My goal for reading in 2011 is to read 11 (2011) different categories of books, and three books from each category. Here are my categories:
1. Historical Fiction
~The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
~The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
2. Memoirs
~The Long Journey Home by Margaret Robison
~The Long Journey Home by Margaret Robison
3. New Authors ~ meaning debut novels
~Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
~Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
4. Big Heavy ~ books with 500 or more pages
~I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb ~ finished 3/11/11
~I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb ~ finished 3/11/11
5. Guilty Pleasure ~ I have to admit that I'm a sucker for chick lit
~Hungry For Happiness by James Villas ~ finished 1/3/11
~Hungry For Happiness by James Villas ~ finished 1/3/11
~Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter ~ finished 1/29/11
~Life From Scratch by Melissa Ford ~ finished 2/3/11
6. LT Early Review Books
~Minding Ben by Victoria Brown ~ finished 3/31/11
~Minding Ben by Victoria Brown ~ finished 3/31/11
7. LibraryThing Recommends ~ LibraryThing is a site I use to catalog the books I own and read
8. Books from the 1001 books to read before you die list
9. Classics
~Emma by Jane Austen ~ finished 1/12/11
~Emma by Jane Austen ~ finished 1/12/11
10. Mommy Book Club
~The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ~ finished 3/21/11
~The Help by Katheryn Stockett ~ finished 4/8/11
~Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
~The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ~ finished 3/21/11
~The Help by Katheryn Stockett ~ finished 4/8/11
~Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
11. Food Lit ~ it can be fiction or non.
~Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner ~ finished 1/24/11
~Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
~Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
~Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Glenn Brenner ~ finished 1/24/11
~Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
~Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
If you're really curious about everything I've read over the past few years, you can see it here at my profile on librarything. Also, I'm open to suggestions about what to read this year if anybody has any!
For Historical Fiction, I recommend any of Kate Morton's books. I LOVE them! Esp. her first one, The House at Riverton.
ReplyDeleteLove this challenge!!! I LOVE food lit. Some of my favorites are:
ReplyDeleteLike Water for Chocolate-- hilarious, and has fabulous food descriptions-- mostly Mexican fare... which I love.
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton-- Also freakin hilarious, but has amazing descriptions of southern cooking. This book ALWAYS makes me hungry!!!