Thursday, December 31, 2009

Year In Review 2009

Books read in 2009:

Flower Children by Maxine Swann 2/5
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 5/5
City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau 3/5
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson 5/5
The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman 4/5
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King 4/5
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Philips 4/4
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2) by Stephen King 4/5
Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 1) by Charlaine Harris 5/5
Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 2) by Charlaine Harris 5/5
Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 3) by Charlaine Harris 4/5
Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 4) by Charlaine Harris 5/5
Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 5) by Charlaine Harris 4/5
Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 6) by Charlaine Harris 4/5
All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 7) by Charlaine Harris 5/5
From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 8) by Charlaine Harris 5/5
Dead and Gone (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 9) by Charlaine Harris 5/5
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill 4/5
The Host by Stephanie Meyer 4/5
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 4/5
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 4/5
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 4/5
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 5/5
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 5/5
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 4/5
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison 5/5
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle 4/5
Tithe by Holly Black 4/5
Ironside by Holly Black 4/5
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink 4/5
Impossible by Nancy Werlin 4/5
Valiant by Holly Black 4/5
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 4/5
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris 4/5
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine 4/5
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 5/5
The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine 4/5
Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine 4/5
Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine 5/5
Lord of Misrule by Rachel Caine 5/5
Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine 5/5
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5/5
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 5/5
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan 4/5
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick 5/5
Shadowfae by Erica Hayes 5/5
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 3/5
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan 4/5
The Sea of Monsters(Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan 4/5
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan 4/5
Fade Out by Rachel Caine 5/5
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan 5/5
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan 5/5
Ill Wind (Weather Warden Series #1) by Rachel Caine 4/5
Heat Stroke (Weather Warden Series #2) by Rachel Caine 4/5
Chill Factor (Weather Warden Series #3) by Rachel Caine 4/5
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman 4/5

Total Books Read: 57






















Books read from TBR list:
8
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


Series Completed: 3
Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
The Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel Caine
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan


Top 10 Books and Series Read in 2009:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
The Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel Caine


Biggest Let-Downs:
Flower Children by Maxine Swann
City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

7 comments:

  1. Great books and many you have read last year. Hope you get to read many more in 2010. :)
    Happy New Year.

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  2. @Nina

    Thank you so much! I hope you got many books read yourself!

    Here's to another year of reading! :)

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  3. That is realy quite a list! Interesting to see Niffenegger on both the best and let down lists.

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  4. @TJ
    I totally didn't think about it, but you are right. I did put Niffenegger down for both. The contrast of the 2 books are like day and night.

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  5. Congrats on the list! Always impressive. :) I'm glad Atwood made your top 10! I haven't bothered reading the new Niffenegger... I wasn't enthused about The Time Traveler's Wife enough to be excited about her new book. I think I'll take your placement of it on this list into consideration. ;)

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  6. oh man i loved the gargoyle. It sure stays with you. There's some great books on your top ten! :)

    -Aimee
    http://myflutteringheart.blogspot.com

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  7. @Erika
    If you didn't like TTTW you may like HFS. They are so completely opposite, more so than night and day. I can not wait to read The Year of the Flood! :)

    @Aimee
    I am so glad you enjoyed The Gargoyle. It was such a wonderful book. :)

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