I read a lot, so here is a list of all of the fiction books I read in 2008:
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
City of Glass by Paul Auster
'Tis by Frank by McCourt
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
All the Numbers by Judy Merrill
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks (gag)
King of Torts John GrishamCity of Glass by Paul Auster
'Tis by Frank by McCourt
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
All the Numbers by Judy Merrill
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks (gag)
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
Trainspotting Irvine Welsh
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke
Run by Ann Patchett
Running With Scissors by Augustine Burroughs
Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Whatever
The Best Old Book of the Year Award goes to: Tie: Angela's Ashes and Giovanni's Room
The Best New Book of the Year Award goes to: tie: Run and Book of Ruth
The Hardest Book to Read but Totally Worth the Effort Award goes to: Trainspotting
The Worst Book of the Year award goes to: ALL THE NUMBERS
The Biggest Waste of Time award goes to: tie: The Cat that could Read Backwards and ALL THE NUMBERS
The Most Fun To Read Award goes to: EAT PRAY LOVE
Honorable Mention for being a cool book: Power of One
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What about "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia FUNKE? Didn't you say that was your absolute all-time fav?
I gave that book to Elizabeth... it was more on her reading level. She LOVES Cornelia Funke.
Hello! I just found your blog by way of Ex-pat blog. How lovely. I love your post about reading. I am curious as to where you get your books...I live in Toluca, not many books shops there :)
How nice to meet you
How funny... I came across your blog this morning. I marked it and was planning on coming back to it later. I get my books two ways: 1. Bookstores: There's a great bookstore here called Ghandi, www.ghandi.com.mx, that has a decent selection of books in English. (I hate reading in Spanish). You can also order any book you want. Sanbornes' carries recently exported bestseller books (I call these airplane novels) if you're into that sort of thing. 2. An expat friend and I have a book share club. Nice to meet you, too!
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