Books Read 2009
Whee, school's out! Time for lots and lots of reading.
1. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (J's wanting to discuss the entire series, since he read them last year)
2. Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings (reread)
3. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
4. Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings (reread)
5. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
6. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
9. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
10. Million Little Pieces by Jonathan Frey
11. Guardians of the West by David Eddings (reread)
12. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
13. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
14. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (reread)
15. Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles
16. King of the Murgos by David Eddings (reread)
17. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
18. The Giver by Lois Lowry (reread)
19. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
20. The Progressive Revolution by Mike Lux
21. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
22. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
23. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
24. Messenger by Lois Lowry
25. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
26. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
27. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
28. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (reread)
30. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
31. The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston
32. City of Glory by Beverly Swerling
33. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
34. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
35. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
36. Abigail Adams: An American Woman by Charles W. Akers
37. Three Cups of Tea by by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
38. A House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnernos
39. Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
I did manage to cross off one of my IP books, but I also added to it:
In Progress:
1. A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (got left at work for the summer, whoops)
2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
4. Counting Heads by David Marusek
On deck, a whole bunch of historical fiction:
1. The Last Queen by C. W. Gortener
2. Sarah's Daughter by Ruth Bass
3. Vanishing Point by Mary Sharratt
4. Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin
5. Katherine by Anya Seton
1. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (J's wanting to discuss the entire series, since he read them last year)
2. Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings (reread)
3. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
4. Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings (reread)
5. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
6. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
9. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
10. Million Little Pieces by Jonathan Frey
11. Guardians of the West by David Eddings (reread)
12. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
13. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
14. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (reread)
15. Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles
16. King of the Murgos by David Eddings (reread)
17. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
18. The Giver by Lois Lowry (reread)
19. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
20. The Progressive Revolution by Mike Lux
21. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
22. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
23. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
24. Messenger by Lois Lowry
25. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
26. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
27. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
28. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (reread)
30. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
31. The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston
32. City of Glory by Beverly Swerling
33. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
34. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
35. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
36. Abigail Adams: An American Woman by Charles W. Akers
37. Three Cups of Tea by by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
38. A House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnernos
39. Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
I did manage to cross off one of my IP books, but I also added to it:
In Progress:
1. A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (got left at work for the summer, whoops)
2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
4. Counting Heads by David Marusek
On deck, a whole bunch of historical fiction:
1. The Last Queen by C. W. Gortener
2. Sarah's Daughter by Ruth Bass
3. Vanishing Point by Mary Sharratt
4. Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin
5. Katherine by Anya Seton