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Dec 11, 2009 10:10AM
The most books I've read in one year since I started keeping up with it is 120. The past 2 years I've only read about 1 a week, so I'm ready to step it up again. Looking forward to this challenge.
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Here we go - JANUARY
1.The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
2.The Brambles by Eliza Minot
3.Night by Elie Wiesel
4.City of Light by Lauren Belfer
5. My Brother's Keeper by Reshonda Tate Billingsley
6.The Justice Game by Randy Singer
7.The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
8. Summer Island: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
9. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
10. A Stolen Season by Steve Hamilton
11. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian
12. American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
13. Carry Me Home: A Novel by Sandra Kring
14. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
15. Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis byOrson Scott Card
So far, so good. Wonder how much longer I'll be able to stay on track.
My cover collage -
WOO-HOO! 15 in January. I know I'll need that cushion later....My top 4 for the month - Night, The Justice Game, American Wife: A Novel, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons.
Jan wrote: "WOO-HOO! 15 in January. I know I'll need that cushion later....My top 4 for the month - Night, The Justice Game, American Wife: A Novel, [book:Angry ..."
I have Angry Wives Eating Bon Bons on my TBR list. I guess I need to move it up the ladder if it is a good one. Thanks for the heads up! Vicky
I really enjoyed it Vicky. Well written and women I could relate to.
FEBRUARY16. Risk Pool by Richard Russo
17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
19. Good to Great in God's Eyes: 10 Practices Great Christians Have in Common by Chip Ingram
20. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
21. Club Sandwich by Lisa Samson
22. Promise Not to Tell: A Novel by Jennifer McMahon
23. Bad Ground by W. Dale Cramer
24. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
25. Stone Cold by David Baldacci
26. One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
27. The Tiny One: A Novel by Eliza Minot
Got my 12 in February. I'm pretty pleased with that since it was a short month and a busy month. My favorites were Risk Pool, Promise Not to Tell: A Novel and One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd.
MARCH28. Your Oasis on Flame Lake by Lorna Landvik
29. Sufficient Grace: A Novel by Darnell Arnoult
30. Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter's Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God by Lisa Samson (Audiobook)
31. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
32. Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory
33. Some Things That Stay by Sarah Willis
34. Bury the Lead by David Rosenfelt
35. March by Geraldine Brooks
36. The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
37. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow (Audiobook)
38. New Mercies by Sandra Dallas
39. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
40. The Brethren by John Grisham
41. NIV Bible: New International Version
42. The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning (Audiobook)
43. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
So I got 16 in March - counting theNIV Bible: New International Version that I've been reading since January. Of course, it's one of my favorites. It was a good month with 6 others that I rate highly - Your Oasis on Flame Lake
Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter's Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God
Some Things That Stay
The Condition
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Bean Trees
I hope you all had as good of a March as I did.
APRIL44. Viktor Frankl: A Life Worth Living by Anna Redsand
45. I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
46. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
47. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
48. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
49. Whistling In the Dark by Lesley Kagen
50. The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg
51. That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
52. Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb
So I only got 9 read in April. It was a busy month with 2 weekend trips, but I got some good reads in. I actually had 4 favorites - The Help
Whistling In the Dark
That Old Cape Magic
Henry's Sisters
I've read several Richard Russo books now and he's surprisingly becoming one of my favorites. The Wicked series - not so much.
MAY53. The Church Ladies by Lisa Samson
54. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
55. Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
Not many in May. I kind of hit a wall and not at a good time since I was reading "The Pillars of the Earth." I enjoyed all 3 books that I read this month though, so it was a good one.
JUNE56. Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
57. True Colors by Kristin Hannah
58. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White
59. A World Made of Fire by Mark Childress
60. The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
61. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
JULY62. Straight Man by Richard Russo
63. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
64. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
65. Persuasion by Jane Austen
66. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Just letting you know that I've moved this thread to the 2010 Archive folder, in preparation for 2011. If you wish to find this thread later, please keep a copy of the link to this page. Thanks!
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