books i read in 2011
need some book ideas? here is what i read this year, and how many stars (out of five) i gave each book:
- let the great world spin by column mcann (4 stars)
- cleopatra by stacy schiff (5 stars)
- an object of beauty by steve martin (4 stars)
- water for elephants by sara gruen (3 stars)
- unbearable lightness by portia de rossi (4 stars)
- swamplandia! by karen russell (4 stars)
- bossy pants by tina fey (5 stars)
- the tiger’s wife by tea obreht (3 stars)
- two kisses for maddy by matt logelin (3 stars)
- the glass castle by jeanette walls (5 stars)
- a visit from the goon squad by jennifer egan (5 stars)
- one day by david nicholls (2 stars)
- the hunger games series by suzanne collins (3.5 stars)
- one fifth by candace bushnell (2 stars)
- the privileges by jonathan dee (4 stars)
- room by emma donoghue (3 stars)
- under the banner of heaven by jon krakauer (5 stars)
- american wife by curtis sittenfeld (3 stars)
- never let me go by kazou ishiguro (4 stars)
- freedom by jonathan franzen (4 stars)
- girls in white dresses by jennifer close (3 stars)
- the adults by alison espach (3 stars)
- the marriage plot by jeffrey eugenides (4 stars)
- extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathan safran-foer (5 stars)
- holidays on ice by david sedaris (2 stars)
- is everyone hanging out without me? by mindy kaling (3 stars)
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super helpful, thank you ma’am!
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babytakesmanhattan said:
Great list! Thanks for sharing!
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this is so great! can everyone do this, please?
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graceinsmallthings said:
Thanks! Just copied down all your four and five stars….though I’ve been at 54% in Swamplandia since summer and just cannot bring myself to read the rest! It was a bit slow, no?
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