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Books Read (2011-12)

2011

  1. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
  2. Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
  3. Why? Because We Still Like You: An Oral History of the Mickey Mouse Club by Jennifer Armstrong
  4. This is Where We Live by Janelle Brown (audio book)
  5. The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
  7. ZooBorns by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland
  8. The Cypress House by Michael Koryta
  9. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
  10. Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt
  11. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
  12. You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
  13. Table of Contents by Judy Gelman & Vicki Levy Krupp
  14. Hollywood Hills by Joseph Wambaugh (audio book)
  15. Under the Mercy Trees by Heather Newton
  16. Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
  17. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
  18. Burning Bright by Ron Rash
  19. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
  20. Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum
  21. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
  22. 13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
  23. Lost & Found by Shaun Tan
  24. Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen (audio book)
  25. Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen
  26. Jake by Audrey Couloumbis
  27. Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut by Jill Kargman
  28. The Long Road Home by Mary Alice Monroe
  29. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
  30. West of Here by Jonathan Evison
  31. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
  32. Irish Lace by Andrew M. Greeley
  33. Dante’s Divine Comedy adapted by Seymour Chwast
  34. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
  35. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
  36. Home to Woefield by Susan Juby
  37. Praying for Strangers by River Jordan
  38. The Trouble with Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante
  39. Posed for Murder by Meredith Cole
  40. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
  41. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
  42. Inconceivable by Carolyn Savage and Sean Savage (audio book)
  43. Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
  44. The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
  45. Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety and Social Phobia by Chelsea Rae Swiggett
  46. Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark
  47. Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli
  48. Trauma Queen by Barbara Dee
  49. The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
  50. Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wesselhoeft
  51. Nutrition Diva’s Secrets for a Healthy Diet by Monica Reinagel
  52. The Butterfly’s Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
  53. Dangerous Neighbors by Beth Kephart
  54. Bossypants by Tina Fey
  55. Flying Changes by Sara Gruen (audio book)
  56. The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
  57. Alexis: My Story of Being Seduced by an Online Predator by Alexis Singer
  58. Exposure by Therese Fowler
  59. Cut by Patricia McCormick
  60. A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer (audio book)
  61. The Moment by Douglas Kennedy
  62. This Totally Bites! by Ruth Ames
  63. The End of Everything by Megan Abbot
  64. Death of a Chimney Sweep by M. C. Beaton
  65. LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World by Elizabeth Dowsett
  66. The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
  67. Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo
  68. Viola in the Spotlight by Adriana Trigiani
  69. Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent
  70. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir by Steven Tyler (audio book)
  71. Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck
  72. This Life is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone by Melissa Coleman (audio book)
  73. Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank
  74. Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne
  75. Best Staged Plans by Claire Cook
  76. Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
  77. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  78. Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
  79. The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi
  80. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
  81. Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Pierce
  82. Dixie by Grace Gilman
  83. Jerusalem Maiden by Talia Carner
  84. Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
  85. Grammar Girl’s 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know by Mignon Fogarty
  86. Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook
  87. The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus by Sonya Sones
  88. Grammar Girl’s 101 Misused Words You’ll Never Confuse Again by Mignon Fogarty
  89. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  90. The Absolute Value of Mike by Kathryn Erskine
  91. Yankee Doodle Dixie by Lisa Patton
  92. The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
  93. Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gate by Eva Gray
  94. Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight
  95. The Kid by Sapphire
  96. The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (audio book)
  97. One Day by David Nicholls
  98. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
  99. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
  100. Half a Life by Darin Strauss
  101. The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood (audio book)
  102. You Don’t Sweat Much for a Fat Girl by Celia Rivenbark
  103. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  104. Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
  105. Dark Souls by Paula Morris
  106. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter (audio book)
  107. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  108. The Smartest Woman I Know by Ilene Beckerman
  109. Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
  110. We the Animals by Justin Torres
  111. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
  112. Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes
  113. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
  114. Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
  115. Hound Dog True by Linda Urban
  116. French Lessons by Ellen Sussman (audio book)
  117. The Mailbox by Marybeth Whalen
  118. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
  119. Holy Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson
  120. Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson
  121. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (audio book)
  122. Drinking Closer to Home by Jessica Anya Blau
  123. Pie by Sarah Weeks
  124. Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage by Joe Darger, Alina Darger, Vicki Darger, and Valerie Darger
  125. The Book of (Holiday) Awesome by Neil Pasricha
  126. T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
  127. Tomorrow Girls: Run for Cover by Eva Gray
  128. Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods
  129. Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski
  130. The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
  131. Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
  132. Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters
  133. I Didn’t Ask to Be Born (But I’m Glad I Was) by Bill Cosby
  134. Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
  135. Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close (audio book)
  136. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
  137. Tomorrow Girls: With the Enemy by Eva Gray
  138. Plugged by Eoin Colfer (audio book)
  139. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
  140. Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward
  141. The Puppy That Came for Christmas by Megan Rix
  142. With a Name like Love by Tess Hilmo
  143. Tina’s Mouth by Keshni Kashyap
  144. Everything We Ever Wanted by Sara Shepard (audio book)
  145. The Cut by George Pelecanos
  146. Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
  147. Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl by Sandra Beasley
  148. Bird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  149. Crazy Things Parents Text by Stephen and Wayne Miltz
  150. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  151. Save Me by Lisa Scottoline (audio book)
  152. We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
  153. mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory
  154. Crow by Barbara Wright
  155. Love, Accidentally by Sarah Pekkanen (short story)
  156. Love at First Bark by Julie Klam
  157. How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford

