Another addition to my reading formats was my nook., which I received for Christmas last year. It wasn't so much that I really wanted it, but knew that in my job it was going to be an important element and wanted to make sure I was on top of things. I was surprised by how much I enjoy reading on it; I don't event really notice much of a difference. The only issue is in books with several full color illustrations; in that case print (or a color nook) would be better.
Another thing is that for the first year, the number of adult books and juvenile/young adult books is about equal. After 20 years as a children's librarian, I'm now moving on as a library director. What this means for my job is that most of my reading will be for our adult book discussion group, which I will still be co-leading. I'll still try to keep up with juvenile/young adult literature because I enjoy it, but it won't be the main focus of my reading. Unless I manage to establish that Young Adult/Adult Book Discussion Group.
So, here's the list. If you've read any of these, let me know your opinions; if you see something you think you might like to read, feel free to ask my opinion.
Books Read 2011
Adult Books:
1. Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout
2. Catherine of Aragon – Giles Tremlett
3. I Remember Nothing – Nora Ephron (audiobook)
4. In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks – Adam Carolla (nook)
5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
6. Girls in Trucks – Katie Crouch (nook)
7. Uptight and in Your Face – Nina Brown
8. A Red Herring without Mustard – Alan Bradley
9. The Wilder Life – Wendy McClure (nook)
10. Death of a Chimney Sweep - M.C. Beaton
11. Friendship Bread – Darien Gee
12. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms – Gail Tsukiyama (audiobook)
13. A Visit from the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan (audiobook)
14. This Life Is in Your Hands – Melissa Coleman
15. The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One that Isn’t –Robert Sutton
16. Bossypants – Tina Fey (audiobook)
17. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
18. Every Last One – Anna Quindlen (audiobook)
19. A Tiny Bit Marvellous – Dawn French
20. This Is Where I Leave You – Jonathan Troper
21. Wheat Belly – William Davis (nook – advance reading copy)
22. The Mistress of Nothing – Kate Pullinger
23. The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace – Gary Chapman (nook – advance reading copy)
24. A Jane Austen Education – William Deresiewicz
25. The Greatest Generation – Tom Brokaw
26. The Wives of Henry Oades – Johanna Moran
27. The Paris Wife – Paula McLain (audiobook)
28. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safron Foer
29. The Magicians – Lev Grossman
30. Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian – Scott Douglass
31. The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus – Sonya Sones
32. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party – Alexander McCall Smith
33. The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
34. Rules of Civility – Amor Towles
35. At Home – Bill Bryson (nook)
36. Life Itself –Roger Ebert (audiobook)
37. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson
38. I Am Half Sick of Shadows – Alan Bradley
39. Then Came You – Jennifer Weiner (audiobook)
40. Sun Stand Still – Steven Furtick
Adults Books re-read for Adult Book Discussion Group:
1. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Help – Katherine Stockett
Juvenile and Young Adult Books:
1. Around the World in 100 Days – Gary Blackwood
2. Finn – Matthew Olshan (nook)
3. The Cardturner – Louis Sachar (nook)
4. My Fair Godmother – Janette Rallison (nook)
5. Spaceheadz – Jon Scieszka
6. The Talent Show – Dan Gutman
7. Magic Below Stairs – Caroline Stevermear
8. Finally – Wendy Mass
9. The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis – Barbara O’Connor
10. Masters of Disaster - Gary Paulsen
11. Eggs over Evie – Allison Jackson
12. Saving the Baghdad Zoo – Kelly Halls, Major William Summer
13. Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters –p Natalie Standiford
14. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? Louise Rennison
15. A Long Walk to Water – Linda Sue Park
16. A Tale Dark and Grimm – Adam Gidwitz
17. Moon over Manifest – Clare Vanderpool (nook)
18. Hero – Mike Lupica (nook)
19. The Brixton Brothers: The Ghostwriter Secret – Mac Barnett
20. The Talented Clementine – Sara Pannypacker
21. Penny Dreadful – Laurel Snyder
22. Clementine and the Family Meeting – Sara Pennypacker (nook Advance Reader Copy)
23. The Romeo and Juliet Code – Phoebe Stone
24. Mr. Popper’s Penguins – Richard and Florence Atwater
25. Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares – Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
26. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart – Candace Fleming
27. Beauty Queens – Libba Bray
28. Cloaked – Alex Flinn (nook)
29. Then I Met My Sister – Christine Hurley Deriso
30. Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Sealed with a Kiss – Robin Palmer
31. Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School: Fear Itself – Andrew Clements
32. Hidden – Helen Frost
33. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda – Tom Angleberger
34. Matched - Ally Condie
35. The Girl who Was on Fire – Leah Wilson, ed.
36. Troublemaker – Andrew Clements (audiobook
37. Junonia – Kevin Henkes (audiobook)
38. Touch Blue – Cynthia Lord (audiobook)
39. Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick
40. Lexie –Audrey Couloumb is
41. Trapped – Marc Aronson
42. From Willa with Love – Coleen Murtaugh Paratore
43. A Plague Year –Edward Bloor
44. Nerd Camp – Elissa Brent Weissman
45. Tangled – Carolyn Mackler
Juvenile Books re-read for Child-Adult Book Discussion Group:
1. Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
2. Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate diCamillo
3. No More Dead Dogs – Gordon Korman
4. Love That Dog – Sharon Creech
5. The Trolls – Polly Horvath
6.The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (read for Adult Book Discussion Group)
