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3/4/2011 4:41:08 PM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Currently Reading - Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay

3/5/2011 11:50:35 AM

16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Currently Reading - Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay

3/7/2011 3:29:37 PM

^ jesus h christ you read fast!

3/7/2011 3:32:08 PM

Currently reading Texas by James A. Michener. About halfway through, and it's been a week. Damn 1100 page book.

3/7/2011 3:35:37 PM

^^Haha, these Dexter books are pretty quick reads. Also, I'll be slowing way down after today. Dragon Age II gets in tomorrow and the next two books on deck are much longer. You guys can catch up with me then.

3/7/2011 3:46:03 PM

1) Worst Case by James Patterson
2) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
3) A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah
4) The White Tiger
5) The Frightened Man by Kenneth Cameron
6) Make it in America by Andrew N Liveris

Reading The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick

3/7/2011 4:18:00 PM

1) High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
http://www.amazon.com/High-Fidelity-Novel-Nick-Hornby/dp/1594481784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294246097&sr=1-1
2) Long Story Short: Flash-Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina's Finest Writers ed. Marianne Gingher
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Story-Short-Sixty-five-Carolina%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s/dp/080785977X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1294322280&sr=8-2
3) The Road by Cormac McCarthy
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307265439
4) The Ask and the Answer [Chaos Walking book II] by Patrick Ness
http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Answer-Chaos-Walking-Book/dp/076364837X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295027254&sr=1-1
5) Desecration by Tim LaHaye
http://www.amazon.com/Desecration-Antichrist-Takes-Throne-Behind/dp/0842332294
6) Son of a Snitch by Michael Evans
http://www.amazon.com/Son-Snitch-Michael-Evans/dp/0974277517/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295451897&sr=1-1
7) Looking for Alaska by John Green (so so good! It's my favorite so far)
http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Alaska-John-Green/dp/014241221X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296494930&sr=8-1
8) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (funny and fascinating)
http://www.amazon.com/Bonk-Curious-Coupling-Science-Sex/dp/0393334791/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296494950&sr=1-1
9) John Dies at the End by David Wong
http://www.amazon.com/John-Dies-End-David-Wong/dp/0978970764
10) The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
http://www.amazon.com/Penelopiad-Myth-Penelope-Odysseus-Myths/dp/B002FL5HG4/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297100760&sr=1-2
11) Unwind by Neil Shusterman
http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297435610&sr=8-1
12) Batman:The Longest Halloween by Jeph Loeb/Tim Sale
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Long-Halloween-Jeph-Loeb/dp/1563894696/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297435630&sr=1-1
13) The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
http://www.amazon.com/Devil-You-Know-Felix-Castor/dp/0446618705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298392549&sr=8-1
14) Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393068471
15) Life of Pi by Yann Martel (reread)
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299536505&sr=1-1
16) Monsters of Men [Chaos Walking book III] by Patrick Ness
http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Men-Chaos-Walking-Three/dp/0763647519/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299536518&sr=1-1
---
currently reading:
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Spook by Mary Roach
Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper

heh. Just noticed that those are all women.

[Edited on March 7, 2011 at 5:22 PM. Reason : parallelism]

3/7/2011 5:22:27 PM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
True Grit - Charles Portis

3/7/2011 6:10:15 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

up next The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

3/8/2011 8:40:53 AM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) Currently Reading - The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

3/10/2011 9:25:11 AM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
True Grit - Charles Portis

Just picked up 6 more books from the library last night

3/10/2011 9:29:56 AM

FINISHED:
(1) The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World/Lawrence Osborne
http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Connoisseur-Irreverent-Journey-Through/dp/0865477124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294167745&sr=8-1
(2) Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (P.S.)/Michael Chabon
http://www.amazon.com/Manhood-Amateurs-Pleasures-Regrets-Husband/dp/0061490199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295997953&sr=8-1
(3) Water for Elephants/Sara Gruen
http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297096011&sr=8-1-spell
(4) Skinny Dip/Carl Hiaasen
http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Dip-Carl-Hiaasen/dp/0446615129/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297442176&sr=8-1

Currently Reading:
(5) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time/Mark Haddon
(6) The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Maching/Michael Lewis
(7) Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef/Gabrielle Hamilton

3/10/2011 2:21:49 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )

up next Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM. Reason : sd]

3/11/2011 2:54:00 PM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
19) Currently Reading - The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss

3/14/2011 10:38:33 PM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Incendiary - Chris Cleave

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
True Grit - Charles Portis

3/15/2011 9:56:02 AM

havent read anything in a while

3/15/2011 10:12:10 AM

FINISHED:
(1) The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World/Lawrence Osborne
http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Connoisseur-Irreverent-Journey-Through/dp/0865477124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294167745&sr=8-1
(2) Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (P.S.)/Michael Chabon
http://www.amazon.com/Manhood-Amateurs-Pleasures-Regrets-Husband/dp/0061490199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295997953&sr=8-1
(3) Water for Elephants/Sara Gruen
http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297096011&sr=8-1-spell
(4) Skinny Dip/Carl Hiaasen
http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Dip-Carl-Hiaasen/dp/0446615129/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297442176&sr=8-1
(5) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time/Mark Haddon
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-Time-ebook/dp/B000FC1MCS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1300205891&sr=1-1

Currently Reading:
(6) The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Maching/Michael Lewis
(7) Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef/Gabrielle Hamilton

3/15/2011 12:18:31 PM

1) High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
http://www.amazon.com/High-Fidelity-Novel-Nick-Hornby/dp/1594481784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294246097&sr=1-1
2) Long Story Short: Flash-Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina's Finest Writers ed. Marianne Gingher
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Story-Short-Sixty-five-Carolina%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s/dp/080785977X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1294322280&sr=8-2
3) The Road by Cormac McCarthy
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307265439
4) The Ask and the Answer [Chaos Walking book II] by Patrick Ness
http://www.amazon.com/Ask-Answer-Chaos-Walking-Book/dp/076364837X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295027254&sr=1-1
5) Desecration by Tim LaHaye
http://www.amazon.com/Desecration-Antichrist-Takes-Throne-Behind/dp/0842332294
6) Son of a Snitch by Michael Evans
http://www.amazon.com/Son-Snitch-Michael-Evans/dp/0974277517/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295451897&sr=1-1
7) Looking for Alaska by John Green (so so good! It's my favorite so far)
http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Alaska-John-Green/dp/014241221X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296494930&sr=8-1
8) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (funny and fascinating)
http://www.amazon.com/Bonk-Curious-Coupling-Science-Sex/dp/0393334791/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296494950&sr=1-1
9) John Dies at the End by David Wong
http://www.amazon.com/John-Dies-End-David-Wong/dp/0978970764
10) The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
http://www.amazon.com/Penelopiad-Myth-Penelope-Odysseus-Myths/dp/B002FL5HG4/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297100760&sr=1-2
11) Unwind by Neil Shusterman
http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297435610&sr=8-1
12) Batman:The Longest Halloween by Jeph Loeb/Tim Sale
http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Long-Halloween-Jeph-Loeb/dp/1563894696/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297435630&sr=1-1
13) The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
http://www.amazon.com/Devil-You-Know-Felix-Castor/dp/0446618705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298392549&sr=8-1
14) Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393068471
15) Life of Pi by Yann Martel (reread)
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299536505&sr=1-1
16) Monsters of Men [Chaos Walking book III] by Patrick Ness
http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Men-Chaos-Walking-Three/dp/0763647519/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299536518&sr=1-1
17) Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
http://www.amazon.com/Newes-Dead-Mary-Hooper/dp/0312608640/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1300214268&sr=8-2
18) Reality is Broken by Jone McGonigal
http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/1594202850
--
Currently reading:
Spook by Mary Roach
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

3/15/2011 2:38:45 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt


up next Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith


[Edited on March 20, 2011 at 11:32 AM. Reason : sdfa]

3/20/2011 11:29:43 AM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith

up next Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith

3/22/2011 7:15:55 PM

1 Douglas Adams - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
2 George Orwell - 1984
3 Peter L. Callero - The Myth of Individualism: How Social Forces Shape Our Lives
3 Jack Falla - Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Life
4 George RR Martin - A Game of Thrones
5 Thomas Stanley and William Danko - The Millionaire Next Door: Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
6 George RR Martin - A Clash of Kings
7 Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel
8 George RR Martin - A Storm of Swords (Ugh, lost it out at a bar with less than 100 pages to go)
9 William S Burroughs - Valentine's Day Reading
10 Albert Einstein - Essays in Humanism
11 Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)

3/23/2011 5:51:54 AM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Incendiary - Chris Cleave
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
The Beach House - Jane Green
True Grit - Charles Portis

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin

3/24/2011 12:28:09 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith


up next Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith

3/26/2011 8:53:10 AM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
19) The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
20) Currently Reading - American Gods - Neil Gaiman

3/26/2011 2:29:40 PM

20) American Gods - Neil Gaiman
21) Currently Reading - The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

[Edited on March 31, 2011 at 11:07 PM. Reason : ]

3/31/2011 11:06:41 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
14. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith

up next The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga - Edward Rutherfurd

4/5/2011 1:53:06 PM

1 Douglas Adams - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
2 George Orwell - 1984
3 Peter L. Callero - The Myth of Individualism: How Social Forces Shape Our Lives
3 Jack Falla - Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Life
4 George RR Martin - A Game of Thrones
5 Thomas Stanley and William Danko - The Millionaire Next Door: Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
6 George RR Martin - A Clash of Kings
7 Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel
8 George RR Martin - A Storm of Swords (Ugh, lost it out at a bar with less than 100 pages to go)
9 William S Burroughs - Valentine's Day Reading
10 Albert Einstein - Essays in Humanism
11 Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)
12 D.H. Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover
13 Rebecca Wells - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel
14 Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4/6/2011 11:20:05 PM

^Cheater, i'm reading that soon.

4/7/2011 6:56:43 PM

I didn't even get a nod in this thread for starting the original challenge, fuckers.

Also, I got stuck on a couple books this year so I think I've only finished three or four.

