Reading List 2014 (and beyond?)

[krickets]

Read in 2014
The Word-Loss Diet, Rayne Hall
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
Divergent, Veronica Roth
Insurgent, Veronica Roth
Allegiant, Veronica Roth
A Matter of Days, Amber Kizer
Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
The Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater
Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, Sheila Turnage
The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
The Black Unicorn, Audre Lorde
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Tom Franklin
The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Paolo Giordano
We The Animals, Justin Torres
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabenstein
The Neon Rain, James Lee Burke
The Scent of Rain and Lightning, Nancy Pickard
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
Portrait of a Dead Guy, Larissa Reinhart
Still Life in Brunswick Stew, Larissa Reinhart
Last Words of the Executed, Robert K. Elder
Something Borrowed, Someone Dead, M.C. Beaton
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars #1), Rob Thomas
Five Days at Memorial, Sheri Fink
The Shining, Stephen King
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kate DiCamillo
Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline
The Giver, Lois Lowry
Moon Over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
Where the Heart Is, Billie Letts
Austenland, Shannon Hale
The Intern's Handbook, Shane Kuhn
The Stranger, Albert Camus
We Were Liars, E. Lockhart
Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Claire North
The Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey
Money Rules, Jean Chatzky
The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness
Buzz Kill, Beth Fantaskey
Flash Boys, Michael Lewis
My Friend Dahmer, Derf Backderf
The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt
The Tent, Margaret Atwood



Currently Reading
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote



To-Read "Short"-List
Let's Get Lost, Adi Alsaid
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
You Are One of Them, Elliott Holt
Rooftoppers, Katherine Rundell
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake/The Year of the Flood/MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood
The Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kinsella
Elizabeth is Missing, Emma Healey
Misery, Stephen King
How to be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson
The Hundred-Year House, Rebecca Makkai
The Borrower, Rebecca Makkai
Landline, Rainbow Rowell
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker
An Untamed State, Roxane Gay
Bittersweet, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, Donnie Eichar
The Group, Mary McCarthy
Seating Arrangements, Maggie Shipstead
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (LOL JK TOO LONG)
Rooms, Lauren Oliver (to be released Sept 23rd 2014)
The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater (to be released Oct 28th 2014)
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness

Comments

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Jeeez, Louise. I was kinda pleased with my own 'have read this year' list, until I saw yours!! SO MANY BOOKS! We have a couple in common.

HAPPY READING...!

Also, GUESS WHAT... it's August 1st here in Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

One hour until The Killing! In my neck of the woods!


Don't be fooled. I have a long commute now so I listen to a LOT of audiobooks. But I'm reading a lot more print books than usual too. The two combined is like a booksplosion! Oh! Which ones do we have in common?

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

The Rosie Project (HAAAAAATED)
The Fault in our Stars (did not like)
The Hundred Year Old Man... (LOVED!!!)

OMG, it's almost back! I am so freaking looking forward to it (even though three of my four faves over the seasons are dead..!). Sarah, I'm still in it for you, girl!

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I was only so-so on The Rosie Project. The whole premise kind of made me crazy even if it was entertaining in parts.

I actually liked The Fault in our Stars. Didn't hate it, didn't love it, wouldn't put it on a list, but I was expecting zilch so I was pleasantly surprised by it. I guess it depends on what your expectations are going in. I mainly just read it so I could watch the movie. Just the facts ma'am.

The Hundred Year Old Man.. you should read the first fifteen lives of Harry August. I didn't LOVE either of those but they have a very similar quality about them. I personally found its quirkiness and history-factoid-ness grating after a while unfortunately.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I had to rage!read TRP in order to finish it! I thought TFIOS was mediocre at best (writing-wise), with subject matter that's been done and done better (imo), I don't get the whole Second Coming reaction to John Green ~at ~all.

As for THYOM, yeah, I can imagine that sort of thing isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it's definitely mine! I found myself cheering on the factoids, and quirky seems to be my current jam. I'm definitely taking you up on that rec. thank you!