2007 Book List
January
1. The Pact: A Love Story (Jodi Picoult)
2. Big Stone Gap (Adriana Trigiani)
3. Big Cherry Holler (Adriana Trigiani)
4. The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool (Margaret Gray) Read to my English class. It was OK, but hard for the kids to follow--lots of big words.
5. Singletini (Amanda Trimble)
6. Lisa and Lottie (Erich Kastner) Read this to my homeroom class.
7. My Favorite Mistake (Beth Kendrick) This was a terrible book. But I read it anyway because I'm stupid that way.
February
8. A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life (Jon Katz)
9. Jack's Run (Roland Smith)
10. Forever in Blue: the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Ann Brashares)
11. Drowning Ruth (Christina Schwarz) Audio book
12. Size 12 is Not Fat (Meg Cabot)
March
13. Surfer Dog (Elizabeth Spurr) Read this to my English class. They didn't like it at first, but it grew on them.
14. 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents (Lee Wardlaw) Read this to my homeroom class. Very funny.
15. The Double Bind (Chris Bohjalian)
16. Milk Glass Moon (Adriana Trigiani)
17. The Knitting Circle (Ann Hood)
18. Small Steps (Louis Sachar) Audio Book
19. Freaky Green Eyes (Joyce Carol Oates)
20. Each Little Bird That Sings (Deborah Wiles)
April
21. Velocity (Dean Koontz) Audio Book I'm not usually a fan of Dean Koontz, but this was OK.
22. Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
23. How to be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Lisa Papademitriou) Read this to my English class--it was cute and funny.
24. 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching (Phillip Done)
25. Sexy (Joyce Carol Oates)
26. Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink) This had been sitting on my to-read shelf for over 2 years. I don't know why I waited so long to read this!
27. Hattie Big Sky (Kirby Larson) Excellent read. One of the four Newbery award books I intend to read this year. I cried at the end.
28. Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer) Fascinating. This book actually kept me thinking after I read it. I couldn't decide if this guy was brilliant or a complete idiot.
May
29. Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
30. Room One: A Mystery or Two (Andrew Clements) Read this to both my homeroom and English class.
31. Shopaholic and Baby (Sophie Kinsella)
32. The Surrogate (Judith Henry Wall)
33. Wish You Well (David Baldacci) audio book
34. 32AA (Michelle Cunnah) Didn't really care for this book.
35. Sisters (Danielle Steel) For a D.S. book, this one was OK.
36. Food and Loathing: A Lament (Betsy Lerner) Enjoyed this one. I love books about real-life struggles with eating, as I can identify all too well.
June
37. Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)
38. The Fairy Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm, book 1 (Michael Buckley)
39. Heartbeat (Sharon Creech) This only took me an hour to read.
40. The Chain Letter (Julie Schumacher)
41. Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Julie Gregory)
42. More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
43. Sand Dollar Summer (Kimberly K. Jones)
44. Saturday the Twelfth of October (Norma Fox Mazer) This is a book I read in middle school and LOVED. I found it at the library and read it again. Loved it even more the second time around. Even if fantasy isn't your thing--it's not really mine--this is a great read.
45. Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood (Jennifer Traig) I really liked this, although I was hoping more for details about the author's obsessive compulsive disorder and how it made her feel. This was mostly descriptions of all her quirks and habits and how it drove her family nuts. I liked the author's sense of humor though. I found myself laughing out loud a lot.
July
46. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Marya Hornbacher)
47. Starving for Attention (Cherry Boone O'Neill) Another anorexia book! I think I need a break from reading these. This book kind of got on my nerves--she kept referring to her parents as Mommy and Daddy even though she was 28 years old at the time of writing the book.
48. Too Late to Say Goodbye (Ann Rule)
49. The Higher Power of Lucky (Susan Patron) This won the 2007 Newbery award. I found it quite boring. Not much of a plot. Seemed like the author's main purpose was to make the characters as zany & eccentric as possible.
50. Rules (Cynthia Lord) A Newbery Honor award book. Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Much more deserving of the Newbery award than The Higher Power of Lucky.
51. Penny from Heaven (Jennifer Holm) Another Newbery Honor award book. I liked it.
52. Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
53. The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
54. And This is Laura (Ellen Conford) A book from my childhood that I found at the library.
55. The Last Summer (of You and Me) (Ann Brashares)
August
56. She Got Up Off the Couch (and other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana) (Haven Kimmel)
57. Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI (Dana Kollmann)
58. Black Girl/White Girl (Joyce Carol Oates)
59. I Should Worry, I Should Care (Miriam Chaikin) I read this series of books when I was a kid. I couldn't remember the names of them, only the author's first name (Miriam) and the characters were Jews living in America. Thanks to google, I was able to find the name of them and find them at my library.
60. Finders Weepers (Miriam Chaikin)
61. Getting Even (Miriam Chaikin)
62. Lower! Higher! You're a Liar! (Miriam Chaikin)
63. Friends Forever (Miriam Chaikin)
64. The Female of the Species (Joyce Carol Oates) This was a book of short stories that were meant to be a little scary. I thought it was OK, although some of the stories were pretty shocking and strange.
September
65. The Gravedigger's Daughter (Joyce Carol Oates) This was a chore to get through. It took me over two weeks to read!
66. The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) Audio book.Really enjoyed this one!
67. The Museum of Dr. Moses (Joyce Carol Oates) This had a bunch of creepy stories. I wasn't crazy about it.
68. Zombie (Joyce Carol Oates) One of the creepiest books I have ever read--it's about a Jeffrey Dahmer-type man whose fantasy is to kidnap and lobotomize a man to become his zombie/sex slave. I needed a shower when I finished it.
69. I am the Central Park Jogger (Trisha Meili)
70. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume) read this to my class.
71. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Jack Gantos) read this to my class.
72. Bleachers (John Grisham) audio book
October
73. Little Stalker (Jennifer Belle)
74. Leon and the Champion Chip (Allen Kurzweil) audio book
75. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume (various authors)
76. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (Terry Ryan)
77. What the Dead Know (Laura Lippman)
78. I Love You, Beth Cooper (Larry Doyle)
79. Walking Taylor Home (Brian Schrauger)
November
80. Not a Happy Camper (Mindy Schneider)
81. Becoming Naomi Leon (Pam Munoz Ryan) audio book
82. My Mother Was Never a Kid (Francine Pascal)
83. The Choice (Nicholas Sparks)
84. The Moffats (Eleanor Estes)
85. Joey Pigza Loses Control (Jack Gantos)
86. Beach Music (Pat Conroy) audio book
87. Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism (Jenny McCarthy)
88. In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing (Lee & Bob Woodruff)
89. The Bright Side of Disaster (Katherine Center)
December
90. Little Children (Tom Perrotta)
91. The Whipping Boy (Sid Fleischman)
92. The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
1. The Pact: A Love Story (Jodi Picoult)
2. Big Stone Gap (Adriana Trigiani)
3. Big Cherry Holler (Adriana Trigiani)
4. The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool (Margaret Gray) Read to my English class. It was OK, but hard for the kids to follow--lots of big words.
5. Singletini (Amanda Trimble)
6. Lisa and Lottie (Erich Kastner) Read this to my homeroom class.
7. My Favorite Mistake (Beth Kendrick) This was a terrible book. But I read it anyway because I'm stupid that way.
February
8. A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life (Jon Katz)
9. Jack's Run (Roland Smith)
10. Forever in Blue: the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Ann Brashares)
11. Drowning Ruth (Christina Schwarz) Audio book
12. Size 12 is Not Fat (Meg Cabot)
March
13. Surfer Dog (Elizabeth Spurr) Read this to my English class. They didn't like it at first, but it grew on them.
14. 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents (Lee Wardlaw) Read this to my homeroom class. Very funny.
15. The Double Bind (Chris Bohjalian)
16. Milk Glass Moon (Adriana Trigiani)
17. The Knitting Circle (Ann Hood)
18. Small Steps (Louis Sachar) Audio Book
19. Freaky Green Eyes (Joyce Carol Oates)
20. Each Little Bird That Sings (Deborah Wiles)
April
21. Velocity (Dean Koontz) Audio Book I'm not usually a fan of Dean Koontz, but this was OK.
22. Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
23. How to be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days (Lisa Papademitriou) Read this to my English class--it was cute and funny.
24. 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching (Phillip Done)
25. Sexy (Joyce Carol Oates)
26. Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink) This had been sitting on my to-read shelf for over 2 years. I don't know why I waited so long to read this!
27. Hattie Big Sky (Kirby Larson) Excellent read. One of the four Newbery award books I intend to read this year. I cried at the end.
28. Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer) Fascinating. This book actually kept me thinking after I read it. I couldn't decide if this guy was brilliant or a complete idiot.
May
29. Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
30. Room One: A Mystery or Two (Andrew Clements) Read this to both my homeroom and English class.
31. Shopaholic and Baby (Sophie Kinsella)
32. The Surrogate (Judith Henry Wall)
33. Wish You Well (David Baldacci) audio book
34. 32AA (Michelle Cunnah) Didn't really care for this book.
35. Sisters (Danielle Steel) For a D.S. book, this one was OK.
36. Food and Loathing: A Lament (Betsy Lerner) Enjoyed this one. I love books about real-life struggles with eating, as I can identify all too well.
June
37. Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)
38. The Fairy Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm, book 1 (Michael Buckley)
39. Heartbeat (Sharon Creech) This only took me an hour to read.
40. The Chain Letter (Julie Schumacher)
41. Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Julie Gregory)
42. More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
43. Sand Dollar Summer (Kimberly K. Jones)
44. Saturday the Twelfth of October (Norma Fox Mazer) This is a book I read in middle school and LOVED. I found it at the library and read it again. Loved it even more the second time around. Even if fantasy isn't your thing--it's not really mine--this is a great read.
45. Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood (Jennifer Traig) I really liked this, although I was hoping more for details about the author's obsessive compulsive disorder and how it made her feel. This was mostly descriptions of all her quirks and habits and how it drove her family nuts. I liked the author's sense of humor though. I found myself laughing out loud a lot.
July
46. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Marya Hornbacher)
47. Starving for Attention (Cherry Boone O'Neill) Another anorexia book! I think I need a break from reading these. This book kind of got on my nerves--she kept referring to her parents as Mommy and Daddy even though she was 28 years old at the time of writing the book.
48. Too Late to Say Goodbye (Ann Rule)
49. The Higher Power of Lucky (Susan Patron) This won the 2007 Newbery award. I found it quite boring. Not much of a plot. Seemed like the author's main purpose was to make the characters as zany & eccentric as possible.
50. Rules (Cynthia Lord) A Newbery Honor award book. Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Much more deserving of the Newbery award than The Higher Power of Lucky.
51. Penny from Heaven (Jennifer Holm) Another Newbery Honor award book. I liked it.
52. Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
53. The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger)
54. And This is Laura (Ellen Conford) A book from my childhood that I found at the library.
55. The Last Summer (of You and Me) (Ann Brashares)
August
56. She Got Up Off the Couch (and other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana) (Haven Kimmel)
57. Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI (Dana Kollmann)
58. Black Girl/White Girl (Joyce Carol Oates)
59. I Should Worry, I Should Care (Miriam Chaikin) I read this series of books when I was a kid. I couldn't remember the names of them, only the author's first name (Miriam) and the characters were Jews living in America. Thanks to google, I was able to find the name of them and find them at my library.
60. Finders Weepers (Miriam Chaikin)
61. Getting Even (Miriam Chaikin)
62. Lower! Higher! You're a Liar! (Miriam Chaikin)
63. Friends Forever (Miriam Chaikin)
64. The Female of the Species (Joyce Carol Oates) This was a book of short stories that were meant to be a little scary. I thought it was OK, although some of the stories were pretty shocking and strange.
September
65. The Gravedigger's Daughter (Joyce Carol Oates) This was a chore to get through. It took me over two weeks to read!
66. The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) Audio book.Really enjoyed this one!
67. The Museum of Dr. Moses (Joyce Carol Oates) This had a bunch of creepy stories. I wasn't crazy about it.
68. Zombie (Joyce Carol Oates) One of the creepiest books I have ever read--it's about a Jeffrey Dahmer-type man whose fantasy is to kidnap and lobotomize a man to become his zombie/sex slave. I needed a shower when I finished it.
69. I am the Central Park Jogger (Trisha Meili)
70. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume) read this to my class.
71. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Jack Gantos) read this to my class.
72. Bleachers (John Grisham) audio book
October
73. Little Stalker (Jennifer Belle)
74. Leon and the Champion Chip (Allen Kurzweil) audio book
75. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume (various authors)
76. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (Terry Ryan)
77. What the Dead Know (Laura Lippman)
78. I Love You, Beth Cooper (Larry Doyle)
79. Walking Taylor Home (Brian Schrauger)
November
80. Not a Happy Camper (Mindy Schneider)
81. Becoming Naomi Leon (Pam Munoz Ryan) audio book
82. My Mother Was Never a Kid (Francine Pascal)
83. The Choice (Nicholas Sparks)
84. The Moffats (Eleanor Estes)
85. Joey Pigza Loses Control (Jack Gantos)
86. Beach Music (Pat Conroy) audio book
87. Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism (Jenny McCarthy)
88. In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing (Lee & Bob Woodruff)
89. The Bright Side of Disaster (Katherine Center)
December
90. Little Children (Tom Perrotta)
91. The Whipping Boy (Sid Fleischman)
92. The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)