Sunday, February 17, 2008

My reading goal

I made a goal to read 20 books this year. I have read six complete books so far, and started three, I couldnt complete. The ones I didn't finish were The Lovely Bones, Middle Sex and Baghdad without a Map. The Lovely Bones was a strange book, a bit too morbid for my taste. Middle Sex was just strange, and not at all interesting to me. Baghdad Without a Map, was interesting, but it was more of a travel journal than a story, and didnt hold my interest.
The last two books I read were The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. These are two amazing books. I came away from reading them feeling eternally greatfulf ro the smallest of things I take for granted everyday. I enjoyed them both in different ways. I felt I could relate more the A Thousand Splendid Suns, as it is more about women, but The Kite Runner had such a great story and lesson.
So, after reading those two books and watching A Mighty Heart (teh story of Daniel and Marianne Pearl) in the past two weeks. I need something to read that is light hearted and funny. I picked up The Men I Didn't Marry at the library yesterday. Hopefully it will make me laugh!
Any suggestions for my next read?

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies