Liz (Vegas) 2009 Reading Goals

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My goal is to read 65 books this year and keep track of what I have read (I've never done that before) I want to read at least 15 from the 1001 Books To Read Before you Die List
* denotes books on the list

1. A Child Called "IT" - Dave Pelzer
2. Dark Summer - Iris Johansen
3. The Lady Elizabeth - Alison Weir
4. The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
5. The Revolution: Manifesto - Dr. Ron Paul
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain- Garth Stein

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7. Bright Lights, Big Ass A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? - Jen Lancaster

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8. ** Animal Farm - George Orwell **

[Angela]

I love Jen Lancaster!! What did you think Liz?

[Liz]

Angela, it was SO funny. I can't wait to read her others, but don't think I can fit it in during the Spring Challenge!

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9. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

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10. Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon

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11. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

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12. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

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13. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

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*14. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

(oops * for #8, too!)

[April]

Which part of the Spring Challenge did you use Jen Lancaster for?

I loved that book, it had me in stitches.

[Angela]

All of her books are ridiculous!!! I cannot wait for her new one coming out in May.

[Liz]

15. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (reread for bookclub)

This book was even more amazing the second time through.

[Vicki]

Liz wrote: "15. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (reread for bookclub)

This book was even more ama..."

I bet it would be. I borrowed it from the library when I first read it, and I really think I need a copy of this one to read again.

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16. Autism Frontiers Clinical Issues and Innovations I must say that this was the first textbook I've ever read completely: cover to cover.

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17. It's Kind of a funny story - Ned Vizzini
18. Crank- Ellen Hopkins

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19. ** Yes - Thomas Bernhard **

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20. Dead Until Dark- Charlaine Harris

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21. The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley

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22. Finding Grace- Donna VanLiere

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23. All We Know of Heaven A Novel- Jacquelyn Mitchard

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24. The Phantom of the Opera The Original Novel - Gaston Leroux

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25. A Great and Terrible Beauty- Libba Bray

[Carol]

aaahh did you like it??
I want to read it but it´s so expensive here >.<

[Liz]

i actually loved it, Carol! :)

[Carol]

ahhh I´ll have to buy it soon! Everybody likes it!

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26. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominque Bauby

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27. The Last Bridge A Novel- Teri Coyne
28. So Many Books, So Little Time A Year of Passionate Reading- Sara Nelson

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29.Rebel Angels- Libba Bray

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30. **Written on the Body- Jeanette Winterson **

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31. Kitchen Confidential Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly- Anthony Bourdain

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32. ** Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov **

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33. Bitten- Kelley Armstrong

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34. Still Alice- Lisa Genova

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35. The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins

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** 36. All the Pretty Horses- Cormac McCarthy **

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37. Dark Lover- J.R. Ward

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What did you think of the hunger games? I also just finished it this week.

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38. Lover Eternal- JR Ward

Liz- i really enjoyed hunger games, im looking forward to the sequel :)

[Katie]

I just put the sequel to Hunger Games on my library request list. I'm number 188 in line. I can't wait! :)

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39. Boy Meets Boy- David Levithan

40. Cleopatra VII Daughter of the Nile, 57 B.C.- Kristina Gregory

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41. The Christmas Shoes- Donna VanLiere

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42. Lover Awakened- J.R. Ward

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43. Lover Revealed- J.R. Ward

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44. The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho

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45. ** The Bluest Eye- Toni Morrison

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46. Tell Me Your Dreams- sidney sheldon

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47. Lover Enshrined- J.R. Ward

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48. Lover Unbound - JR Ward
**49. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury**
50. Half Broke Horses A True-Life Novel- Jeanette Walls