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6/25/2010 11:01:02 AM

1. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
2. I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
3. Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
4. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Mornin' by Celia Rivenbark
5. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
6. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits and Conniptions by Celia Rivenbark
7. Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark
8. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
9. A Tale of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz
10. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
11. None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer
12. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
13. One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcie Marquez
14. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
15. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
16. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
17. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
18. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
19. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
20. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
21. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
22. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
23. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
24. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold--Gah...I could NOT get in to this book whatsoever...I'll try again later.
25. Lucky by Alice Sebold
26. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
27. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
28. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

completed
currently reading
just got from library
on the goal list

6/25/2010 5:37:39 PM

I tried to read The Almost Moon on a plane last month but I couldn't get into it either...I liked her other two books though so I'll try it again and see if it gets better.

Same thing with I am Charlotte Simmons...I got through a chapter and realized I had 700 pages left and said screw it and never picked it up again.

6/25/2010 6:29:55 PM

My format of keeping up with this was starting to drive me crazy. So, new format Plus, I've taken off all the Nicholas Sparks books except for two. I own True Believer; and Message in a Bottle I always meant to read, but never got around to it when I was in my huge NS phase.

Currently reading
1. 100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcie Marquez
2. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold--Currently on hiatus.

Just Picked Up
3. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
4. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
5. Summerland by Michael Chabon
6. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama

On the to do list
7. Lucky by Alice Sebold
8. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
9. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
10. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
11. Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark
12. A Tale of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz
13. None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer

Completed
1. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark
2. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
3. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
5. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
7. I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
8. Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
9. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Mornin' by Celia Rivenbark
10. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
11. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
12. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

6/28/2010 5:10:45 PM

I won't do 52 books in 52 weeks, but I will catalog what I've read so far this year.

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Is the movie as bad as the book, because the book was pretty fucking terrible. I need something non-crappy to read after that.

7/1/2010 9:00:03 AM

^ Bitter is the New Black, by Jenn Lancaster

that should lift your spirits

7/1/2010 9:17:53 AM

Sadly my book reading abilities are limited to what random books are on my bookshelf until I'm back in the US next month

7/1/2010 9:38:58 AM

i read half of a book yesterday...i'm planning on finishing it today...

i haven't read a book a week but if i keep this pace up i may catch up...

I read The Chronicles of Narnia all at once so I'm not really sure which of those I read last year and which I read this year so I'll just chronicle the books i know i've read since January...

The Left Behind Series - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
1. Left Behind: A Novel of Earth's Last Days
2. Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
3. Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist
4. Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
5. Apollyon: The Destroyer is Unleashed
6. Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist
7. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession
8. The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
9. Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
10. The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
11. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
12. Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
13. Kingdom Come: The Final Victory

I have 3 more left in this series then I'm moving on to Charlaine Harris and her Sookie stories



[Edited on July 1, 2010 at 9:52 AM. Reason : sfdg]

7/1/2010 9:43:39 AM

1. Batman, The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
2. Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
3. World War Z - Max Brooks
4. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
6. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
7. Choke - Chuck Palaniuk
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
9. The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
10. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse Book 3) - Charlaine Harris
11. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse Book 4) - Charlaine Harris
12. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
13. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
14. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
15. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
16. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
17. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
18. Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
19. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
20. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
21. The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan (not surprisingly, this is pure shit )
22. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephanie Meyer
23. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
24. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
25. Currently Reading: The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
26. Currently Reading: A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle

7/3/2010 10:18:05 AM

14. The Rising: Antichrist is Born

7/5/2010 7:11:49 PM

i'm behind on this, but i almost bought a nook today when the girl told me: "all the cool kids have one, why dont you?"

7/5/2010 8:50:09 PM

I won't do 52 books in 52 weeks, but I will catalog what I've read so far this year.

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2.
3.
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That was a super quick read and pretty interesting. Maybe I'll bother to read the first one now

7/6/2010 8:05:05 AM

Finished:
A Bend in the Road - Nicholas Sparks
The Blind Side - Michael Lewis
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Politician - Andrew Young
Game Change - John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Girls from Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
Heart of the Matter - Emily Giffin
The Girl who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
Such a Pretty Fat - Jen Lancaster
Blame - Michelle Huneven
The Choice - Nicholas Sparks

Reading:
Little Bee

Next Up:
Best Friends Forever - Jennifer Weiner
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson
61 Hours - Lee Child

7/6/2010 12:23:39 PM

15. The Regime: Evil Advances

7/8/2010 6:23:00 PM

16. The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye

and thus finishes the Left Behind Series...

now on to The Southern Vampire Mysteries

7/12/2010 2:32:18 PM

Finished:
A Bend in the Road - Nicholas Sparks
The Blind Side - Michael Lewis
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Politician - Andrew Young
Game Change - John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Girls from Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
Heart of the Matter - Emily Giffin
The Girl who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
Such a Pretty Fat - Jen Lancaster
Blame - Michelle Huneven
The Choice - Nicholas Sparks
Little Bee - Chris Cleave

Reading:
Best Friends Forever - Jennifer Weiner

Next Up:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson
61 Hours - Lee Child

7/12/2010 5:40:17 PM

I fell off the wagon (duh).

I got my Poudre Valley Library System card today, so I'm hopping back on

7/12/2010 5:41:42 PM

7/12/2010 5:53:44 PM

Finished:
A Bend in the Road - Nicholas Sparks
The Blind Side - Michael Lewis
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Politician - Andrew Young
Game Change - John Heilemann, Mark Halperin
Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Girls from Ames - Jeffrey Zaslow
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
Heart of the Matter - Emily Giffin
The Girl who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
Such a Pretty Fat - Jen Lancaster
Blame - Michelle Huneven
The Choice - Nicholas Sparks
Little Bee - Chris Cleave
Best Friends Forever - Jennifer Weiner

Reading:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson

Next Up:
61 Hours - Lee Child

7/15/2010 10:00:08 PM

1. The Other Woman....Jane Green
2. You Could Do Better....Stephanie Lehmann
3. The Beach....Alex Garland
4. Don't Even Think About It... Lauren Henderson
5. Dear John...Nicholas Sparks
6. Piece of Cake....Cupcake Brown (great suggestion)
7. Beautiful Boy....David Sheff
8. Tweak...Nic Sheff
9. Turn Me On...Cherie Jeffrey
10. Something Borrowed...Emily Griffin

7/17/2010 6:02:30 PM

finished Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a few days ago

7/17/2010 6:14:45 PM

F it, this is way too difficult to do from my phone with the bug that it's got

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 8:54 AM. Reason : IPhone bug]

7/22/2010 8:49:01 AM

1 John Skipp - Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead
2 Gretchen Rubin - The Happiness Project
3 David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
4 David Sedaris - Naked
5 Rob Sheffeild - Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
6 Audrey Niffenegger - Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel
7 Austin Grossman - Soon I Will be Invincible
8 Seth Godin - Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
9 C. David Heymann - Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
10 Steve Martin - Shopgirl: A Novella
11 Steve Martin - The Pleasure of My Company: A Novella
12 J.D.Salinger - Nine Stories
13 Jonathan Harr - A Civil Action
14 Kurt Vonnegut - Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction
15 Walter Moers - Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures
16 Helen Fielding - Bridget Jone's Diary
17 Chuck Palahniuk - Tell All
18 Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles
19 Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
20 Tony Scherman and David Dalton - Pop:the genius of Andy Warhol
21 Nancy Grace - Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorney's Celebrity Defendents, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal
22 Julia Child - My Life in France

I've been slacking

7/22/2010 1:17:03 PM

Currently reading
1. 100 Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcie Marquez
2. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold--Currently on hiatus.
3. Summerland by Michael Chabon

Just Picked Up
4. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

On the to do list
5. Lucky by Alice Sebold
6. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
7. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
8. Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark
9. A Tale of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz
10. None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer
11. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
12. Summerland by Michael Chabon
13. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama

Completed
1. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark
2. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
3. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
5. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
7. I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
8. Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
9. You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Mornin' by Celia Rivenbark
10. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
11. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
12. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
13. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

7/22/2010 8:15:35 PM

i'm starting Animal Farm tomorrow

7/22/2010 8:16:13 PM

17. Animal Farm - George Orwell

now reading The Last Boleyn - Karen Harper

7/23/2010 4:29:59 PM

So far I've read:

1) Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories - Jean Shephard
http://www.amazon.com/Wanda-Hickeys-Night-Golden-Memories/dp/0385116322/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276432937&sr=8-1

2) The Duggars - 20 and Counting - Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar
http://www.amazon.com/Duggars-Counting-Raising-Americas-Families-How/dp/141658563X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276432976&sr=1-1

3) Little Children - Tom Perotta
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Children-Novel-Tom-Perrotta/dp/031236282X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433017&sr=1-1

4) College Girl - Patricia Weitz
http://www.amazon.com/College-Girl-Patricia-Weitz/dp/B002YNS16G/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

5) Jesus Land - Julia Scheeres
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Land-Memoir-Julia-Scheeres/dp/1582433542/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433094&sr=1-1

6) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Wife-Audrey-Niffenegger/dp/015602943X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433136&sr=1-1

7) Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-John-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446567337/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433159&sr=1-1

8) The Choice - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Choice-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446618314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433212&sr=1-1

9) A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Remember-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446693804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433248&sr=1-1

10) Happy Birthday or Whatever - Annie Choi
http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Birthday-Whatever-Family-Disasters/dp/0061132225/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433329&sr=1-1

11) Lucky - Alice Sebold
http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Alice-Sebold/dp/0316096199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433364&sr=1-1

12) The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love - Rosie Rushton
http://www.amazon.com/Dashwood-Sisters-Secrets-Love/dp/0786851368/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433510&sr=1-1

13) Made in the USA - Billie Letts
http://www.amazon.com/Made-U-S-Billie-Letts/dp/B003L1ZX3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433543&sr=1-1

14) Dark at the Roots - Sarah Thyre
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-at-Roots-Sarah-Thyre/dp/1582433968/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433586&sr=1-1

15) Twitch and Shout - Lowell Handler
http://www.amazon.com/Twitch-Shout-Touretters-Lowell-Handler/dp/0816644519/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

16) We Thought You Would Be Prettier - Laurie Notaro
http://www.amazon.com/We-Thought-You-Would-Prettier/dp/0812969014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433727&sr=1-1

17)The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Song-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446570966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280203585&sr=1-1

18) A Rare Breed of Love - Jana Kohl
http://www.amazon.com/Rare-Breed-Love-Inspired-Everywhere/dp/1416564039/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280203642&sr=1-1

19) You Dont Know Me -David Klass
http://www.amazon.com/You-Dont-Know-David-Klass/dp/0064473783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280203683&sr=1-1

7/27/2010 12:08:28 AM

1. The Big U by Neil Stephenson
2. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
3. Push by Sapphire
4. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffeneggar
5. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
6. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
7. The First Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
9. The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
10. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
11. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
12. Insatiable by Gael Greene
13. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
14. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
15. World War Z by Max Brooks
16. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
17. The Boy who Didn't Sleep and Didn't Have To by D.C. Pierson
18. The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
19. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
20. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
21. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
22. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
23. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
24. Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhrosen and Other Stories by Garth Nix
25. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
26. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
27. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
28. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
29. The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
30. Cell by Stephen King
31. The War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card
32. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
33. The Passage by Justin Cronin
34. Sum by David Eagleman
35. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
36. Food Rules by Michael Pollan
37. Vox by Nicholas Baker
38. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Reading: The Once and Future King by T. H. White
The Anthologist by Nicholas Baker

7/27/2010 12:43:57 AM

1. The Other Woman....Jane Green
2. You Could Do Better....Stephanie Lehmann
3. The Beach....Alex Garland
4. Don't Even Think About It... Lauren Henderson
5. Dear John...Nicholas Sparks
6. Piece of Cake....Cupcake Brown (great suggestion)
7. Beautiful Boy....David Sheff
8. Tweak...Nic Sheff
9. Turn Me On...Cherie Jeffrey
10. Something Borrowed...Emily Griffin
11. The Lovely Bones....Alice Sebold

7/27/2010 1:21:34 PM

^ love emily griffin's books

7/27/2010 1:25:32 PM

I forgot one

39. Here's Looking at Euclid by Alex Bellos

7/27/2010 2:15:56 PM

Oh snap! Here's what I've read this year - mostly chick lit on planes drowning out children...


1) Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger
2) Love the One You're With - Emily Giffin
3) In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner
4) Carpool Diem - Nancy Star
5) Conversations with the Fat Girl - Liza Palmer
6) Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club - Jessica Morrison
7) Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
8) Heart of the Matter - Emily Giffin

7/27/2010 2:25:48 PM

I think I might have read Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner this year, but I'm not sure

[Edited on July 27, 2010 at 2:26 PM. Reason : omg]

7/27/2010 2:25:48 PM

18. The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper


on deck - Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

7/29/2010 1:16:36 PM

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5. A Dolls House
6. Auntie Mame
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas
13. Club Dead
14. Dead to the World
15. Dead as a Doornail
16. All Together Dead
17. From Dead to Worse
18. Dead and Gone
19. Dead in the Family
20. The Persia Cafe by Melany Nailson
21. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult - FOR THE RECORD THIS BOOK IS AMAZING
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...I know I already read that book this year, but I really wanted to reread it. It's so good.


Short Stories:
1.A&P by John Updike
2.A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
3.The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
4.The Storm by Kate Chopin


Currently Reading: Youth in Revolt- this book is HILARIOUS!

8/2/2010 10:54:55 AM

I guess I'll keep the whole list together instead of posting each book...this way I don't have to search

The Left Behind Series - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
1. Left Behind: A Novel of Earth's Last Days
2. Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
3. Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist
4. Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
5. Apollyon: The Destroyer is Unleashed
6. Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist
7. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession
8. The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
9. Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
10. The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
11. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
12. Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
13. Kingdom Come: The Final Victory
14. The Rising: Antichrist is Born
15. The Regime: Evil Advances
16. The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye


17. Animal Farm - George Orwell
18. The Last Boleyn - Karen Harper
19. The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris

next is Hannibal - Thomas Harris

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 11:03 AM. Reason : asdf]

8/2/2010 11:00:51 AM

1 John Skipp - Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead
2 Gretchen Rubin - The Happiness Project
3 David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
4 David Sedaris - Naked
5 Rob Sheffeild - Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
6 Audrey Niffenegger - Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel
7 Austin Grossman - Soon I Will be Invincible
8 Seth Godin - Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
9 C. David Heymann - Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
10 Steve Martin - Shopgirl: A Novella
11 Steve Martin - The Pleasure of My Company: A Novella
12 J.D.Salinger - Nine Stories
13 Jonathan Harr - A Civil Action
14 Kurt Vonnegut - Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction
15 Walter Moers - Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures
16 Helen Fielding - Bridget Jone's Diary
17 Chuck Palahniuk - Tell All
18 Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles
19 Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
20 Tony Scherman and David Dalton - Pop:the genius of Andy Warhol
21 Nancy Grace - Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorney's Celebrity Defendents, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal
22 Julia Child - My Life in France
23 Joseph Heller - Catch 22
24 Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
25 Nick Hornby - High Fidelity

8/4/2010 10:48:14 PM

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5. A Dolls House
6. Auntie Mame
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas
13. Club Dead
14. Dead to the World
15. Dead as a Doornail
16. All Together Dead
17. From Dead to Worse
18. Dead and Gone
19. Dead in the Family
20. The Persia Cafe by Melany Nailson
21. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult - FOR THE RECORD THIS BOOK IS AMAZING
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...I know I already read that book this year, but I really wanted to reread it. It's so good.
23. Youth in Revolt

Short Stories:
1.A&P by John Updike
2.A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
3.The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
4.The Storm by Kate Chopin


Currently Reading: Revolting Youth

8/4/2010 10:49:51 PM

you can't count a play you were in, that's cheating

8/4/2010 11:06:39 PM

No it's not. I read the whole thing. Not just the parts that I was in.

8/5/2010 8:07:38 AM

1. Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) - Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
2. How We Believe - Michael Shermer
3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving - (do these count as books? it was like 12 pages long)
4. Enemies - Richard Harris
5. Now, Discover Your Strengths - Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton
6. Made to Stick - Chip and Dan Heath
7. Perfume - Patrick Süskind - Highly recommended! Pretty weird, but very intriguing.
8. Sandworms of Dune - Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson
9. Why Orwell Matters - Christopher Hitchens
10. Perdido Street Station - China Miéville
11. Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You - Sam Gosling
12. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susannah Clarke
13. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
14. Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke
15. Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse
16. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins
17. Jailbird - Kurt Vonnegut
18. The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Barry Glassner
19. The Scar - China Miéville


Audiobooks:
1. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
2. Superfreakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
3. Lies My Teach Told Me - James Loewen
4. Swindled: From Poisoned Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - Bee Wilson
5. New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer - Bill Maher
6. A Traveller in War-Time - Winston Churchill
7. My Life - Bill Clinton
8. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
9. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space - Carl Sagan
10. The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier
11. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
12. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
13. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
14. The Time Machine - HG Wells
15. The Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria
16. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
17. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
18. Gingerbread Girl - Stephen King
19. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
20. Relentless - Dean Koontz
21. Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
22. Dragon Tears - Dean Koontz
23. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
24. Pandora - Anne Rice
25. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
26. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson
27. Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
28. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
29. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
30. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
31. Gerald's Game - Stephen King
32. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman - Richard Feynman
33. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
34. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - Bill Bryson
35. Rethinking Our Past: Recognizing Facts, Fictions, and Lies in American History - James Loewen (lecture series)
36. Winning - Jack Welch

[Edited on August 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM. Reason : ]

8/5/2010 8:16:12 AM

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5. A Dolls House
6. Auntie Mame
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas
13. Club Dead
14. Dead to the World
15. Dead as a Doornail
16. All Together Dead
17. From Dead to Worse
18. Dead and Gone
19. Dead in the Family
20. The Persia Cafe by Melany Nailson
21. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult - FOR THE RECORD THIS BOOK IS AMAZING
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...I know I already read that book this year, but I really wanted to reread it. It's so good.
23. Youth in Revolt
24. Revolting Youth


Short Stories:
1.A&P by John Updike
2.A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
3.The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
4.The Storm by Kate Chopin


I think I am going to start on Wicked sometime soon.

8/6/2010 9:59:20 PM

Quote :

"for anyone who is interested in historical fiction, the book Sarum, by Edward Rutherford, is really good."

this was a good recommendation...I read about 750/900 pages and then got sick of it, but nevertheless it was a very interesting and enjoyable book

Let me throw out "Good-Bye to All That," by Robert Graves. It's the autobiography of the guy who later wrote "I, Claudius," and about 60% of it deals with his time in the trenches of WWI. This is easily one of my top 10 books of all time...smart, funny, fascinating, and very well-written.

8/6/2010 11:29:15 PM

read in 2010

The name of the wind - patrick rothfuss
barbarians at the gate - Burrough
the dispossessed - ursela k le guin
the greatest trade ever - zuckerman
the man who loved books too much - bartlett
the billionaires vinegar - wallace
soldier of the mist - gene wolfe
soldier of arete - gene wolfe
why beautiful people have more daughters - miller/kanazawa
sandworms of dune - herbert
au revoir to all that - steinberger
the vintage caper - mayle
toujours provence - mayle
the last tycoons - cohan
retail superstars - whalin
the omnivore's dilemma - pollard
the big short - michael lewis
traitor to his class - brands
night of knives - esselmont
the middle sea - john julius norwich
paradise of cities - john julius norwich
confidence - kanter
the house of morgon - chernow
imperial life in the emerald city - chandrasekaran
the art of strategy - nalebuff
den of thieves - stewart
the accidental investment banker - knee
diary of a very bad year - n+1 keith gesser

in progress
commonwealth of thieves - kenneally

on deck
the partnership - ellis
gods at war - davidoff
byzantium the apogee - Lord john julius norwich
darwins black box - behe
andrew carnagie - nasaw
the drunkard's walk - Mlodinow
the gathering storm - jordan + sanderson
the sorcorer's house - wolfe

8/6/2010 11:31:03 PM

The Left Behind Series - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
1. Left Behind: A Novel of Earth's Last Days
2. Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
3. Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist
4. Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
5. Apollyon: The Destroyer is Unleashed
6. Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist
7. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession
8. The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
9. Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
10. The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
11. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
12. Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
13. Kingdom Come: The Final Victory
14. The Rising: Antichrist is Born
15. The Regime: Evil Advances
16. The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye


17. Animal Farm - George Orwell
18. The Last Boleyn - Karen Harper
19. The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
20. Hannibal - Thomas Harris

fixing to start Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

8/7/2010 9:04:50 AM

I read the first eight books of the Left Behind series when I was in high school. I think I'm going to get back in to them; I'm curious to see how the series plays out.

