First of the new year

I finished

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson.
I put off reading these books for a long time and now I am wondering why. They are a little dark and more than a little twisted, but I love them.

Here's hoping it is the first of many in a line of good books this year.

What!?!?

Surely I have read more than 22 books this year! If not, that is a pathetic total - how will I ever read all of the books I want to read? Better keep up a little better next year!

Lost track

I have definitely not kept up well with my reading list this year! Maybe 2012 will find a new and highly organized me -ha!

The Alchemist: the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

Rumspringa: to be or not to be Amish by Ton Schatchman

Free Range Kids: Giving our Children the Freedom we had Without Going Nuts with Worry by Lenore Skenazy

Books that make you go...

Wow! These were both gripping books full of lies. They were awesome!

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal. Such an interesting book. It is amazing to me to think that someone could pull off fooling so many people for so long.

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. This book had it all...love, murder, lies, wartime, beaches...what's not to love?!?!

Wow

It has been a long time. And I haven't read all that much. I have started many and finished few, which is not my normal m.o. But here are the few and noteworthy:

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Sad and happy and beautiful. I liked this one a lot.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Read this one again before I saw the movie. I think I enjoyed it even more the second time around.

The House at Sugar Beach: in search of a lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper. Read this one for bookclub. Not one I would have picked up on my own, but definitely worth the read. Have to admit I didn't know anything about Liberia before reading this.

Losing track

I feel like I haven't been reading anything lately...never enough time. And then I compound the problem by buying a whole boatload of books at the library book sale, downloading free books to my Kindle and checking more books out form the library. Sigh.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I didn't like this one as much as I wanted to, but I am glad I read it.

The Inside Story: The Sisters Grimm, #8 by Michael Buckley. Looks like the next book may be the last in the series. I have enjoyed reading these - it has been great to discuss them with Bryn.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Loved this book. It was very interesting to learn about cell research and cell lines and the woman who unknowingly started it all.

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. The library director handed me this one when he got it in...Kansas author. Fun book.

Huh

I don't know why I can't seem to keep up with the books I am reading, but I can't! Anyway, a couple more...

The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Gretchen Becker. Full of good and useful info.


My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent. Another YA book. Nothing fantastic, but entertaining.