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I'm a reader who enjoys posting comments and recommendations about the books I read. You will not find a synopsis with my recommendations because you can just click on the book title for a link to www.goodreads.com for a synopsis and reviews by other readers. I prefer the 3 Reason format: the reason I chose to read it; the reason I liked (or disliked) the book; and the reason I recommend it.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

The Final Tally is 128 Books Read in 2009

2009 Books I Read
2009 was the year I continued to focus my reading choices on the books I already own on my investing shelf, my writing shelf, and my bought-while-traveling shelf. I started these projects with a 2007 resolution to finish reading the books in these groups before I buy any more books in those categories. Now, books I borrow from the library did not count against me. Yes, that is called justification and rationalization, and they are two skills I am proud to have. This was also the year my husband decided to bring some books, previously stored in the garage, back inside. He likes to see what he owns. Now when I saw the spines of the books daily and I handled them during occasional dusting, I started reading more of them in 15-minute or chapter intervals on a daily basis until yet until another book was finished.
We agreed to sell some books on Half.com. To qualify for our listings, the book had to be one we both read. Later, I broadened the sellable books to those I had read and he was unlikely to ever read.books for sale

  1. The On-Line Poet's Resource Center by Rob Parnell
  2. Easy Cash Writing: Paying Magazine Market by Rob Parnell
  3. The Tetons: Interpretations of a Mountain Landscape by Fritiof Fryxell
  4. The Decatur Road by Joe Coomer
  5. The Loop by Joe Coomer
  6. Doing the Write Thing: 10 Tips on Becoming a More Professional Writer by Sarah White and Rob Parnell
  7. How to Achieve Writing Success by Rob Parnell
  8. They Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks
  9. Shadow Waltz Amy Patricia Meade
  10. The Explorations of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by Major John Wesley Powell
  11. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
  12. The Abs Diet: Ultimate Nutrition Handbook by David Zinczenko
  13. Zen and the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity by Ray Bradbury
  14. An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
  15. Writing from the Body by John Lee with Ceci Miller Krittsberg
  16. John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman
  17. Thinking About Memoir by Abigail Thomas
  18. Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Ilene Beckerman
  19. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  20. Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick
  21. Does This Cluuter Make My Butt Look Fat? By Peter Walsh
  22. All But the Waltz: Essays on a Montana Family by Mary Clearman Blue
  23. A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
  24. A Bull in China by Jim Rogers
  25. Why We Want You to Be Rich by Donald Trump, Meredith McIver & Robert Kiyosaki/Sharon Lechter
  26. Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets by R.S. Wurman, Alan Siegel and Kenneth Morris
  27. The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Cost $200 a Barrel by Stephen Leeb, Ph.D. with Glen Strathy
  28. The America We Deserve by Donald Trump with David Shiflett
  29. Economics on Trial by Mark Skousen
  30. Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs
  31. A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink
  32. The World is Flat by Thomas l. Friedman
  33. Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
  34. Raven's Strike by Patricia Briggs
  35. Naked Guide to Bonds by Michael V. Brandes
  36. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
  37. Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope
  38. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vickie Myron with Bret Witter
  39. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
  40. Chi Running by Danny Dreyer with Kathleen Dreyer
  41. LaVinia by Ursula K. LeGuin
  42. Rich Woman: A Book on Investing for Women by Kim Kiyosaki
  43. The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
  44. Fool by Christopher Moore
  45. Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy by Stephen Leeb, PhD.
  46. Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
  47. No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a 60th Year by Virginia Ironside
  48. Lords of Finance by Ahamed Liaquat
  49. Winning on Wall Street by Martin Zwieg
  50. Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy
  51. Michael Sivy's Rules of Investing
  52. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
  53. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
  54. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
  55. Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, The Woman Who Created Talk TV by Michael A. Banks
  56. The Motley Fool Investment Guide by David and Tom Gardner
  57. A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell by Donald Worster
  58. 1968 by Mark Kurlansky
  59. Borderline by Nevada Barr
  60. Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen
  61. Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by a Two-Time Pulitzer-Prize Winner by Jon Franklin
  62. American Nature Writing, 1995 selected by John A. Murray
  63. The Associate by John Grisham
  64. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
  65. Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs
  66. Photo Finished by Laura Childs
  67. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
  68. The Freeway Guide to Retiring Right: How to Invest the Rest of Your Life by Jim Selman
  69. Bound for Murder by Laura Childs
  70. Testimony by Anita Shreve
  71. A Proper Education for Girls by Elaine DiRollo
  72. Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
  73. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
  74. Writing the Family Narrative by Lawrence P. Gouldrup
  75. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
  76. Writing the Family Narrative Workbook by Lawrence P. Gouldrup
  77. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  78. Listening: The Forgotten Skill by Madelyn Burley-Allen
  79. The Best American Travel Writing 2008 Anthony Bourdain, editor
  80. Absolute Beginner's Guide to eBay (5th edition) by Michael Miller
  81. How to Sell Collectibles on eBay by Entrepreneur Press and Jennifer A. Ericson
  82. eBay: Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Julia Wilkenson
  83. Trading for a Living by Alexander Elder
  84. Build an eBay Business Quick Steps by Matthews Technology
  85. Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
  86. Rachel Carson: The Writer at Work by Paul Brooks
  87. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
  88. Make Big Profits on eBay by Jacquelyn Lynn and Charlene Davis
  89. The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
  90. Start Your Own Blogging Business by Entrepreneur Press and J.S. McDougall
  91. Start Your Own Self-Publishing Business by Entrepreneur Press and Jennifer Dorsey
  92. The Only Three Questions that Count by Ken Fisher
  93. The Official eBay Bible, Third Edition by Jim Griffith
  94. eBay Photography The Smart Way by Joseph T. Sinclair and Stanley Livingston
  95. Smart Couples Finish Rich by David Bach
  96. The Bond Book by Annette Thau
  97. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
  98. Eat,Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  99. Sell, Keep, Toss by Harry L. Rinker
  100. The Best of Edward Abbey, edited by Edward Abbey
  101. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
  102. Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind
  103. Value Investing with the Masters by Kirk Kazinjian
  104. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
  105. Murder With All the Trimmings by Elaine Viets
  106. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  107. Vertical Coffin by Stephen J. Cannell
  108. Killer Cuts by Elaine Viets
  109. A Dog Named Christmas by Greg Kincaid
  110. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
  111. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
  112. Profiting from Emerging Market Stocks by Mitchell Posner
  113. The Fashion Hound Murders by Elaine Viets
  114. In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
  115. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
  116. End the Fed by Ron Paul
  117. Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
  118. Cold Hit by Stephen J. Cannell
  119. White Sister by Stephen J. Cannell
  120. An Irish Country Village by Patrick Taylor
  121. Three Shirt Deal by Stephen J. Cannell
  122. America's National Parks by Paul Schullery
  123. Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind
  124. Desert Light: Myths and Visions of the Great Southwest ; photographs by Dean Lee Uhlinger and edited by John Miller
  125. A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
  126. Alaska's Inside Passage by Kim Heacox
  127. Debt of Bones by Terry Goodkind
  128. A Teton Country Anthology, edited by Robert W. Righter

my 2009 bookshelf

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