Comments on: Books read 2009.

By: Mark Allman

Mark Allman — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:00:54 +0000

My favorite Malcolm Gladwell book is The Tipping Point. I also liked his Blink book. I had high hopes for The Maze series after Hunger Games but it was just not memorable for me. I think Divergent is awesome and so far matches The Hunger Games for me.

By: Tim Wright

Tim Wright — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:24:36 +0000

Hi,

Wow, well done. If this is not to cheeky, I would like to know what are a few books out of this list that you would believe would be helpful to someone who helps people become aware of their interior emotional landscape of the trauma of their life. I need something that talks of becoming and wrestling oursleves out of the trauma of what happened to us to whom we are becoming. Also any books for me to read about a family that is truth telling, maybe funny, insightful, and affirming. I have two daughters, 14 & 13 and also my lovely wife. We still all snuggle into bed and read to each other.

Thanks

Tim Wright
Carlisle, England

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By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:30:50 +0000

I also enjoy your “Annual Books I Read list”, and I think I numbered about 88 books for 2009. Just out of curiosity(since it killed the cat), what are some your favorite book blogs?

By: Kari

Kari — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:54:21 +0000

I heard August 24th for the new Hunger Games book! I am very excited.

Thank you for the recommendations. Someone recommended In the Woods to my husband this year, too, actually. I recognized the cover once I looked it up. I will have to see about getting a copy.

I looked at your favorites list on your blog and it looks like we have some overlap. I’m on hold for Graceling at the library, so I’m looking forward to that one, too.

By: trish

trish — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:24:50 +0000

I don’t do GoodReads either. I mean, I have an account but I don’t update it with what I’ve read. I have a hard enough time keeping up with what I *do* do, that one more thing like GoodReads that’s basically redundant of my blog? No thanks.

Glad you loved The Hunger Games and Catching Fire! The next book is coming out in 2010, I think in August or September. Woohoo! I can’t wait.

I think you’d like Tana French. She has two books out right now, with a third coming out this summer. The first is IN THE WOODS, which is a mystery (perhaps even a literary mystery), and the second is THE LIKENESS, which was my absolute favorite book of 2008, and I haven’t read a book since that has been as good as THE LIKENESS. I really can’t recommend it enough. However, you have to read IN THE WOODS first, because while THE LIKENESS isn’t a sequel, it spins off of one of the characters from IN THE WOODS. Also, THE LIKENESS is so good that you would be very disappointed with IN THE WOODS if you read it first.

By: Kari

Kari — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:53:25 +0000

I thought it was okay. I read a review where someone was saying that it was not as confident as her very first novel and not as developed as her later novels, and I think that’s true. It just didn’t come together for me like a lot of her later books do. It’s lacking something. For me, it was interesting because I hadn’t read it before, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:37:20 +0000

I just like knowing that your book lists are out there for when I have time to read again, ha. I don’t care where you keep them.

Also, I was surprised to see that A Winter’s Love wasn’t a reread for you… what did you think?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:54:17 +0000

love, love, LOVE your new site. so you, and so fun! you know i do not have a book list…as much as i wish i did. but i always enjoy reading yours. the sheer magnitude of it just blows me away! happy new year, friend.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:45:48 +0000

OK. I did not write down what books I read this year which made it very difficult to post my list. To the best of my ability I created a list using this goodreads website you mentioned.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3095298-mike-b?shelf=read-in-2009

I don’t know if you’ll be able to see it.

I did read 6 books this year twice.

Would you like to know my favorites?
1. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (I am looking forward to rereading this book again. This is a book I read twice. I finished it and started it over again immediately. My favorite new read of the year.)
2. Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Extremely fun books.)
3. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger (I should always trust you when you tell me to read a book.)
4. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (My vote for the Newbery.)
5. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins (Everyone we recommend this book to loves it…trust us…it is that good.)
6. All the John Green books. He is the best YA author currently writing.
7. Nothing quite tops the annual rereading of the Harry Potter Series. (This month Kari and I are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of starting the series.)