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