50 books.....in general

i failed my 50 book challenge so hard. SOhard. buttt i'm still reading and i'm just going to read 50 books and then keep reading. especially because right now i've been on a reading binge. i take my lunch to work so i don't have to leave (and also drive in the nasty snow with all other idiot drivers. you can really tell i love other drivers. they're my favorite.) and then i sit at my desk, all by my introverted lonesome, and read. and i read before bed and i read in my spare time and i read on friday nights when evan is at work and i pretty much do nothing but read.


24. Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun.

this was a super easy read and also super depressing. two things i laaaoooveeee. kidding. it was good. and sad.

25. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns...) by Mindy Kaling.

 i'd expect everyone to know who mindy kaling is. and if you don't then look at the picture. and if you still don't then go in a corner and bang your head against the wall because your life is incomplete. without the office. and mindy. also, buy this book and don't speak to me until you've read it. i was laughing out loud. OUT LOUD, people. how many times do you laugh OUT LOUD while reading a book? uh, never. that's something that happens during TV, or reading my blog (which isn't a book.....YET. don't worry though. maybe someday. to which people will write blogs about, saying, "FREAKING READ THIS BOOK, YOU IDIOTS!") or IRL. not during book reading. but no. laughed my ass off. out loud. i am pretty sure that we are supposed to be best friends. i'm sure a lot of people say that after reading her book, but i'm serious, you guys. we are the same person. or at least we have the same likes. OK WE ARE BOTH GIRLS AND THAT IS ENOUGH IN COMMON TO BE BEST FRIENDS.

but seriously, read this book. and then watch the office. then come back here and say "thank you."

26. This is Where I Leave You by Johnathon Tropper.

 i decided to read this book because i saw one of my IG friends reading it and i liked the cover. i kind of can't read a book if i don't like the cover. but my beloved kindle has free sampling and i sampled and loved. i don't even think i read the whole sample before it was delivered to my kindle, in full. i loved it. this man is SUCH a good writer. and it was completely not what i was expecting, and like a man would there are some not so cleanish parts........and whatever. it's a book by a man. i don't know what more you want.

27. How to Talk to a Widower by Johnathon Tropper

oh, you're very smart. you see that i bought TWO books by this author because i liked him so much. well. in reading this second book by said author, i realized that he may recycle his story lines and characters and metaphors. he used the EXACT same metaphor in both books. EXACT same. something about a feeling percolating under the surface. and i was all, yeahyeah that's good! and then again, this book. exact same phrase. i mean, come on. this is like jodi picoult all over again. but a man. i did not buy that "this is where i leave you" book twice. that would be dumb of me. i was expecting a different story, with different characters and different words. kind of disappointing. it was still good, but i won't check out anymore of his stuff. i've already read it all.....



28. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey

probably a lot of people will not like this book at all. but james frey basically gives a big ole middle finger to the world and writes what he wants. this wasn't my favorite book by him, and the ending was rushed, but i love his writing style. although, i will admit, i prefer reading his stories in book form. and not on my kindle. and only because the kindle doesn't format his books the same way he does. which is part of why i like his writing. and probably the one and only time you'll ever hear me say, "pass me that book." ew. just kidding. books are.....neat. BUTIHAVEAKINDLE.


and i'm currently reading:

Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder

this book is so sad and so beautiful. i can only handle so much at one time. it's about a refugee from africa in the 90's when all that tutsi and hutu genocide was happening in rwanda. now i need to go there and see this history. it's SO sad. and the other day, on CNN this was a huge story about how rwanda is trying to get people to come see their gorillas and put money in their economy and it's become peaceful and um, i'm pretty sure that was my sign that i need to go there.

Up from the Blue by Susan Henderson

ummmm this book? amazing. she wrote a million ideas on post-it notes (SUZY!) and then made a story. i will probably finish it within 24 hours because you have to forcibly pry it from my hands when you want me to stop.

How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu.

did you know that i kind of have a thing for africa? this book is also amazing. what's equally amazing is that i found this discarded, on a shelf at borders, literally the day before they closed. sorry for everyone that passed it up. not only was it like .99 cents, but it's one of my favorite books ever. i've been reading it for a long, long time and i don't know why. this kind of writing and this kind of story usually take me a few days but i might be drawing it out. subconsciously.


and i tried to sign up on that "lendle" site where you can lend your kindle books for free and borrow other books but APPARENTLY you can only lend your books one time. then amazon says, NO MORE. what the what what? so i already lent my books to evan's kindle and so now i can't lend them to anyone else. and i need to take them off this site because the number of times someone has tried to borrow the hunger games from me? i can't even count that high. which is why i read and don't do math. and you would think there would be some good books on there for me to borrow, wouldn't you? are good books called, "how to flip a house and money some money from it in this economy" ? no. to answer that question (where the stupid question mark is outside the stupid quotes, i HATE that.) NO. no, that is not a book i want to read, why are you lending it? if you need to know how to flip a house, you should probably buy it so you can reference it and not screw it up. and if you need to read a book on that, you probably should leave house flipping to the pros, and stick with putting books that i want to actually read in your lendle account.

and also, amazon keeps recommending me these weird space creature books? something about martians and an earth probe is what i got from the title. which makes zero sense to me because look, just look at the books i've bought. none of them have anything to do with weird space lit. and so i'm going to need some serious book recommendations STAT.