Dana O's 50 Books for 2010

[Dana]

I'm joining quite late in the year but this seems like a fun group to join. This is what I've read so far this year:

1. Eating Animals
2. The Lazarus Project
3. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
4. The Happiness Project
5. The Lost Symbol
6. Heart of the Matter
7. Eye Contact
8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
9. The Girl Who Played with Fire
10. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
11. When Evil Came to Good Hart
12. Beverly Hills Adjacent
13. I Know This Much Is True
14. The Crying Tree: A Novel

Not sure I can get to 50 but here's to trying!

[Jennifer]

Good Luck!! You've made a good start...I didn't think I'd make it to 50 even though I started in January or February...I am amazed that I read that much...

[Dana]

Thanks!! I've been reading an awful lot lately so hopefully I can make it :)

[Dana]

15. Still Alice - A really great book!!

[Dana]

16. In Cold Blood - finally done with it...definitely not that great.

[Jennifer]

Dana wrote: "16. In Cold Blood - finally done with it...definitely not that great." Really??? I was thinking about reading this one soon. I've heard so much about it over the years. What turned you off?

[Dana]

It just wasn't keeping my attention and I'm not sure why. I kind of felt like there was a lot of extra info that was unnecessary and it was irritating hahaha. A lot of people really like it so give it a try :)

[Dana]

17. Life's a Beach

[Dana]

18. In the Woods
19. She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall

[Dana]

20. Lucky

[Dana]

21. Lucky Man: A Memoir

[Dana]

22. The Story Sisters - this was a really good one!

[Dana]

23. Water for Elephants

[Dana]

24. The Glass Castle

[Dana]

25. Let the Great World Spin - Fabulous book!

[Dana]

26. Dracula - not sure if I should count this since I only finished 3/4 of it but it took a week and a half of my life so I'm counting it LOL.

[Dana]

27. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Absolutely loved it!

[Dana]

28. The Likeness

I'm thinking I am not going to be able to meet this goal with starting so late in the year :(

[Dana]

Started reading Love in the Time of Cholera but couldn't finish it.

[Dana]

29. A Soft Place to Land

[Dana]

30. The Giver

[Dana]

31. The Memory Keeper's Daughter

[Dana]

32. Of Bees and Mist

33. Room

[Dana]

Definitely won't make it this year...I just started too late in the game. I would have to read a book a day and that's not going to happen with the holidays :(