Reading List - 2009
2009 Reads
My ongoing list of what I've been reading this year.
To see previous years' lists, go here: 2008, 2007, 2006
* - books I enjoyed a lot and highly recommend (9 or 10 out of 10)
NF - non-fiction, I don't read many of these
Links go to my reviews on Bookcrossing.com
January
Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney
Asterix the Gaul (reread)
Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon (graphic novel)
February
44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (didn't finish)
Otherwise Pandemonium - Nick Hornby
March
The Sex Lives of Cannibals - J. Maarten Troost (NF)
April
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
Espresso Tales - Alexander McCall Smith
May
*The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle - Jim Butcher & Ardian Syaf (graphic novel)
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
June
Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz (didn't finish)
I Love You, Beth Cooper - Larry Doyle
The Manga Messiah
UFO in Her Eyes - Xiaolu Guo
Amulet vol 1: The Stonekeeper - Kazu Kibuishi (graphic novel)
July
*The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr
Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie
How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy
Asterix and the Great Divide (reread)
*The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
August
*Lovely Green Eyes - Arnost Lustig
*Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (reread)
*Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
*Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds - Tom Davis (NF)
Half a Life-Time Ago - Elizabeth Gaskell
September
Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
*Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
*Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortensen (NF)
Murder Farm - Andrea Maria Schenkel
October
*Juliet Naked - Nick Hornby
I'm OK, You're Not - John Shore (NF)
The Enemy - Charlie Higson
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
Taken at the Flood - Agatha Christie
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
November
*Addition - Toni Jordan
The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester
Don't Mess with the President's Head - Zapiro
Asterix and Oblix's Birthday - Goscinny
Love Letters of Great Men
*Wolverine: Origin (graphic novel)
December
*Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison
Q&A - Vikras Swarup
*Getting the Girl - Markus Zuzak
The Man who Loved Jane Austen - Sally Smith O'Rourke
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon (audio)
Twitterature
The Tale of Greyfriars Bobby - Levinia Derwent
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - TS Eliot
Currently Reading: Are you Really Ready for Love? by Dr David Hawkins; Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin;
My ongoing list of what I've been reading this year.
To see previous years' lists, go here: 2008, 2007, 2006
* - books I enjoyed a lot and highly recommend (9 or 10 out of 10)
NF - non-fiction, I don't read many of these
Links go to my reviews on Bookcrossing.com
January
Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney
Asterix the Gaul (reread)
Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon (graphic novel)
February
44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (didn't finish)
Otherwise Pandemonium - Nick Hornby
March
The Sex Lives of Cannibals - J. Maarten Troost (NF)
April
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
Espresso Tales - Alexander McCall Smith
May
*The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle - Jim Butcher & Ardian Syaf (graphic novel)
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
June
Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz (didn't finish)
I Love You, Beth Cooper - Larry Doyle
The Manga Messiah
UFO in Her Eyes - Xiaolu Guo
Amulet vol 1: The Stonekeeper - Kazu Kibuishi (graphic novel)
July
*The Last Town on Earth - Thomas Mullen
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr
Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie
How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy
Asterix and the Great Divide (reread)
*The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
August
*Lovely Green Eyes - Arnost Lustig
*Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (reread)
*Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
*Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds - Tom Davis (NF)
Half a Life-Time Ago - Elizabeth Gaskell
September
Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
*Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
*Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortensen (NF)
Murder Farm - Andrea Maria Schenkel
October
*Juliet Naked - Nick Hornby
I'm OK, You're Not - John Shore (NF)
The Enemy - Charlie Higson
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
Taken at the Flood - Agatha Christie
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
November
*Addition - Toni Jordan
The Stars my Destination - Alfred Bester
Don't Mess with the President's Head - Zapiro
Asterix and Oblix's Birthday - Goscinny
Love Letters of Great Men
*Wolverine: Origin (graphic novel)
December
*Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison
Q&A - Vikras Swarup
*Getting the Girl - Markus Zuzak
The Man who Loved Jane Austen - Sally Smith O'Rourke
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon (audio)
Twitterature
The Tale of Greyfriars Bobby - Levinia Derwent
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - TS Eliot
Currently Reading: Are you Really Ready for Love? by Dr David Hawkins; Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin;