Before I got my e-reader (I went with the nook, since I got it as swag at a conference), I read the following in print:
1. My Life in France by Julia Child (which I posted about earlier)
2. The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton. This was her last novel, and she did not finish it before she died. Here, Marion Mainwaring completed it. Surprisingly, it was the first quarter that was tedious, not the last. One of my favorite quotes, somewhat ironically, came from the first part (p 160, Penguin Books)
Hector Robinson looked curiously at this girl, who might have been pretty in less goddess-like company, and who spoke with such precocious wisdom on subjects delicate to touch. "By Jove, she's make a good wife for an ambitious man," he thought. He did not mean himself....
3. Vector by Robin Cook. I was at my parents', and I was desperate. Don't judge.
(but you CAN, however, feel free to judge the various chick lit offerings I pick up for plane flights....more below)
4. everyone worth knowing by Lauren Weisberger. Chick lit... very light chick lit. (same author as the devil wears prada, so it was actually written fairly well)
5. Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner. Takes about three different women's birth stories and the paths they take after they have the little rugrats. (And contrary to the opinion of my family, NO, my ovaries did not twitch upon reading about all the babies. Bleah.) I would recommend this, although it is chick lit.
6. The Mark of the Angel by Nancy Huston. She wrote it in French and then translated it herself into English. It is set in Paris in the 50s, and everyone is still reeling from the war. A Parisian, a German, and a Hungarian are all....involved. (from pg 38, Vintage International)
Whether he was acting impulsively or not, whether she had ulterior motives or not, the threads of their destinies are now irrevocably intertwined-- since, though neither knows it yet, the young German woman and her French husband are expecting a child. A new human being, the genetic mix of these two highly disparate individuals, is already underway....
7. a sort of homecoming by Robert Cremins. This is an Irish coming-of-age story. The main character was appallingly arrogant, and I almost didn't complete it. But I did.
8. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume. NOT for kids. Another coming-of-age story.
So in 2011, to date I have read eight books in print. And on the nook? Several more, so far. I'll save those for another post.
How are your resolutions going? Any good book suggestions?
