September 2011 Wrap-Up

Books Read

• Everfree by Nick Sagan
• The Early Years by Leona H—–
• In Praise of the Stepmother by Mario Llosa Vargas
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and Nancy Butler (graphic novel)
• The Mysterious Flame of Queen Lloana by Umberto Eco
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Nancy Butler (graphic novel)
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

Books Acquired

*Those in green I got at my local library’s booksale, all for $20 (which included a couple of DVDs, too)–a great deal!!

• American Gods and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (both in one Barnes & Noble leatherbound)
• Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.–Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson (three guesses why I picked this one *cough*AudreyHepburn*cough*)
• the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman (all in one)
• The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (I have The Eyre Affair, but haven’t read it. Pretty sure I’ll like it and read the series)
• Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (sometimes I like the chick-lit)
• Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich (meant to read this last year)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (started it once, but didn’t really get into it; think I’ll try again)
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (had on TBR list for awhile)
• The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (yeah, a hyped up biography recently made into a movie, but I like to see what happened that didn’t make the movie)
• Jarhead by Anthony Swofford (see above comment–and I thought my husband might like this)
• The Messenger of Athens by Ann Zouroudi (honestly only bought this for its cover)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (this was very popular when I was in high school, about 6-7 years ago, and I never ended up reading it)
• The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (I like a nice story about art set a long time ago)
• Europe’s Last Summer–Who Started the Great War in 1914? by David Fromkin (I’m very interested in WWI, as a licensed social studies teacher)
• Out of Many: A History of the American People Volume I by Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom and Armitage (I studied from the Volume II from these editors while in university and really liked it)
• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen (I read a similar book, That’s Not in My American History Textbook, and really enjoyed it. Seeing if this has more to offer!) 

Books Acquired for Work (Daycare)/Future Children

• Leaves by David Ezra Stein
• Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes illustrated by Annie Kubler
• Little Quack’s Bedtime by Lauren Thompson

Books Added to TBR List

• My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke
• The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
• The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
• A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
• The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw by Bruce Barcott
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
• 1906 by James Dalessandro
• The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson
• Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Michelle’s review here)
• Robbing the Bees by Holley Bishop (Eva mentioned it in a Library Loot post here)
• The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam (Eva’s Library Loot post here)
• The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley (Willa’s review here)
• Vaclav and Lena (Michelle’s review here)
• Purge by Sofi Oksanen (Willa’s review here)
• Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (Willa didn’t review this in a great light, but I think it still sounds a bit interesting)