17. Read 30 non-school books

Despite the craziness of Summer, I still squeezed in a few good reads.

Somehow, I missed this one in high school.  I was walking by the required Summer Reading table a few months back, thinking nostalgically of the many Titles I was "forced" to read.  "Lord of the Flies," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," "The Crucible," "Mosquito Coast," "The Lost World," "A Doll's House," all that Shakespeare...  And then I came across this one, realized I never actually read it, and decided to give it shot.  How did I miss this book??  Anyway, it was great to say the least.

I actually already read this one a couple years back.  But I love dogs... and John Grogan brilliantly depicts the highlights of dog ownership, both good and bad.  That, and I'm trying to get the book count up here.

*Edit: I just saw this is also being made into a movie.  Starring... you guessed it....      Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston?

I didn't want to be one of those students that read "doctor" books.  But there wasn't anything else that caught my interest that day.  It's alright, but I don't remember much from it if that's any indication.

I'm not one to get into the "beach reads" during the Summer Months.  But even this one was a little too depressing, especially since I read it on my honeymoon.

This almost violated my "beach read" rule because it was so melodramatic.  But I just couldn't put it down.  Which is why I won't watch Maury Povich - I'll spend an hour glued to the TV, wanting to know who the baby's daddy is.

And, finally, my latest read.  I've been following this guy's blog now for the past few years.  After all those years of waitressing, I took pleasure in reading about his pains and woes from the profession - and how he got revenge so many times.

11 down, 19 to go.