Bookworm: August 2014

To quote Dr. Seuss, "Be awesome! Be a book nut!"

Two long car trips and a few blissful weekends up north left me a LOT of time to indulge my inner bibliophile. August was a busy book month!

Loved: 

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote (#2 of 25 books in item 70 of my 101 in 1001 list!)

Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty

Reconstructing Amelia, Kimberly McCreight

Enjoyed: 

The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy (#1 of 25 books in item 70 of my 101 in 1001 list!)

The Hypnotist's Love Story, Liane Moriarty

Keep Quiet, Lisa Scottoline

Tolerated: 

 Wild, Cheryl Strayed

And the re-reads for the month: 

The Romantics, Galt Niederhoffer

Bookworm: July 2014

To quote Lucy Maud Montgomery, in Anne of Green Gables, “Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.” (It's relevant, I promise.)

This month was slow on the new reads because I was completely overcome with the need to revisit a few old friends...

Loved: 

Longbourn, Jo Baker

This is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Tropper

Enjoyed: 

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Tolerated: 

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And this month's re-reads: 

One Fifth Avenue, Candace Bushnell

Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of the Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Windy Poplars, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne's House of Dreams, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of Ingleside, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rilla of Ingleside, Lucy Maud Montgomery

...yep, it was a month in which I just plain NEEDED a little Gilbert Blythe in my life. 

Bookworm: June 2014

To quote an old friend: "You'll read anything that's printed. It's kind of like being a slut, but you read books instead of going down on guys wantonly."

Reading books in the summer is one of the reasons I live for June. Here's the rundown for the last month: 

Loved: 

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., Adelle Waldmann

Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn

Enjoyed: 

The Hundred-Foot Journey, Richard Morais

Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie

I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends, Courtney Robertson

Tolerated: 

 And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini

The Smart One, Jennifer Close

And the beloved re-reads for good measure: 

Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos

Kate: The Future Queen, Katie Nicholl

The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Bookworm: May 2014

To quote Kate Spade, "She is a voracious reader..."

No better way to spend a post-work afternoon and evening than reading outside on my parents' deck in the sunshine, let alone to kill time on the 11-hours-each-way car trip to Ohio that I took!

Loved: 

The Divergent trilogy, Veronica Roth

What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty

The Husband's Secret, Liane Moriarty

Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos

Enjoyed: 

Then Came You, Jennifer Weiner

House of Cards, Michael Dobbs

Tolerated:

The Shadow Queen, Rebecca Dean

Astonish Me, Maggie Shipstead

...and a few well-loved re-reads for good measure: 

Rose in Bloom, Louisa May Alcott

Bergdorf Blondes, Plum Sykes

The Debutante Divorcée, Plum Sykes

Can You Keep a Secret?, Sophie Kinsella

The Help, Kathryn Stockett