Books galore!

I have been fortunate enough to have the time to gorge myself in reading. And I have, oh I have! I have already finished 5 books in the past 4 weeks. It has been nice to be catching up on my reading. I plan to continue this trend and read more. I will keep a running list. For now, I am working on the 50 books in 52 weeks. I have until August. =)

I haven’t been keeping track of the books I’ve read this year. Tsk, tsk, tsk. These are the books I’ve read in the past month or so. Or books I am currently reading I will start there and see how I progress towards 50.

1. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell (Worth the read ten times over)
2. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler (Funny, not as good as her other books but still worth the read)
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (I discussed this book at length with a group…and it was worth the read and the discussion)
4. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Very engaging, fun read — it is juvenile fiction)
5. Ireland by Frank Delaney (This is such an excellent book, telling history like they used to through storytelling…what a wordsmith this author is!)
6. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (Short stories well-written but overall it is slow going for me)
41. Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison (Easy and engaging! Great ending to a fun series!)
23. The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
40. Home Safe: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg

To read:

7. Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea by Frank Delaney
8. Tipperary: A Novel by Frank Delaney
9. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
10. Fidel and Gabo: A Portrait of the Legendary Friendship Between Fidel Castro and Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Angel Esteban, Stephanie Panichelli
11. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes
12. The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro’s Classmates from Revolution to Exile by Patrick Symmes
13. The Truth About Love by Josephine Hart
14. Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story by Isabel Gillies
15. The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
16. The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards: Stories by Robert Boswell
17. Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America by Jeffrey Kacirk
18. Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison
19. The Map of Moments: A Novel of the Hidden Cities by Christopher Golden
20. 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan
21. Birdology: Lessons Learned from a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Cassowary
by Sy Montgomery
22. Protecting the Gift Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) by Gavin De Becker
24. Dancer by Colum McCann
25. This Side of Brightness: A Novel (1998) by Colum McCann
26. Everything in This Country Must: A Novella and Two Stories by Colum McCann
27. Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1996) Stories by Colum McCann
28. Fishing the sloe-black river by Colum McCann
29. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
30. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
31. Singing My Him Song by Malachy McCourt
32. Mindsight by Daniel J. Siegel
33. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
34. Bloodroot by Amy Greene
35. Best of Times by Penny Vincenzi
36. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
37. Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
38. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
39. Shannon by Frank Delaney

I know, there are not 50, but I do want to allow for some surprise books! =) My reading is often organic in nature, trailing off tangentially.