Challenge: 50 Books in one year!

[Alanna]

A lot of people have been chatting about reading 50 books in a year.

I think it would be great if we used this thread to update people on our progress, share book ideas and to cheer each other on.

So whether you have already determined your 50 book list and are making your way through it - or if you are shooting from the hip choosing books as they catch your fancy... or just trying to decide whether to jump in... join us! I think it will be alot of fun!


Congratulations!!

These people have reached their goal!

Member Name-------------------------------Date Finished

pixielou.......................................... ..6/6/07
ee_chick.......................................... ...9/15/07
Alanna............................................ ...11/8/07
Txfish............................................ ....11/12/07
Apoppy............................................ ..11/16/07
BumbleB........................................... .11/16/07
hokiegirl......................................... ...11/19/07
kris97............................................ ...11/19/07
nawsgirl.......................................... ..12/1/07
SiValleySteph..................................... 12/10/07

[Alanna]

So.... here I am!

I have a great shelf of books that i want to read (thanks to Bookmooch - the best book swapping site evah! :) ) So I do not have a prepared list of 50 books and instead am going to be reading what strikes my fancy....

I am keeping a virtual library at Library Thing of all the books i have have on my shelf ready to read and I am trying to enter a review for each book as i read it.

I started on January 1st and the date next to the book is the finish date.

So here they are! My books already read to date!

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)

2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)

3. The Other Boleyn Girl (1/20)

4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)

5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)

6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)

7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)

8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)

9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)

10. Currently reading: A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King


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[apoppy]

I'll play.

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde


From the book description on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0142004030/ref=dp_proddesc_0/104-9872831-6771108?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books): The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with Jasper Fforde’s magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth Thursday Next. When Landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative of Jurisfiction—the police force inside books. She is apprenticed to the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickens’s Great Expectations, who grudgingly shows Thursday the ropes...

[Rosebud]

I'm doing the 50 Book Challenge (http://community.livejournal.com/50bookchallenge/) over on LJ. Progress thus far:

1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
10. (currently reading) The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst

Thoughts on the above titles are on my Bibliophil.org page (http://www.bibliophil.org/library/UserLibrary.php?v_UserName=Rosebud03)

Next on my list is Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

I don't have planned what I'm going to read for the whole year. I keep a long list of things I'd like to read and just take a few titles from that list every time I go to the library.

[PinkMartini]

Ooooh this looks like fun. I'm an avid reader - however since having my DS 4 months ago, my reading time is lacking these days :(

I'm always looking for new books to read though, I'll go check out the book 'journals' you guys have posted :)

[Sol]

ohh I love the idea! Although I'd like to pick a "theme" or subject; I don't think I could handle 50 fiction books, I'd rather plot a plan that'll help me learn master something once the year is gone.

[LaughAtlantis]

My goal for the year is actually 125. I'm just about on track.

1. Stolen – Kelley Armstrong
2. The Other Boleyn Girl – Philippa Gregory
3. Broken – Kelley Armstrong
4. Pug Hill – Allison Pace
5. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either – Meg Cabot
6. Mistress of the Art of Death – Ariana Franklin
7. Picking Up – Kate Fenton
8. The Family Tree – Carole Cadwalladr
9. His Wicked Ways – Samantha James
10. Love You to Death – Melissa Senate
11. With Red Hands – Stephen Woodworth
12. The Pilot’s Wife – Anita Shreve
13. California Demon – Julie Kenner
14. A Question of Love – Isabel Wolff
15. I Did (But I Wouldn't Now) - Cara Lockwood

I'm now starting on Hugh Laurie's 'The Gun Seller.'

[Niobe]

I'll give it a try! I'll just be winging it, reading what I come across. Let's see, so far this year I've read:

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory

Need to speed it up a little. I've got a lot of books piling up, so I'm not lacking for material. I'm starting Michael Crichton's 'Next' right now, his books are quick reads for me.

So should we just edit our first post to add more books we've read?

[hokiegirl]

Picked this up from LJ, but picked up the site bibliophil to review today from this thread. Here's where I'm at so far:
1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (reading)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson (reading when Devil in White City gets too heavy).
9. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (next book waiting to be read)

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[chefker]

I'll share my list here, I did join the challenge over on LJ. I started my first book on 1/5/07.

I finished book #8 yesterday, and am halfway through #9 right now. Books that are re-reads are starred, and titles I've completed are bolded.


1. Shroud for the Archbishop - Peter Tremayne
2. The Monk who Vanished - Peter Tremayne
3. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
4. Christ the Lord - Anne Rice
5. My Life in France - Julia Child
6. Valley of the Shadow - Peter Tremayne
7. The Spider's Web - Peter Tremayne
8. Act of Mercy - Peter Tremayne
9. Our Lady of Darkness - Peter Tremayne (in progress)
10. Smoke in the Wind - Peter Tremayne
11. Badger's Moon - Peter Tremayne
12. Master of Souls - Peter Tremayne
13. Black Coffee - Agatha Christie
14. Canterbury Tales (An Interlinear Translation) - Chaucer*
15. Hood - Stephen Lawhead
16. The Last Templar - Michael Jecks
17. The Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells*

The Celtic Crusades trilogy by Stephen Lawhead:
18. ~The Iron Lance
19. ~ The Black Rood
20. ~The Mystic Rose
21. Marley & Me - John Grogan
22. 1776 - David McCullough
23. The Physiology of Taste - Brillat-Savarin*
24. Siddartha - Herman Hesse*
25. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
26. On the road - Jack Kerouac
27. The Decameron - Boccaccio*
28. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostrova
29. Thus Spake Zarathustra - Nietzsche
30. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
31. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice*
32. Lasher - Anne Rice*
33. Taltos - Anne Rice*
34. Ghost Story - Peter Straub*
34. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart*
35. The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart*
36. The Last Enchantment - Mary Stewart*
37. The Wicked Day - Mary Stewart*
38. The Prince and the Pilgrim - Mary Stewart*
39. The Color Purple - Alice Walker*


The Peter Tremayne books I'm reading are part of the Sister Fidelma mysteries series. They are SERIOUSLY addicting--a nice combo of historical fiction & mystery--two of my favorite genres. I have a feeling I'll finish #9 today and begin #10...if I'm ambitious enough, maybe I'll get through #10 by tonight!

[ee_chick]

Plum Wine, Angela Davis-Gardner
The Big Love : A Novel, Sarah Dunn
Outer Banks, Siddons, Anne Rivers
Sweetwater Creek, Anne Rivers Siddons
Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain, Anthony
Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
Slow Burn, Julie Garwood
Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos
Eye Contact, McGovern, Cammie
The Dirty Girls Social Club, Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa


Currently reading
A Year of Pleasures, Elizabeth Berg
How to be Lost, Amanda Eyre Ward

[MrsD108]

1. Marley and Me by John Grogan.
This was my favorite book this year and one of my favorite books I have ever read. I laughed and cried about a dog I have never met.
2.The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Just read this book last night and enjoyed it greatly. The stories of these woman were captivating.
3.A Year In Provence by Peter Mayle
I have been trying to read this book for 2 months and I am so bored with it.
4.the five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
I liked the book and the idea behind it but I would not put it in my top ten
5.Lucy gets her Life Back by Stef Ann Holm
A typical $1 store book to keep me entertained for a few hours.
6.Levi's Will by W. Dale Cramer
I was really pulled in by this book. After reading the book I thought I would feel bad for the main character but it seemed to make me accept his life as he had accepted it for what it was.

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster

Up next:
5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time, Relin
6. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
7. The People's Act of Love, James Meek


I've had a bit of a slow start because I'm really busy at this time of year, but should pick back up on reading in the next couple months.

[catch]

Here's my list so far:

1. Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie (finished 1/04/07)
2. Mr. Maybe by Jane Green (finished 1/06/07)
3. The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin (finished 1/09/07)
4. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (finished 1/26/07)
5. Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/02/07)
6. Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/8/07)
7. Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/12/07)
8. The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (finished 2/16/07)
9. Milk Glass Moon - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/20/07)

Currently reading:
10. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

[kissmary]

I'm also doing this through LJ's 50 book challenge for the third year. This year my goal is 70 books. This year I'm not counting audio books, but my DH still is.

So far:
1. Martha Wells – Wheel of the Infinite
2. Nancy Pearl – More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason
3. Patricia A. McKillip – The Sorceress and the Cygnet
4. Colm Toibín – The Blackwater Lightship
5. Patricia A. McKillip – Harrowing the Dragon
6. Laini Taylor – Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Advance Uncorrected Proof; June 21, 2007)
7. Thomas Cahill – Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
8. Terry Pratchett – Strata
and abridged audio CD: The Pale Horseman - Bernard Cornwell

Now reading:
Azar Nafisi - Reading Lolita in Tehran (library)
Sara Douglass - The Nameless Day (library)
Smithsonian Q & A: Cats: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book

[Alanna]

Another one down! I finished "A Monstrous Regiment of Women" last night - I really enjoyed it. I started "Everybody into the Pool - True Tales" by Beth Lisick today. its already made me laugh out loud a couple of times... a good sign!


1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)

2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)

3. The Other Boleyn Girl (1/20)

4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)

5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)

6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)

7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)

8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)

9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)

10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)

11. Currently reading: Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick


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[Niobe]

Okay, so I have no idea how to find communities on LJ. Where can I find the challenge on there? I'd like to check it out.

ETA: please ignore this. I just re-read the first page of this thread and realized there's a link in a post. :o

[Alanna]

How's everyone doing? Anyone finish any good books lately? *nudge nudge*

I finished a great one this weekend!

Everyone into the Pool by Beth Lisick


My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl (1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)

12. Currently reading: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

[ee_chick]

Here's my updated list


Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult

[Niobe]

My updated list:

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie

I'm trying to decide if I want to go ahead and read The High Queen, the sequel to The Child Queen, or if I want to come back to it and read the new book I just got - Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette.

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt

Currently reading: Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

[linda_loo]

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[Alanna]

Hey everyone! Looks like people are keeping a good pace! I really enjoy seeing the updated lists and what people are reading!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl (1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (3/5)
14. Currently reading.... (haven't decided for sure... but I'm thinking): The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith


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[greenbunny]

Even though I'm a nut for fiction, strangely most of the items on my to-read list right now are investing books and cat behavior books. I've only finished two so far, I'm so behind!

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen (I'm not reading any more books in this series. I gave it a shot, but they are just not good. And a rip off of Marian Chesney to boot.)
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson

Currently reading: She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon

[Rosebud]

I'm a little behind where I wanted to be, but trying to keep up:

1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (currently listening to audiobook)
13. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston (currently reading)

Thoughts on the above titles are on my Bibliophil.org (http://www.bibliophil.org/library/UserLibrary.php?v_UserName=Rosebud03) page.

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek

Currently reading:
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve

Having a hard time deciding what to read next, think I need to go to the library. These are the next three on my (pretty flexible) list:
Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak
The Whistling Season, Doig
Three Cups of Tea, Relin

[laura]

When I originally read about the 50 Book Challenge, I thought that didn't seem like so much. But now that it is already MARCH and I have zero motivation to read lately, it's seeming like a lot. Maybe it will help to keep myself accountable here (except my list is embarrassingly fluffy at the moment)...

(not necessarily in order, I'm just listing them as I recall them thus far)

1. Cross by James Patterson
2. Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone (re-reading series in order to prepare for new book)
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (reading now, before bed only)
7. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson

Next up:
The Boleyn Inheritence
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

[kissmary]

Here's my updated list:

1. Martha Wells – Wheel of the Infinite
2. Nancy Pearl – More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason
3. Patricia A. McKillip – The Sorceress and the Cygnet
4. Colm Tớibín – The Blackwater Lightship
5. Patricia A. McKillip – Harrowing the Dragon
6. Laini Taylor – Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Advance Uncorrected Proof; June 21, 2007)
7. Thomas Cahill – Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
8. Terry Pratchett – Strata
9. Azar Nafisi – Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2/22/07)
10. John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin – Smithsonian Q & A: Cats: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book (2/23/07)
11. Margaret Atwood – The Edible Woman (2/24/07)
12. Jan Karon – A New Song (2/28/07)
13. Patricia A. McKillip – The Book of Atrix Wolfe (3/2/07)

Now reading: Gardens of the Moon, book one of Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson

[Txfish]

This is great -- hadn't heard anything about it before. Joining the challenge! I'm sure this isn't complete, but I'll start with the ones I can remember and will keep up after this.

1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
2. Elements of Style -- Wendy Wasserstein
3. Everyone Worth Knowing -- Lauren Weisberger
4. The Jungle -- Upton Sinclair
5. A Beautiful Mind (bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.) -- Sylvia Nasar
6. Snobs -- Julian Fellowes

I'm making it a personal goal of mine, to get a biography and a "classic" every time I hit the library. I have just gotten way too lazy the past few years about fluff reading -- really need to beef up my overall literature intake. Maybe this is the year I actually make it all the way through Anna Karenina LOL

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Currently reading: Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton

[Alanna]

How's everyone doing? I have finished a couple in the past couple of weeks... i was sidelined with a novel called "Horse Heaven" by Jane Smiley that my husband's aunt gave me... i tried but just couldnt get into it... i may try it again later...

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl (1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Next up: I just can't decide! maybe... Outlander?


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[Niobe]

My updated list:

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie

I'm trying to decide if I want to go ahead and read The High Queen, the sequel to The Child Queen, or if I want to come back to it and read the new book I just got - Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette.

Finally finished!

9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund

Now reading The Virgin's Lover, also reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

[Niobe]

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Children's Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Children's Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot

I'm currently reading:
9. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Nields
10. Little Women (Children's Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott

The Children's Illustrated Classics books are 150-300 pages each, so they are not as simple a read as their series title implies!

Plus, I have a whole slew of books on my "to read" list!!

[Niobe]

There's a Children's Illustrated Classics edition of Moby Dick? Is that really a children's book? Smart children.

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)

Currently reading:
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak

up next:
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. 1776, David McCullough


I feel like I'm not reading fast enough - and my "to read" list keeps growing like crazy.

[Rosebud]

Are we 12 weeks into 2007 now?

I keep picking long/dense books to read, so I'm not moving as quickly as I'd like. But, I'm still mostly on track:

1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (currently reading)

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[tgr68]

There's a Children's Illustrated Classics edition of Moby Dick? Is that really a children's book? Smart children.

Yep! My cover looks a little different but here it is (http://www.amazon.com/Moby-Dick-Great-Illustrated-Classics/dp/1577656954/ref=sr_1_3/104-4111560-7247923?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174430064&sr=8-3) on Amazon. A couple of weekends ago I found a whole selection of these illustrated classics at a bookstore in the children's section. A lot of the classics that we often think of as teen/adult literature were originally written for kids. I heard an interview once with J.R.R. Tolkien, and it referenced his Lord of the Rings series as a great read for children 9-10 yrs old! :eek:

[bunnybeth]

I'm a bit behind on all this as I didn't really have time to read while on maternity leave. But, now I read at work while on my pumping breaks, so moving right along. Plus, starting to read "real" books to DS in addition to baby books. (He still likes "Happy Bee" best though.) Finally got my list together:

1. Diana the Huntress Marion Chesney
2. Baby Signs Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn
3. Wicked Gregory Maguire
4. Frederica in Fashion Marion Chesney
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
6. Bunnicula Deborah and James Howe
7. Coyote Blue Christopher Moore
8. Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt

Currently reading:
The Game of Kings Dorothy Dunnett
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams
Baby Minds Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn


I heard an interview once with J.R.R. Tolkien, and it referenced his Lord of the Rings series as a great read for children 9-10 yrs old! :eek:
DH got that read to him well before 9-10 years old, and we'll be reading it to DS long before then as well. He might not get it all, but that's why we'll reread it to him later and he'll probably be reading it on his own by 9-10 years old.

[SiValleySteph]

Let's see...


1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander (forgot about this one earlier)

I'm sure I've read more but I my library doesn't show you a history of books checked out. I'm more into "light" reading these days since I'm pretty busy. The Ruth Reichl book I just read was awesome and only took me 2-3 days. I plan to read more of her books. I might have to request them to my branch, though.

Edited to update! :)

[nawsgirl]

Since so far I think I am on target to get to 50, I am going to join the challenge :) I am definitely counting audiobooks, otherwise I would never get there!

1. Home to Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiani
2. Thunderstruck- Erik Larson
3. The Last Juror- John Grisham
4. The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid- Bill Bryson
5. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Boy Who Fell out of the Sky- Ken Dornstein
7. Back When We were Grown-ups- Anne Tyler
8. The Tender Bar- J.R. Moehringer
9. The Book of Fate- Brad Meltzer
10. The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
11. Plum Lovin'- Janet Evanovich
12. Snow Blind- P.J. Tracy
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brashares

Currently:
Nature Girl- Carl Hiassen
Girls Night In- chick lit compilation

[laura]

Updated:

1. Cross by James Patterson
2. Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone (re-reading series in order to prepare for new book)
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (reading now, before bed only)
7. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
11. The Boleyn Inheritence by Philippa Gregory

Currently reading: Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper

[Irish Elf]

Oh I want to play. I'm short fior time so I will have to come back and edit my list as I remember. These are in no order yet.


1. The Double Bind - Chris Boujalian
2. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohshin Hamid (advanced copy)
3. Cross - Patterson
4. The Dead Room - H. Grahm
5. Dead Shot - Annie Solomon
6. Innocent in Death - Robb
7. Haunting Olivia - J Taylor
8. The Dark Room - A Kane
9. Freakonomics
10. Obsession - J. Kellerman
11. The World is Flat
12. The Alibi Man - T Hoag
13. Grace (Eventually) - A Lamott

Bolded ones are completed; the others are in progress or are coming up.

[tgr68]

I just got in 3 books from inter-library loan yesterday and today - all due around April 9th. I finished 9. Little Women and am almost done with 10. Plastic Angel.

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen

Still working on Twilight Sleep. Usually I like Edith Wharton, but I am finding this one to be a bit of a slog.

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket

Currently Reading
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins

On the waiting list:
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

[Txfish]

Updated from 3/10:

1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
2. Elements of Style -- Wendy Wasserstein
3. Everyone Worth Knowing -- Lauren Weisberger
4. The Jungle -- Upton Sinclair
5. A Beautiful Mind (bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.) -- Sylvia Nasar
6. Snobs -- Julian Fellowes
7. The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant (re-read)
8. The Buffalo Soldier -- Chris Bohjalian
9. What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day -- Pearl Cleage
10. John Jacob Aster, America's First Multimillionaire -- Axel Madsen (BTW, snoooze. Guy's life was interesting; the author's style was NOT.)
11. Goodnight Nobody -- Jennifer Weiner
12. Blue Smoke -- Nora Roberts
12. The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette -- Carolly Ericksen (somewhere between a bio and a novel LOL)
13. H.R.H. -- Danielle Steel
14. Eleven On Top -- Janet Evanovich
15. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley

And, everything's a week late at the library. Damn it!

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge

Currently reading: The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson

[ee_chick]

Here's my updated list


Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell

currently reading:
13. 1776, David McCullough (history - this one will take awhile)
14. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (just had to read it again)

up next:
15. Into The Wilderness, Donati

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl (1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16.Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
17. Currently reading: Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore

Oh my goodness... I finally finished Outlander... all 850ish pages of it...

I'm really enjoying Sammy's Hill so far... good light chick lit for those interested in such things...



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[Niobe]

Moving and job hunting has put a real dent in my reading time.

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie

Now starting Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

[hokiegirl]

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (reading)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson (reading when Devil in White City gets too heavy).
9. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (next book waiting to be read)
10. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
10.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
11. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
12. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
13. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain (halfway done)
14. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (2 chapters in)
15. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez (on nightstand to read for book club this month)

Feeling a little behind, but I should catch up relatively quickly (I hope).

[Alanna]

Nothing like following up on a massively long book with two fluffy ones!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
19. Currently reading: The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu





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[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

Currently reading: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destiny by Cathy Hopkins

Currently Reading:
16. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
17. Setting Limits with Your Strong-Willed Child by Robert J. Mackinzie
18. Hugs for Scrapbookers by Stephanie Howard

[Alanna]

Yay... I'm on book 20!

I just finished the best novel I have read in ages.. (The Disapparation of James) I devoured it in a day and a half... i even stayed up late finishing it last night... that says something because i dont ever give up a chance to sleep anymore!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
20. currently reading: Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith



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[Rosebud]

I'm on book 19, so still on track to hit 50 this year. The books I particularly enjoyed are starred.

**1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
**2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
**9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
**10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
**15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4/5
**16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 4/6
17. The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee 4/12
18. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory 4/16
19. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn (currently reading)

Thoughts on the above titles are on my Bibliophil.org page (http://www.bibliophil.org/library/UserLibrary.php?v_UserName=Rosebud03).

[Alanna]

Oooh Rosebud - I love the way you starred the books you particularly enjoyed! Its great to have new ideas and keep track of the really good ones... (is it ok if i steal that idea?)

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. Currently reading: A Letter of Mary by Laurie King

* I particularly enjoyed this book

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[chefker]

I'm doing pretty well so far--on book #19 right now.

Completed books bolded - re-reads have an asterisk.

1. Shroud for the Archbishop - Peter Tremayne
2. The Monk who Vanished - Peter Tremayne
3. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
4. Christ the Lord - Anne Rice
5. My Life in France - Julia Child
6. Valley of the Shadow - Peter Tremayne
7. The Spider's Web - Peter Tremayne
8. Act of Mercy - Peter Tremayne
9. Our Lady of Darkness - Peter Tremayne
10. Smoke in the Wind - Peter Tremayne
11. Badger's Moon - Peter Tremayne
12. The Leper's Bell- Peter Tremayne
13. Master of Souls - Peter Tremayne
14. Black Coffee - Agatha Christie
15. Canterbury Tales (An Interlinear Translation) - Chaucer*
16. Hood - Stephen Lawhead
17. The Last Templar - Michael Jecks
18. The Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells*

The Celtic Crusades trilogy by Stephen Lawhead:
19. ~The Iron Lance (currently reading
20. ~ The Black Rood
21. ~The Mystic Rose
22. Marley & Me - John Grogan
23. 1776 - David McCullough
24. The Physiology of Taste - Brillat-Savarin*
25. Siddartha - Herman Hesse*
26. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
27. On the road - Jack Kerouac
28. The Decameron - Boccaccio*
29. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostrova
30. Thus Spake Zarathustra - Nietzsche
31. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
32. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice*
33. Lasher - Anne Rice*
34. Taltos - Anne Rice*
35. Ghost Story - Peter Straub*
36. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart*
37. The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart*
38. The Last Enchantment - Mary Stewart*
39. The Wicked Day - Mary Stewart*
40. The Prince and the Pilgrim - Mary Stewart*
41. The Color Purple - Alice Walker*
42. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
43. Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton


So far, I have enjoyed most of the books I've read. Black Coffee by Agatha Christie (#14 on my list), was a bit boring & predictable. The one I truly loathed was #17, The Last Templar. I did NOT enjoy this at all--had started to read it over a year ago, read one chapter and never finished it. I didn't like it this time either, it was a chore to read any of it!

Still have to pick out a few more to finish my list!

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
*2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
*5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
*7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
*12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
*14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (had to lighten my load a little - but probably won't read any others in the series)

Currently Reading:
17. 1776, McCullough
18. Life of Pi, Martel

Up Next:
19. Devil in the White City, Larson
20. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer


OK, I'm **starring** a few of mine too - just the new books I've read and really liked (as in, I might consider re-reading them someday).

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted

Currently reading: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco and A Good Year by Peter Mayle

[ee_chick]

Halfway there


Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
The Camel Club by David Baldacci

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Currently Reading Little Children: by Tom Perrotta

I'm a little behind, but there's still hope. :D

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
22. Currently Reading: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger

* I particularly enjoyed this book

The Time Traveller's Wife is a HUGE book. I guess it will be a while before I get to move on to book 23. I just barely started it last night and it seems promising...


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[Txfish]

Updated from 3/31:

1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
2. Elements of Style -- Wendy Wasserstein
3. Everyone Worth Knowing -- Lauren Weisberger
4. The Jungle -- Upton Sinclair
5. A Beautiful Mind (bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.) -- Sylvia Nasar
6. Snobs -- Julian Fellowes
7. The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant (re-read)
8. The Buffalo Soldier -- Chris Bohjalian
9. What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day -- Pearl Cleage
10. John Jacob Aster, America's First Multimillionaire -- Axel Madsen
11. Goodnight Nobody -- Jennifer Weiner
12. Blue Smoke -- Nora Roberts
12. The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette -- Carolly Ericksen
13. H.R.H. -- Danielle Steel
14. Eleven On Top -- Janet Evanovich
15. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
16. Dumping Billy -- Olivia Goldsmith
17. The Tenth Circle -- Jodi Picoult
18. Secret Society Girl: an Ivy League novel -- Diana Peterfreund (loved this!)
19. Spoiled Rotten America: outrages of everyday life -- Larry Miller
20. The Law of Similars -- Chris Bohjalian
21. As I Lay Dying -- William Faulkner (finally finished a Faulkner. Been trying to do that since high school...)
22. The Mother Tongue: English & how it got that way -- Bill Bryson

currently reading:
23. In Her Own Right: the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Elisabeth Griffith

[hokiegirl]

Updated list:
1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (reading)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson (reading when Devil in White City gets too heavy).
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (next book waiting to be read)
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James (reading)
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford (reading)
21. The Perfect Mistress by Betina Krahn (on nightstand to read for my next book club book).

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.

Currently Reading:
Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins

Waiting to Read:
Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
Setting Limits with Your Strong Willed Child by Robert J. Mackinzie

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Currently Reading: Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted
* I particularly enjoyed this book

Wow... I know that alot of you have read The Time Traveler's Wife and it isn't exactly a "find" but man that was a great book!


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[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson ***
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett ***
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer **
20. Life of Pi, Martel *

Currently Reading:
21. 1776, McCullough (still not done with this one)
22. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant

I caught up! It's week 19 of the year and I've read 19 books. :D I really enjoyed #18. I plan to read his next book as well.

[Rosebud]

Updating my list (and pointing out the ChatterBlogging article (http://www.chatterblogging.com/2007/05/18/taking-the-50-book-challenge/) I wrote about this very group!) :D

The books I've particularly enjoyed are starred.

**1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
**2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
**9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
**10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
**15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4/5
**16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 4/6
17. The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee 4/12
18. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory 4/16
**19. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn 4/24
**20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 5/3
21. Au Paris by Rachel Spencer 5/11
22. A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry (currently reading)

Thoughts on the above titles are on my Bibliophil.org page (http://www.bibliophil.org/library/UserLibrary.php?v_UserName=Rosebud03).

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes

Currently reading: Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot. I have hit a major chick-lit spiral, but life is currently stressful and my poor brain can't handle much else. :p

[BumbleB]

Great Blog Article, Rosebud!

apoppy - don't worry, it happens to the best of us. :) I was on a pretty good streak with some heavier stuff and had to take a break. So now I'm just finishing up 2 Nora Roberts books that I won't include on my list. Hasn't set me too far back though. Just got to get back into the other books now.

[Alanna]

Rosebud - I really enjoyed your Blog entry!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Currently Reading: Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen


* I particularly enjoyed this book

Oh my goodness what a slog the Maxted book turned out to be... it was supposed to be a chick lit palate cleanser... (fun and fast) but it really just felt like work.

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My updated list (date finished):

WOO WOO - I am on Book 25!!! Halfway there!!! :)

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. Currently reading: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant


* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[chefker]

Go Alanna! I'm not quite at the halfway point, I'm on book 20. :)

Up to Book 20....



Completed books bolded - re-reads have an asterisk.

1. Shroud for the Archbishop - Peter Tremayne
2. The Monk who Vanished - Peter Tremayne
3. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
4. Christ the Lord - Anne Rice
5. My Life in France - Julia Child
6. Valley of the Shadow - Peter Tremayne
7. The Spider's Web - Peter Tremayne
8. Act of Mercy - Peter Tremayne
9. Our Lady of Darkness - Peter Tremayne
10. Smoke in the Wind - Peter Tremayne
11. Badger's Moon - Peter Tremayne
12. The Leper's Bell- Peter Tremayne
13. Master of Souls - Peter Tremayne
14. Black Coffee - Agatha Christie
15. Canterbury Tales (An Interlinear Translation) - Chaucer*
16. Hood - Stephen Lawhead
17. The Last Templar - Michael Jecks
18. The Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells*

The Celtic Crusades trilogy by Stephen Lawhead:
19. ~The Iron Lance
20. ~ The Black Rood (currently reading)
21. ~The Mystic Rose
22. Marley & Me - John Grogan
23. 1776 - David McCullough
24. The Physiology of Taste - Brillat-Savarin*
25. Siddartha - Herman Hesse*
26. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
27. On the road - Jack Kerouac
28. The Decameron - Boccaccio*
29. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostrova
30. Thus Spake Zarathustra - Nietzsche
31. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
32. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice*
33. Lasher - Anne Rice*
34. Taltos - Anne Rice*
35. Ghost Story - Peter Straub*
36. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart*
37. The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart*
38. The Last Enchantment - Mary Stewart*
39. The Wicked Day - Mary Stewart*
40. The Prince and the Pilgrim - Mary Stewart*
41. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
42. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
43. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
44. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer


Book 2 of the Celtic Crusades trilogy, The Black Rood, is a much faster read than the first book, the Iron Lance. The Iron Lance didn't really pick up until mid-way through the tale, then it just became much more interesting all of a sudden. The beginning of that book was just very plodding, and hard to sink my teeth into. Complete opposite with the second installment, I think I'll finish it tonight. I had hoped to finish it over the weekend, but that didn't happen!

[kissmary]

Haven't posted an update here in awhile, but I have been busy reading this month!

1. Martha Wells – Wheel of the Infinite
2. Nancy Pearl – More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason
3. Patricia A. McKillip – The Sorceress and the Cygnet
4. Colm Tớibín – The Blackwater Lightship
5. Patricia A. McKillip – Harrowing the Dragon
6. Laini Taylor – Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Advance Uncorrected Proof; June 21, 2007)
7. Thomas Cahill – Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
8. Terry Pratchett – Strata
9. Azar Nafisi – Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2/22/07)
10. John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin – Smithsonian Q & A: Cats: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book (2/23/07)
11. Margaret Atwood – The Edible Woman (2/24/07)
12. Jan Karon – A New Song (2/28/07)
13. Patricia A. McKillip – The Book of Atrix Wolfe (3/2/07)
14. Salman Rushdie – Haroun and the Sea of Stories (3/16/07)
15. Patricia A. McKillip – The Cygnet and the Firebird (3/22/07)
16. Martha Wells – City of Bones (4/6/07)
17. Naomi Novik – His Majesty’s Dragon (4/10/07)
18. Thomas Cahill – Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (4/18/07)
19. John Kelly – The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (4/23/07)
20. Jack Weatherford – Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (4/25/07)
21. Norman F. Cantor – In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made (4/29/07)
22. Steve Hagen – Buddhism Plain and Simple (5/1/07)
23. Steven Erikson – Gardens of the Moon (5/3/07)
24. Ray Bradbury – From the Dust Returned (5/4/07)
25. Tad Williams – Shadowplay (5/9/07)
26. Rhonda Byrne – The Secret (5/10/07)
27. Ursula K. LeGuin – Tehanu (5/12/07)
28. Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King – Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (5/14/07), partial
29. Ursula K. LeGuin – The Telling (5/15/07)
30. Jim Butcher – Storm Front (5/23/07)

That's 30/70 books for me, so I'm not quite halfway, but getting there!

[Rosebud]

Wow, kissmary, you are on fire! 30 books already! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/rosebud03_2006/gossip/applause.gif

[tgr68]

Here's my updated list:

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler

Currently Reading:
Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash

Waiting to Read:
How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost

I saw the two Troost books on someone's list here, and the titles had me cracking up. Now I have to go read them myself! :D

[apoppy]

I'm half way there!

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone

Currently reading: A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough

Currently Reading:
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky

Up Next:
The Kite Runner
The Namesake, Lahari

Mayflower and 1776 slowed me down a bit. Both were hard to get into, but Mayflower turned out quite well. It was interesting to read about the history of that time, something that is so glossed over in schools. I can see why it was on the New York Times top 10 for 2006.

Posting my top 5 so far: :D

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. A Thread of Grace, Russell
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
27. currently reading: Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell

* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[ee_chick]

I was sick last month and enjoyed reams of trashy romance novels, but I'm back on track.

1. Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
2. Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
3. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
6. Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
7. Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
8. Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
9. The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
10. The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
11. A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
12. How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
13. Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
14. Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
15. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
16. Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
17. Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
18. Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
19. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
21. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
22. Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
23. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
24. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
25. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
26. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
27. Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag
28. Never Check e-mail in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern
29. The Man of my Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
30. A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

[tgr68]

I'm halfway there!!! :D

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe

Currently Reading:
Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss

Waiting to Read:
Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost

[Rosebud]

Making progress...

The books I've particularly enjoyed are starred.

**1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
**2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
**9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
**10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
**15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4/5
**16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 4/6
17. The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee 4/12
18. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory 4/16
**19. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn 4/24
**20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 5/3
21. Au Paris by Rachel Spencer 5/11
22. My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme 5/29
23. The Booster: A Novel by Jennifer Solow 5/30
24. A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry 6/2
25. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (currently reading)
26. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (currently listening)

Thoughts on the above titles are on my Bibliophil.org page (http://www.bibliophil.org/library/UserLibrary.php?v_UserName=Rosebud03).

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki Currently reading
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Currently reading

I'm super excited about All Over Creation and am loving it so far. One of my favorite books is My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki, as well, and I'm glad her second book is so good, too! :D

I'm on track for the 50 books so far! It's fun to see what books on on multiple lists and what books aren't. :p

[Alanna]

Everyone is doing so well! Looks like many of us are right on target!! Woohoo!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell
28. currently reading: Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis

* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[hokiegirl]

Everyone is making great progress. Me, not so much:
1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (reading)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson (reading when Devil in White City gets too heavy).
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (next book waiting to be read)
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi (reading)
25. Chirunning by Katherine Dreyer (reading)

[Niobe]

Moving and job hunting has put a real dent in my reading time.

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie

Now starting Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

Labyrinth was boring and time-sucking, I finally abandoned it. Updated list:

13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin

Now reading A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) by George R.R. Martin, next up is The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory and Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey, as well as the rest of ASOIAF. I'm not sure if I'll make it to 50 books, but I'll do the best I can. :)

[nawsgirl]

Halfway there!




1. Home to Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiani
2. Thunderstruck- Erik Larson
3. The Last Juror- John Grisham
4. The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid- Bill Bryson
5. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Boy Who Fell out of the Sky- Ken Dornstein
7. Back When We were Grown-ups- Anne Tyler
8. The Tender Bar- J.R. Moehringer
9. The Book of Fate- Brad Meltzer
10. The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
11. Plum Lovin'- Janet Evanovich
12. Snow Blind- P.J. Tracy
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brashares



14. Nature Girl- Carl Hiaasen
15. Lisey's Story- Stephen King
16. The Reptile Room (bk. 2)- Lemony Snicket
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu- Susanna Clarke
18. Girls' Night In- short story compilation
19. Plan B, Further Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
20. Grace (Eventually), Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
21. The Wide Window (bk. 3)- Lemony Snicket
22. I Heard That Song Before- Mary Higgins Clark
23. The Miserable Mill (bk. 4)- Lemony Snicket
24. Heart-Shaped Box- Joe Hill
25. The Austere Academy (bk. 5)- Lemony Snicket

Currently reading/listening to:

In A Sunburned Country- Bill Bryson
The Overachievers- Alexandra Robbins

[chefker]

Completed books bolded - re-reads have an asterisk.

1. Shroud for the Archbishop - Peter Tremayne
2. The Monk who Vanished - Peter Tremayne
3. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
4. Christ the Lord - Anne Rice
5. My Life in France - Julia Child
6. Valley of the Shadow - Peter Tremayne
7. The Spider's Web - Peter Tremayne
8. Act of Mercy - Peter Tremayne
9. Our Lady of Darkness - Peter Tremayne
10. Smoke in the Wind - Peter Tremayne
11. Badger's Moon - Peter Tremayne
12. The Leper's Bell- Peter Tremayne
13. Master of Souls - Peter Tremayne
14. Black Coffee - Agatha Christie
15. Canterbury Tales (An Interlinear Translation) - Chaucer*
16. Hood - Stephen Lawhead
17. The Last Templar - Michael Jecks
18. The Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells*

The Celtic Crusades trilogy by Stephen Lawhead:
19. ~The Iron Lance
20. ~ The Black Rood
21. ~The Mystic Rose
22. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle*
23. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle (currently reading)*
24. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle*
25. Marley & Me - John Grogan
26. 1776 - David McCullough
27. The Physiology of Taste - Brillat-Savarin*
28. Siddartha - Herman Hesse*
29. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
30. On the road - Jack Kerouac
31. The Decameron - Boccaccio*
32. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostrova
33. Thus Spake Zarathustra - Nietzsche
34. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
35. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice*
36. Lasher - Anne Rice*
37. Taltos - Anne Rice*
38. Ghost Story - Peter Straub*
39. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart*
40. The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart*
41. The Last Enchantment - Mary Stewart*
42. The Wicked Day - Mary Stewart*
43. The Prince and the Pilgrim - Mary Stewart*
44. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
45. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
46. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
47. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer


Book 3 of the Celtic Crusades trilogy - the Mystic Rose - was, IMO, the best book in the series. It's one of the few 'quest for the Holy Grail' stories I've read that features a female protagonist. I really enjoyed it!

I've inserted some old favorites into my list - the Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L'Engle. I expect they will be quick reads. If I can find books 4 & 5 in that series, I'll add those to my list as well.

[tgr68]

I'll post an updated list later, but right now I've just got to rave on the book I'm currently reading!! :cool: It's Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. It's the first of his Maximum Ride series and his young adult fiction debut. It has been AWESOME!! It's over 300 pages, and it's taken me about three days to nearly get through it. This is really, really fast for me. It's been that good. I cannot wait to get through this one, so I can pick up the second in the series!

[pixielou]

i can't believe that i just hit my 50!

1) Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons -- Lorna Landvik -- 1-Jan-07
2) Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight -- Alexandra Fuller -- 6-Jan-07
3) The Ladies Man -- Elinor Lipman -- 7-Jan-07
4) Watermelon -- Marian Keyes -- 15-Jan-07
5) Turning the Tables -- Steven A. Shaw -- 17-Jan-07
6) The Honey Thief -- Elizabeth Graver -- 21-Jan-07
7) Remind Me Again Why I Married You -- Rita Ciresi -- 24-Jan-07
8) Feeding Christine -- Barbara Chepaitis -- 25-Jan-07
9) Then She Found Me -- Elinor Lipman -- 27-Jan-07
10) Lower Cholesterol Without Drugs -- Roger Mason -- 30-Jan-07
11) Brownsville Stories -- Oscar Casares -- 2-Feb-07
12) In Her Shoes -- Jennifer Weiner -- 5-Feb-07
13) Awake -- Elizabeth Graver -- 10-Feb-07
14) Willy Slater's Lane -- Mitch Wieland -- 12-Feb-07
15) Puerto Vallarta Squeeze -- Robert James Waller -- 14-Feb-07
16) The Journal of Otto Peltonen -- William Durbin -- 15-Feb-07
17) Faithful -- Stewart O'Nan -- 17-Feb-07
18) White Mischief -- James Fox -- 24-Feb-07
19) The Quilters Apprentice -- Jennifer Chiaverini -- 25-Feb-07
20) The Next Big Thing -- Johanna Edwards -- 26-Feb-07
21) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon -- Stephen King -- 2-Mar-07
22) Party Girls -- Roz Bailey -- 3-Mar-07
23) Hyannis Boat and Other Stories -- W.D. Wetherell -- 6-Mar-07
24) Other People's Weddings -- Noah Hawley -- 8-Mar-07
25) The End of an Error -- Mameve Medwed -- 11-Mar-07
26) Mother Rocket -- Rita Ciresi -- 12-Mar-07
27) Lucia Lucia -- Adriana Trigiani -- 14-Mar-07
28) The Blue Bistro -- Elin Hilderbrandt -- 16-Mar-07
29) Pigs in Heaven -- Barbara Kingsolver -- 18-Mar-07
30) The Flame Trees of Thika -- Elspeth Huxley -- 25-Mar-07
31) Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage -- David Valdes Greenwood -- 26-Mar-07
32) The Other Side of the Story -- Marian Keyes -- 30-Mar-07
33) A Seal Called Andre -- Harry Goodridge -- 1-Apr-07
34) Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral -- Kris Radish -- 4-Apr-07
35) Entertaining Angels -- Marita Van Der Vyver -- 7-Apr-07
36) The Wedding -- Nicholas Sparks -- 8-Apr-07
37) Round Robin -- Jennifer Chiaverini -- 9-Apr-07
38) Falling Leaves -- Adeline Yen Mah -- 11-Apr-07
39) Summer People -- Elin Hilderbrandt -- 13-Apr-07
40) Truth or Consequences -- Alison Lurie -- 15-Apr-07
41) The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love -- Joan Medlicott -- 19-Apr-07
42) Julie and Julia -- Julie Powell -- 22-Apr-07
43) Heart of Darkness -- Joseph Conrad -- 30-Apr-07
44) The Only Girl in the Car -- Kathy Dobie -- 2-May-07
45) Conversations with the Fat Girl -- Liza Palmer -- 6-May-07
46) The Kitchen Man -- Ira Wood -- 13-May-07
47) Love Walked In -- Mariso de los Santos -- 29-May-07
48) Nantucket Nights -- Elin Hilderbrandt -- 31-May-07
49) The Perks of Being a Wallflower -- Stephen Chobsky -- 3-Jun-07
50) Into Love and Out Again -- Elinor Lipman -- 6-Jun-07

so now do i shoot for 100???

~pixie

[tgr68]

Wow, pixielou!! :eek: I would go for it!

[Rosebud]

pixielou-- WOW! That is awesome! Definitely go for 100. You're on pace to do it, no problem.

[Alanna]

Pixielou - Count me among those blown away! You should totally go for 100! Amazing job!


My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
29. Currently reading: The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James

* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)

Currently Reading:
26. The Kite Runner

Up Next:
27. The Namesake, Lahari


Posting my top 5 :D so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. A Thread of Grace, Russell
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Currently Reading:
Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks

Waiting to Read:
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost

[greenbunny]

I can't believe you're done already, pixielou! :eek: I am so far behind everyone here, it's not even funny. I have only a dozen books finished.

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone

[chefker]

ARGH! My next book is supposed to be 1776 by David McCullough - but DH is still in the middle of it. So we've got a late substitute here...Moonspinners, by Mary Stewart. I love her King Arthur stuff, so hopefully I'll like this one!

Books 26-48
re-reads have an asterisk.


26. Moonspinners - Mary Stewart
27. 1776 - David McCullough
28. The Physiology of Taste - Brillat-Savarin*
29. Siddartha - Herman Hesse*
30. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand
31. On the road - Jack Kerouac
32. The Decameron - Boccaccio*
33. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostrova
34. Thus Spake Zarathustra - Nietzsche
35. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
36. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice*
37. Lasher - Anne Rice*
38. Taltos - Anne Rice*
39. Ghost Story - Peter Straub*
40. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart*
41. The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart*
42. The Last Enchantment - Mary Stewart*
43. The Wicked Day - Mary Stewart*
44. The Prince and the Pilgrim - Mary Stewart*
45. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
46. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
47. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
48. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

**I finished Marley & Me by John Grogan last night. OMG...I was a sobbing mess by the end of the book. What a beautiful story.

[kugrrly]

ok I am starting today...well okay I am going to start it from June 1 I have already read six books.

[Txfish]

updated from 4/27: (egad! But then, I did have a baby in there somewhere... excuses, excuses. LOL)

1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
2. Elements of Style -- Wendy Wasserstein
3. Everyone Worth Knowing -- Lauren Weisberger
4. The Jungle -- Upton Sinclair
5. A Beautiful Mind (bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.) -- Sylvia Nasar
6. Snobs -- Julian Fellowes
7. The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant (re-read)
8. The Buffalo Soldier -- Chris Bohjalian
9. What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day -- Pearl Cleage
10. John Jacob Aster, America's First Multimillionaire -- Axel Madsen
11. Goodnight Nobody -- Jennifer Weiner
12. Blue Smoke -- Nora Roberts
12. The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette -- Carolly Ericksen
13. H.R.H. -- Danielle Steel
14. Eleven On Top -- Janet Evanovich
15. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
16. Dumping Billy -- Olivia Goldsmith
17. The Tenth Circle -- Jodi Picoult
18. Secret Society Girl: an Ivy League novel -- Diana Peterfreund (loved this!)
19. Spoiled Rotten America: outrages of everyday life -- Larry Miller
20. The Law of Similars -- Chris Bohjalian
21. As I Lay Dying -- William Faulkner (finally finished a Faulkner. Been trying to do that since high school...)
22. The Mother Tongue: English & how it got that way -- Bill Bryson
22 1/2: In Her Own Right: the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Elisabeth Griffith (could not, absolutely could not finish this book. Sigh.)
23. Picture Perfect -- Jodi Picoult
24. Keeping Faith -- Jodi Picoult
25. Under The Banner of Heaven: A story of violent faith -- Jon Krakauer
26. The Other Boleyn Girl -- Philippa Gregory
27. Before You Know Kindness -- Chris Bohjalian

Currently reading:
28. Pillars of the Earth -- Ken Follett

Next up:
29. A Dangerous Fortune -- Ken Follett
30. The Queen's Fool -- Philippa Gregory
31. The Real Animal House : the awesomely depraved saga of the fraternity that inspired the movie -- Chris Miller (just for s&g's)

At least I'm over halfway there -- I'm sure my progress will continue to be slower the rest of the year!

[Alanna]

Congrats on your baby txfish!

I made it to book 30!!


