1. Away by Amy Bloom
2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
3. 365 Nights- A Memoir of Intimacy by Charla Muller
4. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
5. The Distaff Side by Elizabeth Palmer
6. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlin
7. Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
8. The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
9. Behold the Many by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
10. A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron
11. The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
12. The Boy on the Bus by Deborah Schupack
13. Shadow and Light by Jonathan Rabb
14. In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
15. The Spare Room by Helen Garner
16. An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
17. The Parlor House Daughter by Joanne Sundell
18. Clara's War by Clara Kramer
19. Love or Something Like It by Deirdre Shaw
20. The September Society by Charles Finch
21. More Twisted by Jeffery Deaver
22. When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
23. The World Before Her by Deborah Weisgall
24. The Family Man by Elinor Lippman
25. Closing Time by Joe Queenan
26. The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine
27. The Edge of Impropriety by Pam Rosenthal
28. In the Kitchen by Monica Ali
29. The Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly Erickson
30. City of God by Beverly Swerling
31. Nothing but a Smile by Steve Amick
32. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
33. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
34. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
35. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
36. Freeman Walker by David Allan Cates
37. The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
38. A Lucky Child- A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal
39. The Empty Mirror by J. Sydney Jones
40. Grace Hammer by Sara Stockbridge
41. Persuasion by Jane Austen
1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling 1/10
2. Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker 1/11
** 3. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel by David Wroblewski 1/13
4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 1/14
5. My Heart's in the Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland by Liz Curtis Higgs 1/22
6. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn 1/29
7. The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart 2/1
8. Shakespeare by Bill Bryson 2/5
9. The Paris Enigma: A Novel by Pablo De Santis 2/9
10. Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone 2/13
11. Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia 2/24
12. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker 2/27
13. Dubliners by James Joyce 3/2
14. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 3/11
** 15. Travel Writing by Peter Ferry 3/13
** 16. Last Night At the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan 3/19
** 17. Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles 3/28
18. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan 4/1
19. A Year In the Merde by Stephen Clarke 4/6
20. A Taste For It by Monica McInerney 4/8
21. How To Fit a Car Seat on a Camel by Sarah Franklin 4/14
22. Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson 4/16
** 23. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz 4/22
24. The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble 4/30
** 25. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg 5/2
26. The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo 5/4
27. Plain Secrets: An Outside Among the Amish by Joe Mackall 5/9
28. Antarctica on a Plate: Misadventures of a Polar Chef by Alexa Thomson 5/11
29. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford 5/21
** 30. The Quiet American by Graham Greene 5/29
31. One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus 6/5
** 32. Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown by Paul Theroux 6/8
** 33. The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City by David Lebovitz 6/12
** 34. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 6/23
35. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart 6/26
36. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley 6/29
** 37. Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves 7/4
38. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 7/9
39. The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow 7/11
40. Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor 7/13
41. Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War by Adam Nicolson 7/23
42. Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill 7/30
43. The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies 8/1
44. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton 8/9
45. Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count by Jill Jonnes 8/11
46. The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll 8/14
47. First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life by Eve Brown-Waite 8/17
48. Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories by Elizabeth Strout 8/21
49. Twenties Girl: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella 8/26
50. Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel 9/1
51. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 9/13
52. Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz 9/15
** 53. Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo 9/23
54. The Places In Between by Rory Stewart 9/25
55. The Sea by John Banville 9/26
56. I Am Madame X: A Novel by Gioia Diliberto 10/15
57. The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser 10/16
58. At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life by Wade Rouse 10/20
** 59. This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper 10/26
60. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 10/30
61. Hell Is Other Parents: And Other Tales of Maternal Combustion by Deborah Copaken Kogan 11/1
62. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown 11/13
63. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (currently listening)
64. I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn (currently reading)
Wow...I totally hit a slump! I was stuck on 48 for at least a month! Time to get back into my reading!
1. Football for Dummies -- Howie Long
2. 7th Heaven -- James Patterson
3. Against Medical Advice -- James Patterson
4. Twilight (x2) - Stephanie Meyer
5. New Moon (x2) - Stephanie Meyer
6. Eclipse (x2) - Stephanie Meyer
7. Midnight Sun (x2) - Stephanie Meyer
8. 8th Confession -- James Patterson
9. Step on a Crack -- James Patterson
10. The Host -- Stephanie Meyer
11. My Sister's Keeper -- Jodi Picoult
12. The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant
13. The Kite Runner* -- Khaled Hosseini
14. Sail -- James Patterson
15. The Time Traveler's Wife -- Audrey Niffenegger
16. Change of Heart -- Jodi Picoult
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns* -- Khaled Hosseini
18. Keeping Faith -- Jodi Picoult
19. The Choice -- Nicholas Sparks
20. The Guardian -- Nicholas Sparks
21. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas* -- James Patterson
22. Deja Dead -- Kathy Reichs
23. The Honeymoon* -- James Patterson
24. Death Dejour -- Kathy Reichs
25. The Quickie* -- James Patterson
26. Deadly Decisions -- Kathy Reichs
27. Fatal Voyage -- Kathy Reichs
28. The Secret Life of Bees* -- Sue Monk Kidd
29. Grave Secrets -- Kathy Reichs
30. Always By My Side: A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other -- Jim Nantz
31. Bare Bones -- Kathy Reichs
32. Handle with Care -- Jodi Picoult
33. The Help -- Kathryn Stockett
34. Monday Mourning -- Kathy Reichs
35. Nights in Rodanthe* -- Nicholas Sparks
36. Cross Bones -- Kathy Reichs
37. The Shack -- William P. Young
38. Break No Bones -- Kathy Reichs
39. Bones to Ashes -- Kathy Reichs
40. Devil Bones -- Kathy Reichs
41. A Bend in the Road -- Nicholas Sparks
42. Marley and Me -- John Grogan
43. Same Kind of Different as Me -- Ron Hall & Denver Moore
44. The Kommandant's Girl -- Pam Jenoff
45. The Diplomat's Wife -- Pam Jenoff
46. Almost Home -- Pam Jenoff
47. 206 Bones -- Kathy Reichs
48. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -- Stieg Larsson
49. Lullaby - Ed McBain (currently reading)
*audiobook
~~ "We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?" - Merideth Grey, Grey's Anatomy~~ Trying for baby Pell!
01. Something for the Pain (One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER) by Paul Austin.
02. A Star Is Found: Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies by Janet Hirshenson & Jane Jenkins
03. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor
04. The Traveler by Daren Simkin, Daniel Simkin
05. Two Cats and the Woman They Own: or Lessons I Learned from My Cats by Patti Davis
06. Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Noah Goldstein, Robert B. Cialdini, Steve J. Martin
07. Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives by Michael Ruhlman
08. Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse
09. Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
10. The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
11. Toast by Nigel Slater
12. Flipping Confidential: The Secrets of Renovating Property for Profit In Any Market by Kirsten Kemp
13. Photographers and Their Images by Fi McGhee
14. Gimme Shelter by Mary Elizabeth Williams
15. How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq by Matthew Alexander
16. A Dance With the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath by Barbara Bentley
17. Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan
18. Designed to Sell: Make any home the hottest property on the block by HGTV
19. Home Rules: Transform the Place You Live into a Place You'll Love by Nate Berkus
20. Stolen Dreams: Portraits of Working Children by David L. Parker
21. Karsh: A Sixty-Year Retrospective by Yousef Karsh
22. The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir by John Grogan
23. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum
24. Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People by Ken Watanabe
25. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
26. Apartment Therapy presents real homes, real people, hundreds of real design solutions by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan
27. Cent-sible Homemaking by Jean Clark
28. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
29. $500 Room Makeovers by Lisa Quinn
30. Columbine by Dave Cullen
31. Forty-four years with the Mayo Clinic, 1908-1952 by Harry J Harwick
32. Do Your Own Home Staging by Tina Parker
33. House Beautiful - The Home Book: Creating a Beautiful Home of Your Own by Carol Spier
34. No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine by Brooks Brown
35. The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez
36. Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory
37. Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung
38. Oil Painting: The Workshop Experience by Ted Goerschner
39. The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl by Shauna Reid
40. I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany by Mark Greenside
41. Blue Collar Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon by Michael Collins
42. The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done by Dave Crenshaw
43. Eco Craft: Recycle Recraft Restyle by Susan Wasinger
44. The Lost Art: The Magic New Way to Paint and Draw by Christian Furr
45. It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita by Heather Armstrong
46. A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by David Pelzer
47. Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village by James Maskalyk
48. The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe by Lauren Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Maceira de Rosen
49. Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular by Montel Williams
50. Insider Beauty - Secrets of the Fit and Fabulous by Diane Irons
51. Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself by Sean Stephenson
52. Notes on Cooking: A Short Guide to an Essential Craft by Lauren Braun Costello
53. The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer
54. The 5-Minute Face: The Quick & Easy Makeup Guide for Every Woman by Carmindy
55. The Sweet Life in Paris: A Recipe for Living in the World's Most Delicious City by David Lebovitz
56. Blood of Lambs: A Former Terrorist's Memoir of Death and Redemption by Kamal Saleem, Vincent Lynn
57. Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag by Michael Tonello
58. Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction--and Get It Published by Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato
59. This Lovely Life by Vicki Forman
60. Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood by Donovan Campbell
61. Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater by Frank Bruni
62. Dirty Dishes: A Restaurateur's Story of Passion, Pain, and Pasta by Pino Luongo and Andrew Friedman
63. I Love Yous are for White People: A Memoir by Lac Su
64. Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges -- and Find Themselves by David Marcus
65. Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves by Crystal Renn with Marjorie Ingall
66. Josie's Story - A Mother's Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care Safe by Sorrel King
Fiction:
01. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
02. Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs
03. Miracle Myx by David Diotalevi
04. All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
05. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
06. Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and a Daughter - A Novel by Alice Kuipers
07. Scarpetta (Scarpetta Book 16) by Patrician Cornwell
08. Testimony by Anita Shreve
09. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
10. The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
11. Life Sentences: A Novel by Laura Lippman
12. The Myth of You and Me: A Novel by Leah Stewart
13. Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel by Mahbod Seraji
14. Fear Itself by Barret Schumacher
15. Roadside Crosses (Kathryn Dance #2) by Jeffery Deaver
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
18. The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine
19. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
20. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
21. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
22. My Sister's Helper by Jodi Picoult
23. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Settlefield
24. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
25. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
26. Before I Die by Jennifer Downham
27. Missing by Karin Alvtegen
Abandoned books:
01) The Killing Circle: A Novel by Andrew Pyper
02) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
03) The Houses of Time by Jamil Nasir
04) A Cat Named Darwin: Embracing the Bond Between Man and Pet by William Jordan
05) Welcome to the Aquarium: A Year in the Lives of Children by Julie Diamond
06) Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
07) The Sisters Antipodes by Jane Alison
08) The Shack by William P. Young
09) Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang
10) The Day After He Left for Iraq: A Story of Love, Family, and Reunion by Melissa Seligman
11) My Happy Life by Lydia Millet
12) Style Rx: Dressing the Body You Have to Create the Body You Want
13) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
14) Great Hair: Secrets to Looking Fabulous and Feeling Beautiful Every Day by Nick Arrojo
15) Confessions of a Subprime Lender: An Insider's Tale of Greed, Fraud, and Ignorance by Richard Bitner
16) Colors for Your Home: 300 Designer Favorites by House Beautiful Magazine
17) Lucky by Alice Sebold - lack of emotion, just not drawn in
18) Hotel Babylon - Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel by Anonymous and Imogen Edwards-Jones
19) A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures: A Memoir by Quinn Bradlee with Jeff Himmelman
20) A Piece of cake by Cupcake Brown
1. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
2. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
3. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
4. Me Talk Pretty One Day by Dave Sedaris
5. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
6. On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
8. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
9. 4 Months to a 4 Hour Marathon
10. The Thorn Birds by Colleen Mccullough
11. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
12. Election by Tom Perrotta
+13. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (re-read after watching the DVD)
14. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
15. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
+16. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen*
17. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
18. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
19. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson*
20. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
21. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
22. In the Woods by Tana French*
23. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
24. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
+25. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
26. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
27. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
28. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
29. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
30. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
+31. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell*
32. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson
33. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
34. If I Stay by Gayle Forman*
+35. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
36. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
37. The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart
38. Pack Up the Moon by Anna McPartlin
39. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak*
+40. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer
+41. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
42. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
43. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
44. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
45. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
46. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
47. Push by Sapphire
+48. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
+49. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (wanted reread before I get to watch the movie Friday!)
*Audiobook
+ books I particularly enjoyed
Cari & Steve: 7/6/2002
Roman James: 2/3/2005
Aaron Ricardo: 2/2/2008
Looks like we will have some people hitting the finish line soon! Way to go people!!!
I'm struggling towards 30 ... looks like I might make 35 by the deadline? we shall see I guess!
Title (finish date)
1. Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult (1/24)
*2. This Charming Man by Marian Keyes (2/12)
3. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2/26)
*4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (3/17)
*5. Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center (3/26)
*6. Jesus Land by Julia Sheeres (3/31)
*7. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison (5/4)
8. First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart by Eve Brown-Waite (5/14)
*9. The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory (6/5)
*10. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (6/24)
11. Do-Over!: In which a forty-eight-year-old father of three returns to kindergarten, summer camp, the prom, and other embarrassments… by Robin Hemley (6/29)
12. Take Your Shirt Off and Cry: A Memoir of Near-Fame Experiences… by Nancy Balbirer (7/12)
13. Intuition by Allegra Goodman (7/19)
14. Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith (7/30)
15. Dreaming in French by Megan McAndrews (8/5)
16. If you could see me now... Cecelia Ahern (8/9)
* 17.On the Brightside, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a SexGod by Louise Rennison (8/13)
18. Bookends by Jane Green (8/20)
19. Highschool Confidential by Jeremy Iverson (8/23)
*20. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (9/2)
21. Sammy's House by Kristen Gore (9/12)
*22. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (9/22)
23.The House Called Hadlows by Victoria Walker (9/26)
*24. Used and Rare - Travels in the Book World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (10/3)
*25. True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy (10/20)
26. Only in your dreams by cecily von ziegesar (10/24)
27. Paradise Park by Allegra Goodman (11/4)
28. I love you Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle (11/20)
29. (currently reading) Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
1. The Edge of Marriage by Hester Kaplan (1/2)
2. The Children of Pithiviers by Sheila Kohler (1/3)
3. Getting A Life by Helen Simpson (1/4)
4. Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller (1/5)
5. Miss Black America by Veronica Chambers (1/6)
6. Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto (1/8)
7. The yada yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson (1/9)
8. The yada yada Prayer Group Gets Down by Neta Jackson (1/10)
9. The yada yada Prayer Group Gets Real by Neta Jackson (1/11)
10. Daughter of the Queen of Sheba by Jacki Lyden (1/13)
11. Kinship Theory by Hester Kaplan (1/14)
12. Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller (1/15)
13. The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to your Adopted Family by Karyn B Purvis, Ph.D., David R Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy L Sunshine (1/17)
14. Entre Nous, A Woman's Guide to Finding her Inner French Girl by Debra Ollivier (1/18)
15. Pearl by Mary Gordon (1/20)
16. Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto (1/22)
17. The yada yada Prayer Group Gets Tough by Neta Jackson (1/23)
18. Attachments by Dr Tim Clinton & Dr Gary Sibcy (1/24)
19. The yada yada Prayer Group Gets Caught by Neta Jackson (1/27)
20. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina (1/28)
21. Sweet Home Alabama by Dooly, Griffin, Harris & Tracy (1/30)
22. Feeding the Brain How Foods Affect Children by C. Keith Conners, PhD (1/31)
23. A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read (2/3)
24. Mystic Sweet Communion by Jane Kirkpatrick (2/7)
25. The yada yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson (6 of 7) (2/8)
26. Your Child's Growing Mind by Jane M Healy, PhD (2/9)
27. The yada yad Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson (finally 7 of 7) (2/9)
28. The Forbidden by Beverly Lewis (2/10)
29. The Longing by Beverly Lewis (2/12)
30. The Journey by Billy Graham (2/13)
31. Tiare in Bloom by Celestine Vaite (2/15)
32. Body Surfing by Anita Shreve (2/17)
33. Frangipani by Celestine Vaite (2/20)
34. Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella (2/21)
35. Breadfruit by Celestine Vaite (2/24)
36. life on the refrigerator door by Alice Kuipers (2/28)
37. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve (3/1)
38. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (3/3)
39. Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self by Frances Kuffel (3/6)
40. Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve (3/9)
41. Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins (3/14)
42. Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity and Healthy Emotions by Marian Diamond PhD (3/15)
43. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (3/16)
44. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (3/19)
45. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (3/23)
46. Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall (3/25)
47. A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers (3/29)
48. Sleep Well, Sleep Deep: How Sleeping Well Can Change Your Life by Alex Lukeman, Ph.D. (3/30)
49. An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers (3/31)
50. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (4/1)
51. Yellow Rose Bride by Lori Copeland (4/6)
52. Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson (4-11)
53. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (4-14)
54. Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan (4-20)
55. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (4-26)
56. All She Ever Wanted by Lynn Austin (4-28)
57. One Nation Under Dog by Michael Schaffer (5-1)
58. TALLGRASS by Sandra Dallas (5-2)
59. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (5-6)
60. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker (5-7)
61. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (5-11)
62. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophia Kinsella (5-13)
63. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson (5-14)
64. A Bride most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist (5-16)
65. Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson (5-21)
66. Growing up Green Volume II: Baby and Child Care by Deirdre Imus (5-22)
67. Daughter of the Saints: Growing up in Polygamy by Dorthy Allred Solomon (5-26)
68. The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve (6-1)
69. The Shack by William P Young (6-2)
70. Mrs. Astor Regrets by Meryl Gordon (6-9)
71. Lost Boy by Brent W Jeffs (6-10)
72. Unveiled: by Francine Rivers (6-13)
73. A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke (6-15)
74. Monday Morning Faith by Lori Copeland (6-16)
75. I see you everywhere by Julia Glass (6-20)
76. When Men Become gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear,
and the Women who fought back by Stephen Singular (6-22)
77. Straight Up by Lisa Samson (6-24)
78. Unashamed: Rahab by Francine Rivers (6-25)
79. Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman (6-28)
80. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (7-1)
81. Unshaken: Ruth by Francine Rivers (7-2)
82. The Creative Family: How to encourage Imagination and Nurture Family
Connections by Amanda Blake Soule (7-3)
83. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella (7-4)
84. The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers (7-5)
85. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (7-7)
86. Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon (7-13)
87. The Beach House by Jane Green (7-19)
88. Unspoken: Bathsheba by Francine Rivers (7-20)
89. The Nanny Diaries: A Novel by Emma Kraus & Nicola McLaughlin (7-22)
90. The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster by Kay Gibbons (7-23)
91. Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt (7-31)
92. Unafraid: Mary by Francine Rivers (8-2)
93. I loved, I lost, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci (8-5)
94. The Blue Notebook by James A Levine (8-6)
95. Seven Blessings by Ruchama King (8-11)
96. A Gathering of Finches by Jane Kirkpatrick (8-16)
97. Awake by Elizabeth Graver (8-17)
98. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (8-23)
99. Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies (8-24)
100. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (8-28)
101. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos (8-31)
102. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (9-2)
103. Mommy Wars edited by Leslie Morgan Steiner (9-8)
104. While my Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky (9-9)
105. The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow (9-13)
106. Sarah's Key by Tatiane de Rosnay (9-15)
107. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (9-18)
108. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (9-21)
109. Bos Cafe by John Lynch, Bill Thrall and Bruce McNicol (9-24)
110. Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner (9-27)
111. Julie & Julia: 365, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julie Powell (10-1)
112. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg (10-8)
113. The Cabal and other Stories by Ellen Gilchrist (10-11)
114. Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders, M.D. (10-13)
115. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (10-15)
116. As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers (10-18)
117. The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller (10-19)
118. The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble (10-24)
119. The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose (10-25)
120. The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope (10-29)
121. The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips (11-4)
122. While I was Gone by Sue Miller (11-7)
123. Strangers and Sojourners: Stories from the Lowcountry by Mary Potter Engel (11-9)
124. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (11-19)
125. Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham (11-20)
Updated List:
1. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (1/2/08)
2. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1/12/08)
3. Survivors Guide to Home Schooling by Luanne Shackelford & Susan White (1/12/08)
4. Gossip Girl: Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily Von Zeigesar (1/16/09)
5. Princess Mia by Meg Cabot (2/13/09)
6. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (2/17/09)
7. Because of Winn Dixie* by Kate Dicamillo (2/23/09)
8. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (2/27/09)
9. Princess Forever by Meg Cabot (3/1/09)
10. Gossip Girl: Only in Your Dreams by Cecily Von Zeigesar (3/16/09)
11. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (4/21/09)
12. Would I Lie to You by Cecily Von Zeigesar (4/22/09)
13. Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (4/24/09)
14. Tale of Despereaux* by Kate Dicamillo (5/1/09)
15. Hometown Declarations: America's Self-Proclaimed World Capitals by Mark Usler (5/2/09)
16. Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (5/6/09)
17. Twilight* by Stephanie Meyer (5/26/09)+
18. New Moon* by Stephanie Meyer (6/11/09)+
19. Wicked by Gregory Maguire (6/25/09)
20. Eclipse* by Stephanie Meyer (7/6/09)+
21. Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (7/14/09)
22. Max by James Patterson (7/29/09)
23. Breaking Dawn* by Stephanie Meyer (8/12/09)+
24. Unclutter Your Home by Donna Smallin (8/13/09)
25. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (8/28/09)
26. Don't You Forget About Me by Cecily von Zeigesar (9/7/09)
27. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (9/11/09)
28. Magic Kingdom For Sale...Sold* by Terry Brooks (9/16/09)
29. Being Nikki by Meg Cabot (9/28/09)
30. Inkheart* by Cornelia Funke (9/29/09)
31. 20 and Counting by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar (10/4/09)
32. The Black Unicorn* by Terry Brooks (10/19/09)
33. The Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family by Mary Ostyn (11/18/09)
Currently Reading:
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
On Hold:
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Dressing Smart for Women by JoAnna Nicholson
It Had to be You by Cecily von Ziegesar
Abandoned:
The Five Love Languages for Children by Gary Chapman
Winning by Losing by Jillian Michaels
Crayons to Condoms by Steve Baldwin and Karen Holgate
* audiobook
+ reread
"A home without books is a body without soul."
- unknown -
1. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
2. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
3. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
4. Me Talk Pretty One Day by Dave Sedaris
5. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
6. On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
8. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
9. 4 Months to a 4 Hour Marathon
10. The Thorn Birds by Colleen Mccullough
11. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
12. Election by Tom Perrotta
+13. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (re-read after watching the DVD)
14. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
15. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
+16. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen*
17. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
18. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
19. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson*
20. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
21. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
22. In the Woods by Tana French*
23. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
24. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
+25. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
26. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
27. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
28. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
29. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
30. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
+31. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell*
32. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson
33. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
34. If I Stay by Gayle Forman*
+35. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
36. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
37. The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart
38. Pack Up the Moon by Anna McPartlin
39. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak*
+40. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer
+41. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
42. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
43. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
44. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
45. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
46. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
47. Push by Sapphire
+48. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
+49. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (re-read before watching the movie)
50. My Life in France by Julia Child
*Audiobook
+ books I particularly enjoyed
Cari & Steve: 7/6/2002
Roman James: 2/3/2005
Aaron Ricardo: 2/2/2008
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