Books Read in 2009

Scealta: Short Stories by Irish Women 

   by Rebecca O'Connor

Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak

   by Larry Smith

84, Charing Cross Road

   by Helene Hanff

Nocturnal Conspiracies

   by David B

Just In Case

   by Meg Rosoff

Wordy Shipmates

   by Sarah Vowell

Why We Buy

   by Paco Underhill

I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections

   by Julia Wertz

Cultivating Delight

   by Diane Ackerman

Big Oyster

   by Mark Kurlansky

Pint of Plain

   by Bill Barich

Sweetness and Light

   by Hattie Ellis

Wintergirls

   by Laurie Halse Anderson

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

   by Mark Haddon

Gardner Heist

   by Ulrich Boser

Because I Am Furniture

   by Thalia Chaltas

Take the Cannoli

   by Sarah Vowell

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

   by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

King Dork

   by Frank Portman

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

   by Mary Ann Shaffer

History of Love

   by Nicole Krauss

My Booky Wook

   by Russell Brand

Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

   by Louise Erdich

Likeness

   by Tana French

Adoration of Jenna Fox

   by Mary Pearson

Guitar Girl

   by Sara Manning

Dud Avocado

   by Elaine Dundy

Impostor's Daughter

   by Laurie Sandell

Elegance of the Hedgehog

   by Muriel Burbery

Hands of My Father

   by Myron Uhlberg

Bride's Farewell

   by Meg Rosoff

Runaway

   by Alice Munro

Homemade Life

   by Molly Wizenberg

Consequential Strangers

   by Melinda Blau

Juliet, Naked

   by Nick Hornby

Anthologist

   by Nicholson Baker

Lacuna

   by Barbara Kingsolver

Cringe

   by Sarah Brown

Love Is the Higher Law

   by David Levithan

Eating the Dinosaur

   by Chuck Klosterman

During 2009, I decided to keep track of the books I read.  I've always loved books and immersing myself within the worlds created within them, but a few years ago I realized I was barely reading any.  After a job change, which brought with it less hours spent working, I realized I wanted to spend that "extra" time wisely.  What better way than to pick up a hobby that I had been neglecting.  That job change occurred mid year in 2008 and an increase in reading commenced for the remainder of the year.  I did not keep track of the books I read then and at the end of 2008 I thought that would be a interesting list to make for 2009.  Sort of a resolution but one at which I could not really fail.  The number of books I read in 2009 totaled 40.  I didn't think that was half bad, but I realized that meant I had merely read one book every week and a half.  For someone who professed herself to be a reader, that didn't seem like much.  As 2010 loomed before me, I wondered if I could read 52 books in the coming year.  A book a week for a year.  So for the first time in many years, I set a resolution for myself.