Books I Read in 2009

Overall I read 65 books in 2009, some of them repeats, some of them loved, some of them hated. Here's how they break down:

Books That I Loved
1. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
2. Columbine by Dave Cullen
3. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
4. A Little Love Story by Roland Merullo
5. Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen
6. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
7. Belong To Me by Marisa de los Santos
8. The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
9. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
10. The Penderwicks on Gordon Street by Jeanne Birdsall

Books I Had Previously Read But Read Again
11. Girls in Trouble by Caroline Leavitt
12. Sickened by Julie Gregory
13. Coming Back to Me by Caroline Leavitt (this one I didn't realize I had read till I was 20 pages in)
14. Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
15. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
16. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
17. Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty
18. Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty
19. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
20. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
21. The Saving Graces by Patricia Gafney
22. The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
23. Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty

Books That Were Okay
24. The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman
25. More Than It Hurts You by Darin Strauss
26. Things I Want My Daughters To Know by Elizabeth Noble
27. What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
28. The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
29. Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
30. Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Luts
31. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
32. Goldengrove by Francine Prose
33. Tricky Business by Dave Barry
34. What Do You Do All Day? by Amy Scheibe
35. The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne

Books That Had Little Substance But I Liked Anyway
36. The Home For Wayward Supermodels by Pamela Satran
37. Murder 101 by Maggie Barbieri
38. Extracurricular Activities by Maggie Barbieri
39. Quick Study by Maggie Barbieri
40. Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston
41. Sleepless Nights by Sarah Bilston

Books About Library Cats That Made Me Cry
42. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

Books That Had a Good Premise But Failed
43. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
44. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
45. Leap Day by Wendy Moss
46. And Sometimes Why by Rebecca Johnson
47. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
48. I Just Want My Pants Back by David J. Rosen

Books That I Liked Until the Ending
49. Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
50. Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
51. The Every Boy by Dana Adam Shapiro

Books I Don’t Remember The Plot Of
52. The Perfect Elizabeth by Libby Schmais
53. Best Friends by Martha Moody
54. Starting Out Sideways by Mary E. Mitchell
55. Killer Heels by Sheryl J. Anderson

Books That Didn’t Suck But Weren’t Great Either
56. Girl Talk by Julianna Baggott
57. Quality of Care by Elizabeth Letts
58. Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
59. Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
60. Talking to the Dead by Helen Dunmore

Books That Just Sucked
61. The Soul of Medicine by Sherwin B. Nuland
62. What I Did For Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
63. What You Have Left by Will Allison
64. Post Grad by Emily Cassel
65. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult