Off to the races!

So far in 2011:

Bryn and I are still working on this fun series for our bookclub.
Once Upon a Crime (The Sisters Grimm, #4) by Michael Buckley

Magic and Other Misdemeanors (The Sisters Grimm, #5) by Michael Buckley

Tales From the Hood (The Sisters Grimm, #6) by Michael Buckley

The Everafter War (The Sisters Grimm, #7) by Michael Buckley

And a couple books to teach me all I never wanted to know about diabetes:

What on Earth Can I Eat? by Alan Shandley

50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life by Riva Greenberg

2010 totals

Looks like I got through 52 books this year (and lots of People magazines!). I will always wish that I could get through more books, but there is never enough time to read all that I would like to.

There were a few standouts this year:

The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker. This was just a good read...the story of one girl's struggle with finding herself, but laced with enough humor to keep it light.

The Help by Kathryn Stockett. This one lived up to the hype.

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. Dark and different. Looking forward to books 2 and 3.

Finishing out the year

I have gotten a little behind in listing my latest reads...

The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
I read this one after reading a review in People magazine. It was pretty good, although I am not sure I have any clue what happened. Did she? Didn't she? I don't know!

In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving by Leigh Anne Tuohy. A good read and an interesting follow up to seeing the movie "The Blind Side". And it is always cool to read a book set in a city you know!

The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back by Kevin Salwen

There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble by Laurie Notaro
Love her books. This was a novel rather than an essay collection but it was still really funny.

Bryn and I are forming a bookclub (we are the only two members at the moment!) and are enjoying our first books...

The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, #1) by Michael Buckley
The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, #2) by Michael Buckley
The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm, #3) by Michael Buckley
These books are great fun! Bryn has loved them and I am enjoying them a lot, too!

What!?!?

How is it that I have only read 45 books this year so far? I was hoping to read more than the 65 I read last year, but it isn't looking good for that goal right now! It always makes me sad when I add them up and realize there are so many books in the world left to read.

Bookclub book

So glad I am in a bookclub so I don't miss good books like:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. I never saw the ending coming. It has been a little while since I read a book that really grabbed me, but this one did!

Aha!

I had finished another book! Thanks to the library website and the "my reading history" feature, I figured it out!

Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell.
This one was as good as Mrs. Bridge, but equally disturbing. Both books just made me reflect on what a quick life it is and how so much of it is wasted and squandered. Not really uplifting, but a good reminder that we have but one shot to enjoy our time on this planet.

Hmmmmmm...

Seems like I should have read more than one book between my last post and this one, but I guess I haven't. Anyway...

Physik by Angie Sage>