Books I Read in 2010

I ended up reading 24 entire books in 2010.  That's two a month!  I didn't realize that I was reading that much.  Some of them went pretty fast, so I think some months I read more than two.  My least favorite of the books I read in 2010 was The Zookeeper's Wife.  I pretty much disliked the entire thing.  I kept thinking it was going to get more interesting, but it never got interesting.  There were some good parts, but on the whole I thought it was a waste of my time.  "The Help" was my favorite single book that I read this year and I loved the "Hunger Games" series.  All of my boys read that series also and they all loved it as well.  I had quite a few re-reads this year.  I read the last Harry Potter book in anticipation of the new movie coming out, but I haven't gone to see the movie yet.  I reread "A Sweetness To The Soul" and "Love to Water My Soul" again because I love both of them.  I also re-read the "These is My Words" trilogy.  I just love pioneer stories.  I also re-read "Good Night Mr. Tom" because it was my bookclub pick for this year and "The Christmas Sweater" was the December pick last year for my old book club, but I joined the book club in my own ward this year and it was the December pick for the new book club this year, so I read it again.  All of the other books were good reads and offered an assortment of subjects.  I've already read my first book for 2011 and I'm getting ready to dive into "The Undaunted" which is over 800 pages, so it might take me a while.  I'll have to read it inbetween the regular book club reads.

I love Sean!

So, you will all probably get sick of me this month. November 7th is national Digital Scrapbooking Day and the store where Heidi andI sell our scrapbook kits is having a challenge a day. So I'm going to try to participate in all of them and hopefully get the rest of my pictures for this year scrapped before we begin a new year. So I will probably be here with at least one new layout every day.

Yesterday's challenge was to scrap about a family member picking one thing about them that makes you smile. I chose my wonderful husband who has a quick wit and a funny sense of humor that I also see our boys picking up on.

I also love him because he took me to the temple last night for our ward temple night. I think we had over 60 people there. It was like sitting in heaven with all those people I know from my ward. Thanks Sean!

If you are reading this and you are in book club with me, don't be offended if I put your book in the "Didn't like" category. I guess I shouldn't have watched the movie of the Count of Monte Cristo before I read the book. I love the movie and the book was just way too long (and I even read the abridged version) and he wasn't as much of a good guy in my eyes reading about him in the book as he was on the movie and mostly because he didn't even get the girl at the end of the book. How dumb is that!? I'm glad I read it, I was just disappointed because I, for once, liked the movie better. The Friday Night Knitting Club was a little heavy on the foul language. The end was pretty good even though it was sad, but overall, the bad language made me not like it. I will not recommend it to anyone and I will not keep the book.

The So-So books were okay, glad I read them, but will probably not read them again. On the bright side, there were lots of books in the Liked category so great job overall this year ladies on picking books. The Remembering Isaac book was not a bookclub book, it was a book written by Sean's sisters husbands sisters husband. Did that make sense? It was a good book and now I have to wait for the sequel. I hope he gets it out soon.

Read a Good Book Lately????

Well, Bookclub is at my house tonight. I still don't have a clue what I am making for treats so I'd better hurry and get this done so I can figure it out. My book pick for this month was Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. It was a fast and easy read and it was a pretty good book. Travis just read it in his English class so it was fun to discuss with him because he and I don't really read a lot of the same books. I am a firm believer that if you are a good reader, you will be more successful in all of your subjects at school. So, I make my kids read a lot, especially during the summer.

We have had our bookclub going since September of 2004 and I started thinking about all of the books I had read since then. I loved to read in high school and college, and then dwindled off when I got married, so I was excited when this bookclub started because it gave me a chance to read some good books and I am hooked on reading again. I love curling up with a good book.

Anyway, with quite a few emails back and forth with Tracie M, our master list keeper and email reminder, we were able to reconstruct the list of books we have read since then. I also made a list of the books I have read on my own and with Tyrel (he and I read a lot together). It is quite an impressive list if I don't say so myself. So, here goes....
Bookclub Books
Books I Read with Tyrel

Books I Read on my own