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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
-Sir Richard Steele
Here are the books I have read, listed by year (most recent first):
2012 Goal: 25 books
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, finished 1/9/2012
- Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle, finished 1/23/2012
- Switcheroo by Olivia Goldsmith, finished 2/11/2012
- Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenium by Carl Sagan, finished 2/25/2012
2011 Goal: 35 books
- Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
- Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
- Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon
- The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
- Machine of Death ed. by Ryan North, Mathew Bennardo, and David Malki
- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
- Firebird by Janice Graham
- The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans
- Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
- Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
- Lockpick Pornography by Joey Comeau
- We All Got It Coming by Joey Comeau
- Overqualified by Joey Comeau
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
- Dragons in the Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
2010 Goal: 39 books
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
- The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend
- Forty Days Till Dawn by Wesley Shrader
- Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- Twanged by Carol Higgins Clark
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym
- The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Invention of Truth by Marta Morazzoni (trans. by M.J. Fitzgerald)
- The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler
- The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi
- Venus on Wheels by Gelya Frank
- A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
- Chicken Inspector No. 23 by S.J. Perelman
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
- The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
- A Time to Kill by John Grisham
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
- Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch by B.J. Daniels
- Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
- Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
- Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
2009 Goal: 38 books
- Who Killed Albus Dumbledore?, Ed. John Granger
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
- Full House by Stephen Jay Gould
- Native Speaker by Chang Rae Lee
- Sugar's Life in the Hood by Sugar Turner and Tracy Bachrach Ehlers
- Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen
- She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
- Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky
- A Source of Embarrassment by Mary McCarthy
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
- Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
- Brick Lane by Monica Ali
- A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- Lizard Tails by Juan Marse
- Mrs Pargeter's Package by Simon Brett
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Geldof in Africa by Bob Geldof
- The Best American Short Stories of 2007, edited by Stephen King
Favorites:
- "L. DeBard and Aliette: A Love Story" by Lauren Groff
- "Wake" by Beverly Jensen
- "The Bris" by Eileen Pollack
- "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" by Karen Russell
- "Wait" by Roy Kessey
- "Findings and Impressions" by Stellar Kim
- Twisted, short stories by Jeffrey Deaver
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkein
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by JRR Tolkein
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by JRR Tolkein
- Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett
- Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
- The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
- The Octopus and the Orangutan by Eugene Linden
- The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- War with the Newts by Karel Capek (trans. by Ewald Osers)
- When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthey
- Caucasia by Danzy Senna
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
- Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
- China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh
- Sins of Summer by Dorothy Garlock
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
- Zorro by Isabel Allende
2008 Goal: 30 books
- The Grey King by Susan Cooper
- Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
- The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
- The Pocket Book of O. Henry Stories by O. Henry, including:
- "The Gift of the Magi"
- "The Skylight Room"
- "The Cop and the Anthem"
- "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog"
- "Springtime a la Carte"
- "The Green Door"
- "After Twenty Years"
- "The Furnished Room"
- "The Pimienta Pancakes"
- "The Reformation of Calliope"
- "The Passing of Black Eagle"
- "A Retrieved Reformation"
- "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking"
- "Caught"
- "The Sleuths"
- "Makes the Whole World Kin"
- "The Whirligig of Life"
- "A Newspaper Story"
- "The Voice of the City"
- "One Thousand Dollars"
- "The Trimmed Lamp"
- "A Madison Square Arabian Night"
- "The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball"
- "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen"
- "The Buyer From Cactus City"
- "The Badge of Policeman O'Roon"
- "The Last Leaf"
- "The Tale of a Tainted Tenner"
- "A Municipal Report"
- "Compliments of the Season"
- Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
- The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" by C.S. Lewis
- The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
- The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
- The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
- The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
- Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan
- Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) by Al Franken
- He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
- Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
- Trading Up by Candace Bushnell
- Tell No One by Harlan Coben
- Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
- Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore
- Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
- Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
- Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson
- Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
- Divine Evil by Nora Roberts
- The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
- Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
- Wild Goose, Brother Goose by Mel Ellis
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
- The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- Happiness by Will Ferguson
- Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
- Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
- The Condor's Shadow by David S. Wilcove
- The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn by Janis Hallowell
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
- The Wilde Side by Janelle Denison
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
2007
- Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo, edited by Arthur Wolf and William Durham
- Like the Red Panda by Andrea Seigel
- Jingo by Terry Pratchett
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
- The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA by David Ewing Duncan
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (best book EVER!!!)
- A collection of Oscar Wilde stories & excerpts (The Portable Oscar Wilde, edited by Richard Aldington and Stanley Weintraub), including poems, reviews, letters, and complete versions of:
- "The Critic As Artist" (Oscar Wilde)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (again, Oscar Wilde)
- "Salome" (still Oscar Wilde!)
- "The Importance of Being Earnest" (who else but Oscar Wilde?) and
- De Profundis (by, duh, Oscar Wilde)
- The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
- My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
- Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
- The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
- Time and Again by Jack Finney
- Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, in preparation for seeing the TV-movie ;-)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Zoos & Animal Rights: The Ethics of Keeping Animals by Stephen St C. Bostock
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
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