Books Read in 2009

date refers to date finished only; some books get started, and then set down for ages. i.e., just b/c I finished two books in a given day doesn’t mean I read two entire books that day!

  • The Good Fairies of New York, by Martin Millar (12/30)
  • Marcher, by Chris Beckett (12/28)
  • A Plea for Eros, By Siri Hustvedt (12/27)
  • The Flying Troutmans, by Miriam Toews (12/22)
  • City of Thieves, by David Benioff (12/21)
  • Undiscovered Country, by Lin Enger (12/14)
  • Doubleblind, by Ann Aguirre (12/13)
  • Blue Diablo, by Ann Aguirre (12/6)
  • Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, by Preston Jones and Greg Graffin (11/29)
  • The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks (11/25)
  • Normal People Don’t Live Like This, by Dylan Landis (11/21)
  • The English American, by Alison Larkin (11/20)
  • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (11/18)
  • Fire, by Kristin Cashore (11/16)
  • Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (11/16)
  • Magic in the Shadows, by Devon Monk (11/8)
  • Toast, by Nigel Slater (11/5)
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (10/28)
  • Mother of Storms, by John Barnes (10/26)
  • Ravens, by George Dawes Green (10/19)
  • Even Money, by Dick Francis (and Felix Francis) (10/16)
  • Liar, by Justine Larbalestier (10/14)
  • Midnighters 3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld (10/13)
  • The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean (10/12)
  • Sweep 15: Night’s Child, by Cate Tiernan (10/10)
  • Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld (10/9)
  • Sweep 14: Full Circle, by Cate Tiernan (10/8)
  • Sweep 13: Reckoning, by Cate Tiernan (10/8)
  • Sweep 12: Eclipse, by Cate Tiernan (10/7)
  • Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld (9/30)
  • Sweep 11: Origins, by Cate Tiernan (9/29)
  • Sweep 10: Seeker, by Cate Tiernan (9/28)
  • Sweep 9: Strife, by Cate Tiernan (9/26)
  • Sweep 8: Changeling, by Cate Tiernan (9/25)
  • Sweep 7: The Calling, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 6: Spellbound, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 5: Awakening, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 4: Dark Magick, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 3: Blood Witch, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 2: The Coven, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 1: Book of Shadows, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy (9/20)
  • Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (9/18)
  • Evil at Heart, by Chelsea Cain (9/11)
  • White Time, by Margo Lanagan (8/31) (stories)
  • Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs (8/25)
  • Happy All the Time, by Laurie Colwin (8/24)
  • Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs (8/20)
  • Carved in Bone, by Jefferson Bass (8/17)
  • Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill (8/16)
  • Sea Lord, by Virginia Kantra (8/2)
  • Sea Fever, by Virginia Kantra (8/1)
  • Mark of the Demon, by Diana Rowland (7/31)
  • Sea Witch, by Virginia Kantra (7/28)
  • The Death of Sweet Mister, by Daniel Woodrell (7/27)
  • In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan (7/27)
  • Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (7/25)
  • Emerald City, by Jennifer Egan (6/25)
  • 13 Bullets, by David Wellington (6/21)
  • Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi (6/19)
  • Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn (6/12)
  • Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem (6/8)
  • Magic in the Blood, by Devon Monk (6/3)
  • Gone Tomorrow: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (6/1)
  • Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris (5/31)
  • All Summer, by Claire Kilroy (5/28)
  • Dracula, by Bram Stoker (5/21) (re-read)
  • Wanderlust, by Ann Aguirre (5/21)
  • Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre (5/18)
  • From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris (5/11)
  • All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris (5/8)
  • Definitely Dead, by Charlaine Harris (5/6)
  • The Dart League King, by Keith Lee Morris (5/4)
  • Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris (5/1)
  • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart (4/25)
  • Eureka Street, by Robert McLiam Wilson (4/24)
  • Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris (4/23)
  • Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris (4/21)
  • Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris (4/14)
  • The Three Evanglists, by Fred Vargas (4/14)
  • Tell No One, by Harlan Coben (4/12)
  • Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson (4/11)
  • Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris (4/8)
  • City of Glass, by Cassandra Clare (4/2)
  • Little Bee, by Chris Cleave (4/1)
  • The Pianist, by Wladyslaw Szpilman (3/28)
  • The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (3/28)
  • Circle of the Dead, by Ingrid Black (3/27)
  • City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza (3/25)
  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan (3/19)
  • Domestic Violence, by Eavan Boland (3/12) (poetry)
  • Flesh and Bone, by Jefferson Bass (3/9)
  • A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, by Molly Wizenberg (3/8)
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (3/8)
  • Bone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs (3/7)
  • Antarctica, by Claire Keegan (3/6) (stories)
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (3/4) (re-read)
  • For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (2/26) (poetry)
  • Delicate Edible Birds, by Lauren Groff (2/22) (stories)
  • Dark Hollow, by John Connolly (2/22)
  • Sweetheart, by Chelsea Cain (2/21)
  • Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly (2/19)
  • Lies of Silence, by Brian Moore (2/17)
  • The Devil’s Bones, by Jefferson Bass (2/16)
  • L.A. Outlaws, by T. Jefferson Parker (2/15)
  • The Broom of the System, by David Foster Wallace (2/13)
  • Satan Says, by Sharon Olds (2/11) (poetry)(reread)
  • Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang (1/31) (stories)
  • The Partly Cloudy Patriot, by Sarah Vowell (1/28)
  • Tethered, by Amy MacKinnon (1/24)
  • City of Ashes, by Cassandra Clare (1/24)
  • Magic to the Bone, by Devon Monk (1/21)
  • Mainspring, by Jay Lake (1/19)
  • A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens (reread) (1/14)
  • HeartSick, by Chelsea Cain (1/4)
  • Shakespeare Wrote for Money, by Nick Hornby (1/3) (essays)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (1/2)
  • City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare (1/2)

