A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Bored, why not use the most of my time to update my books list?
By the way, my new years' resolution is to keep track of all books I've read throughout 2008. I've lost track of the books in 2007 since I was soooo busy. But here's what I've read, and their rating. =]
Rating from 1, the worst, to 5, the best!
I'VE READ;;
1. Harry Potter (the whole series) - J.K. Rowling ⋙ 100,000,000,000,000,000!!!! (you know why.)
2. Bloom - Elizabeth Scott ⋙ 4 (it was kind of too easy for me to read, but overall it was cute.)
3. Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold ⋙ 4 (good, but not amazing. easy read too.)
4. Girlhearts - Norma Fox Mazer ⋙ 4.5 (read this years ago, but it touches me every time I read it.)
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee ⋙ 4.5 (read for my freshman year, really good.)
6. What My Mother Doesn't Know - Sonya Sones ⋙ 3 (a big eh, funny but, pointless.)
7. Such a Pretty Girl - Laura Wiess ⋙ 4 (very... weird. true life i guess with abuse and etc)
8. Zink - Cherie Bennett ⋙ 4.5 (read this in 8th grade, easy book but. so good. made me cry.)
9. The Clique series ⋙ 4 (haven't read them all. only read three of them hah.)
10. Heart's Delight ⋙ 4.5 (the most fucking weird book I ever read, but good!)
11. Perfect Strangers; Love Letters - Jahanna N. Malcolm ⋙ 4.5 (was one of my favorite books)
12. TTYL - Lauren Myracle ⋙ 4.5 (loved that book, got me addicted.)
13. TTFN - Lauren Myracle ⋙ 4.5 (the second book in the series, the third haven't read.)
14. Click Here; To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade - Denise Vega ⋙ 3 (read this obviously in 7th grade, was good.)
15. The Secret Language of Girls - Frances O'Roark Dowell ⋙ 3 (same, seventh grade. was one of my favorite books)
16. The Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin ⋙ 4.5 (thanks JT for buying me this! it was so good, that i actually felt sad for the character.)
17. Perfect Match - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 4.5 (Jodi writes amazing books, not one of the best but amazing anyways.)
18. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 5 (such a crying book, if you're in mood for crying, here's a book.)
19. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 5 (one of my favorites book.)
20. The Pact - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 4.5 (not one of my favorites either, not a good first time reading for Jodi's style of writing, go with My Sister's Keeper first, then read The Pact. That was my mistake.)
21. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 5 (My second favorite author, next to Jodi Picoult.)
22. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 5. (This book actually has characters from above and below books.)
23. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 5. (Just, aw.)
24. That Summer - Sarah Dessen ⋙ CLOSE to 5, but it gets 4.8 (Good, but easy.)
25. Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 4.8 (same thing.)
26. Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 4.8
27. Dreamland - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 4.8
28. My Heartbeat - Garret Freymann-Weyr ⋙ 5 (heart touching about a girl split between brother and her brother's best friend.)
29. The Year of Secret Assignments - Jaclyn Moriarty ⋙ 4.8 (good, good, good. but easy as usual)
30. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis ⋙ 5 (gooooooooood, haven't read them all. read only "the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "The Magician's Nephew", "The Horse and His Boy", and "Prince Caspain".)
31. The Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin ⋙ 5 (AMAZING, you can read about it in my previous entry!)
32. Beowulf - Burton Raffel ⋙ Doesn't deserve even a 1. (HORRIBLE, had to read for my AP English. I literally cried, it was horrible.)
33. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol ⋙ 3 (he was a rapist/molester, what the hell?????)
34. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston ⋙ 4 (boring, boring, boring. had to analyze but... it had points.)
35. Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai ⋙ 4.5 (one of my favorites that read in AP English.)
36. The Giver- Lois Lowry ⋙ 3.5 (didn't personally like it.)
37. Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare ⋙ 4 (hard to get at first, but every body knows the story.)
38. Romiette and Julio- Sharon Draper ⋙ 4.5 (really good, loved it.)
39. Boy Proof- Cecil Castellucci ⋙ 4.8 (love it, don't own it tho.)
40. Don’t Die, My Love- Lurlene McDaniel ⋙ 5 (oh my god, holds a special place in my heart)
41. Number the Stars- Lois Lowry ⋙ 4 (a good story)
42. Devil’s Arithmetic- Jane Yolen ⋙ 4 (liked it....)
43. The Realm of Possibility- David Levithan ⋙ 4.5 (read it, overwhelmed, read it again, loved it.)
44. Faking 19- Alyson Noel ⋙ 3.5 (it was ok... not one of the best.)
45. The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton ⋙ 3.5 (not my type of books.)
46. Go Ask Alice- Anonymous ⋙ 5 (holds a special place in my heart too.)
47. Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson ⋙ 4.8 (cant imagine this happening to me.)
48. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break- Lensey Namioka ⋙ 3 (boring class assignment)
49. Night- Elie Weisel ⋙ 5 (one of my favorite books i've read in my sophomore class.)
50. The Cay- Theodore Taylor ⋙ 3 (ehhhhhhhhhhhhh.)
51. Crank - Ellen Hopkins ⋙ 4.8 (amazing quotes ha, and very.. compelling.)
52. Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky ⋙ 5 (holds another special place in my heart.)
53. A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Solider - Ishmael Beah ⋙ 4.8 (compelling, etched in my mind.)
54. Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson ⋙ 4.5 (kind of weird. wanted more for the ending but ok.)
55. Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory ⋙ 4.5 (loved the history, a little bit slow but loved it.)
I've read so much more, but those are what I chose from my bookshelf worth mentioning. Lol. (Though, I don't own them all yet. GRR.)
BOOKS I WANT TO READ/OWN;;
1. Breaking her fall - stephen goodwin
2. The year my sister got lucky - aimee friedman
3. The book thief - markus zusak
4. Burned - Ellen Hopkins
5. Glass - Ellen Hopkins
6. Crank - Ellen Hopkins (want to own)
7. Impulse - Ellen Hopkins
8. Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
9. Lets get lost - sarra manning
10. L8r, g8r - lauren myracle
11. Rainbow road - alex sanchez
12. Rainbow high - alex sanchez
13. Rainbow boys - alex sanchez
14. What my girlfriend doesn't know - sonya stones
15. One of those hideous books where the mother dies - sonya stones
16. Two way street - lauren barnholdt
17. Twisted - laurie halse anderson (want to own)
18. Sara's face - melvin burgess
19. Lucky - alice sebold
20. The rest of her life - laura moriarty
21. The morning gift - eva ibboston
22. A long way gone, memoirs of a boy solider - ishmael beah (want to own)
23. Before i die - jenny downham
24. Before, after, and somebody in between - jeannine garsee
25. The accidental mother - rowan coleman
26. The almost moon - alice sebold
27. The tenth circle - jodi picoult
28. Vanishing acts - jodi picoult
29. Second glance - jodi picoult
30. Salem falls - jodi picoult
31. Plain truth - jodi picoult
32. Keeping faith - jodi picoult
33. The pact - jodi picoult (want to own)
34. Mercy - jodi picoult
35. Harvesting the heart - jodi picoult
36. Songs of the humpback whale - jodi picoult
37. The burn journals - brent runyon
38. The perks of being a wallflower - Stephen chbosky (want to own)
39. Its kind of a funny story - ned vizzini
40. Nick and norah's infinite playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
41. A bad boy can be good for a girl - Tanya lee stone
42. Go ask alice - anyonomous (want to own)
43. Speak - laurie halse Anderson (want to own)
44. A thousand splendid suns - kahleid hossein
45. Secrets of my Hollywood life- Jen Calonita
46. Once upon a day- Lisa Tucker
47. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
48. Catcher in the rye- JD Salinger
49. The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks
50. The wedding- Nicholas Sparks
51. A walk to remember- Nicholas Sparks
52. Mixed Messages- Jahnna N. Malcolm
53. The Write Stuff- Jahnna N. Malcolm
54. Message in a bottle- Jahnna N. Malcolm
55. Skinny dipping- Melissa de la Cruz
56. LoveSick- Jake Coburn
57. Gingerbread- Rachel Cohn
58. Shrimp- Rachel Cohn
59. Smack- Melvin Burgess
60. The Watcher- James Howe
61. That was Then, This is Now- S.E. Hinton
62. Skinny- Ibi Kaslik
63. Fade- Robert Cormier
64. Life As I Knew It- Randi Hacker
65. Brave New Girl- Louisa Luna
66. The great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
67. Miracle on 49th Street- Mike Lupica
68. cut- patricia mccormick (own it)
69. freaky green eyes- joyce carol oates (own it)
70. the five people you meet in heaven- mitch albom (own it)
71. cathy's book if found call (650) 266-8233- stewart/weisman/brigg (own it)
72. Picture Perfect - Jodi Picoult (own it)
73. a countess below stairs - eva ibboston
74. waiting for normal - leslie connor
75. the man of my dreams - curtis sittenfeld
76. I heart you, you haunt me - lisa schroder
77. Everything must go - elizabeth flock
78. 13 reasons why - jay asher
79. lost and found - carolyn parkhurst
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????
please provide a summary along with your recommendation
♥
edited on:: Feb. 17, 2008 at 8:08 pm.
By the way, my new years' resolution is to keep track of all books I've read throughout 2008. I've lost track of the books in 2007 since I was soooo busy. But here's what I've read, and their rating. =]
Rating from 1, the worst, to 5, the best!
I'VE READ;;
1. Harry Potter (the whole series) - J.K. Rowling ⋙ 100,000,000,000,000,000!!!! (you know why.)
2. Bloom - Elizabeth Scott ⋙ 4 (it was kind of too easy for me to read, but overall it was cute.)
3. Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold ⋙ 4 (good, but not amazing. easy read too.)
4. Girlhearts - Norma Fox Mazer ⋙ 4.5 (read this years ago, but it touches me every time I read it.)
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee ⋙ 4.5 (read for my freshman year, really good.)
6. What My Mother Doesn't Know - Sonya Sones ⋙ 3 (a big eh, funny but, pointless.)
7. Such a Pretty Girl - Laura Wiess ⋙ 4 (very... weird. true life i guess with abuse and etc)
8. Zink - Cherie Bennett ⋙ 4.5 (read this in 8th grade, easy book but. so good. made me cry.)
9. The Clique series ⋙ 4 (haven't read them all. only read three of them hah.)
10. Heart's Delight ⋙ 4.5 (the most fucking weird book I ever read, but good!)
11. Perfect Strangers; Love Letters - Jahanna N. Malcolm ⋙ 4.5 (was one of my favorite books)
12. TTYL - Lauren Myracle ⋙ 4.5 (loved that book, got me addicted.)
13. TTFN - Lauren Myracle ⋙ 4.5 (the second book in the series, the third haven't read.)
14. Click Here; To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade - Denise Vega ⋙ 3 (read this obviously in 7th grade, was good.)
15. The Secret Language of Girls - Frances O'Roark Dowell ⋙ 3 (same, seventh grade. was one of my favorite books)
16. The Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin ⋙ 4.5 (thanks JT for buying me this! it was so good, that i actually felt sad for the character.)
17. Perfect Match - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 4.5 (Jodi writes amazing books, not one of the best but amazing anyways.)
18. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 5 (such a crying book, if you're in mood for crying, here's a book.)
19. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 5 (one of my favorites book.)
20. The Pact - Jodi Picoult ⋙ 4.5 (not one of my favorites either, not a good first time reading for Jodi's style of writing, go with My Sister's Keeper first, then read The Pact. That was my mistake.)
21. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 5 (My second favorite author, next to Jodi Picoult.)
22. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 5. (This book actually has characters from above and below books.)
23. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 5. (Just, aw.)
24. That Summer - Sarah Dessen ⋙ CLOSE to 5, but it gets 4.8 (Good, but easy.)
25. Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 4.8 (same thing.)
26. Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 4.8
27. Dreamland - Sarah Dessen ⋙ 4.8
28. My Heartbeat - Garret Freymann-Weyr ⋙ 5 (heart touching about a girl split between brother and her brother's best friend.)
29. The Year of Secret Assignments - Jaclyn Moriarty ⋙ 4.8 (good, good, good. but easy as usual)
30. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis ⋙ 5 (gooooooooood, haven't read them all. read only "the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "The Magician's Nephew", "The Horse and His Boy", and "Prince Caspain".)
31. The Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin ⋙ 5 (AMAZING, you can read about it in my previous entry!)
32. Beowulf - Burton Raffel ⋙ Doesn't deserve even a 1. (HORRIBLE, had to read for my AP English. I literally cried, it was horrible.)
33. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol ⋙ 3 (he was a rapist/molester, what the hell?????)
34. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston ⋙ 4 (boring, boring, boring. had to analyze but... it had points.)
35. Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai ⋙ 4.5 (one of my favorites that read in AP English.)
36. The Giver- Lois Lowry ⋙ 3.5 (didn't personally like it.)
37. Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare ⋙ 4 (hard to get at first, but every body knows the story.)
38. Romiette and Julio- Sharon Draper ⋙ 4.5 (really good, loved it.)
39. Boy Proof- Cecil Castellucci ⋙ 4.8 (love it, don't own it tho.)
40. Don’t Die, My Love- Lurlene McDaniel ⋙ 5 (oh my god, holds a special place in my heart)
41. Number the Stars- Lois Lowry ⋙ 4 (a good story)
42. Devil’s Arithmetic- Jane Yolen ⋙ 4 (liked it....)
43. The Realm of Possibility- David Levithan ⋙ 4.5 (read it, overwhelmed, read it again, loved it.)
44. Faking 19- Alyson Noel ⋙ 3.5 (it was ok... not one of the best.)
45. The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton ⋙ 3.5 (not my type of books.)
46. Go Ask Alice- Anonymous ⋙ 5 (holds a special place in my heart too.)
47. Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson ⋙ 4.8 (cant imagine this happening to me.)
48. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break- Lensey Namioka ⋙ 3 (boring class assignment)
49. Night- Elie Weisel ⋙ 5 (one of my favorite books i've read in my sophomore class.)
50. The Cay- Theodore Taylor ⋙ 3 (ehhhhhhhhhhhhh.)
51. Crank - Ellen Hopkins ⋙ 4.8 (amazing quotes ha, and very.. compelling.)
52. Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky ⋙ 5 (holds another special place in my heart.)
53. A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Solider - Ishmael Beah ⋙ 4.8 (compelling, etched in my mind.)
54. Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson ⋙ 4.5 (kind of weird. wanted more for the ending but ok.)
55. Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory ⋙ 4.5 (loved the history, a little bit slow but loved it.)
I've read so much more, but those are what I chose from my bookshelf worth mentioning. Lol. (Though, I don't own them all yet. GRR.)
BOOKS I WANT TO READ/OWN;;
1. Breaking her fall - stephen goodwin
2. The year my sister got lucky - aimee friedman
3. The book thief - markus zusak
4. Burned - Ellen Hopkins
5. Glass - Ellen Hopkins
6. Crank - Ellen Hopkins (want to own)
7. Impulse - Ellen Hopkins
8. Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
9. Lets get lost - sarra manning
10. L8r, g8r - lauren myracle
11. Rainbow road - alex sanchez
12. Rainbow high - alex sanchez
13. Rainbow boys - alex sanchez
14. What my girlfriend doesn't know - sonya stones
15. One of those hideous books where the mother dies - sonya stones
16. Two way street - lauren barnholdt
17. Twisted - laurie halse anderson (want to own)
18. Sara's face - melvin burgess
19. Lucky - alice sebold
20. The rest of her life - laura moriarty
21. The morning gift - eva ibboston
22. A long way gone, memoirs of a boy solider - ishmael beah (want to own)
23. Before i die - jenny downham
24. Before, after, and somebody in between - jeannine garsee
25. The accidental mother - rowan coleman
26. The almost moon - alice sebold
27. The tenth circle - jodi picoult
28. Vanishing acts - jodi picoult
29. Second glance - jodi picoult
30. Salem falls - jodi picoult
31. Plain truth - jodi picoult
32. Keeping faith - jodi picoult
33. The pact - jodi picoult (want to own)
34. Mercy - jodi picoult
35. Harvesting the heart - jodi picoult
36. Songs of the humpback whale - jodi picoult
37. The burn journals - brent runyon
38. The perks of being a wallflower - Stephen chbosky (want to own)
39. Its kind of a funny story - ned vizzini
40. Nick and norah's infinite playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
41. A bad boy can be good for a girl - Tanya lee stone
42. Go ask alice - anyonomous (want to own)
43. Speak - laurie halse Anderson (want to own)
44. A thousand splendid suns - kahleid hossein
45. Secrets of my Hollywood life- Jen Calonita
46. Once upon a day- Lisa Tucker
47. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
48. Catcher in the rye- JD Salinger
49. The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks
50. The wedding- Nicholas Sparks
51. A walk to remember- Nicholas Sparks
52. Mixed Messages- Jahnna N. Malcolm
53. The Write Stuff- Jahnna N. Malcolm
54. Message in a bottle- Jahnna N. Malcolm
55. Skinny dipping- Melissa de la Cruz
56. LoveSick- Jake Coburn
57. Gingerbread- Rachel Cohn
58. Shrimp- Rachel Cohn
59. Smack- Melvin Burgess
60. The Watcher- James Howe
61. That was Then, This is Now- S.E. Hinton
62. Skinny- Ibi Kaslik
63. Fade- Robert Cormier
64. Life As I Knew It- Randi Hacker
65. Brave New Girl- Louisa Luna
66. The great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
67. Miracle on 49th Street- Mike Lupica
68. cut- patricia mccormick (own it)
69. freaky green eyes- joyce carol oates (own it)
70. the five people you meet in heaven- mitch albom (own it)
71. cathy's book if found call (650) 266-8233- stewart/weisman/brigg (own it)
72. Picture Perfect - Jodi Picoult (own it)
73. a countess below stairs - eva ibboston
74. waiting for normal - leslie connor
75. the man of my dreams - curtis sittenfeld
76. I heart you, you haunt me - lisa schroder
77. Everything must go - elizabeth flock
78. 13 reasons why - jay asher
79. lost and found - carolyn parkhurst
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????
please provide a summary along with your recommendation
♥
edited on:: Feb. 17, 2008 at 8:08 pm.