Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Books read in 2009

Total read: 107
Audiobooks: 7
Graphic novels: 8
New-to-me authors: 68
Non-Fiction: 13
Classics: 19
Short Stories: 2 (144pp)

December
107. Shadows in Bronze by Lindsey Davis (**) 250/366pp
106. A Break With Charity by Ann Rinaldi (*****) 295pp
105. Fables volume 1 - Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham (*****) 127pp

November
104. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar (*****) 
103. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (*****) 237pp
102. Native American Songs and Poems, An Anthology edited by Brian Swann (**) 54pp
101. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (*****)
100. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (****) 386pp
99. The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg (****) 176pp
98. The Tales of Beetle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (*****) 105pp
97. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (***) 432pp

October (7 books; 2,197pp)
96. Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts (****1/2) 321pp
95. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, volume 1 by Joss Whedon et al. (*****) 296pp
94. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (***1/2) 276pp
93. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (*****) 288pp
92. No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay (****) 468pp
91. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (****) 241pp
90. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot (****) 307pp

September (6 books; 2,035)
89. Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Woolf (***) 246pp
88. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (****) 519pp
87. The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith (****) 210pp
86. Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci (****1/2) 400pp
85. in Polish: Krysztalowy Aniol by Katarzyna Grochola (***1/2) 540pp
84. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (*) 120/288pp

August (7 books; 2,561pp + 1 audio)
83. Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston (****) 256pp
82. The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy by Polly Williams (****) 371pp
81. The Hours by Michael Cunningham (****1/2) 240pp
80. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (*****) 432pp
79. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg (**1/2) audiobook
78. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (****) 400pp
77. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (**) 542pp
76. Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson (****) 320pp

July (9 books; 2,521pp)
75. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (***1/2) 512pp
74. The Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine (*****) 242pp
73. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (*****) 288pp
72. We Thought You Would Be Prettier by Laurie Notaro (***1/2) 240pp
71. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant (*****) 352pp
70. Murder on a Bad Hair Day by Anne George (****1/2) 246pp
69. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate by Joss Whedon et al. (*****) 136pp
68. Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland (*****) 281pp
67. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (**1/2) 224pp

June (8 books; 1,795pp + 1 audiobook)
66. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (****1/2) audiobook
65. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (*****) 96pp
64. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (*****) 323pp

63. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (****) 112pp
62. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (***) 192pp
61. Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky (*****) 272pp
60. Ombria in Shadow by Patricia McKillip (***1/2) 304pp
59. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (*****) 320pp
58. Messenger by Lois Lowry (****) 176pp


May
(16 books; 4,178pp)
57. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (****) 224pp
56. in Polish: Szosta Klepka - Malgorzata Musierowicz (***) 188pp
55. in Polish: Brzechwa Dzieciom - Jan Brzechwa (****) 124pp
54. First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde (****1/2) 416pp
53. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (*****) 287pp
52. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (****) 185pp
51. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller (*****) 231pp
50. Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult (***) 496pp
49. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (****) 215pp
48. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (*****) 208pp
47. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (****) 512pp
46. Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories (*****) 234pp
45. The Stork Club by Imogen Edwards-Jones (***) 182pp
44. Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (****) 192pp
43. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (*****) 256pp
42. Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler (****) 228pp

April (9 books; 2,438pp + 2 audiobooks)
41. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella (*****) 446pp
40. Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein (*****) 224pp
39. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (****) 400pp
38. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (****) 176pp
37. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton (***) 368pp
36. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (***1/2) 403pp
35. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (****1/2) 157pp
34. But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes by Anita Loos (**) audiobook
33. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos (***) audiobook
32. Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey (*) 120/300pp
31. I Can Make You Thin by Paul McKenna (****) 144pp

March (6 books; 1,580pp + 1 audiobook)
30. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (***) 207pp
29. Seek the Fair Land by Walter Macken (***) 300pp
28. Pawing through the Past by Rita Mae Brown (**1/2) 333pp
~Short Story: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (****) 80pp
27. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (*****) 180pp
26. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (***) 96pp
25. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (****1/2) 464pp
~Short Story: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (****) 64pp
24. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (*****) audiobook

February (14 books; 3,067pp + 2 audiobooks)
23. Night by Elie Wiesel (*****) 126pp
22. The Family Way by Tony Parsons (***1/2) 400pp
21. Aesop's Fables by Aesop (***) audiobook
20. Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels (**1/2) 252pp
19. Karlson on the Roof by Astrid Lindgren (**1/2) 176pp
18. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (*****) 341pp
17. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (*****) 337pp
16. Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon (**** 1/2) 410pp
15. Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black (** 1/2) audiobook
14. The Witch of Portobello by Paolo Coelho (***) 368pp
13. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (****) 128pp
12. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (***1/2) 180pp
11. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (*****) 137pp
10. Out by Natsuo Kirino (****1/2) 388pp

January (9 books; 2,438pp)
9. The Good Women of China by Xinran (*****) 240pp
8. SeinLanguage by Jerry Seinfeld (***) 192pp
7. No Future For You by Joss Whedon and Brian K. Vaughn (*****) 120pp
6. Long Way Home by Joss Whedon (*****) 136pp
5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (****) 160pp
4. On Beauty by Zadie Smith (***1/2) 443pp
3. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (***) 283pp
2. Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella (***) 384pp
1. Code to Zero by Ken Follett (***) 480pp

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