books read in 2009
How I rate them:
-- Why was this book written?
-- UGH. Dont even bother reading this if you're bored. it's just not worth the trouble.
-- MEH. Worth reading if the only other choice is finally getting around to doing those dishes...or stabbing yourself in the eye with a fork.
-- GOOD. Decent book, and worth reading once.
-- VERY GOOD. Worth reading twice or more.
-- AMAZING. Definitely read this book. You will NOT be disappointed.
-- 1 of my favorites!!
Currently Reading
Dude, Where's My Country?. Michael Moore.
Stauffenberg : A Family History 1905 - 1944. Peter Hoffmann.
Cannibalism, Headhunting, and Human Sacrifice in North America : A History Forgotten - a Vivid Account of Barbaric Practices of Both Native Americans and European Explorers and Colonists. George Franklin Feldman.
Green Hell : How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them. Steve Milloy.
Twisted. Laurie Halse Anderson.
Ceremonial Violence : a Psychological Explanation for School Shootings. Jonathan Fast.
Firegirl. Tony Abbott.
What It Is : the Formless Thing Which Gives Things Form. Lynda Barry.
[NOTE: most recent books are in the beginning of the list]
Nonfiction
Small Miracles of the Holocaust : Extraordinary Coincidences of Faith, Hope, and Survival. Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal.
Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Mary Roach.
Am I Thin Enough Yet?: The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity. Sharlene Hesse-Biber.
Mengele the complete story. Gerald L Posner.
The Big Girls' Guide to Life: A Plus-Sized Jaunt Through a Body-Obsessed World. Bunkie Lynn.
Fabulous Friendship Festival : loving wildly, learning deeply, living fully with our friends. Sark.
2013 : The End of Days or a New Beginning?. Marie D Jones.
Do gentlemen really prefer blondes? : bodies, behavior and brains : the science behind sex, love, and attraction. Jena Pincott.
The Mismeasure of Woman : Why Women are not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex. Carol Tavris.
Death From the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End. Philip Plait MD.
Prosperity Pie : How to Relax About Money and Everything Else. Sark.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft. Denise Zimmermann.
Not In Kansas Anymore : a Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America. Christine Wicker.
Dead Travel Fast : Stalking Vampires From Nosferatu to Count Chocula. Eric Nuzum.
Spirit of Animals. Sylvia Browne and Chris Dufresne.
The Lolita Effect : the Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It. M Gigi Durham PhD.
Why We Suck : a Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid. Dr Denis Leary.
Don’t Eat This Book : Fast Food and the Supersizing of America. Morgan Spurlock.
The Case Against Barack Obama : the Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate. David Freddoso.
Service Included : 4 Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter. Phoebe Damrosch.
Paranormal Caught on Film : Amazing Photographs of Ghosts, Poltergeists, and Strange Phenomenon. Dr Melvyn Willin.
Guilty : Liberal “Victims” and Their Assault on America. Ann Coulter.
Somebody’s Gotta Say It. Neal Boortz.
Ten Things You Cant Say in America. Larry Elder.
Virus X : Tracking the New Killer Plagues Out of the Present and into the Future. Frank Ryan MD.
The Wives of Henry VIII. Antonia Fraser.
Natural Witchery : Intuitive, Personal, and Practical Magick. Ellen Dugan.
Nanny State : How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and Other Bone-headed Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children. David Harsanyi.
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37). Bernard Goldberg.
Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity : Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong. John Stossel.
Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom. Sark.
Sark's New Creative Companion: Ways To Free Your Creative Spirit. Sark.
Fiction
The Revolution of Sabine. Beth Levine Ain.
Wintergirls. Laurie Halse Anderson.
Auschwitz. Pascal Croci.
Alexander, who's not (do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move. Judith Viorst.
Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. Judith Viorst.
Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Judith Viorst.
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean. Kevin Sherry.
Stellaluna. Janelle Cannon.
Counting Ovejas. Sara Weeks.
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows. Ann Brashares.
Leap Day. Wendy Mass.
Skunk Girl. Sheba Karim.
Mail Order Ninja vol 1. Joshua Elder.
The Possibilities of Sainthood. Donna Freitas.
Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer.
X Files : Ground Zero. Kevin J Anderson.
Confessions of a Not It Girl. Melissa Kantor.
Feeling Sorry for Celia. Jaclyn Moriarty.
The Boleyn Inheritance. Philippa Gregory.
Looks. Madeleine George.
The Clique. Lisi Harrison.
-- Why was this book written?
-- UGH. Dont even bother reading this if you're bored. it's just not worth the trouble.
-- MEH. Worth reading if the only other choice is finally getting around to doing those dishes...or stabbing yourself in the eye with a fork.
-- GOOD. Decent book, and worth reading once.
-- VERY GOOD. Worth reading twice or more.
-- AMAZING. Definitely read this book. You will NOT be disappointed.
-- 1 of my favorites!!
Currently Reading
Dude, Where's My Country?. Michael Moore.
Stauffenberg : A Family History 1905 - 1944. Peter Hoffmann.
Cannibalism, Headhunting, and Human Sacrifice in North America : A History Forgotten - a Vivid Account of Barbaric Practices of Both Native Americans and European Explorers and Colonists. George Franklin Feldman.
Green Hell : How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them. Steve Milloy.
Twisted. Laurie Halse Anderson.
Ceremonial Violence : a Psychological Explanation for School Shootings. Jonathan Fast.
Firegirl. Tony Abbott.
What It Is : the Formless Thing Which Gives Things Form. Lynda Barry.
[NOTE: most recent books are in the beginning of the list]
Nonfiction
Small Miracles of the Holocaust : Extraordinary Coincidences of Faith, Hope, and Survival. Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal.
Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Mary Roach.
Am I Thin Enough Yet?: The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity. Sharlene Hesse-Biber.
Mengele the complete story. Gerald L Posner.
The Big Girls' Guide to Life: A Plus-Sized Jaunt Through a Body-Obsessed World. Bunkie Lynn.
Fabulous Friendship Festival : loving wildly, learning deeply, living fully with our friends. Sark.
2013 : The End of Days or a New Beginning?. Marie D Jones.
Do gentlemen really prefer blondes? : bodies, behavior and brains : the science behind sex, love, and attraction. Jena Pincott.
The Mismeasure of Woman : Why Women are not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex. Carol Tavris.
Death From the Skies! : These are the Ways the World Will End. Philip Plait MD.
Prosperity Pie : How to Relax About Money and Everything Else. Sark.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft. Denise Zimmermann.
Not In Kansas Anymore : a Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America. Christine Wicker.
Dead Travel Fast : Stalking Vampires From Nosferatu to Count Chocula. Eric Nuzum.
Spirit of Animals. Sylvia Browne and Chris Dufresne.
The Lolita Effect : the Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It. M Gigi Durham PhD.
Why We Suck : a Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid. Dr Denis Leary.
Don’t Eat This Book : Fast Food and the Supersizing of America. Morgan Spurlock.
The Case Against Barack Obama : the Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media’s Favorite Candidate. David Freddoso.
Service Included : 4 Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter. Phoebe Damrosch.
Paranormal Caught on Film : Amazing Photographs of Ghosts, Poltergeists, and Strange Phenomenon. Dr Melvyn Willin.
Guilty : Liberal “Victims” and Their Assault on America. Ann Coulter.
Somebody’s Gotta Say It. Neal Boortz.
Ten Things You Cant Say in America. Larry Elder.
Virus X : Tracking the New Killer Plagues Out of the Present and into the Future. Frank Ryan MD.
The Wives of Henry VIII. Antonia Fraser.
Natural Witchery : Intuitive, Personal, and Practical Magick. Ellen Dugan.
Nanny State : How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and Other Bone-headed Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children. David Harsanyi.
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37). Bernard Goldberg.
Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity : Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong. John Stossel.
Inspiration Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom. Sark.
Sark's New Creative Companion: Ways To Free Your Creative Spirit. Sark.
Fiction
The Revolution of Sabine. Beth Levine Ain.
Wintergirls. Laurie Halse Anderson.
Auschwitz. Pascal Croci.
Alexander, who's not (do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move. Judith Viorst.
Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. Judith Viorst.
Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Judith Viorst.
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean. Kevin Sherry.
Stellaluna. Janelle Cannon.
Counting Ovejas. Sara Weeks.
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows. Ann Brashares.
Leap Day. Wendy Mass.
Skunk Girl. Sheba Karim.
Mail Order Ninja vol 1. Joshua Elder.
The Possibilities of Sainthood. Donna Freitas.
Eclipse. Stephenie Meyer.
X Files : Ground Zero. Kevin J Anderson.
Confessions of a Not It Girl. Melissa Kantor.
Feeling Sorry for Celia. Jaclyn Moriarty.
The Boleyn Inheritance. Philippa Gregory.
Looks. Madeleine George.
The Clique. Lisi Harrison.