Books I Need to Read

So, I own 349 and I've come to the conclusion that I haven't read a startling amount of them. 74 to be exact. I have made the decision not to buy any more books until I have read all of these books that I've never read before. (Another startling fact is that I have gained 67 more books since I moved out a year and a half ago, which seems impossible because I must have read at least 100 on my ereader since I got it.)

It is going to be quite a challenge, there is a reason that I haven't read most of these books. Most of these books, I have started and then found them to be boring. But, the challenge will be to read them and if I can't get through them then I am going to get rid of them.

This is a big step for me. I would almost consider myself a book hoarder. I am proud of my collection and don't like to get rid of books. On the other hand, if I'm never going to read them, I really shouldn't keep them. Who knows, one of these books could be a new favourite and I would never know.

So here is the list (in no particular order but how they are sitting on my shelves).

1. Double Cross - Norah McClintock
2. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
3. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares
4. Blue Haven - CJ Box
5. The First Patient - Michael Palmer
6. The Sugar Queen - Sara Addison Addler
7. Dead Heat - Felix Francis
8. Sunday at Tiffany's - James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
9. Lady Killer - Lisa Scottoline
10. The Christmas Promise - Donna VanLiere
11. Final Theory - Mark Alpert
12. The Anniversary - Amy Gutman
13. Flirting With Pete - Barbara Delinsky
14. Avenger - Frederick Forsyth
15. Waterloo Station - Emily Grayson
16. Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice
17. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
18. The Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
19. The Mummy - Anne Rice
20. The Feast of All Saints - Anne Rice
21. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice
22. Lasher - Anne Rice
23. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
24. Fire, Water, Earth and Air - Deborah I. Mahy
25. The Soul Thief - Cecelia Holland
26. The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
27. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
28. A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
29. Healing Tides - Lois Richer
30. The Healer - Greg Hollingshead
31. The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
32. The Two Towers - J.R.R Tolkien
33. The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
34. Push - Sapphire
35. Sweet Blood - Pat Graverson
36. In the Doctor's Bed - Brenda Jackson
37. The Proposal - Brenda Jackson
38. Solid Soul - Brenda Jackson
39. 1st to Die - James Patterson
40. 2nd Chance - James Patterson
41. 3rd Degree - James Patterson
42. 4th of July - James Patterson
43. The 6th Target - James Patterson
44. The Big Bad Wolf - James Patterson
45. Swimsuit - James Patterson
46. Deception Point - Dan Brown
47. A Cold Creek Secret - RaeAnne Thayne
48. Heart of Valor - L.J. Smith
49. The Guest List - Fern Michaels
50. Fool Me Once - Fern Michaels
51. The Glass Lake - Maeve Binchy
52. Hamlet - Shakespeare
53. Adam Bead - George Eliot
54. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
55. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
56. Emma - Jane Austen
57. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
58. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
59. Be Mine - Jane McFann
60. The Name of the Game Was Murder - Joan Lowery Nixon
61. Dog Days - John Levitt
62. The Comeback Cowboy - Cathy McDavid
63. Ever After - Wendy Loggia
64. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
65. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
66. Hothouse Orchid - Stuart Woods
67. The Innocent Man - John Grisham
68. Springwater Wedding - Linda Lael Miller
69. Carnal Innocence - Nora Roberts
70. The Partner - John Grisham
71. The Black Donnellys - Thomas P. Kelley
72. Impossible to Resist - Janice Maynard
73. More Than Expected - Andrea Laurence
74. The Boy Next Door - Josie Lloyd and Emilyn Rees


It's a frightening list to say the least. Also, I have no idea how I ended up with so many Anne Rice books that I haven't read. I hope to find that she is a kindred spirit since her name is spelt with an E.

This I think will be the first blog of many as I begin this journey through literature.

I will make the titles bold as I read them.

Also, a scary thing? Books #64 and on are ones that I have gotten since I originally made this list. People just like to give me books!