Thirty Things (An Update)

On October 22, 2008, I made a list of 30 Things to Do Before I'm 30.
Since then, a few of the items have been tweaked and a few others have been replaced; mostly because accomplishing that specific item no longer holds appeal for me.

I am 15 months away from turning 30. (Yuck.)
And I have, so far, crossed 11 items off of my list.
Though, I'm getting closer to crossing off another four.

Tonight, I completed the 50th book--halfway to item number one on my list: "Read 100 books"

Here are the 50 books I have read since October 2008. (Not so impressive, I know: 50 books in almost two years? Get it together!) Those with an asterisk are those I would highly recommend.

1. Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee*
5. Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald*
6. Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
7. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
   
8. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
   
9. Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange
   
10. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl*
11. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
    
12. Summer of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau
13. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury*
14. In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen*
15. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros*
16. Fathered By God by John Eldredge*
17. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
18. Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge*
19. Spud...The Madness Continues by John Van de Ruit
20. Celebutantes by Amanda Goldberg
    
21. And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac
    
22. Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman
23. Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
24. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
    
25. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
26. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
27. Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
28. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson*
29. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson*
30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson*
31. East of Eden by John Steinbeck**
32. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
    
33. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins*
34. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins*
35. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins*
36. The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
37. Quentins by Maeve Binchy
    
38. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman*
39. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
    
40. Little Bee by Chris Cleave*
    
41. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
42. Animal Farm by George Orwell
    
43. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
44. Someone Like You by Roald Dahl
45. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
46. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
47. The Help by Kathryn Stockett*
48. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
    
49. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
    
50. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling*

I have three stacks of books waiting to be read (I'm fairly certain you could guess what the next six will be...) Hoping to make it to 100 before October 2012!
(That is, if the world doesn't end before then...)