Fall/Winter Reading List
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Before Marin was born, when I had plenty of time on my hands, I used to do A LOT of reading. Matthew and I fought over the newest best sellers (trying to decide who should get to read them first). We're too cheap to buy two copies. :) Now we both have a stack of unread books between us. He's currently working on two different books that he's been trying to read since April. I am currently reading the latest Dan Brown book The Lost Symbol. Matthew and I are huge fans of the action/political thriller type genre, our most favorite author being Vince Flynn. I was therefore shocked and appalled when I happened to walk by a bookshelf in Target today and see that Vince Flynn's latest novel has been sitting there for almost a month and we hadn't noticed! I guess that is what having a baby does to you. We usually don't make it out of the diapers and formula section, with the occasional detour into the baby clothes just for kicks. :) So, I guess you know that Pursuit of Honor is on my reading list too. Sorry Vince...I'll get to you soon.
What started out as a sans-baby trip to get a Coca-Cola icee from Target turned into a self pity party about how many unread books that I had at home that I really, really wanted to read. So I decided to skip the 20 people deep line at the icee counter, drove home and sat on the porch and read until it was too dark to see outside. Ahhh, that was nice. Now, I'm hiding out in Matthew's office while he watches Marin. I have to milk the fact that he's going remote control airplane flying tomorrow while I watch Marin alone for all its worth. ha.ha. While in here in the office, I jumped on his computer to see just what other books we've been missing. I haven't had the heart to break it to Matthew that we are as far behind as we are on our book list. But here are the ones we've missed in no particular order. My goal is to have all these read soon, you know, at least before Marin goes to kindergarten.
Steve Berry The Paris Vendetta (ah ha! not due out till 12-1-09)
Vince Flynn The Pursuit of Honor (sadly missed its debut on 10-13-09)
James Rollins (my other most favorite author) The Doomsday Key (missed it on 6-3-09)
James Rollins Alter of Eden (still hope for it on 12-29-09)
James Rollins Untitled Sigma Book 6 (surely I'll be ready by 4-27-10)
Jack Whyte Order in Chaos (out Aug. 09?! Where have I been?!)
Raymond Khoury The Sign (out now, again, seriously, what have I been doing?)
Alex Berenson The Silent Man (currently hiding out on a shelf in the closet)
Alex Berenson The Midnight House (2-9-10: I'd better get a move on, its a series!)
On a side note, Alex Berenson's first novel The Faithful Spy is THE BEST book I have ever read. Even though Vince Flynn and his character Mitch Rapp are my favorite books overall, I enjoyed Berenson's book the best. Awesome story if you are into the CIA action themed fiction stuff like we are. If you are interested in any of the books off of my list, I highly recommend you read The Faithful Spy first. If you don't like it, you won't like any of the others on the list. :)
So I guess I'd better get OFF the computer and get back to readin' me some Brown. After that, I'm going to try to sneak to the book store and pick up Flynn before Matthew finds out. :)
What started out as a sans-baby trip to get a Coca-Cola icee from Target turned into a self pity party about how many unread books that I had at home that I really, really wanted to read. So I decided to skip the 20 people deep line at the icee counter, drove home and sat on the porch and read until it was too dark to see outside. Ahhh, that was nice. Now, I'm hiding out in Matthew's office while he watches Marin. I have to milk the fact that he's going remote control airplane flying tomorrow while I watch Marin alone for all its worth. ha.ha. While in here in the office, I jumped on his computer to see just what other books we've been missing. I haven't had the heart to break it to Matthew that we are as far behind as we are on our book list. But here are the ones we've missed in no particular order. My goal is to have all these read soon, you know, at least before Marin goes to kindergarten.
Steve Berry The Paris Vendetta (ah ha! not due out till 12-1-09)
Vince Flynn The Pursuit of Honor (sadly missed its debut on 10-13-09)
James Rollins (my other most favorite author) The Doomsday Key (missed it on 6-3-09)
James Rollins Alter of Eden (still hope for it on 12-29-09)
James Rollins Untitled Sigma Book 6 (surely I'll be ready by 4-27-10)
Jack Whyte Order in Chaos (out Aug. 09?! Where have I been?!)
Raymond Khoury The Sign (out now, again, seriously, what have I been doing?)
Alex Berenson The Silent Man (currently hiding out on a shelf in the closet)
Alex Berenson The Midnight House (2-9-10: I'd better get a move on, its a series!)
On a side note, Alex Berenson's first novel The Faithful Spy is THE BEST book I have ever read. Even though Vince Flynn and his character Mitch Rapp are my favorite books overall, I enjoyed Berenson's book the best. Awesome story if you are into the CIA action themed fiction stuff like we are. If you are interested in any of the books off of my list, I highly recommend you read The Faithful Spy first. If you don't like it, you won't like any of the others on the list. :)
So I guess I'd better get OFF the computer and get back to readin' me some Brown. After that, I'm going to try to sneak to the book store and pick up Flynn before Matthew finds out. :)
