Book List 2014

Erica

Bossypants - Tina Fey

The Paris Wife - Paula McLain
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

Divergent (Divergent Series #1) - Veronica Roth

Insurgent (Divergent Series #2) -  Veronica Roth

The Paris Wife was the favorite - it follows the love story of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, in 1920's Paris.  Gone Girl was very good.  It is suspenseful which makes for a fast read, but I'm not sure how I feel about the ending.  The Divergent Series is good so far - easy reading and very much along the lines of the Hunger Games.

Chris

Wheelmen - Reed Albergotti, Vanessa O'Connell

Jar City - Arnaldur Indridason

Pup Update

Still no Zoey. 

I spoke with Shannon, the breeder, on Thursday and the Pet Courier who is out of Austin, TX doesn't expect they will get to South Dakota until March to pick her up on his route.  Shannon initially said it could take up to 2 weeks  for the courier to make a pick up.  There was a snow storm in SD last week, which didn't help things.  

We are really anxious and have most of the preparations in place for her arrival, but this is actually not a horrible situation - we are going to be out of town the last week in February and we initially asked Shannon to hold her until we got back.  But, Shannon was confident we would have her by now, so we agreed to take her as soon as we could and Cori and Bob graciously agreed to puppy sit while we were away (thanks for the offer, C&B!).

But now, Zoey gets to stay with her mama a little longer.  She is only 11 weeks old (she was born on 11/26/12).  And, I have time to read the dog and puppy rearing and training books we have bought and checked out from the library.  We also checked out the first season of the Dog Whisperer for good measure.

Books:

Communicating with Your Dog by Ted Baer (it got great reviews)

The Complete Chinese Crested by Brenda Jones

The Art of Raising a Puppy by The Monks of New Skete

Cesar's Rules by Cesar Millan

Chinese Crested: A Comprehensive Guide to Owning and Caring for Your Dog by Juliette Cunliffe

Book List 2013

What are you reading in 2013?  We are always looking for good books!

Erica

Young House Love: 243 Ways to Paint, Craft, Update, & Show Your Home Some Love - Sherry & John Petersik

Chris

Yes, Chef: A Memoir - Marcus Samuelson

Book List 2012

We have not read as much as years past.  We have not been keeping this list over the course of the year (and was instead compiled just today), so there are a few others, we just don't have recall.

Erica

Outlander (Outlander Series #1) - Diana Gabaldon

Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander Series #2) - Diana Gabaldon

Voyager (Outlander Series #3) - Diana Gabaldon

Drums of Autumn (Outlander Series #4) - Diana Gabaldon

Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James

Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James

Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. James

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) - Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) - Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay (hunger Games Series #3) - Suzanne Collins
Shakespeare in an Hour - Christopher Baker

Chris

The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) - Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) - Suzanne Collins

Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson

Book List 2011

Another year, another book list :) Chris is a reading maniac, but Erica is catching up. Click on the book titles to link to Barnes & Noble to read reviews.

Erica
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Malpractice Cure - Edward D McCarthy
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
A Reliable Wife - Robert Goolrick
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhoda Janzen
Sh*t My Dad Says - Justin Halpern
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
The Survivors Club - Ben Sherwood
Orbiting the Giant Hairball - Gordon MacKenzie
The Alchemyst - Michael Scott

Chris
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne
Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time - Dava Sobel
The Abortionist's Daughter - Elisabeth Hyde
The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking
The Vintage Caper - Peter Mayle
Against Medical Advice - James Patterson
Woods Runner - Gary Paulsen
Behind the Yellow Tape: On the Road with Some of America's Hardest Working Crime Scene Investigators - Jarrett Hallcox

Book Worms - 2010

We got our Nooks somewhere around the 3rd week in June. We have been reading A LOT. Yesterday we were talking about what we have read the past few months and were having a hard time remembering. Not only that, but Erica doesn't know what to read next.

Here is a list of books we have read to date in 2010. Maybe it will be helpful for others. What is everyone else reading?

Erica's List
Influencer - Kerry Patterson et al.
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang - Chelsea Handler
The Host - Stephenie Meyer
Official Book Club Selection - Kathy Griffin
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Girl who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
Medium Raw - Anthony Bourdain
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen - Christopher McDougall

Chris's List
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Girl who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
Sh*t My Dad Says - Justin Halpern
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Man who Loved Books too Much - Allison Hoover Bartlett
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
In the Presidents Secret Service - Ronald Kessler
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
Accidental Billionaires - Ben Mezrich
The Boy who Harnessed the Wind - William Kamkwamba
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen - Christopher McDougall