8/7/2010 10:45:51 AM

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
5. A Dolls House
6. Auntie Mame
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titans Curse
9. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Dead Until Dark
12. Living Dead in Dallas
13. Club Dead
14. Dead to the World
15. Dead as a Doornail
16. All Together Dead
17. From Dead to Worse
18. Dead and Gone
19. Dead in the Family
20. The Persia Cafe by Melany Nailson
21. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
23. Youth in Revolt
24. Revolting Youth

Currently Reading: Wicked

8/7/2010 10:54:14 PM

The Left Behind Series - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
1. Left Behind: A Novel of Earth's Last Days
2. Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind
3. Nicolae: The Rise of the Antichrist
4. Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
5. Apollyon: The Destroyer is Unleashed
6. Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist
7. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession
8. The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
9. Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne
10. The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon
11. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
12. Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
13. Kingdom Come: The Final Victory
14. The Rising: Antichrist is Born
15. The Regime: Evil Advances
16. The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye


17. Animal Farm - George Orwell
18. The Last Boleyn - Karen Harper
19. The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
20. Hannibal - Thomas Harris
21. Hannibal Rising - Thomas Harris

not sure what i'm going to read next...either 1984 - George Orwell or The First Princess of Wales - Karen Harper

8/9/2010 5:19:44 PM

So far I've read:

1) Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories - Jean Shephard
http://www.amazon.com/Wanda-Hickeys-Night-Golden-Memories/dp/0385116322/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276432937&sr=8-1

2) The Duggars - 20 and Counting - Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar
http://www.amazon.com/Duggars-Counting-Raising-Americas-Families-How/dp/141658563X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276432976&sr=1-1

3) Little Children - Tom Perotta
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Children-Novel-Tom-Perrotta/dp/031236282X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433017&sr=1-1

4) College Girl - Patricia Weitz
http://www.amazon.com/College-Girl-Patricia-Weitz/dp/B002YNS16G/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

5) Jesus Land - Julia Scheeres
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Land-Memoir-Julia-Scheeres/dp/1582433542/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433094&sr=1-1

6) The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Wife-Audrey-Niffenegger/dp/015602943X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433136&sr=1-1

7) Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Dear-John-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446567337/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433159&sr=1-1

8) The Choice - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Choice-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446618314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433212&sr=1-1

9) A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Remember-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446693804/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433248&sr=1-1

10) Happy Birthday or Whatever - Annie Choi
http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Birthday-Whatever-Family-Disasters/dp/0061132225/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433329&sr=1-1

11) Lucky - Alice Sebold
http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Alice-Sebold/dp/0316096199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433364&sr=1-1

12) The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love - Rosie Rushton
http://www.amazon.com/Dashwood-Sisters-Secrets-Love/dp/0786851368/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433510&sr=1-1

13) Made in the USA - Billie Letts
http://www.amazon.com/Made-U-S-Billie-Letts/dp/B003L1ZX3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433543&sr=1-1

14) Dark at the Roots - Sarah Thyre
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-at-Roots-Sarah-Thyre/dp/1582433968/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433586&sr=1-1

15) Twitch and Shout - Lowell Handler
http://www.amazon.com/Twitch-Shout-Touretters-Lowell-Handler/dp/0816644519/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

16) We Thought You Would Be Prettier - Laurie Notaro
http://www.amazon.com/We-Thought-You-Would-Prettier/dp/0812969014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276433727&sr=1-1

17)The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Song-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446570966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280203585&sr=1-1

18) A Rare Breed of Love - Jana Kohl
http://www.amazon.com/Rare-Breed-Love-Inspired-Everywhere/dp/1416564039/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280203642&sr=1-1

19) You Dont Know Me -David Klass
http://www.amazon.com/You-Dont-Know-David-Klass/dp/0064473783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280203683&sr=1-1

20) The Doctor's Wife - Elizabeth Brundage
http://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Wife-Elizabeth-Brundage/dp/0452286913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281568303&sr=8-1

21) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-Time/dp/1400032717/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281568374&sr=1-1

22) Luna - Julie Anne Peters
http://www.amazon.com/Luna-Julie-Anne-Peters/dp/0316011274/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281568410&sr=1-1

8/11/2010 7:14:00 PM

i decided on The First Princess of Wales...

but it's a slow go so far since I actually have work to do this week

i'm losing all the ground i had covered

8/11/2010 8:31:56 PM