read 30 books in 2008

Only completed 10 books this year…:(, but I’ll try again next year. Since I can’t figure out how edit this one to say 2009, I’m going to just “give up”. The 10 books I did read this year in no particular order are:

1. Body for Life by Bill Phillips
2. Reduce Me to Love by Joyce Meyer
3. The Shack by __
4.Start Late, Finish Rich by David Bach
5. Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramesy
6. 101 Ways to Simplify Your Life by Candy Paull
7. How Starbucks Saved My Life – Michael Gates Gill
8. The Battle of the Mind – Gregory Dickow
9. Living Organized—Sandra Felton
10. The Go Giver –
11. Fasting Jentezen Franklin

It’s a week late, but whatever. I’m counting it.

30. “L’etranger” by Albert Camus…

Here’s my entire list

1. “The Godfather” by Mario Puzo
2. “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
3. “World War Z” by Max Brooks
4. “A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson
5. “Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen” by Wendelin Van Draanen
6. “Dune” by Frank Herbert
7. “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad
8. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
9. “Eaters of the Dead” by Micheal Crichton
10. “Watchmen” by Alan Moore
11. “Kitchen Confidential” by Anthony Bourdain
12. “The Mist” by Stephen King
13. “The Big Over Easy” by Jasper Fforde
14. “Andromeda Strain” by Micheal Crichton
15. “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein
16. Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus by Dave Barry
17. “O Jerusalem” by Laurie R. King
18. «La nuit qui ne finit pas» par Agatha Christie
19. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller
20. “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac
21. “A Wind in the Door” by Madeleine L’Engle
22. “Silence of the Lambs” by Thomas Harris
23. “Gaviotas” by Alan Weisman
24. The Once and Future King by T.H. White
25. La Symphonie Pastorale by Andre Gide
26. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
27. Blankets by Craig Thompson
28. “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi
29. “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson
30. “L’etranger” by Albert Camus

A good set of books. My favorites were definitely Blankets, On the Road, Watchmen, Brave New World, and Dune. Hope to repeat 30 this year, and see some of you guys back on the goal list.

better luck next year I guess.

32. Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
31. Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro)

It seemed appropriate to read “Fahrenheit 451” as my final book, since it’s about burning books…

This is definitely the most I’ve ever read in one year, and it was well worth it. Right now, I’m not setting any goals for myself for next year, but I plan on reading a lot and seeing how far I go.

so i only got to 20 this year…but i’m still pretty proud of myself for finished that many with skating and college and working so yay!

next summer i’ll have to bump up my reading if i want to finish.

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• My Sister’s Keeper
• Into the Garden
• Cat
• Jade

33/30

Since today is the 30th and I have a lot of plans between now and 2009, I think it’s safe to say this is the end of the list for this year. I reached 30 books plus a couple though, so hooray for me. Things got pretty busy the past couple months, and I didn’t read at all for about a month up until the past couple nights. I’m ready to get back into some books and start on a whole new list for next year!

i counted plays i read for class (as well as books for class) but i think plays should count.

and there we have it.

done!

Yay, I did it, with time to spare! I’m going to add two more books to my list in these final three weeks of the year.

30. The Film Club (Gilmour)
29. The Fourth Bear (Fforde)
28. 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories (various)

29. “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson

28. “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi