What I’m Going to Read: Round 8

People, there are some seriously good suggestions this month. Someday, when I run out of books to read, I’m just going to work my way through this list from top to bottom. The winner this month is Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede recommended by Smalldog.

Also, I have not finished last month’s book, but I am working on it and I’ll be done soon. Fortunately, the person who recommend it was Kelly and one of the main reasons I’m behind on the book is because I’ve been plowing through my ALA books to send to her, so I’m hopeful she’ll cut me a little slack (right, Kelly?)

And the rest of the books:

• One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus (Jle122)
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Shelah and Melanie)
• The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin (Melinda and RA)
• The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman (Carly Jane)
• A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller (Karina)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte by Emily Bronte (P)
• Gregor The Overlander by Suzanne Collins (Bart)
• The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Stacy)
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Saskia)
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Megan B.)
• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Jessica)
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Jenny)
• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Shelly)
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Lacie)
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (Megan)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Merry and Mom)
• Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Norby Family & Em and Trev)
• Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (Jess)
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Sherry)
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (Rachel)
• Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown (Melissa)
• Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (Zillah)
• The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer (Mary)
• What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (Kayla)
• Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago (Yankee Girl)
• The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White (Angiegirl)
• The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (Bean)
• The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier (Angela Noelle)
• Jitterbug Perfume (Peaceful Reader)
• Skin Deep by E.M. Crane (Chrissie)
• Bloodroot by Amy Greene (Alison)
• The Great Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys and the Men Who Starved for Science by Todd Tucker (Poodle)
• Zen And The Art Of Faking It by Jordan Sonneblick (Katie)
• Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (Amy Sorenson)
• My Life in France by Julia Child (Tara)
• Conspiracy 365 January by Gabrielle Lord (Mary)
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (Kristin)
• Bloody Jack: Being An Account Of The Curious Adventures Of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship’s Boy by L.A. Meyer (Chelsea)
• Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Tiny Little Librarian)

Also, I have a better showing this month, happily, on books I’ve already read from the list:

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte by Emily Bronte
• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (listening to it right now on my iPod)
• My Life in France by Julia Child (on the second to last CD in the car)
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
• Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

AND, I have two of these books on CD sitting in my car just WAITING to be read:

• Zen And The Art Of Faking It by Jordan Sonneblick (Katie)
• Bloody Jack: Being An Account Of The Curious Adventures Of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship’s Boy by L.A. Meyer

Frankly, I never thought I’d be so proud of myself for having read (most of) four books.