read all the books on my list

I’m slowly working my way through this. I’ve decided to attempt reading a book for 30 minutes every night before bed. That way, I can unwind and work on the goal at the same time. Wish me luck!

1) We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
by Laurie Notaro

2) Learning to Breathe: One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival
by Alison Wright

3) Mirror Mirror: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire

4) Time of My Life: A Novel
by Allison Winn Scotch

5) Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
by Doreen Orion

6) Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris

7) Reasons to Live
by Amy Hempel

8) My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
by Chelsea Handler

9) Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs

10) The True Blood Series (Book 2 through 5?)

Okay, I’ve decided that I’m giving up trying to read all the things I think I have to read. Life is too short. Instead, I’ll just read what I want.

So, new list:

1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
2. No god but God, Reza Aslan
3. Zeitoun, Dave Eggers
4. Acts of Faith, Eboo Patel
5. Innocent when You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader
6. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, bell hooks
7. East of Eden, John Steinbeck

That’s the start of it anyway. I know there’s many more novels I want to add, but I can’t think of them right now. I also want to read more about writing and about human rights issues.

But started another. I am now reading My Latest Grievance By Elinor Lipman. It’s good so far!

Figured making a list would help keep track :)

Want to Read….........Reading…................Read!............Gave up on :(
I Ching
MTCotG
Communist Manifesto
.................................................Atlas Shrugged
..................................................Anna Karenina
................................................Count of Monte Cristo
...................................................Les Miserables
..................................................Brothers Karamazov
.................................................V for Vendetta
..................................................................................Don Quixote
...............................................................................Divine Comedy
.................................................................................Silmarillion
The Metaphysics
Origin of Species
Aenid
Odyssey
Iliad
Brief History of Time
RatDoM
War&Peace
The Republic
The Fountainhead
...........................Canterbury Tales
World is Flat
...........................Selfish Gene
Freakonomics
Tao Te Ching
Hunchback of ND
Arabian Nights
TS Zarathustra
The Prince
Beyond Good&Evil
Common Sense
................................................Treasure Island
Gulliver’s Travels
20k Leagues UtS

I finished reading the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series and I am taking a break from that to read Dear American Airlines By Jonathan Miles. It’s off to a slow start but I won’t give up that easily!

American Wife was a spectacular book. I really enjoyed it. My next book is the first in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris.

American Wife is a great book so far. Curtis Sittenfeld never lets me down :) I can’t wait to see how it ends and to start another book on the list!

1) We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
by Laurie Notaro

2) Learning to Breathe: One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival
by Alison Wright

3) Mirror Mirror: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire

4) Time of My Life: A Novel
by Allison Winn Scotch

5) Dear American Airlines: A Novel
by Jonathan Miles

6) Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
by Doreen Orion

7) Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris

8) Reasons to Live
by Amy Hempel

9) My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
by Chelsea Handler

10) Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs

11) My Latest Grievance
by Elinor Lipman

12) The True Blood Series (my sister just gave it to me for my birthday!)

13) American Wife (Currently Reading)
By Curtis Sittenfield

I just finished I Know This Much Is True By Wally Lamb. I would recommend this book to anyone. It was a long book but so worth the read.

I’d like to read most of the book reccomended in this goal.