KymberK's 2008 Reads

A friend of mine here is on this group, so I thought I would give it a try. I reset my list at the beginning of the year and have been tracking my books read in 2008 through LT. My goal is 52. I'm on my 8th book so far. Here's my list:

1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
*Currently Reading

2. Anyone but You by Jennifer Crusie
*Cute book, but took almost 2 chapters to pick up. The first part was slow

3. Couldn't Keep it to Myself by Wally Lamb
*A few stories didn't make much sense as to how they pertained to the women being in prison, but over all it was a pretty good book

4. Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
*Some chapters has way too many useless details for the story at hand, but I still enjoyed the story of Adeline. She had great strength to survive the neglect she went through

5. Gossip Girl #8 by Cecily Von Ziegesar
*Ok, so I'm a bit old for this level of reading, but this series is a great light read when you just want to kick back with something that doesn't need much of your brain involved. LOL!

6. The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn
*This was hillarious!

7. Tales of a Drama Queen by Lee Nichols
*Another hillarious one. Can't wait to read the next one to see what she gets into

8. Madam by Jeannette Angell
*This wasn't as good as I expected

9. Jemima J by Jane Green
* Ok, but really started off slowly and was a bit slow in other parts

10. High Stakes: A Tale of Vegas Vampires by Erin McCarthy
* Nice and light

11. The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
*Put on hold

11. Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas

I just saw the movie and had to do some research. My husband and I went immediately to the Internet and found a blog by Katie Couric who said that she felt driven to research how much truth there was to the movie. Apparently, there was little truth to it other than Amin being a brutal, cunning and spoiled child. Is the book about the real guy who joined Amin's army, or the fictionalized story about the Scottish doctor?

The book is fiction.

12. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

13. Mayada: Daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson

14. Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella

15. The Chocolate Cat Caper By JoAnna Carl

16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

17. I Love Everybody and other atrocious lies by Laurie Notaro

18. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult

19. The Girls: a novel by Lori Lansens

20. Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich

21. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

22. The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty

23. Confessions of Super Mom by Melanie Hauser

24. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

25. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

26. The Other Mother by Gwendolen Gross

27. Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer

28. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

29. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

30. Down Came The Rain by Brooke Shields

31. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich

32. True Lies of a Drama Queen by Lee Nichols

33. Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

35. An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance

36. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

37. Gossip Girl #9: Only In Your Dreams by Cecily Von Ziegesar

38. The Arctic Incident by Eion Colfer

39. Bit the Jackpot by Erin McCarthy

40. Fat Girl by Judith Moore

41. Gucci Gucci Coo by Sue Margolis

42. Up High In The Trees by Kiara Brinkman

43. Train Wreck by Donna Hogan

44. Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

45. The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey

46. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik

47. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

48. Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey

49. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

50. Would I Lie to You by Cecily Von Ziegesar