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Books I've Read

Some volunteers have goals of how many books they want to read while they are here.  I have no such thing.  But I thought it would still be fun to make a list of what I am reading--the classic, the passable and the totally ridiculous literature I am getting my hands on.

If you have any recommendations, let me know!


BOOKS (91 and counting):

Promoted: Secretary to Bride! - Jennie Adams (don't ask...it was in the Shoshong library)
Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dork Whore - Iris Bahr
All the President's Men - Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
Expecting a Miracle - Jackie Braun
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks - William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac
With the Material Witness in the Safehouse - Carla Cassidy
For Whites Only - Charles Cilliers
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Bet Me - Jennifer Crusie
Trouble in High Heels - Christina Dodd
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass
Hare with the Amber Eyes - Edmund de Waal
How We Are Hungry - Dave Eggers
Wedded in a Whirlwind - Liz Fielding
A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
My Friend Leonard - James Frey
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin (but at 900 pages, this should really count as 3 books)
Roots - Alex Haley
My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang - Chelsea Handler
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway
The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff (read twice)
The Known World - Edward P. Jones
The Billionaire and His Boss - Patricia Kay
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
Tao Te Ching - Lao-tzu (trans. Stephen Mitchell, read twice)
Kidnapped! - Jo Leigh
The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters - Lorraine Lopez
Revenge of Gaia - James Lovelock
Long Walk to Freedom: Volume 1 (1918-1962) - Nelson Mandela
The Last of the Savages - Jay McInerney
Her Pregnancy Surprise - Susan Meier
Her Baby's First Christmas - Susan Meier
The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud
Mysterious Millionaire - Cassie Miles
Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul - Kenneth R. Miller
When the Planet Rages: Natural Disasters, Global Warming and the Future of the Earth - Charles Officer & Jake Page
1984 - George Orwell
Devotion Calls - Caridad Piñero
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
The Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice
Memnoch the Devil - Anne Rice
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Holes - Louis Sachar
Twenty Chickens and a Saddle - Robyn Scott
Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
And the Band Played On - Randy Shilts
A Series of Unfortunate Events 01: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 02: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 03: The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 04: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 05: The Austere Academy - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 06: The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 07: The Vile Village - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 08: The Hostile Hospital - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 09: The Carnivorous Carnival - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 10: The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 11: The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 12: The Penultimate Peril - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events 13: The End - Lemony Snicket
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Kiss or Kill - Lyn Stone
Strokes of Midnight - Hope Tarr
Wedding Bells at Wandering Creek - Patricia Thayer
Texas Ranger Takes a Bride - Patricia Thayer
The Black Sheep's Proposal - Patricia Thayer
Getting Stoned with Savages - J. Maarten Troost
Colby Rebuilt - Debra Webb
Staying Alive - Debra Webb
The Princes in the Tower - Alison Weir
Always Look Twice - Sheri Whitefeather
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X
24 Karat Ammunition - Joanna Wayne
Amaze Your Customers - Daniel Zanetti


KINDLE SINGLES:

Homo Evolutis - Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans
Lying - Sam Harris
The Enemy - Christopher Hitchens