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I finished my first for the year!
1. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
Here's to everyone's goals, reading or otherwise, in 2009!
2. The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
I'm not quite on my goal of a book per week, but I'm reading two short ones right now that I'll hopefully finish this week to help my average.
3. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
4. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Walk in the Woods was a re-read for me. I usually read it in spring or summer to get excited for the hiking season. But I skipped it last year and decided to read it now since I'm getting ready for a big trek -- Kilimanjaro in two weeks!
7. Inventing Public Diplomacy by Wilson P Jr DizardI'll be spending a lot of time studying and reading for work this year. If I don't count my "work" books, my count won't get very high.
8. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Mary Todd wrote: "I really enjoyed Congo...I read it about 14 years ago...congrats on your first ten!"Thanks! I'm a slow reader, but I'm plodding through. Congo was a quick read. I didn't love it but it was enjoyable.
16. The Middle East for Dummies by Craig S. Davis17. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Middle East for Dummies was not worth the paper it's printed on. There are typos and the maps are inaccurate. And I know I'm not a scholar on the topic, but I'm not exactly an idiot in general... I found the writing style to be condescending.
I loved The Scarlet Letter! I don't know how I made it through a BA in Literature without ever having to read it.
18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
This was a reread for me. My book club is reading it for July in honor of the new movie coming out. You can read my thoughts on this and many others at my new book blog: Confessions of a Book Addict. (Thanks for allowing this small, shameless promotion!)
Yikes! It's been so long since I updated. I hope I remember everything I've read since then...20. The Coffee Trader by David Liss
21. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
22. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
23. Essentials of World History by Smith Smith
24. Realities of Foreign Service Life by Patricia Linderman
25. Realities of Foreign Service Life volume 2 by Patricia Linderman
It feels like I've read more than that. I'll have to scour my real-life bookshelves before adding to my virtual ones.
I knew there were more! Plus I mis-numbered some. In a review of my read2009 bookshelf, I've found a couple more and I'm fixing the numbers, as of now.27. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
28. The Time Traveler's Wife
29. Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work
30. The Elements of Style
31. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
32. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the U.S. Constitution
Phew. I'm glad I made it at least past the halfway mark.
35. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
This was a reread of one of my most favorite books of all time. I just needed something familiar over the weekend.
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Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (other topics)Shadow & Claw (other topics)
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (other topics)
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (other topics)
Tears of the Giraffe (other topics)
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Amy Tan (other topics)Ryszard Kapuściński (other topics)
Michael Pollan (other topics)
Bill Bryson (other topics)
Alexander McCall Smith (other topics)
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