Books I Read in 2010

This post is mostly for my own record- it's a copy of the book list I've had on my sidebar for the last year. I've never kept track of the books I've read before- it's kind of amazing to me how many I read this year! People ask me all the time how I have time to read so much- the answer is, I guess, that I 1)read extremely fast, and 2)would rather read than do most any other leisure activity. I have been known to read while I vacuum and ride a bike. But not recently. So here's my 2010 list, and if you're actually interested, (rd) means I read it in reader's digest condensed form, and * means I recommend it highly. Also, this list is chronologically backwards- so the first book on the list was the last one I read. (Just so you don't have to spend precious minutes of your life counting to see how crazy I am, the grand total for the year is 131. No, really.) The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

Voices on the Wind by Evelyn Anthony (rd)

Kaleidoscope by Dorothy Gilman

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Shepherd's Abiding by Jan Karon

No Longer Strangers by Rachel Nunes

Blood Lines by Kathryn Casey (rd)

Spinning Forward by Terri Dulong (rd)

From Cradle to Grave by Patricia MacDonald (rd)

The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans (rd)

*First Day by Allyson Braithwaite Condie

Luck of the Draw by Rachael Renee Anderson

The Limit by Kristen Landon

*Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon

The Independence Club by Rachel Ann Nunes

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Where Hearts Prosper by Suzanne V. Reese

Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen

*Faraway Child by Amy Maida Wadsworth

Cross My Heart by Julie Wright

Saving Kristen by Jack Weyland

Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett

*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

*Father Melancholy's Daughter by Gail Godwin

*Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

*The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

*The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

Shaiton's Fire by Jake Thoene

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

The Invisible Saint by Curtis Taylor

Countdown by Deborah Wiles

*The Dinner Club by Curtis Taylor

The Reunion by Jack Weyland

The Fine Print by Cheri Crane

*The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Leaving Eden by Amber Esplin

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Step Ball Change by Jeanne Ray

The Great Gathering by Chad Daybell

Two Worlds by Don L. Searle

Alone, Together by Jack Weyland

Ashley & Jen by Jack Weyland

Water, Stone, Heart by Will North (rd)

*The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (rd)

The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (rd)

Leaving Jack by Gareth Crocker (rd)

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (rd)

The Samaritan Bueno by Jack Weyland

Adam's Story by Jack Weyland

*The Crayon Messages by Christine Thackeray

Skin Deep by E.M. Crane

Models don't eat chocolate cookies by Erin Dionne

*The Nine Lessons by Kevin Alan Milne (rd)

Serendipity by Louise Shaffer (rd)

Pursuit by Karen Robards (rd)

Love in Bloom by Sheila Roberts (rd)

*La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith (rd)

Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan (rd)

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (rd)

Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix

*Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii by Lee Goldberg

Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse by Lee Goldberg

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George

Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu by Lee Goldberg

This Just In by Kerry Blair

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Makeover by Shannon Guymon

*The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (audiobook)

The Wright Sister by Richard Maurer

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

*The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (audiobook)

The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

*Band of Sisters by Annette Lyon

*Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull

*The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan

*The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor (audiobook)

My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison

Devil's Food Cake by Josi S. Kilpack

Twice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

At the Journey's End by Annette Lyon

*A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor

*The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (audiobook)

Midnighters: Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld

Midnighters: Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld

*The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis

*Still Alice by Lisa Genova

So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger

Flyboys: a true story of courage by James Bradley (audiobook)

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

As Always, Dave by Jack Weyland

Midnighters: Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld

The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Fields of Home by Rachel Ann Nunes

Simon Bloom the Octopus Effect by Michael Reisman

*The Soloist by Steve Lopez (audiobook)

Simon Bloom the Gravity Keeper by Michael Weisman

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

The Monster in Me by Mette Ivie Harrison

Brianna, My Brother, and the Blog by Jack Weyland

Previously Engaged by Elodia Strain

The Protector by Dee Henderson

The Truthseeker by Dee Henderson

Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Carson Levine

The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum

The Fairy's Return by Gail Carson Levine

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine

*Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin

English Trifle by Josi S. Kilpack

A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah

Like a Watered Garden by Patti Hill

The Magician's Elephant by Kate diCamillo

The Guardian by Dee Henderson