3. Read a mystery, /a non-fiction, a science, /Pulitzer Prize winner, /a classic, /a Gossip Girl, a sci-fi, /a sad book, a self-help, /a graphic novel

Sad book: Completed!
4/7/08
Night by Elie Weisel
An account of the holocaust's concentration camps. Probably the saddest book I've ever read, but really more horrifying. Everyone should read it.


Non-Fiction: Completed!
8/3/08
Madam Secretary by Madeleine Albright
One of the most inspiring books I have ever read. At a hefty 664 pages, it admittedly can become exhausting, but I feel like this is a sign of good writing - Albright communicates the incredibly hard and never ending work that foreign relations presents, while still presenting a message of hope and responsibility. Thanks to this book, I have been inspired to enter work in preventing genocide and human rights crimes. Yay, activism!

Gossip Girl: Completed!
8/5/08
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Okay, so I needed an intellectual break after the hefty Albright book, so sue me! It was exactly the cerebral vacation I was needing, so now on to tackle... 1000+ page long Infinite Jest??
Maybe some Party Monster or David Sedaris before I take that plunge!

Graphic Novel: Completed!

2/11/09

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Okay, guys, I've never read a comic book before but seriously, this is so good. Like, SO good. I read it in two days, couldn't put it down. Oh man.

A Classic: Completed!

3/25/09

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Pretty much amazing. Took a long, long time, even though it wasn't that long. Just very... Russian. Lol, good thing that's my major, right?

A Pulitzer Prize Winner: Completed!

3/16/10

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

I would recommend it. Interesting, with a really awesome and hilarious writing style. Not recommended if you don't know Spanish though, Diaz throws a lot of random Spanish in just normal narrative that you kind of need to understand.

A Mystery: Completed!
12/20/10
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
I read this book really quickly, and it was entertaining, but I don't think mysteries are my genre.