Lori's 2009 Books

[Lori]

Here's what I read in all of 2009 -- most recent on top. As you can tell, I frequently get stuck on an author. :-)

title
author

1. An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
Gabaldon, Diana

2. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
Gabaldon, Diana

3. The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
Gabaldon, Diana

4. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
Wright, N.T.

5. Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Gabaldon, Diana

6. Voyager (Outlander, #3)
Gabaldon, Diana

7. Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
Gabaldon, Diana

8. Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Gabaldon, Diana

9. The Widow of the South
Hicks, Robert

10. Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta, #16)
Cornwell, Patricia

11. The Forest
Rutherfurd, Edward

12. The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
Shaara, Jeff

13. The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II
Shaara, Jeff

14. The Gargoyle
Davidson, Andrew

15. South of Broad
Conroy, Pat

16. Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Hall, Ron

17. While My Sister Sleeps
Delinsky, Barbara

18. Keeping Faith
Picoult, Jodi

19. A Three Dog Life
Thomas, Abigail

20. The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
Lopez, Steve

21. The Shack
Young, William P.

22. The 5 Silent Years of Corrie Ten Boom
Rosewell, Pamela

23. The Power of the Dog : A Novel
Savage, Thomas

24. Fencing the Sky: A Novel
Galvin, James

25. Step on a Crack
Patterson, James

26. When Crickets Cry
Martin, Charles

27. Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival: A Mission Study for 2008-2009
Fassett, Thom White Wolf

28. Food & Faith
Whiteside, Wendy

29. The Sparrow
Russell, Mary Doria

30. Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices
Picoult, Jodi

31. Testimony
Shreve, Anita

32. My Sister's Keeper
Picoult, Jodi

33. The Year That Follows
Lasser, Scott

34. Off Season
Siddons, Anne Rivers

35. Homeplace
Siddons, Anne Rivers

36. The Hearing
Lescroart, John

37. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Boyne, John

38. Broken Prey (Lucas Davenport, #16)
Sandford, John

39. The First Law
Lescroart, John

40. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shaffer, Mary Ann

41. Betrayal
Lescroart, John

42. The Lady and the Unicorn
Chevalier, Tracy

43. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Tolle, Eckhart

44. The Second Chair
Lescroart, John

45. The Motive
Lescroart, John

46. Buster Midnight's Cafe
Dallas, Sandra

47. Prayers for Sale
Dallas, Sandra

48. The Hanged Man's Song (Kidd And LuEllen, #4)
Sandford, John

49. Wicked Prey (Lucas Davenport, #19)
Sandford, John

50. Man's Search for Meaning
Frankl, Viktor E.

51. Tallgrass
Dallas, Sandra

52. The House at Riverton
Morton, Kate

53. The Forgotten Garden
Morton, Kate

54. Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher Series, #13)
Child, Lee

55. Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher Series, #12)
Child, Lee

56. Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher Series, #11)
Child, Lee

57. The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Series, #10)
Child, Lee

58. One Shot (Jack Reacher Series, #9)
Child, Lee

59. The Enemy (Jack Reacher Series, #8)
Child, Lee

60. Persuader (Jack Reacher Series, #7)
Child, Lee

61. Without Fail (Jack Reacher Series, #6)
Child, Lee

62. Echo Burning (Jack Reacher Series, #5)
Child, Lee

63. Running Blind (Jack Reacher Series, #4)
Child, Lee

64. Tripwire (Jack Reacher Series, #3)
Child, Lee

65. David: A Man of Passion & Destiny (Great Lives from God's Word Series: Volume 1)
Swindoll, Charles R.

66. Die Trying (Jack Reacher Series, #2)
Child, Lee

67. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series #1)
Child, Lee

68. Alice's Tulips
Dallas, Sandra

69. A Reliable Wife
Goolrick, Robert

70. The Help
Stockett, Kathryn

71. Before I Forget
Pitts, Leonard

72. When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Leifer, Carol

73. Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Crouch, Andy

74. The Weight of Glory
Lewis, C.S.

75. The Brothers Bishop
Yates, Bart

76. Handle with Care
Picoult, Jodi

77. Leave Myself Behind
Yates, Bart

78. The Knitting Circle: A Novel
Hood, Ann

79. Between Sisters
Hannah, Kristin

80. Dreamers of the Day: A Novel
Russell, Mary Doria

81. It Will Come To Me: A Novel
Gordon, Emily Fox

82. Freckles
Stratton-Porter, Gene

83. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Ford, Jamie

84. Sleepwalking In Daylight
Flock, Elizabeth

85. Mayday
Block, Thomas

86. Little Bee: A Novel
Cleave, Chris

87. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
Cymbala, Jim

88. Loving Frank: A Novel
Horan, Nancy

89. Cutting for Stone
Verghese, Abraham

90. The Hour I First Believed: A Novel
Lamb, Wally

91. Letter to My Daughter
Angelou, Maya

92. The Flames of Rome: A Novel
Maier, Paul L.

93. Treasures of the Transformed Life: Satisfying Your Soul's Thirst for More
Mathison, John Ed

94. A Thread of Grace
Russell, Mary Doria

95. Secrets of the Vine: Breaking Through to Abundance
Wilkinson, Bruce H.

96. The Cornbread Book: A Love Story with Recipes
Jackson, Jeremy

97. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Mortenson, Greg

98. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Myron, Vicki

99. The Road
McCarthy, Cormac

100. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Stein, Garth

101. The End: A Novel
Scibona, Salvatore

102. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir
Burroughs, Augusten

103. 700 Sundays
Crystal, Billy

104. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Terkel, Studs

[Jen, Super Spunky!]

Lori,

I get stuck on authors too, no worries! :) I'm planning on starting the Outlander series this year. In fact, I'm hoping to get to the first book soon! I think it was three years ago that I got on a huge Jodi Picoult kick, and read pretty much every book of hers. Have you read Nineteen Minutes? I've got that one, and I'm hoping to manage to get to it this year.

What did you think of The Gargoyle? I read it last year and really enjoyed it. I must admit that I really loved it because I speak Japanese, and I loved the fact that it had a nice couple of paragraphs in Japanese. It was so refreshingly nice to get to read in Japanese... :) If you enjoyed the book, you may want to check out the goodreads group The Next Best Bookclub. They are currently reading this book, so there's a discussion thread for it. Not too long ago, the author actually participated in a discussion thread for a different goodreads group. I'm hoping that he'll join in on this one. :)

[Lori]

Jenni wrote: "Lori,

I get stuck on authors too, no worries! :) I'm planning on starting the Outlander series this year. In fact, I'm hoping to get to the first book soon! I think it was three years ago that..."

Outlander Series -- they are BIG books -- and I read all 7 of them twice in 2009. I guess late in the year I got tired of finding new fiction to read, and just went back and read these. I love the series, can't wait for the next one to find out what happens to everybody. Who knows how long that will be, though, since # 7 just came in October.

Jodi Picoult is a favorite of mine, too. I have not read Nineteen Minutes, although I know about it. It's a hard subject -- school shootings -- and an EXCELLENT novel on this topic, actually centers around Columbine, is The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb.

I liked The Gargoyle, but didn't love it. Sometimes things got a little too weird for my taste. And it was certainly graphic/grotesque when talking about his injuries. Arrgh.

[Jen, Super Spunky!]

True, the books was very graphic! How did you like the part at the beginning of the book where he tells you to put your ear to the stove and let it sit there? Wow, that was eye opening!