this thread makes me feel guilty
i need to get started again!!!

[Edited on May 9, 2011 at 9:53 AM. Reason : says Page 4]

5/9/2011 9:53:31 AM

well i'm 1/3 of the way through GWTW...but i'm going to be really busy this week so I may not finish it before it's due back to the library

5/9/2011 10:28:39 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) Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
27) Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
28) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Currently Reading - Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams

5/15/2011 10:13:00 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

up next Wideacre - Philippa Gregory

5/17/2011 9:47:39 AM

currently reading The Help by kathryn stockett

cant wait for the movie later this summer

[Edited on May 17, 2011 at 3:48 PM. Reason : i love my nook]

5/17/2011 3:48:17 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
8) Live Wire
9) The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

next up Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

5/19/2011 12:12:15 PM

nevermind

[Edited on May 19, 2011 at 1:24 PM. Reason : it came off the reserve list so i can renew it again]

5/19/2011 1:19:15 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
15 Chuck Klosterman - Eating the Dinosaur
16 Tina Fey - Bossypants
17 David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas: a novel
18 William Goldman - The princess bride: S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure/the "good parts" version
19 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
20 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
21 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

5/22/2011 3:45:27 PM

^No fair catching up to me.

These Tad Williams books are some loooooong reads.

[Edited on May 22, 2011 at 4:05 PM. Reason : s]

5/22/2011 4:05:24 PM

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

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine


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

5/23/2011 8:41:20 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Currently Reading - Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams

5/28/2011 11:20:04 AM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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

5/28/2011 3:17:05 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre


up next The Wideacre Trilogy -The Favoured Child - Philippa Gregory

5/29/2011 9:16:19 AM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

On the List
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
The Dune Road - Jane Green

5/30/2011 3:21:59 PM

how do you people finish a book in a week? How long are these books that you're reading?

It usually takes me MANY weeks to finish a book (depending on the book, and the frequency at which I read it).

5/30/2011 3:38:22 PM

5/30/2011 3:41:50 PM

^^ i finished a 250 page book in about 3 and a half hours last night while i was babysitting. i've always been a fast reader though.

5/30/2011 3:47:13 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Currently Reading - Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams (This one is 934 pages. It's going to take a few weeks. Catch up while ypu can. )

[Edited on June 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM. Reason : ]

6/5/2011 1:19:39 PM

i had all intentions of finishing a book today but then i decided to drink beer instead

6/5/2011 7:17:18 PM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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

6/5/2011 7:44:06 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre
20. The Favoured Child

up next The Wideacre Trilogy - Meridon - Philippa Gregory

6/7/2011 2:39:50 PM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
The Dune Road - Jane Green

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

6/9/2011 7:45:30 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre
20. The Favoured Child
21. Meridon

up next The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner

6/11/2011 8:20:55 AM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
23. The Dune Road - Jane Green

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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

6/12/2011 8:55:23 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) Currently Reading - The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

6/18/2011 3:31:05 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre
20. The Favoured Child
21. Meridon

22. The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner

up next The Blackboard Jungle - Evan Hunter

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 4:37 PM. Reason : or When Christ and His Saints Slept - Sharon Kay Penman]

6/20/2011 4:08:37 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33) Currently Reading - Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

6/20/2011 8:56:04 PM

33) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
34) Currently Reading - Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

6/22/2011 6:10:39 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre
20. The Favoured Child
21. Meridon

22. The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner
23. The Blackboard Jungle - Evan Hunter

up next The Plantagenet Trilogy - When Christ and His Saints Slept - Sharon Kay Penman

6/22/2011 7:34:13 PM

it's going to take me forever to read this book...

it's a big, 800 page book with the smallest leading i think i've ever seen

6/23/2011 9:57:06 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) Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
27) Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
28) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
34) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
35) Currently Reading - McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld - Misha Glenny

6/25/2011 12:56:27 PM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
23. The Dune Road - Jane Green
24. To have and to hold - Jane Green
25. Babyville - Jane Green

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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

need to find another author so i can read all their books too

6/25/2011 1:07:58 PM

try Philippa Gregory....

she wrote the Other Boleyn Girl...

she has a shit load of books set in that period and they are all pretty fast reading and entertaining


but Tudor-era England may not be your thing

I'm also on a Sharon Kay Penman kick....her books are long as shit but good reads...

6/25/2011 1:29:45 PM

i shall try em out. thanks for the recommendation

6/25/2011 1:31:13 PM

no problem...

after i get through those two authors i have another on the back burner...

i'll let you know if she's worth a shit...

i currently have like 32 books checked out from the library

6/25/2011 1:32:36 PM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
23. The Dune Road - Jane Green
24. To have and to hold - Jane Green
25. Babyville - Jane Green
26. Jemima J - Jane Green


Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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

back to the library - i've run out of books at home.

6/30/2011 11:37:13 AM

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
15 Chuck Klosterman - Eating the Dinosaur
16 Tina Fey - Bossypants
17 David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas: a novel
18 William Goldman - The princess bride: S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure/the "good parts" version
19 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
20 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
21 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
22 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
23 Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth
24 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
25 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
26 J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

6/30/2011 1:19:44 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
34) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
35) Currently Reading - McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld - Misha Glenny
36) Currently Reading - The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie

7/1/2011 6:02:42 PM

It's obviously no secret that I'm really into historical fiction...

I stumbled across this website today and I think I may use it as a recommendation list in the future...

I thought I'd share it for anyone else who might like that sort of stuff...

5000 novels about historical "stuff" throughout the ages...all over the world...


http://www.historicalnovels.info/index.html

7/2/2011 8:19:22 AM

i wish i could get into historical novels. the closest that i've come is the unbroken book (which you actually might enjoy LP) it's about the B-24 plane that went down in the pacific during WWII and follows their story after they're "rescued" until they're liberated from japanese pow camps.

i think i might have found another author that seems to have a ton of books and the writing style seems to be the kind that i enjoy.

we shall see.

7/2/2011 8:38:13 AM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
23. The Dune Road - Jane Green
24. To have and to hold - Jane Green
25. Babyville - Jane Green
26. Jemima J - Jane Green
27. Remind Me Again Why I Need A Man - Claudia Carroll

Currently Reading
Common Sense - Thomas Paine

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


ALSO

my new list that i'm working through - the TIME Magazine best 100 fiction books (in English) since 1923.

Soooo yea... we'll see how this goes - after i have three more books that i just got out of the library.

7/6/2011 6:36:55 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
34) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
35) Currently Reading - McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld - Misha Glenny
36) The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
37) Currently Reading - The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

7/6/2011 8:17:06 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre
20. The Favoured Child
21. Meridon

22. The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner
23. The Blackboard Jungle - Evan Hunter

The Plantagenet Trilogy - Sharon Kay Penman
24. When Christ and His Saints Slept


up next The Plantagenet Trilogy - Time and Chance - Sharon Kay Penman

7/7/2011 8:14:46 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) Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
27) Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
28) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
34) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
35) Currently Reading - McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld - Misha Glenny
36) The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
37) The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
38) Currently Reading - A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin (YAY!!! )

7/12/2011 12:03:40 PM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
23. The Dune Road - Jane Green
24. To have and to hold - Jane Green
25. Babyville - Jane Green
26. Jemima J - Jane Green
27. Remind Me Again Why I Need A Man - Claudia Carroll
28. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve

Currently Reading
The opposite of me - Sarah Pekkanen

On the List
The Bitch Posse - Martha O'Connor
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin

7/12/2011 12:12:18 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
18. Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

The Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory
19. Wideacre
20. The Favoured Child
21. Meridon

22. The Witch of Cologne - Tobsha Learner
23. The Blackboard Jungle - Evan Hunter

The Plantagenet Trilogy - Sharon Kay Penman
24. When Christ and His Saints Slept
25. Time and Chance

up next The Plantagenet Trilogy - Devil's Brood - Sharon Kay Penman

7/14/2011 2:37:56 PM

x-posted from Livejournal:

I'm behind right now.

1) High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
2) Long Story Short ed. by Marianne Ginger
3) Desecration by Tim Lahaye
4) The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
5) The Road Cormac McCarthy
6) Son of a Snitch by Michael Evans
7) Looking for Alaska by John Green
8) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
9) John Dies at the End by David Wong
10) The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
11) Unwind by Neal Shusterman
12) Batman: The Longest Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
13) The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
14) Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
15) Life of Pi by Yann Martel
16) Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
17) Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper
18) Reality is Broken by Dr. Jane McGongial
19) The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
20) The Absolutely True Story
21) Vicious Cirle by Mike Carey
22) World Without End by Ken Follett
23) The of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
24) Spook by Mary Roach

I think the best ones this year so far were Looking for Alaska, Unwind, and World without End (which took FOREVER).

I can't decide if I should count graphic novels or not. I've read lots of those: Fables, Akira, Walking Dead. Many have taken a good amount of time to read.

7/14/2011 4:33:55 PM

Finished
1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End: The Story of a Crime - Leif GW Persson and Paul Norlen
3. The Passage - Justin Cronin (should totally count as two books - damn thing was 800 pages long!)
4. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster
5. True believer - Nicholas Sparks
6. Through the Looking-Glass - Original Version by Lewis Carroll
7. Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
8. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster
9. Incendiary - Chris Cleave
10. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
11. The Beach House - Jane Green
12. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
13. Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner
14. Promises to Keep - Jennifer Weiner
15. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
16. True Grit - Charles Portis
17. Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
18. Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
19. The Other Woman - Jane Green
20. The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
21. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
22. Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
23. The Dune Road - Jane Green
24. To have and to hold - Jane Green
25. Babyville - Jane Green
26. Jemima J - Jane Green
27. Remind Me Again Why I Need A Man - Claudia Carroll
28. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
29. Then Came You - Jennifer Weiner

Currently Reading
The Sportswriter - Richard Ford

On the List
The opposite of me - Sarah Pekkanen
The Bitch Posse - Martha O'Connor
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin

7/17/2011 9:15:07 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) Otherland: City of Golden Shadow - Tad Williams
29) Otherland: River of Blue Fire - Tad Williams
30) Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams
31) Otherland: Sea of Silver Light - Tad Williams
32) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
33) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
34) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
35) McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld - Misha Glenny
36) The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
37) The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
38) A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin
39) Currently Reading - Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie

7/21/2011 8:14:17 PM

you people read some light-duty books. it takes me, like, a month or two to read a book in many cases.

7/21/2011 11:05:11 PM