In which the Library Alchemist lists the books she actually finished in 2010.
Drama
Allison, Dorothy. Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure
Smith, Caroline. The Kitchen Witches
Fiction
Ford, Michael Thomas. Jane Bites Back
Howe, Katherine. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Merullo, Roland. Breakfast With Buddha
Vida, Vendela. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
Young, William P. The Shack
Graphic Novels
Moore, Alan. Lost Girls, Watchmen
Petersen, David. Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152
Horror
Barron, Laird. The Imago Sequence
Danielewski, Mark Z. House of Leaves
Huston, Charlie. No Dominion, Half the Blood of Brooklyn, My Dead Body
Kiernan, Caitlin R. The Red Tree
King, Stephen. Under the Dome, Full Dark, No Stars
Ross, Adam. Mr. Peanut
Mystery
French, Tana. In the Woods
Non-fiction
Aciman, Alexander. Twitterature
Berger, Shoshana. ReadyMade
Blake, Deborah. The Goddess is in the Details
Boorstein, Sylvia. Pay Attention, For Goodness’ Sake, Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There
Burroughs, Augusten. Dry
Chodron, Pema. Comfortable With Uncertainty
Collins, Michael. Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs
Croke, Vicki. Animal E.R.
Dobush, Grace. Crafty Superstar
Eighner, Lars. Travels With Lizbeth
Francis, John. Planetwalker
Gilbert, Elizabeth. Committed
Gurwitch, Annabelle, and Jeff Kahn. You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up
Hills, Rust. Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
Janzen, Rhoda. Mennonite in A Little Black Dress
Kerman, Piper. Orange is the New Black
Lanier, Jaron. You Are Not A Gadget
Lauren, Jillian. Some Girls
Lee, Roberta A. The SuperStress Solution
Magliato, Kathy E. Healing Hearts
Nhât Hanh, Thích. Peace Is Every Step
Niedzviecki, Hal. The Peep Diaries
Northrup, Christiane. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
Okrant, Robyn. Living Oprah
Prince, Russ Alan. The Middle-Class Millionaire.
Rivenbark, Celia. You Can’t Drink All Day if You Don’t Start in the Morning
Roose, Kevin. The Unlikely Disciple
Scott, Susan. Fierce Leadership
Shannon, Lisa. A Thousand Sisters
Shapiro, Dani. Devotion
Sheffield, Rob. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
Tarrant, John. Bring Me the Rhinoceros
Walker, Rebecca. One Big Happy Family
Walsh, Peter. It’s All Too Much
Wolff, Mishna. I’m Down
Poetry
Alberts, Renee. No Water
Oliver, Mary. Red Bird
Ostriker, Alicia Suskin. The Book of Seventy
Taneda, Santoka. Mountain Tasting
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Windup Girl
Baker, Kage. The Women of Nell Gwynne’s
Bynum, Laura. Veracity
Griffin, Kate. A Madness of Angels
Grossman, Lev. The Magicians
Kay, Guy Gavriel. The Wandering Fire, The Darkest Road
Kuznia, Yanni. A Fantasy Medley
McIntyre, Vonda N. Dreamsnake
Miller Jr., Walter M. A Canticle for Leibowitz
Priest, Cherie. Boneshaker
Yu, Charles. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.
Short Stories
Campbell, Bonnie Jo. American Salvage
Meloy, Maile. Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It
YA Fiction
Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will be Useful To You.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire, Mockingjay
Halpern, Julie. Into the Wild Nerd Yonder
Hussey, Charmian. The Valley of Secrets
Springer, Nancy. The Hex Witch of Seldom
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me
Teller, Janne. Nothing
Housekeeping/Book-keeping « Library Alchemy said,
April 23, 2010 at 4:14 pm
[...] Still, I’d like to finish more books than I do, which is why I signed up for two reading challenges this year, a 50-book challenge at GoodReads, and a 100 book challenge at Every Girl Blog. That’s technically 150 books to finish this year (doubling up seems like cheating), and I’m going to keep track of them right here at Alchemy, just to save time. You will find my 2010 reading log thus far in the left-hand sidebar, or you can visit it here. [...]
Natalie said,
April 24, 2010 at 11:49 am
I know you’re going to start reviewing ones you finish, but I wonder…can you tell us which of the ones above were your faves?
Leigh Anne Vrabel said,
April 24, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Good question, Natalie! Fictionwise, I was most taken with A Madness of Angels and the Charlie Huston series (official title = The Joe Pitt Casebooks, and the first book is called Already Dead – read it last year and simply had to get the rest of them. Two words: vampire noir. I’m kind of a sucker for urban fantasy and horror).
Non-fictionwise, Devotion for the writing/concept, and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress for making me laugh so hard I cried.
Joan said,
August 10, 2010 at 10:22 pm
ok, I need to add Already dead to my to read list on Goodreads. Then I wonder why that list grows so much faster than my (finished) Read list!
Leigh Anne Vrabel said,
August 11, 2010 at 6:56 am
Joan, LOL – I hear you. Every time I talk to a colleague, my reading list gets longer!! It’s crazy. And Goodreads is like a reading drug – everybody’s reading such cool stuff! It kills me that there’s only so much time to read in a life…;)
Joan said,
August 11, 2010 at 9:09 am
Have you followed the tech/antitech talk on Will Unwound? Lots are saying the e-readers help them find more time to read, in lines, etc. I’m still trying to figure out why so many seem to have 3 plus types of e-readers though.
Leigh Anne said,
August 11, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Joan, I sort of skimmed that. I’m really glad that the technology exists for people who can afford it, and for whom it works – after all, we have to serve ALL of our patrons. But my natural sympathies lie with the people who cannot afford $180 for an e-reader. And I have some serious ethical issues with the way some of these products are manufactured, including the use of conflict metals, and the treatment of Chinese workers, some of whom die while making our shiny gizmos.