I'm so inspired by Zandria's post (34 books last year!), that I decided to do my own round-up of what I read in 2008. I'm *really* hoping to kick it up a notch this year, so this seems to be a good way to start. Interestingly, while Zandria has numerous books on her list that I've been wanting to read, we don't have even one overlap.
My totals were 12 fiction, 7 non-fiction. I'm aiming for 12/12 in 2009, which is one of each, per month. I'm going to list the books in backwards order, so the most recent read is first. I've linked to my review where applicable. The main link off the title is to Amazon with my seller code. Here goes:
"The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel" by Kathleen Kent review
"The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell
"Everything Bad is Good for You" by Steven Johnson
"My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare" by Jess Winfield review
"When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel" by Kate Atkinson review
"Sleep Is for the Weak: The Best of the Mommybloggers Including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and More! (Blogher Book)" edited by Rita Arens
"The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up" by Dan Zevin
"Advanced Screenwriting: Raising Your Script to the Academy Award Level" by Linda Seger
"Unpredictable" by Eileen Cook video review
"The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)" by Rick Riordan
"Sleeping with Ward Cleaver" by Jenny Gardiner video review
The Blue Star: A Novel by Tony Earley review
"It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments" by Amanda Marcotte
"Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters" by Anne Kreamer video review
"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
"The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America" by Erik Larson
"Signed, Mata Hari: A Novel" by Yannick Murphy video review
"The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)" by Rick Riordan
"Beginner's Greek: A Novel" by James Collins review
Our books may not have overlapped, but I found some good suggestions on your list, too! :)
Posted by: Zandria | January 09, 2009 at 10:56 AM
If only we could mind meld at BlogHer and then just double our reading for the year! lol
Posted by: Liz | January 10, 2009 at 09:28 PM