I didn’t read any books in December last year! This was my best month in 2007, primarily because I wanted to complete some remaining challenges and reach 100 books. My favorites of this month’s titles are The Wreath and Suite Francaise.
89. Mr. Ives’ Christmas by Hijuelos (248 pp.)
90. This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy (210 pp)
91. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder (133 pp)
92. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (194 pp)
93. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (263 pp)
94. Last Evenings on Earth by Bolano (219 pp)
95. The Shipping News by Proulx (337 pp)
96. Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset (291 pp)
97. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (371 pp)
98. The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens (85 pp)
99. Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky (NYT) (367 pp)
100. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (304 pp)
101. Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam (226 pp)
Pages read in Dec: 3248
Total pages read in 2007: 27,290
Congrats on all your great reads this month, Michelle! That’s rather impressive. Here’s to great reading in 2008..Happy New Year!