Jennifer Brown

I had one New Year's Resolution this year: to read 100 books in 2010. I know, there are a LOT of readers out there who would scoff at this puny goal, but for me, it feels a bit ambitious, so I'm good with it. I'm not joining any group or club. I'm not giving it a theme. I'm simply reading 100 books, of all shapes and genres, whatever lands in my hands during the year 2010. And I'm happy about it!

Someone suggested I should keep a running list of the books that I read, and I think that's a smashing idea, so I decided to dedicate a whole page of my website to the project. So here goes... my list of books read in 2010:

January:

1) LAST WORDS by George Carlin and Tony Hendra (adult non-fiction)

2) PRADA & PREJUDICE by Mandy Hubbard  (YA novel)

3) STUPID CUPID by Rhonda Stapleton (YA novel)

4) THE TOTAL TRAGEDY OF A GIRL NAMED HAMLET by Erin Dionne (YA novel)

5) UNDER THE DOME by Stephen King (adult novel)

6) FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN by Janet Evanovich (adult novel)

7) THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by Matthew Quick (adult novel)

February:

8) CRAZY LOVE by Leslie Morgan Steiner (adult nonfiction -- memoir)

9) THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan (YA novel)

10) THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick (YA graphic novel)

11) HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY by Audrey Niffenegger (adult novel)

12) PRETTY LITTLE LIARS by Sara Shepard (YA novel)

13) THE SEA OF MONSTERS by Rick Riordan (YA novel)

14) BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (YA novel)

March:

15) FLAWLESS by Sara Shepard (YA series novel)

16) A MILLION MILES IN A THOUSAND YEARS by Donald Miller (adult nonfiction)

17) PERFECT by Sara Shepard (YA series novel)

18) UNBELIEVABLE by Sara Shepard (YA series novel)

19) THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by Carrie Ryan (YA novel)

20) SHADOWED SUMMER by Saundra Mitchell (YA novel)

21) GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray (YA novel)

April:

22) THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY by Marian Keyes (Adult Women's Fiction novel)

23) FLASH BURNOUT by L.K. Madigan (YA novel)

24) SUCH A PRETTY FAT by Jen Lancaster (adult humor memoir)

25) DARK SONG by Gail Giles (YA novel)

26) ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA by Chelsea Handler (adult humor memoir)

27) ONCE WAS LOST by Sara Zarr (YA novel)

May:

28) THE MOONFLOWER VINE by Jetta Carleton (adult novel)

29) THE ESPRESSOLOGIST by Kristina Springer (YA novel)

30) METAMORPHOSIS: JUNIOR YEAR by Betsy Franco (YA novel)

31) COURAGE IN PATIENCE: A Story of Hope for Those Who Have Endured Abuse by Beth Fehlbaum (YA novel)

32) THE SKY ALWAYS HEARS ME And the Hills Don't Mind by Kristin Cronn-Mills (YA novel)

33) THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN by Josh Berk (YA novel)

34) DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS by C.J. Omololu (YA novel)

35) CRASH INTO ME by Albert Borris (YA novel)

36) MY INVENTED LIFE by Lauren Bjorkman (YA novel)

37) AS YOU WISH by Jackson Pearce (YA novel)

June:

38) THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett (adult novel)

39) LIFE AS WE KNEW IT  by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA novel)

40) THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins (YA novel)

41) WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON by Grace Lin (YA novel)

42) ESCAPING THE TIGER by Laura Manivong (YA novel)

43) OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper (YA novel)

44) I KILLED: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics compiled by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff (adult nonfiction)

45) FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN'T HAVE by Allen Zadoff (YA novel)

46) THE LAST CHANCE TEXACO by Brent Hartinger (YA novel)

47) MAMBA POINT by Kurtis Scaletta (YA novel)

July:

48) FANCY WHITE TRASH by Marjetta Geerling (YA novel)

49) WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan (YA novel)

50) HOPE IN PATIENCE by Beth Fehlbaum (YA novel)

51) EVERY LAST ONE by Anna Quindlen (adult novel)

52) IRONMAN by Chris Crutcher (YA novel)

53) THE DEAD AND THE GONE by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA novel)

54) EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert (memoir)

55) FUTURE IMPERFECT by K. Ryer Breese (YA novel)