Last weekend I hit 25, which means I am 11 books behind my target of 100. I am still having fun, and have enjoyed all the books on one level or another, brain-candy or bubble-gum.
Here be the first quarter, in reading order:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver
The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas
A Very Private Gentleman: A Novel – Martin Booth
I Was Amelia Earhart – Jane Mendelsohn
Warm Bodies – Isaac Marion
Summer Crossing – Truman Capote
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith
The Help – Kathryn Stockett
Aloft – Chang-rae Lee
Northline – Willy Vlautin
Body Surfing – Anita Shreve
The Snowman – Jo Nesbø
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Michael Chabon
The Piano Teacher – Janice Y.K. Lee
The Hours – Michael Cunningham
The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
Room – Emma Donoghue
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake – Aimee Bender
The Devil’s Star – Jo Nesbø
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) – Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) – Suzanne Collins
Submarine – Joe Dunthorne
The Autobiography of Alice B.Toklas – Gertrude Stein
Working on 26-30!
Other 100 Books posts of mine can be found here.
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6 Comments
Now I feel guilty for dropping out of book club. Good for you, though!!
Not enough!! only 8 toward goal – a bunch of smut (A is for Amour, MASTER/slave, Gotta Have It); 2 by Laurie Notaro (Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death and We Thought You’d be Prettier – I totally <3 her); the 2000 Year Old Man in 2000 by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner; and The Love Talker by Elizabeth Peters.
I'm currently working on Justine by the Marquis De Sade; All the Anxious Girls in the World by Zsusi Gardner; and Damon's book My Two Chinas. I will make goal!
Very much want to read Lemon Cake and The Room. Maybe soon.
Nice job so far! I see some of my favorites on your list. I’m just starting Warm Bodies now. Keep having fun!
I’m at 28 and want to do a recap list as well when I hit 30. A quarterly update would’ve been quite smart. 🙂
Finished my 30th last night – Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde, and very much recommended!
Not counting the way-too-many textbooks, of course. Can’t get off the merry-go-round yet, alas – hope you’ve forgiven me for being a total no-show of late?
I’ve never actually set a goal of books to read. Great idea! As it stands, I probably read at least one book a week, which would mean 52 in a year.
If you’re looking for book ideas, please join us each month as we read selected books in our book club.
Cheers,
Marie
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