The Next Best Book Club discussion

Okay, so here it is. I had originally joined several book clubs here because I had several reading goals. I have since decided it is too much to keep up with so I am posting all my reading goals here in one book club. Thanks so much for making this possible!

Goal #1: Track the # of books I read in a year. My tracking began as of March 2009.

Goal #2: Read as many books off the 1001 books you should read before you die list before I die :)

Here is where I am right now:

Goal #1 - # of books in a year:
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
4. Manhunt The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
7. Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini (audiobook)
8. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Goal #2 - 1001 Books List Before I Die:
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. 1984 by George Orwell

Goal #1
10. Eva Underground by Dandi Daley Mackall
11. Beauty Shop for Rent . . . fully equipped, inquire within by Laura Bowers

Goal #1
12. Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich

What did you think of 1984? I'm currently reading it and finding it quite disturbing.

April wrote: "What did you think of 1984? I'm currently reading it and finding it quite disturbing."

I really liked 1984. I had to read it for a college course about 3 yrs ago. It is disturbing, but I often find myself liking disturbing books. I guess I liked that it made me really start thinking about the US government and how important it is to keep up with what is going on here and in the rest of the world. Because of this book, I always research candidates and I never miss a trip to the voting polls. I also started watching and reading the news on the TV and internet.

Goal #1
13.Calamity Jayne by Kathleen Bacus

Goal #1
14. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Can't wait for the movie to come out. I think it will be great!

Goal #1
15. Living on the Edge of America At Home on the Texas-Mexico Border by Robert Lee Maril
16. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Goal #1

Almost forgot a couple.

16. The Glass Castle A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
18. Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Goal #1

19. Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell

Goal #1

20. Royal Affairs A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy by Leslie Carroll

21. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Goal #2

6. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Goal #1

#23 From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
#24 Blaze A Novel by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
#25 Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

Goal #1

#26 The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Did you like Pillars of the Earth? This is for one of my tasks.