My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny… by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Currently reading: Girl's Poker Night by Jill A. Davis

* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[Alanna]

I finshed Girls' Poker Night yesterday... what a super quick read... almost felt like cheating :)


My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. Currently Reading:The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

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[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson

Currently Reading:
28. The Kite Runner
29. The Namesake, Lahari


Posting my top 5 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. A Thread of Grace, Russell
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See

[Rosebud]

Almost at 30 books. I'm trying to throw in a couple of light/fast reads right now just to keep things moving.

The books I've particularly enjoyed are starred.

**1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
**2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
**9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
**10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
**15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4/5
**16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 4/6
17. The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee 4/12
18. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory 4/16
**19. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn 4/24
**20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 5/3
21. Au Paris by Rachel Spencer 5/11
22. My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme 5/29
23. The Booster: A Novel by Jennifer Solow 5/30
24. A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry 6/2
25. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 6/11
26. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards 6/12
27. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella 6/19
28. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 6/20
29. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (currently reading)

Next up: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

Thoughts on the above titles are on my Bibliophil.org page (http://www.bibliophil.org/library/UserLibrary.php?v_UserName=Rosebud03).

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson

[kissmary]

eeek, if I don't finish a book in the next two days, I'll be behind on my book count! 34/70 right now. I can hope for another reading month like May!

1. Martha Wells – Wheel of the Infinite
2. Nancy Pearl – More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason
3. Patricia A. McKillip – The Sorceress and the Cygnet
4. Colm Tớibín – The Blackwater Lightship
5. Patricia A. McKillip – Harrowing the Dragon
6. Laini Taylor – Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Advance Uncorrected Proof; June 21, 2007)
7. Thomas Cahill – Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
8. Terry Pratchett – Strata
9. Azar Nafisi – Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2/22/07)
10. John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin – Smithsonian Q & A: Cats: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book (2/23/07)
11. Margaret Atwood – The Edible Woman (2/24/07)
12. Jan Karon – A New Song (2/28/07)
13. Patricia A. McKillip – The Book of Atrix Wolfe (3/2/07)
14. Salman Rushdie – Haroun and the Sea of Stories (3/16/07)
15. Patricia A. McKillip – The Cygnet and the Firebird (3/22/07)
16. Martha Wells – City of Bones (4/6/07)
17. Naomi Novik – His Majesty’s Dragon (4/10/07)
18. Thomas Cahill – Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (4/18/07)
19. John Kelly – The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (4/23/07)
20. Jack Weatherford – Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (4/25/07)
21. Norman F. Cantor – In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made (4/29/07)
22. Steve Hagen – Buddhism Plain and Simple (5/1/07)
23. Steven Erikson – Gardens of the Moon (5/3/07)
24. Ray Bradbury – From the Dust Returned (5/4/07)
25. Tad Williams – Shadowplay (5/9/07)
26. Rhonda Byrne – The Secret (5/10/07)
27. Ursula K. LeGuin – Tehanu (5/12/07)
28. Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King – Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (5/14/07), partial
29. Ursula K. LeGuin – The Telling (5/15/07)
30. Jim Butcher – Storm Front (5/23/07)
31. Jim Butcher – Fool Moon (6/4/07)
32. Greg Keyes – The Blood Knight (6/9/07)
33. Richard C. Foltz – Religions of the Silk Road (6/13/07)
34. Jim Butcher – Grave Peril (6/28/07)

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier

[Alanna]

Still chugging away...

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. (currently reading): The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley


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[Niobe]

I'm so far behind...

Updated List:

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey

Now reading A Storm of Swords, book three in ASOIAF, it's LONG - 1,128 pages! :eek:

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler

Currently Reading:
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


Posting my top 6 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. A Thread of Grace, Russell
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
6. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.

Currently Reading:
The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Waiting to Read:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost

I anticipate being up to 35 books at the end of this month!! :D

[ee_chick]

1. Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
2. Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
3. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
6. Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
7. Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
8. Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
9. The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
10. The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
11. A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
12. How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
13. Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
14. Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
15. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
16. Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
17. Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
18. Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
19. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
21. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
22. Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
23. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
24. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
25. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
26. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
27. Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag
28. Never Check e-mail in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern
29. The Man of my Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
30. A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
32. The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard
33. March by Geraldine Brooks
34. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
35. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. The Vampire of Venice Beach by Jennifer Colt

[BumbleB]

apoppy - How was Burning Bright? It is on my to read list, would love to hear what you thought of it. :)

[apoppy]

BumbleB ~ I found Burning Bright to be a bit of a disappointment. I have really enjoyed Tracy Chevalier's previous books, and while this one wasn't necessarily bad, it did seem to lack the spark that made her other work so good. It was very easy to put Burning down and forget about for a few days.

The good things: wonderful details about London life in the 1790s and a few great characters. The bad things: the large number of characters ensured that none of them were developed very fully; William Blake (the central artist figure) seems shoe-horned into the action; an unsatisfactory ending.

I wouldn't tell you to skip reading it, but you could probably move it down in your priority list. :)

[BumbleB]

Thanks. It was already pretty low in my priority list, so at least I know I don't need to be in any rush. I'll try to pick it up at the library at a later date.

I LOVED Girl With A Pearl Earring, but that is the only one of hers I've read.

[Amuse Bouche]

Can I join? I don't know if I'll be able to keep up the pace (what with a distraction arriving in September) but I had read 25 books by June 30.

Here's my list (in reverse order, I just finished Man of My Dreams today):
The Man of My Dreams: A Novel By Curtis Sittenfeld
The Country Life By Rachel Cusk
A Big Storm Knocked It Over By Laurie Colwin
The Art of Detection (Kate Martinelli Mysteries) By Laurie R. King
The Namesake By Jhumpa Lahiri
The Other Woman By Jane Green
The Princess Diaries, Volume V: Princess in Pink (Princess Diaries) By Meg Cabot
Currant Events (Xanth) By Piers Anthony
A Merger of Equals By Debra H. Snider
The Ogre Downstairs By Diana Wynne Jones
Cause Celeb By Helen Fielding
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) (OK, this was a reread) By J.K. Rowling
The Virgin's Lover By Philippa Gregory
On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) By Piers Anthony
Invitation to Provence By Elizabeth Adler
Three Junes By Julia Glass
The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper Short Novel Series) By Colleen McCullough
Happiness Sold Separately By Lolly Winston
To Say Nothing of the Dog By Connie Willis
Quentin's By Maeve Binchy
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia By Elizabeth Gilbert
The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Second Edition By Vicki Iovine
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4, By Sue Townsend
Tam Lin By Pamela Dean
The Illyrian Adventure, By Lloyd Alexander
Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot : Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality By Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer

[Alanna]

Welcome Amuse Bouche!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud… by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
33. (currently reading): Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith


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[tgr68]

Finally finished The True Meaning of Cleavage. I can't say that I really enjoyed it that much and found it borderline boring. :( I am going to start Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass tonight.

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman (currently reading)

I got behind when we decided to move and bought a house, sold our house, etc. all in the span of like 3 weeks. We're moving in 2 weeks, so I'm guessing that will put me even farther behind.

Plus The Orchid Thief almost killed me. Ugh. Only midly interesting, but I was determined to finish it!

Oh wait, I'm not behind. It's only week 28 of the year and I'm on book 29. :D


tgr, This book selection is cracking me up :D:

Toilet Training in Less Than a Day

[tgr68]

SiValleySteph~I thought the other mommies here would find that choice amusing. I decided to pick it up and read it though after another May/June 2005 mommy completely day trained (including naps) her DD in 4 days after reading the book.

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Currently Reading:
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen


Posting my top 6 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. A Thread of Grace, Russell
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
6. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See

[Niobe]

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist (plane reading)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Phillipa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillipa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
17. A Storm of Swords (book three in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin

Almost finished with A Feast for Crows, book four in ASOIAF, and book five still has no release date. :( Guess I'll have to read some of the books I've been putting off for a while now. On the plus side, all the books I've been putting off are far shorter then each book in ASOIAF, so hopefully I can get back on track to reading 50 books this year.

[Alanna]

Welcome Amuse Bouche!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Currently reading: Superstud by Paul Feig


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[hokiegirl]

Time to update my list:
1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (reading)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson (reading when Devil in White City gets too heavy).
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (next book waiting to be read)
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis by William Alexander
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (reading)
30. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich (reading)

I've gotten good titles from this list to put on reserve at the library!

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. Currently reading: The Moor by Laurie King


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[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kativa Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot


I really liked Salaam, Paris, so I picked up another book by the author at the library this week. I, of course, really enjoyed The Making of a Chef. I knew I would. :)

I'm barely staying ahead of the pace!!

Amuse Bouche, You should have plenty of time to read while feeding your little one! :D I got so much reading done when DS was a baby and he was breastfeeding All. The. Time. Congrats to you!

[Niobe]

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
17. A Storm of Swords (book three in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
18. A Feast for Crows (book four in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
19. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
37. Currently reading: The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
AND
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

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[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy

Currently Reading:
37. Blessings

Posting my top 8 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Water for Elephants, Gruen
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
6. A Thread of Grace, Russell
7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (of course, at top of list)

[tgr68]

I haven't updated in a long while. I honestly just haven't found a book that strikes my interest. I tried Alice in Wonderland and Young James Bond: Silverfin but couldn't really get into either one. :(

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.
33. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Currently Reading:
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Waiting to Read:
Jinx by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot

Going to Try Again at a Later Date:
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

[kissmary]

Might as well post an end of month update...

1. Martha Wells – Wheel of the Infinite
2. Nancy Pearl – More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason
3. Patricia A. McKillip – The Sorceress and the Cygnet
4. Colm Tớibín – The Blackwater Lightship
5. Patricia A. McKillip – Harrowing the Dragon
6. Laini Taylor – Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Advance Uncorrected Proof; June 21, 2007)
7. Thomas Cahill – Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
8. Terry Pratchett – Strata
9. Azar Nafisi – Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2/22/07)
10. John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin – Smithsonian Q & A: Cats: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book (2/23/07)
11. Margaret Atwood – The Edible Woman (2/24/07)
12. Jan Karon – A New Song (2/28/07)
13. Patricia A. McKillip – The Book of Atrix Wolfe (3/2/07)
14. Salman Rushdie – Haroun and the Sea of Stories (3/16/07)
15. Patricia A. McKillip – The Cygnet and the Firebird (3/22/07)
16. Martha Wells – City of Bones (4/6/07)
17. Naomi Novik – His Majesty’s Dragon (4/10/07)
18. Thomas Cahill – Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (4/18/07)
19. John Kelly – The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (4/23/07)
20. Jack Weatherford – Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (4/25/07)
21. Norman F. Cantor – In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made (4/29/07)
22. Steve Hagen – Buddhism Plain and Simple (5/1/07)
23. Steven Erikson – Gardens of the Moon (5/3/07)
24. Ray Bradbury – From the Dust Returned (5/4/07)
25. Tad Williams – Shadowplay (5/9/07)
26. Rhonda Byrne – The Secret (5/10/07)
27. Ursula K. LeGuin – Tehanu (5/12/07)
28. Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King – Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (5/14/07), partial
29. Ursula K. LeGuin – The Telling (5/15/07)
30. Jim Butcher – Storm Front (5/23/07)
31. Jim Butcher – Fool Moon (6/4/07)
32. Greg Keyes – The Blood Knight (6/9/07)
33. Richard C. Foltz – Religions of the Silk Road (6/13/07)
34. Jim Butcher – Grave Peril (6/28/07)
35. Madeleine L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time (7/1/07) re-read
36. Madeleine L’Engle – A Wind in the Door (7/7/07) re-read
37. Laraine Herring – Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying your Authentic Voice (ARC: Sept. 15, 2007) (7/17/07)
38. Madeleine L’Engle – A Swiftly Tilting Planet (7/20/07) re-read
39. J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7/24/07)
40. Madeleine L’Engle – Many Waters (7/28/07)
41. Diana Wynne Jones – The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (8/1/07)

Audio:
1. Bernard Cornwell – The Pale Horseman (abridged)
2. Richard Preston – The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring (abridged)
3. Ian McEwan – Saturday

[ee_chick]

1. Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
2. Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
3. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
6. Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
7. Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
8. Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
9. The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
10. The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
11. A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
12. How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
13. Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
14. Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
15. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
16. Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
17. Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
18. Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
19. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
21. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
22. Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
23. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
24. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
25. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
26. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
27. Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag
28. Never Check e-mail in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern
29. The Man of my Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
30. A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
32. The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard
33. March by Geraldine Brooks
34. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
35. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
36. Heat by Bill Buford
37. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
38. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
39. Getting Things Done by David Allen
40. Blink by Malcom Gladwell
41. Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
39. Currently reading: The Big Love by Sarah Dunn

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[catch]

I'm so behind on my reading. I took a 3 month break around February because of school.

Here's my updated list:
1. Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie (finished 1/04/07)
2. Mr. Maybe by Jane Green (finished 1/06/07)
3. The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin (finished 1/09/07)
4. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (finished 1/26/07)
5. Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/02/07)
6. Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/8/07)
7. Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/12/07)
8. The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (finished 2/16/07)
9. Milk Glass Moon - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/20/07)
10. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
11. What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self - Ellyn Spragins
12. Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (5/25/07)
13. Home to Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani (5/28/07)
14. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls (6/03/07)
15. Queen of the Big Time - Adriana Trigiani (6/7/07)
16. Kate Remembered - A. Scott Berg
17. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory (6/24/07)
18. Ava: My Story - Ava Gardner (7/3/07)
19. Magical Thinking: True Stories - Augusten Burroughs (7/5/07)
20. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith (7/12/07)
21. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire (7/16/07)
22. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling (7/23/07)
23. Babyville - Jane Green (7/25/07)
24. The Debutante Divorcee - Plum Sykes (7/27/07)
25. Anyone But You - Jennifer Crusie (7/29/07)

I need to get some quick reads in before the Fall semester begins! I started reading Madame Bovary after HP7, but it's been like 2 weeks and I'm barely on page 45, slow read.

[Niobe]

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
17. A Storm of Swords (book three in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
18. A Feast for Crows (book four in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
19. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
21. In the Beginning Was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson
22. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

I, Claudius is next on my list - may actually skip it for now and find some more quick books to get through before the semester starts.

[hokiegirl]

New update to my list:
1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (recommend)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn (recommend)
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (recommend)
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis by William Alexander
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (recommend)
30. The Quickie by James Patterson
31. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (recommend)
32. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich (reading)
33. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry (might start reading)

[Alanna]

I'm excited to announce that I am about to start my 40th book! :)

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. Currently reading: The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver

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[kris97]

I'm new to the thread, but have been keeping track of the books I've read since January in a personal 50 book challenge, so I'd like to join. :)

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Fourt
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro


The vast majority of my reading is chick lit, but lately I've been trying to alternate with some more literary options like Margaret Atwood. So far, though, my favorite books this year have been by Jane Green, who I just recently discovered. I also really enjoyed Memory Keeper's Daughter and Playing With Boys.

Looking forward to trying for 50!

[Alanna]

welcome Kris97!!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
41. currently reading: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld


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[Alanna]

It's so quiet in here! Where is everyone? :)

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. currently reading: Toast by Nigel Slater



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[BumbleB]

I'm Here! I've been taking it pretty slow since Harry Potter - August is going to be a 2-3 book kind of month for me.



1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini

Currently Reading:
39. The Red Tent


Posting my top 8 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Water for Elephants, Gruen
4. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
5. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
6. A Thread of Grace, Russell
7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (of course, at top of list)

[tgr68]

I have just not been in the mood to read lately. M/s has really been kicking my butt this pgcy, so all my extra time goes to sleeping. ;) Hopefully I'll be able to start picking up the books soon.

