You know what helps you read a lot of books? Being surrounded by them.
I’m in a library 40 hours a week. I see a lot of books. I see a lot of books that I want to read. And while I will never be able to read them all, the endless parade of tempting books that passes in front of me keeps me on task and keeps me reading.
I read 27 books in 2011. I wrote down each title and hung the list on the refrigerator. I didn’t want to forget. And I liked to admire the growing list.
These are the books I read in 2011 in the order in which I read them:Meeting Your Half-Orange by Amy Spencer The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe by Jenny Hollowell The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsOne Day by David NichollsApe House by Sara GruenHalf Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to Breathe by Alexa StevensonLoving Frank by Nancy Horan Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matt LogelinThe History of Love: A Novel by Nicole KraussThe Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBrideThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels: A Love Story by Ree DrummondCommencement by J. Courtney SullivanEverything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel ShukertWetlands by Charlotte RocheVaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner How the World Makes Love: And What It Taught a Jilted Groom by Franz WisnerEverything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy American Wife by Curtis SittenfeldA Man Without Words by Susan SchallerBorn on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel TammetLost in Translation: A Life in a New Language by Eva HoffmanThe Train of Small Mercies by David RowellThe Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. by Jennifer Baggett Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura HillenbrandGirls in White Dresses by Jennifer CloseFavorite:
Vaclav & Lena by Haley Tanner
Made me laugh the hardest:
Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
Made me think the hardest:
Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
Took me longest to get through:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Book that I hesitate to admit that I read:
Meeting Your Half-Orange by Amy Spencer
Theme of my 2011 reading list: Bloggers and other interesting nonfiction.
I have been keeping track of the books that I want to read - both
fiction and
nonfiction - on Pinterest. If you have something to suggest, I want to hear it; I am always looking to add more titles. And if you need something good to read? My goodness, just ask!
7 comments:
Love this list (I too read some of these) -- will put some of the rest on my request list at my local library.
I read a bunch of these books as well! Love Love Love Simon Van Booy, I was really excited when his new book came out, and not let down. I'll definitely be checking out some of the others. Thanks for sharing!
What did you think of Loving Frank? I was recommended that this past year and have it on my list for 2012.
I really liked Loving Frank! I'm not an expert on the subject, so it was it is hard to tell where the facts end and fiction begins, and it was interesting to look at the story from the perspective of Mamah. I'm sure that the architectural components will really interest you, too.
I started my 2012 reading list on pinterst too after seeing yours. I track my book - and write reviews on goodreads too.
I am adding your favorite, laugh and think books to my reading list! I am about to travel a ton so I need something really good book friends to keep me company.
It took me forever to get through Henrietta Lacks too. And it wasn't even that long!
Do you have a suggestion for a big deep long book? I'm thinking something along the lines of Ken Follett Pillars of the Earth - a book you can wander around in their world for a big long story?
And like K said - I'm on goodreads too. It's fun to see what your friends are reading & how they rate the books they finish. :)
*some really good book friends...
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