Book Shelf
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BOOKS I’VE READ IN 2010:
1. The Mermaid’s Madness / Jim Hines
2. Pirate Latitudes / Michael Crichton
3. The Everafter / Amy Huntley
4. Princess Academy / Shannon Hale
5. Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist / Michael J. Fox
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BOOKS I’M READING NOW:
A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Madeleine L’Engle
Write Great Fiction: Plot and Structure / James Scott Bell
The Pursuit of God, by A.W. Tozer
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BOOKS I WANT TO READ:
The War of the Rosens by Janice Eidus
By Madeleine L’Engle: A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time
YA Novels:
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel
The Season by Sarah MacLean
One Lonely Degree by C.K. Kelly Martin
I Know it’s Over by C.K. Kellly Martin
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MG:
The Naughtiest Girl in the School
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike
The Writer’s Springboard / Margaret Graham
Careers for Your Characters: A Writer’s Guide to 101 Professions from Architect to Zookeeper / Raymond Obstfeld and Franz Neumann.
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print / Renni Browne and Dave King
The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile / Noah Lukeman
Love will Tear Us Apart by Sarah Rainone
Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal
Sunnyside by Glen David Gold
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Columbine by Dave Cullen
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Singer by Ira Sher
The Sunny Side, by A.A. Milne
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Benjamin Franklin’s biography
Frenchwomen Don’t Get Fat / M. Guiliano
The Essence of Style / Joan DeJean
Gigi / Colette
You’ll Never Nanny in this Town Again / Suzanne Hansen
Memoirs of a Geisha
Bel Canto / Ann Patchett
The Kite Runner
Momzillas
Uncommon Decency / Richard Mouw
First Things / Chuck Colson
A Year in the Merde / Stephen Clarke
The Last Lecture / Randy Pausch
Fish without a Doubt (cookbook) / Moonen and Finamore
Confessions of an Irritable Mom / Karen Hossink
Finding Joy – More Confessions of an Irritable Mother / Karen Hossink
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BOOKS FOR WRITERS:
Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent’s Eye / Katharine Sands
Renegade writer : a totally unconventional guide to freelance writing success / Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell
The writer’s guide to queries, pitches & proposals / Moira Anderson Allen
The insider’s guide to getting published : why they always reject your manuscript and what you can do about it / John Boswell
The portable MFA in creative writing : improve your craft with the core essentials taught to MFA students / the New York Writers Workshop
The Writer’s market / Writer’s Digest Books
The Writer’s Digest Guide to Query Letters / Wendy Burt-Thomas
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BOOKS I KEEP ON HAND:
Organize Now!: A Week By Week Guide To Simplify Your Space And Your Life
Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics
The French-Inspired Home, with French General / Kaari Meng
Homemaking Handbook, by Martha Stewart
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MORE BOOKS I’VE READ
* In 2009 (26 books)
* Before 2009:
1. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
2. Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas
3. The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children
4. Coma
5-11. The Harry Pottter Books
12. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
* By Favorite Authors:
James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small
C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books)
Sophie Kinsella: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Tom Clancy: The Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Without Remorse, Debt of Honor, Rainbow Six
Michael Crichton: The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Airframe, The Lost World, Timeline, State of Fear
Antoine de St. Exupery: The Little Prince
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (read in 2009)
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COFFEE TABLE BOOKS I LIKE:
James Herriot’s Yorkshire: A Guided Tour With the Beloved Veterinarian Through the Land of All Creatures Great And Small And Every Living Thing, Gloriously Photographed and Memorably Described, by James Herriot and Derry Brabbs)
