2010 Books!

[danialand.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!!

I'm happy to say that I met my 2010 book reading goal of 100 books! Though, I have to admit that I went to a party last night, and I didn't end up finishing book #100 until 12:55. It still got done though, and it was a huge accomplishment for me. This year my goal will be 111 books, hopefully I can do it. Here's the whole list of everything that I read this year. There were also a bunch of books that I got part way into and decided that I wasn't interested in finishing, or not motivated at the time to read about that particular topic so I took them back to the library.

I'll come back soon and actually list my top 5 favorites and top 5 least favorites, but for now I just want to successfully get my list out there. So,

1. Allen, Sarah Addison- The Girl Who Chased the Moon
2. Bohjalian, Christopher A- Secrets of Eden
3. Bond, Stephanie- Body Movers. 3 Men and a Body
4. Bray, Libba- Going Bovine
5. Bullen, Alexandra- Wish
6. Buxbaum, Julie- The Opposite of Love
7. Cabot, Meg- Big Boned
8. Cabot, Meg- Insatiable
9. Cabot, Meg- Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
10. Cabot, Meg- Size 12 is Not Fat
11. Cabot, Meg- Size 14 is Not Fat Either
12. Caletti, Deb- The Six Rules of Maybe
13. Carter, Ally- Heist Society
14. Clark, Mary Higgins- Pretend You Don’t See Her
15. Collins, Suzanne- Catching Fire
16. Collins, Suzanne- Mockingjay
17. Collins, Suzanne- The Hunger Games
18. Condie, Ally- Matched
19. Delinsky, Barbara- While My Sister Sleeps
20. Dessen, Sarah- Just Listen
21. Ellison, J.T.-The Cold Room
22. Evanovich, Janet- Fearless Fourteen
23. Evanovich, Janet- Lean Mean Thirteen
24. Evanovich, Janet- Metro Girl
25. Evanovich, Janet- Plum Lucky
26. Evanovich, Janet- Twelve Sharp
27. Gardner, Lisa- Say Goodbye
28. Gerritsen, Tess- Girl Missing
29. Gerritsen, Tess- The Bone Garden
30. Gerritsen, Tess- The Keepsake
31. Goodman, Allegra- The Other Side of the Island
32. Grafton, Sue- A is for Alibi
33. Harris, Charlaine- A Bone to Pick
34. Harris, Charlaine- A Fool and His Honey
35. Harris, Charlaine- An Ice Cold Grave
36. Harris, Charlaine- Dead and Gone
37. Harris, Charlaine- Dead in the Family
38. Harris, Charlaine- Dead Over Heels
39. Harris, Charlaine- Grave Secret
40. Harris, Charlaine- Grave Surprise
41. Harris, Charlaine- Last Scene Alive
42. Harris, Charlaine- Poppy Done to Death
43. Harris, Charlaine- Shakespear’s Christmas
44. Harris, Charlaine- Shakespear’s Trollop
45. Harris, Charlaine- Shakespeare’s Champion
46. Harris, Charlaine- Shakespeare’s Counselor
47. Harris, Charlaine- Shakespeare’s Landlord
48. Harris, Charlaine- The Julius House
49. Harris, Charlaine- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
50. Howard, Linda- Ice
51. Hurley, Tonya- Ghostgirl
52. Jones, Carrie- Captivate
53. Jones, Carrie- Need
54. Kate, Lauren- Fallen
55. King, M.J.- Teachers
56. Kinsella, Sophie- Can You Keep a Secret
57. Kinsella, Sophie- Confessions of a Shopaholic
58. Kinsella, Sophie- Remember Me?
59. Kinsella, Sophie- The Undomestic Goddess
60. Kinsella, Sophie- Twenties Girl
61. Kostova, Elizabeth- The Swan Thieves
62. Lawson, Dorie McCullough- Along Comes a Stranger
63. Lippman, Laura- By A Spider’s Thread
64. Lippman, Laura- What the Dead Know
65. Mantchev, Lisa- Eyes Like Stars
66. Martin, Nancy- A Crazy Little Thing Called Death
67. Martin, Nancy- Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
68. Martin, Nancy- Dead Girls Don’t Wear Diamonds
69. Martin, Nancy- Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too
70. Martin, Nancy- How to Murder a Millionaire
71. Martin, Nancy- Some Like It Lethal
72. Martin, Nancy- Murder Melts in Your Mouth
73. Mcelhatton, Heather- Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Single
74. Mcelhatton, Heather- Pretty Little Mistakes
75. Moning, Karen Marie- Darkfever
76. Moriarty, Jaclyn- Feeling Sorry For Celia
77. Moriarty, Jaclyn- The Year of Secret Assignments
78. Morris, Paula- Ruined
79. Morton, Kate- The House At Riverton
80. Patterson, James- Beach Road
81. Patterson, James- Swimsuit
82. Pearson, Mary E- Scribbler of Dreams
83. Peterfreund, Diana- Rampant
84. Pfeffer, Susan Beth- Life As We Knew It
85. Pfeffer, Susan Beth- The Dead and the Gone
86. Pfeffer, Susan Beth- This World We Live In
87. Reichs, Kathy- Monday Mourning
88. Rice, Luanne- Light of the Moon
89. Rice, Luanne- The Edge of Winter
90. Riordan, Rick- The Lightning Thief
91. Ryan, Carrie- The Dead-Tossed Waves
92. Sebold, Alice- The Almost Moon
93. Sebold, Alice- The Lovely Bones
94. Sparks, Nicholas- Dear John
95. The Harvard Lampoon- Nightlight
96. Werlin, Nancy- Impossible
97. White, Kate- Over Her Dead Body
98. Wickham, Madeleine- The Wedding Girl
99. Yolen, Jane- Briar Rose
100. Zink, Michelle- Prophecy of the Sisters

Comments

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Yay! What is the one you read yesterday up until 12:55?

I'm intrigued.. are there any here you think I'd like?

[danialand.livejournal.com]

Last night I was finishing The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty. It's the sequel to Feeling Sorry for Celia. I think that you'd like these books, and there are others on this list that I think you would enjoy too. I need to look over the list again and then I'll make some recommendations.

Anyway, Jaclyn Moriarty was recommended to me by Brenda. The books are about some high school students who are given the task in their English class of becoming pen pals with a student at a nearby high school. So the story is told through their letters that are being exchanged back and forth. There were parts in the books that just had me laughing, and wishing for the good old days of hand written letters. The author just seems to have a really good sense of humor. I just found out that there's a third book too, but I haven't read it yet.

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll start there, but definitely get back to me with more recommendations. I've been bookless lately and need to get back into reading.

[danialand.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've had a moment to think about this a little more, and here are a few more that I think you'd like from this list:

I really enjoyed all of the Sophie Kinsella(She's also listed as Madeleine Wickham) books, and I think you'd like them too. If I had to narrow it down, I think my favorite ones so far have been Twenties Girl and Remember me.
I also think you would like Heist Society by Ally Carter(another great Brenda recommendation) and Wish by Alexandra Bullen.

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Heist Society looked familiar.. I think I remember wanting to read it, so thanks for the reminder!

I have read one Sophie Kinsella book but haven't remembered to get any others, so I'll try her, thanks! And I'll look for Wish!

I'm doing a search at my library for young adult books on CD and it seems like EVERY book is about a vampire.

[danialand.livejournal.com]

haha! I can totally imagine that's true. It seems to be a little bit over done these days. I'm going to mention this in one of my posts about the books I read this year, but I must say do not, DO NOT read Insatiable by Meg Cabot. Worst vampire book ever!!!

Oh, and none of the ones I recommended have vampires, so no worries. :)

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Haha.. I think it might be fun to read Insatiable if I could read with someone and we could make fun of it the entire time. :P I already dislike Meg Cabot's writing that I'm sure I'd hate it!

I actually did order a vampire book from the library just because I figured I should have something to compare to Twilight. :)