Thursday, January 1, 2009

Books Read in 2008

I keep a list of all the books I read--for pleasure, not for work--each year.

1. King Dork • Frank Portman
2. Good Masters, Sweet Ladies • Laura Amy Schlitz
3. Long May She Reign • Ellen Emerson White
4. The Plain Janes • Cecil Castelucci & Jim Rugg
5. The Secret Language • Ursula Nordstrom
6. The New Policeman • Kate Thompson
7. The Time Traveler’s Wife • Audrey Niffenegger
8. The White Darkness • Gerald McCaughrean
9. The Dollhouse Murders • Betty Ren Wright
10. My Louisiana Sky • Kimberly Willis Holt
11. The Red Queen’s Daughter • Jacqueline Kolosov
12. Spook • Mary Roach
13. The House of the Scorpion • Nancy Farmer
14. Wait Till Helen Comes • Mary Downing Hahn
15. Before I Die • Jenny Downham
16. River Secrets • Shannon Hale
17. Waiting for Normal • Leslie Connor
18. Little Brother • Cory Doctorow
19. The Underneath • Kathi Appelt
20. The Hunger Games • Suzanne Collins
21. Sun & Spoon • Kevin Henkes
22. Eclipse • Stephenie Meyer
23. Breaking Dawn • Stephenie Meyer
24. Just Listen • Sarah Dessen
25. The Thief • Megan Whalen Turner
26. Queen of Attolia • Megan Whalen Turner
27. King of Attolia • Megan Whalen Turner
28. The Lucky Ones • Stephanie Greene
29. The President’s Daughter • Ellen Emerson White
30. The Year We Disappeared • Cylin Busby & John Busby
31. City of Bones • Cassandra Clare
32. Harriet the Spy • Louise Fitzghugh
33. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks • E. Lockhart
34. Forest of Hands and Teeth • Carrie Ryan
35. Graceling • Kristin Cashore
36. Alanna • Tamora Pierce
37. In the Hand of the Goddess • Tamora Pierce
38. Winter Dreams, Christmas Love • Mary Francis Shura
39. The Monsters of Templeton • Lauren Groff
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5 comments:

  1. Shelli (srjohannes)January 1, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    what a list. Im sure this does not include the thousands of manuscripts you read. happy new year!

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  2. curiousmarthaJanuary 2, 2009 at 1:38 AM

    Nope--I do keep a submissions log, so I suppose I could count how many manuscripts I read last year. But even that wouldn't include the multiple reads of editing. :) Maybe that's all best left uncounted.

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  3. FerinyaGraceJanuary 3, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    I'm impressed that you manage to read for pleasure at all considering all those submissions! I've read the two Tamara Pierce, I've always enjoyed her quartets.

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  4. Sarah MillerJanuary 28, 2009 at 5:22 PM

    Just found you via your Marketing Mondays interview. Judging by this list, I'm going to like it here.

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  5. curiousmarthaJanuary 29, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    Sarah, I found your blog back when you were bookselling and mentioned Marlane Kennedy's lovely Me & the Pumpkin Queen. I'm flattered you've found mine!

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