read 52 books in 2009

Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman

Breakfast at Bloomingdale’s by Kristen Kemp

Though somewhat predictable, this book was still a fun read. Teenage rivalry, escaping home, dysfunctional family, it’s all there, though in a bit of a different format. Still, there is the naive teen running to NYC, meeting a friendly stranger, and the like. What saves this book a bit is the sentimental aspect, as well as the main character’s inner conflict between being well behaved and being a bird-flipping, trash-talking bitch, so that you can’t help but love her a little bit.

1. Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
4. In the Land of No Right Angles by Daphne Beal
5. Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson
6. Your Whole Family Is Made out of Meat by Ryan North
7. The World’s Shortest Stories
8. A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs
9. The Little Women by Katharine Webber
10. Before Women Had Wings by Connie May Fowler
11. Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg
12. Slam by Nick Hornby
13. Everyone is Beautiful by Katharine Center
14. P.S. Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood
15. Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love by Debra Gwartney
16. Mr. White’s Confession by Robert Clark
17. Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
18. I Lick My Cheese by Oonagh O’Hagan
19. A Practical Guide to Racism by C.H. Dalton
20. Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
21. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
22. Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun
23. The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra
24. Couch by Benjamin Parzybok
25. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
26. After Hours at the Almost Home by Tara Yellen
27. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
28. Holocaust Kid by Sonia Pilcer
29. The Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson