On the Kindle (12/31/10). Finished. Yes, I’m totally reading this, I think Sarah Silverman is one hilarious motherfucker. We’re totally going to be BFFs one day.
Books in 2011
I stopped tracking this list in about August of 2011. I am, however, keeping track on Shelfari. If you’re interested in the 54 books I read last year, check ‘em out here.
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On the Kindle. (1/05/11) Finished. Story about her eating disorder. Disjointed but interesting, until the Epilogue where I felt she got really preachy about her veganism. Wouldn’t *really* recommend unless you’re truly interested in reading about Portia herself, or her personal struggle with anorexia.
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On the Kindle (1/01/11). Finished. Meh. Not very good (period piece dealing with murder and intrigue) but I’m slogging my way through.
I thought this was a snore-fest, and really difficult to reconcile the modern colloquialisms the characters use. I think I learned not to do that in 9th grade English. Whatever.
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On the Kindle (1/17/11). Finished. Oh man, this is a gut-wrenchingly emotional piece, with a lot of foreshadowing (which makes me antsy). Beautifully written though, it’s had me crying several times throughout the story.
The ending leaves a lot to the imagination, but it was still an excellent read.
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On the Kindle (1/22/11). Finished. I’m not sure why, but because of the title I expected this to be a more serious novel. It’s a modern story of the friendship of two women, and seems somewhat childish.
This was pretty blah.
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On the Kindle (1/25/11). Finished. So, this is a weird book about dinosaur-like creatures existing in Florida, hiding from humans. It has a Jurassic Park-type feel, although not nearly as good.
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On the Kindle (2/01/11). Finished. I don’t really know what to say about this one — it was ok, not great. It made me teary-eyed in places, but it was pretty predictable.
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On the Kindle (2/04/11). Finished. Absolutely incredible story — an amazing read. Check out the summary on Amazon for an explanation. I couldn’t put this down, highly recommend it.
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On the Kindle (2/06/11). Told from the point-of-view of 5 year-old Jack. Hard to understand at first, but a very compelling read.
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On the Kindle (2/08/11). Finished. I’m not sure what I expected, but this was kind of meh.
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On the Kindle (2/18/11). Finished. Fascinating, but a little horrifying. It’s interesting to see the differences in “Western parenting” and “Chinese parenting” from the author’s story, but she’s very condescending at times which is off-putting.
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On the Kindle (2/24/11). Finished. None of the relationships in this story seemed believable — they were all completely dysfuntional in some fucked-up way, which was annoying.
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On the Kindle (2/26/11). Finished. This was a dark, sad story. The way the author presented some of the characters was very interesting, but at times the plot really plodded along.
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On the Kindle (3/07/11). Finished. Terrible. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Period piece very similar to Death and the Devil — the language made me want to smack a baby.
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On the Kindle (3/12/11). Finished. I really enjoyed this. Read after I watched the movie, and the book is much, much darker and goes into way more depth with the characters and backstory.
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On the Kindle (3/14/11). Finished. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I expected this to be a longer story (after having seen the movie). The book is much different than the movie — it was very surprising. The main character was hard for me to like, but the story was suspenseful.
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On the Kindle (3/16/11). Finished. *sigh* I love Neil Gaiman. This was both a captivating and charming fantasy story. I love the language in his books, and the way his villains are amazingly horrible.
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On the Kindle (3/19/11). Finished. Really enjoyed this, more than I thought I would.
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On the Kindle (3/30/11). Finished. Good, short, easy read. Not my bag, but I think Marissa (12yo) would love it.
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On the Kindle (4/01/11). For reals, not for April Foolsies. Finished. Meh.
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On the Kindle (4/10/11). Finished. Love.
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On the nightstand (4/2011). Finished. Great, great book — I loved this.
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On the Kindle. Finished 4/27/11. Really interesting stuff — his work is never boring.
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On the Kindle. Finished (6/01/11). Yes, more YA dystopian-novel reading. I liked it, though, it has TEH ZOMBIEZ.
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On the Kindle. Finished (6/08/11). This book made me want to stab myself in the face. Really meandering and parts seemed highly pointless.
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On the Kindle. Finished (6/12/11). Read it in record time — I eat her books for breakfast. Good stuff.
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On the Kindle. Finished (6/12/11). I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I’ll definitely finish the series.
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On the Kindle. Finished (7/06/11). This was an amazeballs book, I HIGHLY recommend this.
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On the Kindle. Finished (7/08/11). Interesting and a little strange the way it was written. I had a hard time relating to the characters or their relationships — they didn’t seem very reaslistic, but it was a good read overall.
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On the Kindle. Finished (7/18/11). Pretty great, but a little heartbreaking.
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On the Kindle. Finished (7/25/11). Yes. Just, yes. Read it.
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On the Kindle. Finished (7/27/11). I know, I KNOW! More YA. I liked the story line, although this was darker than the first book (The Forest of Hands and Teeth).
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On the Kindle. Finished (7/29/11). By far the darkest of the trilogy. Depressing and sad.
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On the Kindle. Finished (8/08/11). Great. I hope this is how the real apocalypse turns out.
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On the Kindle (8/08/11). I haven’t seen the movie, so I decided to read the book first.
