Joyfully Retired

Library Goal: 26/25

These are the books I read in 2009. Books with an asterisk* are from the local library. Goal: 25 books read from the library. I promised to review every book I read this year so you can click on the title to check out my review. The other goal I’m showing on this page is how I’m progressing in my aim to read 100+ books.

1. Plain Perfect by Beth Wiseman (1/6)
2. There’s A Bird On Your Head by Mo Willems* (1/8)
3. Then Sings My Soul by Robert J. Morgan (1/11)
4. Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey*(1/13)
5. Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey*(1/13)
6. Divine Justice by David Baldacci* (1/15)
7. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit* (1/20)
8. Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard (1/22)
9. Comfort Me With Apples by Ruth Reichl* (1/29)
10. Homer Price by Robert McCloskey * (1/31)
11. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou * (2/3)
12. Montana Creeds – Logan by Linda Lael Miller (2/5)
13. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver * (2/12)
14. Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (2/17) *
15. On The Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (2/19)
16. The Way West by A.B. Guthrie (2/26) *
17. American Fried by Calvin Trillin (3/2)
18. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (3/5) *
19. Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (3/9)
20. Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck (3/12) *
21. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (3/16) *
22. Home Another Way by Christa Parrish (3/18)
23. Zig-Zagging: A Memoir by Tom Wilson (3/24)
24. 5 Minutes for Mysteries by Ken Weber (3/26)
25. Summer by the Sea by Susan Wiggs (3/27)
26. Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (3/30) *
27. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (4/2)
28. The Associate by John Grisham (4/6) *
29. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (4/13) •
30. Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (4/22)
31. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (4/24) *
32. Keep a Quiet Heart by Elisabeth Elliot (4/27)
33. A Worthy Legacy by Tomi Akinyanmi (4/30)
34. A Chameleon Conspiracy by Haggai (5/4)
35. Jantsen’s Gift by Pam Cope with Aimee Malloy (5/7)
36. Eggs by Michel Roux (5/8)
37. Long Time Coming by Sandra Brown (5/11)
38. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck (5/13) *
39. Royal Blood by Rona Sharon (5/15)
40. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (5/18)
41. The Way Home by George Pelecanos (5/21)
42. Annie’s Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg (5/28)
43. Heidi by Johanna Spyri (6/1)
44. Death Piled Hard by  (6/4)
45. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (6/8)
46. Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives by Guy Fieri (6/11)
47. Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts (6/15)
48. The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie (6/18)
49. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (6/19)
50. Something Beyond Greatness by Rodgers & Guyatni (6/24)
51. The 8th Confession by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (6/26)
52. The Mitford Cookbook by Jan Karon (6/29)
53. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Deception by Eric Van Lustbader (7/3)
54. First Family by David Baldacci (7/6)
55. In the Land of Cotton by Martha A. Taylor (7/9)
56. Who do you think you are? by Alyse Myers (7/13)
57. Summer House by Nancy Thayer (7/15)
58. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (7/18)
59. Sisters & Husbands by Connie Briscoe (7/20)
60. Too Many Visitors for One Little House by Susan Chodakiewitz (7/21)
61. American Lion:Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (7/23)
62. The Bridegroom by Linda Lael Miller (7/27)
63. Two Children’s Books by Dalton James (7/30)
64. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich (7/31)
65. Of Bees and Mist by Eric Setiawan (8/3)
66. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (8/6)
67. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (8/10)
68. Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Patillo (8/13)
69. Visions of America by Joe Sohm (8/16)
70. Swimsuit by James Patterson (8/17)
71. The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas (8/20)
72. Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It by Karen Solomon (8/27)
73. Crossed Wires by Rosy Thornton (8/31)
74. Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell (9/3)
75. 20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler (9/5)
76. Picnic by William Inge (9/7) *
77. September by Rosamunde Pilcher (9/10)
78. Laced With Magic by Barbara Bretton (9/16)
79. American Food Writing edited by Molly O’Neill (9/21)
80. The Cooking School Murders by Virginia Rich (9/24)
81. Precession by Abigail Arrington (9/25)
82. Between Me and the River by Carrie Host (9/28)
83. Fast Times At Ridgemont High Screenplay by Cameron Crowe (9/30)
84. Poems From a Connecticut Yankee in Kansas by Grant Williams (10/3)
85. True Blue by David Baldacci (10/5)
86. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (10/8) *
87. The Big Four by Agatha Christie (10/12)
88. The Recipe Club by  (10/15)
89. Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge (10/19)
90. A Separate Country by Robert Hicks (10/22)
91. The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook by Nadia Natali (10/26)
92. Thanksgiving at the Inn by Tim Whitney (10/29)
93. The Christmas Clock by Kat Martin (11/2)
94. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (11/5)
95. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie (11/8)
96. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (11/12) *
97. Spinning Forward by Terri DuLong (11/16)
98. Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin (11/21) *
99. The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber (11/23)
100. Screenplay: The Big Sleep by William Faulkner (11/30)
101. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (12/1) *
102. Bluebird Winter by Linda Howard (12/3)
103. Sons of Fire by Max McCoy (12/10) *
     
104. A Cousin’s Prayer by Wanda Brunstetter (12/14)
105. The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie (12/17) *
106. Mad About Muffins by Dot Vartan (12/19)
107. Leah’s Choice by Marta Perry (12/21)
108. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (12/24)
109. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (12/28)
110. 7 Great Prayers by Paul and Tracey McManus (12/29)
111. The Mudhogs by Dalton James (12/29)