Thursday, December 31, 2009

Remarkable Names of Real People or, How to Name Your Baby

Book #102 (Unique books)
Book #50 in 2009 (!)

Remarkable Names of Real People or, How to Name Your Baby
by John Train
"Train's first Hilarious laugh out loud collection of authentic names ever inflicted on real people with charming b&w drawings by Pierre Le-Tan."

December 31st - 1 day - 64 pages

111 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Tricks

Book #101 (Unique books)
Book #49 in 2009
Tricks
by Ellen Hopkins
"Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love."

December 27th to December 30th - 4 days - 627 pages

110 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Nightlight

Book #100 (Unique books)
Book #48 in 2009
Nightlight
by The Harvard Lampoon
"About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me. "

December 25th to December 27th - 3 days - 154 pages

109 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Book #99 (Unique books)
Book #47 in 2009

Life, the Universe, and Everything
by Douglas Adams
"The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads--so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.
They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vicepresident of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the Universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox."

December 21st to December 23rd - 3 days - 159 pages

108 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Monday, December 21, 2009

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Book #98 (Unique books)
Book #46 in 2009

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

December 16th to December 21st - 6 days - 165 pages

107 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Re-read)

Book #45 in 2009

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
"Don't leave Earth without this hilarious international bestseller about the end of the world and the happy-go-lucky days that follow...about the worst Thursday that ever happened and why the Universe is a lot safer if you bring a towel."

December 14th to December 16th - 2 1/2 days - 143 pages

106 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

Book #97 (Unique books)
Book #44 in 2009

Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
by Lemony Snicket
"Life is a turbulent journey, fraught with confusion, heartbreak, and inconvenience. Unfortunately, this book will not help. Instead, this book of wit and wisdom offers a selection of alarming but inescapable truths from the work of Lemony Snicket, along with selections from his unpublished papers and remarks he has made at dinner parties and anarchist riots."

December 11th - 1 day - 168 pages

105 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Glass

Book #96 (Unique books)
Book #43 in 2009

Glass
by Ellen Hopkins
"Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized."

December 7th to December 10th - 4 days - 681 pages

104 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Monday, December 7, 2009

John Dies at the End

Book #95 (Unique books)
Book #42 in 2009

John Dies at the End
by David Wong a.k.a. Jason Pargin
"This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, 'None of this is my fault.'"

December 4th to December 7th - 3 1/2 days

103 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Notes:
♥ ♥ ♥
HOLY OH MY GOODNESS I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.

Stayed up into all hours of the night reading. 4:00 AM the first night, 4:30 AM the second night, 5:30 AM the third night (but then was way overly tired and had to go to sleep with about 16 pages left). I am very proud of this staying-up-all-night-to-read business.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Dead Until Dark

Book #94 (Unique books)
Book #41 in 2009

Dead Until Dark
by Charlaine Harris
"Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next."

November 22nd to December 2nd - 11 days - 292 pages

102 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

My Secret: a PostSecret book (Re-read)

My Secret: a PostSecret book
compiled by Frank WarrenPostSecret.

November

PostSecret: Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives (Re-read)

PostSecret: Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives
compiled by Frank Warren
PostSecret.

November - 276 pages