2008 Books

January
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley. I don't usually make comments on the books I read, but DAMN this book sucked.
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier.
Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter.
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl.

February
It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen.
Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes From the World's Greatest Chefs by Kimberly Witherspoon and Andrew Friedman.

March
The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer, James Mason.
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich.
The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck.
The Town That Forgot How To Breathe by Kevin J Harvey.

April

The China Study
Playing For Pizza by John Grisham.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
Angels and Demons By Dan Brown.

May

Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs.
Anyone But Him by Sheila O'Flanagan.
The Public Confessions of a Middle Aged Woman by Sue Townsend.
The Divide by Nicholas Evans.
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes.

June

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs.

July

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer.

August

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
Cooking for Mr. Right by Susan Volland.
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (hangs head in shame).

September

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer.
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer. (head still hung in shame)
Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States by Pete Jordan.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

October

Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer by Jen Lancaster
Left Bank by Kate Muir.
i like it like that by Claire Calman.
Ecoholic by Adrai Vasil.
The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson.

November

Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult.
The Pilots Wife by Anita Shreve.
The Ruins by Scott Smith.
Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias by Andrew Blechman.
Paradise House by Erica James.
No! I don't want to join a bookclub by Virginia Ironside.

December

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs.
Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert by Grant Stoddard.
Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir by Susan Shapiro.
Seaweed Under Water by Stanley Evans.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling.
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl.

2008 Books

January
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley. I don't usually make comments on the books I read, but DAMN this book sucked.
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier.
Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter.
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl.

February
It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen.
Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes From the World's Greatest Chefs by Kimberly Witherspoon and Andrew Friedman.

March
The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer, James Mason.
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich.
The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck.
The Town That Forgot How To Breathe by Kevin J Harvey.

April

The China Study
Playing For Pizza by John Grisham.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
Angels and Demons By Dan Brown.

May

Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs.
Anyone But Him by Sheila O'Flanagan.
The Public Confessions of a Middle Aged Woman by Sue Townsend.
The Divide by Nicholas Evans.
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes.

June

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs.

July

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer.

August

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
Cooking for Mr. Right by Susan Volland.
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (hangs head in shame).

September

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer.
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer. (head still hung in shame)
Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States by Pete Jordan.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

October

Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer by Jen Lancaster
Left Bank by Kate Muir.
i like it like that by Claire Calman.
Ecoholic by Adrai Vasil.
The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson.

November

Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult.
The Pilots Wife by Anita Shreve.
The Ruins by Scott Smith.
Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias by Andrew Blechman.
Paradise House by Erica James.
No! I don't want to join a bookclub by Virginia Ironside.

December

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs.
Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert by Grant Stoddard.
Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir by Susan Shapiro.
Seaweed Under Water by Stanley Evans.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling.
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl.

2007 Books

And here's my book list for 2007. This, like the movie list does not include any books I didn't finish. It also doesn't include any cookbooks I read.
(R) means repeat reading.
Still sick, but feeling better this morning! I'm going to attempt a shower and some cleaning. Then I'll be sitting down with the computer to visit blogs and see what's been going on with you in the last few months. :) See you tomorrow for the last day of '07.

January

The Morningside World of Stuart McLean by Stuart McLean.
Found: The Best Lost, Tossed and Forgotten Items From Around the World by Davy Rothbart.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. (R)
Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Lappe, Bryant Terry.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.


February

Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Children of God Go Bowling by Shannon Olson.
Found II - More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World by Davy Rothbart
The Borrowers by Mary Norton.
Long Way Back by Brendan Halpin
I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell.
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler.


March

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.
A Little Stranger by Kate Pullinger.
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot.
The Broker by John Grishham.
The Darwin Awards II : Unnatural Selection by Wendy Northcutt.


April

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle.
The 100 Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and JB Mackinnon.
The Queen and I by Sue Townsend (R).
Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend.
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren.
Cheet by Anna Davis.

May

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.
The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope.
Body Movers by Stephanie Bond.
Un-Bridaled by Eileen Rendahl.
Coupon Girl by Becky Motew.


June

Gordon Ramsay: The Biography by Neil Simpson.
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio.
Paradise, Piece by Piece by Molly Peacock.
D*U*C*K by Poppy Z Brite.
How to Start a Charter Airline by Susan Charlotte Haley.

July

Prime by Poppy Z Brite.
Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon.
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
Accidental It Girl by Libby Street.

August

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella. Whyyyyyyyyyy.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.
Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed by Gavin Edwards.

September

Landing by Emma Donoghue.
Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine.
Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China by Beth Nonte Russell.
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg.
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones.

October

The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards.
French Leave by John Burton Race.

November

It Must've Been Something I Ate by Jeffrey Steingarten.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picolut.
I am Legend by Richard Matheson.

December

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.
The Alphabet Sisters by Monica Mcinerney.
By the Time You Read This by Giles Blunt.

2007 Books

And here's my book list for 2007. This, like the movie list does not include any books I didn't finish. It also doesn't include any cookbooks I read.
(R) means repeat reading.
Still sick, but feeling better this morning! I'm going to attempt a shower and some cleaning. Then I'll be sitting down with the computer to visit blogs and see what's been going on with you in the last few months. :) See you tomorrow for the last day of '07.

January

The Morningside World of Stuart McLean by Stuart McLean.
Found: The Best Lost, Tossed and Forgotten Items From Around the World by Davy Rothbart.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. (R)
Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Lappe, Bryant Terry.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.


February

Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Children of God Go Bowling by Shannon Olson.
Found II - More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World by Davy Rothbart
The Borrowers by Mary Norton.
Long Way Back by Brendan Halpin
I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell.
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler.


March

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.
A Little Stranger by Kate Pullinger.
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot.
The Broker by John Grishham.
The Darwin Awards II : Unnatural Selection by Wendy Northcutt.


April

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle.
The 100 Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and JB Mackinnon.
The Queen and I by Sue Townsend (R).
Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend.
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren.
Cheet by Anna Davis.

May

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.
The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope.
Body Movers by Stephanie Bond.
Un-Bridaled by Eileen Rendahl.
Coupon Girl by Becky Motew.


June

Gordon Ramsay: The Biography by Neil Simpson.
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio.
Paradise, Piece by Piece by Molly Peacock.
D*U*C*K by Poppy Z Brite.
How to Start a Charter Airline by Susan Charlotte Haley.

July

Prime by Poppy Z Brite.
Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon.
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
Accidental It Girl by Libby Street.

August

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella. Whyyyyyyyyyy.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.
Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed by Gavin Edwards.

September

Landing by Emma Donoghue.
Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine.
Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China by Beth Nonte Russell.
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg.
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones.

October

The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards.
French Leave by John Burton Race.

November

It Must've Been Something I Ate by Jeffrey Steingarten.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picolut.
I am Legend by Richard Matheson.

December

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.
The Alphabet Sisters by Monica Mcinerney.
By the Time You Read This by Giles Blunt.