With a dreamy, far-off look and her nose stuck in a book

In 2009 I kept a tally of all the books I read throughout the year. My total? 23. I probably could have squeezed in a few more, but sometimes I like to pace myself through books and only read little bits at a time. Other times it may take me a while to get into a book, thus allowing it to collect dust for a few weeks before I give it another go. I did read quite a few manga installments this past year. Does that take away from my total? Maybe they should count for more since they're read right to left and impose on my accustomed left to right reading habits! ;)

I'd like to match my 2009 total or, ideally, exceed it in 2010. Currently, I'm reading Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story by John Sforza and, after writing this post I decided to re-read, Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery. After those are finished I plan on jumping in to:

• Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (a friend of mine gave me this book for my
  birthday last year and I'm just now getting around to it. Bad, I know! Even more so since I'm a fan of Lahiri's other works, Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake.)
• Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (Okay, so I cheated and watched the BBC adaption of ''Wives and Daughters'' before reading it. In fact, I've only ever watched Gaskell adaptations - ''North and South'' and ''Cranford'' being the others. I'm excited to actually read her.)
• Gift from the Sea by A. M. Lindbergh (I picked this up at my town library's annual book sale this past summer. It ended up staying near the bottom of my ''to-read'' book pile, but I look forward to finally cracking the cover.)

I have a few other titles in mind, but the above three are all I am committing to at present. Both my mother and one of my aunts have suggested a few books to me, so I'll eventually work my way toward those. Do you have any books you would recommend? Do share!

P.S. Do you recognize where the title to this post is from?