Books in Review - 2008 Edition
Well, I'm not going to make my goal of 12,000 pages read, but I did read more than last year. I managed to get over 10K, so 85% of my goal isn't too bad.
Since, there is no need to read like crazy for the rest of the night, here's this year's accomplishment:
AuthorTitleFinish DatePagesFrom List1GrahameThe Wind in the Willows1/9/2008187X2DeLilloWhite Noise1/20/2008326X3CaldwellTobacco Road01/24/08184X4LondonThe Sea-Wolf2/28/2008287 5Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes4/14/2008165X6NaipaulA House for Mr. Biswas4/21/2008564X7O'HaraAppointment in Samarra4/28/2008240X8StyronSophie's Choice5/17/2008562X9MeyerTwilight7/24/2008498 10MeyerNew Moon7/26/2008563 11MeyerEclipse8/1/2008629 12MeyerBreaking Dawn8/28/2008754 13LancasterSuch a Pretty Fat (Seriously, Another Memoir): A Narcissist's Quest to Discover if her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big or Why Pie is not the Answer9/2/2008379 14DreiserAn American Tragedy9/7/2008856X15SmartBy Grand Central Station I sat Down and Wept9/9/2008206X16KingstonTripmaster Monkey9/20/2008340X17GilbertEat, Pray, Love9/27/2008334 18SmithThe Top 10 Distinctions between Millionaires and the Middle Class10/18/2008118 19DacyczynThe Complete Tightwad Gazette11/1/2008927 20CramerWhat It Takes11/9/20081051 21SartonMrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing11/15/2008220X22BradburyFahrenheit 45111/16/2008179X23WindlingThe Wood Wife11/22/2008320X24FaulknerThe Sound and the Fury11/30/2008321X25EkerSecrets of the Millionaire Mind12/8/2008202
So I got sucked into Twilight. I will blame it on the fact that I went to high school with Stephanie Meyer (nee Morgan). I also was majorly sidetracked with reading and researching financial books. And since I'm making excuses here, I was a fool to think that I could get through War and Peace (which would have put me over 12k) in ten days.
Recommendations from this year include What it Takes, Fahrenheit 451, Sophie's Choice and The Tightwad Gazette.
I'm in the middle of a number of books. I got really distracted this year and lost focus on "The List" but I'm not that worried about it. I did manage to get 14 from the list read and at one point this year I hit 33.33% finished. That was a decent milestone.
On my nightstand and currently reading:
War and Peace -Tolstoy
The Weekend Millionaire Mind-Set - Summey and Rodgers
The One-Minute Millionaire - Allen and Hansend
The Frugal Duchess - Rosenberg
The Rainbow - DH Lawrence
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Shaffer and Barrows
Up next: Ender's Game - I hear it's great.
I'm bumping up next year's goal to 15k pages read. Even though I didn't meet the 12K from this year, with more focus I know I could have.