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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Jen's favorite books of 2009

1. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
2. Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
5. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
6. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
7. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
8. The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks

Donna's 2009 List

Another year of not reading enough! My Top Reads of 2009 List is short (as are some of these books):

1. Disquiet -- Julia Leigh
2. Amsterdam -- Ian McEwan
3. The Comfort of Strangers -- Ian McEwan
4. The Liar's Club -- Mary Karr
5. That Old Cape Magic -- Richard Russo
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -- Stieg Larsson