This past year, I read a lot. I decided to see if I could list everything I've read and see what the total was and where I stacked up amongst the national average.. I couldn't find any recent stats on this but did find that in 2007, one quarter of adults in the United States were reported to have read no books at all in the past year.
So, in no particular order..
The Twilight Series (at least twice)
Stephanie Meyer
- Twilight
- New Moon
- Eclipse
- Breaking Dawn
The Sookie Stackhouse Series
Charlaine Harris
- Dead until Dark
- Living Dead in Dallas
- Club Dead
- Dead to the World
- Dead as a Doornail
- Definitely Dead
- All Together Dead
Jodi Picoult
Shiver
Maggie Stiefvater
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter -- Haven't finished this series and skipped ahead to know how in ended.
JK Rowling
- Sorcerers Stone
- Chamber of Secrets
- Prisoner of Azkaban
- Deathly Hallows
Mitch Albom
The Blue Blood Series
Melissa De La Cruz
- Blue Bloods
- Masquerade
- Revelations
- The Van Alen Legacy
Michael Connelly
The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama
The Mortal Instruments Series
Cassandra Clare
- City of Bones
- City of Ashes
- City of Glass
Richard Dawkins
A Wolf at the Table
Augusten Burroughs
Rachel's Holiday
Marian Keyes
That's all I can remember, I'm sure there a couple of more, but I would say this is definitely the bulk of it. Funny, I thought once I wrote it all down the list would be longer.
I've decided to make 2010, The Year of the Classics. I cheated my way through highschool with Cliffs Notes and never finished college, so I thought I would give some of these old books another shot. It won't be all I read, mind you, but I will work my way through the list... however painful it might be. It's a shame to say that I've never actually read Romeo and Juliet.
First up, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Happy Reading in 2010!!