Challenge: 50 Books discussion

The list for 2011 is long and ambitious (more than a year's worth, for sure), but the first one is:


The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Finished January 2. One of the best, and saddest books I have ever read. Unlike any other.

I love that book! So beautiful. I hope you like it!

#2.

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

#3.

Walking by Henry David Thoreau.

#4.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.

#5.

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.

#6.

The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Are So Important in a Distracted Time by David L. Ulin.

#7.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley.

#8.

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer.

#9.

The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown.

how was this? i keep looking at it, but never pick it up? (Cutting for Stone & the Weird Sisters)

#10.
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.

Jennifer wrote: "The list for 2011 is long and ambitious (more than a year's worth, for sure), but the first one is:


The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Finished Janu..."

I just bought this too. From what I've read I'm pretty sure I'll love it :).

#11.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg.

#12.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson.

#13.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.

#14.
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.

#15.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley.

#16.
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton.

#17.
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods.

#18.
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto.

#19.
One Day by David Nicholls.

#20.
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner.

#21.
Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good by Beverly Donofrio.

#22.
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley.

#23.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

#24.
The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1) by Maryrose Wood.

#25.
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls.

#26.
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen.

#27.
Toast by Nigel Slater.

#28.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.

#29.
The Hidden Gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #2) by Maryrose Wood.

#30.
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Estabrook.

#31.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano.

Very happy to arrive at the end of the year, with 31 books read. Some were very long, some were short. Will start again in 2012, and see where the challenge takes me!