Friday, January 15, 2010

Books Read in 2010 (42)

****How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini by Heather Horrocks 1.15.10

  • **Saving Madeline by Rachel Ann Nunes 1.24.10

  • *****The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 1.31.10 reminds me of The Giver and The City of Ember

  • *****Brianna, My Brother, and the Blog by Jack Weyland 2.10.10 - love the content more than the story

  • **Right Click by Susan Aylworh 2.17.10

  • ***The Best of Times (A Dickens Inn Novel) by Anita Stansfield 2.23.10

  • ****All the Stars in Heaven by Michele Paige Holmes 3.4.10

  • ***Shudder by Jennie Hansen 3.8.10

  • ***Soul Searching by Shannon Guymon 3.14.10

  • ***Altar-ed Plans by Rebecca Cornish Talley 3.17.10

  • ***Previously Engaged by Elodia Strain 3.22.10

  • *****To Have or to Hold by Josi Kilpack 4.17.10 (read for the third time!)

  • *****First Love and Forever by Anita Stansfield 4.18.10 (read for the 2nd or 3rd time - made me cry just as much)

  • *** First Love, Second Chances by Anita Stansfield 4.23.10 (read for the 2nd time)

  • ****Now and Forever by Anita Stansfield 4.25.10 (read for the 2nd time-really like the spiritual side of the book)

  • ***Being Sixteen by Allyson Braithwaite Condie 4.26.10

  • ***A Far, Far Better Place (A Dickensian Inn Novel) by Anita Stansfield 5.9.10 really interesting stuff about PTSD-post traumatic stress disorder

  • ****Time and Eternity by E.M. Tippets 5.12.10 romantic little story how prayers can be answered

  • ****Spare Change by Aubrey Mace 5.15.10

  • ****Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 5.25.10 (read for third time, I think =D)

  • *****Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer  6.4.10 (read for third time, I think - pathetic huh=D)

  • ***Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen 6.12.10 (fun, fast read with some suspense that makes you not want to stop reading)

  • ***The Sister Pact by Cami Checketts 6.15.10 (romantic and suspenseful)

  • ***Divinely Designed by Rachael Renee Anderson 6.17.10 (quick, super cute read)

  • ***Comfortable in my own Genes by Tamra Norton 7.12.10 (easy YA read, helps you think about friendship and how to treat others)

  • ***A Love that Endures by Barbara Elliott Snedecor 7.15.10 (getting out of the LDS bubble, too much telling though and not enough showing)

  • ****The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer 7.19.10 (novela that goes along with the Twilight Series - so glad that I read it!)

  • ***Silent Witness by Amy Maida Wadsworth (LDS suspense) 7.26.10

  • ****Methods of Madness by Stephanie Black 7.29.10 (suspenseful and keeps you guessing over and over)

  • ***A Loving Heart (A Dickensian Inn Novel) by Anita Stansfield  8.4.10 (suspense with some endearing moments)

  • ****Picture Perfect by Beverly King 8.12.10 (2nd time reading it - just as cute)

  • ****Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 8.18.10 (way different from the movie...not sure which I like better. It will be interesting to see if they make any more movies since the first was so different from the book)

  • *** Sam by Jack Weyland (part of the Charly series) 8.21.10 cute book about remarrying

  • ****Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 8.26.10 (dying to read the last book, but I'm like 100 in line at the library...I might just have to go buy the series =D)

  • ***Catch a Falling Star by Julie Wright 9.9.10 (story about dealing with a friend's death and finding herself - teen book. Actually goes along with My Not So Fairy Tale Life book)

  • ****Chasing Paradise by Chad Daybell 9.13.10  (fabulous ideas about life after death based on LDS beliefs, fiction)

  • ***Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson series) by Rick Riordan 9.18.10 (really liking this series, probably because I like Greek mythology)
  • ****Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson series) by Rick Riordan 9.27.10 (I flew through this one. I think I liked more of the characters in this one compared to the last)
  • ***Imprints by Rachel Ann Nunes 10.10.10 (pretty cool "power" main character has - good mystery with some romance)
  • Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson series) by Rick Riordan 12.13.10 fun twists
  • The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson series) by Rick Riordan  12.15.10 fast paced, edge of your seat suspense
  • Tranquil Light (A Dickensian Inn Novel) by Anita Stansfield  12.22.10 various trials women faced and regrets from the past


All-Time Favorites- I would read more than once
  • To Have or to Hold by Josi Kilpack
  • Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
  • Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • First Love and Forever by Anita Stansfield
  • My Not-So Fairy Taled Life
  • The City of Ember by Jeanee DuPrau
  • The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
  • The Tennis Shoes Series by Chris Heimerdinger
  • The Book of Mormon

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