Thanks to all the excellent recommendations from my like literary-minded friends, 2009 was a year filled with good books. Here is a complete (I think…) list of books I read in 2009. I would recommend every one except #s 22, 37, 38, and 39.
- Schooled by Gordon Korman
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
- Lost by Sarah Prineas
- Stolen by Sarah Prineas
- The Creative Family by Amanda Soule by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Bizarre Boquets by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster W. Cline
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Rapunzel’s Revenge by Dean and Shannon Hale
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
- Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
- I Am Morgan Le Fay: A Tale From Camelot by Nancy Springer
- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Here are some of the books on my list for 2010:
- The Books of Bayern series by Shannon Hale
- This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- Wings by Aprilynne Pike
- These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
- Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- Midwives by Chris Bojhalian
- Slob by Ellen Potter
- A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
And lots more! What’s on your To-Read list this year?
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I loved Hunger Games and Catching Fire both. I am waiting for the next book. And I loved The Lightening Thief. My whole family has read/listened to it and the rest of the series. I think it is one of my 7 year olds favorite books.
I put my 2009 reading list on my blog. http://www.bluejeansmomma.blogspot.com
Why didn’t you like The lightening thief? My family loved it! My favorite book was The Gurernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I agree that The Actor and the Housewife was not a fave either. Funny, but just a weird idea. Loved The hunger games and Catching fire. Book 3 comes out later this year! Can’t wait!
I think I was expecting something a little more sophisticated? out of The Lightning Thief. I’ll have to try reading it again later – the first time I picked up The Goose Girl I read about 100 pages and thought it was totally boring. I picked it up again a few weeks ago and loved it! Maybe that will happen with The Lightning Thief. I’ll definitely give it another try…I can’t wait for Catching Fire!
I’ve not heard of most of the books on your list! I don’t read as much as I used to as I get drawn into the computer so easily!! But I did make a reading resolution for the year. I blogged about it here: http://marineswife.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/reading-resolutions/
I loved the Hunger Games and Catching Fire. You will not be disappointed with book #2 in that series. I cannot wait for #3 to come out! I’m set to read Water for Elephants and I also just picked up the series of the “Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel”
You should definitely give The Lightning Thief another try! I loved the whole series. I did listen to mine on my iPod though and that helps a lot I think. Actually getting to hear the characters makes a big difference. I also loved the Goose Girl, and I am glad that you ended up loving it too. I have a new book club with two of my friends and we are reading some great books that I may have never picked for myself, and I am having a blast with it. I am learning to enjoy reading again!