Shardae's 50 books in 2011

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I WILL read at least 50 books this year! My personal goal is 75 but it has to be at least 50. I love challenges so this will be one that I must live up to. I am also a member of the 1001 books to read before you die so about 95% of my books will be from that list.

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1. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou
298 pages
2. Old Man and The Sea By Ernest Hemmingway
128 pages
3. Law of Attraction: The Basic Principles of Abraham By Janet Hicks
192 pages
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
490 pages
5. Gone With the Wind by Margarett Mitchell
1096 pages
6. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
448 pages
7. Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
272 pages
8. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
496 pages
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
228 pages
10. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
104 pages
11. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
503 pages
12. Native Son by Richard Wright
624 pages
13. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
629 pages
14. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
343 pages
15. Go Tell it on The Mountain by James Baldwin
272 pages
16. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
752 pages
17. Narrative of the Life of Frederrick Douglass by Frederrick Douglass
96 pages
18. The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
340 pages
19. American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
416 pages
20. The Red Quuen by Margaret Drabble
352 pages
21. Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
452 pages
22. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
448 pages
23. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
328 pages
24. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
272 pages
25. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
597 pages
26. Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
637 pages
27. Alone by Lisa Gardener
480 pages
28. 1st to Die by James Patterson
424 pages
29. 2nd Chance by James Patterson
400 pages
30. Lifeguard by James Patterson
393 pages
31. Left Behind by Tim LaHaye
352 pages
32. Heartbreak and Triumph: The Shwan Michaels Story by Shawn Michaels
352 pages
33. Skyscraper by Zane
304 pages
34. Beach Road by James Patterson
400 pages
35. Addicted by Zane
343 pages
36. Tribulation Force by Tim LaHaye
452 pages
37. Nicolae by Tim LaHaye
530 pages
38. 3rd Degree by James Patterson
368 pages
39. Cheating Death, Stealing Life by Eddie Guerrero
375 pages
40. Riding Dirty on I-95 by Nikki Turner
320 pages
41. Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife by nikki Turner
224 pages
42. Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag
595 pages
43. Death beofre Dishonor by 50 Cent,Nikki Turner
240 pages
44. Baby Brother by 50 Cent, Noire
146 pages
45. Desperate Choices by Jeanette Cooper
300 pages
46. Soul Harvest by Tim LaHaye
426 pages
47. 4th of July by James Patterson
448 pages
48. Honeymoon by James Patterson
390 pages
49. Around the Way Girls 5 by Erick Gray
305 pages
50. Black Widow by Nikki Turner
288 pages
51. The 5th Horseman by James Patterson
410 pages
52. Apollyon by Tim LaHaye
480 pages
53. Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey
480 pages
54. The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey
380 pages
55. Deadly Double by Adrianne Byrd
384 pages
56. Crossing the Line by Bernice Layton
427 pages
57. Natural Born Hustler by Nikki Turner
116 pages
58. The Harris Men by R.M. Johnson
336 pages
59. Drive Me Crazy by Eric Jerome Dickey
384 pages
60. A Love of Their Own by Kim Louise
288 pages
61. Thr3e by Ted Dekker
432 pages
62. Divine by Karen Kingsbury
351 pages
63. Midnight by Sister Souljah
512 pages
64. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
451 pages
65. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
374 pages
66. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
391 pages
67. California Connection by Chunichi Knott
203 pages
68. Homewrecker by Dwayne Joseph
288 pages
69. Beyond Justice by Joshua Graham
431 pages
70. Envy: The Root of All Evil by Angel Williams
186 pages
71. Ex- Boyfriend by Teresa Patterson
236 pages
72. An Unlikely Encounter by Aliyah Burke
132 pages

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings By Maya Angelou was Ok. After reading this novel, I have no strong feelings toward it. It was like the book just ended but after it was over I didn't love it but I didn't hate it, it was ok. I would have liked to have more of an opinion about it or rather even wanted to hate it, at least I would have had a reaction from it. It was just blah.

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Old Man and The Sea was a nicely written quick read. It was a little to simple of a story for me but other than that it was alright.

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Laws of Attraction- I thought over all it was alright but just a little too poltergeist for me.

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Gone With the Wind was a beautiful and long book but it was worth it. At first i didn't think I would like ti but I fell in love with it.

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, very nice short stories rolled into one book, 4 stars.

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The Godfather was an amazing book, surprisingly I have never seen the movie but it ws a great novel 5 stars

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A Christmas Carol was alright 2 stars

[Rose]

You consider A Christmas Carol just all right? Perhaps the story has become too familiar to you. I think it's brilliant (and obviously, a true classic).

Rose

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Actually, I didn't know too much about it before reading it. I just didn't feel one way or another about it. Usually you either have strong feelings of like or dislike after reading a novel, but this just gave me a "blah" feeling.

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The Secret History- it was good, 3 stars

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Native Son by Richard Wright, 5 stars, definitely the best book I have read this year

[Harold]

I read Native Son when I was in college in the 1960s. Iirc it was my choice of 3 or 4 books that one of my instructors gave for a book review.I guess I'm due for a revisit, but Bigger Thomas is unforgettable. I thought the book was a classic.

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I loved the Da Vinci Code it had so many unexpected twists

[Harold]

What I liked about it was all the knowledge the author gave us while telling his tale. That's been the main thing about his books. He used the same basic plot outline for his last three books but it was ok - the treat was in the way he told it and the knowledge hi imparted.

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I haven't read any of his other books yet, that was my first. Do you like them?

[Harold]

I enjoyed all of them. A lot actually - but I have to say he used the same template for "Angels and Demons", "The Da Vinci Code" and "The Lost Symbol". All the stuff with the female sidekick that becomes his romantic interest happened the exact same way in all three books - BUT he makes it so interesting with all the information he provides that I'll buy his next book with no hesitation.

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I am loving the Women's Murder Club Series by Patterson.

[Harold]

I see where you're reading "Dracula". You'll love it. I read it first in the 1960s and have reread it two or three times since - as recently as a couple of years ago. When I first read it I found it really scary!

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Left Behind- absolutely love it definitely will continue the series

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How did you like Dracula?

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I like it so far I have been reading my other books first though so I'm only on like 50 pages into it