Lori's 50 Books Read in 2009!

[Lori]

1. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

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2. Broken by William Cope Moyers

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3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

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4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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5. Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich

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6. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

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7. Dress your Family in Cordoroy and Denim by David Sedaris

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8. Empire Falls by Richard Russo

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9. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama

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10. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

[Mary Todd]

to you...a bunch of violets! Congrats on 10.

[Aprile]

What did you think of Summer Sisters? I thought it was really weird..

[Lori]

11. Love Walked In by Marisa de Los Santos

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12. Belong to Me by Marisa de Los Santos

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13. Q&A (Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup

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14. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

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15. When you are engulfed in flames by David Sedaris

[becky]

i'm only on book 10. maybe i need to start reading shorter books.

[Lori]

yup. that's definitely the way to go. a few of mine are actually novellas.....don't tell anyone!

[Lori]

16. Life's a Beach by Claire Cook

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17. Stalking Irish Madness by Patrick Tracey

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18. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

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19. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

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20. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

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21. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

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22. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

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23. The Love Season by Elin Hildergard

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24. Sellivision by Augusten Burroughs

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25. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

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26. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

[Lori]

27. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

[McKenzie]

I have heard a lot of bad things about The Reader. Was it any good?

[Mary Todd]

[Mary Todd]

I read The Reader, it wasn't memorable.

[Lori]

I agree. It was an okay read. Nothing special. I haven't seen the movie but maybe the movie was better!

[Lori]

28. Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich

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29. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

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30. Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich

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31. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

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32. Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell

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33. Much to Your Chagrin by Suzanne Guillette

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34. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk

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35. Atonement by Ian McEwan

[Susanna]

34. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
35. Atonement by Ian McEwan

I love Palahniuk's books and have recently discovered McEwan's writing. I absolutely loved "Atonement" though I read it after seeing the movie. What did you think of them?

[Lori]

36. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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37. The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein

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38. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

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39. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman

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40. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

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41. I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley