Books 2007
Well, I seem to have decimated my previous annual totals for books read. It probably had something to do with the fact that I read six series (plus all 10 of Christopher Moore's books). What can I say? I have an obsessive personality!
* Read before
^ For book club
January (7)
Loop Group: Larry McMurtry
Casino Royale: Ian Fleming ^
Promise Me: Harlan Coben
Crazy Horse: Larry McMurtry
General Washington's Christmas Farewell: A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783: Stanley Weintraub
The Eyre Affair: Jasper Fforde * ^
Lost in a Good Book: Jasper Fforde *
February (5)
The Well of Lost Plots: Jasper Fforde *
Something Rotten: Jasper Fforde *
The Canterville Ghost: Oscar Wilde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Robert Louis Stevenson
The Woman in White: Wilkie Collins ^
March (11)
Come Over Into Macedonia: The Story of a Ten-Year Adventure in Uplifting a War-Torn People: Harold B. Allen
Law of Return: Rebecca Pawel ^
The Watcher in the Pine: Rebecca Pawel
Death of Nationalist: Rebecca Pawel
The Summer Snow: Rebecca Pawel
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee * ^
Sons and Lovers: D.H. Lawrence ^
300: Frank Miller
Island of the Sequined Love Nun: Christopher Moore ^
Alias Grace: Margaret Atwood
A Dirty Job: A Novel: Christopher Moore
April (15)
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal: Christopher Moore
Movies in Fifteen Minutes: The Ten Biggest Movies Ever For People Who Can't Be Bothered: Cleolinda Jones
Practical Demonkeeping: Christopher Moore
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen ^
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0: Christopher Moore
You Suck: A Love Story: Christopher Moore
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings: Christopher Moore
Coyote Blue: Christopher Moore
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove: Christopher Moore
Bloodsucking Fiends: Christopher Moore
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree: The Diary of an Occasionally Exasperated but Ever Hopeful Reader: Nick Hornby
That Night: Alice McDermott
You & Yours: Naomi Shihab Nye
Fuel: Naomi Shihab Nye
Suite Française: Irène Némirovsky ^
May (7)
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls: Naomi Shihab Nye
Youth and the Bright Medusa: Willa Cather
Peter and the Shadow Thieves: Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
A Poem a Day: Karen McCosker & Nicholas Albery, ed.
A Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens ^
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: James Joyce ^
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind: Ann B. Ross
June (26)
Miss Julia Takes Over: Ann B. Ross
Miss Julia Throws a Wedding: Ann B. Ross
One for the Money: Janet Evanovich
Two for the Dough: Janet Evanovich
Three to Get Deadly: Janet Evanovich
Four to Score: Janet Evanovich
High Five: Janet Evanovich
Hot Six: Janet Evanovich
Seven Up: Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight: Janet Evanovich
Visions of Sugar Plums: Janet Evanovich
To the Nines: Janet Evanovich
Ten Big Ones: Janet Evanovich
Eleven on Top: Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp: Janet Evanovich
Plum Lovin': Janet Evanovich
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes: Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein ^
Miss Julia Hits the Road: Ann B. Ross
Miss Julia Meets Her Match: Ann B. Ross
Miss Julia's School of Beauty: Ann B. Ross
Miss Julia Stands Her Ground: Ann B. Ross
Lean Mean Thirteen: Janet Evanovich
Death Comes for the Archbishop: Willa Cather ^
Paranoia: Joseph Finder
Miss Julia Strikes Back: Ann B. Ross
July (18)
The Sun Over Breda: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Ragtime: E.L. Doctorow ^
Celebrating America: A Collection of Poems and Images of the American Spirit: Laura Whipple, ed.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: J.K. Rowling *
Quidditch Through the Ages: Kennilworthy Whisp (ha ha ha) *
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Newt Scamander (ha ha ha)*
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: J.K. Rowling (twice) ^
At Home in Mitford: Jan Karon
A Light in the Window: Jan Karon
These High, Green Hills: Jan Karon
Out to Canaan: Jan Karon
A New Song: Jan Karon
A Common Life: The Wedding Story: Jan Karon
August (11)
In This Mountain: Jan Karon
Shepherds Abiding: Jan Karon
Light from Heaven: Jan Karon
Esther's Gift: Jan Karon
The Mitford Snowmen: Jan Karon
The End: Lemony Snicket
The Gates of the Alamo: Stephen Harrigan
Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader: Marsha McIntosh, ed.
Tokyo Cancelled: Rana Dasgupta ^
Oliver Wiswell: Kenneth Roberts
First Among Sequels: Jasper Fforde
September (8)
Zeke and Ned: Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
The Gods of Newport: John Jakes
Because of Winn-Dixie: Kate DiCamillo
At Weddings and Wakes: Alice McDermott
Streets of Laredo: Larry McMurtry
Journey: James Michener
The Trick of It: Michael Frayn ^
Jesse James Was His Name: Fact and Fiction concerning the Careers of the Notorious James Brothers of Missouri: William A. Settle, Jr.
October (3)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Ron Hansen
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth: Andrew Smith
Returning to Earth: Jim Harrison ^
November (6)
Yeager: An Autobiography: Chuck Yeager with Leo Janos
Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey in the Unknown: Gordon Cooper with Bruce Henderson
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story: Leonie Swann ^
Moon-Whales and Other Poems: Ted Hughes
Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut: Mike Mullane
Peter Pan: J.M. Barrie ^
December (5)
Texas Poetry Calendar 2008: Scott Wiggerman and David Meischen, ed.
The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry: Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellman & Robert O'Clair, ed.
Vanity Fair: William Makepeace Thackeray ^
Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material World: Spike Gillespie
March: Geraldine Brooks
Grand Total: 122