Monday, December 29, 2008

Books of 2008

The out of sync child - Could have created a turning point in my life
The other Bolyn Girl - Great read! Couldn't put it down.
The Constant Princess - Read this before The Other Bolyen Girl
The Time Traveler's Wife - Best book of the year
Brisinger - Half ass writing
The Road - This still haunts me
A New Earth - Not understanding what all of the hype was about
Wildfire - Old school cowboy western
101 Things Every Kid Should Do - cute
The Last Child in the Woods - Decent
Healing the New Childhood Disorders - Fascinating. Maybe there is hope
Holidays on Ice - A little darker than I thought it would be
One Thousand Splendid Suns - No other book has made me so appreciate my husband
Kite Runner - Tragic. It was hard to forgive the main character for something that happened in the beginning of the book
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Amazing
Water for Elephants - Loved it
Are you there God, it's Me Margaret - For sentimental reasons
East of Eden - Was dreading reading it, but it was really great
Eat, Pray, Love - Good, but not worth all the hype
The Bridge - A story about an old mill worker. Never liked a single character in the book. Even the dog was annoying
Atonement - Disappointing ending
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Celestine Prophecy without any metaphysics. B rate psychobabble
All We Need of Hell - A raw, dysfunctional love story
The Last Lecture - inspiring
Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Took me forever to read it, because there was the promise that the book would improve... it never did.
Home Cheap Home - Some good ideas
Sink Reflections - I cleaned for a solid week
Eldest - Better than the third book

1 comment:

Tedsaid said...

Re: Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ... yeah, I didn't get the message that it would improve, so fortunately I stopped after about 10 pages. Glad to know the rest sucked, too.

But yes, the Time Traveler's Wife was excellent. Curious to see if the movie will be any good.