2007 List

[Rowan]

Thought I would share my 2007 list with you. I love to see what others read in the hopes that I might find a new author to love. Some of my new favorites this year are Tawni O'Dell, David Ellis, Elizabeth Lowell and Peter Abrahams.

• Rating Title Author
  2.5 Thursdays at Eight Debbie Macomber
  3 Survivor Chuck Palahniuk
  3.5 The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith
  2.5 Marrying the Mistress Joanna Trollope
  3 The Demon in the Freezer Richard Preston
  4 Back Roads Tawni O'Dell
  3.5 The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
  3.5 Happiness Sold Separately Lolly Winston
  3.5 Glamorous Disasters Eliot Schrefer
  3 History Lesson for Girls Aurelie Sheehan
  3.5 The Honey Thief Elizabeth Graver
  4 One L Scott Turow
  3.5 Life in the Fat Lane Cherie Bennett
  2.5 Fast Women Jennifer Cruisie
  3 An Accidental Woman Barbara Delinsky
  4 Locker Room Diaries Leslie Goldman
  3 Posh Lucy Jackson
  3.5 Dear John Nicholas Sparks
  3.5 The Google Story David Vise and Mark Malseed
  4 Coal Run Tawni O'Dell
  5 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult
  4 Heart Stopper Joy Fielding
  4 The Last of Her Kind Sigrid Nunez
  3.5 Heart Shaped Box Joe Hill
  3.5 To Have and To Hold Jane Green
  3 Some Nerve Jane Heller
  4 Table for Five Susan Wiggs
  2 Three Black Skirts Anna Johnson
  4.5 Trouble Jesse Kellerman
  3.5 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone JK Rowling
  4 Home Before Dark Susan Wiggs
  4 The Beck Diet Solution Judith Beck
  3.5 The Good Guy Dean Koontz
  4 The Overachievers Alexandra Robbins
  4 Dream When You're Feeling Blue Elizabeth Berg
  3.5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets JK Rowling
  4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban JK Rowling
  4 The Road Cormac McCarthy
  3.5 Intuition Allegra Goodman
  3 Another Day in the Frontal Lobe Katrina Firlik
  2.5 Beauty Junkies Alex Kuczynski
  3.5 The Double Bind Chris Bohjalian
  2.5 Yummy Mummy Polly Williams
  3 Momzillas Jill Kargman
  3.5 Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire JK Rowling
  4 Family Tree Barbara Delinsky
  3 I Don't Know How She Does It Allison Pearson
  4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix JK Rowling
  4 The Family Fortune Laurie Horowitz
  4 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince JK Rowling
  2 Paradise Park Allegra Goodman
  3 The Friendship Test Elizabeth Noble
  4 Play Dirty Sandra Brown
  3.5 Lost and Found Jacqueline Sheehan
  3.5 Lying with Strangers James Grippando
  3 Blackbird House Alice Hoffman
  3 The Adultery Diet Eva Cassady
  3 The Last Summer (of You and Me) Ann Brashares
  3.5 The Fifth Vial Michael Palmer
  3.5 Twilight Stephenie Meyer
  4 Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
  3 Fashionably Late Nadine Dajani
  3 New Moon Stephenie Meyer
  3 Julia's Chocolates Kathy Lamb
  3.5 The Bone Garden Tess Gerritsen
  3.5 The Green Trap Ben Bova
  3 Second Chance Jane Green
  4 Oblivion Peter Abrahams
  2.5 The Way Life Should Be Christina Baker Kline
  4 The Tutor Peter Abrahams
  3 The Wrong Hostage Elizabeth Lowell
  4 Eye of the Beholder David Ellis
  3.5 The Quickie James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  4 Eclipse Stephenie Meyer
  4 Life Sentence David Ellis
  3 Lifeguard James Patterson and Andrew Gross
  3.5 Nerve Damage Peter Abrahams
  3.5 1st to Die James Patterson and Andrew Gross
  3 Judge and Jury James Patterson and Andrew Gross
  3 2nd Chance James Patterson and Andrew Gross
  3 3rd Degree James Patterson and Andrew Gross
  3 4th of July James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  3 5th Horseman James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  3 6th Target James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  3 Teacher Man Frank McCourt
  3 Then We Came to the End Joshua Ferris
  3.5 The Four Day Win Martha Beck

ETA - Sorry I couldn't figure out how to keep my formatting after I pasted this from Excel.

[Crystal Meth]

You read lots more than me. I only read 43.

How come you just stopped at Harry Potter 6?

[Rowan]

I did read it. I guess I missed it when I was making my spreadsheet.

[Spudd]

I wish I had a list! That's such a fun idea. I use the books application on Facebook but it doesn't track when I read the books, so it's not that useful.

[Rowan]

I've been doing lists for a few years now. I just track it in a nice bound notebook - it'll probably take the rest of my life to fill it up.

I decided to transcribe them into Excel so I could sort by author, etc. I feel like its a constant struggle to find good books.

Start a list Spudd - its the beginning of a new year.

[Crystal Meth]

I list in a book, too! It actually says "Book Notes" on it and has all these sections. I don't use half of them though. (Like "Favourite Quotes". Too much writing...)

I also started the 50 Book Challenge on LibraryThing.

[Spudd]

I just went to LibraryThing and put in my books I've read this year. Now let's see if I remember to keep it up to date...

[Sílvia]

That's a lot of books! I only read 20. It was a slow year. I also make lists. I've been doing that for about 4 years. I'll post mine later.