My love affair with books

THIS AINT YO MAMA’S BOOK CLUB: #53 - Read 100 books (100/100)

James Patterson (21)
1st To Die
2nd Chance
3rd Degree
4th of July
5th Horseman
6th Target
7th Heaven
8th Confession
9th Judgment
10th Anniversary
11th Hour
Now You See Her
Kill Me If You Can
Don't Blink
The Christmas Wedding
The Post Card Killers
Kill Alex Cross
Private: #1 Suspect
Jack & Jill
Private Games
Guilty Wives

Karen Kingsbury (24)
Shades of Blue
Redemption
Remember
Return
Rejoice
Reunion
Fame
Forgiven
Found
Family
Forever
Sunrise
Summer
Someday
Sunset
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Leaving
Learning
Longing
Loving
Coming Home

Jenny B. Jones (8)
Save The Date
In Between
The Big Picture
On The Lose
I'm So Sure
So Not Happening
So Over My Head
Just Between You & Me

Kendra Wilkinson (2)
Sliding Into Home
Being Kendra

Sarah Lorge Butler & Leslie Bonci (1)
Run Your Butt Off!

Adam Coucher & Tim Catalano (1)
Running The Edge

James Frey (1)
A Million Little Pieces

Jodie Picoult (1)
Picture Perfect

Kyle Richards (1)
Life Is Not A Reality Show

The Kardashians (2)
Dollhouse
All Things Kardashian

Matt Long (1)
The Long Run

Tim Tebow (1)
Through My Eyes

Chris Bojalian (1)
The Summer of Eden

Nora Roberts (2)
The Next Always
The Last Boyfriend

Jillian Michaels (1)
Making The Cut

Taylor Armstrong (1)
Hiding From Reality

Sophia Kinsella (1)
I've Got Your Number

Lauren Conrad (1)
The Fame Game

Suzanne Collins (3)
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay

E.L. James (3)
50 Shades of Grey
50 Shades Darker
50 Shades Freed

Sylvia Day (1)
Bared To You

Maya Banks (6)
Sweet Durrender
Sweet Persuasion
Sweet Seduction
Sweet Temptation
Sweet Possession
Sweet Addiction

Jamie McGuire (1)
Beautiful Disaster

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillian & Al Switzler (1)
Crucial Conversations

Beth Kery (8)
Because You Are Mine Part 1: Becuase You Tempt Me
Because You Are Mine Part 2: Becuase I Could Not Resist
Becuase You Are Mine Part 3: Becuase You Haunt Me
Because You Are Mine Part 4: Becuase You Must Learn
Becuase You Are Mine Part 5: Becuase I said So
Because You Are Mine Part 6: Because You Torment Me
Becuase You Are Mine Part 7: Because I Need To
Becuase You Are Mine Part 8: Because I Am Yours

Jessica Clare (1)
The Girls Guide to (Man) Hunting

Beth Kery (1)
Wicked Burn

Bethany Kane (1)
Bound to You

Gillian Flynn (3)
Gone Girl
Dark Spaces
Sharp Objects

This is fun to watch?!

BE A MAN: #52 - Watch 2 football games (per season) of D's choosing (6/6)

I have to admit the first football game I watched (NFL - Washington Redskins) did not go well. Someone ended up really mad (not me) someone ended up crying (not D) and someone figured there would be $5.00 going to charity as this was not going to be a task that got completed.

I gave it a few weeks before I attempted to watch another game, and this time it was a college game (Michigan Wolverines) and it went much better. Some of the games were watched at home, some were watched at the bar/restaurant our friend manages, some were just the two of us and for some there was a group. I tried not to take D's anger and/or frustrations personally and he tried not to let a bad game affect his mood for the whole day. Every time was a little different and every time was a little better. I even watched more then just 6 games and I'm sure I'll end up watching a few a season, both NFL and college from here on out. After all he does watch some of my shows that he has zero interest in so it would only be fair :)

BOOKS

THIS AIN'T YO MAMA'S BOOK CLUB # 52 & #53

A few days ago I finished reading Jame's Patterson's The Postcard Killers. I am never dissapointed by his books. They suck me in right from the beginning and the chapters as so short (a few pages each) that I find myself having an even harder time putting the book down!

By finishing this book, I managed to work on two goals at the same time:

#52 Read a book from the NYT best seller list each year,

#53 Read half the books I own, that I haven’t read yet