Me in Place

Here’s my booklist for 2008. Any of the books highlighted are ones I would recommend.

1. Freakonomics; Levitt, Steven &Dubner, Stephen; 207; rating: 8; 1/2

2. Moon Over Tokyo; Mitchell, Siri; 291; rating: 8; 1/3

3. My Father’s Dragon; Garnett, Ruth Stiles; 96; rating: 7; 1/3 (kid’s book – the kids love it!)

4. Confessions of a Shopaholic; Kinsella, Sophie; 312; rating: 8; 1/7

5. Ralph S Mouse; Cleary, Beverly; 160; rating: 7; 1/9 (kids)

6. Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess; Platt, Richard; 112; rating: 9; 1/10 (kids)

7. One for the Money; Evanovich, Janet; 320; 1/17

8. David Copperfield; Dickens, Charles; 1024; 1/20

9. New England White; Carter, Stephen L; 558; rating: 9; 1/28

10. Follow Me As I Follow Christ; Dunlop, Cheryl; 195; rating: 9; 1/29

11. A Seahorse in the Thames; Meissner, Susan; 284; rating: 7; 2/20

12. The Appeal; Grisham, John; 358; rating: 7; 3/3

13. Chill Out, Josey!; Warren, Susan May; 343; rating: 8; 3/5

14. Remember Me?; Kinsella, Sophie; 389

15. The Hidden Art of Homemaking; Schaeffer, Edith; 216

16. Don’t Waste Your Life; Piper, John; 189; rating: 8; 3/17

17. The Door in the Wall; De Angeli, Marguerite; 128

18. The Little Lady Agency; Browne, Hester; 406; 3/17

19. Reclaiming Nick; Warren, Susan May; 360; 3/18

20. Sky Blue; Thrasher, Travis; 386; 3/18

21. Blind Side; Lewis, Micahel; 339; rating: 7; 3/29

22. Laced; Clark, Carol Higgins; 329; rating: 7; 3/28

23. All She Ever Wanted; Austin, Lynn; 400; rating: 7; 3/26

24. Whispers of the Bayou; Clark, Mindy Starns; 337; rating: 7; 3/25

25. Owl Babies; Waddell, Martin; 32; rating: 10

26. Secret Life of Josephine; Erickson, Carolly; 329;rating: 6; 4/2

27. Shoeless; 344; rating: 6; 4/6

28. Born Standing Up; Martin, Steve; 207; rating: 9; 4/8

29. Where Are You Now?; Clark, Mary Higgins; 289; rating: 7; 4/15

30. The Five Love Languages: Chapman, Gary; 175; rating: 9; 4/21

31. The $64 Tomato; Alexander, William; 288; rating: 8; 4/21

32. Baltimore Blues; Lippman, Laura; 288; 4/23

33. Do Your Kids a Favor, Love Your Spouse; Smiley, Kendra & John

34. Mountains Beyond Mountains; Kidder, Tracy; 322; rating: 9; 5/5

35. Quaker Summer , Samson, Lisa; 401; rating: 6; 5/14

36. My Name is Russell Fink; Snyder, Michael; 355; rating: 7; 5/18

37. Total Money Makeover; Ramsey, Dave; 272

38. Bitter is the New Black; Lancaster, Jen; 400; 5/24

39. Such a Pretty Fat; Lancaster, Jen; 400

40. Ultra Marathon Man; Karnazes, Dean; 292; 6/1

41. I Am America: And So Can You; Colbert, Stephen; 240; 6/22

42. A Life That Says Welcome; Ehman, Karen;240; 6/23

43. Rekindled; Alexander, Tamera; 336;6/28

44. There’s No Place Like Here; Ahern, Cecilia;352; 6/24

45. Losing It; Bertinelli, Valerie; 288;7/2

46. Trespassers Will Be Baptized: The Unordained Memoir of a Preacher’s Daughter; Hancock, Elizabeth Emerson; 276; 7/7

47. Desiring God; Piper, John; 243;7/3

48. Dogwood, Fabry, Chris; 240; 8/3

49. Don’t Bet Against Me, ; Favre, Deana; 241; 8/3

50. Thorn In My Heart; Higgs, Liz Curtis; 480; 8/6

51. I heart Bloomberg; Carlson, Melody; 292; 8/4

52. A Stranger in the House of God; Koessler, John; 216; 8/6

53. The Reason for God; Keller, Timothy; 241; 8/18

54. The Glass Castle; Wells, Jeannette; 288; 8/23

55. Happily Ever After; Warren, Susan May; 384; 8/26

56. Playing for Pizza; Grisham, John; 8/31

57. The Story of the World: Vol 2: The Middle Ages; Bauer, Susan Wise; 409; 9/3

58. Paula Deen: It Ain’t All About the Cookin’; Deen, Paula; 279; 9/3

59. Too Embarrassing To Put the Title Down; Someone: 337; 9/6

60. Glimpse of Paradise; Bell, James Scott; 413; 9/26

61. Miscellaneous Papers; Ironside, H. A.; 76; 9/30

62. Another One Too Embarrassing To Note; Somebody Else; 315; 10/6

63. The Little Princess; Burnett, Frances Hodgson; 10/1 (school)

64. Plain Truth; Picoult, Jodi; 415; 10/9

65. sTori Telling; Spelling, Tori; 288;10/13

66. An Arsonist’s Guide to Writer’s Homes in New England; Clarke, Brock; 315; 10/15

67. Twilight; Meyer, Stephanie; 544; 10/22

68. Palace Council; Carter, Stephen; 514; 10/31

69. The Power of a Praying Parent; Omartian, Stormie; 11/05 (yuck!)

70. The Secret Life of Bees; Kidd, Sue Monk; 302; 11/22

71. Tribes; Godin, Seth;  160; 11/21

72. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe; Lewis, CS; 256; 11/21

73. Mistaken Identity; Van Ryn & Cerak; 288; 11/25

74. New Moon; Meyer, Stephenie; 563; 12/1

75. The Indwelling Life of Christ; Thomas, Major Ian; 169; 12/5

76. The War Against Miss Winter; Haines, Kathryn Miller; 317; 9; 12/14

77. The Family You’ve Always Wanted; Chapman, Gary; 254; 8; 12/19

78. Then We Came to the End; Ferris, Joshua; 395; 12/27

79. Days & Hours; Meissner, Susan; 270; 12/28

80. The House That Cleans Itself; Clark, Mindy Starns; 234; 12/29

81. The Cricket in Times Square; Selden; 128; (school)5/4

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