Category: Books Read
Books Read in 2009
My goal for 2009: 52 audiobooks, 26 regular books, 78 total
Now Reading:
The Walkers of Dembley ~ M C Beaton
Louisa May Alcott [1]
Good Wives * 05302009
Elizabeth von Arnim [1]
The Enchanted April * 05202009
T. S. Arthur [1]
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper * 08222009
Jane Austen [6]
Persuasion * 01032009
Sense & Sensibility * 02062009
Pride & Prejudice * 03072009
Mansfield Park * 04102009
Emma * 11072009
Lady Susan * 12142009
John Kendrick Bangs [1]
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream * 09302009
M C Beaton [5]
A Spoonful of Poison 01052009
Death of A Witch 03082009
Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet 06052009
The Potted Gardener 11032009
There Goes the Bride 11142009
E.F. Benson [1]
Queen Lucia * 06302009
Earl Derr Biggers [1]
The Agony Column * 02282009
Emily Brightwell [1]
Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen 11092009
Anne Bronte [1]
Agnes Gray * 06172009
Abbie Farwell Brown [1]
The Christmas Angel * 12192009
William F Buckley, Jr [1]
Saving the Queen 03232009
Fanny Burney [1]
Evelina * 04202009
Edgar Rice Burroughs [6]
Tarzan of the Apes * 01102009
Return of Tarzan @ 01142009
Beasts of Tarzan * 01172009
Son of Tarzan * 02122009
Tarzan & The Jewels of Opar * 03112009
Jungle Tales of Tarzan * 04162009
Dorothy Cannell [7]
The Touble With Harriett 04112009
Bridesmaids Revisited 05312009
The Importance of Being Ernestine 07082009
God Save The Queen! 08092009
Withering Heights ^ 08152009
Goodbye Ms Chips 09142009
She Shoots to Conquer 12192009
Bendy Carter [1]
Dying To Crochet 08302009
G K Chesterton [1]
The Man Who Knew Too Much * 01082009
Agatha Christie [3]
The Seven Dials Mystery 09062009
A Pocket Full of Rye 10312009
Death With Mirrors 12312009
Max Allan Collins [1]
Criminal Minds: Finishing School 05252009
Wilkie Collins [3]
The Woman In White * 09192009
Armadale * 10212009
The Moonstone * 12022009
Michael Connelly [2]
The Brass Verdict 07132009
The Scarecrow 09292009
Diane Mott Davidson [1]
Fatally Flaky 04232009
Daniel Defoe [2]
Robinson Crusoe * 02182009
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe* 11132009
Charles Dickens [6]
Oliver Twist * 01312009
The Old Curiosity Shop * 07142009
No Thoroughfare * 12102009
Cricket on The Hearth * 12112009
A House To Let * 12122009
A Christmas Carol * 12192009
George Eliot [1]
Silas Marner * 08292009
Janet Evanovich [2]
Plum Spooky 01152009
Finger Lickin' Fifteen 06302009
J. S. Fletcher [1]
The Middle Temple Murder * 05092009
Diana Gabaldon [1]
An Echo In The Bone 10262009
Elizabeth George [4]
Payment in Blood 06152009
Well-Schooled in Murder 07282009
A Suitable Vengeance 08262009
For The Sake of Elena 10092009
Joseph F Girzone [1]
Joshua 12262009
Lee Goldberg [3]
Mr Monk Is Miserable 01112009
Mr Monk Goes to Germany 03272009
The Man With The Iron-On Badge 05282009
Oliver Goldsmith [1]
The Vicar of Wakefield * 12312009
Thomas Anstey Guthrie [1]
Tourmalin’s Time Cheques * 11182009
H Rider Haggard [4]
She * 07232009
King Solomon's Mines * 08172009
Allan Quatermain * 09242009
Allan's Wife * 12302009
Thomas Hardy [2]
The Return of The Native *^ 09102009
Jude, The Obscure * 10312009
C S Harris [3]
What Angels Fear 05182009
When Gods Die 07042009
Why Mermaids Sing 09172009
Nathaniel Hawthorn [1]
The House of the Seven Gables * 06092009
James Hay [1]
No Clue! A Mystery Story * 03142009
Anthony Hope [1]
The Prisoner of Zenda * 02072009
Harry Houdini [1]
The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé * 03312009
Washington Irving [1]
Old Christmas * 12182009
P D James [2]
A Certain Justice 02102009
The Private Patient 03032009
Herbert Jenkins [1]
Patricia Brent, spinster * 01162009
Bill Keith [1]
The Commissioner 06282009
Helen Keller [1]
The World I Live In * 05232009
Friedrich Kerst [1]
Mozart, The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words * 05072009
Fritz Kreisler [1]
Four Weeks in The Trenches * 11072009
Tim LaHaye [1]
Come Spring 04302009
Gaston Leroux [1]
The Mystery of the Yellow Room * 01232009
Sinclair Lewis [1]
Babbit * 04042009
William John Locke [1]
The Red Planet * 12292009
Jack London [1]
The Sea Wolf * 07312009
Debbie Macomber [1]
The Shop on Blossom Street 06212009
Herman Melville [1]
Moby Dick * 08142009
Prosper Mérimée [1]
Carmen @ 02192009
Christopher Morley [1]
Parnassus on Wheels * 05222009
Mary Norton [1]
The Borrowers 12122009
E Phillips Oppenheim [1]
The Cinema Murder * 02142009
Perri O'Shaughnessy [1]
Show No Fear 02182009
Robert B Parker [3]
Night & Day 04112009
Rough Weather 04262009
The Professional 11102009
James Patterson [2]
Cross Country 07162009
8th Confession 09212009
Mervyn Peake [1]
Titus Groan 12092009
Mark Phillips [1]
Brain Twister * 02282009
Ann Radcliffe [1]
The Mysteries of Udolpho * 06262009
Myrtle Reed [1]
Lavender and Old Lace * 04292009
Arthur B. Reeve [1]
The Master Mystery * 02262009
Kathy Reichs [2]
Monday Mourning 01242009
Cross Bones 05102009
Morgan Robertson [1]
Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan * 05302009
Sir Walter Scott [1]
Ivanhoe * 06152009
Dorothy Stanley [1]
Miss Pim's Camouflage * 11212009
Robert Louis Stevenson [2]
Treasure Island * 02252009
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde * 04302009
Booth Tarkington [3]
The Turmoil (Growth Trilogy, Vol 1) * 08282009
Penrod * 12052009
Penrod & Sam * 12052009
Edgar Wallace [2]
The Daffodil Mystery * 09302009
The Clue of The Twisted Candle * 11142009
Horace Walpole [1]
The Castle of Otranto * 01312009
John R Watson & Arthur J Rees [1]
The Hampstead Mystery * 07182009
Evelyn Waugh [1]
Brideshead Revisited 08062009
H G Wells [1]
A Tale of the Stone Age * 12092009
Kate Douglas Wiggin [1]
The Birds’ Christmas Carol * 12192009
Oscar Wilde [1]
The Picture of Dorian Gray * 08202009
P G Wodehouse [2]
Something New * 03202009
The Adventures of Sally * 05022009
Jules Verne [4]
From The Earth to the Moon * 03172009
Round The Moon * 03182009
Journey to the Interior of the Earth * 07252009
Master Of The World * 10232009
* audiobook
@ online
^ reread
! on hiatus
Read in 2009: 138 Audio: 84 Regular: 52 Other: 2
January: 13 July: 10
February: 12 August: 11
March: 12 September: 10
April: 11 October: 6
May: 13 November: 10
June: 10 December: 20
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Books Read in 2008
Now Reading:
Well, due to a binge on audiobooks from
Librivox.org, I surpassed my goal of 52 books for
this year! So for next year, I think I'll boldly
set a goal of 78: 52 audiobooks (one a week), and
26 regular books (one every two weeks).
My favorite read this year was Amanda Elyot's "The
Memoirs of Helen of Troy". Followed closely by
Christopher Morley's "The Haunted Bookshop", where
I learned what a 'librocubicularist' is. What fun!
