Books read in 2007/2008/2009




  • BOOKS READ 2009

    • The Smart One and The Pretty One-Claire LaZebnik
    • I Used to Know That-Caroline Taggart
    • Elsewhere-Gabrielle Zevin
    • The Children of Dust-Ali Eteraz
    • One Fifth Avenue-Candace Bushnell
    • Swans and Pistols-Leon Bing
    • A Moveable Feast-Ernest Hemngway
    • Armadillos and Old Lace-Kinky Friedman
    • The Seige-Stephen White
    • Homer and Langley-E L Doctrow
    • Evidence-Jonathon Kellerman
    • The Lost Symbol-Dan Brown
    • Comfort Living-Christine Eisner
    • The Carnivore-Mark Sinnett
    • Deadly Codes-JP O'Donnell
    • The Cost of Dreams-Gary Stelzer
    • Ernest Hemingway-A Writers Life-Catherine Reef
    • Life After 187-Wade J. Halverson
    • Catching Fire-Suzanne Collins
    • The Unommon Reader- Alan Bennett
    • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies-Jane Austen/Seth Grahame-Smith
    • Lamb- Christopher Moore
    • Blood Orange Brewing- Laura Childs
    • My Horizontal Life- Chelsea Handler
    • Mercury Falls- Robert Kroese
    • The Help-Kathryn Stockett
    • Prince Harming Syndrome-Karen Salmansohn
    • Oolong Dead-Laura Childs
    • The SIlver Needle Murder- Laura Childs
    • Espresso Shot- Cleo Coyle
    • The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane-Katherine Howe
    • The Shimmer- David Morrell
    • The Girl Who Played with Fire- Stieg Larsson
    • Love your body, love your life-Sarah Maria
    • Doubleback-Libby Fischer Hellmann
    • The Sugarless Plum-Zippora Karz
    • Italian for Beginners-Kristin Harmel
    • Dead and Alive- Dean Koontz
    • Nibble and Kuhn-David Schmahmann
    • Searching for Whitopia-Rich Benjamin
    • Cherry Bomb- J.A. Konrath
    • How to Buy a Love of Reading-Tanya Egan Gibson
    • The Man Who Loved Books Too Much-Allison Hoover Bartlett
    • Menu for Romance- Kaye Dacus
    • Comfort Food- Kate Jacobs
    • Julie and Julia- Julie Powell
    • Mercury in Retrograde-Paula Froelich
    • You Don't Have to Learn The Hard Way-J. R. Parrish
    • Fatally Flaky- Diane Mott Davidson
    • Sweet Revenge- Diane Mott Davidson
    • Whiskey Gulf- Clyde Ford
    • Playing House- Fredrica Wagman
    • The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
    • No Mad-Sam Moffie
    • The Lathe of Heaven- Ursula K. Le Guin
    • New Mercies- Sandra Dallas
    • Dancing With Ana- Nicole Barker
    • Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction- Laura Berman Fortgang
    • The Lie-Fredrica Wagman
    • Tallgrass- Sandra Dallas
    • A Circle of Souls-Preetham Grandhi
    • Benny and Shrimp-Katarina Mazetti
    • The Children's Blizzard-David Laskin
    • Swan- Frances Mayes
    • White Lies- Jayne Ann Krentz
    • Second SIght- Jayne Ann Krentz
    • Lethal Legacy- Linda Fairstien
    • Running Hot-Jayne Ann Krentz
    • Amsterdam-Ian McEwan
    • American Rust- Philipp Meyer
    • Chasing Harry Winston-Lauren Weisberger
    • Domestic Affairs- Eileen Goudge
    • The Bodies Left Behind- Jeffery Deaver
    • Fuzzy Navel- J.A. Konrath
    • Dirty Martini- J.A. Konrath
    • Truth and Beauty-Ann Patchett
    • The Texicans-Nina Vida
    • Summer Reading- Hilma Wolitzer
    • The Wednesday Sisters-Meg Waite Clayton
    • The Broken Window-Jeffery Deaver
    • Bel Canto-Ann Patchett
    • Wife in the Fast Lane-Karen Quinn
    • American Wife-Curtis Sittenfeld
    • Sarah's Key-Tatiana de Rosnay
    • The Gargoyle-Andrew Davidson
    • Almost Dead-Lisa Jackson
    • Breaking Dawn- Stephanie Meyer
    • Eclipse-Stephanie Meyer
    • New Moon- Stephanie Meyer
    • Twilight-Stephanie Meyer
    • Murder in the B School-Jeffrey Cruikshank
    • Trip Tych-Karin Slaughter
    • Final SIns-Michael Prescott
    • The Target- Catherine Coulter
    • Sail-James Patterson-Howard Roughan
    • On Off- Colleen McCullough
    • New England White-Stephan L Carter
    • Duma Key- Stephen King
    • Seeing- Jose Saramago
    • Your Heart Belongs to Me- Dean Koontz
  • 2008


  • Long Time Gone- J.A.Jance
  • World War Z-Max Brooks
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-Stieg Larsson
  • Alibi Man- Tami Hoag
  • Who You Know-Theresa Alan
  • Being Mrs. Alcott-Nancy Geary
  • Night Sins- Tami Hoag
  • The Book of Fate-Brad Meltzer
  • Everyone Worth Knowing-Lauren Weisberger
  • Concrete Island- J.G.Ballard
  • Living Dead Girl-Elizabeth Scott
  • The 6th Target-James Patterson/Maxine Paetro
  • In the Land of Invisible Women-Qanta Ahmed
  • Hunger-Knut Hamsun
  • Ashes to Ashes-Tami Hoag
  • Hour Game-David Baldacci
  • Evil Inc- Glenn Kaplan
  • King of Lies-John Hart
  • Past Perfect- Susan Isaacs
  • Critical-Robin Cook
  • Cockatiels at Seven- Donna Andrews
  • Matrimony- Joshua Henkin
  • Say Goodbye- Lisa Gardner
  • Sweet Talk- Susan Mallery
  • The Beach House-Jane Green
  • Cage of Stars-Jacqueline Mitchard
  • Belong to Me- Marisa de los Santos
  • The Triumph Of Deborah-Eva Etzioni-Halevy
  • The Killing Hour-Lisa Gardner
  • The Love Season-Elin Hilderbrand
  • Shadows- Edna Buchanan
  • Delicate Chaos- Jeff Buick
  • Are You a Miserable Old Bastard- Andrew Johns, Stephen Blake
  • Speak Softly, She can Hear you-Pam Lewis
  • Cell- Stephen King
  • Bulls Island- Dorothea Benton Frank
  • Dockside-Susan Wiggs
  • Shadow Dance-Julie Garwood
  • Killer Smile- Lisa Scottoline
  • Nickel and Dimed-Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Dead Aim-Iris Johansen
  • When you are engulfed in Flames-David Sedaris
  • Send Yourself Roses- Kathleen Turner
  • Bright Shiny Morning-James Frey
  • Shem Creek-Dorothea Benton Frank
  • The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card -Michael O'Keeffe, Teri Thompson
  • When the Astors Owned New York- Justin Kaplan
  • Lethally Blonde- Kate White
  • Wife Living Dangerously-Sara Susannah Katz
  • My Sisters Keeper- Jodi Picoult
  • House of Meetings- Martin Amis
  • No Second Chance-Harlan Coben
  • Isle of Palms- Dorothea Benton Frank
  • Odd Hours- Dean Koontz
  • Sullivan's Island- Dorothea Benton Frank
  • Bungalow 2- Danielle Steel
  • Suite Francaise-Irene Nemirovsky
  • Stalin's Ghost- Martin Cruz Smith
  • Beachcomber- Karen Ronards
  • The Friends We Keep- Holly Chamberlin
  • The Teahouse Fire- Ellis Avery
  • Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes-Cathy Holton
  • After River- Donna Milner
  • A Writers Life- Gay Talese
  • Dead Time-Stephen White
  • French Pressed- Cleo Coyle
  • The Land of Mango Sunsets- Dorothea Benton Frank
  • The Writers Desk- Jill Krementz
  • Decaffinated Corpse- Cleo Coyle
  • The Friday Night Knitting Club-Kate Jacobs
  • Garden Spells-Sarah Addison Allen
  • Pawleys Island-Dorothea Benton Frank
  • Stiff-Mary Roach
  • The Wrong Man- John Katzenbach
  • What the Dead Know- Laura Lippman
  • Atonement- Ian McEwan
  • Chocolat-Joanne Harris
  • Sushi for Beginners-Marion Keyes
  • A Cold Heart- Jonathan Kellerman
  • Lessons in Becoming Myself-Ellen Burstyn
  • The Innocent Man- John Grisham
  • The Heartbreaker-Susan Howatch
  • Little Earthquakes- Jennifer Weiner
  • We are All Fine Here-Mary Guterson
  • The Jane Austen Book Club-Karen Joy Fowler
  • Stone Cold- David Baldacci
  • Lessons in Becoming Myself- Ellen Burstyn
  • The Pact- Jodi Picoult
  • T is for Trespass- Sue Grafton
  • The Little Ladies Agency-Hester Browne
  • Loving Frank-Nancy Horan
  • The Darkest Evening of the Year- Dean Koontz

Books read in 2007

  • Alone- Lisa Gardner
  • Waiting to Surface-Emily Listfield
  • Cover of Night-Linda Howard
  • Wyrd Sisters-Terry Pratchett
  • The Kindness of Strangers-Katrina Kittle
  • Thief of Time- Terry Pratchett
  • The Trophy Wives Club-Kristin Billerbeck
  • The God of Animals-Aryn Kyle
  • Flash Back-Jenny Siler
  • Plan B Further Thoughts on Faith-Anne LaMott
  • Play Dirty- Sandra Brown
  • The Husband- Dean Koontz
  • The Rape of Nanking- Iris Chang
  • Brother Odd- Dean Koontz
  • Forever Odd- Dean Koontz
  • Odd Thomas- Dean Koontz
  • The Thirteenth Tale- Diane Setterfield
  • Sight Hound- Pam Houston
  • No Place Like Home- Mary Higgins Clark
  • Eat,Pray,Love-Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Calculating God-Robert J Sawyer
  • Absolute Fear- Lisa Jackson
  • The Big Beautiful-Pamela Duncan
  • Swapping Lives- Jane Green
  • Shoes to Die For- Laura Levine
  • Killer Blonde- Laura Levine
  • The Devil in the Junior League- Linda Francis Lee
  • Cyber Cinderella- Christina Hopkinson
  • Body of Lies- Iris Johansen
  • The Big Over Easy- Jasper Fforde
  • The Peppered Moth- Margaret Drabble
  • Dry Ice-Stephen White
  • Close Case-Alafair Burke
  • Birthday Party- Marne Davis Kellogg
  • Over her Dead Body- Kate White
  • Heart Shaped Box-Joe Hill
  • Drop City- TC Boyle
  • The Tiara Club-Beverly Brandt
  • Sister Mine-Tawni O'Dell
  • Tortilla Curtain- TC Boyle
  • To My Dearest Friends- Patricia Volk
  • Curtsy- Marne Davis Kellogg
  • Bad Manners- Marne Davis Kellogg
  • Before I Wake- Anne Frasier
  • Literacy and Longing in LA- Jennifer Kaufman/ Karen Mack
  • Tramp- Marnie Davis Kellogg
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J K Rowling
  • Free Food for Millionaires- Min Jin Lee
  • FALL:The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town- Ron Franscell
  • The Good Guy- Dean Koontz
  • Heyday- Kurt Andersen
  • The Cold Moon- Jeffery Deaver
  • Fool Me Once-Fern Michaels
  • Anybody Out There- Marion Keyes
  • Body Surfing- Anita Shreve
  • King of Cannes-Stephen Walker
  • American Outrage- Tim Green
  • The Camel Club-David Baldacci
  • The Afterlife-Donald Antrim
  • You Suck- Christopher Moore
  • A Sense of the World- Jason Roberts
  • About Alice- Calvin Trillin
  • Case Histories- Kate Atkinson
  • The Red Queen- Margaret Drabble
  • The Killer Angels-Michael Shaara
  • Love Walked In-Marisa De Los Santos
  • The Debutante Divorcee-Plum Sykes
  • Sheikh Surrender- Jacqueline Diamond
  • Trust No One- Barbara Phinney
  • The Secret of the Lonely Doll; The Search for Dare Wright- Jean Nathan
  • Wrong Place,Wrong Time-Andrea Kane
  • The Things We Do for Love- Kristin Hannah
  • Serpents Trail- Sue Henry
  • What is Mine- Anne Holt
  • The Collectors- David Baldacci
  • Man without a Country- Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Lost; A Search for Six of Six Million- Daniel Mendelsohn
  • A Game of Proof- Megan Stark
  • Blindness- Jose Saramago
  • Bloody Mary- JA Konrath
  • The Emperor's Children- Claire Messud
  • Good Things- Mia King
  • Mockingbird-A portrait of Harper Lee - Charles Shields
  • Rusty Nail- JA Konrath
  • Gone-Jonathon Kellerman
  • True Evil- Greg Iles
  • I'll be Watching You- Andrea Kane
  • True Believer- Nicholas Sparks
  • One Good Turn- Kate Atkinson
  • The Brief History of the Dead- Kevin Brockmeier
  • The Good German- Joseph Kanon
  • Strange Fits of Passion- Anita Shreve
  • Size 14 is not Fat Either- Meg Cabot
  • Turning Angel-Greg Iles
  • Little Town Lies- Anne Strieber
  • Running with Scissors- Augisten Burrows
  • Deal Breaker-Harlan Coben