Reading 2009

Reading Challenges

What’s In A Name 2 :

1. A book with a “profession” in its title. – The Painter of Shanghai, Jennifer Cody Epstein
2. A book with a “time of day” in its title. – Son of the Morning, Linda Howard
3. A book with a “relative” in its title. – Son of a Witch,Gregory Maguire
4. A book with a “body part” in its title. – Devil Bones, Kathy Reich
5. A book with a “building” in its title.  – The Yacoubian Building, Alaa Al Aswany
6. A book with a “medical condition” in its title. – Virus, Sarah Langan

Lost in Translation:

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Swedish)
2. The Girl who played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (Swedish)
3. Madwoman on the Bridge, Su Tong (Chinese)
4. Last Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko (Russian)
5. Atomised, Michel Houellebecq (French)
6. The Yacoubian Building, Alaa Al Aswany (Arabic)
7. Will You Be There, Guillaume Musso (French)

Books I read in 2009

1. Dancing Girls, Magaret Atwood
2. Youth, J.M. Coetzee
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
4. Son of the Morning, Linda Howard (what a crappy read.)
5. The Yacoubian Building, Alaa Al Aswany
6. A Prisoner of Birth, Jeffrey Archer
7. The Painter of Shanghai, Jennifer Cody Epstein
8. Lady in Blue, Javier Sierra
9. The Quiet Game, Greg Iles (I like this!)
10. 24 Hours, Greg Iles
11. Burning Bright, Tracy Chevalier (I like this too!)
12. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
13. Will You Be There, Guillaume Musso
14. Enchantress of Florence , Salman Rvshie
15. World Without End, Ken Follett (Brilliant!!!!!!!)
16. The Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirezvani
17. The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai
18. Last Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko
19. The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman (Part 1 of the His Dark Material trilogy)
20. The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman (Part 2 of the His Dark Material trilogy)
21. The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman (Part 3 of the His Dark Material trilogy)
22. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
23. Geisha, A Life, Mineko Iwasaki
24. Wicked, Gregory Maguire
25. Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire
26. Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng
27. The Book of Lies, Brad Meltzer
28. The Harmony Silk Factory, Tash Aw
29. The Footprints of God, Greg Iles
30. Madwoman on the Bridge, Su Tong
31. Men From Boys, John Harvey (ed.)
32. Telling Tales, Nadine Gordimer (ed.)
33. Virus, Sarah Langan
34. The Theory of Light & Matter, Andrew Porter
35. Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda
36. Deaf Sentence, David Lodge
37. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
38. Pope Joan, Donna Woolfolk Cross
39. Flatland, Edwin A. Abbott
40. Julie & Julia, Julie Powell
41. The Girl who played with Fire, Stieg Larsson  (Rox!)
42. Atomised, Michel Houellebecq
43. The British Museum is Falling Down, David Lodge
44. Hardboiled/Hard Luck, Banana Yoshimoto
45. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson (woot!)
46. My Life in France, Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme
47. Devil Bones, Kathy Reichs
48. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
49. Kill The Messenger, Tami Hoag
50. The Sacred Cut, David Hewson
51. The Garden of Evil, David Hewson
52. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki Murakami
53. The Seventh Sacrament, David Hewson