2009: A Year in Books

Once again, I read 50 books in a year. Here's my list:

1. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Libba Bray) - 01/02/09
2. Ink Exchange (Melissa Marr) - 01/07/09
3. The Retreat (David Bergen) - 01/15/09
4. Rebel Angels (Libba Bray) - 01/22/09
5. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) - 01/30/09
6. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (E. Lockhart) - 02/03/09
7. A Certain Slant of Light (Laura Whitcomb) - 02/05/09
8. 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Maureen Johnson) - 02/12/09
9. Anne of Green Gables (LM Montgomery) - 02/13/09
10. City of Glass (Cassandra Clare) - 03/27/09
11. The Mystery of Grace (Charles de Lint) - 04/10/09
12. Old Man Crow (Charles de Lint) - 04/11/09
13. Elsewhere (Gabrielle Zevin) - 04/14/09
14. The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Carrie Ryan) - 04/16/09
15. Fragile Eternity (Melissa Marr) - 04/18/09
16. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Vol. I (MT Anderson) - 04/27/09
17. Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson) - 05/07/09
18. The Foundling (Charlotte Bronte) - 05/10/09
19. Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman) - 05/12/09
20. My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult) - 05/16/09
21. The Summoning (Kelley Armstrong) - 05/23/09
22. The Awakening (Kelley Armstrong) - 05/24/09
23. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. II (MT Anderson) - 06/05/09
24. My Booky Wook (Russell Brand) - 06/06/09
25. Gone (Michael Grant) - 06/14/09
26. The Sweet Far Thing (Libba Bray) - 06/18/09
27. The Girls (Lori Lansens) - 06/26/09
28. The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)* - 07/03/09
29. The Winter Sea (Susanna Kearsley) - 07/10/09
30. City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)* - 07/15/09
31. City of Ashes (Cassandra Clare)* - 07/18/09
32. The Skystone (Jack Whyte) - 08/01/09
33. Possession (AS Byatt) - 08/16/09
34. Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins) - 09/03/09
35. The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon) - 09/13/09
36. Fall of Light (Nina Kiriki Hoffman) - 09/16/09
37. The Awakening (LJ Smith) - 09/19/09
38. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Emmuska Orczy) - 09/26/09
39. The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) - 10/07/09
40. Her Fearful Symmetry (Audrey Niffenegger) - 10/16/09
41. Memoir of My Family (Alberta Chaput) - 11/01/09
42. The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Mary E Pearson) - 11/21/09
43. I Am The Messenger (Marcus Zusak) - 11/24/09
44. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)* - 11/26/09
45. The Wandering Fire (Guy Gavriel Kay)* - 12/06/09
46. The Darkest Road (Guy Gavriel Kay)* - 12/13/09
47. Lady of the Forest (Jennifer Roberson) - 12/24/09
48. Hush, Hush (Becca Fitzpatrick) - 12/30/09
49. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) - 12/31/09
50. Unmasking (Nina Kiriki Hoffman) - 12/31/09

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[catchup1999]

Russel Brand is hilarious. I just finished My Sister's Keeper and I gotta tell you, I was literally shocked out of my pajamas by the ending. (Because it was a little after midnight and I couldn't put it down.) You have a pretty nice book-list, not that I'm judging because I'm not, just making small-talk :) I think I read a little over seventy books in 2009, and even though I tried to, I didn't manage to get The Time Travelers Wife on it :( But cross your fingers for this year!

[JessiEvaS]

@catchup1999 I know, the ending of My Sister's Keeper was intense. When I loaned it to my Mom, she returned it with a note reading, "This book is SICK. Why didn't you warn me about that ending??"

Congratulations on 70 books! And let me know what you think of TTW :)

[fingerdrop]

Sweet.  I finished 50 video games.

[JessiEvaS]

@fingerdrop Now that's something I could *never* accomplish. I don't have the patience for video games - too lazy to figure out all the secrets.

[cezzie901]

I remember last year's when you were reading A Great and Terrible Beauty. :D

I read Notes from a Small Island too. I love reading other people's perception of Britain. hehe

I read 50 books this year too! I'm gonna do a video response to you, hun, so prepare yourself for ultimate geekiness! hehe

[JessiEvaS]

@cezzie901 I love Bill Bryson. I read it while I was in Britain, and his description of the Vodaphone-man on the train is perfect.

And I'm still waiting on that video response!! I can't wait to see it :)

[rsMagicalMuffin]

@ThatGirlMichelleX Amen to that. :)

[aaahhhhaaaahhhh]

STEPHEN KING

UNDER THE DOME!!!!!!

[24601Robert]

Baby, you're so hot!!! will you read to me?

[thecolormaria]

we have surprisingly similar taste in books.

either i've read or have marked to-read all the books you read this year.

i'm proud to say i'm already at 50 books for this year and it's only july :)

[cefanine]

omg!! how did you do it? I can't read 50 books for one year. I can't even finish one. You're good!!!

[SebastiansWickedGirl]

Hi! I just recently found your videos, and I think they're awesome. So, I subscribed! I'm not a very fast reader. Don't get me wrong. I read well, and I have great comprehension. I just don't read very fast. I'm also in college, so I don't have as much time to read as I'd like. With that in mind, my book goal for the summer is 10 books, but hopefully, I'll get through more than 10. I can't wait to see which books you read for 2010, so I hope you show us in December!

[toniie3]

Promise me to read "This book will save your life" By a.m. Homes!

[ThatGirlMichelleX]

umm Hunger Games killss all bookss

i luv <33333

[fingerdrop]

lol