Read 50 books in 2009.

15. Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen

16. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
– This one is really, really good. Highly recommended.

17. Food Matters by Mark Bittman

18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

14. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

13. Pilgrims by Elizabeth Gilbert
(and thus ends my Elizabeth Gilbert streak)

11. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

I really liked this one. Highly recommended.

12. Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert

Didn’t like this one quite as much, but it was still pretty enjoyable…

9. Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy

10. Apartment Therapy: the 8 step home cure
by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan

8. The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy

7. Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry

6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Loved it. Having a farm is one of my fantasies… and eating local is something I am trying to do. Living in the Bay area, there is pretty much zero reason not to do it.

5. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

I’m going a little slow here – but I’m doing my best. At least I’m reading, and back into using the library…

4. Freakonomics by Steven Levett and Stephen Dubner