Sunday, March 7, 2010

Hold Onto Your Hats! Long List Ahead!

Thanks to Ashley Gill for inspiring me to create this massive list of "Books I Own But Have Not Read." I like to think most of these books were given to me by my sweet mother-in-law, but the truth is that I love to shop. I feel so happy when I find a book by a good author in the bargain bin at Barnes and Noble or at a yard sale for fifty cents. I have a huge appetite for reading, but unfortunately I cannot keep up with my self. So, here's the list. All 87 of them! In alphabetical order, for your browsing pleasure. Let me know if you need to borrow one or twenty. I won't be getting to read most of them for some time, but I am going to try!

TITLE AUTHOR, FIRST AUTHOR, LAST
THE RIVER WIFE JONIS AGEE
GARDEN SPELLS SARAH ADDISON ALLEN
APHRODITE ISABEL ALLENDE
ZORRO ISABEL ALLENDE
NORTHANGER ABBEY JANE AUSTEN
A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM DONNA BALL
THE LONG SHADOW OF LITTLE ROCK DAISY GATSON BATES
THE SCHOOL OF ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS ERICA BAUERMEISTER
REBECCA'S TALE SALLY BEAUMAN
HOME SAFE ELIZABETH BERG
YEAR OF WONDERS GERALDINE BROOKES
A SALTY PIECE OF LAND JIMMY BUFFETT
THE NIGHT OF THE GUN DAVID CARR
BREAD AND DREAMS JONATHAN CEELY
FALLING ANGELS TRACY CHEVALIER
THE LADY AND THE UNICORN TRACY CHEVALIER
LIVING HISTORY HILLARY CLINTON
PRAYERS FOR SALE SANDRA DALLAS
LIBRA DON DELILLO
CHEZ MOI AGNES DESARTHE
THE SECRETS OF THE FIRE KING KIM EDWARDS
FIVE SMOOTH STONES ANN FAIRBAIRN
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN FANNIE FLAGG
COLD MOUNTAIN CHARLES FRAZIER
THIRTEEN MOONS CHARLES FRAZIER
THE EARTH IS FLAT THOMAS FRIEDMAN
LORD OF THE FLIES WILLIAM GOLDING
FIREFLY LANE KRISTIN HANNAH
JUDE THE OBSCURE THOMAS HARDY
LIGHTNING BUG DONALD HARRINGTON
SOME OTHER PLACE, THE RIGHT PLACE DONALD HARRINGTON
WHEN ANGELS REST DONALD HARRINGTON
THE GREAT FIRE SHIRLEY HAZZARD
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST ROBERT HEINLEIN
SEABISCUIT LAURA HILTENBRAND
THE ICE QUEEN ALICE HOFFMAN
WHISTLING IN THE DARK LESLEY KAGEN
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE BARBARA KINGSOLVER
THE LACUNA BARBARA KINGSOLVER
ISAAC'S STORM ERIK LARSON
MAIN STREET SINCLAIR LEWIS
THE LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS RICHARD LOUV
WICKED GREGORY MAGUIRE
NECTAR IN A SIEVE KAMALA MARKANDAYA
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN CORMAC MCCARTHY
THE CROSSING CORMAC MCCARTHY
ATONEMENT IAN MCEWAN
SO HAPPY TOGETHER MARYANN MCFADDEN
ANYTHING FOR BILLY LARRY MCMURTRY
BY SORROW'S RIVER LARRY MCMURTRY
FOLLY AND GLORY' LARRY MCMURTRY
LEAVING CHEYENNE LARRY MCMURTRY
LOOP GROUP LARRY MCMURTRY
PRETTY BOY FLOYD LARRY MCMURTRY
SIN KILLER LARRY MCMURTRY
THE EVENING STAR LARRY MCMURTRY
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW LARRY MCMURTRY
THE WANDERING HILL LARRY MCMURTRY
MOBY DICK HERMAN MELVILLE
THE LAST CHINESE CHEF NOLE MONES
HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
BEAST JOYCE CAROL OATES
SOLSTICE JOYCE CAROL OATES
WILL YOU ALWAYS LVOE ME? JOYCE CAROL OATES
THE COMPLETE STORIES FLANNERY O'CONNOR
MY DREAM OF YOU NUALA O'FAOLAIN
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY ALAN PATON
HANDLE WITH CAR JODI PICOULT
LILA ROBERT M PIRSIG
SERENA RON RASH
THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH CHARLES READE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
FIREFLY CLOAK SHERI REYNOLDS
THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST CONRAD RICHTER
THE ALMOST MOON ALICE SEBOLD
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR
THE JUNGLE UPTON SINCLAIR
SWEET THURSDAY JOHN STEINBECK
THE GRAPES OF WRATH JOHN STEINBECK
TREASURE ISLAND ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
FLOOD SUMMER TRENTON LEE STEWART
TRAIL OF CRUMBS KIM SUNES
THE SILMARILLION JRR TOLKIEN
LOOK AT THE BIRDIE KURT VONNEGUT
THE FOREST LOVER SUSAN VREELAND
NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN YOUR HEART ALICE WALKER
CATCHING FIRE RICHARD WRANGHAM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You are crazy. But not as crazy as my roommate. Love, LG