Books

Ever since I can remember, it has always been a goal of mine to have my own “library” some day. In other words, a room with enough bookshelves to house the plenitude of reading material I have collected over the years. Even though that dream has yet to become a reality, it hasn’t stopped me from buying (and piling up!) new books to read. I’ve decided that it’s time to share the wealth, and have created this page as a reference for all of my readers. Here you’ll find reviews of all the books I read and share on the blog.

In addition, I invite you to join my Food Blogger Book Club for more ideas on great reads!

June 30, 2009: Go Dairy Free

September 2, 2011: Divergent by Veronica Roth

September 28, 2011: Atonement by Ian McEwan

November 17, 2011: The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

January 2, 2012: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

February 22, 2012: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

March 20, 2012: The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

April 3, 2012: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

May 1, 2012: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

May 7, 2012: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

May 24, 2012: Sister by Rosamund Lupton

June 29, 2012: These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf

July 19, 2012: One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

July 22, 2012: One Day by David Nicholls

August 15, 2012: Where We Belong by Emily Giffin

October 9, 2012: Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund

November 1, 2012: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay

January 11, 2013: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

January 28, 2013: Unwind by Neal Shusterman

February 7, 2013: Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio

March 11, 2013: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

I’d love for you to join me in reading any of the below!

To Read in Twenty Thirteen

• The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman (book club)
• The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
• The Paris Wife by Paula McClain
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
• Splintered by A.G. Howard
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball
• The Selection by Kiera Cass
• The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
• Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle (currently reading)
• 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam (currently reading)
• UnWholly by Neal Shusterman
• The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
• An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
• The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
• Wish by Melina Gerosa Bellows
• Skinny by Diana Spechler
• Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
• The Gunslinger by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
• The Drawing of Three by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
• The Waste Lands by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
• Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (Dark Tower Series)
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
• A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
• A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
• A Feast of Crows by George R.R. Martin
• A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Read in Twenty Twelve

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
• Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 
• Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
  
• The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Re-read Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Re-read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Re-read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• Re-read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Gone with the Wind
• Insurgent by Veronica Roth 
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
• Sister by Rosamund Lupton
• Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
• Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
• The Dark River by John Twelve Hawkes
• The Golden City by John Twelve Hawkes
• These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
• One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus 
• One Day by David Nicholls
• Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
• The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
• Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
• The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  
• Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio