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Book # 2
1/10/2011:
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
-416 pages (paperback)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Definitely added to the list of my all time favorite books.
Book # 3
1/14/2011:
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
-288 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Excellent, charming story.
Book # 4
1/15/2011:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
-204 pages (paperback)
-3 stars
-Other notes: Very good.
Book # 5
1/16/2011:
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
by Hooman Majd
-252 pages (hardcover)
-1 star
-Other notes: To avoid sounding harsh, I'll just say that it was more filled with facts than an actual storyline. Therefore, pretty difficult to get through.
Book # 6
1/18/2011:
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
by Charlaine Harris
-292 pages (paperback)
-4 stars
-Other notes: Its hard to not imagine the characters as their TV counterparts, but other than that, it was hard to put down. I look forward to reading the rest of the series!
Book # 7
1/19/2011:
Pigtopia
by Kitty Fitzgerald
-256 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: A quick read, sad story, and I would most definitely recommend it to anyone.
Book # 8
1/20/2011:
Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander #1)
by Karen Marie Moning
-375 pages (paperback)
-2 stars
-Other notes: It was ok. I dislike romance novels quite a bit, but it was lent to me by a friend and recommended, so I decided to give it a try. As much as the characters annoy me, and the mushiness makes me gag, I'll try and read the rest of the series.
Book # 9
Bonus Book # 1
1/21/2011:
But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory
by Cynthia A. Freeland
-256 pages (paperback)
-4 stars
-Other notes: Very interesting (if you're into art, of course).
Book # 10
Bonus Book # 2
1/22/2011:
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #1)
by Michael Scott
-280 pages (ebook)
-1 star
-Other notes: Really bad, not planning on reading anything else from the series.
Book # 11
Bonus Book # 3
1/23/2011:
The Healer's Apprentice
by Melanie Dickerson
-255 pages (ebook)
-3 stars
-Other notes: Not bad. Cute little story, kind of predictable, but not bad enough to make me want to gouge my eyes out, like most YA books make me feel like doing.
Book # 12
Bonus Book # 4
1/25/2011:
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
-416 pages (ebook)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Honestly the best book I've read in a long time. Couldn't put it down. Added to favorites shelf.
Book # 13
Bonus Book # 5
1/27/2011:
The Year of Fog
by Michelle Richmond
-397 pages (paperback)
-3 stars
-Other notes: I'm 50/50 on whether I really like this or not. Half the book I wanted to slap the main character around a little so she'd wake up and smell the coffee and stop making so many damn references to her childhood (I understand its for background info but ever other paragraph? Really?) and half of me believed she was making the right decision. I don't know. I wouldn't really recommend it.
Book # 14
Bonus Book # 6
1/29/2011:
Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly
-409 pages (ebook)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Great book, check review.
- - January 2011 Stats - - Total books: 14
Bonus books read: 5
Total pages: 4,320 pages
Lowest rating: 1 star (two books)
Favorite book: American Psycho
Longest book: American Psycho & The Help (416 pages)
Shortest book: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (204 pages)
- - February 2011 - - 
Book # 15
2/2/2011:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
(Flavia de Luce # 1)
by Alan Bradley
-374 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Brilliant book. Added to favorites, check review.
Book # 16
2/3/2011:
The Prophet
by Khalil Gibran
-96 pages
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Amazing, check review. Also, I know this doesn't meet the 200 page minimum, but I'm pretty positive I'll read more than 8 books this month to make up for it.
Book # 17
2/4/2011:
Living Dead in Dallas
(Sookie Stackhouse # 2)
by Charlaine Harris
-291 pages (paperback)
-4 stars
-Other notes: Its very interesting comparing it to the TV series. I know, I know. The books came first. Well, I saw the show before I read the books. So sue me. I like the books a lot better, if that's any consolation.
Jen wrote: "Book # 10
2/3/2011:
The Prophet
by Khalil Gibran
-96 pages
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Amazing, check review. Also, I know this doesn't meet the 200 page minimum, but I'm p..."
Jen I didnt now there was a pg minimum. Is it just for this group or have you seen it for others and if so were. I need to check because if that is so some of my nook books dont count.
Jessica -- If you look in the topic/thread "Challenge Guidelines & Purpose" it says there's a 200 page minimum to be counted for the 8 books. And if you read 8 books 200 pages or over, you can include any books that are under 200 pages as extras. At least that's what I gathered from the conversation on that thread. I could be mistaken. Either way, I'm trying to do that anyway since I think its a good idea.
Book # 18
2/10/2011:
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
-254 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: hauntingly great.
Book # 19
2/12/2011:
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
by Alan Bradley
-364 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Not disappointing in the least. Great addition to the series. I can't wait to read the next book.
Book # 20
2/12/2011:
Spirits Rebellious
by Khalil Gibran
-120 pages (hardcover)
-3 stars
-Other notes: Enlightening.
Book # 21
2/24/2011:
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
-304 pages (hardcover)
-4 stars
-Other notes: Very good. Thought provoking. Makes me wonder how I would handle the end of the world.
- - March 2011 - - 
Book # 22
3/9/2011:
Room
by Emma Donoghue
-321 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: very powerful book; recommended to everyone, even those who do not like to read (but if you didn't why are you on goodreads?).
- - April 2011 - - 
Book #23
4/20/2011:
The Traitor's Wife
by Susan Higginbotham
-495 pages (paper back)
-3 stars
-Other notes: long and tedious, but ultimately worth the time. Shamefully only my second book in two, almost three months. I'm looking forward to the break from school to catch up on reading.
Book #24
4/26/2011:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
-493 pages (paperback)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: one of the best books I've read in a long time. Definitely going to be re-read many times.
- -May 2011- -
Book #25
5/2011
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
-2165 pages (ebook)
-4 stars
-Other notes: kind of difficult to get through, but ultimately worth it.
Book #26
5/23/2011:
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
-400 pages (paperback)
-4 stars
-Other notes: I had a hard time taking a stance on this one. I will say my opinion drastically changed towards the end.
- -June 2011- - 
Book #28*
6/28/2011:
Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen
-290 pages (ebook)
-4 stars
-Other notes: I wasn't expecting this to be great. I'm not into cutesy magic books, nor romance stories. But I was pleasantly surprised. Its quite short, but its worth it.
*Book #27 was a re-read of 1984.
- -July 2011- - 
Book #29
7/6/2011:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
-433 pages (ebook)
-4 stars
-Other notes: Took a little while to get through but worth it.
Book #30
7/13/2011:
Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan
-416 pages (paperback)
-3 stars
-Other notes: Tan is a favorite author of mine, and while I admit that she likes to write about Chinese immigrants in San Francisco (or there-a-bouts), I think her stories have completely different themes and moods. This one was intriguing. I didn't think I was going to like it. Olivia's sister, Kwan, has "yin-eyes"; she sees the dead. I thought I wasn't going to like the superstitious feeling the book began to give off. Olivia starts believing everything Kwan says, and in the end, its kind of ridiculous. But I guess its a cute ending for people who believe in that sort of thing. I liked the story, the conflict, the sadness.
Book #31
7/14/2011:
Art of War
by Sun Tzu
-171 pages (ebook)
-4 stars
-Other notes: I'll have to go back and properly review this; there were many memorable/great quotes.
Book #32
7/16/2011:
Black Girl/White Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates
-272 pages (paperback)
-5 stars
-Other notes: Truly fascinating. Couldn't put it down.
Book #33
7/21/2011:
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder
-507 pages (paperback)
-5 stars
-Other notes: I honestly didn't think I was going to like this one. I was proved very very wrong. Read it.
Book #34
7/22/2011:
The Iliad
by Homer
-1,652 pages (ebook)
-4 stars
-Other notes: I wish I'd read this in high school.
Book #35
7/25/2011:
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa
-304 pages (paperback)
-5 stars
-Other notes: Such an amazing man and poet. I plan on reading this many many more times.
Book #36
7/27/2011:
The Odyssey
by Homer
-1,226 pages (ebook)
-4 stars
-Other notes: I liked this one better than the Iliad. Still wish I'd read these two in high school.
Book #37
7/30/2011:
Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu
-176 pages (ebook)
-5 stars
-Other notes: I'm going to have to properly review this one too.
- -August 2011- - 
Book #38
8/2/2011:
The Janissary Tree
by Jason Goodwin
-320 pages (paperback)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Loved the mystery, and the detail to the history and society for the setting.
Book #39
8/4/2011:
The Gendarme
by Mark Mustian
-304 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
-Other notes: Surprisingly good. Very sad and somber but definitely worth it.
Book #40
8/8/2011:
A Red Herring Without Mustard
by Alan Bradley
-391 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
Book #41
8/10/2011:
Club Dead
by Charlaine Harris
-320 pages (hardcover)
-4 stars
Book #42
8/13/2011:
The Snake Stone
by Jason Goodwin
-304 pages (hardcover)
-4 stars
Book #43
8/14/2011:
Fight Club
by Chuck Palaniuk
-208 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars
Book #44
8/16/2011:
The Driver's Seat
by Muriel Spark
-117 pages (hardcover)
-3 stars
Book #45
8/22/2011:
Dead to the World
by Charlaine Harris
-304 pages (hardcover)
-5 stars!
Book #46
8/23/2011:
Dead as a Doornail
by Charlaine Harris
-320 pages (hardcover)
-3 stars
Book #47
8/24/2011:
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
-928 pages (paperback)
-3 stars
Book #48
8/24/2011:
Secret Daughter
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
-304 pages (paperback)
-5 stars
Book #49
8/29/2011:
A Game of Thrones
by George R.R. Martin
-835 pages (paperback)
-5 stars
Book #50
8/31/2011:
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
-320 pages (paperback)
-4 stars
- -September 2011- - 
Book #51
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
-226 pages (paperback)
Book #52
Defintely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #6)
by Charlaine Harris
-324 pages (hardcover)
Book #53
All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7)
by Charlaine Harris
-323 pages (hardcover)
Book #54
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
-480 pages (paperback)
Book #55
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
-213 pages (hardcover)
Book #56
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
-550 pages (paperback)
Book #57
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
-1,537 pages (ebook)
Book #58
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
-288 pages(hardcover)
- - October 2011 - -
Book #59
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
-230 pages (hard cover)
Book #60
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
-453 pages (paperback)
- -November 2011- - 
Book #61
A Clash of Kings (Song of Ice & Fire #2)
by George R.R. Martin
-1,009 pages (paperback)
Book #62
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1)
by Libba Bray
-403 pages (paperback)
Book #63
So Brave, Young and Handsome
by Leif Enger
-272 pages (hardcover)
- - December 2011 - -
Book #64
A Storm of Swords (Song of Ice & Fire #3)
by George R.R. Martin
-973 pages (paperback)
Book #65
City of Tiny Lights
by Patrick Neate
-325 pages (paperback)
Book #66
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
by Stieg Larsson
-672 pages (paperback)
Book #67
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)
by Stieg Larsson
-503 pages (hardcover)
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Book # 1
1/4/2011:
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
by Daoud Hari
-224 pages (hardcover)
-4 stars
-Other notes: Beautiful, tragic, heartbreaking (even though I never cry for books/movies/others things). Definitely recommended for anyone, especially since its sheds light on Darfur, a tragedy that not many people know about, much less can place on map.