Let's Take a Peek Inside ... My Bookshelf

Let's get real here for a minute: I love books. I love reading them, but I especially love collecting them. I even love the way they smell. Call me crazy all you want, but it's an obsession of mine. As my mother so eloquently puts it, I am a "book whore." Whenever I thrift, go on vacation, or get too close to a B&N, I go nuts and come home with as many books as I can afford/carry. But anyway...the point here is that my best friend issued me a challenge at the beginning of this year. She called it the "Fifty Book Challenge." If the title doesn't explain it for you, it is a challenge in which you read 50 books (almost one a week) in the year 2011.

I've slacked a little bit, considering it's the end of August, and I've only read 18 books (with a bunch in progress), but I'm confident I'll get through.

So, for your viewing pleasure, I present my complete (so far) list of all of the books I have completed/started this year.

1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (in progress)
3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
4. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
5. Jay’s Journal by Anonymous (in progress)
6. Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy
7. Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun
8. Marked by P.C. and Kristin Cast
9. Betrayed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
10. Chosen by P.C. and Kristin Cast
11. Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast
12. Hunted by P.C. and Kristin Cast
13. Tempted by P.C. and Kristin Cast
14. Burned by P.C. and Kristin Cast
15. Awakened by P.C. and Kristin Cast
16. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
17. Rhett Butler’s People (in progress)
18. The Warlock by Michael Scott
19. Everlost by Neil Shusterman
20. Everwild by Neil Shusterman
21. Cut by Patricia McCormick
22. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld (in progress)
23. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (in progress)

Do you like to read? Have you read any of these books before? What are some of your favorites? I'd love to hear some suggestions!


xo, Erin