Wednesday, January 1, 2014

50 Books in 2013

Made it to 40 books in 2013. Many of which were pretty lowbrow. (The Woodcutter and Sisterhood Everlasting were truly horrible. I don't know what I was thinking.) Books in bold below are recommended. Back in the saddle!


1. Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy
2. Potty Training Boys the Easy Way by Fertlman & Cave
3. The Woodcutter by Kate Danley
4. The Twelve by Justin Cronin
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
6. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
7. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
8. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
10. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
11. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
12. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
13. Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
14. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
15. In the Woods by Tana French
16. Does this Baby Make Me Look Straight? Confessions of a Gay Dad by Dan Bucatinsky
17. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
18. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
19. Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
20. Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagler
21. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
22. Everything is Perfect When You’re a Liar by Kelly Oxford
23. Spooner by Pete Dexter
24. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
25. The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
26. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
27. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
28. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
29. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
30. Divergent by Veronica Roth
31. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
32. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
33. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
34. Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid: A Survival Guide for Ordinary Parents of Special Children by Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian
35. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
36. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
37. The Dinner by Herman Koch
38. The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Rabble* (Left off at pg. 136. I just could't get into it.)
39. My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities. Ed by Bertelli, Silverman, and Talbot.
40. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell


“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” 
- Ralph Waldo Emerson