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Deb's 2009 booklist
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Jan 02, 2009 11:36AM
1. Velocity - Dean Koontz
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3. Prodigal Son - Dean Koontz4. Ten Big Ones
5. The Book Thief
7. Kissing Coffins8. The Yiddish Policement's Union
9. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants10. Murder at the Library of Congress
11. The Secret GardenThanks Mary Todd I hope I can keep up the pace!!
13. Second Summer Sisterhood Traveling Pants - fun light read laughed tugged at my heart strings14. Forbidden Daughter - read for bookclub this month - Set in India a journey of a young mother in a country where she has very little rights and is fighting for the right to bear her unborn child and keep her family alive.
15. Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons - I liked this short story. Now I really want to see the movie.
16. Fearless Fourteen - Another GREAT Stephanie Plum mystery! I love the characters and she makes me laugh and I need to laugh more!17. Forest of the Pygmies - my least favorite of her books.
18. Season of the Witch - I finished this late at night and was afraid to turn off the lights!
Prodigal Summer is my favorite book right after To Kill a Mockingbird!
Haven't read the Traveling Pants series yet ... would it be good for advanced readers of 10 and 11 years old? Or is it really more of a teenage read?
Alycia wrote: "Haven't read the Traveling Pants series yet ... would it be good for advanced readers of 10 and 11 years old? Or is it really more of a teenage read? "The first one would be okay. I mean they are not bad but they do get into sex and things of that nature, so I guess it would depend on what you think is okay for them to read. The books say 12+
Mary Todd wrote: "Prodigal Summer is my favorite book right after To Kill a Mockingbird!"I really liked Prodigal Summer also - Kingslover's discpritions of nature were so poetic. I immediatley felt a connection with each of her characters - I laughed and cried with each of them.
Alycia wrote: "Haven't read the Traveling Pants series yet ... would it be good for advanced readers of 10 and 11 years old? Or is it really more of a teenage read? "I have nieces 10 years old and I told my sister the same thing Aprile said - just depends on how advanced they are and how much they know about being 16 year old girls and all the things the can encounter!
I wasn't a huge fan of the Vampire Academy book, however the series gets better with each book!Are you going to continue the series? What about the Uglies series?
Aprile wrote: "I wasn't a huge fan of the Vampire Academy book, however the series gets better with each book!Are you going to continue the series? What about the Uglies series?"
I wasn't going to continue on with the Vampire Academy but I will read on since you said they get better. Right now I am re-reading New Moon and can't put it down! I can hardly wait to read the next two in that series! Uglies I do plan on reading the whole series. Sometimes when I put a little distance between series books I stay alittle more interested.
Not counting this one but I just finished New Moon for the second time! I liked it more this time around! Loved the scenes in Italy with the Volterra - I hope the movie lives up to my expectations - which are high!
38. Tunnels by Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams
39. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah - I immediatley connected with the characters; I could relate to the time frame I was teenager in the 70's - the book made me laugh and cry!40. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe - I had very high hopes for this book and have to admit I was alittle disappointed in the story -- not enough suspense and I wanted more exploration of the house and the book!!
41. Finger Lickin Fifteen by Janet Evanovich - another funny, sexy adventure for Stephanie - a little disapointing at the end but who cares Janet always makes me laugh!
42. Duma Key by Stephen King - I loved this book; supernatural ghost story; always with weird twists!
43. The Big House by George Howe Colt - I think I would have appreciated this book more if my family had a summer home - I just could not relate to the Boston life style.
44. The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
45. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen - a great medical thriller; complex characters and story line - couldn't put it down!
47. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink an unputdownable book; this story will stay with me for a very long time. Now I need to see the movie.
48. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - my favorite of the series.
