 | Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis by Orson Scott Card
Buy used from: $3.19 A great series. This is Genesis told from the POV of the women involved. This one was probably the slowest of the series, but still enjoyable.
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 | For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $0.01 A great story of an Indian woman trying to deal with pressure to marry "A good boy, an Indian boy."
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 | The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel by Lauren Weisberger
Buy used from: $0.01 Fun fluff to take your mind off life for a little while.
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 | Four Spirits by Sena Jeter Naslund
Buy used from: $0.01 Life got busy and I had to put this one down.
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 | The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
Buy used from: $0.01 A quick read that might just inspire you.
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 | The Dogs of Babel: A Novel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.01 Loved this book!
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 | Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Buy used from: $0.01 Sometimes I need to put a book down and then come back to it to really enjoy it. This will have to be one of those.
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 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $2.80 I could not put this book down. It was wacky and touching all at the same time. I recommend!
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 | The Way the Crow Flies: A Novel (P.S.) by Ann-marie Macdonald
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $0.01 I'm enjoying the story this book tells, but it's somewhat slow going. I will have to come back to this one as I really couldn't get into it.
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 | What No One Tells the Bride: Surviving the Wedding, Sex After the Honeymoon, Second Thoughts, Wedding Cake Freezer Burn, Becoming Your Mother, Screaming about Money, Screaming about In-Laws, etc. by Marg Stark
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $0.01 Getting married in November, so I thought this might be a good read. It's well written and funny. It is also alleviating many of my fears and doubts about getting married. Incredibly helpful to me!
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 | Hitched : The Go-Girl Guide to the First Year of Marriage by Julia Bourland
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $0.01 Similar to above. I promise to read more REAL books soon! :)
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 | Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy used from: $3.29 Re-read for book club in June. I dig this book.
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 | A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That: A Novel by Lisa Glatt
Buy new: $10.26 / Used from: $0.01 Very good book, but definitely written for women.
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 | In Her Shoes : A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01 Some very nice light summer reading. This was my second of Weiner's novels and it was very enjoyable.
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 | The Birth of Venus: A Novel by Sarah Dunant
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 An entertaining, but not stellar, read about fifteenth century Florence.
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 | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.01 I don't know if it's worth the hype, but I enjoyed this book.
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 | Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Buy new: $11.89 / Used from: $0.01 An enjoyable, quick read!
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 | Angels by Marian Keyes
Buy used from: $0.01 Not my fave Marian Keyes book, but decent nonetheless.
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 | Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 I started reading this, but after 120 pages, the story had gone nowhere. I had to put it down.
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 | Icy Sparks (Oprah's Book Club) by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 A bit slow at the beginning, but it picked up. An interesting read.
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 | The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A fast paced story of recovering from the loss of a young spouse.
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 | The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 An interesting story of a religiously driven community. A quick read.
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 | The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 I read this from the "Chronicles of Narnia." It was a great fantasy story, and I look forward to the next installment: "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wadrobe."
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 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 I feel so-so on this book. I know it's part of a trilogy, but I wish there had been some kind of wrap up.
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 | Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Buy used from: $0.81 I don't think I'm smart enough to read this book on my own. It was alright, but I know I missed things since I didn't get the symbolism.
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