Reading List 2009
In two years I still have not made it to my 30 book goal. I think I can do it this year, though, unless some major life event intervenes.
Goal: 30 books; 9,000 pages
January
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (734 pages)
2. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (345 pages)
3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (498 pages)
February
4. The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (122 pages)
March
5. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (438 pages)
6. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (337 pages)
7. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (198 pages)
8. Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz, tran. by Doris Orgel (298 pages)
9. Sold by Patricia McCormick (263 pages)
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (274 pages)
April
11. The Witling by Vernor Vinge (220 pages)
12. Pemba’s Song by Marilyn Nelson and Tonya C. Hegamin (109 pages)
13. The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (170 pages)
14. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (563 pages)
15. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (629 pages)
16. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (754 pages)
17. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (251 pages)
18. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (315 pages)
19. The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake (171 pages)
May
20. The Peace War by Vernor Vinge (304 pages)
21. The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (199 pages)
22. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (870 pages)
23. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (425 pages)
24. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit (139 pages)
June
25. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (370 pages)
26. Specials by Scott Westerfeld (372 pages)
27. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (652 pages)
28. The Fold by An Na (280 pages)
29. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (759 pages)
30. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer(182 pages)
31. Saint Iggy by K.L. Going (257 pages)
July
32. A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (166 pages)
33. Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog (248 pages)
34. The Plague by Joanne Dahme (271 pages)
35. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (536 pages)
36. Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (192 pages)
August
37. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (498 pages) (reread)
38. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (288 pages)
September
39. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 pages)
October
40. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (291 pages)
41. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (292 pages)
42. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (372 pages)
43. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris (291 pages)
44. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris (294 pages)
45. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris (324 pages)
46. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (323 pages)
47. Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman (295 pages)
48. A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce (395 pages)
November
49. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (563 pages) (reread)
50. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (629 pages ) (reread)
51. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (754 pages) (reread)
52. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (390 pages)
53. Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (272 pages)
54. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan (375 pages)
December
55. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (279 pages)
56. A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (192 pages)
57. The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent (332 pages)
Pages Read: 20,752
If you see any titles here that you would like me to review but that I have not yet gotten to, please post a comment to that effect and I’ll try to get at least a cursory review up as soon as possible.
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