Posts Tagged ‘2010 READING CHALLENGE’

I just finished the book Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s all about her desperation to come to peace with the concept of marriage after her Brazilian boyfriend gets deported. If they wanted to stay in the States, getting married was the only option. Although I loved her previous book – Eat, Pray, Love – I [...]

Here are the books I’ve read so far in 2010! Click on the book cover to link to the author’s website. (1) Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear (completed Jan. 2) This is the fourth book in a series about Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator, who solves mysteries in post-World War I London. I am [...]

Before moving on to 2010, I want to offer a short list of my favorite reads from last year … in no particular order (some were published before 2009, I’m sure): * Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout * Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith * Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth [...]

My friend Colleen blogged about this reading challenge, and I decided it sounded like fun. Then another friend, Tara, jumped on board and blogged about keeping a journal of every book she’s ever read. Another cool idea! I decided to do both. In my first few months in Laos, I plowed through about 10 books [...]