June 18, 2011

Fall Books

Continuing the list of books I read when I was 24:

September:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack--Rebecca Skloot
Your Scandalous Ways--Loretta Chase
Mockingjay--Suzanne Collins
Dead in the Family--Charlaine Harris
Twelve Sharp--Janet Evanovich

October:
Made by Hand--Mark Frauen
Lean Mean Thirteen--Janet Evanovich
The Devil Wears Plaid--Teresa Medeiros
The Great Typo Hunt: Jeff Deck & Ben Herson
Not Quite a Lady--Loretta Chase
Half the Sky--Nicholas Kristoff
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society--Mary Ann Shafer and Annie Barrows*
Fearless Fourteen--Janet Evanovich

November:
The Convenient Marriage--Georgette Heyer
Lady Vernon and her Daughter--Jane Rubino and Caitlyn Rubino-Bradway
Austenland--Shannon Hale
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift--Eliner Lipman
Indiscretion--Jude Morgan
Hundred Dollar Holiday--Bill McKibbon
The Town That Food Saved--Ben Hewitt

*I do re-read books, but I will only list them here and denote them with an asterisk if I read the entire thing, cover to cover. I often read my favorite passages of books over and over again, but I'm not counting that in this year long record of reading.

June 17, 2011

Results! Results! Results!

Hello! I have returned.

A year ago, I started recording every book I read. In that 24th year of life, I also endured some bad shit. So...I read a lot of fluff. Like. A lot. I'm almost ashamed. But then I think about it, and those were hilarious books, and there is nothing like watching your friend read love scenes aloud while you make over 100 whoopie pies with your dearest friends and her boyfriend squirms. And then dancing drunkenly with nutcrackers. And then frightening your boyfriend's brother by drunkenly doing impressions of his adorable Southern mother. Or reading books because your middle aged coworkers won't shut up about them. Or reading books because a blog tells you to, and finding that you love all the suggestions.

SO, with no further ado: here are the first 3 months of my 24th year of life, in books:

June:
Wolf Hall--Hilary Mantel
Seven Up--Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight--Janet Evanovich
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--Siegg Larsson
To the Nines--Janet Evanovich
Pets and the Planet: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Pet Care--Carol Frischmann

July:
The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
Not Quite a Husband--Sherry Thomas
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming--Paul Hawken
The White Queen--Phillipa Gregory*
Catching Fire--Suzanne Collins

August:
The Hedgehog's Dilemma--Phil Warwick
Something Wonderful--Judith McNaught
Girl in the Arena--Lise Haines
Ten Big Ones--Janet Evanovich
Eleven on Top--Janet Evanovich
His at Night--Sherry Thomas
Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life--John Conroy
Almost Heaven--Judith McNaught
The Red Queen--Phillipa Gregory


Gosh, I read a lot of trash. Summer, you know? Depression, you know?

Next up: Fall, and a return to some more serious subject matter.

*I'm sorry, but every time I see the name Phillipa after this I will only think of this hottie.