Books! It's reading time!

I'm not sure that I got very far in my list of self imposed reading from last year... My goal was to read 100 books last year. I'm not certain how far I got, exactly... but I did read quite a few. I think I read about 30 total. I'll have to go back and check, but unless I'm blacking out on a cache of literary hangovers, I'd be willing to wager on way less than my original (and lofty) goal. I mean, really? 100 books in 1 year? I'd have to read these books (on average) one every 3.65 days (yes, I DID just do that math on the calculator... oh, man).

Seeing as how I *could* read a good sized book in that time, if I didn't have a job... or kids... or other hobbies... or a need for sleep... well, that goal might be attainable. However, I might just keep this list of books going and we'll see how far I get. It's like my Netflix queue. I keep watching movies, but my list never shrinks, cause I keep adding 'em too...

I still have plenty of books left from 2008, and I pirated NPR's lists (and added a couple others) of their Best Books of 2008 for my Books for 2009...

Books leftover from 2008's list...

List of Books for 2009 - some of these I already have at home, and some I have ordered from the library. I'm really excited that you can get books for FREE!!! from the library. That's about the greatest idea ever. Free books! *walking away in awe*

Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman
Downtown Owl Chuck Klosterman
I See You Everywhere Julia Glass
Mudbound Hillary Jordan
Tall Grass Sandra Dallas
The Gargoyle Andrew Davidson
American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld
Book of Obituaries Keith Colquhoun
Mrs. Astor Regrets Meryl Gordon
Pinocchio Carlo Collodi
Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri
Netherland Joseph O’Neill
Say You’re One of Them Uwem Akpan
So Brave, Young & Handsome Leif Enger
Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson
Our Lady of the Forest David Guterson
Lavinia Ursula LeGuin
World Made by Hand James Kunstler
Lost in Uttar Pradesh Evan Connell
Wolf Totem Jiang Rong
Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen
Esther’s Inheritance Sandor Marai
The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery
Indignation Philip Roth
Gone Tomorrow PF Kluge
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination Elizabeth McCracken
The Cellist of Sarajevo Steven Galloway
The Wasted Vigil Nadeem Aslam
Serena Roy Rash
Nights of Rain and Stars Maeve Binchy
Milk Eggs Vodka Bill Keaggy
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards Tom Robbins
Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
The Last Word Marvin Siegel
Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh
Lark & Termite Jayne Ann Phillips
Firmin Sam Savage
Alice in Sunderland Brian Talbot
Borges and the Eternal Orangutans Luis Fernando Verissimo
The Ghost in Love Jonathan Carroll
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service Andrew Meier
The Ginseng Hunter: A Novel Jeff Talarigo
The Broken Shore Peter Temple
The Old Man and The Sea Ernest Hemingway
The Truth of The Matter Robb Foreman Dew
A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway
Absalom, Absalom William Faulkner
The Shape of My Early Life CS Lewis
A Year and A Day Leslie Pietrzyk
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Rich Boy F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser
Daisy Miller Henry James
Sons and Lovers DH Lawrence
Ulysses James Joyce
Melanctha Gertrude Stein
The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Man Who Loved Children Christina Stead
Out of Africa Isak Dinesen
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler
Searoad Ursula LeGuin
The Beginning Place Ursula LeGuin
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
The Brothers K David James Duncan
The River Why David James Duncan
I Know This Much is True Wall Lamb
Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson
Life of Pi Yann Martell
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
Montana, 1948 Larry Watson
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
Ship Fever Andrea Barrett
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital Lorrie Moore
Self Help Lorrie Moore
I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith
Five Quarters of the Orange Joanne Harris
The Sixteen Pleasures Robert Hellenga
Catfish and Mandala Andrew X. Pham
The Hours Michael Cunningham
Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Still Life with Insects Brian Kiteley
Shopgirl Steve Martin
The Pleasure of My Company Steve Martin
Looking for Mo Daniel Duane
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Austerlitz WG Sebald
Stones from the River Ursula Hegi
The Vision of Emma Blau Ursula Hegi