January 8

The optimist in me likes silver linings.  The big one for my commute is books on CD.  It really makes my upwards of 2 hour drive bearable.  Yes, I do listen to Sirius as well...I gotta have my Howard Stern too.  But I love getting lost in a good story while driving.  I also read a lot and nearly always have a 'real' book going at the same time I am listening to one.

I try to keep track of what I read, but I do forget to write some down.  Here is what I tracked reading/listening to in 2012.  My favorites are starred.

Faith by Jennifer Haigh

Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh

*Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg.
Boom! Talking about the Sixties by Tom Brokaw
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

*Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake  by Anna Quindlen
Summer People by Elin Hillenbrand

Home Front by Kristin Hannah

Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster
Heaven Is For Real by Todd Bumpo
Coming Up for Air by Patty Callahan Henry
No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Island by Elin Hillenbrand

The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner
Skinnydipping by Bethenney Frankel
The Arrivals by Meg Mitchell Moore

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Penelope by Rebecca Harrington
*The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Where We Belong by Emily Giffin

Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline

Summerland by Elin Hillenbrand

The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty

*Bossypants by Tina Fey

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Love Anthony by Lisa Genova

Last Night by Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger