The Daunting Dozen

Happy New Year ! It would seem this would be an odd post for New Year's Day, yet, I figure there are 12 months for at the very least, 12 books. You see, I am not one to make resolutions at the beginning of the year, but rather, I prefer to examine my life on a daily basis and decide what is missing, what I am doing too much of, and what I would like to learn more about. Perhaps that is why I have never lost the last 20 pounds of my "baby weight", he he.

No matter, having reflected upon last year's post, not much has changed in the way I tackle my personal progression. However, I would like to spend more time reading this year, as I feel like I didn't pay close enough attention in school and would like to learn more. I think I'll be able to read the books listed below (at least 12 of them), and I've added a few more, as I've always been a bit ambitious. I'm thinking my new iPad will help me get through this list as I sweat it out on the Stairclimber at the gym. I'm off !

THE DAUNTING DOZEN

The Game of Life & How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn

Almost French by Sarah Turnbull

The Kids Are All Right by Diana Welch, et al.

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

You Were Always Mom's Favorite by Deborah Tannen

Broken by William Cope Moyers

Pearl by Mary Gordon

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Madame Bovary by Gustav Falubert

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

I Shock Myself: Autobiography of Beatrice Wood

Love and Summer by William Trevor

AND FOR THE iPAD:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbey

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson