January Books

So I’ve decided to *try* and keep track of all the books I’ve read each month. Here is a list for January 2011 in no particular order.

Down Came The Rain by Brooke Shields.

I was unsure about this book at first. I actually wanted to read it for a while but it was one I was a bit embarrassed to let anyone see me with. So when I got my nook I was quite excited because now I could read all the things, trashy or not, I wanted but wasn’t going to in front of people. What I liked about this book is that Brooke Shields seems to be very open about her experiences with Post Partum Depression. I was shocked to find out she had infertility issues and was hooked on her sorrowful tale of wanting a child so badly and then when she finally got her wish not being able to handle the major life changes that come with actually getting what she wanted.

My Fair Lazy- Jen Lancaster

Oh Jen how I love you so. I love reading her books so much because they make me laugh so hard. EVERY. FREAKIN. TIME. This has to be one of my favorites of hers.

Just Kids- Patty Smith

I have no idea what made me want to read about a singer I really don’t know much about. I read a review in Entertainment Weekly and thought it sounded interesting. I wasn’t so sure in the beginning of the book and had a few thoughts about stopping but didn’t. I really knew very little about Patty and her friend Robert but enjoyed their story of trying to make something of themselves as artists in the time of the Beat Generation.

The Help- Kathryn Stockett

I loved this book. For some reason these characters sucked me in. I really enjoyed these women’s stories and watching them fight back against the prejudice that they endured as maids in 1962. I was surprised to read that the main maid character was based on the authors’ maid growing up. She was such a strong person and really key to the story of them fighting back.

Pretty Little Liars-Sara Shepard

This book is the basis for one of the trashy shows I became addicted to last year. I really enjoyed the story and it was a very quick read. As usual I enjoyed to book more than the tv series and found that they had merged the first two books to make the first season of the show.

Flawless- Sara Shepard

This is the second book in the Pretty Little Liars series. I wasn’t as into this one as I was the first but enjoyed continuing the story of the girls trying to find who was pretending to be their dead best friend who threatens to tell everyone their worst secrets.

Room- Emma Donoghue

This was another book I had read a review for in Entertainment Weekly. It is the story of a woman and her young son who are trapped in an old shed by a man they call Old Nick. At first you learn about their daily routine and then discover how they came to be in that shed. Soon the mother comes up with a plan to escape and when they do you see the boys reaction to being in the outside world away from the home he knew since birth.

Mockingjay- Suzanne Collins

I was kind of disappointed in this book. I really enjoyed the first Hunger Games but it took me a while to get into the second book, Catching Fire, and it took me a while to get in to this one as well, I think it may have been due to me not reading them one after the other. It had been a good while between reading the second and the third. I am glad I started and finished them though. I had read from a few sources they were the “new twilight” but I don’t see them quite as good