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I live in Seattle. These are things that catch my attention, pique my interest and/or make me want to pass notes in class like a 7th grader

January 6, 2012 10:01 am
Done!  I have set reading goals for myself every year since 2009 and I always fall short, until this year. Being disciplined about reading more, be it short or long books, fiction or non-fiction, has definately been worth the effort. I met some wonderful characters. I learned a bit about the workings of the world and the human heart and I am the better for it. Below is the full list. Titles in bold are some of my favorites. The Call of the Wild by Jack London Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story by Lemony Snicket Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl In Cold Blood by Truman Capote My Life in France by Julia Child Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green The Bro Code by Barney Stinson Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama The Maytrees by Annie Dillard Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina Garcia The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner Up in the Air by Walter Kirn Barrel Fever by David Sedaris

Done! 

I have set reading goals for myself every year since 2009 and I always fall short, until this year. Being disciplined about reading more, be it short or long books, fiction or non-fiction, has definately been worth the effort. I met some wonderful characters. I learned a bit about the workings of the world and the human heart and I am the better for it.

Below is the full list. Titles in bold are some of my favorites.

  • The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  • Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell
  • The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story by Lemony Snicket
  • Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
  • The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
  • My Life in France by Julia Child
  • Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
  • The Bro Code by Barney Stinson
  • Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
  • Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
  • Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
  • Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
  • Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan
  • Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
  • Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
  • The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
  • The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
  • Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina Garcia
  • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
  • The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
  • Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
  • Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
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