What I read in 2009
Total = 150 books
January (15)
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- The Wave by Morton Rhue
- Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
- Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses by Edward Gorey (cartoons)
- Angela: A Wonderful Life by Angela D’Audney
- Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan (library audio book)
- The Island of the Colour-Blind and Cycad Island by Oliver Sacks
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (e-book)
- Don’t Cook Cinderella by Francesca Simon
- The Trough by Jon Gadsby
- The Magic Hour by Charlotte Bingham (library audio book)
- Cat in a Kiwi Con by Carole Nelson Douglas
- I am David by Anne Holm
- Welcome to the Amazon Club by Jane Bissell
- Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey
February (7)
- Good Cats/Bad Cats by Charles Ghigna
- Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt (library audio book)
- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
- Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody by Michael Gerber
- Friends for Life by Charles M Schulz (cartoons)
March (16)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs (library audio book)
- Perfume from Provence by Winifred Fortescue
- Breath by Michael Symmons Roberts
- The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun (library audio book)
- A Start in Life by Anita Brookner
- The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Iris and Ruby by Rosie Thomas (library audio book)
- Darwin: A Graphic Biography by Simon Gurr and Eugene Byrne
- The Lost World: A Readers’ Guide by Melanie Kelly
- The Colour of Water by James McBride
- The Best of Bogor: 21st Anniversary Edition by Burton Silver (cartoons)
- Brother Odd by Dean Koontz (library audio book)
- Being Emily by Anne Donovan
- The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun (library book)
- Buddha Da by Anne Donovan
April (11)
- Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs (borrowed from lytteltonwitch)
- Black Jack by Leon Garfield
- The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell (library audio book)
- Cats: Antics and Attitudes (photos)
- Cats’ Letters to Santa by Bill Adler
- Ukranian Folk-tales retold by Christina Oparenko
- Azazel by Isaac Asimov
- The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts by Lilian Jackson Braun
- The Cat Who Wasn’t There by Lilian Jackson Braun (library audio book)
- Afghanistan: The Culture by Erinn Banting (library book)
- The Children of Men by PD James
May (15)
- Where Cats Sleep by Liz Ross (cartoons)
- How Do I Love Thee Kitty? ed. by Katharine Stimson (quotations)
- Irish Girls are Back in Town by various Irish authors
- The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (library audio book)
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult
- A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
- Paper Products by James Hall
- Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Nyalgondho wuod-Ombare and the Lost Woman from Lake Victoria by Bridget King
- The Magic Toyshop by Anglea Carter (library audio book)
- Hood by Emma Donoghue
- Shedding Skin by Nick Marsden
- Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
- Delusions of Grandma by Carrie Fisher
- The Dungeon by Lynne Reid Banks
June (12)
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell (library audio book)
- Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
- The Cigarette Girl by Carol Wolper
- Fillets of Plaice by Gerald Durrell
- Jaguars Ripped My Flesh by Tim Cahill (< a href="http://christchurchcitylibraries.com">library audio book)
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (library audio book)
- Milwaukee by Bernice Rubens (library audio book)
- Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
- Almost French: A New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
- Betwen You and Me by Kirsty Scott (library audio book)
- A Bedfordshire Lace Collection ed. by Barbara M. Underwood (photographs – library book)
- Beginner’s Guide to Bobbin Lace by Gilian Dye and Adrienne Thunder (library book)
July (13)
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
- The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun
- Restoration by Rose Tremain (library audio book)
- Protobiography by William Boyd
- Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
- The Cat Book edited by Richard Shaw
- The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
- Stray Leaves: Colonial trompe l’oeil drawings by Roger Blackley
- At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald (library book)
- Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
- Mothertime by Gillian White (library audio book)
August (14)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by JK Rowling
- Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh (library audio book)
- Barking by Joe Bennett
- Mixed Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
- Making Money by Terry Pratchett
- Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
- Death by Water by Kerry Greenwood
- Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (library audio book)
- Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood (library book)
- Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
- Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto (graphic novel)
- Black Maria by Diana Wynne Jones
September (12)
- The Laughing Policeman: My Brilliant Career in the New Zealand Police by Glenn Wood
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan
- Cop Out!: The End of My Brilliant Career in the New Zealand Police by Glenn Wood
- The Horizontal Instrument by Christopher Wilkins
- Scratching for a Living by Ruud Kleinpaste
- Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction edited by Timothy J Lambert and RD Cochrane
- A Certain Chemistry by Mil Millington
- The Big Six by Arthur Ransome
- The Colour by Rose Tremain
- Mosquito by Roma Tearne (library audio book)
- Trick or Treat by Kerry Greenwood (library audio book)
- Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood (library book)
October (15)
- Bookends by Jane Green
- Lucy Talks by Fiona Walker
- Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
- Mean Season by Heather Cochran
- Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
- Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (in Anne of Green Gables Trilogy Volume 1)
- Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery (in Anne of Green Gables Trilogy Volume 1)
- Anne of The Island by LM Montgomery (in Anne of Green Gables Trilogy Volume 1)
- Brick Lane by Monica Ali (library audio book)
- The Naked Eye: Travels in Search of the Human Species by Desmond Morris
- Getting It! by Jane Blanchard
- The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
- Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
- Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood (library audio book)
- The Folklore of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson
November (11)
- Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani
- Just Walking the Dogs by Joe Bennett
- The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco by John Birmingham
- A Boy in Winter by Maxine Chernoff
- The Transformation by Catherine Chidgey
- Sea of Dreams by Susan Sallis
- Brian’s Week by Brian Edwards
- Inheritance by Livi Michael
- The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean (library audio book)
- The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn
- The Ape’s Reflexion by Adrian Desmond (borrowed from a colleague)
December (9)
- Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (library audio book)
- Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
- Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (library book)
- Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
- The Time Witches by Michael Molloy
- Dangerous Data by lury.gibson
- Best Friends by Elspeth Sandys
- Chopstick Girls by Xinran
- Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
What I read in 2008 (154 books)
What I read in 2007 (123 books)
What I read in 2006 (140 books)
What I read in 2005 (168 books)
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