Book End ReviewThis year after graduating from college in May I gave myself a goal. Read 100 books by 12/31/10.
Well… seeing as I basically gave myself seven months to accomplish this goal… I didn’t. But! I think I did pretty well. As of tonight I have read 56 books in the past seven months. Not to bad if you ask me. It feels so good to read again!
I still have 100+ books on my
Goodreads to read list. When I get my list down to 100 I’m going to add more but not until then!
Upon reviewing my Goodread’s “Read” list, I actually read more than 56 books this year. I was in a Lit of the American Teen class so there was quite a bit of reading done there. Sadly, my own personal reading was more interesting than the one’s assigned for class. Anything with a * beside it was read for class.
So my yearly total is 74! I almost made it!
Below I have included the list of books I have read. To make myself feel extra accomplished below the initial list I’m going to include my reviews of each book. To be nice the reviews are under a cut. I thought about including the book covers as well… but seeing as this was 11 pgs on M.S. Word as is… I decided not to.
Books of 2010Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
Days of Gold - Jude Deveraux
Snow Angel - Mark A. Roeder
A Red Tainted Silence - Carolyn Gray
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger*
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath*
City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang - Joyce Carol Oates*
City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
The Last Picture Show - Larry McMurty*
One Mississippi - Mark Childress*
The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffengger
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
The Chronicles of Vladamir Tod: Eleventh Grade Burns - Heather Brewer
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides*
Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis*
The Bone Thief - Jefferson Bass
Bones of Betrayal - Jefferson Bass
The Devil's Bones - Jefferson Bass
Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
Nighlight - Harvard Lampoon
The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Attracting Anthony - Amber Kell
Baiting Ben - Amber Kell
Courting Calvin - Amber Kell
Daring Dare - Amber Kell
Enticing Elliot - Amber Kell
Finding Farro - Amber Kell
Bonding with Gaven - Amber Kell
Kissing Orion - Amber Kell
The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
The Lace Reader - Brunonia Barry
The Weight of Silence - Heather Gudenkauf
My Name is Will - Jill Winfield
Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
Eclipse - Stephine Meyer
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Seth Graham-Smith
The Body Finder - Kimberly Derting
Linger - Maggie Stiefvater
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas - John Boyne
Fairy Tale - Cyn Balog
Interred with Their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrell
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity and Why It Matters - David Kinnaman
Such A Pretty Face - Cathy Lamb
True Colors - Kristin Hannah
Flecks of Gold - Alicia Buck
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
The Iron Daughter - Julie Kagawa
The Chronicles of Vladamir Tod: Twelfth Grade Kills - Heather Brewer
Voices of Dragons - Carrie Vaughn
The Search for Belle Prater - Ruth White
Scarlet Nights - Jude Deveraux
The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
The Wedding - Nicholas Sparks
At First Sight - Nicholas Sparks
Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
Three Weeks With My Brother - Nicholas/Micah Sparks
Evermore - by Alyson Noel
Ancient Prejudice, Break to New Mutiny - Mark A. Roeder
Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler
Three Little Words - Ashley Rhodes-Courter
The Soccer Field is Empty - Mark A. Roeder
Someone is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona - Mark A. Roeder
Keeper of Secrets - Mark A. Roeder
Masked Destiny - Mark A. Roeder
Phantom World - Mark A. Roeder
You Are Here - Jennifer E. Smith
The Year My Sister Got Lucky - Aimee Friedman
Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
( Book Reviews & Ratings ) And I hope that next year, even though I will be taking classes to complete my teaching degree, I will meet my 100 book goal.