This year I read 14 books, coming in two shy of my goal of 16. The books are:

1. January: Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
2. January: Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
3. January: Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
4. February: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
5. March: The Answer to the Riddle is Me by David Stuart MacLean

I do a big book post at the end of each year quantifying all the reading I did. Since it's been a good reading year so far (I am half-way to my goal, and they've all been good books), I thought I'd do a mid-year book post. Not quite as detailed, but hopefully enough to satiate me until December ( Read more... )

This year I finished, in order:

1. January: Rules of Civility By Amor Towles
2. February - April: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
3. February - April: On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Simon Garfield
4. May: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
5. May: The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell

It's time for the big book post!

This year I finished, in order:

1. January: Maphead by Ken Jennings
2. January: Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone (have an eggroll!)
3. February-March: The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
4. March: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
5. March: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander

Although I am enthralled by Maphead, it's probably overly ambitious to assume I will finish it this year, so I will tentatively call 2011 over for books (reserving the right to enthusiastically update this list should I finish Maphead by 1/1/12).

This year I finished, in order:

1. January: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
2. January: A Visit From the Goon ( Read more... )

( babies )

I'm calling 2009 over for books, since I don't think I'll finish another book before January 1st. Here is an updated book summary for 2009.

January: Spook
February: Queen Margot (didn't finish), Without Feathers (didn't finish)
March-April: The Corrections
May: My Sister's Keeper
June: Love in the Time of Cholera (didn't finish), Bonk
July: Julie ( Read more... )

I read 15 books in 2008 (counting The Kite Runner which I started in 2007 and Innocent Traitor which I just finished, but I read the bulk of each in 2008). Here's the breakdown:

10 novels
3 history non-fiction books (all Alison Weir)
4 historical novels
4 humorous/silly books
2 Thursday Next books

Here is my ranking:

1. The Other Boleyn Girl
2. The Time ( Read more... )

1. What (else) did you do during 2007 that you'd never done before?

• Live with my boyfriend
• Went to my sister's art show.
• Read Stiff, which reminds me to make my ranking of books read this year.
• Hosted yuppesss (Louise) twice in one year! (That might not be the first time that's happened, but it's the first time it happened in Puddhaven).
• Cooked healthy meals