Bookrings/bookrays completed 2009-2010

Bookrays/Bookrings completed 2009-2010
The Appeal - received 2/24/09, sent 3/27/09
The Audacity of Hope - received 9/21/09, (end of ray)
Beat the Reaper - arrived 6/17/2010, sent 7/8/10
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) - received 6/19/09, sent 8/11/09
Coyote Blue - received 12/16/08, sent 1/5/09
Dog Bless America - arrived 2/22/2010, sent 6/26/2010
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) - received 3/16/09, sent 4/2/09
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters - arrived 6/11/10, sent 7/1/10
Ford County: Stories - arrived 12/5/10, sent 12/31/10
The Lake of Dead Languages - arrived 6/13/10 (end of ray)
The Lost Continent - arrived 6/30/10, sent 8/2/10
The Lost Symbol - received 2/17/2010, sent 3/31/2010
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) - received 12/5/08, sent 1/3/09
Snow - received 5/21/09, sent 9/29/09
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - arrived 3/25/2010, sent 5/8/2010
Suite Francaise - arrived 7/6/10 (end of ring)
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure - received 1/7/09, sent 2/4/09

Books read in 2009

Books read in 2009

1. Coyote Blue - Christopher Moore (Jan)
2. To The Nines - Janet Evanovich (Jan)
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See (Jan)
4. There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Jan)
5. Breakfast With Buddha - Roland Merullo (Feb)
6. A Year in the Merde - Stephan Clarke (Feb)
7. Plum Spooky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) – Janet Evanovich (Mar)
8. The Appeal - John Grisham (Mar)
9. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) - Stephanie Meyer (Mar)
10. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Philipps (Apr)
11. Belong to Me: A Novel – Marisa de los Santos (Apr)
12. Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
13. Eleven On Top - Janet Evanovich (May)
14. Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich (May)
15. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (June)
16. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (June)
17. Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer (July)
18. The Friendship Test - Elizabeth Noble (Aug)
19. Between the Bridge and the River - Craig Ferguson (Aug)
20. After Hours at the Almost Home - Tara Yellen (Aug)
21. Snow - Orhan Pamuk (Sept)
22. Love Overboard - Janet Evanovich (Oct)
23. Orchid Beach - Stuart Woods (Oct)
24. The Good Guy - Dean Koontz (Oct)
25. The Weight of the Water - Anita Shreve (Oct)
26. Swimsuit - James Patterson (Nov)
27. Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters - Jean Shepherd (Nov)
28. The Queen’s Fool - Phillipa Gregory (Dec)
29. Hot Blooded - Lisa Jackson (Dec)
30. Orchid Blues - Stuart Woods (Dec)

Fifty books in 2008!

Yeah, my goal this year was to read one book a month and I went way past. I've now read 51 books this year. This would explain the piles of unread magazines around my house. I also didn't count any of the baby books as one of those 51, so I've read a couple more.

Books read in 2008

Books read in 2008

1. Turtle Moon - Alice Hoffman (Jan)
2. Magic Hour - Kristin Hannah (Jan)
3. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Jan)
4. Belly Laughs - Jenny McCarthy (Feb)
5. Lucky You - Carl Hiaasen (Feb)
6. Double Whammy - Carl Hiaasen (Mar)
7. Hot Stuff - Janet Evanovich & Leanne Banks (Mar)
8. Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore (Mar)
9. One For the Money - Janet Evanovich (Mar)
10. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
11. Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
12. Four to Score - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
13. High Five - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
14. Hot Six - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
15. Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? - Jen Lancaster (May)
16. Way of Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman (May)
17. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore (June)
18. Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need - Dave Barry (June)
19. Two Little Girls in Blue - Mary Higgins Clark (June)
20. The Dive From Claussen's Pier - Ann Packer (June)
21. H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton (June)
22. Veil of Roses - Laura Fitzgerald (June)
23. Lost & Found - Jacqueline Sheehan (June)
24. How to Be Lost – Amanda Eyre Ward (July)
25. The Murder Book – Jonathan Kellerman (July)
26. Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen (July)
27. Native Tongue - Carl Hiaasen (July)
28. L Is for Lawless - Sue Grafton (July)
29. Little Birds – Anais Nin (July)
30. Honeymoon – James Patterson & Howard Roughan(July)
31. A Cold Heart – Jonathan Kellerman (Aug)
32. P Is For Peril - Sue Grafton (Aug)
33. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult (Aug)
34. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich (Aug)
35. Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - Jen Lancaster (Aug)
36. The Copper Beech - Maeve Binchy (Aug)
37. Bad Dogs Have More Fun - John Grogan (Sept)
38. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (Sept)
39. E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton (Sept)
40. Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan (Sept)
41. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore (Sept)
42. You Suck - Christopher Moore (Sept)
43. 1st to Die - James Patterson (Oct)
44. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (Oct)
45. A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (Oct)
46. B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton (Oct)
47. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer (Oct)
48. 2nd Chance (The Women's Murder Club) - James Patterson (Nov)
49. Someone Not Really Her Mother - Harriet Scott Chessman (Nov)
50. The Clock Winder - Anne Tyler (Nov)
51. Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich (Nov)
52. Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich (Dec)
53. The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore (Dec)
54. A Christmas Story - Jean Shepherd (Dec)
55. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer (Dec)

Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum Series Read

Janet Evanovich Books Read:

One For the Money - Mar 2008
Two for the Dough - Apr 2008
Three to Get Deadly - Apr 2008
Four to Score - Apr 2008
High Five - Apr 2008
Hot Six - Apr 2008
Seven Up - Aug 2008
Hard Eight - Nov 2008
Visions of Sugar Plums - Dec 2008
To The Nines - Jan 2009
Ten Big Ones - Apr 2009
Eleven on Top - July 2006, and May 2009
Twelve Sharp - May 2009
Plum Lovin’ - Feb 2010
Lean Mean Thirteen - Feb 2010
Plum Lucky - Aug 2010
Fearless Fourteen - Feb 2011
Plum Spooky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) – Mar 2009
Finger Lickin' Fifteen - May 2011
Sizzling Sixteen - Aug 2011
Smokin' Seventeen - Dec 2011
Explosive Eighteen - Dec 2012
Notorious Nineteen - Jan 2014

James Patterson Number Series - Books Read

Another mini-list:

1st to Die - James Patterson (Oct 2008)
2nd Chance (The Women's Murder Club) - James Patterson (Nov 2008)

Sue Grafton Alphabet Mysteries - Books Read

Sue Grafton Books read:
(a fun list to keep, but also to help me keep track since I've been reading out of order)

A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton (Sept 2008)
H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton (June 2008)
L Is for Lawless - Sue Grafton (July 2008)
M is for Malice - Sue Grafton (January 2007)
P Is For Peril - Sue Grafton (Aug 2008)