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

Books read in 2008

Fun Facts (idea stolen from http://notenoughbooks.blogspot.com/):
Total read: 97
Audiobooks: 5
New authors: 77
Non-Fiction: 10

December
97. Incendiary by Chris Cleave 281pp (C+)
96. Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda 480pp (B+)
95. The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris 496pp (A)
94. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen 200pp (A)
93. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 205pp (B)

November (14 books; 3,238pp plus 1 audio)
92. Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 128pp (B)
91. Confessions of a Reformed Dieter by A.J. Rochester - Audiobook (B)
90. The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd 384pp (A)
89. Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip 272pp (C-)
88. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 150pp (A)
87. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 256pp (A)
86. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot 272pp (B)
85. A Concise Chinese- English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolou Guo 368pp (C-)
84. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 240pp (B-)
83. P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern 512pp (B+)
82. Zel by Donna Jo Napoli 240pp (B)
81. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oats 160pp (A)
80. The Dangerous Husband by Jane Shapiro 256pp (D)
79. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid 224pp (A)

October (11 books; 2,948pp)
78. Forever by Judy Blume 155pp (A)
77. The River King by Alice Hoffman 336pp (A)
76. Through Thick and Thin, edited by Jane Waghorn 118pp (B+)
75. The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery 272pp (A)
74. The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 206pp (C)
73. Rozowe Tabletki na Uspokojenie by Krystyna Janda 250pp (C)
72. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 198pp (A)
71. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 132pp (A)
70. One True Thing by Anna Quindlen 289pp (A)
69. The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue 336pp (B)
68. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 656pp (A)

September (11 books; 3,061pp)
67. Chocolat by Joanne Harris 336pp (A)
66. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 512pp (A)
65. Getting Things Done by David Allen 282pp (B+)
64. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 298pp (A)
63. The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike 315pp (F - only managed 100pp)
62. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 224pp (B)
61. The Truth About the Leprechaun by Bob Curran 157pp (B)
60. The Vanishing by Tim Krabbe 128pp (B+)
59. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 224pp (B)
58. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 560pp (A)
57. Witch Child by Celia Rees 240pp (B)

August (5 books; 1,492 plus 1 audio)
56. Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor 432pp (A)
55. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 192pp (D)
54. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 336pp (A)
53. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson - Audiobook (B+)
52. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller 182pp (B)
51. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 350pp (A)

July (8 books; 1,975 plus 1 audio)
50. Don't you want me? by India Knight 272pp (B+)
49. Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George 256pp (B)
48. Tego lata w Zawrociu by Hanna Kowalewska 222pp (C+)
47. The American Boy by Andrew Taylor - Audiobook (F)
46. The Devil and Miss Prym by Paolo Coelho 224pp (B)
45. Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella 329pp (C)
44. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 512pp (A)
43. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 160pp (A)

June (9 books; 2,263pp)
42. The Celts, First Masters of Europe by Christiane Eluere 176pp (C)
41. Dziennik Irlandzki by Heinrich Boll 127pp (B-)
40. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 230pp (A)
39. The Giver by Lois Lowry 240pp (A)
38. Pefume by Patrick Suskind 272pp (A)
37. Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi 178pp (A)
36. number9dream by David Mitchell 432pp (B-)
35. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares 304pp (B)
34. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson 304pp (C+)

May (5 books; 1,861pp)
33. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 309pp (A)
32. Jennifer Government by Max Barry 352pp (A-)
31. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 608pp (A)
30. I don't know how she does it by Allison Pearson 368pp (B)
29. The Boy on the Bus by Deborah Schupack 224pp (C)

April (9 books; 2,380pp plus 1 audio)
28. Like Life by Lorrie Moore 192pp (D-)
27. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 384pp (C+)
26. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 192pp (A)
25. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 480pp (A)
24. The Xmas Factor by Annie Sanders - Audiobook (C+)
23. This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes 380pp (C)
22. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 224pp (A)
21. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 224pp (B+)
20. The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton 304pp (B+)

March (11 books; 2,939pp plus 1 audio)
19. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler 304pp (5/5)
18. Animal Farm by George Orwell 112pp (5/5)
17. Girls Under Pressure by Jacqueline Wilson 208pp (5/5)
16. The Memory Keeper's Daughter 416pp (5/5)
15. Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar - Audiobook (2/5)
14. The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger 240pp (4.5/5)
13. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 251pp (4.5/5)
12. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 576pp (4/5)
11. Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson 288pp (4/5)
10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 128pp (4/5)
9. Chloe by Freya North 416pp (4/5)

February (7 books; 1,670pp)
8. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende 288pp (5/5)
7. Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes 288pp (4/5)
6. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby 144pp (5/5)
5. Are You There, God? It's me, Margaret by Judy Blume 160pp (4/5)
4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 224pp (5/5)
3. Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler 288pp (3/5)
2. The Children of Men by P.D. James 278pp (3/5)

January (umm... 1 book; 171pp - can you say 'slow start'?)
1. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 171 pp (4/5)