Total pages 'read': 15494
Jane Austen [1]
Northanger Abbey * 02022008
David Baldacci [3]
Simple Genius 02252008
Stone Cold 09152008
The Whole Truth 10302008
M C Beaton [3]
Death of A Maid 01222008
Kissing Christmas Goodbye 04032008
Death of A Gentle Lady 10182008
Dorothy Cannell [5]
Femmes Fatal 01102008
How To Murder Your Mother-In-Law 04242008
Down The Garden Path 06072008
How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams 08292008
Spring Cleaning Murders 12242008
Michael Connelly [1]
The Overlook 01142008
Stephen Crane [1]
The Red Badge of Courage * 12172008
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [2]
A Study in Scarlet * 12062008
The Sign of Four * 12102008
Amanda Elyot [1]
The Memoirs of Helen of Troy 07282008
Janet Evanovich [2]
Plum Lucky 01192008
Fearless Fourteen 06232008
F Scott Fitzgerald [1]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * 12312008
Elizabeth George [1]
A Great Deliverance 02092008
Sue Grafton [1]
T is For Trespass 08142008
Betty Hechtman [2]
Hooked On Murder 05192008
Dead Men Don't Crochet 12092008
Andy Hillstrand [1]
Time Bandit 07198008
Ernest William Hornung [1]
Dead Men Tell No Tales * 12202008
Stephen R Lawhead [1]
Hood 03282008
Bro. Lawrence [1]
The Practice of the Presence of God * 03092008
C S Lewis [1]
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian *^ 05192008
Christopher Morley [1]
The Haunted Bookshop * 12132008
Baroness Emmuska Orczy [2]
The Scarlet Pimpernel * 09132008
Old Man in The Corner * 12312008
Thomas Nelson Page [1]
Santa Claus’s Partner * 12182008
Robert B Parker [2]
Stranger In Paradise 7048008
Now & Then 08192008
James Patterson [3]
Step On A Crack 04122008
Double Cross 06302008
7th Heaven 11222008
Kathy Reichs [5]
Death DuJour 05252008
Deadly Decisions 07122008
Fatal Voyage 10132008
Grave Secrets 11302008
Bare Bones 12302008
Sara Rosett [3]
Moving is Murder 05082008
Staying Home Is A Killer 08032008
Getting Away is Deadly 09302008
Anne Rice [1]
Christ The Lord: Road to Cana 03172008
John Sandford [2]
Rules of Prey 02012008
Shadow Prey 03132008
Leo Tolstoy [1]
Childhood * 12122008
Spike Walker [1]
Coming back alive 12162008
H G Wells [1]
The Time Machine * 12192008
Edith Wharton [1]
Ethan Frome * 12122008
Stuart Woods [1]
Shoot Him If He Runs 04302008
* audiobook
^ reread
! on hiatus
Read in 2008: 54
January: 4 July: 4
February: 4 August: 4
March: 4 September: 3
April: 4 October: 3
May: 4 November: 2
June: 3 December: 15
Books Read in 2007
Well, I didn't make this year's goal. I took up crochet again, so had less time to read.
In Progress at end of year:
Femmes Fatal ~ Dorothy Cannell
Louisa May Alcott [1]
A Long Fatal Love Chase 3/9/7
M C Beaton/Marion Chesney [3]
Love, lies, and liquor 7/1/7
Death of a Charming Man 9/12/7
Sick of Shadows 10/28/7
Lilian Jackson Braun [1]
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers * 2/20/7
Dorothy Cannell [2]
Withering Heights 7/23/7
Mum's The Word 11/20/7
Tracy Chevalier [1]
Burning Bright 5/23/7
Agatha Christie [4]
Murder at the Vicarage 1/16/7
Poirot Investigates 1/28/7
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 2/8/7
The Big Four 3/21/7
Michael Connelly [1]
Echo Park 1/6/7
Clive Cussler [1]
The Mediteranean Caper 9/26/7
Dianne Mott Davidson [1]
Sweet Revenge 10/24/7
Jeffery Deaver [1]
The Bone Collector 10/11/7
Charles Dickens [1]
A Tale of Two Cities TBR/*/ebook 2/15/7
Umberto Eco [1]
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana * 1/24/7
Janet Evanovich [3]
Motor Mouth 1/10/7
Plum Lovin' 1/21/7 TBR
Lean Mean 13 6/24/7
Jasper Fforde [4]
Something Rotten 1/3/7 TBR
The Big Over Easy 3/4/7
The Fourth Bear 4/2/7
First Among Sequels 9/6/7
Brad Meltzer [2]
The Book of Fate 4/10/7
The Tenth Justice 4/26/7
Beth Moore [1]
Get Out of That Pit! * 10/4/7
Robert B Parker [3]
Hundred Dollar Baby 5/26/7
High Profile 9/20/7
Spare Change 10/15/7
James Patterson [9]
Roses Are Red 1/31/7
4th of July 2/13/7
Violets Are Blue 3/17/7
Four Blind Mice 4/16/7
Big Bad Wolf 6/2/7
5th Horseman * 7/19/7 hb/a
London Bridges 8/10/7
The 6th Target 8/15/7
Mary, Mary 9/24/7
Cross 12/3/7
Kathy Reichs [1]
Deja Dead 12/25/7
Dorothy Sayers [1]
Whose Body * 3/7/9
Nicholas Sparks [3]
The Guardian 1/20/7
At First Sight * 2/27/7
The Rescue * 3/21/7
Stuart Woods [2]
Short Straw * 3/14/7
Fresh Disasters 9/15/7
* audiobook
Read in 2007: 48
January: 9 books July: 3 books
February: 5 books August: 2 books
March: 7 books September: 6 books
April: 4 books October: 5 books
May: 2 books November: 1 books
June: 2 books December: 2 books
Books Read in 2006
I read a total of 70 books this year! My goal was 52. :)
I started working on some literary classics I'd somehow missed. White Fang had an especially eye-opening point of view. Although I hadn't gotten far into Moby Dick, I can tell this is a real gem. I've tried a few new authors. James Patterson is very entertaining, and Nicholas Sparks must be read with a box of kleenex. I've started on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot books, and am absolutely delighted. Now I know where they got the basic ideas for the tv series Monk. G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday has to be the year's strangest read. Anne Rice's Christ The Lord: Out of Egypt provided some interesting insight into Christ's early years. As usual, Janet Evanovich's works provided lots of laughs. Jasper Fforde's books were also quite funny and a wonderful mental break from the grimness of some of my reads.