[hokiegirl]

Updated list:
1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (recommend)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn (recommend)
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (recommend)
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Royal Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. The $64 Tomato:How 1 Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, & Endured an Existential Crisis by William Alexander
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (recommend)
30. The Quickie by James Patterson
31. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (recommend)
32. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich
33. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
34. A Marriage Made in Heaven: or Too Tired to Have an Affair by Erma Bombeck
35. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (reading)
36. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell (reading)

[Alanna]

I'm glad so many people are still around!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Currently reading: Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer


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[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7

Can you tell what I read during my vacation? ;)

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James


Number 33 was really bad.

The first Kavita Daswani I read was really good, the second was pretty good, the third was only eh. I'm not sure I will read anymore.

Although I'm behind most of you, it's only week 34 of the year, so I'm ahead! Woohoo! :D

[thyme]

Hee! Jilly Cooper! So trashy. So completely unredeemed. So enjoyable. I picked up Riders when I was about 14 and was totally hooked. I think Polo is on my nightstand right now.

[SiValleySteph]

hahaha I love Jilly Cooper! It is so trashy! I have 3 of them that I read when I need a pick me up. :D

[ee_chick]

1. Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
2. Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
3. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
6. Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
7. Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
8. Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
9. The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
10. The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
11. A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
12. How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
13. Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
14. Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
15. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
16. Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
17. Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
18. Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
19. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
21. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
22. Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
23. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
24. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
25. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
26. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
27. Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag
28. Never Check e-mail in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern
29. The Man of my Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
30. A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
32. The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard
33. March by Geraldine Brooks
34. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
35. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
36. Heat by Bill Buford
37. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
38. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
39. Getting Things Done by David Allen
40. Blink by Malcom Gladwell
41. Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons
42. Peony in Love by Lisa See
43. Plainsong by Kent Haruf
44. Hotel Pastis: a Novel of Provence by Peter Mayle
45. Goodbye Without Leaving by Laurie Colwin

[nawsgirl]

Moving right along....

1. Home to Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiani
2. Thunderstruck- Erik Larson
3. The Last Juror- John Grisham
4. The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid- Bill Bryson
5. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Boy Who Fell out of the Sky- Ken Dornstein
7. Back When We were Grown-ups- Anne Tyler
8. The Tender Bar- J.R. Moehringer
9. The Book of Fate- Brad Meltzer
10. The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
11. Plum Lovin'- Janet Evanovich
12. Snow Blind- P.J. Tracy
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brashares
14. Nature Girl- Carl Hiaasen
15. Lisey's Story- Stephen King
16. The Reptile Room (bk. 2)- Lemony Snicket
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu- Susanna Clarke
18. Girls' Night In- short story compilation
19. Plan B, Further Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
20. Grace (Eventually), Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
21. The Wide Window (bk. 3)- Lemony Snicket
22. I Heard That Song Before- Mary Higgins Clark
23. The Miserable Mill (bk. 4)- Lemony Snicket
24. Heart-Shaped Box- Joe Hill
25. The Austere Academy (bk. 5)- Lemony Snicket
26. In A Sunburned Country- Bill Bryson
27. Body Surfing- Anita Shreve
28. If I am Missing or Dead- Janine Latus
29. The Overachievers- Alexandra Robbins
30. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
31. What the Dead Know- Laura Lippman
32. Lean Mean Thirteen- Janet Evanovich
33. The Body in the Library- Agatha Christie
34. The Woods- Harlan Coben
35. On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan

Coming up next:
Garlic and Sapphires- Ruth Reichl
The Double Bind- Chris Bohjalian

[Niobe]

1. Deception Point - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
17. A Storm of Swords (book three in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
18. A Feast for Crows (book four in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
19. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
21. In the Beginning Was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson
22. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
23. Mary, Queen of France - Jean Plaidy

I think at this point, I'm hopelessly behind. Between school and work, I have little reading time. But it's still fun to keep track of what I read in a year. :)

[Rosebud]

Well, I've barely read anything in the past three months. The morning sickness has been so bad that I haven't been able to do anything except lie in bed and whimper. Not sure if I'll make it to 50 this year, but keeping on anyway. Current list:

The books I've particularly enjoyed are starred.

**1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
**2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
**9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
**10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
**15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4/5
**16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 4/6
17. The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee 4/12
18. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory 4/16
**19. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn 4/24
**20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 5/3
21. Au Paris by Rachel Spencer 5/11
22. My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme 5/29
23. The Booster: A Novel by Jennifer Solow 5/30
24. A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry 6/2
25. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 6/11
26. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards 6/12
27. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella 6/19
28. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 6/20
29. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin 6/22
30. The Irish Game: A True Story of Art and Crime by Matthew Hart 6/25
**31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 6/28
32. Garlic and Sapphires : The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl 7/1
33. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 8/21
34. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost (currently listening)
35. Spymaster: My Life in the CIA by Ted Shackley (currently reading)

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[hokiegirl]

Read some great books lately, so I've been flying through them.

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (recommend)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn (recommend)
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (recommend)
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Royal Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. The $64 Tomato:How 1 Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, & Endured an Existential Crisis by William Alexander
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (recommend)
30. The Quickie by James Patterson
31. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (recommend)
32. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich
33. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
34. A Marriage Made in Heaven: or Too Tired to Have an Affair by Erma Bombeck
35. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (depressing, but recommend)
36. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
37. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (recommend)
38. Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (reading)
39. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (reading)

[Alanna]

Oh gosh.. my last book was such a slog through the last third ... it started out pretty interesting and then *boom* i felt like i hit a wall... it was serious work getting to the end of it...

but now I'm making it up with fluffy fluff fluff.

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
44. (currently reading) The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants) by Ann Brashares

* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. (currently reading) Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu

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[kris97]

updating with the last of this summer's chick lit books ...
1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant

Currently Reading:
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde


Posting my top 8 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
7. A Thread of Grace, Russell
8. The Red Tent, Diamant

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.
33. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
35. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Currently Reading:
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Waiting to Read:
Jinx by Meg Cabot

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James
37. Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
38. ??? Can't remember!!!
39. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
40. Currently reading Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian

For the life of me, I just can't remember what book 38 was. I check the books out from the library and it got returned last Wednesday. What could it have been?!?! :confused: If I can't remember the title, maybe I can't count it. ;) I think it was pretty good. It didn't take long to read.

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
46. (currently reading) Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin

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[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot

[Alanna]

Everyone is doing really well!

I feel like I can see the finish line ;) (so to speak... i'm not planning on stopping or anything....)

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
47. (currently reading) Three Junes by Julia Glass




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1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond

[ee_chick]

I finished #50 last night!

1. Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
2. Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
3. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
6. Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons
7. Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
8. Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
9. The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
10. The Big Love : A Novel by Sarah Dunn
11. A Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
12. How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
13. Hex and the Single Girl by Valerie Frankel
14. Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons
15. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
16. Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile
17. Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons
18. Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
19. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston
20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
21. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
22. Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
23. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
24. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
25. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
26. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
27. Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag
28. Never Check e-mail in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern
29. The Man of my Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
30. A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
32. The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard
33. March by Geraldine Brooks
34. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
35. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
36. Heat by Bill Buford
37. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
38. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
39. Getting Things Done by David Allen
40. Blink by Malcom Gladwell
41. Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons
42. Peony in Love by Lisa See
43. Plainsong by Kent Haruf
44. Hotel Pastis: a Novel of Provence by Peter Mayle
45. Goodbye Without Leaving by Laurie Colwin
46. Flirting with Forty by Jane Porter
47. Frenemies by Megan Crane
48. A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell
49. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
50. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

[kris97]

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes

next up: On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan; Slightly Settled, Wendy Markham; The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler

[Alanna]

Way to go ee_chick!!!!!

:)!

[Alanna]

Question:

Would it be dorky if I posted a Congrats/ Completed the Challenge section to the first post?

As people finish their 50th Book (or if they are doing a half year challenge - when they finish their 25th book - or whatever their goal is) they can post in Red and I will add their name to the front page.....


And then at the end of the year we could even put the final numbers up before starting a thread for next year....

anyway... just a thought.... credit where credit is due... right? ;)

so if anyone who has finished would like to opt in just let me know by posting your consent in red (and if you want and can remember... the date that you finished your 50th book.)


My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. Currently Reading: What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin




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[BumbleB]

ETA: Alanna, that sounds great to me. I'm sure there are many people out there who would find it dorky that we're reading 50 books ;) - so why not be dorky and post when we finish them? Those are the people who just don't know what they're missing. :)


1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig

Currently Reading:
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink


Posting my top 9 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
7. A Thread of Grace, Russell
8. The Whistling Season, Doig
9. The Red Tent, Diamant

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James
37. Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
38. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
39. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
40. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
41. Invisible lives by Anjali Bamerjee.
42. The lady and the unicorn by Tracy Chevalier, currently reading


I had to drop the book I can't remember. I just am drawing a total blank of that one! I even asked at the library if they keep a record of what you have checked out and they don't. Oh well! :)

[SiValleySteph]

I finished #50 last night!


Good for you! :D Since it's only week 39, if you keep on this pace, you'll read 67 books this year! Wow!

I aplogize for my geekiness... :cool:

[Alanna]

So I jazzed up the front page a bit and got it ready for anyone who wants to be recognized as finishing the challenge.

so if anyone who has finished would like to opt in just let me know by posting your consent in red (and if you want and can remember... the date that you finished your 50th book.)


My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin
49. Currently Reading: The Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery by Michelle Stacey




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[ee_chick]

alanna, you can put me down for finishing on 9/15. Thanks!

SiValleySteph, I am totally cool with your geekiness. :)

[Alanna]

Yay!

Updated to here

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond

[tgr68]

I feel like it's been forever since I last posted in here. I've been fighting off terrible m/s though, so I haven't been able to do much reading. :(

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.
33. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
35. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
36. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
37. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella

Currently Reading:
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Waiting to Read:
Demon in my View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

[hokiegirl]

Wow, you girls are flying with your reading!

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (recommend)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn (recommend)
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (recommend)
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Royal Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. $64 Tomato:How 1 Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (recommend)
30. The Quickie by James Patterson
31. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (recommend)
32. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich
33. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
34. Marriage Made in Heaven: or Too Tired to Have an Affair by Erma Bombeck
35. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (depressing, but recommend)
36. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
37. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (recommend)
38. Omnivore's Dilemma:Natural History of 4 Meals-Michael Pollan (recommend)
39. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
40. Manhunt: 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer-James L. Swanson (recommend)
41. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (reading)

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James
37. Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
38. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
39. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
40. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
41. Invisible lives by Anjali Bamerjee.
42. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
43. The History of Swimming by Kim Powers*
44. Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf Currently reading

* This book almost did me in. Ugh. I didn't find it interesting at all. Don't be fooled it is not about swimming. It is a memoir about one brother's search for his mentally ill twin brother who dissapears a few weeks after trying to committ suicide. I didn't find the story compelling. I really didn't care if he found his brother. (He did.) Then there was a postscript talking about his two brothers died with AIDS that seemed totally disconnected from the rest of the story. That was sad. Anyways, finally finished it! That goodness!!

[kris97]

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
39) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
40) Always a Bridesmaid - Whitney Lyles
41) Here Comes the Bride - Whitney Lyles
42) Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem

I think I'm getting Chick-Litted out, at least the subpar ones. After my thousandth Girl Plans Wedding! book, I really appreciated the literary writing of Lethem and McEwan.

[catch]

I'm bummed, I'm like 10 books behind everyone else :( I need to get some quick reads in before the year is over (only 3 months to go!)

1. Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie (finished 1/04/07)
2. Mr. Maybe by Jane Green (finished 1/06/07)
3. The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin (finished 1/09/07)
4. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (finished 1/26/07)
5. Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/02/07)
6. Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/8/07)
7. Big Cherry Holler - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/12/07)
8. The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (finished 2/16/07)
9. Milk Glass Moon - Adriana Trigiani (finished 2/20/07)
10. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
11. What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self - Ellyn Spragins
12. Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (5/25/07)
13. Home to Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani (5/28/07)
14. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls (6/03/07)
15. Queen of the Big Time - Adriana Trigiani (6/7/07)
16. Kate Remembered - A. Scott Berg
17. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory (6/24/07)
18. Ava: My Story - Ava Gardner (7/3/07)
19. Magical Thinking: True Stories - Augusten Burroughs (7/5/07)
20. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith (7/12/07)
21. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire (7/16/07)
22. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling (7/23/07)
23. Babyville - Jane Green (7/25/07)
24. The Debutante Divorcee - Plum Sykes (7/27/07)
25. Anyone But You - Jennifer Crusie (7/29/07)
26. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
27. Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
28. An Actual Life - Abigail Thomas
29. A Year in the Merde - Stephen Clarke
30. Reality TV Bites - Shane Bolks
31. Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut (9/26/07)

I've wasted weeks of my life trying to get through these 3 and it's just not happening: Madame Bovary, Lipstick Jungle and My Life So Far (Jane Fonda).
So frustrating.

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak

[Cali*Girl]

I'm currently lurking in this thread so that I can join next years, but apoppy, I have to ask...what is Dead Ex about?

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Anne of Green Gables

Currently Reading:
45. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink
46. Anne of Avonlea (yes, I re-read these every year in the fall - they are perfect for staying in on cooler nights!) :)

Posting my top 9 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
7. A Thread of Grace, Russell
8. The Whistling Season, Doig
9. The Red Tent, Diamant
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[Alanna]

It's so weird... I think I'm hitting some sort of wall... or it could be that I have had alot of stress in my life lately... either way... I am having a hard time finding books that I enjoy enough to finish. Sigh. Looks like I may limp through the finish line.

Bumble B - I love the Anne books... I have a big collection of LM Montgomery... but I havent read them for years... maybe that's what would get me out of my reading funk!

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin
*49. The Kalahari typing school for men by Alexander McCall Smith (9/30)
Currently reading I have no idea...


