Good read-diance!

2010 was a good year for me and books. I read one just about every month. My selection was below. You might be wanting to ask me, "Didn't you read a majority of those books in high school?" My answer: "No." Which is why I thought I should get them out of the way before my kids beat me to it. And let me just say that I am appalled that A Clockwork Orange is allowed to be read in hs and is noted on "the top 100 books to read before you die list." It was completely disturbing and probably the most revolting text I have ever read.

Although The Catcher in the Rye was not the most uplifting book either, I saw the value in the story. The kid's teacher said something of interest that I even took note in my journal:


"Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it any considerable distance, it'll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What it'll fit and, maybe, what it won't. After a while, you'll have an idea what kind of thoughts your particular size mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that don't suit you, aren't becoming to you. You'll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly."


Books are good.
What did you read in 2010? Anything worth sharing? Is The Hunger Games series really that good? {I guess I shouldn't ask that seeing that I read the Twilight Saga. I'm sure I can read anything if I endured that!}