2008 Books

The first three letters in bold before each title represents where I picked up the book. PBS = PaperbackSwap.com; LIB = library, GFT = gift from someone, STR = bought in a new condition, BOR = borrowed, SPT = received from SwapTree.com, UBS = bought in a used condition, and ARC = advanced reading copy.

  1. PBS One Silent Night – edited by Janice Chaffee
  2. PBS Shopaholic and Baby – Sophie Kinsella
  3. LIB CrazyBusy - Dr Edward Hallowell [Audio]
  4. PBS Cocktails for Three -Madeleine Wickham
  5. LIB The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell [Audio]
  6. LIB Blink – Malcolm Gladwell [Audio]
  7. LIB The Mermaid Chair – Sue Monk Kidd [Audio]
  8. LIB Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity – John Stossel [Audio]
  9. PBS Wicked - Gregory Maguire
  10. PBS Esquire Presents: What it Feels Like… – edited by A.J. Jacobs
  11. LIB The Know-It-All – A. J. Jacobs [Audio]
  12. LIB I Feel Bad About My Neck – Nora Ephron [Audio]
  13. GFT The Prayer of Jabez – Bruce Wilkinson
  14. LIB Think! Why Crucial Decisions Can’t Be Made In The Blink of an Eye – Michael R. LeGault [audio]
  15. LIB Easier Than You Think – Richard Carlson [audio]
  16. LIB Consider The Lobster – David Foster Wallace [audio]
  17. LIB I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence – Amy Sedaris [audio]
  18. PBS Citizen Girl – Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Krauss [audio]
  19. LIB Here’s The Bright Side – Betty Rollins [audio]
  20. GFT How To Study Your Bible – Kay Arther
  21. STR YOU: The Owner’s Manual – Dr Michael Roizen and Dr Mehmet Oz [audio]
  22. GFT The Choice – Nicholas Sparks
  23. LIB Elements of Style – Wendy Wasserstein [audio]
  24. GFT Secrets of the Vine – Bruce Wilkinson
  25. GFT Receiving Love – Harville Hendrix [audio]
  26. PBS Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister – Gregory Maguire
  27. LIB I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou [audio]
  28. PBS Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs – Chuck Klosterman [audio]
  29. STR What Color is Your Parachute? – Richard Nelson Bolles
  30. STR Remember Me? – Sophie Kinsella
  31. PBS Bait and Switch – Barbara Ehrenreich [audio]
  32. PBS Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
  33. LIB A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hussein [audio]
  34. GFT The Giftionary – Robyn Freedman Spizman
  35. PBS Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
  36. PBS Three Weeks With My Brother – Nicholas and Micah Sparks [audio]
  37. PBS It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken – Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt [audio]
  38. GFT The Life You’ve Always Wanted – John Ortberg
  39. PBS Fat Land – Greg Critser
  40. UBS PS, I Love You – Cecilia Ahern [audio]
  41. GFT Relationship Rescue – Dr Phil McGraw [audio]
  42. UBS The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime – Mark Haddon [audio]
  43. LIB The Year of Living Biblically – A.J. Jacobs [audio]
  44. PBS Atonement - Ian McEwan
  45. PBS Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus – Dr John Gray [audio]
  46. STR Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
  47. LIB Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home – David Shipley & Will Schwalbe [audio]
  48. PBS Girls Night In – Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella, et al
  49. ARC My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy – Andrea Askowitz
  50. LIB The Feminine Mistake - Leslie Bennetts [audio]
  51. PBS Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
  52. LIB How Doctors Think - Jerome Groopman, M.D. [audio]
  53. STR Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
  54. GFT 5 Essentials For Lifelong Intimacy – Dr. James Dobson
  55. LIB Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert [audio]
  56. PBS The Veritas Conflict – Shaunti Feldhahn
  57. LIB Why Mars and Venus Collide – John Gray, PhD [audio]
  58. LIB How Starbucks Saved My Life – Michael Gates Gill [audio]
  59. LIB The Geography of Bliss – Eric Weiner [audio]
  60. PBS The Nanny Diaries – Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus [audio]
  61. LIB Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? – Peter Walsh [audio]
  62. GFT Sunday’s at Tiffany’s – James Patterson [audio]
  63. ARC Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity – Kerry Cohen
  64. GFT Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul - edited by Jack Canfield
  65. GFT Tuesdays With Morrie – Mitch Albom [audio]
  66. GFT Getting Things Done – David Allen
  67. PBS So Much for My Happy Ending – Kyra Davis
  68. PBS Over Her Dead Body – Kate White
  69. PBS Playing For Pizza – John Grisham
  70. GFT The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini [audio]
  71. PBS Love The One You’re With – Emily Giffin
  72. SPT Unauthorized Biography of Tom Cruise – Andrew Morton
  73. PBS Inside my Heart – Robin McGraw [audio]
  74. SPT Buy, Buy Baby – Susan Gregory Thomas
  75. STR Breaking Free – Beth Moore
  76. GFT The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks
  77. PBS Son of A Witch – Gregory Maguire
  78. STR Can’t Fail Color Schemes – Amy Wax
  79. PBS The Lights of Tenth Street – Shaunti Feldhahn
  80. SPT Believing God – Beth Moore
  81. PBS The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  82. BOR A Lion Among Men – Gregory Maguire
  83. PBS Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas – Ace Collins
  84. BOR The Purpose of Christmas – Rick Warren
  85. GFT Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett [audio]
  86. PBS Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me – Paula Begoun
  87. PBS The Worst Noel – Various [audio]
  88. PBS The Good Book – Peter J. Gomes

In process of reading at 11:59pm Dec 31, 2008:

  • It’s All Too Much – Peter Walsh [audio]
  • Chicken Soup for the Girlfriend’s Soul – edited by Jack Canfield
  • Passion, Betrayal, and Killer Highlights - Kyra Davis

STATS:

  • Audiobooks: 42
  • Paper books: 46
  • Most books in one month: 16 in March
  • Books from Paperback Swap: 32
  • Books from the library: 24
  • Books that were gifts: 16
  • Books bought new from a store: 8
  • Books bought used: 2
  • Advanced reading copies: 2
  • Books from Swap Tree: 3
  • Books borrowed and returned: 2

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