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[Txfish]

Updating from 6/13: yes, it's been 3 months. Babies are serious computer-time killers. LOL

1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
2. Elements of Style -- Wendy Wasserstein
3. Everyone Worth Knowing -- Lauren Weisberger
4. The Jungle -- Upton Sinclair
5. A Beautiful Mind (bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.) -- Sylvia Nasar
6. Snobs -- Julian Fellowes
7. The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant (re-read)
8. The Buffalo Soldier -- Chris Bohjalian
9. What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day -- Pearl Cleage
10. John Jacob Aster, America's First Multimillionaire -- Axel Madsen
11. Goodnight Nobody -- Jennifer Weiner
12. Blue Smoke -- Nora Roberts
12. The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette -- Carolly Ericksen
13. H.R.H. -- Danielle Steel
14. Eleven On Top -- Janet Evanovich
15. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
16. Dumping Billy -- Olivia Goldsmith
17. The Tenth Circle -- Jodi Picoult
18. Secret Society Girl: an Ivy League novel -- Diana Peterfreund (loved this!)
19. Spoiled Rotten America: outrages of everyday life -- Larry Miller
20. The Law of Similars -- Chris Bohjalian
21. As I Lay Dying -- William Faulkner (finally finished a Faulkner. Been trying to do that since high school...)
22. The Mother Tongue: English & how it got that way -- Bill Bryson
22 1/2: In Her Own Right: the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Elisabeth Griffith (could not, absolutely could not finish this book. Sigh.)
23. Picture Perfect -- Jodi Picoult
24. Keeping Faith -- Jodi Picoult
25. Under The Banner of Heaven: A story of violent faith -- Jon Krakauer
26. The Other Boleyn Girl -- Philippa Gregory
27. Before You Know Kindness -- Chris Bohjalian
28. Pillars of the Earth -- Ken Follett
30. The Queen's Fool -- Philippa Gregory
31. The Real Animal House : the awesomely depraved saga of the fraternity that inspired the movie -- Chris Miller
32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- J.K. Rowling
33. P is for Peril -- Sue Grafton
34. Whiteout -- Ken Follett
35. The House -- Danielle Steel
36. Nineteen Minutes -- Jodi Picoult
37. Left Behind: a novel of the Earth's last days (#1 in the Left Behind series) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
38. Tribulation Force: the continuing drama of those left behind (#2) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
39. Nicolae: the rise of Antichrist (#3) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
40. Soul Harvest: the world takes sides (#4) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
41. Skinny Dip -- Carl Hiaasen

Currently reading:
42. The Mermaid Chair -- Sue Monk Kidd

Next up:
43. Apollyon: the destroyer is unleashed (#5) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
44. Assassins: assignment - Jerusalem, target - Antichrist (#6) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
45. The Indwelling: the beast takes possession (#7) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
46. The Mark: the beast rules the world (#8) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
47. Desecration: Antichrist takes the throne (#9) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
48. The Remnant: on the brink of armageddon (#10) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
49. Armageddon: the cosmic battle of the ages (#11) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
50. Glorious Appearing: the end of days (#12) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
51. Kingdom Come: the final victory -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins


Yeah, yeah, I know. Shamelessly filling out the year with a series. But they're all written (no waiting for the next one!) and they're quick reads, and I'm determined to get to the end of the world now that I've started :)

Plus, I read 2 other books *in the last 2 weeks* that I cannot for the life of me remember, and that is really sad, so I'm taking pity on myself and "padding" my list with fluff. I know I've probably forgotten plenty of others through the year, too. I miss when the library used to keep a history of checked out books. Sigh.

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
44. The Empress of Weehawken: A Novel by Irene Dische (Author)

ETA:
45. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom

[Niobe]

1. Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
17. A Storm of Swords (book three in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
18. A Feast for Crows (book four in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
19. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
21. In the Beginning Was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson
22. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
23. Mary, Queen of France - Jean Plaidy
24. Wideacre - Phillipa Gregory
25. Deception Point - Dan Brown (I had this down as the first book I read, but that book was actually Digital Fortress. Oops)
26. What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America - Thomas Frank

Currently, I'm finishing up Jane Eyre (remedying a long-standing oversight. It's a great book). Totally not going to hit 50 books this year. :cool:

[kissmary]

Well, I have read over 50 books, but don't think I'll get to my 70 book goal, unless I read a bunch of easy books (I do have 5 Dresden novels by Jim Butcher to read!). November will be filled with writing and not much reading. And then we'll be moving, too, so even less time for reading! :eek:

1. Martha Wells – Wheel of the Infinite
2. Nancy Pearl – More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason
3. Patricia A. McKillip – The Sorceress and the Cygnet
4. Colm Tá»›ibÃ*n – The Blackwater Lightship
5. Patricia A. McKillip – Harrowing the Dragon
6. Laini Taylor – Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Advance Uncorrected Proof; June 21, 2007)
7. Thomas Cahill – Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
8. Terry Pratchett – Strata
9. Azar Nafisi – Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2/22/07)
10. John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin – Smithsonian Q & A: Cats: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book (2/23/07)
11. Margaret Atwood – The Edible Woman (2/24/07)
12. Jan Karon – A New Song (2/28/07)
13. Patricia A. McKillip – The Book of Atrix Wolfe (3/2/07)
14. Salman Rushdie – Haroun and the Sea of Stories (3/16/07)
15. Patricia A. McKillip – The Cygnet and the Firebird (3/22/07)
16. Martha Wells – City of Bones (4/6/07)
17. Naomi Novik – His Majesty’s Dragon (4/10/07)
18. Thomas Cahill – Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (4/18/07)
19. John Kelly – The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (4/23/07)
20. Jack Weatherford – Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (4/25/07)
21. Norman F. Cantor – In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made (4/29/07)
22. Steve Hagen – Buddhism Plain and Simple (5/1/07)
23. Steven Erikson – Gardens of the Moon (5/3/07)
24. Ray Bradbury – From the Dust Returned (5/4/07)
25. Tad Williams – Shadowplay (5/9/07)
26. Rhonda Byrne – The Secret (5/10/07)
27. Ursula K. LeGuin – Tehanu (5/12/07)
28. Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King – Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (5/14/07), partial
29. Ursula K. LeGuin – The Telling (5/15/07)
30. Jim Butcher – Storm Front (5/23/07)
31. Jim Butcher – Fool Moon (6/4/07)
32. Greg Keyes – The Blood Knight (6/9/07)
33. Richard C. Foltz – Religions of the Silk Road (6/13/07)
34. Jim Butcher – Grave Peril (6/28/07)
35. Madeleine L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time (7/1/07) re-read
36. Madeleine L’Engle – A Wind in the Door (7/7/07) re-read
37. Laraine Herring – Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying your Authentic Voice (ARC: Sept. 15, 2007) (7/17/07)
38. Madeleine L’Engle – A Swiftly Tilting Planet (7/20/07) re-read
39. J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7/24/07)
40. Madeleine L’Engle – Many Waters (7/28/07)
41. Diana Wynne Jones – The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (8/1/07)
42. Will Durant – The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time, compiled and edited by John Little (8/2/07)
43. Madeleine L’Engle – An Acceptable Time (8/11/07)
44. Brian Fagan – From Stonehenge to Samarkand: And Anthology of Archaeological Travel Writing (8/23/07)
45. Anne Lamott – Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (8/26/07)
46. Jennifer Chiaverini – Round Robin (8/27/07)
47. Jim Butcher – Summer Knight (8/29/07)
48. Terry Pratchett – Making Money (9/4/07) (ARC)
49. Terry Brooks – Genesis of Shannara: The Elves of Cintra (9/13/07)
50. Cormac McCarthy – The Road (9/23/07)
51. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman – Into the Labyrinth (9/29/07)
52. Steven Erikson – Deadhouse Gates (10/11/07) *finishing today!

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
45. Anne of Avonlea, Montgomery
46. Anne of the Island, Montgomery
47. Anne of Windy Poplars, Montgomery

Currently Reading:
48. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink
49. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield

Book #50 is probably going to be: World Without End, Follett (and could take me awhile since it is over 1,000 pages! :eek:)

Posting my top 9 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
7. A Thread of Grace, Russell
8. The Whistling Season, Doig
9. The Red Tent, Diamant

[pixielou]

I finished my first 50 on 6 June 07. I'm working on my second 50 now.

51. The Notebook Nicholas Sparks 8-Jun-07
52. The Beach Club Elin Hilderbrandt 9-Jun-07
53. The Story of the Trapp Family Singers Maria Augusta Trapp 14-Jun-07
54. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 18-Jun-07
55. Charlottes Web E. B. White 20-Jun-07
56. Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling 23-Jun-07
57. Honeymoon with My Brother Franz Wisner 28-Jun-07
58. Julie and Romeo Get Lucky Jeanne Ray 30-Jun-07
59. The Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White 2-Jul-07
60. Tears of the Giraffe Alexander McCall Smith 4-Jul-07
61. How to Make an American Quilt Whitney Otto 9-Jul-07
62. The Potato Baron John Thorndike 12-Jul-07
63. Making Ends Meet Barbara Howar 23-Jul-07
64. Pinochio Carlo Collodi 27-Jul-07
65. Morality for Beautiful Girls Alexander McCall Smith 27-Jul-07
66. A Walk to Remember Nicholas Sparks 28-Jul-07
67. Centerburg Tales Robert McCloskey 28-Jul-07
68. Stuart Little E. B. White 29-Jul-07
69. I Know This Much is True Wally Lamb 7-Aug-07
70. The Kalahari Typing School for Men Alexander McCall Smith 9-Aug-07
71. Sammys Hill Kristin Gore 12-Aug-07
72. White Oleander Janet Fitch 26-Aug-07
73. Barefoot Elin Hilderbrandt 29-Aug-07
74. Water for Elephants Sara Gruen 31-Aug-07
75. The Full Cupboard of Life Alexander McCall Smith 3-Sep-07
76. The Love Season Elin Hilderbrandt 7-Sep-07
77. The Sibling Thing Saul Turteltaub 8-Sep-07
78. The SundayPhilosophy Club Alexander McCall Smith 10-Sep-07
79. Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 11-Sep-07
80. Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder 14-Sep-07
81. Beautiful Lies Lisa Unger 18-Sep-07
82. How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life Mameve Medwed 21-Sep-07
83. The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Graham 4-Oct-07
84. In The Company of Cheerful Ladies Alexander McCall Smith 6-Oct-07
85. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards Lilian Jackson Braun 8-Oct-07
86. The Bend in the Road Nicholas Sparks 11-Oct-07

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
44. The Empress of Weehawken: A Novel by Irene Dische (Author)
45. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
46. Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.
33. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
35. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
36. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
37. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
38. Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
39. In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Currently Reading:
Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella

Waiting to Read:
Demon in my View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James
37. Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
38. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
39. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
40. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
41. Invisible lives by Anjali Bamerjee.
42. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
43. The History of Swimming by Kim Powers
44. Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf
45. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
46. The Seasoning of a Chef: My Journey from Diner to Ducasse and Beyond by Doug Psaltis and Michael Psaltis
47. Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess by Gael Greene Currently reading

Getting close!

pixielou, Wow, wow and more wow! :eek: I know you have a preschooler - when do you read?

[Alanna]

updated to here

i have a feeling that a lot of us will be finishing in the next few weeks!

[pixielou]

pixielou, Wow, wow and more wow! :eek: I know you have a preschooler - when do you read?

I have one of those kids who plays very well by herself - as long as i'm sitting near her. This summer, she would play in her sandbox for hours - provided I was sitting in a patio chair next to her. And now she will play for hours with her kitchen - provided I'm sitting right in the room with her. But - she does not want me to play with her - just be there. So I either surf the net or read. I'm limited to activities where I can sit still! I also read for a couple hours before we go to bed at night while my DH watches TV.

I'll be seriously slowing down with my reading the next few weeks. I'm taking a hand quilting class - so I'll have to do my quilting at night now.

[SiValleySteph]

Awww... I see. My son wants me to play with him most of the time, so I can't read very much when he's up. I get mine in after he goes to bed and while I'm getting ready, that sort of thing.

[nawsgirl]

The end is near!!




1. Home to Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiani
2. Thunderstruck- Erik Larson
3. The Last Juror- John Grisham
4. The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid- Bill Bryson
5. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Boy Who Fell out of the Sky- Ken Dornstein
7. Back When We were Grown-ups- Anne Tyler
8. The Tender Bar- J.R. Moehringer
9. The Book of Fate- Brad Meltzer
10. The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
11. Plum Lovin'- Janet Evanovich
12. Snow Blind- P.J. Tracy
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brashares
14. Nature Girl- Carl Hiaasen
15. Lisey's Story- Stephen King
16. The Reptile Room (bk. 2)- Lemony Snicket
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu- Susanna Clarke
18. Girls' Night In- short story compilation
19. Plan B, Further Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
20. Grace (Eventually), Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
21. The Wide Window (bk. 3)- Lemony Snicket
22. I Heard That Song Before- Mary Higgins Clark
23. The Miserable Mill (bk. 4)- Lemony Snicket
24. Heart-Shaped Box- Joe Hill
25. The Austere Academy (bk. 5)- Lemony Snicket
26. In A Sunburned Country- Bill Bryson
27. Body Surfing- Anita Shreve
28. If I am Missing or Dead- Janine Latus
29. The Overachievers- Alexandra Robbins
30. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
31. What the Dead Know- Laura Lippman
32. Lean Mean Thirteen- Janet Evanovich
33. The Body in the Library- Agatha Christie
34. The Woods- Harlan Coben
35. On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan

36. Garlic and Sapphires- Ruth Reichl
37. Momzillas- Jill Kargman
38. The Manny- Holly Peterson
39. The Penderwicks- Jeanne Birdsall
40. The Double Bind- Chris Bohjalian
41. The Last Summer (of You & Me)- Ann Brashares
42. The Tale of Desperaux- Kate DiCamillo
43. Kabul Beauty School- Deborah Rodriguez
44. The Friday Night Knitting Club- Kate Jacobs
45. The Mystery of the Blue Train- Agatha Christie

Currently reading & listening to:
Nineteen Minutes- Jodi Picoult
Second Chance- Jane Green

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
44. The Empress of Weehawken: A Novel by Irene Dische (Author)
45. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
46. Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston
47. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

Three to go! Lately, it has been taking me forever to get through a book, so who knows when I will actually reach the finish line.

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.
33. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
35. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
36. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
37. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
38. Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
39. In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
40. Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella
41. Demon in my View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
42. Shattered Glass by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Currently Reading:
Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Waiting to Read:
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

[kris97]

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
39) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
40) Always a Bridesmaid - Whitney Lyles
41) Here Comes the Bride - Whitney Lyles
42) Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
43) Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
44) The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler
45) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

I've had to slow down a little because work's been so hard, but the last three books were among my very favorites of the entire year. I hit a used book sale recently, so the last 5 shouldn't be a problem!

[Niobe]

1. Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
2. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket and Brett Helquist
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
5. The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
6. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
7. Next - Michael Crichton
8. The Child Queen - Nancy McKenzie
9. Abundance: A novel of Marie Antoinette - Sena Jeter Naslund
10. The Virgin's Lover - Phillipa Gregory
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility - Toni Weschler
12. The High Queen - Nancy McKenzie
13. The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
14. A Game of Thrones (book one in A Song of Ice and Fire)- George R.R. Martin
15. A Clash of Kings (book two in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
16. Kushiel's Justice - Jacqueline Carey
17. A Storm of Swords (book three in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
18. A Feast for Crows (book four in ASOIAF) - George R.R. Martin
19. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
21. In the Beginning Was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson
22. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
23. Mary, Queen of France - Jean Plaidy
24. Wideacre - Phillipa Gregory
25. Deception Point - Dan Brown (I had this down as the first book I read, but that book was actually Digital Fortress. Oops)
26. What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America - Thomas Frank
27. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Currently reading The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser, this one is going to be a long read.

[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
45. Anne of Avonlea, Montgomery
46. Anne of the Island, Montgomery
47. Anne of Windy Poplars, Montgomery
48. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink
49. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield (10/29)

SO CLOSE!
I was going to start World Without End as book 50...but I know it is going to take me forever - and I wanted to start it over Thanksgiving (long car ride home). So I think I'm going to get in a few more before I start it. The next books on my list I'm planning to read are:

50. The Book of Lost Things, Connolly
51. The Secret River, Grenville
and
52. World Without End

I think I'm going to hit 50 before Thanksgiving. :D


Posting my top 10 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
7. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield
8. The Whistling Season, Doig
9. A Thread of Grace, Russell
10. The Red Tent, Diamant

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
44. The Empress of Weehawken: A Novel by Irene Dische (Author)
45. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
46. Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston
47. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
48. March by Geraldine Brooks

[kris97]

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
39) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
40) Always a Bridesmaid - Whitney Lyles
41) Here Comes the Bride - Whitney Lyles
42) Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
43) Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
44) The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler
45) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
46) Can You Keep a Secret - Sophie Kinsella
47) The Dive From Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer

[apoppy]

1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
44. The Empress of Weehawken: A Novel by Irene Dische (Author)
45. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
46. Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston
47. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
48. March by Geraldine Brooks
49. Her Royal Highness by Rhys Bowen

[SiValleySteph]

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James
37. Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
38. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
39. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
40. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
41. Invisible lives by Anjali Bamerjee.
42. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
43. The History of Swimming by Kim Powers
44. Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf
45. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
46. The Seasoning of a Chef: My Journey from Diner to Ducasse and Beyond by Doug Psaltis and Michael Psaltis
47. Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess by Gael Greene
48. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
49. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl


Only one more to go! :D

Currently reading: nothing. :p Tomorrow is library day, so I hope to pick out something good for #50.

