2010 Books I've Read

Welcome, 2010! I read 36 books in 2009, 8 shy of my goal. We'll see how I do this year! And the annual list begins...

32. Kabul Beauty School - Deborah Rodriguez 9/10

31. The Mango Season - Amulya Malladi 6.5/10

30. The Harmony Silk Factory - Tash Aw 7.5/10 

29. Man of my Dreams - Curtis Sittenfield 8/10

28. Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 - Garrison Keillor 7.5/10

27. My Name is Asher Lev - Chaim Potok 10/10

26. Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigliani 6.5/10

25. Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld 9/10

24. Lost in Translation - Nicole Mones 9/10

23. Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough - Lori Gottlieb 8.5/10

22. Like Dandelion Dust - Karen Kingsbury - Again, can't rate it due to my inability to finish it. Got through probably about a quarter of it, then decided my time was more precious than that. The characters are not believable, and the storyline is predictable - the whole thing reads like a bad Lifetime movie.

21. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 8/10

20. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson 9.5/10

19. Lost and Found -Carolyn Parkhurst 8/10

18. Starting out in the Evening -  Brian Morton 4/10

17. Half-Broke Horses - Jeannette Walls 8/10

16. Return of the Lone Iguana - Bill Amend 9/10

15. Matilda - Roald Dahl 9.5/10

14. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri 8.5/10

13. Here on Earth - Alice Hoffman 8/10

12. In the Presence of My Enemies - Gracia Burnham 8/10

11. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 7.5/10

10. The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers - Eric Hansen 7/10

9. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 9/10

8. The Funny Thing Is... - Ellen DeGeneres uhhhh I don't know how to rate a book that I can't finish (or if I should even include it on this list.) I'm an Ellen fan, but I just couldn't get through more than about a third of this book. It's like reading someone's stand-up comedy notes - blahhh.

7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson 9/10

6. The Last Days - Joel Rosenberg 8/10

5. The Last Chinese Chef - Nicole Mones 8/10

4. The Real McCoy - Darin Strauss 5/10

3. The Associate - John Grisham 8/10

2. Gardens of Water - Alan Drew 9/10

1. Blue Shoe - Anne Lamott 7/10