{"id":3264,"date":"2009-12-31T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2009\/12\/books-read-in-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-12-31T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:45:00","slug":"books-read-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2009\/12\/books-read-in-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Books Read in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>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&#8217;t mean I read two entire books that day!<\/em><br \/>\n<UL type=\"square\"><LI>The Good Fairies of New York, by Martin Millar (12\/30)<br \/>\n<LI>Marcher, by Chris Beckett (12\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>A Plea for Eros, By Siri Hustvedt (12\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>The Flying Troutmans, by Miriam Toews (12\/22)<br \/>\n<LI>City of Thieves, by David Benioff (12\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Undiscovered Country, by Lin Enger (12\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>Doubleblind, by Ann Aguirre (12\/13)<br \/>\n<LI>Blue Diablo, by Ann Aguirre (12\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, by Preston Jones and Greg Graffin (11\/29)<br \/>\n<LI>The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks (11\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>Normal People Don&#8217;t Live Like This, by Dylan Landis (11\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>The English American, by Alison Larkin (11\/20)<br \/>\n<LI>Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (11\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Fire, by Kristin Cashore (11\/16)<br \/>\n<LI>Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (11\/16)<br \/>\n<LI>Magic in the Shadows, by Devon Monk (11\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Toast, by Nigel Slater (11\/5)<br \/>\n<LI>The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&#8217;s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (10\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>Mother of Storms, by John Barnes (10\/26)<br \/>\n<LI>Ravens, by George Dawes Green (10\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>Even Money, by Dick Francis (and Felix Francis) (10\/16)<br \/>\n<LI>Liar, by Justine Larbalestier (10\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>Midnighters 3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld (10\/13)<br \/>\n<LI>The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean (10\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 15: Night&#8217;s Child, by Cate Tiernan (10\/10)<br \/>\n<LI>Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld (10\/9)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 14: Full Circle, by Cate Tiernan (10\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 13: Reckoning, by Cate Tiernan (10\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 12: Eclipse, by Cate Tiernan (10\/7)<br \/>\n<LI>Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld (9\/30)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 11: Origins, by Cate Tiernan (9\/29)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 10: Seeker, by Cate Tiernan (9\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 9: Strife, by Cate Tiernan (9\/26)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 8: Changeling, by Cate Tiernan (9\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 7: The Calling, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 6: Spellbound, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 5: Awakening, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 4: Dark Magick, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 3: Blood Witch, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 2: The Coven, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweep 1: Book of Shadows, by Cate Tiernan (9\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy (9\/20)<br \/>\n<LI>Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (9\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>Evil at Heart, by Chelsea Cain (9\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>White Time, by Margo Lanagan (8\/31) (stories)<br \/>\n<LI>Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs (8\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>Happy All the Time, by Laurie Colwin (8\/24)<br \/>\n<LI>Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs (8\/20)<br \/>\n<LI>Carved in Bone, by Jefferson Bass (8\/17)<br \/>\n<LI>Netherland, by Joseph O&#8217;Neill (8\/16)<br \/>\n<LI>Sea Lord, by Virginia Kantra (8\/2)<br \/>\n<LI>Sea Fever, by Virginia Kantra (8\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>Mark of the Demon, by Diana Rowland (7\/31)<br \/>\n<LI>Sea Witch, by Virginia Kantra (7\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>The Death of Sweet Mister, by Daniel Woodrell (7\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan (7\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (7\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>Emerald City, by Jennifer Egan (6\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>13 Bullets, by David Wellington (6\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Old Man&#8217;s War, by John Scalzi (6\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn (6\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem (6\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Magic in the Blood, by Devon Monk (6\/3)<br \/>\n<LI>Gone Tomorrow: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (6\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris (5\/31)<br \/>\n<LI>All Summer, by Claire Kilroy (5\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>Dracula, by Bram Stoker (5\/21) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>Wanderlust, by Ann Aguirre (5\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre (5\/18)<br \/>\n<LI>From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris (5\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris (5\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Definitely Dead, by Charlaine Harris (5\/6)<br \/>\n<LI>The Dart League King, by Keith Lee Morris (5\/4)<br \/>\n<LI>Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris (5\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart (4\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>Eureka Street, by Robert McLiam Wilson (4\/24)<br \/>\n<LI>Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris (4\/23)<br \/>\n<LI>Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris (4\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris (4\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>The Three Evanglists, by Fred Vargas (4\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>Tell No One, by Harlan Coben (4\/12)<br \/>\n<LI>Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson (4\/11)<br \/>\n<LI>Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris (4\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>City of Glass, by Cassandra Clare (4\/2)<br \/>\n<LI>Little Bee, by Chris Cleave (4\/1)<br \/>\n<LI>The Pianist, by Wladyslaw Szpilman (3\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (3\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>Circle of the Dead, by Ingrid Black (3\/27)<br \/>\n<LI>City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza (3\/25)<br \/>\n<LI>The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan (3\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>Domestic Violence, by Eavan Boland (3\/12) (poetry)<br \/>\n<LI>Flesh and Bone, by Jefferson Bass (3\/9)<br \/>\n<LI>A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, by Molly Wizenberg (3\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (3\/8)<br \/>\n<LI>Bone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs (3\/7)<br \/>\n<LI>Antarctica, by Claire Keegan (3\/6) (stories)<br \/>\n<LI>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (3\/4) (re-read)<br \/>\n<LI>For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (2\/26) (poetry)<br \/>\n<LI>Delicate Edible Birds, by Lauren Groff (2\/22) (stories)<br \/>\n<LI>Dark Hollow, by John Connolly (2\/22)<br \/>\n<LI>Sweetheart, by Chelsea Cain (2\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly (2\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>Lies of Silence, by Brian Moore (2\/17)<br \/>\n<LI>The Devil&#8217;s Bones, by Jefferson Bass (2\/16)<br \/>\n<LI>L.A. Outlaws, by T. Jefferson Parker (2\/15)<br \/>\n<LI>The Broom of the System, by David Foster Wallace (2\/13)<br \/>\n<LI>Satan Says, by Sharon Olds (2\/11) (poetry)(reread)<br \/>\n<LI>Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang (1\/31) (stories)<br \/>\n<LI>The Partly Cloudy Patriot, by Sarah Vowell (1\/28)<br \/>\n<LI>Tethered, by Amy MacKinnon (1\/24)<br \/>\n<LI>City of Ashes, by Cassandra Clare (1\/24)<br \/>\n<LI>Magic to the Bone, by Devon Monk (1\/21)<br \/>\n<LI>Mainspring, by Jay Lake (1\/19)<br \/>\n<LI>A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens (reread) (1\/14)<br \/>\n<LI>HeartSick, by Chelsea Cain (1\/4)<br \/>\n<LI>Shakespeare Wrote for Money, by Nick Hornby (1\/3) (essays)<br \/>\n<LI>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (1\/2)<br \/>\n<LI>City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare (1\/2)<br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t mean I read two entire books that day! The Good Fairies of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2009\/12\/books-read-in-2009.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-74","category-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}