I have a problem guys. The days when I absolutely do not feel like gyming are the same day that all I want to eat is ice cream and pizza.
Fortunately, I am a woman of strong will power and I usually run and seldom spend the day eating pizza and ice cream, but still...
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Read in 2009
- Kindred, Butler -- dark and beautiful
- Truman, McCullough -- holy long, but super great
- In a Perfect World, Kasischke -- after a rocky start, won me over
- The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer, Delaney -- losing my interest in the series
- The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane, Delaney -- was alright
- The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch, Delaney -- would give to my brother
- FlashForward, Sawyer -- interesting premise, somewhat poorly executed
- Starship Troopers, Heinlein -- fascinating
- The Lost Symbol, Brown -- a little much
- Divine Justice, Baldacci -- a perfect airplane read
- Schooled, Korman -- okay, I guess
- Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Patterson -- could have done without the agenda, otherwise loved
- School's Out, Forever, Patterson -- ditto
- The Angel Expirament, Patterson -- lurve it
- Shroud for a Nightengale, James -- boring
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Heinlein -- gets a A
- Brave New World, Huxley -- love, love, love it
- Found, Haddix -- excellent
- My Sister's Keeper, Picoult -- hated the ending
- Decipher, Pavlou -- not bad
- The Egyptologist, Phillips -- not sure yet
- The Bourne Ultimatum, Ludlum -- kind of a bear to get through
- Blue Moon, Noel -- lightweight fun
- Nobody's Prize, Friesner -- super fun
- Elsewhere, Zevin -- wonderful!
- The Bourne Supremacy, Ludlum -- complicated
- Laura Bush, An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady, Kessler -- an easy read which expunged the horridness of the book that shall not be named.
- The Bourne Identity, Ludlum -- written like it was filmed
- American Wife, Sittenfeld -- cannot recommend
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Sorcerer of the North, Flanagan -- fantastic
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Battle for Skandia, Flanagan -- loving this series
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Icebound Land, Flanagan -- still going strong
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge, Flanagan -- awesome
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan, Flanagan -- excellent
- The Chocolate War, Cormier -- awful, horrible, terrible, vile
- In Defense of Food, Pollan -- recommended
- Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse, Rawles -- delightfully awful
- Austenland, Hale -- a good down time book
- Last Man Standing, Baldacci -- had a 'yet' problem
- The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Levine -- also good
- Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague, Mull -- wonderful
- Geek Charming, Palmer -- eh
- Split Second, Baldacci -- a page turner
- Ever, Levine -- yay
- Animal Farm, Orwell -- scary and good
- Fairest, Levine -- love it!
- Ender's Game, Card -- still amazing
- Ella Enchanted, Levine -- delightful
- Q&A, Swarup -- dark and sad and wonderful
- City of Ashes, Clare -- decently entertaining
- Cryptonomicon, Stephenson -- B-/C+
- The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck -- brilliant
- Evermore, Noel -- served its purpose
- Invasive Procedures, Card and Johnston -- fun
- Princess Academy, Hale -- cute
- Gun, With Occasional Music, Letham -- as good as ever
- Liberation, Slattery -- a little chaotic
- Shopoholic Ties the Knot, Kinsella -- better than the first one
- Don Quixote, Cervantes -- so good
- Confessions of a Shopaholic, Kinsella -- frustrating
- Nancy Drew: Perfect Escape, Keene -- not as good as old Nancy Drew
- Anathem, Stephenson -- worth every page
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey -- intense
- Coraline, Gaiman -- delightfully scary
- Persuasion, Austen -- charming
- Foundation and Empire, Asimov -- excellent
- Return of the King, Tolkein -- A+
2 comments:
I hear ya.
I totally get it! This morning I didn't want to go on my usual walk, but I got up anyways knowing I would regret it if I didn't!
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