My 2013 Reading List

There are sooooo many books that I want to read – I don’t think there is enough time in the day to read them all by the end of the year – BUT I am going to try! Here is a list of 50 books I want to read this year. There are more but I need to be somewhat realistic here!

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1. 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – COMPLETED 5/8/13
      
   2. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
   3. The Holiday by Jane Green
   4. A Walk in the Park by Jane Green
   5. The Girls in 3B by Valerie Taylor
   6. Over You by Emma McLaughlin
   7. Audrey Hepburn Biography by Sara McEwen – COMPLETED 1/7/13
   8. Bared to You by Sylvia Day
   9. Swim by Jennifer Wiener
   10. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner – COMPLETED 1/27/13
   11. Paris Without End by Gioia Diliberto
   12. Paris in Love by Eloisa James
   13. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Fore – COULDN’T GET PAST 2ND CHAPTER 3/4/2013
   14. The Fallback Plan by Leign Stein
   15. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling – I COULDN’T GET INTO THIS ONE!
   16. Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
   17. Scruples by Judith Krantz
   18. Prep, a novel by Curtis Sittenfield
   19. The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan
   20. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
   21. Pearl of China by Anchee Min
   22. Alone by Lisa Gardner (I have a bunch of her books from my mom…too many to list LOL)
   23. Womenomics by Claire Shipman
   24. The Weighing of the Heart by Jane Thynne
   25. Extraordinary Theory of Objects by Stephanie LaCava
   26. The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman
   27. The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Phillipa Gregory
   28. Motherland by Amy Sohn
   29. A Place of Yes by Bethenny Frankel
   30. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
   31. The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty
   32. The Chaperone by Liane Moriarty – READING IT NOW!
   33. Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly
   34. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
   35. I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella – COMPLETED 5/29/13
   36. The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
   37. MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche
   38. Smut: Stories by Alan Bennett
   39. Girl Land by Caitlin Flanagan
   40. The Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar
   41. A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay
   42. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
   43. Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
   44. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
   45. The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
   46. Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
   47. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
   48. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
   49. Promises to Keep by Jane Green
   50. The Summer We Met Gatsby by Danielle Ganek…and one for good luck –
   51. Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner

ADDITIONAL BOOKS:

• Have No Shame – COMPLETED 5/30/13
• Swallowtail – COMPLETED
• Dog-Ma, the Zen of Slobber – COMPLETED

This list should keep me busy for quite a while!

As I complete each book, I will post my own little review in case you are interested in reading them as well.