Books & reading...

Well, there is one benefit to my job: I get to do a lot of reading.

Granted some of it falls under the category of easy readers, but when they're as cute as The April Rabbits, or as charming as My Mama had a Dancing Heart, how can I leave them off my list?

I can't, and thus I have bypassed my goal of 50 books this year. Well, I guess it wasn't a goal, because I honestly thought I read more than that, and was just curious as to how much I *do* read in a year...

Anyway, as of today, I am more than half way through my 51st book, Hoot, which unfortunately is not at home, but I am reading while in various classrooms. Lucky me that so many classes have it! LOL!

At home I am only a few pages into Crescent because I've just been so tired when I get home this week; I've fallen asleep for a nap nearly every day! (Although, I am wondering if not having the iron Rx is partly to blame...)

But I digress! So without further ado, here's my updated list of books read this year:

(For #1-22, you'll have to sign up for an LJ and friend me, then you can see this post...)

#	Author	Title	Pgs	Started	Finished	*
23	Curtis, Christopher Paul	Bud, Not Buddy	256	3/19/2008	3/21/2008	3
24	Kidd, Sue Monk	Mermaid Chair, The	335	3/22/2008	3/27/2008	3
25	Sheth, Kashmira	Keeping Corner	281	3/28/2008	3/31/2008	3
26	Chichester, Page	NWF Book of Family Nature Activities, The	132	4/2/2008	4/3/2008	4
27	Scott, Michael	Alchemyst, The	400	3/31/2008	4/7/2008	3
28	Dahl, Roald	Magic Finger, The	63	4/7/2008	4/7/2008	3
29	Heaser, Sue	Polymer Clay Techniques Book, The	125	4/2/2008	4/8/2008	5
30	Whelan, Gloria	Listening for Lions	195	4/7/2008	4/9/2008	5
31	Kessler, Liz	Tail of Emily Windsnap, The	209	4/10/2008	4/10/2008	3
32	Hagerty, Taylor	Miniature Scrapbooks	128	4/2/2008	4/11/2008	3
33	Wolf, Joan M.	Someone Named Eva	200	4/11/2008	4/11/2008	4
34	Danzinger, Paula	Amber Brown is not a Crayon	80	4/11/2008	4/11/2008	3
35	Gaiman, Neil	Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The	60	4/11/2008	4/11/2008	5
36	McCaffrey, Laura Williams	Alia Waking	214	4/11/2008	4/12/2008	3
37	Das, Prodeepta	A Child's Day in an Indian Village	32	4/12/2008	4/12/2008	2
38	Johnson, Cathy	Watercolor Pencil Magic	128	2/28/2008	4/16/2008	3
39	Acevedo, Mario	Nymphos of Rocky Flats, The	288	4/13/2008	4/17/2008	4
40	Brown, Simon	Practical Feng Shui	160	4/2/2008	4/19/2008	4
41	Acevedo, Mario	X-Rated Blood Suckers	370	4/18/2008	4/21/2008	4
42	McMillan, Mary	Lifesavers for Substitutes	156	4/21/2008	4/21/2008	2
43	Cleveland, David	April Rabbits, The	30	4/22/2008	4/22/2008	4
44	McCaffrey, Anne	Exchange of Gifts, An	94	4/22/2008	4/22/2008	4
45	Cresswell, Helen	Rumpelstiltskin	32	4/23/2008	4/23/2008	3
46	Johnston, Tony	Amber on the Mountain	32	4/24/2008	4/24/2008	4
47	Cleary, Brian	Stop & Go, Yes & No: What is an Antonym?	32	4/24/2008	4/24/2008	3
48	Tagg, Christine & Ellwand, David	Cinderlily	32	4/24/2008	4/24/2008	3
49	Erlich, Amy	Cinderella	32	4/24/2008	4/24/2008	3
50	Gray, Libba	My Mama had a Dancing Heart	32	4/24/2008	4/24/2008	5
51	Hiaasen, Carl	Hoot		4/9/2008
52	Abu-Jaber, Diana	Crescent		4/23/2008