Friday, September 04, 2009

Long Time No Post : Year Four


I've been neglecting this blog for more than a year now, but in case anyone still cares, here is my list for year four of the book blog project! I'm way to lazy to go through and put all the amazon links this time, but if you're interested in any of the titles I'm sure you know how to copy-pasta!

This year I read a lot of Swedish mysteries and I have to recommend to everyone Stig Larsson's series "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played with Fire." Absolutely gripping! Lisbeth Salander is one of the best characters i've come across in years and I'm eagerly awaiting the translation of the 3rd volume into English. Unfortunately the author died before completing the series.
This year I read several books on Mormonism/ FLDS for some reason, including the excellent murder- mystery/history/family drama "The 19th wife". Told from the perspective of a young lost boy trying to exonerate his mother (the 19th wife) for the murder of her polygamous husband, it switches back and forth from the present to the history of the Mormon religion, and the story of one of Brigham Young's many wives. Give it a read!

Here's the list.

YEAR #4
April 2009

109: 21 Apr 09 Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
108: 18 Apr 09 One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
107: 15 Apr 09 The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
106: 13 Apr 09 Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
105: 9 Apr 09 Rumors by Anna Godbersen
104: 6 Apr 09: Kamikaze Girls by Takemoto Novala
103: 4 Apr 09 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfiled
102: 1 Apr 09 How to Win Every Argument by Madsen Pirie
March 2009
101: 28 Mar 09 Death Comes as the End by Agatha Chistie
100: 27 Mar 09 The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
99: 23 Mar 09 The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
98: 19 Mar 09 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
97: 12 Mar 09 Show of Hands by Anthony McCarten
96: 9 Mar 09 Losing Kei by Suzanne Kamata
95: 5 Mar 09 Still Alice by Lisa Genova
94: 2 Mar 09 Beautiful People by Wendy Holden
93: 1 Mar 09 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook
February 2009
92: 21 Feb 09 Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Lewis Wolpert
91: 15 Feb 09 The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell
90: 10 Feb 09 Museum by Danny Danziger
89: 8 Feb 09 Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys by M. De la Cruz
88: 6 Feb 09 The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
January 2009
87: 30 Jan 09 Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
86: 22 Jan 09 The Twelve Kindoms: Sea of Wind by Ono Fuyumi
85: 20 Jan 09 Be With You by Ichikawa Takuji
84: 18 Jan 09 Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
83: 14 Jan 09 After the Funeral by Agatha Christie (re-read)
December 2008
82: 28 Dec 08 Uncle Fred in the Springtime by P.G. Wodehouse
81: 25 Dec 08 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
80: 22 Dec 08 Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
79: 17 Dec 08 Scandals, Vandals and DaVincis by Harvey Rachlin
78: 8 Dec 08 The Luxe by Anna Godberson
77: 4 Dec 08 Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
76: 2 Dec 08 The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
75: 1 Dec 08 Hotel Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
November 2008
74: 28 Nov 08 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
73: 27 Nov 08 Adrian Mole and the WMD by Sue Townsend
72: 24 Nov 08 The Billionaire’s Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
71: 19 Nov 08 Letters for Emily by Camron Wright
70: 19 Nov 08 Hello, My Name is Mommy by Sheri Lynch
69: 17 Nov 08 The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
68: 12 Nov 08 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
67: 9 Nov 08 Death by Chocolate by Toby Moore
October 2008
66: 30 Oct 08 They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
65: 28 Oct 08 Lala Pipo by Okuda Hideo
64: 28 Oct 08 World Without End by Ken Follett
63: 20 Oct 08 Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
62: 19 Oct 08 First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
61: 11 Oct 08 Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
60: 10 Oct 08 Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
59: 8 Oct 08 Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
58: 7 Oct 08 The Genius Factory by David Plotz
57: 6 Oct 08 The Human Fly by T.C. Boyle
56: 5 Oct 08 Extra Confessions of a Working Girl by Miss S
55: 2 Oct 08 How to Read Novels like a Professor by T.C. Foster
September 2008
54: 29 Sept 08 Now You’re One of US by Nonami Asa
53: 29 Sept 08 N or M by Agatha Christie
52: 25 Sept 08 Marrying Anita by Anita Jain
51: 19 Sept 08 The Crimson Labyrinth by Kishi Yuusuke
50: 18 Sept 08 The Game by Neil Strauss
49: 12 Sept 08 Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Freidman
48: 9 Sept 08 Something Rotten by Japer Fforde
47: 5 Sept 08 A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
46: 2 Sept 08 Mr. Monk in Outer Space by Lee Goldberg
45: 2 Sept 08 How to Read Literature like a Professor by T.C. Foster
44: 1 Sept 08 The Inugami Clan by Yokomizu Seishi
August 2008
43: 26 Aug 08 Peril at End House by Agatha Christie
42: 25 Aug 08 World War Z by Max Brooks
41: 25 Aug 08 The Freedom Writers’ Diary by Erin Gruwell and the FW
40: 24 Aug 08 Leaving the Saints by Martha Beck
39: 24 Aug 08 The Clocks by Agatha Christie
38: 11 Aug 08 Emily Post on Etiquette by Elizabeth L. Post
37: 9 Aug 08 The Devil’s Whisper by Miyabe Miyuki
36: 5 Aug 08 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
35: 4 Aug 08 The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark
July 2008
34: 29 July 08 Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
33: 26 July 08 Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde
32: 23 July 08 Yakuza Moon by Tendou Shouko
31: 22 July 08 Revenge of the Wedding Planner by Sharon Owens
30: 19 July 08 Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
29: 18 July 08 Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway by Dave Barry (RR)
28: 17 July 08 Right Ho Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (RR)
27: 16 July 08 The Secret Power of Beauty by John Armstrong
26: 15 July 08 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
25: 5 July 08 Nemesis by Agatha Christie
24: 2 July 08 Being Logical by D.Q. McInerny
23: 1 July 08 Auto-fiction by Kanehara Hitomi
22: 1 July 08 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
June 2008
21: 30 June 08 365: Great Stories from His by W.B. Marsh and B. Carrick
20: 11 June 08 Why Sex Is Fun by Jared Diamond
19: 10 June 08 Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
18: 9 June 08 Desert Children by Waris Dirie
17: 9 June 08 Breadfruit by Celestine Vaite
16: 4 June 08 Hippo Eats Dwarf by Alex Boese
15: 3 June 08 Atomic Sushi by Simon May
May 2008
14: 27 May 08 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (RR)
13: 27 May 08 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (RR)
12: 26 May 08 The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie (RR)
11: 26 May 08 By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
10: 24 May 08 Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone
9: 19 May 08 Culture Shock: Japan by P.Sean Bramble
8: 13 May 08 Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
7: 9 May 08 Do You Think What You Think You Think? By J. Baggini
6: 7 May 08 The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie (RR)
5: 6 May 08 The Art of Punctuation by Noah Lukeman
4: 5 May 08 The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
3: 4 May 08 Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
2: 3 May 08 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
1: 1 May 08 The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout