I figure it's possible that there may be a few friends out there that aren't on Goodreads that may perhaps be interested to know what I've read this year. So I finally figured out how to add a page to my blog so that I can list each book and possibly (depending on how motivated I stay) rate them as well. The date following each entry is when I finished the book.
My original challenge was to read 50 books this year, but I also picked up a couple of side challenges that I knew I could easily cover inside of the 50. They are the Ireland Reading Challenge and the British Book Challenge. I'll highlight them seperately...
Key:
White - Simple 50
Green - Ireland Reading Challenge
Blue - British Book Challenge
Rating system: (coming soon...)
5 - Absolutely loved it. Would totally read it again.
4 - Pretty good.
3 - Liked it, didn't love it.
2 - Eh. It's okay.
1 - Blech. Don't bother.
1. Chocolat - Joanne Harris 1/8
2. Three Nights in August - Buzz Bissinger 1/20
3. Wanderlust - Chris Dyer 1/22
4. German Settlement in Missouri: New Land, Old Ways - Robyn Burnett 1/28
5. Shadowfever - Karen Marie Moning 2/10
6. Alice I Have Been - Melanie Benjamin 2/11
7. Friendship Bread - Darien Gee 2/21
8. Without Mercy - Lisa Jackson 3/3
9. The Tower, The Zoo and The Tortoise - Julia Stuart 3/17
10. The Uncoupling - Meg Wolitzer 4/9
11. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen 4/13
12. The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber 4/22
13. Blood Sins - Kay Hooper 4/25
14. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows - Ann Brashares 4/25
15. The Host - Stephenie Meyer 5/6
16. The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes 5/20
17. Beastly - Alex Flinn 5/21
18. Whip It - Shauna Cross 5/23
19. Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler 5/26
20. My Fair Godmother - Janette Rallison 5/27
21. Prom and Prejudice - Elizabeth Eulberg 6/9
22. Gone With the Windsors - Laurie Graham 6/10
23. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler 6/12
24. True...Sort Of - Katherine Hanagan 6/14
25. An Echo in the Bone - Diana Gabaldon 7/15
26. Ms. Taken Identity - Dan Begley 7/21
27. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 7/24
28. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 7/28
29. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 7/30
30. Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: True Story of a Great American Road Trip - Matthew Algeo 8/12
31. Annie Freeman's Fabulous Travelling Funeral - Kris Radish 8/13
32. Love and a Bad Hair Day - Annie Flannigan 8/16
33. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen - Julie Powell 8/21
34. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood 8/31
35. Why Girls Are Weird - Pamela Ribon 9/8
36. Wicked Lies - Lisa Jackson 9/12
37. Irish Girls About Town: An Anthology of Short Stories - multiple authors 9/17
38. Mysteries of St. Louis - Henry Boernstein 9/22
39. Now and Then - Jacqueline Sheehan 9/23
40. Little Bee - Chris Cleave 9/28
41. Lost and Found - Jacqueline Sheehan 9/30
42. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War - Tony Horwitz 10/6
43. The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen 10/14
44. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton 10/21
45. Definitely Not Mr. Darcy - Karen Doornebos 10/27
46. 1632 - Eric Flint 10/31
47. Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton 11/5
48. The Love Goddess' Cooking School - Melissa Senate 11/6
49. The Secret of Everything - Barbara O'Neal 11/9
50. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 11/14
51. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson 11/19
52. Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares 12/8
53. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern 12/17
54. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen 12/30
