~           BOOK READING LIST       ~

 

 

Updated:  September 30, 2011

 

FICTION:

 

1.  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Book 1)                                                                      July 1, 2005

2.  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)                                                                      July 4, 2005

3.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)                                                                     July 6, 2005

4.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  (Book 4)                                                                  July 11, 2005

5.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)                                                        July 18, 2005

6.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)                                                                        July 29, 2005

7.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (re-read, sOOO good) (Book 6)                                    August 8, 2005

8.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire          (re-read, just saw the movie) (Book 4)                                   November 20, 2005

9.  The DaVinci Code (By Dan Brown)  (Excellent)                                                             December 26, 2005

10. Angels and Demons (By Dan Brown) (Excellent, better than DaVinci Code!)              January 2, 2006                      

11. Deception Point By Dan Brown) (Very good)                                                                January 12, 2006

12.  Pop goes the Weasel (by James Patterson) (kind of gory)                                                           January 31, 2006

13. The Broker (John Grisham)  (YUK, boring)                                                                     February 6, 2006

14.  Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell) (started, but ran out of time, library)             February 20, 2006

15. Silenced YUK, only ran ½ way and stopped.                                                                  March 30, 2006

16.  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone                                                                                   July 18, 2006

17.  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets                                                                                    August 8, 2006

18.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban                                                                                  August 20, 2006

19.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire                                                                                September 10, 2006

20.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix                                                                                 October 18, 2006

21.  The Outlander  (boring, juk, read 300 of 800 and gave away)                                        Feburary 20, 2007

22.  The Painted House (John Grisham) boring but perservered                                            March 2, 2007

23.  The Taking (Dean Koontz) Excellent, horror sci fi ~ mass environment destruction                  March 20, 2007

24.  Life Expectancy (Dean Koontz) Excellent, plot, kept changing.                                                March 31, 2007

25.  The Survivor (Dean Koontz) Excellent, hard to put down                                                         April 17, 2007

26.  Children of Men (based on the movie) found boring, so stopped.                                              May 11, 2007

27.  The Secret (Rhonda Burn) WAITING                                                                            July 15, 2007

28.  Seize the Night (Dean Koontz)  Excellent, on the edge of my seat                                       June 13, 2007

29.  Velocity (Dean Koontz) Excellent, still on the edge of my seat                                     July 13, 2007

30.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7!)  Excellent, best yet                                        July 21, 2007

31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Book 1)                                                                     July 25, 2007

32. The Secret  by Rhonda Byrne (okay, but like a journal)                                                   August 13, 2007

33.  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)                                                        August 17, 2007

34.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)                                                       September 6, 2007

35.  Forever Odd  (Dean Koontz) (stopped, boring)                                                              September 11, 2007

36. The Secret (Bought it, it is working)                                                                                November 5, 2007

37.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)                                                                 November 5, 2007

38. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)                                                       December 1, 2007

39.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince (Book 6)                                                      December 28, 2007

40. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)  Excellent re-read                                             February 1, 2008

41.  Lightening (Dean Koontz) Awful, rude storyline, had to stop                                       February 10, 2008

42.  Women & Money (Suze Orman) On-line free book from Ophrah                                              February 14, 2008

43.  The Secret (Again, it is working, re-read and make notes)                                                          February 25, 2008

44. Titan (BenBova) All science Fiction ($4.99 book at Chapters) quite good                                  February 27, 2008

45.  The Wealthy Barber                                                                                                         March 5, 2008

46.  Harry Potter re-reading series  (All 7 books)                                                                  April 5, 2008 – December 2008

47.  Harry Potter (Read up to book 5, Order of the Phoenix) again, can’t find anything else  February 2009 – August 2009

48.  “By the Light of the Moon”, Dean Koontz   (not that great, but finished                          September 1, 2009

49.  “Double Cross” James Patterson                                                                                          September 30, 2009

50.  Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)                                                                                        October 7, 2009

      **** WAIT to read Harry Potter Series for a while ~ I have read the entire series 4 times. *****

51.  Gone with the Wind…(1,600 pages  …(December 1, 2009 to ………….)                          January 26, 2010 (completed)

52.  Audio Book (To Kill a Mockingbird) read by Sissy Spassek…………………                    January 10, 2010

53. Audio Book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)…………..                            January 18 – 31, 2010

54. The Lost Symbol (by Dan Brown)....................................................                            February 20, 2011

55. The Girl with the Dragon Tatto (by Stieg Larsson) AMAZING book..............................                            March 30, 2011

56. The Girl who Played with Fire................................................                            April 20, 2011

57. The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest........................................                            May 5, 2011

 

WISH READING LIST:

 

 

  • Author “Terry Goodkind”.  A fantasy series of several really thick books that are along the lines of Harry Potter, 

       but maybe more adult but still very interesting.

  • Robert Jordan, other good fantasy science fiction author.  (City Lights, used books downtown London)
  • Author “James Patterson” (The Horseman, The Lakehouse, Honeymoon, 1st to Die, Mary Mary,

       London Bridges, Along came a spider, Kiss the Girls, Roses are Red, Jack & Jill, Cat & Mouse,

      Violets are Blue, 2nd chance, Four Blind Mice, Lifeguard, 4th of July, When the Wind Blows,

      Maximum Ride, Black Friday, Midnight Club, See how they Run, Big Bad Wolf, Cradle and All,

      The Beachhouse, Cross, Judge and Jury, Sam’s Letters to Jennifer, Season of the Machete,\

      3rd Degree, Beach Road, The Jester.

  • Other Science Fiction writers: Tad Williams, has several series like Terry Goodkind.  Can buy some used books online cheap (chapters.ca)
  • The Stepford Wives (better than the movies)
  • Lord of the Rings.
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Books by John Grisham (The Firm, The Client, The Broker, The Testament,  The Street Lawyer etc.)
  • The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
  • The Deception Point (Dan Brown),  Author of DiVinci Code  (This book is about a Comet)., Digital Fortress.
  • “Outlander” (1st book in a series of 6, Science Fiction /Drama)  Diana Gabaldon . Very good, recommend Jen Beninger. Yuk did not like, boring.

 

Best Sellers List:

 

  • Saturday (Ian McEwan), also Atonement, the Innocent, Enduring Love, Black Dogs, Child of time.
  • Dean Koontz (The Taking,  Life Expectancy, The Husband, The Face, Darkfall,  Forevery Odd,  The Good Guy, Shattered, One Door away from Heaven, From the Corner of the Eyes, Seize the Night, Odd Thomas, Velocity, Intensity, The Darkest Evening of the Year, Midnight, Icebound, Lightening, Cold Fire, Hideway, The Face, The Watchers, Sole Survivor)   Try these.

 

 

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