2012

  1. If Jack’s in Love by Stephen Wetta
  2. Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer S. Holland
  3. Hannah: My True Story of Drugs, Cutting, and Mental Illness by Hannah Westberg
  4. Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
  5. Corked by Kathryn Borel
  6. Little Princes by Conor Grennan
  7. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins
  8. The Orchard by Theresa Weir
  9. Shelter by Harlan Coben
  10. The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell
  11. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce
  12. The Rebel Wife by Taylor Polites
  13. The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter by John Gosselink
  14. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (audio book)
  15. A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson
  16. Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell (audio book)
  17. Wonder by R. J. Palacio
  18. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
  19. Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley
  20. Tomorrow Girls: Set Me Free by Eva Gray
  21. Charlotte Au Chocolat by Charlotte Silver
  22. Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It by Gail Carson Levine
  23. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (audio book)
  24. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
  25. Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green
  26. In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda
  27. May B. by Caroline Starr Rose
  28. Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
  29. Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
  30. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  31. Mayday by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block (audio book)
  32. The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone
  33. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  34. Fallen by Karin Slaughter (audio book)
  35. Restless Souls: The Sharon Tate Family’s Account of Stardom, the Manson Murders and a Crusade for Justice by Alisa Statman (audio book)
  36. The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
  37. Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator by Josh Berk
  38. The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
  39. Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge
  40. Tabloid City by Pete Hamill (audio book)
  41. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
  42. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  43. Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms by Lissa Evans
  44. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
  45. Story of the Titanic
  46. Gossip by Beth Gutcheon (audio book)
  47. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo (audio book)
  48. These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen
  49. Jane Eyre: A Counting Primer by Jennifer Adams
  50. Alice in Wonderland: A Colors Primer by Jennifer Adams
  51. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
  52. A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates (audio book)
  53. Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
  54. Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe
  55. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (audio book)
  56. Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark
  57. Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
  58. All is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen (short story)
  59. A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash (audio book)
  60. Le Road Trip by Vivian Swift

5 Comments leave one →
  1. February 21, 2011 2:12 am

    wow. you read incredibly fast. i told myself i’d read one book a week — i’m able to do that, and sometimes even two. but this list is amazing.

    i’m currently reading Child 44. Pretty awesome.

  2. Elsi permalink
    February 22, 2011 8:14 pm

    On 22 February, I see that you and I are reading at a similar rate. I have completed 23 books this year and you list 25. I’m a wee bit ahead of last year’s pace, having finished my 19th book on 22 February 2010. I’ll be checking in with you throughout the year to see what you’re reading!

  3. Adriana permalink
    March 3, 2011 11:05 am

    Hi, I see youve read quite a number of books so far this year. I´d very much like you to recommend me a few of suspense genre, I´m actually enjoying The Girl she used to be, whose author i have never heard before. I´ll be awaiting for your recommendation. Thanks and regards, Adriana

  4. April 10, 2011 1:27 pm

    I liked your review of Origami Yoda. I’ll have to pick that one up soon. You’ve a heck of a list going and we’re not even half-way through the year yet. Keep it up!

  5. August 15, 2011 4:54 pm

    Wow You read a lot of books. Spend most of my time editing for SmatteringsBooks. There are previews of the 1st chapters of both Knife of Truth books at our website http://smatteringsbooks.com/free.html. Agree to review one of our science fiction novels on the internet and I’ll be happy to send you a free copy.

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