One of my New Years resolutions was to read 121 books and thus read more than Janssen's goal of 120. In order to read 121 books this year I need to read about 30 books a quarter, which I easily did. However, Janssen is kicking. my. TRASH. Her first quarter count is at 51 whereas mine is at a piddling 32. Bah.
1. Three Cups of Tea by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson
Awesome book but a slow read. Recommend.
2. Specials by Scott Westerfield
The third book in the series, all of which I recommend.
3. The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
I love this series as well, but they do tend to be kind of long.
4. Head Start with the Book of Mormon by Vicki Lynn Rasmussen
A little book to help you teach your child to read while also teaching them to read the BoM.
5. Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters
See #3
6. The Quickie by James Patterson
Standard James Patterson fare.
7. You've Been Warned by James Patterson
The first time I've met a James Patterson I didn't like. It messed with my head in a not good way.
8. Jacob Have I loved by Katherine Patterson
Never had to read this in elementary school and I really enjoyed it.
9. Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Meh.
10. Rollerskates by Ruth Sawyer
Yawn.
11. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
An improvement over #s 9 and 10
12. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Oh Sarah Dessen. You speak to the 15 year old me. Janssen and I both pretty much want to marry this book.
13. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Loved this SD as well.
14. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Another one most people got to read in elementary but not me. I loved it. Short but very sweet.
15. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Another sweet SD.
16. That Summer by Sarah Dessen
Least favorite SD.
17. The Goodbyes of Magnus Marmalade
A favorite from my mom's childhood and one I still very much enjoy.
18. Favorite Poems to Read Aloud
Another of my mom's. Love!
19. Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
To quote Janssen, "Perfect YA romance fluff."
20. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Oh man, I LOVED this. Dying for the next one.
21. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
LOVE!
22. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
LOVE!
23. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
Another good one by SD
24. The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Catherine Called Birdy was one of my favorite books in elementary school so I'm surprised it's taken me this long to read The Midwife's Apprentice. I loved it.
25. The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters
Yet another in the Amelia Peabody series.
26. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
LOVE. Everything I want from a book. Going to pick up the next one (City of Ashes) TODAY and am annoyed that I let Aaron take the car so I can't go get it RIGHT NOW.
27. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Yes. Again. Don't judge.
28. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Still judging me, aren't you.
29. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Shut up.
30. City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau
Enjoyable. The next one is at the library waiting for me right beside City of Ashes.
31. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
A really hard read. Short, but emotionally devastating. Kind of surprised that this is YA because the content is fairly adult (rape and abuse).
32. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
I listened to this on CD as Janssen suggested and loved every minute of it.
Although Janssen in winning in numbers of books I'm fairly certain that I'm close or winning with numbers of pages. I'm just not crazy enough to go look up all the books we've read and tally the pages up.*
Yet.
(MUST. WIN.)
*I lied. I am crazy enough to add up pages. I've read 9707 pages and Janssen has read 8572. If I squeeze 300 pages in today I'll have read 10,000 pages this year. BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA
EDIT: 33. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. 10,160 pages.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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9 comments:
That last bit is the best part of this post.
I love you and I love Janssen and you both crack me up!
I am pretty sure my total pages read this year is like...fifteen or something, but I surely have birthed more children this year than both of you put together....so HA!
Yeah, when I saw your goal in January I was like, "But Janssen reads short YA books, this isn't a fair fight." I think even pages isn't necessarily even (although a better gauge) because some books are easier to read than others.
You should start counting the books you read to Wes. I have read 12 books this year. I need to get on that.
Hahahaha! I love that you totalled up the pages. And the fact that you totalled up all 50 books-worth of Janssen pages is even more awesome.
Also - Three Cups of Tea is one of my all-time favorite books. Love!
xox
Kristi- you totally win in the birthing children department. In fact, we'd have to get pregnant RIGHT NOW in order to even tie. I think you win for 2009.
Sherry- Janssen won't let me count Wes's books. But she's also read some picture books and isn't counting those either, so it's fair.
Heidi- I know. I'm crazy. But it didn't take as long as I thought it would! And Three Cups of Tea was awesome!
Thanks for sharing! I LOVE reading lists of books that other people are reading and whether or not they liked them. It's almost as fun as reading the books themselves. You definitely have me beat this year, but hey, I'm reading Shakespeare right now (for book club) so that should count for something!
You make me laugh. Congrats on winning the page count! I wonder how many books I've read so far this year...hmmm...now you've got me thinking. I recieved an email in my box just this week entitled, "You read too fast!" I've been trying to keep track on GoodReads though, so at least that's something.
Oh, and I'll take credit for introducing you to Elizabeth Peters. I admit I've contemplated going back a rereading them all. It's just that there are so many other good books...
So hilarious.
I just read Hunger Games too... so good.
Wow, I am impressed but I have to say I probably have you beat if you count titles like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Skippyjon Jones, Mr. Brown Can Moo, etc.
See ya Thursday!
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