4. The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Very cute book! I love fairy tales so I really enjoyed reading wizard fairy tales! My favourite story had to be either "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot" or "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump"! I also thought having little footnotes by J.K. Rowling and including Dumbledore's thoughts on each tale was very clever. J.K. Rowling is truly The Master of her created universe!

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Books I'm reading:
1. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Gregory Maguire)

Books I've read:
1. A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
2. My Friend Leonard (James Frey)
3. A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
4. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (J.K. Rowling)

Books to read:
1. Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
2. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
3. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
4. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott. Fitzgerald)

2009 Book Challenge

Yeah, I can never keep up with these things!

It's 2009, bitches!! I definitely read 40+ books last year (omfg Twilight). So proud of myself!! Yay for reading!! :)

My goal for this year is 50 books and this time I will keep track! I probably won't write reviews, maybe some brief thoughts but I'll definitely keep a list.

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Books I'm reading:
1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (J.K. Rowling)

Books I've read:
1. A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
2. My Friend Leonard (James Frey)
3. A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)

Books to read:
1. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Gregory Maguire)
2. Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)

14. The Time Traveler's Wife

I really enjoyed this book! For some reason it took me a very long time to finish, perhaps because I was reading it only when I was on the bus/subway--all the more to savour it then! It was such a beautiful story with such an intruiging and interesting plotline. The characters were charming, loveable and heart-wrenching at times. I definitely shed quite a few tears from the sheer beauty, elegance and heart of this book. It's an incredible love story with a twist. Highly, highly recommended.

The movie is coming out in December with Rachel McAdams and I can't wait!

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Books I'm reading:
1. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
11. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)
12. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
13. The Journal of Mortifying Moments (Robyn Harding)
14. The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)

13. The Journal of Mortifying Moments

Absolutely hilarious! It was a lot of fun to read "The Journal of Mortifying Moments" by Robyn Harding. We all have our really embarrassing moments and I'm sure I could write a whole novel about mine! This novel also had an interesting storyline and you just couldn't help but identify with the main character of Kerry, lost and a little pathetic but insightful and loyal to her friends. To sound cliché, I think there's a little "Kerry" in all of us.

(oh, barf)

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Books I'm reading:
1. The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
11. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)
12. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
13. The Journal of Mortifying Moments (Robyn Harding)

12. Remember Me?

I am getting back into the groove of things! I wasn't really able to read during the month of March due to the production I was a part of, but now that the school year is coming to an end, I'll have all the time in the world to indulge in books, books and more books! I am SO excited!!

I finished "Remember Me?" by Sophie Kinsella (one of my favourite authors--Shopoholic series) in two days! It's a pretty thick book but like all Kinsella books, I couldn't put it down! It was so good!! If you like a really entertaining, funny and witty chick flick, I highly recommend this one.

I am definitely not going to reach my 100 book goal this year, but that's okay. I just want to read as many books as possible! Especially during the summer!

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Books I'm reading:
1. The Journal of Mortifying Moments (Robyn Harding)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
11. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)
12. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)

11. Hey Nostradamus!

I'm not usually a fan of multiple stories in one book, but this was an exception. The book is divided into four parts, each story feeding off the previous story in a chain reacting fashion. The stories are vivid and haunting but engaging and thought-provoking all the same. The author manages to capture the raw emotion of each character as they come face-to-face with their reality, while bringing issues of religion and faith to the surface.

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Books I'm reading:
1. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
11. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)

10. Eleanor Rigby

Who is Liz Dunn? Pathetic, lonely, pitiful, depressed and miserable. Heart-wrenching, beautiful, witty and a mother. This was my first taste of a Douglas Coupland novel and he has completely and utterly captured my heart. I absolutely enjoyed this book and his honest style of writing. His characters were so real and insightful, especially Liz and Jeremy, and the interactions between the characters were especially enjoyable to read. The plot was interesting and engaging, laced with so much humour and honesty.

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

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Books I'm reading:
1. Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)
2. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)