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My Kindle has revolutionised my reading habits – I am addicted to reading again like I was when I was a kid!
So far:

Bossypants, Tina Fey
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
(Haven’t read Mockingjay as the reviews have been dire, and I don’t want to be disappointed! The other 2 books in the series were FANTASTIC)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Help
One Day 1 day ago

I’m currently reading “1001 Nights” and maybe I won’t be able to finish this book by the end of this month.
I finished “How to win friends and influence people” and thought it was mediocre. Lots of tales but not very helpful. Then I noticed that it was a 1981 edition. I want to read the 1963 or 1936 edition; they might be 100,000 times better. 3 days ago

January

Folk-lore and fable Aesop, Grimm, Andersen
(Harvard Classics Volume 17)

February

How to win friends and influence people, Dale Carnegie 1 week ago

As a teen, I had a list of books I read a year. I used to look at it and smile, for I was very proud of myself. As I got older, I stopped reading; it just wasn’t my “thing” anymore.

Last year I read about 10 books. This year I plan to read much more.
I could have added “read 100 books in 2012” but I may set myself up for failure, since I do not know if in 6 months I’ll have time to read 8-9 books in a month!

Books I read in 2011 (that I remember of:)

The four agreements, Don
The Firm, John Grisham
On Writing, Stephen King
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Aleph, Paulo Coelho
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol
Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, Lewis Carrol
A girl named Faithful Plum, Richard Bernstein
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson 1 week ago

Read the Hunger Games so I can go see the movie when it comes out…

It was an easy read – since it is a “young adult” novel, the reading level was easy and the story was fast paced and riveting! It is like a cross between The Giver, Harry Potter, and Twilight.

I am excited to see the movie because from what I’ve seen in the preview, it looks very similar to the book. Catching Fire is definitely on my list of future reads as well! 1 week ago

Excellent. In the style of Dan Brown but better. I really enjoyed this book.

33. The Medici Secret – Michael White.
32. The Courtesan and the Samurai – Lesley Downer
31. Unbearable Lightness – Portia de Rossi
30. My name is Mary Sutter – Robin Oliveira
29. The Officer’s Lover – Pam Jenoff
28. People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
27. Where the Love Gets In – Tara Heavey
26. The Doctor and the Diva – Adrienne McDonnell
25. Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
24. Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
23. A Woman’s War – Barbara Angell
22. The Kitchen House – Kathleen Grissom.
21. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana De Rosnay.
20. Ghost Song – Sarah Rayne.
19. The Messgae – Julie Highmore.
18. Goodnight Mister Tom – Michelle Magorian.
17. The Devil’s Queen – Jeanne Kalogridis.
16. Rainwater – Sandra Brown.
15. The Help – Kathyrn Stockett.
14. The Last Book Of Salem – Katherine Howe.
13. Days Like These – Virginia Duigan
12. Play to Kill – PJ Tracy
11. Of Bees and Mist – Erick Setiawan.
10. Alone in Berlin – Hans Fallada.
9. Water For Elephants – Sarah Gruen.
8. The Street Philosopher – Matthew Plampin.
7. Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith.
6. Blood and Ice – Robert Masello.
5. Maralinga – Judy Nunn.
4. The Dracula Dossier – James Reese.
3. Portobello by Ruth Rendell.
2. The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas.
1. The Lay In Blue by Javier 1 week ago

Quite a good read. Historically very correct and describes the life of a Japanese courtesan very well. Predictable storyline though.

32. The Courtesan and the Samurai – Lesley Downer
31. Unbearable Lightness – Portia de Rossi
30. My name is Mary Sutter – Robin Oliveira
29. The Officer’s Lover – Pam Jenoff
28. People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
27. Where the Love Gets In – Tara Heavey
26. The Doctor and the Diva – Adrienne McDonnell
25. Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
24. Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
23. A Woman’s War – Barbara Angell
22. The Kitchen House – Kathleen Grissom.
21. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana De Rosnay.
20. Ghost Song – Sarah Rayne.
19. The Messgae – Julie Highmore.
18. Goodnight Mister Tom – Michelle Magorian.
17. The Devil’s Queen – Jeanne Kalogridis.
16. Rainwater – Sandra Brown.
15. The Help – Kathyrn Stockett.
14. The Last Book Of Salem – Katherine Howe.
13. Days Like These – Virginia Duigan
12. Play to Kill – PJ Tracy
11. Of Bees and Mist – Erick Setiawan.
10. Alone in Berlin – Hans Fallada.
9. Water For Elephants – Sarah Gruen.
8. The Street Philosopher – Matthew Plampin.
7. Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith.
6. Blood and Ice – Robert Masello.
5. Maralinga – Judy Nunn.
4. The Dracula Dossier – James Reese.
3. Portobello by Ruth Rendell.
2. The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas.
1. The Lay In Blue by Javier 1 week ago

I thought it was really well done! I enjoy most time travel fiction and I thought this was right up there with the great ones. My favorite is Jack Finney’s Time and Again and Stephen King acknowledges Finney in his Foreward:
“Before I finish, I want to thank one other person: the late Jack Finney, who was one of America’s great fantasists and storytellers. Beside ‘The Bodysnatchers,’ he wrote ‘Time and Again,’ which is, in this writer’s humble opinion, the great time-travel story. Originally I meant to dedicate this book to him, but in June of last year, a lovely little granddaughter arrived in our family, so Zelda gets the nod.
Jack, I’m sure you’d understand.”

Very nicely done, Mr. King.

As I said before, this is an outstanding book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now, his premise throughout the book is that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assasin in JFK’s death and the whole book was written with that in mind. I’ve seen the tapes on this event but I left them alone until I finished the book. Then, I watched the tapes again. King’s opinion about those folks who believe that there were other shooters involved is that they are kooks and conspiracy theorists. I guess I’m what Stephen King would call a kook, being that he is an expert on such things. I have experience in firing various arms from handguns to rifles and I know what happens to an object when it is hit by a bullet, whether it is from high-powered arms or a small handgun such as a .380 auto. AND I know that Oswald was not a trained sniper. He was an ex-Marine but that didn’t make him any sort of a sharp shooter. When the video is played you can see Kennedy lean forward because he is being hit from the right and behind (Oswald…or whoever else that could have been firing fom the book depository bldg.) and then moments later it can be seen a flash of Kennedy’s flesh and he is thrown back and to the left. That would indicate that that bullet came from the front and to the right. Whether it was a shooter on the grassy knoll, the overpass, storm drain, or from the limo driver, it means that Oswald could NOT have been the only shooter. Who knows who that could have been. I don’t think the public will EVER truly know. I don’t care what the Warren Commission said. The law of physics overrules whatever stake the Warren Commission had in this. As for Oswald, I thought he was a lucky shot…even though the limo slowed down in that stretch that JFK was shot.
I don’t know how anyone can miss what directions the bullets could have been coming from. It’s right: “here”:http://youtu.be/iU83R7rpXQY

Stephen King also mentions that his son, Joe Hill, helped him with some ideas about time-travel consequences and with an alternative ending to what he had planned. I can tell. And I thought it was obvious where King’s voice left off and Joe Hill’s voice took over. It didn’t fit. ...but I can understand why King would go that route… However, if I want to read a Joe Hill novel I’ll read a Joe Hill novel. But in this case I wanted Stephen Kings voice all the way through.

Another thing I didn’t realize about Stephen King was what kind of a romantic softy he is. It was a nice surprise! :) 1 week ago

Books read this month ^{(JAN 2012)}:

1. Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
2. Everything Beautiful Began After – Simon Van Booy
3. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – Andre Jordan
4. The Secret Lives of People In Love – Simon Van Booy
5. “Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman!” – Richard P. Feynman

“To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you’ll need to carry on.” ~Simon Van Booy 1 week ago

D. Tucci Wedding Photography – great and very helpful book

G. Scherbakova Provintsialy v Moskve – couldn’t finish it

M. Barberi Gourmet Rhapsody – couldn’t get what’s all the buzz about. 1 week ago

I have a huge list of books I want to (re)read. I have started last August and have sort of a routine to read one book per month.
I started with the works of Jane Austen. So far I have read:
1. Sense and sensibility
2. Pride and prejudice
3. Mansfield park
4. Emma
5. Northanger abbey
In february I am planning to read Persuasion
After that I’m going to read the Harry Potter series again, I am so addicted to those books! 1 week ago