The obligatory annual book list! Really more for my personal memories than anything else. Titles in bold are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! :)
January 2009
1. About A Boy by Nick Hornby (a present from my friend, Domini)
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. The Savior by Eugene Drucker
4. If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
5. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
6. Death In Venice by Thomas Mann
7. The Associate by John Grisham (TJ! I have yet to return this to you!)
8. Till Debt Do Us Part by Chinkee Tan
9. Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
10. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
February 2009
11. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
12. The Firm by John Grisham
13. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
14. Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell
15. That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
16. Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
March 2009
17. Watchmen by Alan Moore/ Dave Gibbons
18. Cries of the Heart by Ravi Zacharias
19. Introduction to Critical Theory: From Horkheimer to Habermas by David Held
20. Songmaster by Orson Scott Card
21. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (waves to Meewa)
22. Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy by William Barrett (waves to Meewa again :) )
April 2009
23. The Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori
24. How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill
25. Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
26. The Maggot by John Fowles
27. The Last of the Just by Andre Schwartz-bart
28. First Meetings in Ender's Universe by Orson Scott Card
29. Empire by Orson Scott Card
30. Slumdog Millionaire by Vikram Swarup (generously lent to me by Christian)
31. The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori
32. Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster
33. French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano
34. Without Reservations: The Travels of An Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
35. Daily Grace for Teachers: Devotional Reflections to Nourish Your Soul
36. Darcy's Story by Janel Aylmer (I regret wasting my time on this one... it's like Pride and Prejudice, copy paste version)
37. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
38. Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
39. How to Be An Effective Teacher: The First Day of School by Harry Wong et al
40. Book Lover (aka Literary Longing in L.A.) by J. Kaufman and K. Mack
41. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
42. Blindness by Jose Saramago
43. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
44. Why Do Catholics Do That? A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church by Kevin Orlin Johnson, PhD
45. Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
46. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
47. The Cave by Jose Saramago
June 2009
48. Letters to a Young Teacher: The Art of Being Interesting by Joseph V. Landy, SJ
49. Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn
50. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
51. Birds Without Wings by Louis De Bernieres
52. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
53. The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis (Volume 1)
July 2009
54. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
55. All the Names by Jose Saramago
56. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
57. Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man by Steve Harvey
58. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
59. Dune by Frank Herbert
60. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
61. Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
62. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
August 2009
63. Bright Arrows by Grace Livingston Hill
64. All Through the Night by Grace Livingston Hill
65. God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
66. Romain Rolland's Essays on Music, edited by David Ewen
67. Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul
68. Confessions of An Impatient Bride by Rissa Samson-Kawpeng
69. Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey by Perri Knize
September 2009
70. The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
71. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
72. Georges by Alexandre Dumas
73. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
74. Counseling Friends In Need by Dr. Harold J. Sala
75. Camelot 3000 by Mike Barr / Brian Bolland
76. The Red Prophet (Graphic Novel Version) by Orson Scott Card
77. Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
78. Red Prophet (novel version) by Orson Scott Card
October 2009
79. Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
80. Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card
81. Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias
82. Ex Libris: Confessions of A Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
83. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
84. The Portable Matthew Arnold edited by Lionel Trilling
November 2009
85. The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
86. To Fly Again: Surviving the Tailspins of Life by Gracia Burnham and Dean Merrill
87. The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
88. Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn
89. Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esme Raji Codell
90. The Little Book by Selden Edwards
December 2009
91. A Russian Journal by John Steinbeck
92. The King of Torts by John Grisham
93. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
94. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
95. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
96. Vlad: The Last Confession (The Epic Novel of the Real Dracula) by C.C. Humphreys
97. Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn
98. How to Marry A Marquis by Julia Quinn
99. Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley
100. Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn
101. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person In the World by A.J. Jacobs
102. Clara by Janice Galloway
Links:
2007 in books (only the last quarter ... Total read = 29 tomes)
2008 in books (Total read = 66 tomes)
Happy New Year, everyone!
so many books! Buti you have time to read all of them! :)t
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteHehe I've mastered the art of cramming my reading fixes while traveling to and fro, and making use of every spare minute spent waiting in line or for someone, etc.
Ako rin, nagulat at the end of my list. Ganun na pala ka-dami! Kaya dapat palaging may libro sa bag :)
Weeee!!! This is one whole shelf, Gabi!
ReplyDeleteI still have to read my copy of Ex Libris: Confessions of A Common Reader, I know Lizette immediately slipped her two copies in our boxes without even uploading them.haha ;-) She's a dear.
( I would like to write a longer comment but time online is limited. I'll come back to this list soon! =) )
Wow! How I wish I could have read at least 20% of what you have read but that's actually my new year's resolution to do more reading than computering. I have a collection of Chicken Soup but have not read the Christian Woman's Soul. Happy New Year to you and your family! 2009 was a good year The Madz were here.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, gabi :) Hope to talk with you about books also :) Happy new year
ReplyDeleteGRAAAABE, how do you find time? do you speed-read or something? woah, cool... O_O
ReplyDeletewowie! daming books! :) good job for finding reading time! :) happy new year! sorry, your other book's still with us. we have lots to read din here at home eh. we can't get through all of them fast enough! hahaha! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm very grateful to Lizette. Ex Libris is a light but wonderfully funny and memorable read! You have a great treat in store for you!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year too, Ma'am!! :) Here's hoping 2010 brings you more opportunities to be with Bianca and the rest of your family.
ReplyDeleteThank you, and Happy New Year too!! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha! Thanks Mika! I squeeze in 10-15 minutes of reading time before going to bed, and literally seize every spare minute of the day. I always have a book in my bag. I honestly think I'm getting faster at reading as time goes by. Practice makes perfect! :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, not all the books above are "heavy" reads, some are light and "fluffy" so I went through them quickly... compared to deep Dostoevsky books that take ages to process.
How about you? Would love to look at YOUR book list! :)
i didn't keep track last year eh. but this year i will na, i started keeping a journal. i realized i forget most of what i read if i don't write it down somewhere, so parang sayang. but this year i will. you'll see it in 12 months time :)
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