Books I've Read

I have always been an avid reader but life as a Volunteer has given more more time than usual to read. Reasons include: lack of internet and TV, a two hour lunch break, staying inside after dark, etc. I have therefore decided to keep a list of all the books I have read since I arrived in country. Lucky for me the Peace Corps office has a room with books stacked to the ceiling left behind by other Volunteers.

Rankings:
1- didn't make it to the end
2 - finished book but it was a struggle
3 - Okay, don't recommend it
4 - Enjoyable, recommendable to some
5 - loved it, everyone should read it

Ordered by when I read the books:

• Four Blind Mice by James Patterson - 3
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - 4
• The Lifeguard by James Patterson - 3
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein - 4
• The 5th Horseman by James Patterson - 3
• City of Thieves by David Benioff - 5
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz - 5
• 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann - 4.5
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - 4
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - 3
• War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - 4
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King - 5
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 4.5
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - 4 
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - 5
• 1Q84 by Haruki Murkami - 3
• A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin - 5
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson - 2
• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson - 5
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 3
• The Appeal by John Grisham - 2
• We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo - 3
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - 4 
• A feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin - 3
• Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman - 5
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - 5
• Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - 4 
• Nazi Germany and the Jews by Saul Friedländer - 4
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire - 2
• Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi - 5
• In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 5
• Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by J.K. Rowling - 5 
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - 3
• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - 3
• A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin - 5
• The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - 5
• La Cámara Secreta by J.K. Rowling - 4 (The translation isn't as good as it could be)
• El Prisionero de Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 4 
• El Alquimista: Una Fábula para seguir tus Sueños by Paulo Coelho - 5
• Pines by Blake Crouch - 5
• Una Boda en Haití by Julia Álvarez - 3
• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown - 4