2008 in Books

GARDEN SPELLS -Allen
MARIETTE IN ECSTASY -Hansen
LOVING FRANK -Horan
GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD -Chabon
MONSTERS OF TEMPLETON -Groff
DESERT CUT -Webb
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK -Brooks
THE RESERVE -Banks
RUN -Patchett
CRAZY SCHOOL -Read
HOW THE DEAD DREAM -Millet
ONE PERFECT DAY -Mead
AWAY -Bloom
SENATOR'S WIFE -Miller
BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO -Diaz
POTLUCK CLUB TAKES THE CAKE -Shepherd
CHASING HARRY WINSTON -Weinberger
ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE -Rushdie
GIRLS IN TRUCKS -Crouch
CANDY GIRL -Cody
EMBRACE ME -Samson
TEN-YEAR NAP -Wolitzer
SISTER -Adams
STORY OF MARRIAGE -Greer
BELONG TO ME -de los Santos
TEN DAYS IN THE HILLS -Smiley
WEDNESDAY SISTERS -Clayton
MADE IN THE USA -Letts
MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU -Strauss
EMMA'S TABLE -Galanes
GARDEN OF LAST DAYS -Dubus
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO -Larsson
INTO THE FOREST -Hegland
HOME -Williams
FIRE -Neville
SEALED LETTER -Donoghue
ONE FIFTH AVENUE -Bushnell
FRIDA'S BED -Drakulic
ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES -Green
A MERCY -Morrison
GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY -Shaffer


In spite of everything, I managed to complete 41 books in 2008. Most of them chunksters with a few fluff reads thrown in. There were some spectacular disappointments (ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE and A MERCY to name a few). There were also some moments of sheer joy (GARDEN SPELLS and GUERNSEY LITERARY...) I find that my reading lately has tended towards fiction about mothers and fiction that offers cozy views of life. Maybe I just feel the need to be nurtured right now or to see myself in characters. Like CS Lewis said, "we read to know we are not alone." I have already completed my first book of 2009 and promise to post a review soon.

I hope 2009 brings you all lots of wonderful reading!!!!