4/7/2011 7:01:52 PM

i havent read in a while...i started atleast 3 books which i gave up midway

4/11/2011 11:52:48 AM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Incendiary - Chris Cleave
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
The Beach House - Jane Green
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
True Grit - Charles Portis
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

4/11/2011 11:54:20 AM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
19) The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
20) American Gods - Neil Gaiman
21) The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
22) Currently Reading - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

4/13/2011 7:52:10 PM

22) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
23) Currently Reading - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams

4/15/2011 7:52:14 PM

23) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
24) Currently Reading - Life, The Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams

4/17/2011 4:19:03 PM

1) Worst Case by James Patterson
2) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
3) A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah
4) The White Tiger
5) The Frightened Man by Kenneth Cameron
6) Make it in America by Andrew N Liveris
7) Black Swan
8) The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick
7) Anything for you, Ma'am

curently Listening to Live Wire

4/21/2011 11:54:23 AM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
19) The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
20) American Gods - Neil Gaiman
21) The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
22) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
23) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
24) Life, The Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
25) So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
26) Currently Reading - Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams

4/21/2011 6:54:42 PM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Incendiary - Chris Cleave
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
The Beach House - Jane Green
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
True Grit - Charles Portis
The Other Woman - Jane Green
The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
The Dune Road - Jane Green

(when i find an author i like, i'll read all their books )

4/21/2011 7:06:47 PM

Can I give up on this boring ass 800 page book that I've only managed to get 300 pages into in the last month?

I have to do better in my book selection...


I read about 10 great books in a row but have really sucked it up on the last 4

4/23/2011 9:24:48 PM

^Sure, why not. Read something short and light hearted before picking up another monster read. That's what I did with THGTTG.

also, YAY, I'm halfway there and it's not even May. (cites lack of social life to book reading success )

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
19) The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
20) American Gods - Neil Gaiman
21) The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
22) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
23) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
24) Life, The Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
25) So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
26) Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
27) Currently Reading - Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

4/24/2011 2:14:58 PM

i'm going to give this book just one more week since i'm not going to be busy at work...


if i haven't finished it by sunday...it's going back to the library

[Edited on April 25, 2011 at 9:36 AM. Reason : the general topic is pretty interesting but the story telling is a snoozefest]

4/25/2011 9:35:53 AM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Incendiary - Chris Cleave
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
The Beach House - Jane Green
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella


Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
True Grit - Charles Portis


On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
The Other Woman - Jane Green
The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
The Dune Road - Jane Green

4/26/2011 2:17:42 PM

1) A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
2) A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
3) The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson
4) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
5) The Girl that Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
6) The Girl that kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson
7) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
8) The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
9) Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
10) Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
11) Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
12) Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen W. Sears
13) Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
14) Dearly Devoted Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
15) Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsay
16) Dexter by Design - Jeff Lindsay
17) Dexter is Delicious - Jeff Lindsay
18) The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
19) The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
20) American Gods - Neil Gaiman
21) The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
22) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
23) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
24) Life, The Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
25) So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
26) Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
27) Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
28) Currently Reading - Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams

4/30/2011 4:00:45 PM

i think you will be done with your 52 pretty soon....can you then help me finish my 52?

4/30/2011 4:02:56 PM

I, too, believe in Battle of the Books.

4/30/2011 4:04:51 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
14. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith
15. The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga - Edward Rutherfurd (BORING AS HELL...DO NOT READ )

up next The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

it should not have taken me a month to read that last book...but alas...i am nearly finished

also...i raided the library yesterday and have a good stock of books to read

5/2/2011 2:13:33 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
14. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith
15. The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga - Edward Rutherfurd (BORING AS HELL...DO NOT READ )
16. The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan


up next American Adulterer - Jed Mercurio

5/4/2011 1:13:51 PM

The Kent Family Chronicles - John Jakes
59. Volume I: The Bastard (finished in 2010)
1. Volume II: The Rebels
2. Volume III: The Seekers
3. Volume IV: The Furies
4. Volume V: The Titans
5. Volume VI: The Warriors
6. Volume VII: The Lawless
7. Volume VIII: The Americans
8. Encyclopedia

9. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10. The Blind Side - Michael Lewis (i would have finished this in a day if i hadn't discovered Glee )
11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - John Berendt
12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith
13. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
14. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls - Steve Hockensmith
15. The Princes of Ireland: The Dublin Saga - Edward Rutherfurd (BORING AS HELL...DO NOT READ )
16. The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
17. American Adulterer - Jed Mercurio

up next Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

this one is 1500 pages...it's gonna take a while

5/5/2011 11:04:45 AM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Incendiary - Chris Cleave
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
The Beach House - Jane Green
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
True Grit - Charles Portis


Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue


On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
The Other Woman - Jane Green
The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
The Dune Road - Jane Green

5/5/2011 11:07:17 AM

Finished
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
Incendiary - Chris Cleave
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
The Beach House - Jane Green
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
True Grit - Charles Portis
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand


On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
The Other Woman - Jane Green
The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
The Dune Road - Jane Green

5/9/2011 9:52:04 AM