[Alanna]

TA DA!!! I finished my 50th book last night!

I limped to the end - it took me over a month to read my last book - LOL. In my defense it was looong (656 pages) and in parts very dry - but I made it - phew :) I'm so looking forward to having a nice quick read next! :)

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin
*49. The Kalahari typing school for men by Alexander McCall Smith (9/30)
50. My Life: The Early Years by Bill Clinton (11/8)
51. Currently reading: The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld


* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[BumbleB]

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
45. Anne of Avonlea, Montgomery
46. Anne of the Island, Montgomery
47. Anne of Windy Poplars, Montgomery
48. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink
49. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield (10/29)

Currently reading # 50! - should be done over the weekend!
50. The Secret River, Grenville


51. The Book of Lost Things, Connolly
and
52. World Without End



Posting my top 10 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
7. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield
8. The Whistling Season, Doig
9. A Thread of Grace, Russell
10. The Red Tent, Diamant

[hokiegirl]

I don't know what my problem is. I see the goal, but I keep putting off reading books and picking up magazines to read instead! Updated list:

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (recommend)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn (recommend)
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (recommend)
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Royal Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. $64 Tomato:How 1 Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (recommend)
30. The Quickie by James Patterson
31. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (recommend)
32. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich
33. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
34. Marriage Made in Heaven: or Too Tired to Have an Affair by Erma Bombeck
35. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (depressing, but recommend)
36. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
37. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (recommend)
38. Omnivore's Dilemma:Natural History of 4 Meals-Michael Pollan (recommend)
39. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
40. Manhunt: 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer-James L. Swanson (recommend)
41. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
42. The Devil in the Junior League by Linda Francis Lee
43. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
44. Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah (recommend)
45. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (reading)

[Txfish]

Updated from 10/4:

1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter -- Kim Edwards
2. Elements of Style -- Wendy Wasserstein
3. Everyone Worth Knowing -- Lauren Weisberger
4. The Jungle -- Upton Sinclair
5. A Beautiful Mind (bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.) -- Sylvia Nasar
6. Snobs -- Julian Fellowes
7. The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant (re-read)
8. The Buffalo Soldier -- Chris Bohjalian
9. What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day -- Pearl Cleage
10. John Jacob Aster, America's First Multimillionaire -- Axel Madsen
11. Goodnight Nobody -- Jennifer Weiner
12. Blue Smoke -- Nora Roberts
12. The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette -- Carolly Ericksen
13. H.R.H. -- Danielle Steel
14. Eleven On Top -- Janet Evanovich
15. Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
16. Dumping Billy -- Olivia Goldsmith
17. The Tenth Circle -- Jodi Picoult
18. Secret Society Girl: an Ivy League novel -- Diana Peterfreund (loved this!)
19. Spoiled Rotten America: outrages of everyday life -- Larry Miller
20. The Law of Similars -- Chris Bohjalian
21. As I Lay Dying -- William Faulkner (finally finished a Faulkner. Been trying to do that since high school...)
22. The Mother Tongue: English & how it got that way -- Bill Bryson
22 1/2: In Her Own Right: the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Elisabeth Griffith (could not, absolutely could not finish this book. Sigh.)
23. Picture Perfect -- Jodi Picoult
24. Keeping Faith -- Jodi Picoult
25. Under The Banner of Heaven: A story of violent faith -- Jon Krakauer
26. The Other Boleyn Girl -- Philippa Gregory
27. Before You Know Kindness -- Chris Bohjalian
28. Pillars of the Earth -- Ken Follett
30. The Queen's Fool -- Philippa Gregory
31. The Real Animal House : the awesomely depraved saga of the fraternity that inspired the movie -- Chris Miller
32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- J.K. Rowling
33. P is for Peril -- Sue Grafton
34. Whiteout -- Ken Follett
35. The House -- Danielle Steel
36. Nineteen Minutes -- Jodi Picoult
37. Left Behind: a novel of the Earth's last days (#1 in the Left Behind series) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
38. Tribulation Force: the continuing drama of those left behind (#2) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
39. Nicolae: the rise of Antichrist (#3) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
40. Soul Harvest: the world takes sides (#4) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
41. Skinny Dip -- Carl Hiaasen
42. The Mermaid Chair -- Sue Monk Kidd
43. How To Talk To A Widower -- Jonathan Tropper
44. Prints Charming -- Rebeca Seitz
45. Toxic Bachelors -- Danielle Steel
46. Sis Boom Bah -- Jane Heller
47. Me: Stories of My Life -- Katharine Hepburn
48. Plum Lovin' -- Janet Evanovich
49. Metro Girl -- Janet Evanovich
50. Motor Mouth -- Janet Evanovich
51. Sophie Kinsella -- The Undomestic Goddess
52. Danielle Steel -- Bungalow 2
53. Angels Fall -- Nora Roberts

**FINISHED 50 BOOKS IN A YEAR: 11/12/2007**

Currently Reading:
54. Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen -- Julie Powell

Next up, hopefully to locate and finish the apocalyptic series, just because dammit, I started it and I need to finish it!
55. Apollyon: the destroyer is unleashed (#5) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
56. Assassins: assignment - Jerusalem, target - Antichrist (#6) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
57. The Indwelling: the beast takes possession (#7) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
58. The Mark: the beast rules the world (#8) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
59. Desecration: Antichrist takes the throne (#9) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
60. The Remnant: on the brink of armageddon (#10) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
61. Armageddon: the cosmic battle of the ages (#11) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
62. Glorious Appearing: the end of days (#12) -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
63. Kingdom Come: the final victory -- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

[apoppy]

DONE!


1. *Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. The Song is You by Megan Abbott
3. Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen
4. The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt
5. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
6. Evanly Choirs by Rhys Bowen
7. *The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
8. She May Not Leave by Fay Weldon
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Little Lady in the Big Apple by Hester Browne
11. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen
12. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
13. Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson
14. Scoop by Rene Gutteridge
15. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
16. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
17. *Breakfast at Stephanie's by Sue Margolis
18. Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton
19. Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
20. A Good Year by Peter Mayle
21. The Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
22. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
23. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
24. A Body to Die For by Kate White
25. *This Dame for Hire by Sandra Scoppettone
26. Damsel in Distress by Joan Hess
27. *Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone
28. Glass House by Jane Haddam
29. False Profits by Patricia Smiley
30. *Red Hook by Reggie Nadelson
31. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
32. Harry Potter 1
33. Harry Potter 2
34. Harry Potter 3
35. Harry Potter 4
36. Harry Potter 5
37. Harry Potter 6
38. Harry Potter 7
39. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
40. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
41. Body Movers: 2 Bodies For The Price Of 1 by Stephanie Bond
42. In Deep Voodoo by Stephanie Bond
43. Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak
44. The Empress of Weehawken: A Novel by Irene Dische
45. Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
46. Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston
47. *Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
48. March by Geraldine Brooks
49. Her Royal Highness by Rhys Bowen
50. The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith

*I particularly enjoyed this book

[Alanna]

Congrats Apoppy and Txfish!!

updated to here

[tgr68]

Wow!! Congrats to those who have finished up in the last few days.

[kris97]

yay! I finished! congrats to everyone!

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
39) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
40) Always a Bridesmaid - Whitney Lyles
41) Here Comes the Bride - Whitney Lyles
42) Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
43) Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
44) The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler
45) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
46) Can You Keep a Secret - Sophie Kinsella
47) The Dive From Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer
48) 19 Minutes - Jodi Picoult
49) Cocktails for Three - Madeline Wickham
50) Swapping Lives - Jane Green

[hokiegirl]

Finished my last two books with the delays at the airport this weekend.
Done!!!!!!

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
4. Cross by James Patterson
5. Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
6. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (recommend)
8. Step on a Crack by James Patterson
9. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alburn (recommend)
10. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
11.5 A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes (so boring I only read chapters to the places I'm visiting this summer so it really doesn't count as read methinks).
12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
13. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
14. Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
15. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
16. In Cuba I was a German Shephard by Ana Menandez
17. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (recommend)
18. Shoppaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
19. The Children of Men by P.D. James
20. Do I Need to Slap You by Michelle Hickford
21. The Perfect Royal Mistress by Betina Krahn
22. Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
23. Enduring Love by Ian Mcewan
24. Lady In the Palazzo by Marlena De Blasi
25. 6th Taraget by James Patterson
26. $64 Tomato:How 1 Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune
27. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
28. Naked by David Sedaris
29. In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (recommend)
30. The Quickie by James Patterson
31. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (recommend)
32. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenrich
33. The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
34. Marriage Made in Heaven: or Too Tired to Have an Affair by Erma Bombeck
35. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (depressing, but recommend)
36. The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
37. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (recommend)
38. Omnivore's Dilemma:Natural History of 4 Meals-Michael Pollan (recommend)
39. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
40. Manhunt: 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer-James L. Swanson (recommend)
41. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
42. The Devil in the Junior League by Linda Francis Lee
43. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice
44. Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah (recommend)
45. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (recommend)
46. The Choice by Nicolas Sparks
47. Chirunning by Katherine Dreyer
48. Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
49. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
50. Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
51. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet (reading)

[tgr68]

1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
2. Moby Dick (Illustrated Classics) by Herman Melville
3. Around the World in 80 Days (Illustrated Classics) by Jules Vern
4. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
5. Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss
6. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
7. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
8. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
9. Little Women (Illustrated Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
10. Plastic Angel by Nerissa Niels
11. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
12. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats by Cathy Hopkins
13. Mates, Dates, and Sizzlings Summers by Cathy Hopkins
14. The Mailbox Superbook Grade K
15. Mates, Dates, and Diamond Destinies by Cathy Hopkins
16. KISS Yoga by Shakta Kaur Khalsa
17. Maran Illustrated Yoga by
18. Yoga for Wimps by Miriam Austin
19. Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
20. Apples and Pears by Marie Savard, M.D.
21. Mates, Dates, and Sequin Smiles by Cathy Hopkins
22. Demon in the Teahouse by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
23. Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash by Dixie Cash
24. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot
25. Tales of Mystery and Terror (Illustrated Classics) by Edgar Allen Poe
26. Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot
27. Swiss Family Robinson (Illustrated Classics) by Johann Wyss
28. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
29. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson
30. A Brother's Journey by Richard Pelzer
31. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
32. Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Dr. Nathan Azrin, M.D.
33. The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
35. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
36. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
37. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
38. Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
39. In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
40. Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella
41. Demon in my View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
42. Shattered Glass by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
43. Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
44. Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

Currently Reading:
Cross My Heart & Hope to Spy by Ally Carter

Waiting to Read:
*Need to find something else. Tomorrow is my usual library day, but we are making an extra trip in today.

[BumbleB]

Done! 11/16/07

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
45. Anne of Avonlea, Montgomery
46. Anne of the Island, Montgomery
47. Anne of Windy Poplars, Montgomery
48. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink
49. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield (10/29)
50. The Secret River, Grenville (11/16)


Posting my top 10 so far:

1. Devil in the White City, Larson
2. The Pillars of the Earth, Follett
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
4. Water for Elephants, Gruen
5. The Dive From Claussens Pier, Packer
6. The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
7. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield
8. The Whistling Season, Doig
9. A Thread of Grace, Russell
10. The Red Tent, Diamant

[Alanna]

Congrats Kris97, hokiegirl and BumbleB !!!!!


(I don't know how I missed your posts! I'm so sorry to took me so long to update :o)


Updated to here!

[nawsgirl]

I finally finished today, 12/1!!!


1. Home to Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiani
2. Thunderstruck- Erik Larson
3. The Last Juror- John Grisham
4. The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid- Bill Bryson
5. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Boy Who Fell out of the Sky- Ken Dornstein
7. Back When We were Grown-ups- Anne Tyler
8. The Tender Bar- J.R. Moehringer
9. The Book of Fate- Brad Meltzer
10. The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
11. Plum Lovin'- Janet Evanovich
12. Snow Blind- P.J. Tracy
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brashares
14. Nature Girl- Carl Hiaasen
15. Lisey's Story- Stephen King
16. The Reptile Room (bk. 2)- Lemony Snicket
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu- Susanna Clarke
18. Girls' Night In- short story compilation
19. Plan B, Further Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
20. Grace (Eventually), Thoughts on Faith- Anne Lamott
21. The Wide Window (bk. 3)- Lemony Snicket
22. I Heard That Song Before- Mary Higgins Clark
23. The Miserable Mill (bk. 4)- Lemony Snicket
24. Heart-Shaped Box- Joe Hill
25. The Austere Academy (bk. 5)- Lemony Snicket
26. In A Sunburned Country- Bill Bryson
27. Body Surfing- Anita Shreve
28. If I am Missing or Dead- Janine Latus
29. The Overachievers- Alexandra Robbins
30. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
31. What the Dead Know- Laura Lippman
32. Lean Mean Thirteen- Janet Evanovich
33. The Body in the Library- Agatha Christie
34. The Woods- Harlan Coben
35. On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan
36. Garlic and Sapphires- Ruth Reichl
37. Momzillas- Jill Kargman
38. The Manny- Holly Peterson
39. The Penderwicks- Jeanne Birdsall
40. The Double Bind- Chris Bohjalian
41. The Last Summer (of You & Me)- Ann Brashares
42. The Tale of Desperaux- Kate DiCamillo
43. Kabul Beauty School- Deborah Rodriguez
44. The Friday Night Knitting Club- Kate Jacobs
45. The Mystery of the Blue Train- Agatha Christie
46. Second Chance- Jane Green
47. The Witch of Blackbird Pond- Elizabeth George Speare
48. Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
49. The Saffron Kitchen- Yasmin Crowther
50. Playing for Pizza- John Grisham

But I do plan to keep going... I think I will get through another 3 or 4 in the next month!

[Alanna]

Congratulations Nawsgirl!

updated to here.

[kris97]

a few more ...

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
39) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
40) Always a Bridesmaid - Whitney Lyles
41) Here Comes the Bride - Whitney Lyles
42) Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
43) Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
44) The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler
45) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
46) Can You Keep a Secret - Sophie Kinsella
47) The Dive From Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer
48) 19 Minutes - Jodi Picoult
49) Cocktails for Three - Madeline Wickham
50) Swapping Lives - Jane Green
51) Watermelon - Marian Keyes
52) Congessions of a Shopaholic - Kinsella
53) Make Him Look Good - Alisa Valdes Rodriguez

[Alanna]

I'm definitely losing steam - my pace is sloooooow coming into the end of the year :)

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin
*49. The Kalahari typing school for men by Alexander McCall Smith (9/30)
50. My Life: The Early Years by Bill Clinton (11/8)
51. The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld (11/17)
52. Madame Bovary by G. Flaubert (12/7)
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[SiValleySteph]

Finally! More than one month after finishing book #49 ...

1. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
2. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
5. On Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
6. The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
7. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
8. Polo by Jilly Cooper
9. Comfort me with apples : more adventures at the table by Ruth Reichl.
10. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah.
11. The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
12. A good house by Bonnie Burnard
13. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
14. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
15. Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
16. Little Children: by Tom Perrotta
17. Spiral ('Ring' series, book 2) by Koji Suzuki
18. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
19. Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant
20. Man and Boy: a novel by Tony Parsons
21. The Virgin's Knot by Holly Payne
22. Man and wife : a novel by Tony Parsons.
23. Let us eat cake : memories of food and friendship by Sharon Boorstin.
24. Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy by Lene Gammelgaard
25. All over creation by Ruth Ozeki
26. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
27. Class Mothers by Katherine Stewart
28. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
29. The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute by Michael Ruhlman
30. Salaam, Paris by Kavita Daswani
31. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (Heather Wells Mysteries) by Meg Cabot
32. For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
33. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
35. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills: A Novel by Kavita Daswani
36. Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion by Izabella St. James
37. Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
38. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
39. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
40. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
41. Invisible lives by Anjali Bamerjee.
42. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
43. The History of Swimming by Kim Powers
44. Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf
45. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
46. The Seasoning of a Chef: My Journey from Diner to Ducasse and Beyond by Doug Psaltis and Michael Psaltis
47. Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess by Gael Greene
48. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
49. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
50. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Thank goodness! Man, I was so burnt out! :D :D

[greenbunny]

You guys are speed readers! I still have 15 to go. :(

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin
*49. The Kalahari typing school for men by Alexander McCall Smith (9/30)
50. My Life: The Early Years by Bill Clinton (11/8)
51. The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld (11/17)
52. Madame Bovary by G. Flaubert (12/7)
53. Don't Get Too Comfortable . . . by David Rakoff (12/14)
*54. Gossip Girl #1: A Novel (Gossip Girl Series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar (12/17)
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[Amuse Bouche]

I'm currently reading Book 49 (though a few were rereads). I think I'll make it, which is pretty good given the year I had!

*Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, Wrede, Patricia C. & Caroline Stevermer 1/22/2007
Illyrian Adventure, The Alexander, Lloyd 1/26/2007
*Tam Lin Dean, Pamela 1/28/2007
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4, The Townsend, Sue 2/5/2007
The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Second Edition Vicki Iovine 2/6/2007
*Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert 2/15/2007
Quentin's Binchy, Maeve 2/24/2007
*To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 3/6/2007
Happiness Sold Separately Lolly Winston 3/20/2007
Ladies of Missalonghi McCullough, Colleen 3/21/2007
*Three Junes Glass, Julia 3/30/2007
Invitation to Provence Elizabeth Adler 4/1/2007
On a Pale Horse Anthony, Piers 4/3/2007
Virgin's Lover, The Gregory, Philippa 4/8/2007
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) Rowling, J. K4/12/2007
Cause Celeb Fielding, Helen 4/22/2007
Ogre Downstairs, The Jones, Diana Wynne 4/24/2007
*A Merger of Equals Debra H. Snider 4/28/2007
Currant Events (Xanth) Piers Anthony 5/5/2007
The Princess Diaries, Volume V: Princess in Pink (Princess Diaries) Meg Cabot 5/11/2007
Other Woman, The Green, Jane 5/16/2007
Namesake, The Lahiri, Jhumpa 5/26/2007
The Art of Detection (Kate Martinelli Mysteries) Laurie R. King 6/9/2007
A Big Storm Knocked It Over Laurie Colwin 6/22/2007
Country Life, The Cusk, Rachel 6/30/2007
The Man of My Dreams: A Novel Curtis Sittenfeld 7/6/2007
*Water for Elephants: A Novel Gruen, Sara 7/8/2007
Shopaholic & Baby SOPHIE KINSELLA 7/15/2007
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) Rowling, J. K. 7/22/2007
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) Rowling, J. K. 7/23/2007
Mairelon the Magician Wrede, Patricia C. 7/31/2007
*Garlic and Sapphires : The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise Reichl, Ruth 8/7/2007
Moon Tiger Lively, Penelope 8/19/2007
*Grand Tour : Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Includin Wrede, Patricia C. & Stevermer, Caroline 8/31/2007
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table Reichl, Ruth 9/9/2007
Stardust Gaiman, Neil 9/10/2007
End of an Error, The Medwed, Mameve 9/17/2007
*The Secret History of the Pink Carnation Lauren Willig 10/19/2007
*The Goose Girl Shannon Hale 10/22/2007
Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin (Aunt Dimity) Nancy Atherton 11/1/2007
The History of Love: A Novel Nicole Krauss 11/11/2007
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 3) Ann Brashares 11/16/2007
Size 12 Is Not Fat : A Heather Wells Mystery Meg Cabot 11/23/2007
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place E.L. Konigsburg 11/24/2007
*Case Histories : A Novel Kate Atkinson 12/1/2007
Princess Academy Shannon Hale 12/8/2007
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach Anthony Bourdain 12/13/2007
Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday Atherton, Nancy 12/15/2007


The ones I particularly enjoyed are starred.

[Rosebud]

Well, I'm not going to make it to 50 this year, sadly. I lost several months of reading due to severe morning sickness, when just thinking about a book made me queasy. However, I'm still hoping to make it to 40 this year. Not bad, considering.

The books I've particularly enjoyed are starred.

**1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/1
**2. March by Geraldine Brooks 1/6
3. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 1/7
4. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 1/15
5. A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1/19
6. The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser 1/30
7. Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 2/12
8. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 2/15
**9. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2/16
**10. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2/21
11. The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst 3/1
12. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston 3/4
13. I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by John Haskell 3/18
14. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3/19
**15. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 4/5
**16. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 4/6
17. The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee 4/12
18. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory 4/16
**19. The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn 4/24
**20. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 5/3
21. Au Paris by Rachel Spencer 5/11
22. My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme 5/29
23. The Booster: A Novel by Jennifer Solow 5/30
24. A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry 6/2
25. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 6/11
26. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards 6/12
27. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella 6/19
28. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 6/20
29. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin 6/22
30. The Irish Game: A True Story of Art and Crime by Matthew Hart 6/25
**31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 6/28
32. Garlic and Sapphires : The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl 7/1
**33. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 7/23
34. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 8/21
35. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost 9/2
36. Spymaster: My Life in the CIA by Ted Shackley 9/30
**37. The History of Love by Nicola Krauss 12/4
38. After the Quake by Haruki Murakami 12/17
39. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (currently reading)

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[hokiegirl]

I have to ask - Alanna - are the Gossip Girls books as good as the show?

[Alanna]

Hokiegirl - I'm totally busted.. thought I might be able to slip that one in there without anyone noticing... :o

To answer your question - I kept saying to DH - "Is it so wrong for me to like a book like this so much?" It was such a guilty read - but I loved it - it shares somethings in common with the show but many details are just a little different.... i really love the show and I thought it was so fun reading it and seeing what all the differences are - i can't wait to get my hands on the next one!

[hokiegirl]

I'm a little :o too, but figured why not ask anyway. Cool - I might have to pick up some YA books too since the show is my total guilty pleasure.

Still reading Pillars of the Earth, which is fantastic, but taking me forever to read with all the holiday stuff going on!

[Alanna]

My updated list (date finished):

1. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (1/2)
2. Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff (1/9)
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory(1/20)
4. She is Me: A Novel by Cathleen Schine (1/29)
5. The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler (2/7)
6. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (2/2)
7. Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig (2/8)
8. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 by Sean Stewart (2/10)
9. My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and Laughing Out Loud by Kevin Clash (2/13)
*10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (2/22)
*11. Everybody into the Pool - True Tales by Beth Lisick (2/24)
12. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (3/3)
13. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares(3/5)
14. A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel (3/8)
*15. The No. 1 Ladies' Dective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (3/14)
16. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (4/5)
*17. Sammy's Hill by Kristen Gore (4/13)
18. The funny thing is.... Ellen DeGeneres (4/14)
*19. The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu (4/15)
*20. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (4/19)
21. A Letter of Mary by Laurie King (4/26)
*22.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger (5/6)
23. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (5/17)
24. Family and other accidents by Shari Goldhagen (5/20)
25. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (5/31)
*26. Dork Whore by Iris Bahr (6/1)
*27. Julie and Julia : 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julia Powell (6/5)
28. Wonder When You'll Miss Me by Amanda Davis (6/8)
*29. The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James (6/15)
30. Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis (6/18)
31. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (6/30)
32. The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley (7/6)
*33. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (7/12)
*34. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (7/16)
35. Superstud by Paul Feig (7/19)
36. The Moor by Laurie King (7/28)
*37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (7/28)
*38. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (8/4)
39. The Big Love by Sarah Dunn (8/7)
40. The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver (8/10)
*41. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (8/16)
42. Toast by Nigel Slater (8/21)
43. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (8/31)
*44. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (9/2)
45. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu (9/6)
*46. Everything I'm Cracked up to Be by Jen Trynin (9/9)
*47. Three Junes by Julia Glass (9/17)
48. What really happened to the class of '93 : start-ups, dropouts, and other navigations through an untidy decade by Chris Colin
*49. The Kalahari typing school for men by Alexander McCall Smith (9/30)
50. My Life: The Early Years by Bill Clinton (11/8)
51. The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld (11/17)
52. Madame Bovary by G. Flaubert (12/7)
53. Don't Get Too Comfortable . . . by David Rakoff (12/14)
*54. Gossip Girl #1: A Novel (Gossip Girl Series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar (12/17)
55. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham (12/22)
56. Currently reading: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See


* I particularly enjoyed this book


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[mar5195]

I tend to only read when I'm on vacation. And I can go through a good 3 books in a week. I think one of my NY resolutions that I can keep it to try and read 50 books by the end of 2008. What a great idea. I'm sorry I missed it the last go around.

[BumbleB]

Adding the others I've finished since 50 and favorites are bolded.


1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
3. English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
5. The Twelve Little Cakes, Dominika Dery
6. The People's Act of Love, James Meek
7. The Dive from Claussens Pier, Ann Packer
8. Resistance, Anita Shreve
9. November of the Heart, Lavyrle Spencer (total fluff - but good!)
10. The Brothers K, David James Duncan (re-read)
11. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
12. A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Rowling (re-read)
14. Into The Wilderness, Donati
15. Scot on the Rocks, Janowitz
16. Princess in Love, Cabot (fluff-probably won't read others in the series)
17. Devil in the White City, Larson
18. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer
20. Life of Pi, Martel
21. Mayflower, Philbrick
22. 1776, McCullough
23. Suite Francaise, Nemirovsky
24. Enders Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
25. Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, Heart of the Sea - Nora Roberts
(listing as one because they're so easy and act as a break from the others)
26. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hugo
27. The Honeymoon, James Patterson
28. The Kite Runner, Hosseini
29. 4th of July, James Patterson
30. The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
31. The Namesake, Lahari
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
33. The Starter Wife, Grazer
34. Water for Elephants, Gruen
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling
36. The Road, McCarthy
37. Blessings, Quindlen
38. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
39. The Red Tent, Diamant
40. The Eyre Affair, Fforde
41. Five Quarters of the Orange, Harris
42. The Whistling Season, Doig
43. Ines of My Soul, Allende
44. Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
45. Anne of Avonlea, Montgomery
46. Anne of the Island, Montgomery
47. Anne of Windy Poplars, Montgomery
48. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Wansink
49. The Thirteenth Tale, Setterfield
50. The Secret River, Grenville


51. The Book of Lost Things, Connolly
52. World Without End, Follett
53. Stones From the River
54. In Her Shoes
55. Atonement, McEwan

[kris97]

1) Behaving Badly
2) The Second Assistant
3) The Next Big Thing
4) The Breakup Club
5) Hand Me Down
6) A Little Change of Face
7) Admissions
8) This Side of Married
9) The Rule of Four
10) Up and Out
11) Marrying Up
12) Loose Screws
13) Memory Keeper's Daughter
14) Less Than Zero
15) Bee Season
16) Carrie Pilby
17) Literacy and Longing in LA
18) Notes from the Underbelly
19) Babyface
20) Fishbowl
21) Babyville - Jane Green
22) LA Woman
23) Playing with Boys
24) Tart
25) The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
26) Bookends -Jane Green
27) The Tent - Margaret Atwood
28) Runaway - Alice Munro
29) To Have and To Hold - Jane Green
30) Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
31) Straight Talking - Jane Green
32) Bare Necessity - Carole Matthews
33) For Better, For Worse - Carole Matthews
34) The Romanicipation of Maggie Hunter - Jane Sigaloff
35) Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
36) Icing on the Cake - Laura Castoro
37) Shopgirl - Steve Martin
38) Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
39) On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
40) Always a Bridesmaid - Whitney Lyles
41) Here Comes the Bride - Whitney Lyles
42) Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
43) Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
44) The Amateur Marriage - Anne Tyler
45) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
46) Can You Keep a Secret - Sophie Kinsella
47) The Dive From Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer
48) 19 Minutes - Jodi Picoult
49) Cocktails for Three - Madeline Wickham
50) Swapping Lives - Jane Green
51) Watermelon - Marian Keyes
52) Congessions of a Shopaholic - Kinsella
53) Make Him Look Good - Alisa Valdes Rodriguez
54) Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
55) Shopaholic Ties the Knot
56) Shopaholic and Sister

I hope we have a 2008 thread. :)

[twinnyme]

I'm starting, too, but starting as of 12/22 to get a jump on things :D (I'll end by 12/22, too). I was sorry to have missed this last year!

1. Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston (12/26)
2. The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn (12/27) - forgot to add it earlier!

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[karlatta]

I hope there's a thread for 2008! I'd love to get in on this. I've averaged about 7 books a month for the past few months, so I think I could actually do it!

Has anyone signed up through www.goodreads.com? I keep track of my reading there - it's really helpful, and I love being able to look at my friends' reading lists and get new ideas there.

[Alanna]

Hi there twinnyme :) Glad to see you here! I see you are a librarything user too - i love that site!


I am planning on opening a 2008 thread sometime in the next few days - I will be sure to post the link in here when I do -

This thread will stay open for a week or so into the new year so that anyone who needs to update their year end stats can do so.......


I hope lots of people are thinking of joining up again! I have had so much fun with this thread!

ETA: Hi to Karlatta! we cross-posted - 7 books a month is a great pace! Hope you decide to join us!

[twinnyme]

Hi there twinnyme :) Glad to see you here! I see you are a librarything user too - i love that site!

Ha! I wasn't a user until I found the link in your post above, Alanna! :) I'm very excited to be here. I figured I'd start early because I have a jump on reading since I'm on vacation this week.... Looking forward to the 2008 thread!

[ee_chick]

I'm on goodreads, karlatta (profile (http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/219810)). I've tried several tracking sites, and it's my favorite.

I'm looking forward to the 2008 challenge!

[tgr68]

twinnyme~Good to see you in here!! I had such a blast doing the challenge this year. I'm so close to being finished (on book 50) this year and am looking forward to the 2008 challenge!

[BumbleB]

Alanna - Thanks for the update, looking forward to the 2008 challenge!


Great job everyone! This was fun, see you all in the New Year! Bring on the great books!

[twinnyme]

twinnyme~Good to see you in here!! I had such a blast doing the challenge this year. I'm so close to being finished (on book 50) this year and am looking forward to the 2008 challenge!

Thanks, tgr68. I'm excited to be here, too - or in the new 2008 thread soon. :)