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

6. The Time-Traveler’s Wife / Audrey Niffenegger

7. Write Great Fiction: Plot and Structure / James Scott Bell

8. Alex and the Ironic Gentleman / Adrienne Kress

9. The Sea of Monsters / Rick Riordan

10. Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas / Elise Primavera

11. Auntie Claus, Home for the Holidays / Elise Primavera

12. The Polar Express / Chris Van Allsburg

13. Auntie Claus / Elise Primavera

14. Thirteen Reasons Why / Jay Asher

15. You Wish: The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff / Jason Lethcoe

16. Mistwood / Leah Cypess

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BOOKS I’M READING NOW:

A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Madeleine L’Engle

The Titan’s Curse / Rick Riordan

The Pursuit of God, by A.W. Tozer

Arctic Dreams / Barry Lopez

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BOOKS I WANT TO READ:

The War of the Rosens by Janice Eidus

By Madeleine L’Engle: 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, by Dan Ariely

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 / Jennifer Berry

Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics / Francesca DenHartog

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 by Jennifer 8 Lee

2. Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas , by Michka Assayas

3. The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children, by Robert Shaw

4. Coma, by Robin Cook

5-11. The Harry Pottter Books, by J.K. Rowling

12. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey

* By Favorite Authors:

James Herriot: All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful , The Lord God Made Them All

C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books)

Sophie Kinsella: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister

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)