Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Over the Years

I just thought I would put the list that Kari sent around on here as well... Let's hear it - how many have you read? I've read 22/90. I think I just failed Book Club.

2000-200112 Red Herrings by Jeffery Archer
Marathon of Faith by Rex & Janet Lee
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Jayhawk by Dorothy Keddington
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Left Behind by Tim Lehaye & Jerry Jenkins

2001-2002The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
Ramses by Christian Jacq
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Color Code by Taylor Hartman
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Peace like a River by Leife Enge
History of Maria Von Trapp by Maria Von Trapp
The Other Side of Heaven by John Groberg

2002-2003
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodges Burnett
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene
All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abignale
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Francis Hodges Burnett
Holes by Louis Sachar

2003-2004Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
The Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumb
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
The Painted House by John Grisham
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

2004-2005Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner
Vanity Fair by William M. Thackeray
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
The Color of Water by James McBridge
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Sarah by Orson Scott Card

2005-2006The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
5 People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
In the Heart of the Sea by Nat Philbrick
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Canterbury Papers by Judith Healey
Hollywood vs. America by Michael Medved
These is my Words by Nancy Turner
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

2006-2007The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Walk About by Aaron Fletcher
Night by Elie Wiesel
Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel
The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neda Jackson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston

2007-2008
Wish You Well by David Baldacci
A Girl named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Snow Flower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu
I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

2008-2009The Widow’s War by Sally Gunning
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Total = 9 years and 90 books

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Two more free ebooks

Anyone reading these? Should I keep posting them?

Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews

I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle (this one is apparently being released as a movie)

OH NO!! I was working on reading the second book (I Love You Beth Cooper) and it quickly became obvious that it was NOT a good book. I read about 4 chapters and could no longer stomach it. So I'm deleting the link. If you really want to read it, you can email me, but I cannot recommend it at all.

Ok, same for Hissy Fit. I would read them before I post them, but since they are only available for a short time, I don't want to wait and make it so no one else has a chance to read it! The one last month by Thrity Umrigar was wonderful.