What I Read in 2010

  • Wish You Well, by David Baldacci
  • What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman
    • She is one of my favorite authors; I’ve read everything she’s done, and this is one of her best.
  • Dear Old Love, complied by Andy Selsberg
  • Not Quite What I Was Planning: 6-Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writers, edited by Smith Magazine
  • In September, the Light Changes, by Andrew Holleran
  • Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom
  • Columbine, by Dave Cullen
    • I could not put this book down.  This is thought to be THE definitive look at the Columbine school shooting, and challenges and dispels nearly everything you thought you knew about what happened.
  • Cross, by David Patterson
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
  • Handle With Care, by Jodie Picoult
  • From This Day Forward, by Cokie and Steve Roberts
  • Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner
  • Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter, by Alice Kuipers
    • I read this book in about 30 minutes over lunch one day – it’s exactly what the title says: a novel told entirely in notes on the refrigerator.
  • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
  • The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, by Elizabeth Berg (short stories)
  • Love, Ellen, by Betty DeGeneres
  • How to Sew a Button (and Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew), by Erin Bried
  • How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else, by Michael Gates Gill
  • South of Broad, by Pat Conroy
  • The Farming of Bones, by Edwidge Danticat
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling
  • The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, by Harriet Lerner
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
  • Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to Be Your Best and Bravest Self, by Harriet Lerner
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling
  • When Food is Love, by Geneen Roth
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling
  • The Partner, by John Grisham
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
  • Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, by Jeanette Fulda (of PastaQueen fame)
  • Your Heart Belongs to Me, by Dean Koontz
  • Watchers, by Dean Koontz

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