Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

Book #115 (Unique books)
Book #16 in 2010

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan

"Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods."

July 28th to August 1st - 5 days - 375 pages

Notes:
Ha. Definitely called the betrayer from the beginning.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Book #114 (Unique books)
Book #15 in 2010

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer

"Meet Oskar Schell, an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist. He is nine years old. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father, who died in the attack on the World Trade Center. An inspired creation, Oskar is alternately endearing, exasperating, and hilarious as he careens from Central Park to Coney Island to Harlem on his search. Along the way he is always dreaming up inventions to keep those he loves safe from harm. What about a birdseed shirt to let you fly away? What if you could actually hear everyone's heartbeat? His goal is hopeful, but the past speaks a loud warning in stories of those who've lost loved ones before. As Oskar roams New York, he encounters a motley assortment of characters who are all survivors in their own way."

July 24th to July 27th - 4 days - 326 pages

Notes:
♥ Oskar ♥

The Cosmic Puppets

Book #113 (Unique books)
Book #14 in 2010

The Cosmic Puppets
by Philip K. Dick

"Yielding to a compulsion he can’t explain, Ted Barton interrupts his vacation in order to visit the town of his birth, Millgate, Virginia. But upon entering the sleepy, isolated little hamlet, Ted is distraught to find that the place bears no resemblance to the one he left behind—and never did. He also discovers that in this Millgate Ted Barton died of scarlet fever when he was nine years old. Perhaps even more troubling is the fact that it is literally impossible to escape. Unable to leave, Ted struggles to find the reason for such disturbing incongruities, but before long, he finds himself in the midst of a struggle between good and evil that stretches far beyond the confines of the valley. "

July 19th to July 23rd - 5 days - 143 pages

The Wizard of Oz

Book #112 (Unique books)
Book #13 in 2010

The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum

"After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas."

July 11th to July 14th - 4 days - 199 pages

Jitterbug Perfume

Book #111 (Unique books)
Book #12 in 2010

Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins

"Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle is actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop of two left."

May 10th to June 19th - 41 days - 342 pages

Notes:
♥ ♥ ♥
I would've been finished much sooner, but the conference happened.

The Outsiders

Book #110 (Unique books)
Book #11 in 2010

The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton

"The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society."

May 1st to May 10th - 10 days - 156 pages

Surviving the Applewhites

Book #109 (Unique books)
Book #10 in 2010

Surviving the Applewhites
by Stephanie S. Tolan

"Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for unschooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had."

April 27th to April 30th - 4 days - 216 pages

To Kill a Mockingbird

Book #108 (Unique books)
Book #9 in 2010

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

"Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 6-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up."

April 21st to April 26th - 6 days - 323 pages

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

The Tomato Soup Chronicles (Re-read)

Book #8 in 2010

The Tomato Soup Chronicles
by Zephyr Goza

"The story of Raymond C. Hayes, a man who accidentally orders his own assassination, is a sarcastic and scathing dark comedy by 18 year old author Zephyr Goza. Written out of order, the tale follows the increasingly unfortunate Ray in his transition from an office number cruncher at a job he hates to being the target of a mysterious and poorly operated hit organization known only as Adventures, Inc."

April 12th to April 20th - 9 days - 195 pages

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

Notes:
♥ ♥ ♥

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Book #107 (Unique books)
Book #7 in 2010

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J.K. Rowling

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales."

February 21st to March 11th - 19 days - 111 pages


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