For 2007 I hope to tackle my TBR stack more aggressively, read more classics, and do more with audiobooks. And see if I can make 87 reads for the year!
So many books, so little time! :)
In progress on December 31:
Something Rotten ~ Jasper Fforde
Moby Dick ~ Hermann Melville
David Baldacci [1]
The Camel Club 6/17/6
Lawrence Block [1]
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep 7/19/6
Lillian Jackson Braun [1]
The Cat Who Dropped A Bombshell 1/7/6
James Calder [1]
In A Family Way 10/21/6
Marion Chesney/M C Beaton [5]
Snobbery with Violence 2/4/6
Hasty Death 2/8/6
The Death of a Dreamer 3/14/6
Agatha Raisin & the Wellspring of Death 8/8/6
Our Lady of Pain 10/2/6
G K Chesterton [1]
The Man Who Was Thursday 1/28/6
Agatha Christie [2]
The Mysterious Affair at Styles 11/9/6
Murder On the Links 12/14/6
Michael Connelly [2]
The Black Ice 3/2/6
The Lincoln Lawyer 5/25/6
Diane Mott Davidson [1]
Dark Tort 9/29/6
Nelson DeMille [1]
Mayday (with Thomas Block) 11/2/6
Janet Evanovich [2]
Twelve Sharp 6/21/6
Metro Girl 12/27/6
Jasper Fforde [2]
Lost in a Good Book 3/18/6
The Well of Lost Plots 4/11/6
C S Forester [5]
Mr Midshipman Hornblower 5/13/6
Lieutenant Hornblower 6/24/6
Hornblower & The Hotspur 7/13/6
Hownblower During the Crisis 8/4/6
Hornblower & the Atropos 9/12/6
Diana Gabaldon [1]
A Breath of Snow & Ashes 1/13/6
Sue Grafton [1]
S is For Silence 6/30/6
Brian Haig [1]
The President's Assassin 1/24/6
P D James [7]
The Lighthouse 2/22/6
Original Sin 6/7/6
The Skull Beneath The Skin 7/7/6
The Black Tower 7/31/6
A Taste for Death 9/2/6
Devices and Desires 10/16/6
Murder Room 11/30/6
C.S. Lewis [3]
The Silver Chair * 11/21/6
The Horse & His Boy * 11/23/6
The Last Battle * 11/29/6
Jack London [2]
The Call of the Wild 1/31/6
White Fang 2/21/6
Yann Martel [1]
Life of Pi * 12/29/6
Patrick O'Brian [5]
The Truelove 1/6/6
The Wine-Dark Sea 2/18/6
The Commodore 3/11/6
The Yellow Admiral 4/1/6
The Hundred Days 4/26/6
Perri O'Shaughnessy [3]
Presumption of Death 3/22/6
Unlucky In Law 5/20/6
Case of Lies 6/12/6
Robert B Parker [3]
School Days 3/15/6
Sea Change 5/17/6
Blue Screen 9/26/6
James Patterson [7]
Along Came A Spider 7/25/6
Kiss The Girls 8/15/6
1st to Die 9/15/6
Jack & Jill 9/23/6
2nd Chance 10/25/6
Cat & Mouse 11/6/6
Pop Goes the Weasel 12/20/6
3rd Degree 12/21/6
Anne Rice [1]
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt 12/6/6
Alice Sebold [1]
The Lovely Bones 10/31/6
Nicholas Sparks [3]
A Walk to Remember 10/4/6
The Notebook 10/22/6
Message In A Bottle 11/12/6
Leo Tolstoy [1]
The Forged Coupon 1/17/6
Rick Warren [1]
The Purpose Driven Life 4/6/6
Stuart Woods [3]
Two-Dollar Bill 2/23/6
Iron Orchid 4/29/6
Dark Harbor 8/9/6
* audiobook
Read in 2006: 70
January 2006: 7 books July 2006: 5 books
February 2006: 6 books August 2006: 4 books
March 2006: 6 books September 2006: 6 books
April 2006: 5 books October 2006: 7 books
May 2006: 4 books November 2006: 8 books
June 2006: 6 books December 2006: 6 books
