2009-2010 Reading
September 2009
1)Straight Man by Richard Russo-- 391 pages, F, finished 9/11/09
2)Sundancer by Edward Hays-- 56 pages, F, finished 9/15/09
3)Eliot's Banana by Heather Swain-- 310 pages, F, finished 9/30/09
October 2009
4)The Facts of Winter by Paul Poissel [Translated by Paul La Farge]-- 149 pages, F, finished 10/1/09
5)Killing Johnny Fry by Walter Mosley -- 280 pages, F, finished 10/2/09
6)The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell-- 245 pages, F, finished 10/4/09
7)Love in All the Wrong Places by Frank Devlin-- 256 pages, F, finished 10/7/09
8)Hello, I Must Be Going by Christie Hodgen-- 312 pages, F, finished 10/19/09
9)Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People and the Environment by Jacques Leslie-- 347 pages, NF, finished 10/22/09
10)Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson-- 294 pages, F, finished 10/24/09
11)A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon-- 354 pages, F, finished 10/31/09
November 2009
12)The Lord of the Flies by William Golding-- 255 pages, F, finished 11/09/09
13)Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo -- 551 pages, F, finished 11/22/09
14)Nine Horses by Billy Collins -- 120 pages, poetry, finished 11/24/09
December 2009
15)An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones and William Wilson - 678 pages, NF, finished 12/27/09
January 2010
16)The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem - 509 pages, F, finished 1/10/10
17)The Risk Pool by Richard Russo - 479 pages, F, finished 1/20/10
18)Dubliners by James Joyce - 152 pages, F, finished 1/25/10
19)Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee - 230 pages, F, finished 1/30/10
February 2010
20)The Land of Women by Regina McBride - 234 pages, F, finished 2/6/10
21)In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction edited by Lee Gutkind - 440 pages, NF, finished 2/10/10
22)Nobody's Girl by Antonya Nelson - 285 pages, F, finished 2/15/10
23)A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - 274 pages, F, finished 2/26/10
24)More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon - 269 pages, F, finished 2/27/10
March 2010
25)The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy - 179 pages, F, finished 3/05/10
26)The Best American Legal Writing edited by Dahlia Lithwick - 294 pages, NF, finished 3/09/10
27)Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich - 452 pages, F, finished 3/21/10
28)Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde - 303 pages, F, finished 3/26/10
29)Washed Up: The Curious Journeys of Flotsam and Jetsam by Skye Moody - 176 pages, NF, finished 3/28/10
30)The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich - 240 pages, F, finished 3/31/10
April 2010
31)The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 374 pages, F, finished 04/01/10
32)Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier - 233 pages, F, finished 04/04/10
33)The World According to Garp by John Irving - 616 pages, F, finished 04/18/10
34)Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde - 399 pages, F, finished 04/25/10
May 2010
35)The Baron In The Trees by Italo Calvino -- 217 pages, F, finished 05/09/10
June 2010
36)Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte -- 308 pages, F, finished 06/06/10
37)The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde -- 375 pages, F, finished 06/10/10
38)Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -- 520 pages, F, finished 06/26/10
39)The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie -- 230 pages, F, finished 06/28/10
40)Face by Sherman Alexie -- 159 pages, poetry, finished 06/29/10
July 2010
41)When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris -- 323 pages, NF, finished 07/03/10
42)Carnival Evening by Linda Pastan -- 289 pages, poetry, finished 07/04/10
43)The Reserve by Russell Banks -- 287 pages, F, finished 07/10/10
44)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary An Shaffer and Annie Barrows -- 279 pages, F, finished 07/12/10
August 2010
45)How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic -- 345 pages, F, finished 08/01/10
Non-Fiction: 6
Total Pages: 13,965 (compared to 14,667 at this time last year)
Running Total: 45 (compared to 52 at this time last year)
December 2010
- Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde -- 383 pages, F, finished 12/24/10
- One L by Scott Turow -- 287 pages, NF, finished 12/27/10
- You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen -- 274 pages, F, finished 12/29/10
1)Straight Man by Richard Russo-- 391 pages, F, finished 9/11/09
2)Sundancer by Edward Hays-- 56 pages, F, finished 9/15/09
3)Eliot's Banana by Heather Swain-- 310 pages, F, finished 9/30/09
October 2009
4)The Facts of Winter by Paul Poissel [Translated by Paul La Farge]-- 149 pages, F, finished 10/1/09
5)Killing Johnny Fry by Walter Mosley -- 280 pages, F, finished 10/2/09
6)The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell-- 245 pages, F, finished 10/4/09
7)Love in All the Wrong Places by Frank Devlin-- 256 pages, F, finished 10/7/09
8)Hello, I Must Be Going by Christie Hodgen-- 312 pages, F, finished 10/19/09
9)Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People and the Environment by Jacques Leslie-- 347 pages, NF, finished 10/22/09
10)Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson-- 294 pages, F, finished 10/24/09
11)A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon-- 354 pages, F, finished 10/31/09
November 2009
12)The Lord of the Flies by William Golding-- 255 pages, F, finished 11/09/09
13)Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo -- 551 pages, F, finished 11/22/09
14)Nine Horses by Billy Collins -- 120 pages, poetry, finished 11/24/09
December 2009
15)An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones and William Wilson - 678 pages, NF, finished 12/27/09
January 2010
16)The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem - 509 pages, F, finished 1/10/10
17)The Risk Pool by Richard Russo - 479 pages, F, finished 1/20/10
18)Dubliners by James Joyce - 152 pages, F, finished 1/25/10
19)Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee - 230 pages, F, finished 1/30/10
February 2010
20)The Land of Women by Regina McBride - 234 pages, F, finished 2/6/10
21)In Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction edited by Lee Gutkind - 440 pages, NF, finished 2/10/10
22)Nobody's Girl by Antonya Nelson - 285 pages, F, finished 2/15/10
23)A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - 274 pages, F, finished 2/26/10
24)More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon - 269 pages, F, finished 2/27/10
March 2010
25)The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy - 179 pages, F, finished 3/05/10
26)The Best American Legal Writing edited by Dahlia Lithwick - 294 pages, NF, finished 3/09/10
27)Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich - 452 pages, F, finished 3/21/10
28)Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde - 303 pages, F, finished 3/26/10
29)Washed Up: The Curious Journeys of Flotsam and Jetsam by Skye Moody - 176 pages, NF, finished 3/28/10
30)The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich - 240 pages, F, finished 3/31/10
April 2010
31)The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 374 pages, F, finished 04/01/10
32)Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier - 233 pages, F, finished 04/04/10
33)The World According to Garp by John Irving - 616 pages, F, finished 04/18/10
34)Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde - 399 pages, F, finished 04/25/10
May 2010
35)The Baron In The Trees by Italo Calvino -- 217 pages, F, finished 05/09/10
June 2010
36)Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte -- 308 pages, F, finished 06/06/10
37)The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde -- 375 pages, F, finished 06/10/10
38)Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -- 520 pages, F, finished 06/26/10
39)The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie -- 230 pages, F, finished 06/28/10
40)Face by Sherman Alexie -- 159 pages, poetry, finished 06/29/10
July 2010
41)When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris -- 323 pages, NF, finished 07/03/10
42)Carnival Evening by Linda Pastan -- 289 pages, poetry, finished 07/04/10
43)The Reserve by Russell Banks -- 287 pages, F, finished 07/10/10
44)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary An Shaffer and Annie Barrows -- 279 pages, F, finished 07/12/10
August 2010
45)How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic -- 345 pages, F, finished 08/01/10
Non-Fiction: 6
Total Pages: 13,965 (compared to 14,667 at this time last year)
Running Total: 45 (compared to 52 at this time last year)
December 2010
- Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde -- 383 pages, F, finished 12/24/10
- One L by Scott Turow -- 287 pages, NF, finished 12/27/10
- You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen -- 274 pages, F, finished 12/29/10