Reading: 2008 - 2011

Here is my list of books I've read in 2008.  I'm hoping to achieve this goal of reading 100 however I did get a late start.

Rated by color:  Red (loved it), orange  (good), blue (okay), green (not a favorite)

1. Losing it and gaining my life back 1pound at a time by Valerie Bertinelli
2. Middlesex
3. The 4th of July by James Patterson
4. The 6th Target by James Patterson
5. The Quickie by James Patterson
6. The Diary of Anne Frank (currently reading)
7. Good in bed by Jennifer Weiner
8. The digital photography book by Scott Kelby
9. Sweet Revenge by Fern Michaels
10. Lethal Justice by Fern Michaels
11. Scratch beginnings by Adam Shepard
12. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
13. Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson (currently reading)
14. Five things I can't live without by Holly Shumas
15. A wolf at the table by Augusten Burroughs
16. Escape by Carolyn Jessop
17. Secret lives of the US Presidents by Cormac O'Brien
18. No one cares what you had for lunch (100 ideas for your blog) by Margaret Mason
19. Caffeine for the creative mind 
20. At home with pictures
21. Hide and Seek by Fern Michaels
22. Layers inspired collage for paper projects with meaning by Shari Carroll
23. Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels
24. Whatever you think, think the opposite by Paul Arden
25. Lucky by Alice Sebold
26. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 
27. Art Journal Revolution
28. 90 minutes in heaven by Don Piper
29. The tenth circle by Jodi Picoult
30. The double by Jos'e Saramago (currently reading)
31. 7th heaven by James Patterson
32. The art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein
33. The Last lecture by Randy Pausch
34. Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me: How to Recognize and Manage the Narcissists in Your Life
35. Fast Track (The Sisterhood: Rules of the Game, Book 3) by Fern Michaels
36. Stori Telling by Tori Spelling
37. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
38. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
39. What I know now, letters to my younger self by Ellen Spragins
40. The other boleyn girl by Phillipa Gregory
41. twilight by Stephanie Meyer
42. The Red tent by Anita Diamont
43. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
44. Daily readings from your best life now by Joel Osteen (currently reading)
45. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
46. The best laid plans by Sidney Sheldon

In 2009 I will attempt a goal of 50 books to read for the year. I hope to pass this goal. If you have any books that you'd recommend that I didn't read in 2008 please let me know

1. Out stealing horses by Per Petterson
2. Kentucky Rich by Fern Michaels 
3. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks 
4. The middle place by Kelly Corrigan 
5. Eat this, not that
6. Broken open - how difficult times can help us grow by Elizabeth Lesser 
7. Into the wild by Jon Krakauer 
8. A short guide to a happy life by Anna Qundlen 
9. The Shack by Wm. Paul Young 
10. Sailing alone around the room (currently reading)  
11. The book thief by Markus Zusak
12. The unbearable lightness of being (to read/recommended)
13. The Reader
14. The liar's Diary by Patry Francis 
15. Always looking up by Michael J. Fox 
16. Feed me by Harriet Brown
17. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
18. Finger lickin' fifteen by Janet Evanovich
19. Ignore Everybody: and 39 other keys to creativity by Hugh MacLeod
    
20. Mommywood by Tori Spelling
21. Healing from family rifts
22. Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips
23. Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
24. I thought it was just me by Brene Brown
25. Walking the perfect square by Reed Farrel Coleman 
26. The wizard of oz and other narcissist by 
27. The help by Kathryn Stockett 
28. High on arrival by Mackenzie Phillips
29. The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson
30. The bright side of disaster by Katherine Center
31. Life is a verb by Patti Digh (currently reading)
32. Blue water by A. Manette Ansay (currently reading)
33. Have a little faith by Mitch Albom 
34. Ordinary Sparkling moments by Christine Mason Miller 
35. The last song by Nicholas Sparks 
36. The Christmas box by Richard Paul Evans
37. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (currently reading)

Another attempt at achieving and tracking my book reading goals for 2010

1. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 
2. The Awe-Manac (A daily dose of wonder) by Jill Badonsky (currently reading)
3. Life is a verb by Patti Digh (currently reading)
4. Blue water by A. Manette Ansay
   
5. The Guernsey Literary and potato peel pie society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
6. This I believe by Jay Allison, Dan Gediman (editors)
7. Prairie Tale by Melissa Gilbert
8. Lessons I learned in the dark 
9. Fearless by Max Lucido 
10. A million miles in a thousand years by Donald Miller
11. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (currently reading)
12. Are you there, Vodka its me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler 
13. Running faster from the 5k to the marathon by Brad Hudson(currently reading)
14. In defense of food (currently reading)
15. Still Life by Louise Penny
16. The 9th judgement by James Patterson 
17. Lift by Kelly Corrigan
18. Eat, Pray, Love
19. Run like a mother by Sarah Bowen Shea and Dimity McDowell
20. Believe it, Be it by Ali Vincent
21. Spoken from the heart by Laura Bush
22. The girl who played with fire by Stieg Larsson
23. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
24. The book of Awesome
25. The go-giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
26. Coach by Michael Lewis
27. Brava, Valentine 
28. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
29. Women food and God by Geneen Roth
30. The girl who kicked the hornets nest by Stieg Larsson 
31. War by Sebastian Junger
32. The great gatsby
33. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
34. How McDonalds got its groove back by New World City
35. Compromising positions by Jenna Bayley Burke
36. Lit by Mary Karr 
37. God Never Blinks by Regina Brett
38. Plainsong by Ken Haruf 
39. Unbearable lightness by Portia De Rossi 
40. Pride and Prejudice (currently reading)
41. The perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber
42. Unbroken (halfway done)

1. 2011 reading list

1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (started in 2010 finished 2011)
2. Room by Emma Donoghue
3. Decision Points by George W Bush
4. 50/50: secrets I learned running 50 marathons in 50 days by Dean Karnazes
5. A tale of two cities
6. The gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
7. Cutting for Stone
8. Townie by Andre Dubus III
9. The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
10. The Lincoln Lawyer - awesome can't wait to see the movie
11. Same kind of different as me
12. Faces of the gone by Brad Parks
13. Leaving home: short pieces
14. Bossypants by Tina Fey
15. Working it out by Abby Rike
16. Stephen King on writing
17. If you asked me by Betty White
18. Secrets to a healthy metabolism by Maria Emmerich
19. City of  thieves by David Benioff
20. The girl who kicked the hornets nest
21. The guardian by Nicholas Sparks
22. The Partner by John Grisham
23. The 36 hour day
24. Battlefield of the mind
25. Traveling mercies by Anne Lamott
26. Only spring: on mourning the death of my son by Gordon Livingston
27. Expressive photography by the shutter sisters
28. According to Jane
29. Freakonomics
30. The partner by John Grisham
31. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
32. Sarah's key
33. Crooked letter, crooked letter
34. Seriously I'm kidding by Ellen Degeneres
35. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
36. The wedding by Nicholas Sparks

While its not much to list... I will add 2013 reading list

1. The fault in our stars by John Green
2. The Racketeer by John Grisham
3. Tiny Buddha by Lori Deschene
4. And the mountains echoed
5. Dad is fat by Jim Gaffigan
6. Defending Jacob
7. Everything is perfect when your a liar
8. Killing Kennedy
9. Tell the wolves I'm home
10. metomorphosis, surviving brain injury