It's been a month since my last post. I know, slacker. It would be easy to blame the Holidays but honestly I just get discouraged sometimes and need to remind myself why I am doing this in the first place. This was intended to be an outlet for me to share my passions and hope that there is someone out there who enjoys reading about it. So I don't want to ever force myself to post because I think you can tell it when you read. So, if you are reading this Thank You! and I really appreciate your support and love.
Last year I posted a list of books I planned on trying to read in 2013. My goal was to read 20 books in 2013. I did read 20 books but diverged from the schedule and didn't make it back around to 9 books on my list. Considering I did read The Hobbit, Les Miserables, and Gone With The Wind I think I did a pretty good job. If you are interested here is the 2014 list if you want to compare to my 2013 list you can check it out here. Images and synopsis are from Goodreads.com.
1. Gone Girl. Gillian Flynn
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larson.
(I know, "why haven't I read this yet?")
3. The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
4. Why We Broke Up, Daniel Handler
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chlosky
6. The Diviners, Libba Bray
Okay, I started this book 3 times . . .but it scares the hibbie jibbies out of me. Especially the book on tape. So I am going to gather my wits and try again because I am a BIG, BIG fan of Libba Bray (and you should be too).
7. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sobold
8. The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue
9. The Dress Lodger, Sherri Holman
10. The Book Thief, Marcus Kusa
I've received lots of recommendations for this one! So I'm excited.
11. Divergent, Veronica Roth
12. The Light Between Oceans, M. L. Stedman
13. As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
14. The House of Mirth, Edith Warton
Free with Amazon Kindle!
15. The Beautiful and Damned. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Also free with my Kindle! I am trying this because I loved The Great Gatsby. So far, I've had to read it with my dictionary so it's a slow start.
16. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
17. Waiting For Godot, Samuel Beckett
18. Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion
19. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Last year I posted a list of books I planned on trying to read in 2013. My goal was to read 20 books in 2013. I did read 20 books but diverged from the schedule and didn't make it back around to 9 books on my list. Considering I did read The Hobbit, Les Miserables, and Gone With The Wind I think I did a pretty good job. If you are interested here is the 2014 list if you want to compare to my 2013 list you can check it out here. Images and synopsis are from Goodreads.com.
1. Gone Girl. Gillian Flynn
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larson.
(I know, "why haven't I read this yet?")
3. The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Okay, I started this book 3 times . . .but it scares the hibbie jibbies out of me. Especially the book on tape. So I am going to gather my wits and try again because I am a BIG, BIG fan of Libba Bray (and you should be too).
I've received lots of recommendations for this one! So I'm excited.
Free with Amazon Kindle!
15. The Beautiful and Damned. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Also free with my Kindle! I am trying this because I loved The Great Gatsby. So far, I've had to read it with my dictionary so it's a slow start.
20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
That's it. Let me know what you think. Am I over-ambitious (I think I probably am)? Have you read any of these (or all of them)? Did you like/hate them? Please leave a comment I love to hear your thoughts.
