The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 10/6/2006-10/17/2006—328 pages—fiction Recommended by practically any younger girl reader Borrowed from public library ★★★★★ So this book was definitely one of a kind. I’ve never read anything like it, and I’m pretty sure I’ll never ever read anything that seemed more real to me. The way Susie was in heaven [...]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 9/?/-10/7/2006—244 pages—fiction Required by: Rory’s Book Club ★★★ Borrowed from: public library So, as soon as I began reading this book, I thought it was kinda like Catcher in the Rye. Esther reminded me of Holden, but the whole time I was reading it, I wasn’t annoyed at all. Granted [...]

Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife by Linda Berdoll (aka The Sexy Book) 8/25-9/13/2006—465 pages—fiction Borrowed from: public library ★★★★★ “For every person in the world, there had been an act of love.” (p237) {On second thought, that is unfortunately not true.} So I absolutely LOVE this book. I know it really is not Jane Austen at all [...]

The Girls by Lori Lansens 8/15-24/2006 — 433 pages — fiction (conjoined twins, adoption, Canada) Borrowed from: public library ★★★★ This book was definitely like no other I’ve ever read. I used to think a lot about how cool it would be to be a twin and I really want twin boys, but I never considered [...]

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland 8/10-14/2006 — 241 pages — fiction (dystopic) Required by: BGSU for all incoming freshman Bought from: Waldens, June 2006 ★★★ I thought the book had undeveloped plots. Especially the homosexual incest scene. The purpose of that being added really confused me and it seemed to have no point. One of [...]

Girls’ Night In by various authors 8/3-9/2006 — 314 pages — short stores (fiction) Borrowed from: public library ★★★★ (4.25) Party Planner by Meg Cabot – 4 Traveling Light by Carole Matthews – 5 Cat Lady by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez – 4 Changing People by Sophie Kinsella – 5 New York by Jill A Davis – 4 [...]

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See 7/27-31/2006 — 253 pages — fiction (China, footbinding) Bought from: Waldens, June 2006 ★★★★★ Wow! I loved this book so much. I don’t even know why, but I think it’s because the book was so historical and gave me a taste of Imperial China. I will never forget [...]

Cocktails for Three by Madeline Wickham/Sophie Kinsella 7/25-27/2006 — 295 pages — fiction Bought from Waldens, July 21, 2006 Funny story about three best friends who work at the same place, but have to schedule monthly meetings to actually see each other. Each of the three have secrets and problems: Candice, with a girl who takes [...]

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 7/20-25/2006 — 710 pages — fiction/action-adventure Bought from: Waldenbooks June ’06 NYT Bestseller List about 3 years and counting What another great novel from Dan Brown. Having read Da Vinci Code  first, I definitely like how it doesn’t matter what order they’re read in. Both books are very mind prodding [...]

How to Be Lovely — The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life by Melissa Hellstern 7/1-5/2006 — 189 pages — nonfiction (collection of quotes) Borrowed from: public library It was nice to hear her own words describing her life. I just adore her for being the classic Hollywood actress and a well-rounded woman at the same time. [...]