Karla's 2010 book list and challenge

[Karla]

1-Art of racing in the rain 1-4-10
2-Atonement-Ian Mcewan
3-Cutting for stone-Abraham Verghese 3-1-10
4-Still Alice-Lisa Genova
4-The good Earth-Pearl S. Buck
5-A thousand splendid suns-Khaled Hosseini 4-30-10
8-White Oleander-Janet Fitch
9-The handmaids tale-Margeret Atwood1-18-10
10-In the company of the cortesan-Sarah Dunant
11-Outlander-Diana Gabaldon 3-30-10
12-Garden spells-Sarah Addison Allen 5-5-10
13-Belong to me-Marisa de los Santos
14-Sarah's key-Tatiana De Rosnay 2-12-10
15-Shelter me-Juliette Fay
16-The perks of being a wallflower-Stephen Chbosky 5-16-10
17-A northern light-Jennifer Donnelly 4-20-10
18-The joy luck club-Amy Tan 3-7-10
19-The doctors wife-Elizabeth Brundage
20-The September's of Shiraz-Dalia Sofer
21-Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet-Jamie Ford 1-29-10
22-The devil in the white city-Erik Larson
23-Life of Pi-Yann Martel
24-The lightning thief-Rick Riordan 2-8-10
25-The girl who played with fire-Stieg Larsson
26-The secret life of Cee Cee Wilkes-Diane Chamberlain
27-World without end-Ken Follet
28-The book thief-Markus Zusak
29-Beautiful creatures-Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
30-Dragonfly in amber-Diana Gabaldon
31-The Historian- Elizabeth Kostova 1-14-10
32-Memoirs of a Geisha-Arthur Golden 1-25-10
33-Sookie stackhouse series-Charlaine Harris
Living dead in Dallas 2-2-10
34-The book of lost things-John Connolly
35-Hush,Hush-
36-Saving CeeCee Honeycutt-Beth Hoffman 4-11-10
37-The concubine's daughter-Pai Kit Fai
38-The thirteenth tale-Diane Setterfield
39-The bell jar-Sylvia Plath 3-10-10
40-Orzx & crate-Margeret Atwood
41-A certain slant of light-Laura Whitcomb 3-17-10
42-Moloka'i-Alan Brennert
43-The red tent-Anita Diamant5-10-10
44-The piano teacher-Janice Y. Lee
45-Middlesex-Jeffrey Eugenides
46-Lost & found-Jacqueline Sheehan
47-Walking in circles before lying down-Merrill Markoe
48-I capture the castle-Dodie Smith
49-The forest of hands and teeth-Carrie Ryan
50-The bronze horseman-
51-The shadow of the wind-Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2-19-10
52-Shutter Island-Dennis Lehane 3-16-10
53-84, Charing Cross Road-Helene Hanff 4-21-10
54-City of thieves-David Benioff
55-The maze runner-James Dashner 5-13-10
56-The rice mother-Rani Manicka
doesn't it just go on and on!!

[Karla]

I copied this over from my other book club the dates after are when I finished each book. A work in progress, really has been a solid year so far.

[Donna, The Pusher]

Read since Jan.???

[Karla]

Yeah they are not in order but my list I've been working on since January.

[Donna, The Pusher]

So only the ones that are marked you've read? 22?? Am I correct? That is a lot!

[Karla]

Thanks I'm trying but I also want to enjoy each one. I usually get a book or two done a week when I can. I'm gonna go thru here and strike out the ones I read to make it easier to tell.

[Karla]

~23~
Finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower Sunday I gave it 5 stars. I just love stories about shy, introspective youth coming of age and I loved how it was all written in such an open way to an unknown reciever. It felt and read like journal entries and was a release of some sorts for Charlie the main character. Anyways here is my review:

This started out wise, quirky and highly entertaining. I adored the nostalgia I felt because the year the letter's Charlie wrote are the same year I graduated high school. It reeled me in deep on the difficult real issues that face adolecents but in an easy approachable way. To me Charlie wasn't a wallflower he was so brave to reach into himself so honestly and face his demons and find a place of forgivness and blamelessness. Being a mom this spoke to me at so many levels of characters invloved. Somewhere there is this little Charlie soul is in us all.

[Colleen]

Go Karla go!!! I love your little review on your number 23 as well :)

[Karla]

Thanks Colleen I think thats my new thing this year I have wrote a review for every book I have read this year. Weather the review was good or bad it helps me remember what I read and what my feelings were for it fresh from the book. I usually get harder on a book a week or so after and find the faults but I love reading and encourage it :)

[Colleen]

You are more than welcome! Maybe you should look into keeping a book journal like Tracy is doing.

[Karla]

I've thought of that before just printing off my reviews from Goodreads and then adding some of my favorite quotes I cherished from each book. But that requires organization I'm not ready to face yet.....LOL!
I'm just to busy with my kids activities in the evening and work during the day. I check and keep up on this site during the day and love that!

[Donna, The Pusher]

I did a blog!

[Karla]

Donna I have know idea what that is!!??