I wish.
As I mentioned in January, I had a goal to read 30 books recreationally this year. I didn’t quite make it – I only managed 20. I think that’s ok though, considering everything that went on this year school- and work-wise. Without further ado, here’s the list as well as how I felt about it (R= I’d recommend it, N= I felt neutral about it. Fortunately this year I didn’t read any books that I absolutely wouldn’t recommend):
- The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova (R)
- The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde (R)
- Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (R)
- Interred With Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell (R)
- Dear John, Nicholas Sparks (N)
- Skeleton Dance, Aaron Elkins (R)
- The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer (N)
- To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis (R)
- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (R)
- The Doomsday Book, Connie Willis (N)
- The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown (R)
- Chocolat, Joanne Harris (R)
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (R)
- Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen (R)
- Stardust, Neil Gaiman (N)
- Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (R)
- Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (N)
- The Maltese Goddess, Lyn Hamilton (N)
- The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (R)
- People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks (R)
For 2011, I’m going to keep the same goal of reading 30 books by the end of the year. I think it will be more doable this year because I’m done with the bulk of my classes and won’t have to be doing 3 classes per semester anymore. I also have several books lined up to read so I won’t have any problem figuring out what to read next. The only problem is…in what order do I read them?
(If you’d like to recommend an order or another book, here’s my to-read list courtesy of Goodreads)
