Books I've read, 2009
Okay, the monthly updates just didn't quite happen next year. (I might do better in 2010, but I'm not making any promises.) So here's the summary of what I read (reverse order) up to the end of October 2009. Once LibraryThing has stopped being maintained, I can post the last couple of months' worth of reading.
OCTOBER: Un Lun Dun, China Mieville.
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole.
Red Harvest, Dashiell Hammett.
Strangers, Taichi Yamada.
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman.
The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells.
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl. (Read to Mr Bear.)
Everything I Knew, Peter Goldsworthy.
The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters.
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer.
SEPTEMBER: The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson.
The Deeds of the Disturber, Elizabeth Peters.
Murder with Puffins, Donna Andrews.
Frenchman's Creek, Daphne Du Maurier.
The Other Hand, Chris Cleave.
Murder with Peacocks, Donna Andrews.
To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain.
AUGUST: Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World, Vicki Myron.
Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik.
The Household Guide to Dying, Debra Adelaide.
Faceless Killers, Henning Mankell
Fables: Storybook Love, Bill Willingham.
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion.
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader", C.S. Lewis (read to Mr Bear).
Point Blank, Anthony Horowitz.
Houdini: Handcuff King, Jason Lutes.
Affinity, Sarah Waters.
JULY: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History, Jonathan Franzen.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon.
Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin.
Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz.
The Vintner's Luck, Elizabeth Knox.
Small Island, Andrea Levy.
What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt.
One Foot Wrong, Sofie Laguna.
Gilgamesh: A Novel, Joan London.
JUNE: Brooklyn, Colm Toibin.
The Repossession Mambo, Eric Garcia.
The Fern Tattoo, David Brooks.
Silas Marner, George Eliot.
Serenity Volume 2: Better Days, Joss Whedon.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate, Joss Whedon.
Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons.
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier.
MAY: Novel About My Wife, Emily Perkins.
The Honorary Consul, Graham Greene.
Tomaree, Debbie Robson.
The Unscratchables, Anthony O'Neill.
Julie and Julia, Julie Powell.
The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!, Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smith.
Someone Knows My Name, Lawrence Hill.
APRIL: The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks.
Summer Knight, Jim Butcher.
Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh.
The Diary of a Nobody, George & Weedon Grossmith.
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas.
Q is for Quarry, Sue Grafton.
Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch.
OCTOBER: Un Lun Dun, China Mieville.
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole.
Red Harvest, Dashiell Hammett.
Strangers, Taichi Yamada.
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman.
The Island of Doctor Moreau, H.G. Wells.
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl. (Read to Mr Bear.)
Everything I Knew, Peter Goldsworthy.
The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters.
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer.
SEPTEMBER: The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson.
The Deeds of the Disturber, Elizabeth Peters.
Murder with Puffins, Donna Andrews.
Frenchman's Creek, Daphne Du Maurier.
The Other Hand, Chris Cleave.
Murder with Peacocks, Donna Andrews.
To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain.
AUGUST: Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World, Vicki Myron.
Throne of Jade, Naomi Novik.
The Household Guide to Dying, Debra Adelaide.
Faceless Killers, Henning Mankell
Fables: Storybook Love, Bill Willingham.
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion.
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader", C.S. Lewis (read to Mr Bear).
Point Blank, Anthony Horowitz.
Houdini: Handcuff King, Jason Lutes.
Affinity, Sarah Waters.
JULY: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History, Jonathan Franzen.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon.
Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin.
Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz.
The Vintner's Luck, Elizabeth Knox.
Small Island, Andrea Levy.
What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt.
One Foot Wrong, Sofie Laguna.
Gilgamesh: A Novel, Joan London.
JUNE: Brooklyn, Colm Toibin.
The Repossession Mambo, Eric Garcia.
The Fern Tattoo, David Brooks.
Silas Marner, George Eliot.
Serenity Volume 2: Better Days, Joss Whedon.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate, Joss Whedon.
Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons.
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier.
MAY: Novel About My Wife, Emily Perkins.
The Honorary Consul, Graham Greene.
Tomaree, Debbie Robson.
The Unscratchables, Anthony O'Neill.
Julie and Julia, Julie Powell.
The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!, Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smith.
Someone Knows My Name, Lawrence Hill.
APRIL: The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks.
Summer Knight, Jim Butcher.
Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh.
The Diary of a Nobody, George & Weedon Grossmith.
The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas.
Q is for Quarry, Sue Grafton.
Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch.