Books 2007
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coffeesnob318I started off the year with a goal of 50 books. I am happy to report that I exceeded it.
I also started off the year by asking what authors my flist and my face-to-face friends like and, in doing so, found quite a few new favorites. So thanks for that!
1. Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott
2. The Bad Girl’s Guide to Getting What You Want by Cameron Tuttle
3. The Bad Girl’s Guide to the Open Road by Cameron Tuttle
4. The Bad Girl’s Guide to the Party Life by Cameron Tuttle
5. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
6. Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules ed. by David Sedaris
7. Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
9. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
11. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
12. Wigfield: The Can-Do Town that Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert
13. Tunnel Vision by Keith Lowe
14. The Foreigner by Meg Castaldo
15. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
16. Notes from the Underbelly by Risa Green
17. The Beginning Runner’s Handbook: the Proven 13-Week Run/Walk Program by Ian MacNeill
18. We Thought You Would Be Prettier by Laurie Notaro
19. Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood by Laurie Notaro
20. Naked by David Sedaris
21. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
22. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
23. Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation by Samantha Dunn
24. Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey
25. To Have and to Hold by Jane Green
26. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
27. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
28. Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni
29. Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution by Eugene Robinson
30. Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama
31. The Quotidian Mysteries by Kathleen Norris
32. The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham
33. Number 6 Fumbles by Rachel Solar-Tuttle
34. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard
35. Speaking With the Angel edited by Nick Hornby
36. Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
37. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
38. Firstlight by Sue Monk Kidd
39. The Other Woman by Jane Green
40. Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard
41. There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: a Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble by Laurie Notaro
42. Syrup by Max Barry
43. Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
44. Really Unusual Bad Boys by MaryJanice Davidson
45. Later, At the Bar by Rebecca Barry
46. God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer by Pete Grieg
47. Swapping Lives by Jane Green
48. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
49. With This Ring by Amanda Quick
50. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
51. Inside Job by Connie Willis
52. In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers by Mother Teresa
53. Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
54. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
55. No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty
56. This is not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America’s Best Women Writers edited by Elizabeth Merrick
And, to start the new year off, I have a new goal. I think I'm going to try for 75 this year. I'm currently working on the following:
Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God by Jim Palmer
The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life by Laurie Notaro (how is it that I have never read this one?)
Life After God by Douglas Coupland
Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
Why Moms are Weird by Pamela Ribon
Tomcat in Love by Tim O'Brien
Two questions to enhance my already ridiculous reading list:
1. What was the best book you read (that you would recommend) in 2007?
2. What are you reading now?
I also started off the year by asking what authors my flist and my face-to-face friends like and, in doing so, found quite a few new favorites. So thanks for that!
1. Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott
2. The Bad Girl’s Guide to Getting What You Want by Cameron Tuttle
3. The Bad Girl’s Guide to the Open Road by Cameron Tuttle
4. The Bad Girl’s Guide to the Party Life by Cameron Tuttle
5. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
6. Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules ed. by David Sedaris
7. Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
9. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
11. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
12. Wigfield: The Can-Do Town that Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert
13. Tunnel Vision by Keith Lowe
14. The Foreigner by Meg Castaldo
15. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
16. Notes from the Underbelly by Risa Green
17. The Beginning Runner’s Handbook: the Proven 13-Week Run/Walk Program by Ian MacNeill
18. We Thought You Would Be Prettier by Laurie Notaro
19. Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood by Laurie Notaro
20. Naked by David Sedaris
21. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
22. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
23. Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation by Samantha Dunn
24. Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey
25. To Have and to Hold by Jane Green
26. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
27. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
28. Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni
29. Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution by Eugene Robinson
30. Socrates in Love by Kyoichi Katayama
31. The Quotidian Mysteries by Kathleen Norris
32. The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham
33. Number 6 Fumbles by Rachel Solar-Tuttle
34. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard
35. Speaking With the Angel edited by Nick Hornby
36. Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
37. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
38. Firstlight by Sue Monk Kidd
39. The Other Woman by Jane Green
40. Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard
41. There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: a Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble by Laurie Notaro
42. Syrup by Max Barry
43. Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
44. Really Unusual Bad Boys by MaryJanice Davidson
45. Later, At the Bar by Rebecca Barry
46. God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer by Pete Grieg
47. Swapping Lives by Jane Green
48. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
49. With This Ring by Amanda Quick
50. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
51. Inside Job by Connie Willis
52. In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories, and Prayers by Mother Teresa
53. Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
54. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
55. No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty
56. This is not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America’s Best Women Writers edited by Elizabeth Merrick
And, to start the new year off, I have a new goal. I think I'm going to try for 75 this year. I'm currently working on the following:
Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God by Jim Palmer
The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life by Laurie Notaro (how is it that I have never read this one?)
Life After God by Douglas Coupland
Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
Why Moms are Weird by Pamela Ribon
Tomcat in Love by Tim O'Brien
Two questions to enhance my already ridiculous reading list:
1. What was the best book you read (that you would recommend) in 2007?
2. What are you reading now?
