Books Part Two

Here's the books I've been reading since August of last year.

Star Rating System:
*Didn't like it
**It was ok
***Liked it
****Really liked it
*****It was amazing

August (of course, the month I DID NOT have school):

I am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson ***
If I stay by Gayle Forman **
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel ***
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo *****
When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home by Erma Bombeck ****
Cut by Patricia McCormick **
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert ***
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell *****
This world we live in by Susan Beth Pfeffer ***
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning *
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby ***
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi ****

September: (still read a lot this month too):

Children of god by Mary Doria Russell *****
Dance with Them: 30 Stumbling Mothers Share Glimpses of Grace by Kathryn Lynard Soper *****
Dear Mom: Everything Your Teenage Daughter Wants You to Know But Will Never Tell You by Melody Carson ****
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ***
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender **
Etre the Cow by Sean Kenniff ****
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Friedman ****
The Sunday Philosophy club by Alexander McCall Smith **
On being NonProfit by Peter Frumkin **

October:

Freshman Orientation by Edward Sidlow ***
Managing the Nonprofit Organization by Peter Drucker ****
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin ***
Expect Nothing by Clarice Bryan **
Day After Night by Anita Diamant ****
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel *****
Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith by Anita Diamant *****
Food Rules: An Eaters Manual by Michael Pollan *****

November: (it's getting to be less, but ONLY good books):

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano ****
The Year of Living biblically by AJ Jacobs *****

December:

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri ****

Started, but not finished yet:

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, and The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally by Patti Digh (At this rate I might be done with this one in 37 years, lol)


Coming up next, the post where I tell you WHY this year 2011 I am sure to only read 1/2 of what I've been reading in the past. 63 books read last year, so maybe my goal for the new year will be to do at least 30?