Keep track of the books I read in 2012

The Man Who was Thursday
by G.K. Chesterton

This is the best book I have ever read. It was delicious. It was witty and clever. It was intelligent and deep. It was exciting. It made love to my soul. I am also in love with the dedication poem that precedes the story.

Two of my favorite lines from the book:

‘That’s a pity,’ he said, ‘because I am.’

‘Bad is so bad, that we cannot but think good an accident; good is so good, that we feel certain that evil could be explained.’

Have any of you read The Man Who was Thursday? What did you think of it?

Night
by Elie Wiesel

The book moves at warp speed and didn’t leave me sobbing like similar books have in the past, but this line gave me pause… I read it over and over as my eyes filled with tears:

At six o’clock that afternoon, the first American tank stood at the gates of Buchenwald.

Fifty Shades of Grey
by E L James

She is the most repetitive and dull author I have ever read in my life.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs

This goes on my list of favorite books. The sequel and the movie both come out next year – can’t wait!

Anna and the French Kiss
by Stephanie Perkins

I loved this book and now I want to visit Paris. I never had a strong desire to before reading this. I also love that this book is a product of NaNoWriMo.

Something Blue
by Emily Giffin

I also read Something Borrowed by the same author earlier this month, but forgot to record it.

The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster

A Stingray Bit My Nipple!: True Stories from Real Travelers
by Erik Torkells and readers of Budget Travel magazine

Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage
by Joe, Alina, Vicki, and Valerie Darger with Brooke Adams

The Girl in the Box
by Ouida Sebestyen

I read this book when I was a teenager and was just as gripped by it this time as I was then.