Halfway thru my book challenge for the year......

I am halfway through my 50 book challenge for the year! I'm pretty stoked that even as busy as we've been the past few weeks (well, year really!) that I can still find time here and there to get my reading in. My bliss. My spark (that's for you work people reading "spark").

So far, nothing has really jumped out at me except for the first book on my list- Blame. Honestly, I read and I like or I don't, and I've actually brought back about 5 books or so this year for not being able to get into them. I did enjoy all of Jeffery Deaver's books; he is a great murder mystery writer and the last one of his that I read, The Blue Nowhere, is definitely an eye-opener to just what MIGHT happen because of the way our society uses computer. I'd say that's a great one to check out.

I just finished The Carrie Diaries the other night and found it super easy and fun and it would be a great summer read as you're lounging in the sun (because like me, I'm sure SO many of you will be lounging this summer. Ha ha). No, really, it's the prequel, if you will, to Sex and the City (the book) and I really liked it.

I'm currently starting 2 new books, and am SO excited to delve into Nurture Shock. I've heard some awesome things about it, and so far, after only one chapter, I reallly do like it. I'll keep you posted!

1. Blame-- Michelle Huneven
2. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress -- Rhoda Janzen
3. Best Friends Forever -- Jennifer Weiner
4. Half Broke Horses -- Jeannette Walls
5. The Broken Window- Jeffery Deaver
6. The Blue Nowhere --Jeffery Deaver
7. Positive Discipline: The First Three Years: From Infant to Toddler--Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident Child--Jane Nelsen Ed.D., Cheryl Erwin and Roslyn Ann Duffy
8. Jamesland --Michelle Huneven
9. The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star – Nikki Sixx with Ian Griffins10. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir-- Kao Kalia Yang
11. Open: An Autobiography -- Andre Agassi
12. The Brightest Star in the Sky – Marian Keyes
13. You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story--Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn
14. The Overnight Socialite--Bridie Clark
15. Watchlist --Based on an idea by Jeffery Deaver
16. The Swan Thieves --Elizabeth Kostova
17. Think Twice --Lisa Scottoline
18. The Perfect Husband --Lisa Gardner
19. House Rules --Jodi Picoult
20. Missing Mark -- Julie Kramer
21. Hide --Lisa Gardner
22. The Next Thing on my List --Jill Smolinski
23. Chelsea, Chelsea, Bang, Bang -- Chelsea Handler
24. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen -- Susan Gregg Gilmore
25. Poor Little Bitch Girl -- Jackie Collins
26. The Carrie Diaries -- Candace Bushnell