Read more books

I read more than 175 books in 2007 and more than 200 books in 2008. This year (2009) I am not keeping count. I feel good about this goal and don’t want to close it out yet, but I am no longer pursuing a specific minimum number.

Mercy by Jodi Picoult
The Loch by Steve Alten
Outcast by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Mistress by Susan Wiggs
Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Loop Group by Larry McMurtry
Be Mine Forever by Rosemary Laurie
Keep Me Forever by Rosemary Laurie
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry
Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands
Prince of Lost Places by Kathy Hepinstall
In the Mood by Suzanne MacPherson
Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins
Lucy Gets Her Life Back by Stef Ann Holm
When In Rome…a novel of piazzas and passion by Gemma Townley
Back in Texas by Roxanne Rustand
As Big As Texas by KN Caasper
All Roads Lead to Texas by Linda Warren
More to Texas Than Cowboys by Roz Denny Fox
The Prodigal Texan by Lynnette Kent
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
The Knight’s Bride by Lyn Stone
The Man Who Was Thursday by CK Chesterton

I have no idea what happened to the numbers! I copied and pasted and they disappeared :) I read 28 books in April.

1. A Handyman’s Best Tool
2. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
3. Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller, Pulitzer winner 1934
4. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
5. The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult
6. Honey in the Horn by Harold L Davis, Pulitzer winner 1936 : only finished part, lost book mid-read
7. Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson
8. Love Me Forever by Rosemary Laurey
9. Now in November by Josephine Johnson, Pulitzer winner 1935
10. The Man Who Wasn’t There by Pat Barker
11. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
12. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Pulitzer winner 1937
13. Unnatural Fire: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery by Fidelis Morgan
14. Pincess in the Spotlight: Princess Diaries 2 by Meg Cabot
15. The Late George Apley by John Marquand,Pulitzer winner 1938
16. The Hostage by Susan Wiggs
17. The Firebrand by Susan Wiggs
18. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitxer 1939
19. Stormfire by Christine Monson
20. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones

but, only 19, because I didn’t finsh #6

Lightland by HL McCutchen
Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer winner 1927
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, Pulitzer winner 1928
Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer
Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin, Pulitzer winner 1929
Rx by Tracy Lynn
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge, Pulitzer winner 1930
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson
The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson, Pulitzer winner 1924
The Chocolate Cat Caper by Joanna Carl
Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, Pulitzer winner 1932
Hung Up On You by Holly Jacobs
You Slay Me by Katie McAlister
Kiss Me Forever by Rosemary Laurey
The Store by T.S. Stribling, Pulitzer winner 1933

A total of 19 books, including 7 Pulitzers

His family by Ernest Poole, Pulitzer 1918
Babyville by Jane Green
Rain by Kirsty Gunn
The House of Gentle Men by Kathy Hepinstall
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer 1919
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
About a Boy by Nick Hornsby
Rocking the Babies by Linda Raymond
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Pulitzer 1921
Smart vs Pretty by Valerie Frankel
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by JM Barrie
Flirting With Pete by Barbara Delinsky
Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer 1922
A Man in a Kilt by Sandy Blair
Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
One of Ours by Willa Cather, Pulitzer 1923
Peter Pan and Wendy by JM Barrie
Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
So Big by Edna Ferber, Pulitzer 1925
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Piccoult
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, Pulitzer 1926
The Accidental Virgin by Valerie Frankel

A total of 25 books, including 7 Pulitzers!

In my list, I have 145 books read in 2006. I stopped journalling them in November for some reason. I know I read some in November and December, but I have no idea how many. So, I plan to read more than 145 in 2007. Today is the 11th day of the year and I am currently reading my 8th book of the year. A good start!