Books of Summer 08
I just realized I'd never put my summer book list on LJ, so here it is. (Also, I know I haven't updated in a while... sorry. Life is like that.)
1. The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, Elinor Lipman
2. Forever, Judy Blume (reread)
3. Innocence, Jane Mendelsohn
4. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
5. The Monk Downstairs, Tim Farrington
6. The Funnies, J. Robert Lennon
7. Heavy Metal and You, Christopher Krovatin
8. King Dork, Frank Portman
9. The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz
10. Judy Moody, Megan McDonald
11. Freedom for the Thought that We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment, Anthony Lewis
12. Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, Kirsten Miller
13. Virgin: The Untouched History, Hanne Blank
14. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
15. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, Jennifer 8. Lee
16. The Manny Files, Christian Burch
17. This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor, Susan Wicklund
18. Old School, Tobias Wolff
19. Godless, Pete Hautman
20. Peeled, Joan Bauer
21. Listening is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project, ed. Dave Isay
22. Austenland, Shannon Hale (reread)
23. Cross-X: The Amazing True Story of How the Most Unlikely Team from the Most Unlikely of Places Overcame Staggering Obstacles at Home and at School to Challenge the Debate Community on Race, Power, and Education by Joe Miller
24. I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan
25. A Model Summer, Paulina Porizkova
26. Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers
27. I Love You, Beth Cooper; Larry Doyle
28. The Small Rain, Madeleine L'Engle
29. The Fourth Bear, Jasper Fforde
30. Curse of the Spellmans, Lisa Lutz
31. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
32. Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen
33. Naked, David Sedaris
34. The Child Goddess, Louise R. Marley
35. Daughters of the North, Sarah Hall
36. The Boy Detective Fails, Joe Meno
37. At A Crossroads, Kate Williamson
38. A Year in Japan, Kate Williamson
39. The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
40. Fun House, Alison Bechdel
41. This Book Will Save Your Life, A.M. Homes
42. Look at Me, Jennifer Egan
43. The Late Bloomers' Revolution, Amy Cohen
44. Bachelor Girl, Betsy Israel
45. The Mistress's Daughter, A.M. Homes
46. The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed, Amir D. Aczel
47. Jesus Land, Julia Scheeres
48. The Keep, Jennifer Egan
49. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer (reread)
50. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo (reread)
51. Happiness, Will Ferguson
52. Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne-Jones
53. If Minds Had Toes, Lucy Eyre
54. Anything for Jane, Cheryl Mendelson
55. The Used World, Haven Kimmel
I know that everyone will have a big giant "what is THAT doing on your list, Kate?!?!?!" moment about at least one title apiece... there were reasons for everything. Really. (I'd start giving examples but it would get embarrassing.)
1. The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, Elinor Lipman
2. Forever, Judy Blume (reread)
3. Innocence, Jane Mendelsohn
4. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
5. The Monk Downstairs, Tim Farrington
6. The Funnies, J. Robert Lennon
7. Heavy Metal and You, Christopher Krovatin
8. King Dork, Frank Portman
9. The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz
10. Judy Moody, Megan McDonald
11. Freedom for the Thought that We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment, Anthony Lewis
12. Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, Kirsten Miller
13. Virgin: The Untouched History, Hanne Blank
14. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
15. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, Jennifer 8. Lee
16. The Manny Files, Christian Burch
17. This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor, Susan Wicklund
18. Old School, Tobias Wolff
19. Godless, Pete Hautman
20. Peeled, Joan Bauer
21. Listening is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project, ed. Dave Isay
22. Austenland, Shannon Hale (reread)
23. Cross-X: The Amazing True Story of How the Most Unlikely Team from the Most Unlikely of Places Overcame Staggering Obstacles at Home and at School to Challenge the Debate Community on Race, Power, and Education by Joe Miller
24. I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan
25. A Model Summer, Paulina Porizkova
26. Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers
27. I Love You, Beth Cooper; Larry Doyle
28. The Small Rain, Madeleine L'Engle
29. The Fourth Bear, Jasper Fforde
30. Curse of the Spellmans, Lisa Lutz
31. The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
32. Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen
33. Naked, David Sedaris
34. The Child Goddess, Louise R. Marley
35. Daughters of the North, Sarah Hall
36. The Boy Detective Fails, Joe Meno
37. At A Crossroads, Kate Williamson
38. A Year in Japan, Kate Williamson
39. The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
40. Fun House, Alison Bechdel
41. This Book Will Save Your Life, A.M. Homes
42. Look at Me, Jennifer Egan
43. The Late Bloomers' Revolution, Amy Cohen
44. Bachelor Girl, Betsy Israel
45. The Mistress's Daughter, A.M. Homes
46. The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed, Amir D. Aczel
47. Jesus Land, Julia Scheeres
48. The Keep, Jennifer Egan
49. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer (reread)
50. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo (reread)
51. Happiness, Will Ferguson
52. Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne-Jones
53. If Minds Had Toes, Lucy Eyre
54. Anything for Jane, Cheryl Mendelson
55. The Used World, Haven Kimmel
I know that everyone will have a big giant "what is THAT doing on your list, Kate?!?!?!" moment about at least one title apiece... there were reasons for everything. Really. (I'd start giving examples but it would get embarrassing.)