Read on for a summary list of the books I've read this year and some quotes that stuck with me from them!
50 Book Summary
1) Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
2) Medicine River - Thomas King
3) 'Tis - Frank McCourt
4) Stones into Schools - Greg Mortenson
5) The Vietnam War: A Graphic History - Dwight Jon Zimmerman
6) Memoir From Antproof Case - Mark Helprin
7) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
8) The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
9) The Museum Guard - Howard Norman
10) Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden
11) The Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
12) Cold Plague - Daniel Kalla
13) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
14) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
15) Mocking Jay - Suzanne Collins
16) A Wall of Light - Edeet Ravel
17) Divergent - Veronica Roth
18) If Wishes Were Horses - Merry Whiteford
19) Through Black Spruce - Joseph Boyden
20) Against a Crimson Sky - James Conroyd Martin
21) The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
22) Emily Carr: A Biography - Maria Tippett
23) Waiting - Ha Jin
24) Animal Farm - George Orwell
25) The Custodian of Paradise - Wayne Johnston
26) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
27) The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
28) The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares
29) The Bishop's Man - Linden MacIntyre
30) Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
31) Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares
32) Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares
33) Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares
34) The Gravesavers - Sheree Fitch
35) The Wednesday Wars - Gary D. Schmidt
36) The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis
37) The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
38) The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
39) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
40) Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan
41) Life Before Man - Margaret Atwood
42) White Girl - Sylvia Olsen
43) Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
44) The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
45) Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
46) The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
47) Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom - Susin Nielsen
48) Fishtailing - Wendy Phillips
49) Every You, Every Me - David Levithan
50) The Flying Troutmans - Miriam Toews
Memorable Quotes
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life - Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving - Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed - Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know - Frank McCourt, 'Tis
The past is the past and it's dangerous to go back - Frank McCourt, 'Tis
when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed. - John Green and David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
If pushed she'll stop at nothing. Or, put another way: when she reaches nothing she will stop - Margaret Atwood, Life Before Man
It takes two to tango and nobody waltzes any more - Margaret Atwood, Life Before Man
I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character. - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
