I. Declare. BANKRUPTCY!
Okay, not really, but I declare time bankruptcy.
Here's what I'm reading next this year:
January:
1) World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow
2) Eden Close by Anita Shreve
3) Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
4) Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
5) Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
6) Sister Wife by Shelley Hrdlitschka
7) The Lit Report by Sarah N. Harvey
8) Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
9) Dewey by Vicki Myron
10) Marley and Me by Josh Grogan
11) The Summer of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau
12) Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
13) Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
14) A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
15) The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
16) 3 Willows by Ann Brashares
17) The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith
18) Books by Larry McMurtry
19) I Love You Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
20) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
21) March by Geraldine Brooks
22) Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris
23) Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
24) You are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
25) Night World #2 by L.J. Smith
26) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
27) Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
28) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
29) Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
30) Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King
31) Who By Fire by Diana Spechler
February:
1) I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (32)
2) Hell House by Richard Matheson (33)
3) Run For Your Life by James Patterson (34)
4) The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (35)
5) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart 36)
6) Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott (37)
7) The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (38)
8) Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (39)
9) Newes From the Dead by Mary Hooper (40)
10) The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue (41)
11) The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (42)
12) Rumors by Anna Godbersen (43)
13) Envy by Anna Godbersen (44)
14) North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley (45)
15) Not Much, Just Chillin' by Linda Perlstein (46)
16) The Vampire Diaries: The Return--Nightfall by L.J. Smith (47)
17) Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee (48)
18) Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell (49)
19) Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell (50)
20) The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (51)
21) Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (52)
22) Unwind by Neal Shusterman (53)
23) The School For Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer (54)
24) Invisible Touch by Kelly Parra (55)
25) Need by Carrie Jones (56)
26) Evermore by Alyson Noel (57)
27) The September Sisters by Jillian Cantor (58)
28) Shelter Me by Alex McAulay (59)
March:
1) Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman (60)
2) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (61)
3) Would You by Marthe Jocelyn (62)
4) Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult (63)
5) City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (64)
6) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (65)
7) Bliss by Lauren Myracle (66)
8) Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (67)
9) Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (68)
10) Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith (69)
11) Life Sentences by Laura Lippman (70)
12) The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (71)
13) Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy (72)
14) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (73)
15) The Society of S by Susan Hubbard (74)
16) The Seance by John Harwood (75)
17) Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine by Ann Hood (76)
18) Say When by Elizabeth Berg (77)
19) Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols (78)
20) Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (79)
21) The Season by Sarah MacLean (80)
22) Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle (81)
23) The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent (82)
24) Goldengrove by Francine Prose (83)
25) City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (84)
26) Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson (85)
27) Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson (86)
28) Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson (87)
29) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (88)
30) Good Book by David Plotz (89)
31) Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (90)
April:
1) The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer (91)
2) If I Stay by Gayle Forman (92)
3) Long Lost by Harlan Coben (93)
4) Jesus in the Margins by Rick McKinley (94)
5) Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (95)
6) Deadline by Chris Crutcher (96)
7) Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner (97)
8) The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (98)
9) Between Here and April by Deborah Copaken Kogan (99)
10) Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty (100)
11) Willow by Julia Hoban (101)
12) Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors (102)
13) Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott (103)
14) Shift by Charlotte Agell (104)
15) The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe* (105)
16) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (106)
17) Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell (107)
18) The Reason For God by Timothy Keller (108)
19) Shanghai Girls by Lisa See* (109)
20) The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (110)
21) The 8th Confession by James Patterson (111)
May:
1) Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg (112)
2) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (113)
3) I Know It's Over by C.K. Kelly Martin (114)
4) Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender (115)
5) Bass Ackwards and Belly Up by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain (116)
6) Foot Free and Fancy Loose by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain (117)
7) The Help by Kathryn Stockett (118)
8) Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (119)
9) Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle by Nan Marino* (120)
10) The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha* (121)
11) The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (122)
12) Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton* (123)
June:
1) The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (124)
2) The Real Real by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus (125)
3) Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies (126)
4) The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose (127)
5) Fragment by Warren Fahy* (128)
6) Gifts of War by Mackenzie Ford* (129)
7) Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant* (130)
8) Along For the Ride by Sarah Dessen (131)
9) The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner (132)
10) Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman (133)
11) Dune Road by Jane Green (134)
12) This Lovely Life by Vicki Forman (135)
13) Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett* (136)
14) The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale* (137)
July:
1) Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay* (138)
2) The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells (139)
3) The Rapture by Liz Jensen* (140)
4) Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin* (141)
5) Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner* (142)
6) Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell (143)
7) Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (144)
8) Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading by Lizzie Skurnick (145)
9) Undone by Karin Slaughter* (146)
10) Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz (147)
11) The Devouring by Simon Holt (148)
12) Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink (149)
13) The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (150)
August:
1) South of Broad by Pat Conroy* (151)
2) After by Amy Efaw* (152)
3) The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey (153)
4) Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman (154)
5) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead* (155)
6) Prism by Faye Kellerman and Aliza Kellerman (156)
7) Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles (157)
8) Soulstice by Simon Holt (158)
9) The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan* (159)
10) Immortal by Gillian Shields (160)
11) Meridian by Amber Kizer (161)
12) The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (162)
13) What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (163)
14) Alex Cross's TRIAL by James Patterson (164)
15) Crash Into Me by Albert Borris (165)
16) Moonlight in Odessa by Janet Skeslien Charles* (166)
September:
1) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (167)
2) Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott (168)
3) Voices of the Faithful Book 2 edited by Kim P. Davis* (169)
4) Ruined by Paula Morris (170)
5) Graceling by Kristin Cashore (171)
6) Impossible by Nancy Werlin (172)
7) The Guinea Pig Diaries by AJ Jacobs (173)
8) The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (174)
9) Soul of a Dog by Jon Katz (175)
10) The Magicians by Lev Grossman (176)
11) The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman* (177)
12) The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (178)
13) The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood* (179)
14) Plain Promise by Beth Wiseman* (180)
15) Izzy & Lenore by Jon Katz (181)
16) Hardball by Sara Paretsky (182)
17) A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve (183)
18) Redefining Beautiful by Jenna Lucado with Max Lucado* (184)
19) The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (185)
20) Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande (186)
October:
1) Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (187)
2) Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan (188)
3) The Everafter by Amy Huntley (189)
4) The Maze Runner by James Dashner* (190)
5) Take Your Best Shot by Austin Gutwein* (191)
6) Pure by Terra Elan McVoy (192)
7) The Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman (193)
8) Demon Ex Machina by Julie Kenner (194)
9) Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick* (195)
10) PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death & God (196)
11) Hate List by Jennifer Brown (197)
12) A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg (198)
13) Positively by Courtney Sheinmel (199)
14) Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr (200)
15 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly (201)
16) Candor by Pam Bachorz (202)
17) Possessions by Nancy Holder (203)
18) Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani (204)
19) How to Steal a Car by Pete Hautman (205)
20) Spellbinder by Helen Stringer* (206)
21) The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz (207)
22) Fat Cat by Robin Brande (208)
23) Fire by Kristin Cashore (209)
24) Going Bovine by Libba Bray (210)
25) After You by Julie Buxbaum (211)
26) Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (212)
27) Hold Still by Nina LaCour (213)
28) The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson (214)
29) The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker (215)
30) I Can't Keep My Own Secrets: Six Word Memoirs By Teens Famous + Obscure edited by Smith Magazine (216)
31) Splendor by Anna Godbersen (217)
32) Cherries in Winter by Suzan Colon* (218)
33) I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb (219)
34) Whip It by Shauna Cross (220)
35) Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak edited by Smith Magazine (221)
36) Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, edited by Smith Magazine (222)
37) How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford (223)
November:
1) Fallen by Lauren Kate* (224)
2) Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (225)
3) Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain by Paul Meier & David L. Henderson* (226)
4) The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (227)
5) Gone by Michael Grant (228)
6) Hunger by Michael Grant (229)
7) The Shadow Club Rising by Neal Shusterman (230)
8) Under the Dome by Stephen King (231)
9) The Karma of Jesus by Mark Herringshaw* (232)
10) A Measure of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling* (233)
11) The Silent Gift by Michael Landon Jr. and Cindy Kelley* (234)
12) The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate (235)
13) Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F. Winner (236)
14) Liar by Justine Larbalestier (237)
15) Shadowland by Alyson Noel (238)
16) An Amish Christmas by Beth Wiseman, Kathleen Fuller & Barbara Cameron* (239)
17) A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein (240)
18) UR by Stephen King** (241)
19) I, Alex Cross by James Patterson** (242)
20) Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume** (243)
21) Here's to You, Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume** (244)
22) Reproduction is the Flaw of Love by Lauren Grodstein** (245)
December:
1) U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton** (246)
2) Tainted by Brooke Morgan** (247)
3) Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin* (248)
4) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll** (249)
5) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens** (250)
6) The Lightkeeper's Daughter by Colleen Coble* (251)
7) Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (252)
8) The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (253)
9) The Sweet By and By by Sara Evans with Rachel Hauck* (254)
10) The Christmas Lamp by Lori Copeland** (255)
11) Safer by Sean Doolittle** (256)
12) The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault** (257)
13) Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs (258)
14) The Dreaded Feast: Writers on Enduring the Holidays, edited by Michelle Clarke & Taylor Plimpton (259)
15) Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb (260)
16) Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin** (261)
* = Review copy
** = Read on Kindle
Comments
You'll have to watch less TV.
Yeah--but I threw in the ones that I knew about (Jodi Picoult, Laura Lippman, Elizabeth Berg, etc.).
I thought of you the other night. This lady at work brought three giant boxes of books she'd read. I grabbed five. I love when people do that. It's not about getting money or anything, it's about making sure the books get read.
Well, and that you don't trip over them any longer. ;-)
I think I read the Cold 6000 already. Oops.
I read The Black Dahlia and really liked it.
What books did you grab? I love books. As you know. :)
Should you make it up to Baltimore (in a real or imaginary trip like your dream visit to LA), we will have to go to Book Thing, which is an awesome bookstore where the books are free and you can take as many as you want--like a library, except they are yours forever.
I should make a roadtrip up to Baltimore/DC next year. My best friend lives in Columbia, and little brother is in DC. As long as gas keeps getting cheaper, it might just happen. :-)
Lisey's Story is awesome.
I keep trying to read Temperence Brennan novels and they don't work for me. I've read two so far and I haven't liked either,