Books I have finished in 2009

[richlayers]

I finished 162 books in 2008 (3 more than
2007!)

13.5 books/month on average.

12 rereads, 150 new books read.

9 nonfiction, 153 fiction.

Favorite 5 (I couldn't narrow it down more than that):

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde

Favorite new (to me) author:

Robert J. Sawyer

I really enjoy keeping a list. It makes me feel so accomplished every time I finish another book and write it down. And then I read more, and then I feel more accomplished, and then I read MORE... it's a beautiful cycle. So I think I'll keep it up for another year. It's great keeping it on LJ because wherever I am when I finish a book, if there's internet, I can write it down.

January 11

Beastly by Alex Flinn
Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 1: Power and Responsibility by Bill Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis
Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 2: Learning Curve by Brian Michael Bendis
Halo and Sprocket: Welcome to Humanity* by Kerry Callen
Bone by Jeff Smith
Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker
Melancholy Baby by Robert B. Parker
Hybrids by Robert J. Sawyer
Mabel and the Tower of Babel by John Ryan
The Bourbon Street Musicians by Kathy Price, ill. by Andrew Glass
Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa

February 5

Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli
Troll Bridge by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

March 4

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* by J.K. Rowling
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book edited by Iona & Peter Opie
John Dies at the End by David Wong

April 4

Now & Then by Robert B. Parker
Fool by Christopher Moore
The Sandman: The Doll's House* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: Dream Country* by Neil Gaiman

May 11

Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
The Sandman: Season of Mists* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: A Game of You* by Neil Gaiman
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy, ill. by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng
Beauty and the Beast by Marianna Mayer, ill. by Mercer Mayer
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer, ill. by K.Y. Craft
The Interior Life by Katherine Blake
Clockwork by Philip Pullman
Graceling by Kristin Cashore

June 8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* by J.K. Rowling
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Dealing With Dragons* by Patricia C. Wrede
Searching For Dragons* by Patricia C. Wrede
Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
Calling on Dragons* by Patricia C. Wrede
Potshot by Robert B. Parker
Talking to Dragons* by Patricia C. Wrede

July 22

Y: The Last Man - Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Safeword by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
The Magic Goes Away by Larry Niven
Goodnight Bush by Erich Orlgen and Gen Golan
Y: The Last Man - Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Girl on Girl by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Paper Dolls by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Kimono Dragons by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Motherland by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man - Whys and Wherefores by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Lost and Found by Alan Dean Foster
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
Harold's Fairy Tale* by Crockett Johnson
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand by Gail Carson Levine
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
Austenland by Shannon Hale
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
God Save the Child by Robert B. Parker

August 18

The Sandman: Fables and Reflections* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: Brief Lives* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: World's End* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: The Kindly Ones* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: The Wake* by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer by Andy Runton
Owly: Just a Little Blue by Andy Runton
Owly: Flying Lessons by Andy Runton
The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber
Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli
The Secret Country by Pamela C. Dean
In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* by J.K. Rowling
The Chewing Gum Rescue and Other Stories* by Margaret Mahy
The Hobbit* by J.R.R. Tolkien

September 11

Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Fitcher's Bird from the Brothers Grimm, photography by Cindy Sherman
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey
The Swan Maiden by Jules Watson
East of the Sun and West of the Moon retold by Kathleen & Michael Hague
Lucifer: Children and Monsters by Mike Carey
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson and Beth Krommes
xkcd: volume 0 by Randall Munroe
Lucifer: A Dalliance with the Damned by Mike Carey
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

October 9

Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Cybele's Secret by Juliette Marillier
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman
Relentless by Dean Koontz
The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman, ill. by Gris Grimly
Dirk Gentle's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit by Mercedes Lackey

November 7

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
Angel: After the Fall vol. 1 by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch
Angel: After the Fall: First Night by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch
Angel: After the Fall vol. 3 by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch
On Writing by Stephen King
The Stone Fey by Robin McKinley
Peter and the Sword of Mercy by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

December 9

Prospero Lost by L. Jagi Lamplighter
Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
Halo and Sprocket vol. 2: Heavenly Creatures by Kerry Callen
Breathless by Dean Koontz
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

119 total

*I have read this before.

2010

Comments

[lilybook.livejournal.com]

I have heard a lot of good things about The Graveyard Book...I just may have to check it out! :)

btw...162 books in one year is amazing! :D

[richlayers.livejournal.com]

It was really excellent. I think one of my favorites by him, and that's saying a lot.

And thank you... I was going to read more but I got distracted by video games. :)

[kyrie1618.livejournal.com]

i am so pwned.

[richlayers.livejournal.com]

Keeping a list?? You should post it! It's inspiring!