Lest I Look Like a Slacker
If you've watched my progress in the Summer Reading Thing, you might think I've been such a slacker. Not true. I may not have yet finished all the books on that list---I go back to work on Wednesday, so summer is over for me---but I've read lots of other books this summer. I'm currently reading New Moon and the copy of Eclipse is on my desk next to where I am typing.
So, I've decided to share a little bit about the other books I've read this summer, so you'll know that I have been reading, just not always the books I said I'd get around to.
1. The Greatest Discovery - Sorensen. Very predictable, a little sappy, but a quick read.
2. My Point, and I do Have One - Ellen Degeneres. Some funny parts, some crude parts.
3. Nobody's Better Than You, Mom - Bowen. Should have made my boys read this one!
4. Aunt Dimity's Christmas - Atherton. Recommended by someoen at critique, but I abandoned.
5. The Elusive Mrs. Polifax - Gilman. A 2nd read for me. I love this series.
6. The Independence Club - Nunes. I enjoyed this one a lot and hope Rachel starts a series.
7. Purple Cow - Godin. Okay, I'm weird because I read marketing and business books for fun.
8. Free Prize Inside - Godin. Lots of good ideas to draw customers to your products.
9. The Peach Cobler Murder - Fluke. Another favorite mystery series for me.
10. Mrs. Polifax and the Whirling Dervish - Gilman. The trouble this woman gets into!
11. Secerts to Zarahemla - Wilson. I kept getting lost. The characters were confusing to me.
12. The Fudge Cupcake Murder - Fluke. I kept craving chocolate, but still loved this one.
13. Life As We Knew It - Pfeffer. Interesting YA novel about the moon moving closer.
14. Ghost of a Chance - Blair. Better than the first book, but some parts still bugged me.
15. Death on Demand - Hart. I discovered a new mystery writer that I liked.
16. Dead as a Doornail - Harris. A disappointing and somewhat crude vampire mystery.
17. Rickles' Book- Don Rickles. Like Ellen, sometimes funny, sometimes VERY crude.
18. Nothing to Regret - Pinkston. Liked it but wish it had been a series with more development.
19. It's All Too Much - Walsh. Loved the book, love the series (Clean Sweep). Loved the advice.
20. When Faith Endures - Van Nuygen. Taught me a lot about LDS, the Vietnamese, and war.
21. Deep Storm - Child. Another great thriller from one of my favorite writers.
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling. Thought the ending was PERFECT!
23. Farworld: City Under the Water - Savage. Don't look for this one yet; it's not out til 2008.
24. Loved Like That - Wright. Liked it a lot, but I wonder if my book is too similar in theme?
25. Religious Literacy - Prothero. Interesting view why we are religiously illiterate.
26. One Minute Millionaire - Allen & Hansen. 2nd time reading this. Good motivation.
27. Circle the Truth - Schmatz. MG religious fantasy. IT was oaky, but not a grabber.
28. Twilight - Meyer. Decided to reread this one. Liked it better this 2nd time.
29. Wild Worlds - Moore. YA Graphic novel. Why must the girls be half-naked?
30. Loving Will Shakespeare - Meyer. I'm related to both of Wills' parents.
3 comments:
Freak, woman! I can't keep up with that kind of reading pace. I don't know how you do it. Great list. I may have to add a couple to my growing list of "to be read."
You know I read every day---or I would die! I also listen to audio books when I drive, and that adds up pretty fast. I know I need to be spending more time writing, but the reading gives me something more to write about, ya know? However, tomorrow, I'm back at work. Next week, I'll be grading papers again. And the week after that, my graduate classes start, so the fall reading may not be quite so impressive!
Bwaahaaahaaa -- your wish is my command, LuAnn! The sequel to Nothing to Regret is in at the publisher right now and I'll be starting the third in the trilogy mid-September.
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