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2009 Lists
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Suzanne's Books for 2009
4. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
5. Mick: The Real Michael Collins by Peter Hart
5. Mick: The Real Michael Collins by Peter Hart
6. A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
7. Food Matters by Mark Bittman
7. Food Matters by Mark Bittman
8. The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List by Mietek Pemper
9. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
10. Theatre of Fish: Travels through Newfoundland and Labrador by John Gimlette
11. Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani.
12. My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith by Benyamin Cohen
13. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
14. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
15. McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in the West of Ireland by Pete McCarthy
16. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
17. The Diplomat's Wife by Pam Jenoff
18. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
19. Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier
(two eight hour flights plus related airport waiting time is a great help for this challenge!)
17. The Diplomat's Wife by Pam Jenoff
18. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
19. Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier
(two eight hour flights plus related airport waiting time is a great help for this challenge!)
20. Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 by Virginia Nicholson
22. Stuck: Why we can't (or won't) move on by Anneli Rufus
23. Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor
24. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less you Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears in Paris at the World's most Famous Cooking School, by Kathleen Flinn
24. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less you Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears in Paris at the World's most Famous Cooking School, by Kathleen Flinn
25. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
(one quarter of the way there -- woo hoo)
(one quarter of the way there -- woo hoo)
26. The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman
27. Pictures at an Exhibition by Sara Houghteling
28. Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
29. Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
31. Murder in the Marais by Cara Black
32. Religious Literacy by Stephen Prothero
33. Chez Moi by Agnes Desarthe
34. After You've Gone by Jeffrey Lent
35. It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, by Moira Hodgson
37. The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
38. The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar
39. The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl, by Shauna Reid
40. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford.
41. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan.
42. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust!
43. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
44. The German Bride by Joanna Hershon
47. Pavel & I by Dan Vyleta
(Warning -- do not waste your time on this one -- I stuck with it in the hopes it would get better but it most definitely did not!)
(Warning -- do not waste your time on this one -- I stuck with it in the hopes it would get better but it most definitely did not!)
48. The Geopolitics of Emotion by Dominique Moisi.
56. Good Book LP The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible by David Plotz.
57.Pretty in Plaid A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered Smart Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster
59. [book:In Search of Lost Time, Volume II Within a Budding Grove|9484 by Marcel Proust
Completed so far this year:
1. The Urban Hermit by Sam Macdonald
2. The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein
3. Payback by Margaret Atwood