The 50 books Karen read in 2007, in alphabetical order because she forgot the chronological order, and 5 word reviews
1st to Die by James Patterson – I already forget what happened.
A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger – Good story, but wanted more.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles – Don’t play on trees, kids.
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs – This book sucks without Booth.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert – Every woman should read this.
Every Breath You Take by Ann Rule – Ann makes horrible crimes compelling.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman – Good essays for book nerds.
Fatal Burn by Lisa Jackson – Dumb mystery with sex scenes.
Gutted: Down to the Studs in My House, My Marriage, My Life by Lawrence LaRose – Never buy a fixer-upper.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling – Much better when read voluntarily.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling – I always forget this plot.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling – Pizza, I liked this movie.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – Movie should have been longer.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling – My second favorite HP book.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling – Man, I cried so much.
How to Try a Murder by Michael Kurland – It’s boring and too simplified.
I Am America (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert – Can always make me laugh.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote – Chilling without lots of gore.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer – Compelling, and makes you think.
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain – I love this crazy asshole.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – Book club hated it. So?
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Lovely book with smelly prose.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginedes – I freaking loved this book.
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher – HA, everyone’s high on drugs!
Red Azalea by Anchee Min – Communism’s bad, I GET IT.
Slam by Nick Hornby – The protaganist is a douchebag.
Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule – Farrah Fawcett rocked this one.
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg – Nothing happened in the first half.
Me by Katherine Hepburn – Why actors shouldn’t write books.
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin – Too dated to take seriously.
The Almost Moon by Alice Seabold – Worst book I’ve ever read.
The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist by Mary Manheim – Reality is boring, but true.
The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder and the Making of a Great President by Julie Fenster – That title is a lie!
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez Reverte – It was a fucking book club!
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen – Dana and I liked it!
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman – How is it really atheist?
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova – Great, but a bit long.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – Too sad to see movie.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold – Loved this book. Go figure.
The Mark by Jason Pinter – Protaganist is no Jason Bourne.
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards – A lovely but heartbreaking book.
The Ruins by Scott Smith – Stephen King-like – hate him too.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion – Made me cry while reading.
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks – Always seek the high ground.
Thunderstruck by Erik Larsen – Better than his last book.
To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever by Will Blythe – GO TARHEELS!! DUKE SUCKS!! YEAH!!
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee – Should have read years ago.
Re: actors not writing books – I loved Michael Caine’s autobiography when I picked it up from the bargain bin AGES ago. But that’s when I was an actor, so YMMV.