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  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 8 months said ago:

    17 so far!

  • Avatar Image Wanda Lynne Young1 year, 8 months said ago:

    Wow, that’s awesome! You should list & rate them. HINT HINT ;-)

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 8 months said ago:

    Ha Ha Wanda. Here is the list that I completed so far. You’ll notice a good portion of YMBC books. I’ll rate and rank at the end of my personal challenge:

    1. The Sentimentalists
    2. Light Lifting
    3. Fly Away Home
    4. Room
    5. Gods Behaving Badly
    6. Evil Plans
    7. Sing You Home
    8. The Paris Wife
    9. The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
    10. Up Up Up
    11. Pigeon English
    12. Art of Racing in the Rain
    13. Bossy Pants
    14. Untold Story
    15. Carte Blanche
    16. Annabel
    17. Life
    18. Medium Raw
    19. Flash and Bones
    20. Olive Kitteridge
    21. Midwife of Venice

  • Avatar Image Cathy Morgan1 year, 8 months said ago:

    Great list! So many too read. Somehow real life gets in the way!

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 8 months said ago:

    Finished #18 – Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain (who I love). Well into #19 Flash and Bones courtesy of YMCBookalicious and the YMBC. May make my challenge in right under the wire.

  • Avatar Image Kara1 year, 7 months said ago:

    What was Medium Raw like? I enjoy No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain is quite a character.

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 7 months said ago:

    @Kara – I loved Medium Raw but I have a HUGE crush on Anthony Bourdain. I love that he is completely belligerent and has a total potty mouth but at the of the day is all in with his passion for food.

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 7 months said ago:

    The countdown is on and I’m in the home stretch. Finished #19 Flash and Bones (review pending #YMBC twitter book club chat next week). Have a huge stack on my nightstand to choose from now.

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 7 months said ago:

    # 20 is in the books (tee hee). Now on to Midwife of Venice. It’s a quick read – started a couple of days ago and 2/3 through. On to the final push. It will be great to actually achieve a resolution/challenge I set at the beginning of the year!

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 6 months said ago:

    On to book # 22. Didn’t know what to read so went back to an old stand by – Jane Austen. Have a bunch of Giller’s on the night stand too. Have to stop working so late at night and start reading more!

  • Avatar Image Wanda Lynne Young1 year, 6 months said ago:

    If I could clone myself my 2nd self would spend all day reading the books on my to-read list! ;-)

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 6 months said ago:

    @Wanda – I think I might need to clone myself to be able to get through the pile on my nightstand as we speak

    Persuasion – Arlene Dickinson (Thanks Heather!)
    The Shipping News – Annie Proulx
    Sarah’s Key, Tatiana de Rosnay
    House of Sand and Fog – Andre Dubus III
    The Book of Ruth – Jane Hamilton
    Left Neglected – Lisa Genova
    The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
    Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
    Content Rules – CC Chapman
    The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – David Wroblewski
    The Mother Tongue – Bill Bryson
    Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt
    The Antagonist – Lynn Coady
    Better Living Through Plastic Explosives – Zsuzsi Gartner
    Half-Blood Blues -Esi Edugyan (Yay! Giller winner)

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 6 months said ago:

    The other part of my 26 in 2011 challenge is to also get better about posting to my book blog. So, after two months, finally got around to my review of Medium Raw. http://roadwarriorlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/11/medium-raw.html

  • Avatar Image Nikki1 year, 5 months said ago:

    I’m stuck on book 22. Reading Sense and Sensibility and due to life, kids and an inability to stay awake beyond a couple of paragraphs it’s going to be a tight race to meet the goal. Plus I missed last YMBC book club and will miss the next one. :( Gah. Gotta get back on track