Some people think I’m crazy for trying to read at least 50 books in a year. It works out to roughly one book a week (or more), but I think the challenge. It keeps me constantly looking for new material. 2009 was a good reading year for me. I finished graduate school in December 2008, so I had a lot of free time to read. The final tally for the year stands at 62 books, which kind of drives me crazy since it’s not a multiple of five.
At any rate, here are the books I read this year, in reading order:
1. Married in Seattle by Debbie Macomber
2. Multiple Blessings by Jon and Kate Gosselin
3. Witch Heart by Anya Bast
4. Escape by Carolyn Jessop
5. A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle (re-read)
6. Chances by Nora Roberts
7. Princess Diaries 10: Princess Mia by Meg Cabot
8. Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson
9. The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (re-read)
11. Ireland (Travel Guide) by Tim Perry
12. The Disengagement Ring by Clodagh Murphy
13. I’d Tell You I Love You, But then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (re-read)
14. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (re-read)
15. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! by Jonathan Goldstein
16. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
17. Emily and the Scot by Kathryn Smith
18. Vision in White by Nora Roberts
19. Rattled! A Memoir by Christine Coppa
20. Ransom My Heart by Meg Cabot
21. Persuading Annie by Melissa Nathan
22. An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan
23. Duty and Desire by Pamela Aidan
24. These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan
25. Cordina’s Royal Family, Vol. 1 by Nora Roberts
26. Cordina’s Royal Family, Vol. 2 by Nora Roberts
27. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (re-read)
28. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (re-read, book club)
29. Harry Potter Should Have Died by Emerson Spartz and Ben Schoen
30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (re-read)
31. Impossible by Nancy Werlin
32. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (book club)
33. Where the Heart Is by Nora Roberts
34. Forever by Nora Roberts
35. Yentl’s Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism by Danya Ruttenberg (ed.)
36. The Pretend Wife by Bridget Asher
37. One More River by Lynne Reid Banks (re-read)
38. Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
39. True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel Gibson
40. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (re-read)
41. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
42. Midnight Sons, Vol. 1 by Debbie Macomber
43. Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza (book club)
44. Midnight Sons, Vol. 2 by Debbie Macomber
45. My Husband’s Sweethearts by Bridget Asher
46. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (book club)
47. – 55. The Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn
55. How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
56. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (re-read)
57. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (book club)
58. To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn
59. Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
60. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (re-read)
61. Thames Doesn’t Rhyme with James by Paula Danziger
62. The Thief (The Queen’s Thief, #1) by Megan Whalen Turner
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