What a Beautiful Mess

My book goal for 2010 was 100. I made it to 104, including Audiobooks, which I decided to count because they're a huge time investment and I ended up getting really into them. Grand totals are 39 Audiobooks, 65 read books. I listen to them at work to drown out the noise and when I'm driving back and forth to work. I did not include the texts that I read for school because I never sat down and read from cover to cover. Around July, I started exploring some e-reader apps to decide if an e-reader would be a smart choice for me and I fell in love with the convenience of a hand held device and not having to lug around books, especially since I'm always in the middle of two or three at a time. Here it is, my books read in 2010 list:

AB1	Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Series, Book 1)	Nora Roberts	Fiction	Audiobook	03/24/10
AB2	The Secret Garden	Francis Hodgson Burnett	Fiction	Audiobook	03/29/10
AB3	The Hollow (Sign of Seven Series, Book 2)	Nora Roberts	Fiction	Audiobook	03/31/10
AB4	The Quickie	James Patterson	Fiction	Audiobook	04/01/10
AB5	The Pagan Stone (Sign of Seven Series, Book 3)	Nora Roberts	Fiction	Audiobook	04/12/10
AB6	Under the Banner of Heaven	Jon Krakauer	Non-Fiction	Audiobook	04/15/10
AB7	Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series, Book 1)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	04/26/10
AB8	Die Trying (Jack Reacher Series, Book 2)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	04/30/11
AB9	Tripwire (Jack Reacher Series, Book 3)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	05/06/10
AB10	Running Blind (Jack Reacher Series, Book 4)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	05/12/10
AB11	Echo Burning (Jack Reacher Series, Book 5)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	05/20/10
AB12	Without Fail (Jack Reacher Series, Book 6)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	06/02/10
AB13	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl	Harriet Jacobs	Non-Fiction	Audiobook	06/07/10
AB14	The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Series, Book 11)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	06/24/10
AB15	Persuader (Jack Reacher Series, Book 7)	Lee Childs	Fiction	Audiobook	06/28/10
AB16	The Amateur	Robert Littell	Fiction	Audiobook	07/13/11
AB17	City of Masks (Cree Black Series, Book 1)	Daniel Hecht	Fiction	Audiobook	07/28/10
AB18	Land of Echoes (Cree Black Series, Book 2)	Daniel Hecht	Fiction	Audiobook	08/13/10
AB19	The Friday Night Knitting Club	Kate Jacobs	Fiction	Audiobook	08/16/10
AB20	In the Shadow of the Glacier (Molly Smith Series, Book 1)	Vicki Delaney	Fiction	Audiobook	08/19/10
AB21	Willy and Alvirah	Mary Higgins Clark	Fiction	Audiobook	08/24/10
AB22	Valley of the Lost (Molly Smith Series, Book 2)	Vicki Delaney	Fiction	Audiobook	09/02/10
AB23	Sofie Metropolis	Tori Carrington	Fiction	Audiobook	09/09/10
AB24	Winter of Secrets (Molly Smith Series, Book 3)	Vicki Delaney	Fiction	Audiobook	09/17/10
AB25	Dirty Laundry (Sofie Metropolis, Book 2)	Tori Carrington	Fiction	Audiobook	09/22/10
AB26	Bones of the Barbary Coast (Cree Black Series, Book 3)	Daniel Hecht	Fiction	Audiobook	10/01/10
AB27	American Music	Jane Mendelsohn	Fiction	Audiobook	10/06/10
AB28	Cape Refuge	Terri Blackstock	Fiction	Audiobook	10/21/10
AB29	The Last Refuge (Sam Acquillo Series)	Chris Knopf	Fiction	Audiobook	10/29/10
AB30	Catch Me if You Can	Frank W. Abegnale	Non-Fiction	Audiobook	11/11/10
AB31	Before the Frost	Henning Mankell	Fiction	Audiobook	11/11/10
AB32	Sweetness in the Belly	Camilla Gibb	Fiction	Audiobook	11/17/10
AB33	Family Honor (Sunny Randall, Book 1)	Robert Parker	Fiction	Audiobook	11/24/10
AB34	Shrink Rap (Sunny Randall, Book 3)	Robert Parker	Fiction	Audiobook	12/02/10
AB35	Tribute	Nora Roberts	Fiction	Audiobook	12/03/10
AB36	Death in Paradis (Jesse Stone, Book 1)	Robert Parker	Fiction	Audiobook	12/14/11
AB37	Stone Cold (Jesse Stone, Book 4)	Robert Parker	Fiction	Audiobook	12/17/10
AB38	Sea Change (Jesse Stone, Book 5)	Robert Parker	Fiction	Audiobook	12/23/10
AB39	High Profile (Jesse Stone, Book 6)	Robert Parker	Fiction	Audiobook	12/29/10
1	Twilight	Stephenie Meyer	Fiction		01/02/10
2	This is Where I Leave You	Jonathan Tropper	Fiction		01/06/10
3	Alex Cross's Trial	James Patterson	Fiction		01/07/10
4	The Mercy Papers	Robin Romm	Fiction		01/11/10
5	Building the Kingdom: A History of Mormons in America	Claudia & Richard Bushman	Non-Fiction		01/18/10
6	The Red Tent	Anita Diamant	Fiction		01/21/10
7	In Other Rooms, Other Wonders	Daniyal Mueenuddin	Fiction		01/24/10
8	Run For Your Life	James Patterson	Fiction		01/26/10
9	Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon's Woman Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond	Deborah Laake	Non-Fiction		01/31/10
10	The Outside World	Tova Mirvis	Fiction		02/09/10
11	Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife	Irene Spencer	Non-Fiction		02/13/10
12	My Jesus Year	Benyamin Cohen	Non-Fiction		02/18/10
13	Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult	Jayanti Tamm	Non-Fiction		02/23/10
14	Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir	Cara Mulhahn	Non-Fiction		03/08/10
15	CSI: The Killing Jar	Donn Cortez	Fiction		03/09/10
16	Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		03/13/10
17	Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		03/17/10
18	Seven Mile Beach	Tom Gilling	Fiction		03/18/10
19	Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		03/23/10
20	Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		03/28/10
21	Love Overboard	Janet Evanovich	Fiction		04/02/10
22	Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		04/03/10
23	Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		04/06/10
24	All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		04/12/10
25	From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		04/14/10
26	Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		04/17/10
27	The Rocky Road to Romance	Janet Evanovich	Fiction		04/18/10
28	Grave Secret	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		04/24/10
29	First Family	David Baldacci	Fiction		04/26/10
30	Worst Case	James Patterson	Fiction		04/30/10
31	Breadgivers	Anzia Yezierska	Fiction		05/01/10
32	CSI: NY Dead of Winter	Stuart Kaminsky	Fiction		05/15/10
33	CSI: Snake Eyes	Max Allen Collins	Fiction		05/28/10
34	CSI: Double Dealer	Max Allen Collins	Fiction		05/29/10
35	Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse)	Charlaine Harris	Fiction		06/06/10
36	Escape	Carolyn Jessup	Non-Fiction		06/15/10
37	CSI: Nevada Rose	Jerome Preisler	Fiction		06/27/10
38	Blue Bloods	David Baldacci	Fiction		07/20/10
39	The Breach	Patrick Lee	Fiction		07/28/10
40	Face of Betrayal	Lis Wiehl	Fiction	Kindle App	07/30/10
41	Caught Stealing	Charlie Huston	Fiction	Stanza App	08/01/10
42	The 9th Judgment	James Patterson	Fiction		08/03/10
43	Six Bad Things	Charlie Huston	Fiction	Stanza App	08/06/10
44	Dangerous Man	Charlie Huston	Fiction	Stanza App	08/08/10
45	Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch	B.J. Daniels	Fiction	Kobo App	08/19/10
46	Sizzling Sixteen	Janet Evanovich	Fiction		08/22/10
47	Revenge of Innocents	Nancy Taylor Roseberg	Fiction	Kindle App	08/28/10
48	Dancing in the Moonlight	RaeAnne Thayne	Fiction	Kindle App	08/29/10
49	The Spy Who Loved Her	Marie Ferrarella	Fiction	Stanza App	08/30/10
50	A Little Death in Dixie	Lisa Turner	Fiction	Kindle App	09/08/10
51	The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner	Stephenie Meyer	Fiction		09/12/10
52	The Pawn	Steven James	Fiction	Kindle App	09/19/10
53	Wicked Appetite	Janet Evanovich	Fiction		09/28/10
54	Irresistable Forces	Brenda Jackson	Fiction	Stanza App	09/29/10
55	Dead(ish)	Naomi Kramer	Fiction	Nook App	09/29/10
56	Birth Place, Safe Space	Adela Stockton	Non-Fiction		10/18/10
57	The Scarpetta Factor	Patricia Cornwell	Fiction		10/31/10
58	Don't Cut Me Again: True Stories of VBAC	Angela Hoy	Non-Fiction		11/04/10
59	Ina May's Guide to Childbirth	Ina May Gaskin	Non-Fiction		11/05/10
60	Painless	Derek Ciccone	Fiction	Nook App	11/28/10
61	Hypnobirthing	Marie Mongan	Non-Fiction		11/29/10
62	The Aguero Sisters	Cristina Garcia	Fiction		12/08/10
63	Into the Storm	Reed Timmer	Non-Fiction		12/10/10
64	Relentless	Robin Parrish	Fiction	Kindle App	12/21/10
65	Simple Genius	David Baldacci	Fiction		12/26/10

I will update this post throughout the year to track my book progress on my goal to reach 100 books read in 2010.

