holy end-of-december, batman!
here's what i read this month. 6 books? um, i kind of went crazy. don't get too excited, though - 3 are definitely young adult books...
lord of the flies, by william golding (a re-read, but the first time i read it i was, you know, in high school or something and i read it because i was required to. super creepy to read as an adult, when i wasn't stumbling over big words or being asked to analyze themes. i'm glad i re-read it - definitely an interesting book.)
a christmas carol, by charles dickens (the first book i read on my new kindle! i've read this book before - i actually own it (it lives in north carolina) and i read it about every other year at christmas time. if you haven't read the book, you should - it's even more wonderful than any movie you've seen based on the book. and i read it for free - books that are out of copyright are free on the kindle. victory!)
the tipping point, by malcolm gladwell (another good malcolm gladwell book! i like books that teach me fun facts that i can then spout out and my friends can call me nerds behind my back (or to my face). my fun facts this time will include things like that fact that telephone numbers have 7 digits because that's the maximum amount humans can easily memorize. and that paul revere did such a good job on his midnight ride because he had so many connections in all the towns he visited that people opened their doors to him in the middle of the night. the paul reveres of the world today don't seem as glamorous because they're using twitter and facebook and the TELEPHONE...)
if everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns), by mindy kaling (mindy kaling plays kelly kapoor on the office, but more importantly she's also a writer on the show and wrote some of the awesome-est episodes there are. this book is really good - a memoir of growing up and getting into writing and acting. she is hilarious and said a lot of things that are just so TRUE. i read it in three days because it's that kind of book. (she actually says at one point that if you're reading this book for more than a weekend there is something wrong with you.) i learned from this book that mindy kaling loves paul simon and joni mitchell. we're basically best friends forever.)
the secret garden, by frances hodgson burnett (another re-read; another free kindle book. a little slow at times, and honestly not as good as i remembered it. and the characters are a little childish. i mean, they ARE children, but i still can't excuse it. oh well - you win some, you lose some.)
slaughterhouse-five, by kurt vonnegut (i had been wanting to read a vonnegut book for a long time and had never gotten around to it. then a conversation with aaron at trivia one night was the urging i needed to download it to my kindle. i really liked this book. a very easy ready and i stayed awake reading longer than just a couple pages a night. i loved the narrator's voice - vonnegut's voice, i guess. thanks, aaron, for the recommendation!)
and with that my 2011 reading challenge comes to a close...stay tuned for a wrap up of 2011 and a preview of 2012!
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