Updated 10/8/09
Books In Progress
- Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems: Volume One (1/20/09)
- B.A. Botkin, ed., A Treasury of Southern Folklore (3/1/09)
- Anton Chekhov, Chekhov: The Comic Stories (8/23/09)
2009 Reading List
- Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, What the World Eats* (1/1/09-1/9/09) [1]
- Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game (1/9/09-1/10/09) [3+?]
- Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (1/6/09-1/21/09) [1]
- Christopher Paolini, Brisingr (1/23/09-1/30/09) [1]
- Mark Helprin, A Dove of The East (1/10/09-1/31/09) [1]
- Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (1/31/09-2/24/09) [1]
- Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction (2/24/09-2/28/09) [3]
- Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays (started and finished on 3/1/09) [1]
- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (3/1/09-3/5/09) [1]
- Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader (started and finished on 3/6/09) [1]
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (3/1/09-3/8/09) [1]
- Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail* (3/7/09-3/13/09) [1]
- Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book (3/13/09-3/18/09) [1]
- Claudia Gray, Evernight (3/20/09-3/21/09) [1]
- Lauren Groff, The Monsters of Templeton (3/21/09-3/24/09) [1]
- Lynn King Lossiah, Cherokee Little People: The Secrets and Mysteries of the Yunwi Tsunsdi (3/19/09-3/27/09) [1]
- Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth (3/27/09-4/13/09) [1]
- Dorothy Gladys Spicer, 13 Goblins (4/13/09-4/14/09) [1]
- Jay McInerney, Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar* (1/31/09-4/15/09) [1]
- Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (4/14/09-4/17/09) [3]
- John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In (4/18/09-4/23/09) [1]
- Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides (4/24/09-4/28/09) [1]
- Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven* (5/3/09-5/6/09) [1]
- James Hamilton-Paterson, Cooking With Fernet Branca (4/29/09-5/14/09) [1]
- Stephenie Meyer, New Moon (5/12/09-5/17/09) [2]
- Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse (5/18/09-5/21/09) [2]
- Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn (5/21/09-5/26/09) [2]
- Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (5/26/09-5/27/09) [1]
- Haven Kimmel, The Used World (5/18/09-5/29/09) [1]
- John C. Bogle, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns* (4/16/09-5/31/09) [1]
- Annie Dillard, The Writing Life* (5/29/09-6/3/09) [1]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (5/29/09-6/4/09) [4]
- David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim* (6/7/09-6/8/09) [2]
- Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea* (6/8/09-6/15/09) [1]
- Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Books (6/10/09-6/17/09) [1]
- Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (6/17/09-6/20/09) [1]
- Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark (6/19/09-6/21/09) [1]
- J.K. Rowling, Quidditch Through the Ages (started and finished on 6/21/09) [1]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (6/22/09-6/26/09) [4]
- J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (6/27/09-6/30/09) [2]
- Ruth Heller, Plants That Never Ever Bloom* (started and finished on 7/9/09) [a lot]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (6/30/09-7/9/09) [4]
- Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading* (6/21/09-7/15/09) [1]
- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (7/12/09-7/20/09) [1]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (7/16/09-7/28/09) [4]
- Liza Fosburgh, Bella, Arabella (started and finished on 7/28/09) [1]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (7/28/09-8/4/09) [4]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (8/4/09-8/7/09) [4]
- J.K. Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (8/8/09-8/9/09) [2]
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (8/7/09-8/9/09) [3]
- Jos� Maria de E�a de Queiroz, The Tragedy of the Street of Flowers (8/11/09-8/18/09) [1]
- W. Somerset Maugham, The Magician (8/19/09-8/23/09) [1]
- Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (8/28/09-8/31/09) [4]
- Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven (8/20/09-9/11/09) [3?]
- Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain (9/15/09-9/16/09) [3+]
- Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog (9/16/09-9/25/09) [1]
- Alexander Key, The Forgotten Door (9/22/09-9/25/09) [1]
- Brad Strickland, The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder (9/26/09-9/28/09) [1]
- John Bellairs, The Mansion in the Mist (10/6/09-10/7/09) [2?]
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (9/30/09-10/8/09) [1]
- Thomas Handforth, Mei Li (started and finished on 10/8/09) [1]
Bold indicates a particular favorite.
* denotes non-fiction
Numbers in brackets indicate how many times I've read a particular book.
Dates following titles indicate the date I started and finished the book.
2008 Reading List
2007 Reading List
2006 Reading List
2004/2005 Reading List