Sunday, February 3, 2008

A new look for 2008! January was a good reading month. I'm currently reading Eat, Pray, Love and hope to move to the Oprah selection this week. On my agenda for the near future are Duma Key by Stephen King, The Appeals by John Grisham, and 7th Heaven by James Patterson.

1 comment:

She Became a Butterfly said...

i just joined the tbr challenge, and i thought i'd check out your blog.

my friend and i just started a book lovers message board, so i thought i'd invite you!!

eden
www.re-told.net

2008 TBR Challenge (Let's hope to do better this year!)

  • A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid Hosseini (Completed - January - LOVED IT!)
  • Bel Canto - Ann Patchett (Completed - Great!)
  • Death in Bloodhound Red - Virginia Lanier
  • Duma Key - Stephen King
  • Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert (COMPLETED February - ok)
  • Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton (Completed - ok)
  • Hurricane - Jack Stewart (COMPLETED - ok)
  • In the Woods - Tana French (COMPLETED - liked it)
  • Mr. Pip - Lloyd Jones (COMPLETED - liked it)
  • Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow
  • The Host - Stephenie Meyer
  • The Little Friend - Donna Tartt

Extra Credit Books

  • Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
  • I Am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe
  • Magic Time - Doug Marlette (COMPLETED)
  • Signs in the Blood - Vicki Lane (COMPLETED)
  • Stones From the River - Ursula Hegi
  • The Dive from Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer
  • The House on Bloodhound Lane - Virginia Lanier
  • The Lake of Dead Languages - Carol Goodman
  • The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton
  • The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly (COMPLETED)
  • The Tommyknockers - Stephen King
  • World Without End - Ken Follett

Some of My Favorite Books

  • A Time to Kill - John Grisham
  • Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
  • Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral - Kris Radish
  • Dispatches From the Edge - Anderson Cooper
  • East of Eden - John Steinbeck
  • Good Grief - Lolly Winston
  • It - Stephen King
  • My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
  • Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
  • Possession - A.S. Byatt
  • Tending Roses - Lisa Wingate
  • The Boxcar Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
  • The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
  • The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
  • The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
  • The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
  • The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy
  • The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
  • The Secret History - Donna Tartt
  • The Third Heiress - Brenda Joyce
  • The Virgin of Small Plains - Nancy Pickard
  • The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
  • Where the Heart Is - Billie Letts

Some of My Favorite Series (no particular order)

  • Alex Cross series - James Patterson
  • Bailey Weggins series - Kate White
  • Frankenstein series - Dean Koontz
  • Harry Potter series - J. K. Rowling
  • Holly Barker series - Stuart Woods
  • Jesse Stone series - Robert B. Parker
  • Stephanie Plum series - Janet Evanovich
  • Stone Barrington series - Stuart Woods
  • Temperance Brennan series - Kathy Reichs
  • The Earth Children series - Jean M. Auel
  • The Godfather series - Mario Puzo
  • The Women's Murder Club series - James Patterson