Gift Cards

Why is it that once I have gift cards to book stores, I can never figure out what to get? I have no problems when I am paying for the books myself! After HOURS of thought, I think I have figured out two books I am going to buy today.

A-Z Titles

A - American Gods
B - Blink
C - Complicated Kindness, A
D - Dead Until Dark
E - Eighth Grade Bites
F - Flying Troutmans, The
G - Graceling
H - Happiest Baby on the Block, The
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
J
K - Kissed by an Angel
L - Loving Frank
M - My Most Excellent Year
N - Next Thing on my List, The
O - Outlander
P - Power of Love, The
Q
R - Revelations
S - Shadow Kiss
T - Titan's Curse, The
U - Untamed
V - Vaccine Book, The
W - Water for Elephants
X
Y
Z

Maybe not finishing

I am going to keep reading as much as possible, but that will probably be pretty limited. I really need to finish my dissertation! I only have 24 books left for the year, but I honestly don't know if I can make it. Someday I will have more free time again. Someday.

Who knew? Aspen can read!

Aspen's 25 Book Challenge

1. Hello!
2. Up
3. I Like the ABCs
4. I See
5. Will I?
6. The ABCs
7. Lunch

Livvy's 25 Books

1. The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat
2. Biscuit and the Little Pup
3. Little Monster
4. No More TV, Sleepy Cat
5. Clifford's Loose Tooth
6. Little Monster
7. Cookies for Danny
8. Baby Hippo
9. Botanist Danny
10. Don't be Late!
11. Dinosaurs Galore
12. Bird's Best Friend
13. Entomologist Danny
14. Dick and Jane Play Ball
15. Olivia Counts
16. Olivia's Opposites
17. I Know Karate
18. I Will Win
19. It's Game Day
20. Buzz said the Bee
21. Pass the Food, Dude
22. Take My Picture
23. Fat Cat Sat on the Mat
24. Where are the Cupcakes?
25. Mouse Makes Cookies

2009 100 Books Reading Challenge

Here we go! I am taking part in a reading challenge for 2009. 100 books!


1. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell - 01.01.09
2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - 01.02.09
3. Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz - 01.03.09
4. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews - 01.04.09
5. The Next Thing on my List by Jill Smolinksi - 01.06.09
6. A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews - 01.11.09
7. A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews - 01.14.09
8. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 01.15.09
9. No Place Like Home by Fern Michaels - 01.18.09
10. A Good Woman by Danielle Steele - 01.19.09
11. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 01.29.09
12. The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - 01.31.09
13. The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - 02.01.09
14. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 02.13.09
15. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger - 02.15.09
16. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - 02.21.09
17. Fool by Christopher Moore - 02.25.09
18. Free Range Chickens by Simon Rich - 02.26.09
19. The Vaccine Book by Robert Sears - 02.28.09
20. All About Lulu by Jonathan Evison - 03.05.09
21. The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore - 03.06.09
22. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare - 4.03.09
23. Fade by Lisa McMann - 04.04.09
24. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink -04.13.09
25. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan - 04.15.09
26. The Baby Book by William and Martha Sears - 04.30.09
27. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 05.03.09
28. The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp - 05.06.09
29. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - 05.08.09
30. Frostbite by Richelle Mead - 05.08.09
31. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead - 05.10.09
32. Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman - 05.16.09
33. Stardust by Neil Gaiman - 05.18.09
34. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff - 05.20.09
35. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - 05.29.09
36. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway - 05.30.09
37. Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer - 06.03.09
38. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - 06.06.09
39. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 06.07.09
40. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan - 06.08.09
41. Dead Until Dark: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris - 06.12.09 - This book gets the distinct honor of being the WORST book I have read so far this year.
42. The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter by Katherine Ellison - 06.17.09
43. Fire by Kristin Cashore - 06.22.09
44. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell - 06.22.09
45. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 06.25.09
46. Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler - 06.26.09
47. The Power of Love by Elizabeth Chandler - 06.26.09
48. Soulmates by Elizabeth Chandler - 06.26.09
49. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - 07.15.09 - One of the most beautifully written books I think I have ever read.
50. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 07.17.09
51. The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - 07.19.09
52. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris - 07.26.09
53. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 07.27.09 - Super fast reads and I want to know what is going to happen on True Blood. I know, not really an excuse...
54. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris - 08.03.09
55. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan - 08.03.09
56. Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut - 08.07.09
57. Dead as a Doornail
58. Definitely Dead
59. All Together Dead
60. From Dead to Worse
61. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 08.14.09
62. ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley - 08.17.09
63. Hoot by Carl Hiassen - 08.18.09
64. ghostgirl homecoming by Tonya Hurley - 08.24.09
65. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead - 08.27.09
66. Marked by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 08.29.09
67. Betrayed by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 08.30.09
68. Chosen by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 08.31.09
69. Untamed by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 09.02.09
70. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 09.09.09
71. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter - 09.10.09
72. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter - 09.11.09
73. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - 09.15.09
74. Midwives by Chris Bohjalian - 09.20.09
75. The Clique by Lisi Harrison - 09.26.09
76. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 10.13.09
77. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - 10.14.09
78. Rules by Cynthia Lord - 10.15.09
79. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - 10.19.09
80. The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale - 10.21.09
81. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex - 10.31.09
82. The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer - 11.02.09
83. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen - 11.07.09
84. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen - 11.08.09
85. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks - 11.08.09
86. Blessings by Anna Quindlen - 11.11.09
87. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt - 11.15.09
88. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart - 11.21.09
89. The Magicians by Lev Grossman - 11.22.09
90. Double Love - Sweet Valley High #1 (sort of) by Francine Pascal - 11.25.09
91. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - 12.03.09
92. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - 12.03.09
93. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka - 12.04.09
94. The Child Thief by Brom - 12.26.09
95. Already Dead by Charlie Huston - 12.27.09
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A-Z Authors

A - Alexie, Sherman (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)
B - Benway, Robin (Audrey, Wait!)
C - Cashore, Kristin (Graceling)
D - De la Cruz, Melissa (Revelations)
E - Evison, Jonathan (All About Lulu)
F
G - Gladwell, Malcolm (Blink)
H - Hamid, Mohsin (The Reluctant Fundamentalist)
I
J
K - Kluger, Steve (My Most Excellent Year)
L - Lord, Cynthia (Rules)
M - Moore, Christopher (Fool)
N - Niffenegger, Audrey (Her Fearful Symmetry)
O
P - Pratchett, Terry (Good Omens)
Q - Quindlen, Anna (Blessings)
R - Rich, Simon (Free Range Chickens)
S - Smolinksi, Jill (The Next Thing on my List)
T - Toews, Miriam (The Flying Troutmans)
U
V - Vonnegut, Kurt (Armageddon in Retrospect)
W
X
Y
Z - Zusak, Markus (The Book Thief)