In 2009, I read/listened to 64 books. (Adult titles are noted with an asterisk.)
I don't usually include picture books that I've read, but I must share one delightful picture book I read again and again this year: A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee. I'm a big fan of Marla Frazee's work, especially her fabulous illustrations for Mrs. Biddlebox. In A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, she captures the spirit of young children beautifully. What a fun read!
Books that I dipped into or didn't finish aren't on the list.
And I discovered that when I don't watch TV, I get a lot more reading accomplished. Hmm. Imagine that.
I'd LOVE to hear about your favorite books from 2009. And what's on your bookshelf for 2010 so far?
Now, onto the list:
1. Roscoe Riley Rules #1 Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs -- Katherine Applegate (Illustrated by Brian Biggs)
2. *The Middle Place -- Kelly Corrigan
3. where i live -- Eileen Spinelli (Illustrated by Matt Phelan)
4. Good Enough -- Paula Yoo
5. *Tears of the Desert - A Memoir of Survival in Darfur -- Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis
6. Ivy and Bean -- Annie Barrows (Illustrated by Sophie Blackall)
7. Loser -- Jerry Spinelli
8. Rules -- Cynthia Lord
9. *Bliss to You (Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life) -- Trixie Koontz, Dog (as told to Dean Koontz)
10. Violette Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning -- Danette Haworth
11. Hate That Cat -- Sharon Creech
12. Day of Tears -- Julius Lester
13. Project Mulberry -- Linda Sue Park
14. Stanley, Flat Again -- Jeff Brown
15. *The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir -- Bill Bryson (CD)
16. Flat Stanley -- Jeff Brown
17. First Boy -- Gary D. Schmidt
18. The Wednesday Wars -- Gardy D. Schmidt (CD) Read by Joel Johnstone
19. *I Feel Bad About My Neck And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman -- Nora Ephron
20. *The Book That Changed My Life (71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books that Matter Most to Them) -- Edited by Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannessen
21. *Invitation to the World -- Richard Peck
22. Trouble -- Gary D. Schmidt (CD) Read by Jason Culp
23. *Handle with Care -- Jodi Picoult
24. wintergirls -- Laurie Halse Anderson
25. Mudville -- Kurtis Scaletta
26. *Writing the Breakout Novel -- Donald Maass
27. *The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing -- Melissa Bank
28. Savvy -- Ingrid Law
29. What I Saw and How I Lied -- Judy Blundell
30. *The Gingerbread Girl -- Stephen King (CD) Read by Mare Winningham
31. *The Help -- Kathryn Stockett
32. The Chosen One -- Carol Lynch Williams
33. *Plot and Structure -- James Scott Bell
34. The Moon of the Alligators -- Jean Craighead George
35. *The House on Mango Street -- Sandra Cisneros
36. Because I Am Furniture -- Thalia Chaltas
37. When You Reach Me -- Rebecca Stead
38. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 -- Beverly Cleary
39. Love, Aubrey -- Suzanne Lafleur
40. Goofball Malone, Ace Detective, Follow That Flea -- Stephen Mooser
41. Carter Finally Gets It -- Brent Crawford
42. Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story -- Paula Yoo (Illustrated by Dom Lee)
43. The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life -- Sid Fleischman
44. Smiles to Go -- Jerry Spinelli
45. Runaway -- Wendelin Van Draanen
46. Angry Management -- Chris Crutcher
47. The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs -- Betty Birney (CD) read by Joseph Buttler)
48. *Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight -- Alexandra Fuller
49. Holes -- Louis Sachar
50. *Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days: An Almost Completely Honest Account of What Happened to Our Family When Our Youngest Son . . . Came to Live With Us for Three Months -- Judith Viorst
51. *How I Write -- Secrets of a Bestselling Author -- Janet Evanovich with Ina Yalof
52. * From a Buick 8 -- Stephen King (CD)
53. Stargirl -- Jerry Spinelli
54. *The Writing Life -- Annie Dillard
55. Make Lemonade -- Virginia Euwer Wolff (CD) Ready by Heather Alicia Simms
56. True Believer -- Virginia Euwer Wolff
57. I Can't Keep My Own Secrets (Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure) -- Edited by Smith Magazine
58. This Full House -- Virginia Euwer Wolff
59. The Magician's Elephant -- Kate DiCamillo
60. Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice -- Phillip Hoose
61. *Post Secret (Confessions on Life, Death and God) -- Frank Warren
62. Jumped -- Rita Williams-Garcia
63. *Anybody Can Write -- A Playful Approach -- Roberta Jean Bryant
64. Marcelo in the Real World -- Francisco X. Stork
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Wow! Great list. Are those all library books or can I...um...borrow some?!
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I'm in. How do you find out about these things? Sounds fabulous!
I read it on another blog. BTW, you've inspired me to start keeping my own list. Thanks!
I've read several of your favorites! I love Where I Live by E. Spinelli. Have your read Summerhouse Time, also by ES?
Also, I liked Violet Raines. heh-heh.
Danette, I enjoyed Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli. I'll have to read Summerhouse Time. And Violet Raines will live forever as one of my all-time favorites. How could it not?!
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