Karen's 2010 Reading List

In 2010, I kept my lists in LibraryThing, but started adding the more recent books at the top of the list. I thought it might make it easier for my LT friends to see what I had most recently read (of course, they could just scroll down!) So, here's what I read in 2010:

Work in progress: I have to figure out how to copy from Word into a blog post. Is it possible? Answer: Yes, it is possible! Switch to "Edit HTML" and then paste. Works like a charm!

So, since I made my list in reverse chronological order, you'll see right below that I read 148 books in 2010. A huge increase, due in large part to LibraryThing and the so-called Take It or Leave It challenges (TIOLI)--I started broadening my reading and having even more fun.

148. An Assembly Such as This: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman by Pamela Aidan
147. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
146. The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien
145. 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life by John Kralik
144. The Midnight Examiner (Book 133 of 1001) by William Kotzwinkle
143. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
142. The Natural History, Volume 1 by Pliny the Elder
141. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
140. The Eleven Religions and Their Proverbial Lore: a Comparative Study by Selwyn Gurney Champion
139. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
138. The Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
137. The Emerald City of Oz by L.Frank Baum (6 of 14)
136. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
135. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
134. Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams by Alexander McCall Smith
133. Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
132. It's a Book by Lane Smith
131. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Wonder Dog
130. The White Stag by Kate Seredy
129. The Extra Large Medium by Helen Slavin
128. The Road to Oz by L.Frank Baum (5 of 14)
127. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
126. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
125. Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
124. Room by Emma Donoghue
123. A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
122. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
121. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
120. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
119. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
118. World War Z by Max Brooks
117. Living With Books by Helen E. Haines
116. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
115. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum (4 of 14)
114. Silk by Alessandro Baricco (Book 132 of 1001)
113. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
112. How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
111. The Charming Quirks of Others by Alexander McCall Smith
110. The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
109. The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (book 131 of 1001)
108. Naked Heat by Richard Castle
107. Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon (book 130 of 1001)
106. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
105. Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
104. The Story of O by Pauline Reage (book 129 of 1001)
103. Persuasion by Jane Austen (book 128 of 1001)
102. The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
101. Out of the Whirlwind by Kathryn Schifferdecker
100. Into the Mummy's Tomb ed. John Richard Stephens
99. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
98. The Woman's Migraine Toolkit by Dawn A. Marcus and Philip A. Bain
97. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (book 127 of 1001)
96. Still Life by Louise Penny
95. The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
94. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
93. If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
92. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (Book 126 of 1001)
91. The Joy of Cataloging by Sanford Berman
90. Prejudices and Antipathies by Sanford Berman
89. Old School by Tobias Wolff
88. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
87. The Journal of Hildegard of Bingen by Barbara Lachman
86. Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee
85. Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
84. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
83. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (Book 125 of 1001)
82. Beowulf on the Beach by Jack Murnighan
81. The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith
80. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
79. Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Moskowitz and Romero
78. A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
77. The Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Book 124 of 1001)
76. Kim by Rudyard Kipling (Book 123 of 1001)
75. This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
74. The Arabian Nights, tr. Husain Haddawy (Book 122 of 1001)
73. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (Book 121 of 1001)
72. Librarians as Learning Specialists by Allison Zmuda and Violet H. Harada
71. Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
70. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore et al.
69. Roman Soldier's Handbook by Lesley Sims
68. Stone Heart by Diance Glancy
67. The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White
66. Microterrors by Tony Hart
65. The Mystery of the Jeweled Cross: A Shadwell Rafferty Adventure by Larry Millett
64. Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde by Thomas Wright
63. The Once and Future King by T.H. White (Book 120 of 1001) - A.R.T.
62. I Thought You Were Dead: A Love Story by Pete Nelson - A.R.T.
61. Harriet Hume by Rebecca West (Book 119 of 1001)
60. Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud (Book 118 of 1001)
59. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (Book 117 of 1001)
58. This is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity by Susan Moon
57. The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Liife, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else by Christopher R. Beha
56. Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry - A.R.T.
55. Blockade Billy by Stephen King
54. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
53. Civilization Before Greece and Rome by H.W.F. Saggs - A.R.T.
52. Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
51. Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught in a War by Kathy Henderson
50. Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow (ART)
49. I'll Mature When I'm Dead by Dave Barry
48. August is a Wicked Month by Edna O'Brien (Book 116 of 1001)
47. The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley (Book 115 of 1001)
46. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
45. A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson
44. The Magdalen Martyrs by Ken Bruen
43. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Marilyn Barbery (ART)
42. Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
41. At Witt's End by Beth Solheim
40. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith
39. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Book 114 of 1001)
38. Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
37. Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
36. I Remember Mama (play) by John van Druten
35. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
34. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
33. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
32. The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
31. Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Book 113 of 1001)
30. Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
29. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Book 112 of 1001)
28. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
27. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (Book 111 of 1001)
25. Sarah the Priestess: The First Matriarch of Genesis by Savina
23. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
22. Wormwood, Nevada by David Oppegaard
21. The Willows in Winter by William Horwood
20. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
19. Biblioholism:The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe
18. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
17. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (Book 109 of 1001)
16. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
15. The Book of Genesis, Illustrated by R. Crumb
14. Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O'Dea
13. Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
12. The Giant, O'Brien by Hilary Mantel
11. Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
10. 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly
9. Homer's Odyssey: A fearless feline tale, or how I learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat by Gwen Cooper
8. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett -
7. The Education of H*y*m*a*n K*a*p*l*a*n by Leonard Q. Ross
6. Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
5. La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
4. The Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L'Amour
3. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (Book 108 of 1001)
2. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Karen's 2008 Reading List

Now I started cooking with gas. I discovered LibraryThing and started cataloging my collection (I have a long ways to go, but I've made a start). I hadn't yet discovered the active and vibrant posting on the LT site, from people who care about books, who read a LOT, and who recommend a LOT.

I also came across 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die and started trying to read more and more of the "better" books, while still reading books that I simply wanted to read.

Here's what I read in 2008:

Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Pride and Prescience, or, a Truth Universally Acknowledged by Carrie Bebris
Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
Murder in the Stacks by Marion Boyd Havighurst
Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity by Elaine Bagels
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
All Aboard for Ararat by H.G. Wells
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Programming Sentences by Kitty Burns Florey
Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic by Frank Moore Cross
Suspense and Sensibility, or First Impressions Revisited by Carrie Bebris
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel
Lives of the Rakes: The Hell Fire Club by E. Beresford Chancellor
North by Northanger, or, The Shades of Pemberley by Carrie Bebris
The Dirt on Clean by Katherine Ackenburg
The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith
1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England by Seller and Yeatman
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith
Letters from Iceland by W.H. Auden
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley
Clean Cut by Theresa Monsour
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Staggerford by Jon Hassler
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
Cold Blood by Theresa Monsour
Dark House by Theresa Monsour
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith
Herstory ed. Ruth Ashley and Deborah Gore Ohrn
A Reader's Manifesto: An Attack on the Growing Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose by B.R. Myers
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
Free for All by Don Borchert
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon
Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths (was Norse Gods and Giants) by D'Aulaires
Blind Rage by Terri Persons
Blind Spot by Terri Persons
Yeh Yeh's House by Evelina Chao
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Emma by Jane Austen
Creation in the Old Testament ed. Bernhard W. Anderson
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Comforts of a Muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith
Around the World in Eighty Days by H.G. Wells
The Florist's Daughter by Patricia Hampl
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Victor Hugo
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Sorrow of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
Aesop's Fables
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Warrior by Frances Richey
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
Liberty by Garrison Keillor
Ain't Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby by Jett Williams
God Said, "Ha!" by Julia Sweeney
Slavery By Another Name by Douglas Blackmon
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Love Songs of Asia by Powys Mathers
Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
De occulta philosophia (vol. 1, Natural World) by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Widows of Eastwick by John Updike

Books read in 2008: 88 (that's a lot of "8"s!)

Karen's 2005 Reading List

The record of my reading in 2005 continues very patchy. I was continuing my read of Elizabeth Peters, and that's all I have to post for 2005:

Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Legend in Green Velvet
Devil-May-Care
Secret of the Five Moons
Summer of the Dragon
The Love Talker
The Copenhagen Connection
Silhouette in Scarlet
Die for Love
The Mummy Case

Karen's 2004 Reading List

In summer of 2004 I started my Master's program at St. Catherine's. I was still limited in the outside reading I could do, and I wasn't keeping really careful track. But here's some books I read that year:

Dreaming the Bull by Manda Scott
Metamorphoses/The Golden Ass by Apulius
The Jackal's Head by Elizabeth Peters
The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters
The Dead Sea Cipher by Elizabeth Peters (are you sensing a trend?? I was reading through Peters's book, chronologically)
The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits by Elizabeth Peters
The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters
Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters

Karen's 2003 Reading List

In 2003, I was still a student at the U of Minnesota, keeping up with class reading, not much time to read non-school books. I still managed to get a few things read.

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
The Dogs of Babel by Caroline Parkhurst
Marie Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon
Henry V, War Criminal and Other Shakespeare Puzzles by John Sutherland
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Eragon by Michael Paolini
Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
Blowfly by Patricia Cornwell
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott