2009 Reading

To be read:
Read 

1. The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood 3.5 out of 5 Very interesting
2. The Parting (The Courtship of Nellie Fischer Bk 1) Beverly Lewis 4.5 An interesting look at Old World Amish life.  
3. The Forbidden (The Courtship of Nellie Fischer Bk 2)
4. The Longing (The Courtship of Nellie Fischer Bk 3)
5. Mary, Bloody Mary  Pre-read for Katy’s 7th grade history.  Very interesting story of King Henry VIII and his daughter Mary.  Definitely has some words that I’ll have to discuss with Katy before hand.  
6. 1st to Die (Women’s Murder Club, Bk 1) James Patterson
7. Don’t Look Down Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
8. Catherine Called Birdy Pre-read for Katy’s 7th grade history
9. Luther: Biography of a Reformer Pre-read for Katy’s 7th grade history
10. 2nd Chance (Women’s Murder Club, Bk 2) James Patterson, Andrew Gross – Not as good as the first but still a good read. 
11. Outlander Rereading again this year.  Love this whole series.  When all is said and done and I’ve finished the series (again) I’ll have read somewhere in teh neighborhood of 6000 pages.
12. The Great Wheel
13. The School Story
14. Strawberry Girl
15. White Stallion of Lippiza
16. Dragonfly In Amber-Outlander series book 2 
17. Voyager - Outlander series book 3
18. Drums of Autumn -Outlander series book 4
19. 3rd Degree (Women’s Murder Club, Bk 3)James Patterson, Andrew Gross 
20. 4th of July (Women’s Murder Club, Bk 4)James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 
21. The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler 
22. Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver 
23. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Camille Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp 
24. Atonement Ian McEwan 
25. Austenland: A Novel Shannon Hale 
26. The Awakening Kate Chopin 
27. The Beginning and the End Naguib Mahfouz 
28. Broken for You Stephanie Kallos 
29. Carley’s Song (Job’s Corner Chronicles, #2) Patricia Sprinkle 
30. Cold Sassy Tree Olive Ann Burns
31. Coming of Age in Mississippi Anne Moody 
32. A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 
33. The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron 
34. The Covenant (Abram’s Daughters) Beverly Lewis
35. Crossing Over: One Woman’s Escape from Amish Life Ruth Irene Garrett, Rick Farrant 
36. Crow Lake Mary Lawson
37. The Debt (Women of Faith Fiction) Angela Hunt 
38. Devil’s Waltz / Bad Love (Alex Delaware, Bks 7 and  Jonathan Kellerman 
39. Eastward Ha! S. J. Perelman
40. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 
41. Eden Close Anita Shreve 
42. Eventide Kent Haruf
43. Everywhere That Mary Went Lisa Scottoline 
44. The Fountain Overflows Rebecca West
45. Garden Spells Sarah Addison Allen 
46. Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times Steve Solomon 
47. Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier 
48. The Glass Castle : A Memoir Jeannette Walls 
49. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive Alexander McCall Smith
50. Grievous Sin Faye Kellerman
51. Handling Sin Michael Malone 
52. Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Joyce Milton 
53. Harvesting the Heart Jodi Picoult
54. Home Warming Emilie Barnes, Anne Christian Buchanan, Susan Rios
55. Ill Wind Rachel Caine 
56. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Peter Matthiessen 
57. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte 
58. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini -
59. Kristin Lavransdatter Sigrid Undset 
60. Ladder of Years Anne Tyler 
61. The Last Time They Met Anita Shreve 
62. Little Earthquakes Jennifer Weiner 
63. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah 
64. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s John Elder Robison
65. Love in the Ruins Walker Percy 
66. Lying Awake Mark Salzman 
67. Margaret’s Peace Linda Hall 
68. Marley and Me : Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog John Grogan
69. Me & Emma Elizabeth Flock
70. Mercy Jodi Picoult 
71. The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd 
72. The Moviegoer Walker Percy 
73. Mrs. Mike Benedict Freedman, Nancy Freedman 
74. My Antonia Willa Cather
75. My Heart May Be Broken, but My Hair Still Looks Great Dixie Cash 
76. My Home Is Far Away : An Autobiographical Novel Dawn Powell
77. Naked in Death J. D. Robb 
78. Never Look Back Lesley Pearse 
79. the other Boelyn girl Philippa Gregory 
80. Peony in Love: A Novel Lisa See 
81. Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver 
82. The Pilot’s Wife Anita Shreve 
83. Plainsong Kent Haruf 
84. The Prodigal (Abram’s Daughters, Bk 4) Beverly Lewis
85. Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 
86. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary Simon Winchester
87. Queen’s Own Fool : A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots Jane Yolen, Robert Harris 
88. The Quilter’s Apprentice Jennifer Chiaverini 
89. Raising Demons Shirley Jackson 
90. The Remember Box Patricia Houck Sprinkle 
91. The Revelation (Abram’s Daughters) Beverly Lewis 
92. The River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey Candice Millard 
93. Running with Scissors Augusten Burroughs 
94. Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices Jodi Picoult 
95. The Starter Wife Gigi Levangie Grazer
96. The Stone Diaries Carol Shields 
97. A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 
98. A Thread of Grace : A Novel Mary Doria Russell 
99. A Time To Mend Angela Hunt
100. Twilight Stephanie Meyer 
101. Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
102. West with the Night Beryl Markham
103. Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson