Jaime's 50 for 2008

[Jaime]

In January I set out to read 25 books this year. I started out relatively well for me seen as I do not read as much as I would like to...I am getting better w/ that though. I have decided to up it to 50 books and do this challenge...we shall see.

So far for the year I have read...

1)Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows-J.K. Rowling
2)The Notebook-Nicholas Sparks
3)The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
4)Franny & Zooey-J.D. Salinger
5)The Magician's Nephew-C.S. Lewis
6)The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe-C.S. Lewis
7)Scar Tissue-Anthony Keidis
8)Twilight-Stephenie Meyer
9)The Gun Seller-Hugh Laurie
10)New Moon-Stephenie Meyer

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11)Slaughter House 5-Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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12)The Host-Stephenie Meyer

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13)Eclipse-Stephenie Meyer

Yeah i got sucked in and now cannot wait for the 4th one to come out...

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14)Othello-William Shakespeare
15)Dear Diary-Lesley Arkin

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16)The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain

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17)Tuesdays With Morrie-Mitch Albom

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18)The Five People You Meet in Heaven-Mitch Albom

(Not too impressed w/ this one...)

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19)I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell-Tucker Max

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20)The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath

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21)Darkly Dreaming Dexter-Jeff Lindsay

I enjoyed this book and recommend it if you are a fan of the show...

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22)Four Blondes-Candice Bushnell

I did not enjoy this book...it was a complete waste of time...do not even bother w/ it...

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23)Breaking Dawn-Stephenie Meyer

There were some parts that bothered me but all-in-all...I liked it...

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24)Dearly Devoted Dexter-Jeff Lindsay

Almost as good as the first...

25)The Book Thief-Markus Zusak

Really enjoyed this one...

Half-way there...yay...little behind though so here's hoping that I can catch up...

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26)Blindness-Jose Saramago

This book was really good...

27)Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea-Chelsea Handler

Very funny...a must read if you enjoy her kind of humor.

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28)The Cider House Rules-John Irving

Took me quite a bit longer to read than I would have liked...but all-in-all I thought it was good.

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29)Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist-Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

This was a really good, funny, quick read. I really enjoyed it.

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30)The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao-Junot Diaz

I liked this one...specially all the dorky references...

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31)House of Leaves-Mark Z. Danielewski

I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend.

32)Dracula-Bram Stoker

Have wanted to read this for a while and am glad that I got around to it this year.

33)Dead Until Dark-Charlaine Harris

Started watching that True Blood show but stopped after two episodes when I realized it was based on these books...I liked this book and now shall see how the show is compared to this book.

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34)Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close-Jonathan Safran Foer

I really liked this book...and Oskar is so stinkin' cute...definitely recommend this.

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35)The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde-Robert Louis Stevenson

It was alright...gave it 3 stars

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36)Coheed & Cambria-Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1:From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

I read this back in May and wasn't sure if I was going to count it because it was a graphic novel but I have decided that I am going to.

37)Dr. Faustus-Christopher Marlowe

Bought this back in high school and never read it until now. Even though the language took a little to get into, I did enjoy it.

38)A Modest Proposal-Johnathan Swift

I did read this back in high school and I really liked it so it was a re-read.

39)East of Eden-John Steinbeck

This is the first Steinbeck that I have read. I did like it and probably will pick up The Pearl and Of Mice and Men @ some point.

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40)A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens

I am glad that I finally got around to reading this this year.

41)Breathe:A Novel-Anne-Sophie Brasme

It was ok...did not really care for the ending though.

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42)Holidays on Ice-David Sedaris

Not as funny as I had expected it to be...that was a lil disappointing...

43)The Stupidest Angel-Christopher Moore

Loved this book...wicked funny and will probably read it again next Christmas...

So we are getting close to the end of the year...I think I may get to 45...will aim for 50 again next year...

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44)How the Grinch Stole Christmas-Dr. Suess

45)History of Love-Nicole Krauss

So didnt quite make 50...maybe next year...