Books read in 2010

I finished reading three books in the span of three days. The books I read were: Speak and Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson and Dirty Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain.

Speak is about a teenage girl who is an outcast and doesn't have many friends. The girl Melinda, is hiding a secret from her past and doesn't feel comfortable talking about it. The reader follows her throughout the year and learns about her secret. Wintergirls is about an anorexic teenager who is upset about the death of her close friend. Even though both books written by Anderson are young adult books, I really enjoyed them. The stories were so good, I couldn't put the books down. I guess that I why I finished reading them in a day. I read Dirty Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain in the span of four hours. I liked the behind the scenes story of the campaign trail, meeting the Palin's just before she was announced as John McCain's running mate. The book was very candid and I liked her insight.

I recommend all three books from Laurie Halse Anderson and Meghan McCain. I loved them. I hope more people will read them and love them as well.


Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, C. David Heymann
Fletch, Too, Gregory Mcdonald
American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy, C. David Heymann
Tis Herself: An Autobiography, Maureen O'Hara and John Nicoletti
A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, C. David Heymann
John F. Kennedy, President, Hugh Sidey
Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery, Norman Mailer
First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents Wives and Their Power 1789-1961, Carl Sferrazza Anthony
The Saga of the Presidents Wives and Their Power 1961-1990, Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Real Life at the White House: 200 years of daily life at America's famous residence, John Whitcomb
Amelia Earhart, Tanya Lee Stone
The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
Hungry, Crystal Reen with Marjorie Ingall
Harry S. Truman, Robert Dallek
The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King, James Patterson
Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane
Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie, Richard Hack
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker, Stacy A. Cordery
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
From Love Field: Our Final Hours with President John F. Kennedy, Nellie Connally & Mickey Herskowitz
After the Funeral, Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie
Best Evidence, David S. Lifton
The Secret of the Old Clock, Carolyn Keene
The Hidden Staircase, Carolyn Keene
The Bungalow Mystery, Carolyn Keene
The Mystery at Lilac Inn, Carolyn Keene
The Secret of Red Gate Farm, Carolyn Keene
The Message in The Hollow Oak, Carolyn Keene
The Whispering Statue, Carolyn Keene
The Haunted Bridge, Carolyn Keene
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk, Carolyn Keene
The Secret in the Old Attic, Carolyn Keene
The Clue in The Crumbling Wall, Carolyn Keene
The Clue of the Leaning Chimney, Carolyn Keene
The Secret of the Wooden Lady, Carolyn Keene
Mystery at the Ski Jump, Carolyn Keene
Clue of the Velvet Mask, Carolyn Keene
The Witch Tree Symbol, Carolyn Keene
The Hidden Window Mystery, Carolyn Keene
The Haunted Showboat, Carolyn Keene
The Secret of the Golden Pavilion, Carolyn Keene
The Clue in the Old Stagecoach, Carolyn Keene
The Moonstone Castle Mystery, Carolyn Keene
The Mystery of the 99 Steps, Carolyn Keene
The Invisible Intruder, Carolyn Keene
The Secret of Mirror Bay, Carolyn Keene
Mystery of the Glowing Eye, Carolyn Keene
The Secret of the Forgotten City, Carolyn Keene
The Strange Message in the Parchment, Carolyn Keene
The Mystery of Crocodile Island, Carolyn Keene
Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
Club Dead, Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead, Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse, Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone, Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris
In The Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamen's Tomb, Daniel Heyerson
Mystery of the Fire Dragon, Carolyn Keene
The Thirteenth Pearl, Carolyn Keene
The Triple Hoax, Carolyn Keene
The Flying Saucer Mystery, Carolyn Keene
Dark Lover: Black Dagger Brotherhood, J. R. Ward
Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City, Nelson Johnson
Puppetmaster: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Hack
Get Capone, Jonathan Eig
Lady Bird, Jan Jarboe Russell
In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents they Protect, Ronald Kessler
The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir, Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch & Dan Welch
The Kennedy Imprisonment, Garry Wills
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, Sam Wasson
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
Dirty Sexy Politics, Meghan McCain
Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson

Currently Reading: Nothing But a Smile, Steve Amick
Up Next: If I Stay, Gayle Forman