My New Year’s Resolution for 2011 (one of many) was to read 50 books this year. To help me with that, I’m taking part in the 50 Book Challenge. I got this idea from prettybooks blog. To see the blog post, click here. Basically, I am taking on the challenge to read 50 books over a 12-month period.
So here we go…
January 2011
1. A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
February 2011
Nada. How depressing. Need to step it up.
March 2011
4. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (started in January. February was rough.)
5. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (book #1 in PLL series)
6. Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo
April 2011
7. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
8. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
May 2011
8 1/2. Dune Road by Jane Green (could not finish, so it gets a half a book)
June 2011
9. Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
10. Ape House by Sara Gruen
11. Bossypants by Tina Fey
12. Peculiar Treasures (Katie Weldon Book #1) by Robin Jones Gunn
13. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
14. On a Whim (Katie Weldon Book #2) by Robin Jones Gunn
15. Coming Attractions (Katie Weldon Book #3) by Robin Jones Gunn
16. Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France by Evelyne Lever (currently reading)
17. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) by Deborah Harkness
July 2011
18. The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
19. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
August 2011
None finished
September 2011
20. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
21. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
22. The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
23. Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
October 2011
24. The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
25. Something Blue by Emily Giffin
November 2011
26. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres (currently reading)
27. A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer
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