Saturday, December 25, 2010

Books I Read in 2010

So, I know I haven't posted in, oh, months, but I figure that maybe I can do something different in 2011. I know, I know, how many times have I said that I'd post more, blah blah blah, but what's one more go, eh? To kick things off here in the final hours of 2010, here is a list of all the books I read, just as an fyi. ("BC" indicates the book read for my book club that month) Feel free to comment if you want to know how a certain read was! ;)


January
-Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger (BC)
-Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert

February
-Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (BC)

March
-The Lacuna, Barbara Kingslover (BC)

April
-Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be, Jen Trynin (BC)

May
-Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (BC)
-Sarah, Marek Halter
-Riding Lessons, Sara Gruen
-Forrest Gump, Winston Groom

June
- A Very Long Engagement, Sebastien Japrisot (BC)
-Twilight, Stephanie Meyers
-Pearl of China, Anchee Min
-Shanghai Girls, Lisa See
-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
-Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay

July
-Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
-The Postmistress, Sarah Blake
-The Lost Summer of Louise May Alcott, Kelly O'Conner McNees
-Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok
-The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton
-The Scent of Rain and Lightning, Nancy Pickard
-The Help, Kathryn Stockett

August
-Better, Atul Gawande (CA Faculty summer read)
-Farm City, Novella Carpenter (BC)

September
-A Vintage Affair, Isabel Wolff
-The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (BC)
-The Dead Travel Fast, Deanna Raybourn

October
-Wicked, Gregory Magurie
-Day After Night, Anita Diamant
-Romancing Miss Bronte, Juliet Gael
-Loving Frank, Nancy Horan (BC)
-Mistress of Rome, Kate Quinn

November
-The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd (BC)
-Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

December
-Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann (BC)
-Cleopatra's Daughter, Michelle Moran
-Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
-Revolution, Jennifer Donnelly

Total for 2010: 38!


ciao