Books read/started/finished/etc. in 2009.

 

Read Entirely in 2009

1. Heat Lightning - John Sandford (S) (M)

2. The Discworld Graphic Novels (The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic)- Terry Pratchett (GN) (SF) (S)

3. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini (YA) (S) (F)

4. Stolen - Kelly Armstrong (S) (V)

5. MacBeth (original text graphic novel) (GN)

6. Blood Lite (anthology) (SW) (V)

7. Buried Onions - Gary Soto (AOC) (YA)

8. The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues - Ellen Raskin (YA) (R ) (M)

9. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin (YA) (R ) (M)

10. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy (AOC)

11. City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau (YA) (SF) (S) (F)

12. Fables: Sons of Empire - Bill Willingham (GN) (S)

13. Wild Ducks Flying Backwards - Tom Robbins (SW)

14. Blue Light - Walter Mosley (AOC) (SF)

15. Snow White and Rose Red - Patricia Wrede (F)

16. Coraline - Neil Gaiman (R ) (YA)

17. Fledgling - Octavia Butler (AOC) (V)

18. Dawn - Octavia Butler (AOC) (S) (SF)

19. American Gods - Neil Gaiman (F) (R )

20. All the Colors of Darkness - Peter Robinson (M)(S)

21. White Witch, Black Curse - Kim Harrison (S) (V)

22. Blood Bound - Patricia Briggs (S) (V)

23. Chalice - Robin McKinley (F) (read a second time in December)

24. Beauty - Robin McKinley (F)

25. Dinosaur Tales - Ray Bradbury (R of most stories) (SF) (SW)

26. Wolfskin - Juliet Marillier (S) (F)

27. The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge - John Bellairs/Brad Strickland (M) (S) (YA)

28. Wolf Tower - Tanith Lee (S) (F) (YA)

29. Superior Saturday - Garth Nix (F) (S) (SF) (YA)

30. Dime Store Magic - Kelly Armstrong (S) (V)

31. Industrial Magic - Kelly Armstrong (S) (V)

32. Four is a Crowd - Emily Chase (S) (YA)

33. Dead Girls are Easy - Terry Gerey (S) (V)

34. Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere - Kate Harding & Marianne Kirby (NF)

35. Taste of Night - Vicki Pettersson (S)(V)

36. Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (S) (SF)

37. Iron Kissed - Patricia Briggs (S) (V)

38. Tithe - Holly Black (S) (F) (YA)

39. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld (S) (SF) (YA)

40. A Match Made in Hell - Terry Garey (S) (V)

41. Pretties - Scott Westerfeld (S) (SF) (YA)

42. Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris (S)(V)

43. Nation - Terry Pratchett (YA)(SF)

44. Damage Control - J.A. Jance (S)(M)

45. Haunted - Kelly Armstrong (S) (V)

46. Specials - Scott Westerfeld (S) (SF) (YA)

47. Broken - Kelly Armstrong (S) (V)

48. Hatter M - Frank Beddor, et al (S)(GN)(F)

49. A Child Across the Sky - Jonathan Carroll (F)

50. Stormy Weather - Carl Hiassen

51. Foxmask - Juliet Marillier (S) (F)

52. Jenny of the Tetons - Kristiana Gregory (YA)

53. Appointment with Death - Agatha Christie (M)

54. Adulthood Rites - Octavia Butler (AOC) (S) (SF)

55. Lucky You - Carl Hiassen

56. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (R ) (S) (F) (YA)

57. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (F) (R ) (S) (TA)

58. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation - Ray Bradbury, Tim Hamilton (R for text) (GN) (SF)

59. Wicked Prey - John Sanford (M) (S)

60. Naamah's Kiss - Jacqueline Carey (S) (F)

61. 8th Confession - James Patterson (M) (S)

62. Extras - Scott Westerfeld (S) (SF) (YA)

63. The Forest House - Marion Zimmer Bradley (S) (F)

64. Heir to Sevenwaters - Juliet Marillier (S) (F)

65. Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs (S) (V)

66. Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes - Neil Gaiman (GN) (R ) (S) (F)

67. Rose Daughter - Robin McKinley (F)

68. White Apples - Jonathan Carroll (F)

69. Making Money - Terry Pratchett (S) (SF)

70. The Dark Mirror - Juliet Marillier (S) (F)

71. Fables: The Good Prince - Bill Willingham (GN) (S)

72. Embroideries - Marjane Satrapi (AOC) (GN) (S)

73. The Blade of Fortiu - Juliet Marillier (S) (F)

74. Sandman: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman (GN) (R ) (S) (F)

75. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (v.1) - Alan Moore (GN) (S) (SF)

