I've got a couple of books partially read, and am getting better at not wasting my maternity leave. I hope to have a lot to show in the next few weeks.
Books read in 2008 (links go to my review):
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time edited by
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, Jennifer O’Connell, editor
- Sex and Sensibility, Genevieve Fields, editor
- Storm Front by Jim Butcher
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
- In the Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind
- Moneyball by Michael Lewis
- Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
- The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
- Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (review to come!)
Reading goals for 2008:
- 60 books (5 a month) This is the 19th week this year. I've finished 16 books so am a little bit behind.
- 5 books off The Big List. The Big List is an ongoing list of books I “should” have read. These are mostly classics, and since I read 4 of them last year, I figure 5 is doable this year. Zero so far.
- 1 book of short stories. Nope, not yet.
- 1 Russian novel. Uh-uh.
- More by men. (only 14% in 2007) 7 of 16, pretty good!
- More non-fiction of any type. 5 so far.
- Try to read anything published in 2008 IN 2008. I think I only have one book from 2008 in my TBR. I think.
- Complete my personal TBR Challenge list. This list is made of books that were hugely popular last year and that I own, but never got around to reading. 3 down, 9 to go.
- Continue blogging about what I’m reading. Doing ok on this, not blogging every book, but enough.
The TBR list for 2008, in random order:
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (my review)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen I think this is next.
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (my review)
- My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (my review)
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brook
I didn't much like Wicked, but I thought Bel Canto was great..
ReplyDeleteI've got the perfect solution for those "Big List" books--my classics challenge! ;) Anyway, great lists all around--I hope you enjoy The Thirteenth Tale! I really liked that one.
ReplyDeleteI know, trish! but I failed EVERY challenge I did last year, so I hesitate.
ReplyDeleteI love making goals, but I'm not always very good on following up on them! Actually I think this year I am doing pretty well. I tend to read a lot of newly published books (probably too many and it messes up my other reading goals). And I loved Year of Wonders by the way.
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