Monday, December 30, 2013

What have you been reading lately?

What have you been reading lately?  I've been fortunate, I've had some wonderful time to just sit on backside on my chair and read.  As I look forward to a new year, I thought maybe I should look back and see what I've managed to get through.  I'm very thankful for Pinterest, because I've "pinned" the books I've read not only for book club, but also for fun.  Here goes:

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Couples by John Updike
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Wishin' and a Hopin'  A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb

The above titles were our book club picks.  The list that follows is a partial list of other books I read besides.

Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar
Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
Inferno by Dan Brown
Joyland by Stephen King
Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin

As I look the lists, I'm very thankful for the time I have to enjoy my reading and for a very understanding husband.  I'm also very fortunate that I have a quiet husband who doesn't insist on talking my ear off!

It will be fun to look back a year from now, and see what I've managed to accomplish.