Books ‘10

Since I’m a librarian and all, I feel compelled to share with you what I’m reading at any given moment. And besides, it’s nice to share. If you’d like more info on any of the books here or a brief but stellar review, email me at nancypearlwannabeATgmailDOTcom. You can also follow me on GoodReads.

Currently Reading:

Boston Noir, Dennis Lehane

Recently finished:

Here’s How I See It, Here’s How It Is, Heather Henson
The Abhorsen Chronicles, Garth Nix
Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10), Charlaine Harris
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Steig Larsson
Lush, Natasha Friend
Dork Diaries: Tales From A Not-So-Fabulous Life, Rachel R. Russell
Nothing Like You, Lauren Strasnick
Huge, Sasha Paley
The Tenant Who Came To Stay, Pamela Toth
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery
So You Want To Be A Wizard, Diane Duane
Willow, Julia Hoban
The Dark Secret of Weatherend, John Bellairs
Anything But Typical, Nora Raleigh Baskin
Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver
The Sky Phantom, Carolyn Keene
The Bungalow Mystery, Carolyn Keene
The Strange Message in the Parchment, Carolyn Keene
We Need To Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver
Radiant Shadows, Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity, Melissa Marr
Texts From Last Night, Lauren Leto
Paper Towns, John Green

Books ‘09:

Ink Exchange, Melissa Marr
Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr
Splendor, Anna Godbersen
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9), Charlaine Harris
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Outlander, Diane Gabaldon
From Dead To Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8), Charlaine Harris
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1), Maggie Stiefvater
The Brief Wondrous Life of Osca Wao, Junot Diaz
All Together Dead, Charlaine Harris
Fire, Kristin Cashore
Definitely Dead, Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail, Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World, Charlaine Harris
Club Dead, Charlaine Harris
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
The Warrior Heir, Cinda Williams Chima
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer
Living Dead Girl, Elizabeth Scott
Bones of Faerie, Janni Lee Simner
Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson
The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson
Radiant Darkness, Emily Whitman
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay
Goldengrove, Francine Prose
Nation, Terry Pratchett
Hancock Park, Isabel Kaplan
Emily the Strange: The Lost Days, Rob Reger
Sweet Valley High #2, Secrets, Francine Pascal
Sweet Valley High #1, Double Love, Francine Pascal
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, Jeff Kinney
The Moviegoer, Walker Percy
Envy: A Luxe Novel, Anna Godbersen
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory
I Was Told There’d Be Cake, Sloane Crosley
A Certain Slant of Light, Laura Whitcomb
Here’s The Story, Maureen McCormick
Graceling, Kristin Cashore
Self-Made Man, Norah Vincent
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Unspoken, Timothy Fahy
The 19th Wife: A Novel, David Ebershoff

Books ‘08:

Rumors: A Luxe Novel, Anna Godbersen
Bliss, Lauren Myracle
The Condition, Jennifer Haigh
American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld
The Seamstress, Frances De Pontes Peebles
Switch, Carol Snow
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson
Coraline, Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell
Kitty Kitty, Michele Jaffe
The Summoning, Kelley Armstrong
Gone, Michael Grant
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
The Rules of Survival, Nancy Werlin
Much Ado About Anne, Heather Vogel Frederick
You Suck, Christopher Moore
Beneath My Mother’s Feet, Amjed Qamar
Estrella’s Quinceanera, Malin Alegria
The Butterfly House, Marcia Preston
The Missing: Book 1, FOUND, Margaret Peterson Haddix
Airhead, Meg Cabot
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, Trenton Lee Stewart
House on Fortune Street, Margot Livesey
Stolen Innocence, Elissa Wall
Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp, Stephanie Klein
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Born Confused, Tanuja Desai Hidier
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
The Luxe, Anna Godbersen
First Light, Rebecca Stead
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, Stephen Puleo
Repossessed, A.M. Jenkins
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney
The Sweet Far Thing, Libba Bray
The Secret of the Underground Room, John Bellairs
Black Hearts in Battersea, Joan Aiken
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie, John Bellairs
When Zachary Beaver Came To Town, Kimberly Willis Holt
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney
The Far Side of Evil, Sylvia Enghardt
The White Darkness, Geraldine McCaughrean
Case Histories, Kate Atkinson
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Tucker Max
The House Where Nobody Lived, John Bellairs
The Black Sheep, Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout
Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
A Walk In The Woods, Bill Bryson
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
How to Be Popular, Meg Cabot

Read in 2007:

A True and Faithful Narrative, Katherine Sturtevant
The Spell Book of Listen Taylor, Jaclyn Moriarty
Skulduggery Pleasant, Derek Landy
Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need To Know, Jeremy Leslie
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards
Evil Genius, Catherine Jinks
What Happened to Lani Garver?, Carol Plum-Ucci
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
In A Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
Ambergate, Patricia Elliott
I Am The Messenger, Markus Zusak
The Pull of the Ocean, Jean-Claude Mourlevat
Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
Stardust, Neil Gaiman
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, John Perkins
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys
Looking for Alaska, John Green
Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls
The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall
New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer