I want prints of some of these to put in my home. What I really enjoyed was the stories of Karen and Adam interspersed throughout the quotes. You would get 20 pages of quotes followed by part of their story or some expertise on sleep talking by a doctor. It struck the perfect balance.
I’ve read so many books I haven’t especially liked for this challenge that it was nice to finally read one I could get excited about. I showed it to Boy Toy and he loved it. I highly recommend it for everyone who doesn’t have delicate sensibilities.
1) Fiction – A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King
2) Nonfiction – The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
3) Sci-Fi – Redshirts by John Scalzi
4) Fantasy
5) Mystery – Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
6) Horror
7) Memoir/Biography – Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb
8) Chick Lit – Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter
9) Feminist – Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
10) Teen – What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
11) Holiday
12) Essays – What Was I Thinking? ed. by Barbara Davilman & Liz Dubelman
13) Short Stories
14) Library
15) Animal
16) Book about Books – Judging a Book By Its Lover by Lauren Leto
17) New – Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin
18) Old – Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P. N. Elrod
19) Pop Science – Why Men Fake It by Abraham Morgentaler, MD
20) Near
21) Far
22) Graphic Novel – Love and Capes: Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Thomas F. Zahler
23) Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
24) Wild Card
25) Otherworldly Creature
26) Free – Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin
27) Noteworthy
28) Bestseller – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
29) Themed Anthology – Red edited by Kris Goldsmith
30) Steampunk
31) Movie-Book
32) Media – Doctor Who: Touched By an Angel by Jonathan Morris
33) Travel
34) Food
35) Classic
36) Humor – Sleep Talkin’ Man by Karen Slavick-Lennard
37) Poetry
38) Past – Stasiland by Anna Funder
39) Future
40) Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic
41) Zombie
42) Sports
Music: Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas
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