4.07.2009

books.

yesterday i finished this book. loved it. as i put it back on my shelf, i was trying to decide what to read next. i started looking through my books... and i realized that the majority of books on my shelf were purchased and read after i got married. so i started counting them and couldn't help but be impressed with myself! i've read 49 books in 39 months of marriage. sean is offended by this because he thinks it means i'm bored with him and have to resort to reading to entertain myself. but truthfully i just looove reading. i hope i can keep up the pace of 1.2 books per month once baby comes. until then, it's my goal to read a book a week. i'm trying to make a dent in all of the unread books on my shelf.

for anyone who cares, here are all 49 of the books i've read over the past 3 years. my must-reads are linked in red.
the five people you meet in heaven, mitch albom
the wonderful wizard of oz, frank l. baum
the nazi officer’s wife, edith hahn beer
the glass lake, maeve binchy
a great and terrible beauty, libba bray
rebel angels, libba bray
the sweet far thing, libba bray
deception point, dan brown
cold sassy tree, olive ann burns
the wizard heir, cinda williams chima
the wanderer, sharon creech
walk two moons, sharon creech
a christmas carol, charles dickens
a northern light, jennifer donnelly
the peacegiver, james l. ferrell
eat, pray, love, elizabeth gilbert
the goose girl, shannon hale
princess academy, shannon hale
austenland, shannon hale
book of a thousand days, shannon hale
enna burning, shannon hale
the princess and the hound, mette ivie harrison
a company of swans, eva ibbotson
a countess below stairs, eva ibbotson
leadership & self-deception, the arbinger institute
the girlfriends’ guide to pregnancy, vicki iovine
ophelia, lisa klein
a wrinkle in time, madeleine l’engle
fairest, gail carson levine
ella enchanted, gail carson levine
and there was light, jaques lusseyran
twilight, stephenie meyer
new moon, stephenie meyer
eclipse, stephenie meyer
breaking dawn, stephenie meyer
the host, stephenie meyer
east, edith pattou
the last lecture, randy pausch
harry potter & the order of the phoenix, jk rowling
harry potter & the half-blood prince, jk rowling
harry potter & the deathly hallows, jk rowling
sybil, flora rheta schreiber
the lovely bones, alice sebold
the thirteenth tale, diane setterfield
i capture the castle, dodie smith
the strange case of dr Jekyll and mr hyde
these is my words, nancy e. turner
the accidental tourist, anne tyler

3 comments:

Adrienne said...

thanks I really needed some recommendations on some new books to read. if you figure out a trick to being able to read after the baby comes let me know:)

Sue said...

Keep up the reading! I like to hear your recommendations because you always read such great books.

Jordan said...

just have to say i enjoy looking at your blog from time to time and will def be reading some of these books. I never know what to read. And I love your babies nursery! Good luck with the new baby next month!