan. Brilliant book.
I'm starting Alex & Me tonight. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30...
Wow Petra Good job!! I'm still working on my Agatha Christie book, which I love just haven't had a lot of time to read.And Emilee that is a great idea I may have to try that and put it on my callendar. I would love to try not to buy anymore new books and get through a lot of my books on my shelves...I think I probably have 200+ books in my house. LOL
I will try for 50. I know I can't make 100. I will just list them as I read them. (If I make a list, I will just lose it)
1. Hard-boiled Legs, the Breakfast Book2. Flower Confidential
3. Alex & Me
and I'm reading Otherwise Normal People right now.
I won't keep this rate of reading up, it was just a three-day lull in work, normally I just read in bed at night and while I have lunch.
1. Hard-boiled Legs, the Breakfast Book 2. Flower Confidential
3. Alex & Me
4. Otherwise Normal People
I read the first chapter of Tom Parker Bowles The Year of Eating Dangerously. I gave it up. It was all about fishing for elvers on the Severn Bore and in 40 pages never came to a climax but introduced large numbers of people by name he met in the pub, on the river, around a campfire, in some other place or perhaps another one... and it just ended. No climax at all. Just ok, there you are. Yawn.
I am doing 60 + 5 classics (65) Starting in Nov. 2008 to Nov. 2009. So far I am on 12. I slacked a little bit in December but I am slowly making a comeback!
Donna - what classics are you reading, I would be interested to see your list.Vicky, 20 is still good. Some books take much longer to read than others plus, of course, real life intervenes!
Richard - your typed punctuation is very eccentric! Do you have sticky keys or follow James Joyce, William Burroughs et al?
I'm reading a book about a teacher who goes mad (!) Its very boring.
currently reading Brisingr by Christopher Paoliniplanning to read -The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
-Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
-The Book of Adam and Eve by Mark
Twain
-A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice
and Fire.Vol.1)by George R.R Martin
these would be enough for now...until i find other new ones
I really haven't picked out any particular classics but I was hoping to at least read 1984 and maybe The Cider House RulesNothing too big!!!
"Preciousness of a colon". What about the capriciousness of capital letters? lol. I change my Barbie icons all the time. I have avatar adhd.
I liked Cider House Rules. Hated some to the characters. Haven't read 1984 yet but of course it's on my TBR list!
I am still up i the air about Cider House Rules but I am def going to put 1984 on my list. I still need 4 more tho!
I finished What Mrs. McGillicudy Saw by Agatha Christie and Dashing Through the Snow by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark.Now I'm going to be reading New Moon by Stephanie Meyer. I hope I can get that done in a week. My schedule has been crazy lately.
i still havent finished the book i started about a month ago,Brisingr by Christopher Paolini...have my exams and stuff,just to busy,so i can 4gt about the 50 books this year!
1. Hard-boiled Legs, the Breakfast Book 2. Flower Confidential
3. Alex & Me
4. Otherwise Normal People
5. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Just started Caroll Pickett's Within These Walls, a memoir of a chaplain's experience on death row.
1. Hard-boiled Legs, the Breakfast Book 2. Flower Confidential
3. Alex & Me
4. Otherwise Normal People
5. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
6. Within These Walls (so good I couldn't put it down).
Do young children's books count? I read several of those a day sometimes but I don't usually write them down unless they are absolutely fantastically amazing and an adult could read and enjoy it? (If I wrote down the kiddies' books I would read a hundred in a month or so).
Lisa wrote: "Petra I don't think children's books count. LOLI finished New Moon I'm on to Eclipse. :~)"
Donna, you see that? lol!
1. Hard-boiled Legs, the Breakfast Book REMOVED, :-(1. Flower Confidential
2. Alex & Me
3. Otherwise Normal People
4. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
5. Within These Walls (so good I couldn't put it down).
6. Kabul Beauty School
7. The Family Tree (gasp, fiction, first in ages).
1. Flower Confidential 2. Alex & Me
3. Otherwise Normal People
4. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
5. Within These Walls (so good I couldn't put it down).
6. Kabul Beauty School
7. The Family Tree (gasp, fiction, first in ages).
8. The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery (neurology and prion diseases)
9. Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (more fiction)
10.Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel. Amazing book about a girl who was not at all a beauty living in primitive villages in the Sudan transformed into a New York supermodel.
I'm reading a lot these days. More than usual.
I can't sleep. My mother is so sick. So I read. 1. Flower Confidential
2. Alex & Me
3. Otherwise Normal People
4. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
5. Within These Walls (so good I couldn't put it down).
6. Kabul Beauty School
7. The Family Tree (gasp, fiction, first in ages).
8. The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery (neurology and prion diseases)
9. Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (more fiction)
10.Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel. Amazing book about a girl who was not at all a beauty living in primitive villages in the Sudan transformed into a New York supermodel.
11. My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler. A not-terribly-funny retelling of a slutty girl's endlessly repetitive sex life.
Lisa you'll hit it easy. We all have reading slups which I haven't finished a book in a few days. Today is my catch up day!
I have finished a few and realized I didn't update them in here. 5. The Shack
6. Chain Letter
7. Graceling
I haven't really tracked my books for a whole year before so I'm going to start with the goal of 50 and see how I go from there. So far:1. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
3. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
4. My Sister's a Yoyo - Gretel Killeen
5. Bad Monkeys - Matt Ruff
6. Beloved - Toni Morrison
7. Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
8. Sheep and Wolves - Jeremy C. Shipp
9. Artists and Models - Anais Nin
10. Odd One Out - Monica McInerney
11. A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern
12. The Raven and Other Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
13. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Currently reading:
The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Man and His Symbols - Carl G. Jung & Others
I never usually keep track of what i read. But this looks like a good way to keep track and challenge myself. I know what i've read since february, because i've been reading books on my phone and it keeps a list of completed books. So i'll start with those and try to reach 50!13. Midnight Sun - Stephenie Meyer
14. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
15. Candy In Action - Matthue Roth
16. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
17. The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
18. If There Be Thorns - V.C. Andrews
19. Garden Of Shadows - V.C. Andrews
20. Seeds Of Yesterday - V. C. Andrews
21. My Sweet Audrina - V. C. Andrews
22. Heaven - V. C. Andrews
23. Dark Angel - V. C. Andrews
24. Fallen Hearts - V. C. Andrews
25. Web Of Dreams - V. C. Andrews
26. Gates Of Paradise - V. C. Andrews
27. Dawn - V. C. Andrews
28. Secrets Of The Morning - V. C. Andrews
29. Twilight's Child - V. C. Andrews
30. Midnight Whispers - V. C. Andrews
31. Darkest Hour - V. C. Andrews
32. Petals On The Wind - V. C. Andrews
33. Go Ask Alice - Beatrice Sparks
34. Confessions Of A Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
35. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - Sophie Kinsella
36. Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Sophie Kinsella
37. Shopaholic And Sister - Sophie Kinsella
38. Shopaholic And Baby - Sophie Kinsella
39. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
40. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
41. The Man Of My Dreams: A Novel - Curtis Sittenfeld
42. Ruby - V. C. Andrews
43. Pearl In The Mist - V. C. Andrews
44. All That Glitters - V. C. Andrews
45. Hidden Jewel - V. C. Andrews
46. Tarnished Gold - V. C. Andrews
47. Life And Love, Such As They Are - Anna Shapiro
48. April Shadows - V. C. Andrews
49. Girl In The Shadows - V. C. Andrews
50. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - J. K. Rowling
at first its a little confusing. the story jumps around a bit and is hard to follow. but the ending more than makes up for it. it's one of the best endings i've ever read.
UPDATE:1. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
3. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
4. My Sister's a Yoyo - Gretel Killeen
5. Bad Monkeys - Matt Ruff
6. Beloved - Toni Morrison
7. Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
8. Sheep and Wolves - Jeremy C. Shipp
9. Artists and Models - Anais Nin
10. Odd One Out - Monica McInerney
11. A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern
12. The Raven and Other Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
13. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
14. The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
15. The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson
Currently reading:
Watership Down - Richard Adams
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Man and His Symbols - Carl G. Jung & Others
Update.17. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
18. The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
19. If There Be Thorns - V.C. Andrews
20. Garden Of Shadows - V.C. Andrews
21. Seeds Of Yesterday - V. C. Andrews
22. My Sweet Audrina - V. C. Andrews
23. Heaven - V. C. Andrews
24. Dark Angel - V. C. Andrews
25. Fallen Hearts - V. C. Andrews
26. Web Of Dreams - V. C. Andrews
27. Gates Of Paradise - V. C. Andrews
28. Dawn - V. C. Andrews
29. Secrets Of The Morning - V. C. Andrews
30. Twilight's Child - V. C. Andrews
31. Midnight Whispers - V. C. Andrews
32. Darkest Hour - V. C. Andrews
33. Petals On The Wind - V. C. Andrews
34. Go Ask Alice - Beatrice Sparks
35. Confessions Of A Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
36. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - Sophie Kinsella
37. Shopaholic Ties The Knot - Sophie Kinsella
38. Shopaholic And Sister - Sophie Kinsella
39. Shopaholic And Baby - Sophie Kinsella
40. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
41. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
42. The Man Of My Dreams: A Novel - Curtis Sittenfeld
43. Ruby - V. C. Andrews
44. Pearl In The Mist - V. C. Andrews
45. All That Glitters - V. C. Andrews
46. Hidden Jewel - V. C. Andrews
47. Tarnished Gold - V. C. Andrews
48. April Shadows - V. C. Andrews
49. Girl In The Shadows - V. C. Andrews
50. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - J. K. Rowling
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Good Luck Everyone :~)