A couple of people on theknot.com and thenest.com keep track of how many books they read each year. So I figured I would try to figure that out while I blog.
Books I have read this year:
- Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
- Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
- The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
- Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
- A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
- The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
- Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan
- Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
- Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
- The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
- Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrota
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodian
- The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riodian
- The Titans Curse by Rick Riodian
- The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riodian
- The Last Olympian by Rick Riodian
- The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
- Peony in Love by Lisa See
- Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
- Shogun by James Clavell
- Tall, Dark and Hungry by Lynsay Sands
- Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
- Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
One thing that has helped me expand my reading has been the book club me and my girls started back in April. We have this list of 100 Books to Read Before You Die, so a chunk of the books I have read are from that. Book club has made me want to read more classics too, so I have been trying to read more of those.
This evening I finally joined Goodreads.com. It gives you a quiz of the most popular books from various categories. I had read 47 out of the 100. While doing the quiz I realized I read a lot of Sci-fi/Fantasy, I used to read a lot of Romance, and I have read a lot of classics (in part due to school and the rest as a result of my recent getting into classics).
While taking the goodreads.com quiz gave me like 15 books that I want to read. There are a lot of books on my to-read list already, and now with the Goodreads.com list, here is my to-read list:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Middlesex by Jeffery Kingsolver
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
- Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
- The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
- Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
- The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- The Help by Kathryn Sockett
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
This will help make my Christmas list a lot easier this year!
Just have to keep reading on!
i <3 rick riordan. read his new series. one is kind of based on camp half blood (the book is called the lost hero) and the other is a totally different series, but still good. those are the kane chronicles. they're about ancient egypt. middlesex is really good, and if you read something borrowed, read something blue also. its the sequel :) the millennium series is really good too (that's the girl with the dragon tattoo). gone with the wind is my favorite book of all time ever. little women too. i'm planning on reading the help and the hunger games too. i think i've read mr. maybe... is the game of thrones series good? i've heard good things, but sometimes i have a hard time reading fantasy type things. i read little children by tom perrota. is the abstinence teacher good? happy reading :D
ReplyDeleteThis post made me want to read more! Especially in the category of books you want to read soon, I loved the deliciously slow nature of Little Women by the way, let me know what you think of it :D
ReplyDeleteI've read a bunch of the books on both of your lists. You will LOVE Hunger Games!! I could not wait to read each book! Another suggestion I would make is Water for Elephants (I just picked it up to see if it was worthwhile, and I could not put it down!) Just some thoughts! Have fun reading!
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