Books I read this year
Books of 2005
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory McGuire (O)
More Than You Know - Beth Gutcheon (L)
The Fountain - Emily Grayson (L)
Among the Barons - Margaret Peterson Haddix (L)
Just an Ordinary Day (short stories and prev unpublished works) - Shirley Jackson (L)
I am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolf (L)
The Princess Presents - Meg Cabot (L)
Teen Idol - Meg Cabot (L)
Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul - various (O/GS)
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie (L)
The Phantom of Manhattan - Frederick Forsyth (L)
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux (O/AP)
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl - Joyce Carol Oates (L)
Girls on Film - Zoë Dean (L)
Blonde Ambition - Zoë Dean (L)
Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi (L/WBC)
Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (L/SF&BAMBC /WHRA)
Shopaholic & Sister - Sophia Kinsella (L)
Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood (L/WBC)
Good Grief - Lolly Winston (L)
Maskerade - Terry Pratchett (L)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Nicholas Meyer (L) - DF
The Canary Trainer - Nicholas Meyer (L)
Cosette - Laura Kalpakian (L)
Standing in a Rainbow - Fannie Flagg (L)
Dawn Song - Sharon Green (L)
Angel of the Opera - Sam Siliciano (L)
Sabriel - Garth Nix (L)
Lireal, daughter of Clayr - Garth Nix (L)
Abbhorsen - Garth Nix (L)
Sorcery & Cecelia or the enchanted chocolate pot - Caroline Stevermer & Patricia Wrede (L)
Grand Tour - Caroline Stevermer & Patricia Wrede (L)
The Anxiety of Everyday Objects - Aurelie Sheehan (L)
Bridgett Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding (L)
Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding (L)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon - Marjorie Kellogg (L)
Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier (L)
Love Letters - Madeleine L’Engle (L)
StarDust - Neil Gaiman (L/SFBC)
Girl with the Pearl Earring - Tracey Chevalier (L/BAMBC)
Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (L/WBC)
Out of the Mist - JoAnn. Ross (L)
Out of the Blue - JoAnn Ross (L)
Out of the Storm - JoAnn Ross (L)
Cat’s Eye Margaret Atwood (O/WBC/LBS/BAR)
Callahan’s Cross-Time Salon - Spider Robinson (L)
Callahan’s Secret - Spider Robinson (L)
Callahan’s Touch - Spider Robinson (L)
Callahan’s Legacy - Spider Robinson (L)
Callahan’s Key - Spider Robinson (L)
Callahan’s Con - Spider Robinson (L)
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman (L)
Amanda bright@ home - Danielle Crittenden (L)
Time Pressure - Spider Robinson (L)
A Stroke of Midnight - Laurell K. Hamilton (O/AP)
Mr. Poppers Penguins - Robert and Florence Altwood (L)
White Oleander - Janet Fitch (O/WBC)
Red Tent - Anita Diamant (L/WBC)
First Wives Club - Olivia Goldsmith (L)
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine (L)
Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld (L)
The Rose and the Beast; Fairy Tales Retold - Francesca Lia Block (L)
Beast - Donna Jo Napoli (L)
The Same Sweet Girls - Cassandra King (L)
P.S. I Love You - Cecilia Ahern (L)
Eragon - Christopher Paolin (L/SFBC/WHRA)
Little Women - Louisa May Allcot (O/WBC/WHRA)
Girls in pants: the third summer of the sisterhood - Ann Brashares (L)
Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes (L)
Citizen Girl - Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (L)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells (O/BAR/LBS)
Little Alters Everywhere - Rebecca Wells (L)
Mothers - Jax Peters Lowell (L)
Every Thing is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer (L./BAMBC/DF)
Bitten - Kelly Armstrong (L)
Dime Store Magic - Kelly Armstrong (L)
Industrial Magic - Kelly Armstrong (L)
A Redbird Christmas - Fannie Flagg (L)
Mrs. Dalloway - Virgina Woolf (L/WBC/DF)
The Lady Slings the Booze - Spider Robinson (L)
Places I never meant to be: original stories by censored writers - edited by Judy Blume (L/WBC/WHRA)
Marrying Mom - Olivia Goldsmith (L)
Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters (L/BAMBC)
The Gate To Women's Country - Sheri S. Tepper (L)
The Song of the Beast - Carol Berg
The Free Lunch - Spider Robinson
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (L/BAMBC)
Girlfriend in a Coma - Douglas Coupland (L/RRBC)
The real Real World - Hillary Johnson & Nancy Rommelmann (O)
Something Borrowed - Emily Griffin (L)
Ya-Ya’s in Bloom - Rebecca Wells (L)
Silver Metal Lover - Tannith Lee (L/SFBC)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - (O/BAMBC/WHRA)
You're the one that I want: a Gossip girl Novel - Cecily Von Ziegesar (L)
Metallic Love - Tannith Lee (L)
Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel (L/WMC)
Waking the Moon - Elizabeth Hand (L)
Rhapsody - Elizabeth Haydon (O/SFBC/WHRA)
Every Boys Got One - Meg Cabot (L)
Affinity - Sarah Waters (L)
That Summer - Sarah Dessen (L)
Dumping Billy - Oliva Goldsmith (L)
The Best Awful - Carrie Fisher (L/NF - sequel book didn’t read the first one)
Inventing Memory - Anne Harris (L)
Mysterious Skin - Scott Heim (L/RRBC)
Fight Club - Chuck Palahnuik (L/BAMMC)
American Girl - Meg Cabot (L)
Night of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy (L)
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (L/WBC)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (book #6) (O/WBC&SFBC/WHRA)
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson (L/SFBC)
Sunshine - Robin McKinley (O/LBS/SFBC/BAR)
Something Blue - Emily Griffin (L)
Escape from Memory - Margaret Patterson Haddix (L)
Don Quixote - Don Miguel Cervantes (L/RRMC)
Shop Girl - Steve Martin (L)
The Thin Pink Line - Lauren Baratz-Logsted (L)
The Finest Creation - Jean Rabe (L)
The Boy I Loved Before - Jenny Colgan (L)
Changing Faces - Wendy Lawton (L)
The Ha-Ha - Dave King (L)
Prophesy - Elizabeth Haydon (O)
Destiny - Elizabeth Haydon (O/AP)
Otherwise Engaged - Eileen Goudge (L)
Rosie Dunne - Cecelia Ahern (L)
Prom - Laurie Halse Anderson (L)
Everything She Thought She Wanted - Elizabeth Buchan (L)
Peter and the Star Catchers - Dave Barry (L)
Rebel - Willo Davis Roberts (L)
The Witness - Ginna Grey (L)
My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult (L/WBC/WHRA)
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (L/RRBC/DF)
Immortality - Milan Kundera (L/RRBC/DF)
Bergdorf Blondes - Plum Sykes (L/CLBC)
Lucky - Alice Seabold (L)
Christmas Present - Jacquelyn Mitchard (L)
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married - Marian Keys (L)
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd (L)
All Shook Up - Susan Andersen (L)
City of Pearl - Karen Traviss (L/SFBC)
Snobs - Julian Fellowes (L/NF)
Artemis Fowl (book 1) - Eoin Colfer (L)
Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident (book2)- Eoin Colfer (L)
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (book 3) - Eoin Colfer (L)
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (book 4) - Eoin Colfer (L)
Undead and Unemployed (book 2)- Mary Janice Davidson (L)
Undead and Unwed (book 1)- Mary Janice Davidson (L)
Undomestic Goddess - Sophia Kinsella (L)
The Pleasure of my Company - Steve Martin (borrowed from Librarian)
Their Eyes are Watching God - Zora Neal Hurston (L/WBC/DF)
Stranger Things Happen (short stories) - Kelly Link (L)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke (L/DF)
Bad Boy - Olivia Goldsmith (L/O/LBS/SAR)
Straight Talking: A Novel - Jane Green (L)
Cravings - Laurell K. Hamilton (and others - short stories) (L)
Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty (L)
Second Helpings - Megan McCafferty (L)
American Gods: A Novel - Neil Gaiman (L)
The Artemis Fowl Files - Eoin Colfer (L)
Men in Kilts - Katie MacAlister (L)
Corset Diaries - Katie MacAlister (L)
A Hard Day’s Knight - Katie MacAlister (L)
Perfect for the Beach - Various authors (L)
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (L/LBC)
Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult (L)
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean - Lauren Child (L)
Rules of the Road - Joan Bauer (L)
A Girl’s Guide to Vampires - Katie MacAlister (L)
Sex, and the Single Vampire - Katie MacAlister (L)
Sex, Lies, and Vampires- Katie MacAlister (L)
You Slay Me (an Asling Grey Novel) - Katie MacAlister (L)
Fire Me Up (an Asling Grey Novel) - Katie MacAlister (L)
A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Grim Grotto (book the 11th) - Lemony Snicket (O)