January:
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Fiction.(Re-read) 1/2/2010
2. This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper. Fiction. 1/6/2010
3. Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson. Fiction. 1/7/2010
4. The Mercy Papers by Robin Romm. Non-fiction. 1/11/2010
5. Building the Kingdom: A History of Mormons in America by Claudia RichardBushman 1/18/2010
6. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Fiction. 1/21/2010
7.In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin. Fiction. 1/24/2010
8. Run For Your Life by James Patterson. Fiction. 1/26/2010
9. Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond by Deborah Laake. Non-fiction. 1/31/2010
Total for January - 9 books

February
10. The Outside World by Tova Mirvis. Fiction. 2/9/10.
11. Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife by Irene Spencer. Non-fiction. 2/13/2010.
12. My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen. Non-Fiction. 2/18/10.
13. Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing up Cult by Jayanti Tamm. Non-fiction. 2/23/2010
Total for February - 4 books
Cumulative Total - 13 books

March
14. Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir by Cara Mulhhan Non-Fiction 3/8/2010
15. CSI: The Killing Jar by Donn Cortez. Fiction. 3/9/2010
16. Living Dead in Dallas (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 3/13/2010
17. Club Dead (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 3/17/2010
18. Seven Mile Beach by Tom Gilling. Fiction. 3/18/2010
19. Dead to the World (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 3/23/2010
20. Dead As A Doornail (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 3/28/2010.
Total for March - 7 books
Cumulative Total - 20 books

April
21. Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich. Fiction. 4/2/2010
22. Definitely Dead (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 4/3/2010
23. Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden Series) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 4/6/2010
24. All Together Dead (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 4/12/2010
25. From Dead to Worse (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 4/14/2010
26. Dead and Gone (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 4/17/2010
27. The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich. Fiction. 4/18/2010
28. Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 4/24/2010.
29. First Family by David Baldacci. Fiction. 4/26/2010.
30. Worst Case by James Patterson. Fiction. 4/30/2010.

Total for April - 10 books

May
31. Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska. Fiction. 5/1/2010
32. CSI NY: Dead of Winter by Stuart Kaminsky. Fiction. 5/15/2010
33. CSI: Snake Eyes by Max Allen Collins. Fiction. 5/28/2010
34. by Max Allen Collins. Fiction. 5/29/2010

Total for May - 4 books

June
35. Dead in the Family (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) by Charlaine Harris. Fiction. 6/6/2010


Audiobooks
1. Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts. Fiction. 3/24/2010
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgsen Burnett. Fiction. 3/29/2010.
3. The Hollow by Nora Roberts. Fiction. 3/31/2010.
4. The Quickie by James Patterson. Fiction. 4/1/2010.
5. The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts. Fiction. 4/12/2010
6. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. Non-Fiction. 4/15/2010
7. Killing Floor by Lee Childs..Fiction 4/26/2010
8. Die Trying by Lee Childs. Fiction. 4/30/2010
9. Tripwire by Lee Childs. Fiction. 5/6/2010
10. Running Blind by Lee Childs.Fiction. 5/12/2010
11. Echo Burning by Lee Childs. Fiction. 5/20/2010
12. Without Fail by Lee Childs. Fiction. 6/2/2010
13. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Non-Fiction. 6/7/2010

Currently reading

Escape by Carolyn Jessup
A bunch of textbooks

Wish List:

- Naughty Neighbor - Janet Evanovich

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans.

The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."

I got a phone call from Applebee's. From the GM of the franchise group from southern Mississippi. He asked me to relay to him what happened. Apologized profusely. Told me that nursing mothers are ALWAYS welcome in all Applebee's restaurants. Told me that all of his staff will be educated on the topic. Then said he hoped I hadn't lost any loyalty to Applebee's as a result and said he'll send me "something" in the mail to encourage me to return. I'm excited that I got an actual phone call instead of a stupid form letter. Yay!

Since several of you have commented or asked questions about the Applebee's thing I figured I would copy the post that I made in breastfeeding

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OMG. I think I might pee my pants...

Harry Potter theme park to open in Orlando!!!!!

Dear Americans,

It is spelled D-O-L-L-A-R. Since it has been the form of currency your entire life you could at least learn how to spell it properly. Say it with me now, D-O-L-L-A-R.

Thank you.

/rant