76. Coraline: The Graphic Novel - Neil Gaiman (GN) (R ) (F) (YA)

77. Succubus Blues - Rachelle Mead (S) (V)

78. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (v.2) - Alan Moore (GN) (S) (SF)

79. Skin Tight - Laurel K. Hamilton (S)(V)

80. Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente (F)

81. A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. LeGuin (F) (S)

82. A People's History of the American Empire - Howard Zinn, et al (GN) (NF)

83. The Sharing Knife: Beguilement - Lois McMaster Bujold (F) (S)

84. The Gates of Sleep - Mercedes Lackey (S) (F)

85. Sandman: Dream Country - Neil Gaiman (GN) (R ) (S) (F)

86. Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier (S) (F) (YA)

87. Skinny Dip - Carl Hiassan

88. Bread and Butter Journey - Anne Culver (YA) (S) (R )

89. Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs (S) (V)

90. No Humans Involved - Kelley Armstrong (S) (V)

91. Double Whammy - Carl Hiassan

92. The Wooden Sea - Jonathan Carroll (F)

93. Lady of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (S) (F)

94. The House Where Nobody Lived - Brad Strikland (YA) (M) (S)

95. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare (S)(YA) (V)

96. Touch of Twilight - Vicki Pettersson (S)(V)

97. The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury (R ) (YA) (SF)

98. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

99. Sandman: Season of Mists - Neil Gaiman (GN) (R ) (S) (F)

100. Real Food for Mother and Baby - Nina Planck (NF) (S)

101. The Austure Academy - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

102. The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

103. The Vile Village - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

104. The Hostile Hospital - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

105. The Carniverous Carnival - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

106. The Slippery Slope - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

107. The Grim Grotto - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

108. The Pentultimate Peril - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

109. The End - Lemony Snickett (YA) (S)

110. Quicker than the Eye - Ray Bradbury (SW) (SF)

111. Feminist Theory from Margin to Center - bell hooks (NF) (AOC)

112. The Ghostway - Tony Hillerman (S) (M)

113. The Sharing Knife: Legacy - Lois McMaster Bujold (F) (S)

114. Sandman: Game of You - Neil Gaiman (GN) (R ) (S) (F)

115. The Sharing Knife: Passage - Lois McMaster Bujold (F) (S)

116. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare (S)(YA) (V)

117. Kissing the Witch - Emma Donoghue (YA) (SW) (F)

118. The Sharing Knife: Horizon - Lois McMaster Bujold (F) (S)

119. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (R )

120. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman (YA) (F)

 

Chapter books read with Son

1-7 The Magic School Bus Chapter Books (v. 5, 14, 16-20)

8-11. Captain Underpants (v. 1, 3-5)

Dinosaurs - Magic Treehouse Reference Book

Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major - Ron Kidd

Chasing George Washington - Ron Kidd

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - JK Rowling (R for me) (S)

 

Started in 2008 or before, finished in 2009

1. Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris (2008) (S)

2. Divine Horsemen, The Living Gods of Haiti - Myra Deren (2006) (NF)

 

In progress (if not started in 2009, starting year in parens)

Ulysses - James Joyce (2005)

Jambalaya - L. Tisch (2007) (AOC) (NF)

Who Let the Dogs In - Molly Ivins (2008) (SW) (NF)

13 1/2 - Nevada Barr (M)

Lover Avenged - J.R. Ward (S) (V)

 

 

Island of the Could Not Finish

Guilty Pleasures v 2 - Laurel K. Hamilton (GN) (S) (V)

One for the Money - Janet Evanovich (S)(M)

Tag Against Time - Helen Hughes Vick (YA) (S) (SF)

Un Lun Dun - China Mieville (YA) (F)

No Defense - Kate Wilhelm (S)(M)

 

Some coding:

(AOC) = Author of Color

(F) = Fantasy

(GN) = Graphic Novel

(M) = Mystery

(NF) = Non-fiction

(R ) = Reread

(S) = Series

(SF) = Science Fiction

(SW) = Short Works

(V) = Vampires, werewolves, and witches, oh my!

(YA) = Young Adult