Books Read in January 2011
- Naughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
- Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
- selected essays (5) from Persuasions #31 by various authors
- Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
- The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger
- Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books Purchased in January 2011
- Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
- Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- Jane Austen’s Little Advice Book by Cathryn Michon and Pamela Norris
- The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Kindle)
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Kindle)
- Belinda by Maria Edgeworth (Kindle)
- The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig
Books Added to TBR List in January 2011
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver (Ms. Martin Teaches Media’s review post)
- The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany (Eva’s Library Loot post)
- The Blue Fox by Sjon (Eva’s Library Loot post)
- A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi (Michelle’s review post)
- Day After Night by Anita Diamant (just browsing around Amazon.com)
- A Wall of Light by Edeet Ravel (just browsing around Amazon.com)
- Swimming in the Congo by Margaret Meyers (just browsing around Amazon.com)
- The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (Just a Bookworm’s review)
- The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly
- The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
- The Free World by David Bezmozqis
New Year’s Resolutions Progress
- 1 memoir towards my Memoir/Biography Resolution (4 to go for this one)
- 1 book from my Personal Collection (9 to go for this one)
Now, I know that it’s not a bookish resolution, but I resolved to eat better (mainly cut out fast food and sweets). So, in January I lost 6 pounds from that alone 😀 Just 9 pounds to my goal weight (what I weighed when I graduated high school 5 years ago) 🙂 I did resolve to work out more, too. Unfortunately I haven’t been doing that regularly since I’ve made such progress with my weight from eating better alone. But I know that while I lose weight, that doesn’t make me “in shape”, so I really need to start working out some more.