2009 in books

I've been meaning to start posting my year in books ever since I started tracking everything on goodreads... three years later, I'm finally following through with my intention. Better late than never, right? :)

2009 was a slow reading year for me; I usually read over 100 books (not including those I have to read for work). It was also one of my worst years at work - I had high enrollment in all of my classes and read an obscene number of papers (which sucked up a lot of time). I'm hoping 2010 will bring little less agonizing over papers and a lot more time for pleasure reading.

My top picks of the year are in red (the formatting is a little weird because I copied the list from goodreads):
1. Big Fish (Paperback) Wallace, Daniel
2. Now & Then (Paperback) Sheehan, Jacqueline
3. Twenties Girl: A Novel (Hardcover) Kinsella, Sophie
4. High Fidelity: A Novel (Paperback) Hornby, Nick
5. Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year (Paperback) Codell, Esmé Raji
6. Knit the Season: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel (Friday Night Knitting Club Novels) Jacobs, Kate
7. I See You Everywhere (Hardcover) Glass, Julia
8. The Namesake (Paperback) Lahiri, Jhumpa
9. Why Girls Are Weird: A Novel (Paperback) Ribon, Pamela
10. Strange Fits of Passion (Paperback) Shreve, Anita
11. Ya Yas in Bloom (Hardcover) Wells, Rebecca
12. Rachel's Holiday (Paperback) Keyes, Marian
13. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback) Nafisi, Azar
14. The Truth Is . . .: My Life in Love and Music (Paperback) Etheridge, Melissa
15. The Beach House (Hardcover) Green, Jane
16. The Almost Moon (Hardcover) Sebold, Alice
17. Comfort Food (Hardcover) Jacobs, Kate
18. Sammy's Hill (Paperback) Gore, Kristin
19. Best Friends Forever: A Novel (Hardcover) Weiner, Jennifer
20. Throw Like A Girl: Stories (Paperback) Thompson, Jean
21. The Brambles (Hardcover) Minot, Eliza
22. sTORI TELLING (Hardcover) Spelling, Tori
23. Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel (Hardcover) Weisberger, Lauren
24. House of Sand and Fog (Paperback) III, Andre Dubus
25. Faking It (Paperback) Crusie, Jennifer
26. A Lesson Before Dying (Paperback) Gaines, Ernest J.
27. All He Ever Wanted: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback) Shreve, Anita
28. The Whale Rider (Paperback) Ihimaera, Witi
29. Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback) Chevalier, Tracy
30. Brick Lane: A Novel (Paperback) Ali, Monica
31. The Debutante Divorcee (Paperback) Sykes, Plum
32. The Weight of Water (Paperback) Shreve, Anita
33. The Book Club (Paperback) Monroe, Mary Alice
34. Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman (Paperback) Buchan, Elizabeth
35. Angels: A Novel (Paperback) Keyes, Marian
36. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream Ehrenreich, Barbara
37. Talk Before Sleep: A Novel (Paperback) Berg, Elizabeth
38. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Ehrenreich, Barbara
39. A Wedding in December (Paperback) Shreve, Anita
40. The Post-Birthday World (Hardcover) Shriver, Lionel
41. Second Chance (Hardcover) Green, Jane
42. The Double Bind (Hardcover) Bohjalian, Chris
43. From Here to Maternity (Paperback) Moriarty, Sinead
44. A Clean Slate (Paperback) Caldwell, Laura
45. Knit Two (Hardcover) Jacobs, Kate
46. The Friday Night Knitting Club (Hardcover) Jacobs, Kate
47. Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self (Hardcover) Kuffel, Frances
48. The Art of Mending (Mass Market Paperback) Berg, Elizabeth
49. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Paperback) Cleage, Pearl
50. The Wedding (Mass Market Paperback) Sparks, Nicholas
51. Sushi for Beginners: A Novel (Paperback) Keyes, Marian
52. I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman (Hardcover) Ephron, Nora
53. The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc: A Novel (Paperback) Despres, Loraine
54. The Reader (Hardcover) Schlink, Bernhard
55. Here on Earth (Paperback) Hoffman, Alice
56. Second Draft of My Life : A Novel (Paperback) Lewis, Sara
57. Paint It Black (Hardcover) Fitch, Janet
58. Love the One You're With (Hardcover)
59. Trading Up (Paperback) Bushnell, Candace