Finito...

[Samara]

So here's my completed 50 list. I'll be curious to see how many more I can read throughout December. Although at times didn't know if I was going to complete this, the group pushed me to choose a lot more reading over TV this year. I got back to loving reading again after a couple years of indifference. The site also pushed me to try some new books/authors that I never would have picked up otherwise (mostly due to the 1001 books list). Anyway, here it is:

1. The Jane Austen Book Club (Karen Joy Fowler)
2. Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
3. Shopaholic & Baby (Sophie Kinsella)
4. The Devil & Miss Prym (Paulo Coehlo)
5. The Constant Princess (Phillipa Gregory)
6. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (Syrie James)
7. My Favourite Good-bye (Sheila O'Flannagan)
8. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
9. Anybody Out There? (Marian Keyes)
10. Ireland (Frank Delaney)
11. Thanks For The Memories (Cecilia Ahern)
12. The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)
13. Something Borrowed (Emily Griffin)
14. Something Blue (Emily Griffin)
15. Dead End Dating (Kimberly Raye)
16. Dead and Dateless (Kimberly Raye)
17. Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
18. The Magician's Nephew (Lewis)
19. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Lewis)
20. The Horse and His Boy (Lewis)
21. Prince Caspian (Lewis)
22. Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell (Amy Sohn)
23. The Friday Night Knitting Club (Kate Jacobs)
24. Water For Elephants (Sara Gruen)
25. Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Lewis)
26. The Silver Chair (Lewis)
27. Angels (Marian Keyes)
28. This Charming Man (Marian Keyes)
29. How Will I Know? (Sheila O'Flanagan)
30. The Last Battle (Lewis(
31. Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
32. Dearly Devoted Dexter (Jeff Lindsay)
33. The Gatecrasher (Madeleine Wickham)
34. Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
35. Beloved (Toni Morrison)
36. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
37. The Importance of Being Married (Gemma Townley)
38. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict (Laurie Viera Rigler)
39. Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
40. New Moon (Meyer)
41. Eclipse (Meyer)
42. Breaking Dawn (Meyer)
43. Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
44. Vancouver (David Cruise & Alison Griffiths)
45. Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
46. A Place Called Here (Cecilia Ahern)
47. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
48. Gods Behaving Badly (Marie Phillips)
49. The Virgin's Lover (Phillipa Gregory)
50. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)

Phew!!

[Samara]

51. Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris)
The first in the Sookie Stackhouse series, which I started after falling in love with the TV series True Blood. The first is enjoyable although a lot has been covered by the show, so onto the next one...

[Samara]

52. Living Dead In Dallas (Charlaine Harris)
The series is getting even better and I'm starting to like Eric more than Bill... lol

[Samara]

53. Club Dead (Charlaine Harris)
Ok, I'm officially hooked and can't put these down. They are definitely pure fluff, but good fluff, which is exactly where my brain is at right now.

[Jane]

Wow Samara! I can't believe you were able to get Anna Karenina in there. That book is long! Don't get me wrong, it's good but it's certainly a committment.

[Rachel]

I agree with Jane! I tried reading this book earlier in the year but decided to hand it back to the library as there was no chance of me finishing it while I was studying for my exams - really, it should count as at least four books because of the length! Well done :)

[Samara]

Thanks Jane & Rachel. It took me the better part of the year to read AK, as I would read 100 pages or so and then switch to something lighter in between. Then work took a hold of my life for a couple months, but I'm glad that I was able to finish it this year. It was my first attempt at any of the Russian literature and I enjoyed it.

[Samara]

54. Dead to the World (Charlaine Harris)
I love, love, love Eric! This one is the best of the series so far, I can't put them down! Can't wait until the new season of the show comes out, next summer is long ways away...

[Samara]

55. Dead as a Doornail (Harris)
56. Definitely Dead (Harris)
What can I say? I'm addicted....

[Samara]

57. All Together Dead (Harris)
58. Monsters of Templeton (Lauren Groff)
59. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
60. World Without End (Ken Follett)

Both Follett's books were pretty awesome, I zoomed through both in a week! That's what happens when I actually have time to read (yea holidays!!) I think the next one will be on my 2009 list, can't wait to start anew.

[Lisa Julianna]

WOW Congratz Samara for reading 60 books! :~)