Duff at the Movies 2009

  • An Education (12/27)
  • Crazy Heart (12/26)
  • The Young Victoria (12/24)
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox (12/23)
  • Avatar (12/18)
  • New Moon (12/15)
  • Up in the Air (12/3)
  • Zombieland (10/25)
  • Fish Tank (Chicago Film Festival) (10/15)
  • Girls on the Wall (documentary) (Chicago Film Festival) (10/11)
  • Love and Savagery (Chicago Film Festival) (10/10)
  • SPY(IES) (ESPION(S) en francais) (Chicago Film Festival) (10/10)
  • Whip It! (10/3)
  • Inglourious Basterds (8/23)
  • Thirst (8/22)
  • Julie & Julia (8/19)
  • District 9 (8/12)
  • Ponyo (the whole thing this time!) (8/10)
  • Ponyo (first 1.5 hrs.) (8/6)
  • Paper Heart (7/16)
  • Hurt Locker (7/15)
  • 500 Days of Summer (7/7)
  • Public Enemies (7/4)
  • Hump Day (6/29)
  • Moon (6/15)
  • Away We Go (6/4)
  • State of Play (5/24)
  • Terminator: Salvation (5/23)
  • Star Trek (5/11)
  • Gigantic (4/10)
  • Sunshine Cleaning (4/4)
  • Gran Torino (4/2)
  • Duplicity (3/22)
  • Push (3/14)
  • The Reader (3/4)
  • The Class (en francais: Entre Les Murs) (2/28)
  • The Wrestler (2/1)
  • Coraline (1/15)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (1/2)

Duff Does Live Music 2009

  • Purple Apple (12/19)
  • Joseph Arthur (11/27)
  • The Horse’s Ha (11/27)
  • Depeche Mode (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • Of Montreal (2nd x) (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • Fleet Foxes (2nd x) (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • Ben Folds (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • Bon Iver (4th x) (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • White Lies (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • The Knux (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  • Empty Orchestra!!! (7/8)
  • Metric (6/14)
  • Telekinesis (6/7)
  • Prairie Cartel (2nd x)(2/13)
  • Griffin House (3rd x)(2/8)