I've read a lot of excellent books this past year. Most of them were for book club, but some were books of my own choosing. And I have to say that the majority of the books I read over the year were very enjoyable. There were only a few that I didn't connect with and want to finish as soon as possible.
I'd like to share a list of the books I've read within the last year or so, and I'll include a very basic rating on a 5-point scale. I intend to take the time over the coming months to write reviews of some of these books, as well as those that I read in the future. It will take me a while, so if you see a book on the list that you'd like to hear about soon, please let me know and I'll work on those first.
*****Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
*****Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
*****Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
*****Still Alice by Lisa Genova
*****The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow
*****The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Susan Dworkin
****A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
****Sarah's Key: A Novel by Tatiana de Rosnay
****The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew--Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner
****The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
****The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
****The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
****The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
****The Space Between Us: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
****The Story of Forgetting: A Novel by Stefan Merrill Block
***Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai Sijie
***Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
***Riding Lessons: A Novel by Sara Gruen
***The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Dianne Setterfield
***The Tree-Sitter: A Novel by Suzanne Matson
I don't generally finish a book that I'm not enjoying, so you won't see any 1-2 star books here. Going forward, I'll include these types of books even if I start them and don't finish. But my previously read list just includes the books I enjoyed enough to get through.
I'd like to share a list of the books I've read within the last year or so, and I'll include a very basic rating on a 5-point scale. I intend to take the time over the coming months to write reviews of some of these books, as well as those that I read in the future. It will take me a while, so if you see a book on the list that you'd like to hear about soon, please let me know and I'll work on those first.
*****Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
*****Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
*****Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
*****Still Alice by Lisa Genova
*****The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow
*****The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Susan Dworkin
****A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
****Sarah's Key: A Novel by Tatiana de Rosnay
****The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew--Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner
****The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
****The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
****The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
****The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
****The Space Between Us: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
****The Story of Forgetting: A Novel by Stefan Merrill Block
***Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai Sijie
***Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
***Riding Lessons: A Novel by Sara Gruen
***The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Dianne Setterfield
***The Tree-Sitter: A Novel by Suzanne Matson
I don't generally finish a book that I'm not enjoying, so you won't see any 1-2 star books here. Going forward, I'll include these types of books even if I start them and don't finish. But my previously read list just includes the books I enjoyed enough to get through.
cool my bookworms book nook is slowly becoming a mommy blog: menu plans, book reviews, and books we are reading! :) I'm following so i can hear about what your reading
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning your book nook. I hadn't noticed it before. I'll have to start following too. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great list of books. I've read about 1/3 of them and I'll look forward to reading your reviews on the others. A really fun book that I'm currently reading is "Mystic in a Minivan" by Kristen White. It's a modern day parable designed to teach women about the spiritual nature inside us all. I'm really enjoying!
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