Books(!)

What have I been reading?  Funny you should ask …

Up for 2012

In all honesty, I’m horrible at sticking to a reading list–I’m too easily distracted by clever covers and fanciful end papers to stay on task. That said, here are a few books that I plan to read at some point this year . . . if other titles don’t catch my eye!

The Handmaid’s Tale | Margaret Atwood

Family Roundabout | Richmal Crompton

Modesty Blaise | Peter O’Donnell

The Tapestry Shop | Joyce Elson Moore

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks| Rebecca Skloot

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Vernon

The Club Dumas | Arturo Perez-Reverte

A Spinner in the Sun | Myrtle Reed

Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes

Autobiography of Mark Twain | Mark Twain

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader | Anne Fadiman

The Chronicles of Narnia | C.S. Lewis

Swedish Folk Tales {illustrated by John Bauer} | Miscellaneous


Library of Unread Books

Jules of Pancakes and French Fries has committed to reading all the unread books in her home before purchasing another.  I have not the control.  Instead, I’ll post them here … and hope for the best …

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid | Lilian Bell

Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte

Arabian Nights | Richard Francis Burton (translator)

Tales from Chaucer: Selected Tales told for young People | Charles Cowden Clarke

Old Curiosity Shop and Hard Times | Charles Dickens

The Line of Love | James Branch Gabell

Monsignor Quixote | Graham Greene

Complete Fairy Tales | Brothers Grimm

Legends of the Middle Ages | H.A. Guerber

Why Sinatra Matters | Pete Hamill

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography | Washington Irving

The Prince and other writings | Niccolò Machiavelli

Joseph the Provider | Thomas Mann

The Antiquary | Sir Walter Scott

Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott

Waverly Novels: Bride of Lammermore and Legend of Montrose | Sir Walter Scott

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun | J.R.R. Tolkien

Walk in the Light While There is  Light | Leo Tolstoy

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Lew Wallace

The Outline of Man’s Work and Wealth | H.G. Wells

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

Medieval Wisdom Series: Alchemy, Chivalry, and Mysticism | Chronicle Books

 

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