Books Finished
To Kill a Mockingbird - bought with per diem during the Old Time Ensemble's trip to the NC coast
The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan* - Riordan's Egyptian style Percy Jackson series (I know it's more than that, but it's the easiest way to explain.)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
The Candy Shop War, Brandon Mull
Beatrice and Virgil, Yann Martel*
I am the Messenger, Markus Zusak (read during school - I remembered one!)
Gregor the Overlander, Suzanne Collins*
Once Upon a Marigold, Jean Ferris (also during school)*
Re-Reads
Book of a Thousand Days, Shannon Hale*
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konisgburg*
The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks*
Cater Street Hangman, Callendar Square, Anne Perry*
Books Begun, hope to finish
Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers, Amy Stewart
A Brief History of the Smile, Angus Trumble
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne*
44 Scotland Street, Alexander McCall Smith
Book to Read
Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself, Maud Hart Lovelace
Olive's Ocean, Kevin Henkes
Septimus Heap, Book 5: Syren, Angie Sage
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
The Adventures of Sally, PG Wodehouse
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
I think that's all of them.
* Audio Books
7 comments:
I just finished The Red Pyramid. I liked it a lot, even more than the Percy series.
And From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is one of my favorites. I should go back and read that this summer.
Me Talk Pretty One Day is really fun as an audiobook, btw.
I've wondered how you liked the Red Pyramid. I guess the author is trying to come out with a Kane Chronicles book, AND Heroes of Olympus book every year. Busy for him, but great for us!
Good to know about Me Talk Pretty.
It's weird, but I haven't found it as 'laugh out loud' funny as so many others seem to think it is. Probably because his stories are so true to life. (They are by no means, unfunny, though.)
Yay, books! It's interesting that this post of yours came up on my blog roll right underneath post from another blog about making a list of books you have read.
(http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-be-reader-without-panicking-when.html)
Btw, Brooke and I love David Sedaris and have read all of his books. We have several of them. So if/when you finish Me Talk Pretty you're welcome to borrow another!
Nerd :)
@brookstinobelude
Ha. That is brilliantly coincidental. Looks like I'm just ahead of my times. Or, as koreywithak says, a nerd. Probably the latter.
I'm okay with either.
And, I will definitely let you know about the Sedaris books! I read, oh, probably thee first 100 pages easily in one sitting. But, it had sat on my shelf for probably a year before I decided it was time to read the darn thing. (Along with Hedgehog. Her time comes, too.)
I loved the Potato Peel Society book! So good.
I read the Candy Shop War (and all of his Fablehaven series) and thought it was fun, but don't especially love his writing style.
I have read the first two in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins (and been hooked). Would you recommend Gregor the Overlander? Is it part of a series?
Which of your recent reads would you recommend?? I am always on the lookout for good books. Right now I am reading "The Historian" which is a super long book about Dracula. It is very historical and scholarly, and... a little long-winded. But it was recommended by a friend so I am still plugging away at it. (I am a slow reader)
I also recently read "Elantris" by Brandon Sanderson, which I highly recommend.
@merrilykaroly - I tried out Gregor, because of my love/addiction to the Hunger Games.
It is a fun read, well written. The characters, too, are believable, and you care for the protagonist.
That was my problem with the candy shop book - i really didn't care too much for the main characters. It wasn't a dislike thing, but, meh, I wasn't personally involved. But, you're right, the story was fun. Makes me a bit wary of starting Fablehaven, though.
I've read the Historian, and loved it, but Dracula is one of my favorite books. So, I was already inclined to like it. :)
I think you would enjoy Gregor - I'll post a review soon!
And good to know about Elantris!
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