8 posts tagged “book project”
Finished The Other Boleyn Girl, which I totally loved. I started The Boleyn Inheritance and that's really good too (so far). It's got three narrators (Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard--two more of Henry's wives--and Jane Boleyn). I don't prefer it to Boleyn Girl but it's interesting.
I have to say, so far I'm not a huge fan of Jane Boleyn. I can discuss why but it's a potential spoiler although I guess this is all history, so maybe not.
Meanwhile, I'm very tired. I do get tomorrow as a comp day for working Friday, and I think my day will be spent sleeping as much as possible.
I think Boleyn Girl was #21, but I'll have to doublecheck that.
So I went on a book binge today. I went in for one book and impulse-bought four more. Oh, book project. You will kill me.
I got:
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi
Now keep in mind that the new Stephen King (Duma Key) and Marcus Sakey (At the City's Edge) novels came today. Keep in mind, too, that I am moving in a little over a week--and actually, I'm getting the keys tomorrow, so I can start moving little stuff then--and that I have Saw IV coming in the mail (hopefully tomorrow but certainly by Friday).
Oh, impulse--you will kill me.
Finished Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper. Holy crap. Her books may not be the most well-written, but they are hard to put down. (SweetMisery, you would probably like her if you haven't read her already.)
Her books are about a group of psychic FBI agents (in a special crimes division of the FBI) and they're hunting a serial killer in the south. Really, really good.
Next up? The juicy Tom Cruise biography--after the Amazing Race! :)
So I had the bright idea of adding all new books I buy and the books I know I will buy to the book project so at the end of the year I'll know what books I read. And so it will become apparent to all who read this just how much of a life I (don't) have.
It's a lot, I know. But I also know I can totally do it, especially when you consider the fact that (a) I'm essentially a hermit and (b) there's still a writers' strike.
So here we go.
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
The Reapers by John Connolly
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (probably the one book I'm most ashamed of not having read)
Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner
Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Beach House by Jane Green
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Fourth Hand by John Irving
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Until I Find You by John Irving
Shining Through by Susan Isaacs
Deja Demon by Julie Kenner
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (will probably wait until I see the movie)
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Morton
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Eight by Katherine Neville (my old coworker Stacy asks me every time we talk if I've read this yet)
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
1984 by George Orwell
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
7th Heaven by James Patterson
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
After by Francine Prose
A Changed Man by Francine Prose
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Housekeeping by Marilyne Robinson
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
At the City's Edge by Marcus Sakey
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Questions To Ask Before Marrying by Melissa Senate
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (recommended often and loudly by Jen)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
The Specials by Scott Westerfeld
The Extras by Scott Westerfeld
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
So I finished the Diary of Anne Frank, which was really, really good. Depressing, of course, because I knew how it ended. I can't even imagine what it was like to live in that space for over two years with seven other people.
Up next is Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris. I should be able to finish that before the new books come on Wednesday, and then I'll take a little time off from the project to read the new Stephen King and Marcus Sakey novels. Huzzah!
The next few days should be fun. I don't have plans for tomorrow, but I'm off so it's automatically going to be a good day. I do want to watch 3:10 to Yuma, though. Friday, my mom, Wanda and Christy are coming up and we're going to Shuckers (we've never been but Bernadette says it's good) and Vacarro's. Saturday I work, but Josh and Jon and Charles are coming and we're going to grab dinner before they go clubbing.
I'm not going clubbing as (a) I can't dance, (b) I will have been up since 6:25am and (c) I have to work Sunday, too. But it'll still be awesome to see them. :)
So I finished The Secret History by Donna Tartt, which was really, REALLY good. Jen said that it was similar to Special Topics in Calamity Physics but I would also compare it to Joanne Harris' Gentlemen & Players. Anyway, it's about six people who are in a class at a Vermont college (Hampden). They're taking Greek with this eccentric professor (they're the only six people in the class). You learn early on (literally first sentence) that one of them dies and the book is about how and why that happens.
I think next up is Diary of a Young Girl. I may have time for one more after that, too, but the new Stephen King and Marcus Sakey novels should be arriving next Wednesday (23rd) and so I need to make sure that I can start those the second I get them. :) (Oh, Amazon Prime, I love you.)
It's been updated. Again. (I'm also going to add the books I buy this year as I buy them--and the new releases that I know I'm buying--so that it's a better list of what I've read and what I want to read.)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Undertow by Sydney Bauer
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
March by Geraldine Brooks
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Priest by Ken Bruen
Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Accident Man by Tom Cain
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes In New England by Brock Clark
I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
Lights Out Tonight by Mary Jane Clark
Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
Beginner's Greek by James Collins
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
The Reapers by John Connolly
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The Killer's Wife by Bill Floyd
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Liar's Diary by Patry Francis
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (probably the one book I'm most ashamed of not having read)
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner
Twilight by William Gay
Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
The Abduction by Mark Giminez
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
The Night Villa by Carol Goodman
The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman
The Sonnet Lover by Carol Goodman
Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb
The Beach House by Jane Green
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
The Appeal by John Grisham
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
The Ghost by Robert Harris
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag
Comfort: A Journey Through Grieving by Ann Hood
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Fourth Hand by John Irving
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Until I Find You by John Irving
Shining Through by Susan Isaacs
Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
Deja Demon by Julie Kenner
The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
Duma Key by Stephen King
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson
The Book of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring
Obedience by Will Lavender
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
City of the Sun by David Levien
Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
Hardly Knew Her by Laura Lippman
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Hell House by Richard Matheson
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Wake by Lisa McMann
Vampire Academy by Rachelle Mead
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Morton
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Eight by Katherine Neville (my old coworker Stacy asks me every time we talk if I've read this yet)
Things I Want My Daughters To Know by Elizabeth Noble
After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
1984 by George Orwell
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
7th Heaven by James Patterson
Sundays At Tiffany's by James Patterson
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
The Woman Who Can't Forget by Jill Price
Lush Life by Richard Price
After by Francine Prose
A Changed Man by Francine Prose
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Crazy School by Cornelia Read
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
Housekeeping by Marilyne Robinson
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
At the City's Edge by Marcus Sakey
Good People by Marcus Sakey
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
Peony in Love by Lisa See
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Questions To Ask Before Marrying by Melissa Senate
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (recommended often and loudly by Jen)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
The Cure For Modern Life by Lisa Tucker
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi
Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
The Runner by Cynthia Voigt
Come a Stranger by Cynthia Voigt
Sons From Afar by Cynthia Voigt
Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
The Specials by Scott Westerfeld
The Extras by Scott Westerfeld
The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner
All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well by Tom Wodicka
The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I will take recommendations but if it's not something that I have already, you'll need to loan it to me. :) I'm still trying to save my meager resources for the new releases coming out. :)
So this is the year I finally want to become better read. I have all these awesome books that people have recommended and they're just wasting away on the shelves. So in 2008, I want to read them.
Besides all the new releases that are coming out (see Amazon Wish List if you're curious) and the new Stephen King and Marcus Sakey novels that I have already pre-ordered, I want to read:
Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (probably the one book I'm most ashamed of not having read)
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Fourth Hand by John Irving
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Until I Find You by John Irving
Shining Through by Susan Isaacs
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (will probably wait until I see the movie)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Eight by Katherine Neville (my old coworker Stacy asks me every time we talk if I've read this yet)
1984 by George Orwell
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
After by Francine Prose
A Changed Man by Francine Prose
Housekeeping by Marilyne Robinson
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (recommended often and loudly by Jen)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I will take recommendations but if it's not something that I have already, you'll need to loan it to me. :) I'm still trying to save my meager resources for the new releases coming out. :)
