Books read or listened to in 2009

Submitted by ilovelists on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 05:21
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  1. The Good Guy by Dean Koontz **
  2. Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker ****
  3. When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke ****
  4. Judy Moody by Megan McDonald ****
  5. Ellie McDoodle Have Pen, Will Travel by Ruth McNally Barshaw ****
  6. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain **
  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney *****
  8. Island by Gordon Korman ****
  9. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly ***
  10. Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop ****
  11. The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones *
  12. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovitch ***.5
  13. The People of Sparks by Jeanne Duprau ***.5
  14. On the Grind by Stephen Cannell ****
  15. Mounting Fears By Stuart Woods **
  16. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz ***
  17. Damage Control by J.A. Jance ***.5
  18. The Mystery of Merlin and the Gruesome Ghost **
  19. Deadly Dare by Malorie Blackman ***
  20. The Mysterious Case of Allbright Academy by Diane Stanley ***.5
  21. Just After Sunset by Stephen King ****
  22. The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman **
  23. Night and Day by Robert B. Parker ***.5
  24. Three Shirt Deal by Stephen J. Cannell ***
  25. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell ***
  26. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers by Louise Rennison ***.5
  27. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott ****
  28. Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner ****.5
  29. Spud--the Madness Continues... By John van de Ruit ****.5
  30. The Keepsake by Tess Gerritson ***
  31. Because Your Vampire Said So by Michele Bardsley ***
  32. Faces of Fear by John Saul ***
  33. Love is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison ***.5
  34. Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb ***
  35. Dirty Martini by J. A. Konrath ****
  36. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark ***.5
  37. Bodies Left Behind by Jeffrey Deaver ****
  38. Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods ***
  39. Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart **.5
  40. Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance ***.5
  41. Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein ***
  42. If I Stay by Gayle Forman ****
  43. The Killer's Wife by Bill Floyd ****
  44. Cross Country by James Patterson * (all over the place, geographically in plot and in storyline itself, tried to do too much, tried to become a politically charged, preaching novel when Alex Cross novels are supposed to be about catching a killer)
  45. Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart **.5
  46. Wicked Prey by John Sanford ***
  47. The Cutie by Donald E. Westlake *.5 (story was good, but ending was lame. ended with a device usually saved for short stories.)
  48. Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson ** (usually love these books, but this one was too short on plot, should have been short story)
  49. Fractured by Karin Slaughter ****.5
  50. Long Last by Harlan Coben ** (another book in a series that is usually about catching a criminal that ends up being
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    about terrorists. It is ridiculous to think that a character who is a sports agent would end up fighting terrorists!
    )
  51. Show No Fear by Peri O'Shaughnessy **.5
  52. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly **.5
  53. Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods ***.5
  54. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge ***
  55. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod:Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer ***
  56. Charley's Web by Joy Fielding ****
  57. While They Slept by Kathryn Harrison **.5
  58. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult **** for most of the book (* for the ending) (loved the book HATED the ending and subplot with lawyer)
  59. The Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child ***.5
  60. Startled By His Furry Shorts by Louise Rennison ***
  61. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich *****
  62. Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone (audio) ****
  63. Blood Memory by Greg Iles ****.5
  64. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child ***
  65. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (audio) by J.K. Rowling ****
  66. Bones by Jonathan Kellerman ***
  67. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (audio) by J.K. Rowling *****
  68. Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt ***
  69. The Road by Cormac McCarthy ? (totally mixed feelings about this book)
  70. The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner ***
  71. Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver **
  72. In the Dead of Summer by Gillian Roberts ***
  73. Shadow of Power by Steve Martini **.75
  74. Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews ***
  75. Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay **.5
  76. Gothic Charm School by Jillian Venters **.5
  77. Good People by Marcus Sakey ***
  78. At First Sight by Stephen J. Cannell ****.5
  79. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris *****
  80. The Siege by Stephen White ****.5
  81. Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell ***
  82. The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer **.5
  83. Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen ***
  84. Push by Sapphire ****
  85. Under Cover of Darkness by James Grippando ****
  86. Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White ***
  87. Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews ***.5
  88. Open by Andre Agassi ****
  89. The English Major by Jim Harrison ***
  90. Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath ****
  91. Daniel X Watch the Skies by James Patterson **
  92. Silks by Dick and Felix Francis ***
  93. 9 Dragons by Michael Connelly ****
  94. The Magicians by Lev Grossman **
  95. Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark ***.5
  96. The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell ***