Books I've Read

Looking for a good book? I read a lot. Here are the books that I have posted about, both for my 30B430 list, earlier and beyond. See if there are any that catch your interest.

Current Challenge - 52 Books in 2015
I am tackling the Pop Sugar Challenge, and am enjoying finding books that fit the different categories!
1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
2. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
6. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
7. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
8. Serena by Ron Rash
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
10. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
11. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
12. Paper Towns by John Green
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
14. Looking for Alaska by John Green
15. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
16. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
17. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

52 Books in 52 Weeks (2014 Challenge)
I made it halfway, but didn't finish 52. But I did read a lot of great books in the process!

1. A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for Planning a Beautiful, Affordable, and Meaningful Celebration by Meg Keene
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
3. Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
4.The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
5. Mary Poppins by PL Travers
6. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
7. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel by Alan Bradley
8. And the Mountains Echoed: A Novel by Khaled Hosseini
9. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
10. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
11. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
12. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
13. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)
14. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
15. Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
16. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
17. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

18. Yes Please by Amy Poehler
19. This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
20. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
21. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
22. The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
23. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
24. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
25. Me Before Yoy by Jojo Moyes
26. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

30B430 Books

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

2. Bossypants by Tina Fey (a)

3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (a)

4. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (a)

6. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (a)

7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (a)

8. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (a)

9. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (a)

10. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling*(a)

11. I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (a)

12. Room by Emma Donoghue

13. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson  (a)

14. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (a)

15. One Day by David Nicholls

16. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

17. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (a)

18. A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (a)

19. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

20. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer*

21. Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
22. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald*
23. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
24. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

25. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas (a)
26. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
27. The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty (a)
28. Therese Raquin by Emile Zola (a)
29. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkein
30. Carry the One by Carol Anshaw

*= Book Club Book
(a) = Audio Book

Beyond 30 Books
31. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
32. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
33. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
34. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
35. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
36. Decisive by Dan and Chip Heath
37. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (a)
38. Defending Jacob by William Landay*
39. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
40. Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger*
41. Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill*
42. Inferno by Dan Brown
43. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Gilbraith (aka JK Rowling)
44. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
45. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh*
46. Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
47. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
48. The Round House by Louise Erdich *
49. Speaking from Among the Bones: A Flavia de Luce novel by Alan Bradley
50. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
51. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
52. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
53. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
54. Divergent by Veronica Roth
55. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Other Books I've Posted About

Mini-Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Promises to Keep by Jane Green
Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton


My Favorites
There are very few books that I have loved so much that I have read them multiple times, or that I would say "that's my favorite." Here they are:

Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

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