A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Penultimate Peril (book the 12th) - Lemony Snicket (O)
Enchanted, INC. - Shanna Swendson (O)
Girls in Love - Jacqueline Wilson (L)
Girls Under Pressure - Jacqueline Wilson (L)
Girls out Late - Jacqueline Wilson (L)
Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison (L)
The Clique (clique book 1) - Lisi Harrison (L)
Best Friends for Never (clique book #2) - Lisi Harrison (L)
Revenge of the Wannabes (clique book #3) - Lisi Harrison (L)
The Princess Bride - William Goldman (O/LBC)
To Kill a Mocking Bird - Harper Lee (L/WBC)
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place - E.L. Konigsburg (L)
Haunted - Chuck Palahunick (L/BAMBC)
E (a novel) - Matthew Beaumont (L)
More Dates from Hell: true stories from survivors - Katherine Ann Samon (L)
A Storybook Hero - Shanna Swendson (L)
Runaway Hearts - Shanna Swendson (L)
Love’s Best Friend - Shanna Swendson (L)
Zorro - Isabel Allende (L)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (book #4) - J. K. Rowlings (O)
Politically Correct Holiday Stories - James Finn Garner (L)
Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen (L)
Gabriel’s Angel - Nora Roberts (L)
TTYL - Lauren Myracle - (L)
Anansi boys: a novel - Neil Gaiman (L/SFBC)
Who Censored Roger Rabbit (book #1) - Gary Wolf (L)
Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit (book #2) Gary Wolf (L)?
Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras (book #1) - Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Cosmic Kisses (book #2) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Designer Divas (book #3) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Sleepover Secrets (book #4) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Sole Survivors (book #5) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Mad Mistakes (book #6) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Sequin Smiles (book #7) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Tempting Trouble (book #8) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Mates, Dates and Great Escapes (book #9) Cathy Hopkins (L)
Inkheart (book #1)- Cornella Funke (L)
Inkspell (book #2) - Cornella Funke
The Awakening - Kate Chopin (L/WBC)
Bite - Laurell K Hamilton and others (L)
The Worst Noel: hellish holiday tales - Various Authors (L)
The Magicians’ Guild; The Black Magician trilogy book 1 - Trudi Canavan (L)
The Novice; The Black Magician trilogy book 2 - Trudi Canavan (L)
Derik’s Bane - Mary Janice Davidson (L)
Say Goodnight, Gracie - Julie Reece Deaver
Od Magic - Patricia A. McKillip (L)
Laura Ingills Wilder Country - William Anderson (L)
Debbie Brown’s Enchanted Cakes for Children - Debbie Brown (L)
Letters from a Nut - Ted L. Nancy (L)
Christmas with Mary Engelbreit - Mary Engelbreit (L)
Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers - Mary Roach (L/WBC)
The Earth, my butt and other big round things - Carolyn Mackler
Vegan virgin Valentine - Carolyn Mackler
Tall Cool One: an A-List Novel (book #4) - Zoey Dean (L)
Back in Black: an A-List Novel (book #5) - Zoey Dean (L)
Undead and Unappreciated (book #3) - MaryJanice Davidson (L)
Undead and Unreturnable (book #4) - MaryJanice Davidson (L)
Carpe Demon: Adventures of a demon hunting soccer mom - Julie Kenner (L)
Carolina Girl - Patricia Rice (O/LBS) - NF
total = 232
COMICS
Astonishing X-Men: #7-12
Uncanny X-Men: #454-464
Gambit: #5-9,11-12
Rogue: #6-12
X-Men: # 165-175
House of M: #1-6
Giant Sized Superman book by Alex Ross
Giant Sized Batman Book by Alex Ross
Magazines, ETC:
Entertainment Weekly (one a week all year)
Readers Digest (one a month)
Daily Newspaper
Key
L = library
O = own
GS = garage sale purchase
AP = Amazon Purchase
BAR = Bought After Reading
CLBC = Chick Lit Book Club
SFBC = Sci-Fi (bookweyrms) book club
WBC = Women’s Book Club
RRBC = Rapid Readers Book Club
WHRA = would have read Anyway
BAMBC = Book-a-Month Book Club
LBC = Library Book Club
LBS = Library Book Sale
NF = Not finished
DF = didn’t finish
and I finished all but 6 of these and those I may try to read again. *the nf ones* the DF ones I tried and I doubt I will try to read again. I also have an excel sheet which lists them in alpabetical order too ')
X-posted to all my book club lists.