no star = ehhh, so-so, or outright gave up
* = recommended
** = beloved
!!! = memorable smuttyness
2009
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)*
Bodily Harm (Margaret Atwood)*
Bodily Harm (Margaret Atwood)*
The Sun (July 2009, Issue 403)
Saturday (Ian McEwan)*
The Deuce (Robert Olen Butler)*
The Sun (June 2009, Issue 402)
Writer's Chronicle (December 2009 issue)
The Bigger the Better the Tighter the Sweater: 21 Funny Women on Beauty, Body Image, & Other Hazards of Being Female (Samantha Schoech & Lisa Taggart, eds.)*
Intercourse (Robert Olen Butler)*
After You (Julie Buxbaum)*
Forms of Devotion (Diane Schoemperlen)**
How to Read an Unwritten Language (Philip Graham)**
Murder Game (Christine Feehan)
Shining at the Bottom of the Sea (Stephen Marche)**
The Elusive Flame (Kathleen E. Woodiwiss)
The Writer's Chronicle, September 2009 (Vol. 42, No. 1)
From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction (Robert Olen Butler)*(grudgingly)
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (Robert Olen Butler)**
Canteen ("The State of Creation," issue 2)**
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)**
All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire (Kerrelyn Sparks)
When the Duke Returns (Eloisa James)
Breaking Dawn (Stephanie Meyer)!!!**
Eclipse (Stephanie Meyer)!!!*
Yellow (Don Lee)**
New Moon (Stephanie Meyer)!!!*
Twilight (Stephanie Meyer)!!!**
The Right to Write (Julia Cameron)***** (off-the-charts good, for anyone who wants to write)
The Train to Lo Wu (Jess Row)**
Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic (Roger Sederat)*
"Fucking Around" (Marie Lyn Bernard)*
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
Sons and Other Flammable Objects (Porochista Khakpour)*
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Kerrelyn Sparks)
Here Is New York (E. B. White)**
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)**
Leaving Atlanta (Tayari Jones)*
The Guardians (Ana Castillo)*
The Electrical Field (Kerri Sakamoto)*
A Place Where the Sea Remembers (Sandra Benítez)*
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)**
Other Fugitives and Other Strangers (Rigoberto González)
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)*
I Sailed with Magellan (Stuart Dybek)** (see this post too)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Dandicat)**
The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum (Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh)
The Mover of Bones (Robert Vivian)*
Crossing Vines (Rigoberto González)*
In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing (Christopher Noel)*
2008
Atonement (Ian McEwan)**
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)**
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa (Rigoberto González)*
So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks (Rigoberto González)*
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Nicholas Drayson)*
No One Belongs Here More Than You (Miranda July)**
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)**
Dog Years (Mark Doty)**
Be the Pack Leader (Cesar Millan)*
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog (John Grogran)*
The End of Mr. Y (Scarlett Thomas)*
Cesar's Way (Cesar Millan)*
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel (Amy Hempel)**
The Darkest Pleasure (Gena Showalter)
Dark Desires after Dusk (Kresley Cole)!!!
Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture (Lee A. Tonouchi)** (re-read for, like, the tenth time)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott)*
The Boat (Nam Le)**
Duchess By Night (Eloisa James)
The Mariner's Wife (Emma Bolden)*
Turbulent Sea (Christine Feehan)!!!
Overleaf Hong Kong (Xu Xi)*
Makai (Kathleen Tyau)*
Becoming Madame Mao (Anchee Min)*
The Most of It (Mary Ruefle)*
Specials (Scott Westerfeld)*
Pretties (Scott Westerfeld)*
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)*
The Autobiography of My Mother: A Novel (Jamaica Kincaid)
Jazz (Toni Morrison)*
The Border Lord's Bride (Bertrice Small)
White Apples (Jonathan Carroll) ** (see also this post)
A Writer's San Francisco: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul (Eric Maisel, with illustrations by the incredible Paul Madonna)
Dark Symphony (Christine Feehan)
To Catch a Highlander (Karen Hawkins)
Truth and Beauty (Ann Patchett)*
Naked (David Sedaris)*
The Story Behind the Story (Peter Turchi and Andrea Barrett, eds.)*
Hunger Mountain, Fall 2006 (no. 9) issue (Vermont College journal)*
The Double Bind (Chris Bohjalian)*
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)*
Lure of the Wolf (Jennifer St. Giles)!!!
Close Range (Annie Proulx)*
An Affair Before Christmas (Eloisa James)
Video (Meera Nair)*
2007
No Lease on Life (Lynne Tillman)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)*
Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)** (see also here)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)*
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)**
The Dog of the Marriage (Amy Hempel)*
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Moloka'i (Alan Brennert)*
Tiare in Bloom (Célestine Vaite)**
All Over Coffee (Paul Madonna)**
Frangipani (Célestine Vaite)**
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)*
God Is Dead (Ron Currie Jr.)*
The Border of Truth (Victoria Redel)*
Ines of My Soul (Isabel Allende)
Rex and the City: A Woman, a Man, and a Dysfunctional Dog (Lee Harrington)*
Travels in the Scriptorum (Paul Auster)**
Safe Harbor (Christine Feehan)!!!
The Parrot Who Owns Me (Joanna Burger)
The Descendents (Kaui Hart Hemmings)*
House of Many Gods (Kiana Davenport)
Evening (Susan Minot)
And the Bride Wore Plaid (Karen Hawkins)
Good Groom Hunting (Shana Galen)
Once Upon a Wedding Night (Sophie Jordan)
No Man's Bride (Shana Galen)
The Locked Room (Paul Auster)**
Red Lily (Nora Roberts)
Black Rose (Nora Roberts)
Blue Dahlia (Nora Roberts)
First Lady (Susan Elizabeth Phillips)!!!
Prince of Theives (Saranne Dawson)
A Forbidden Love (Alexandra Benedict)
Ghosts (Paul Auster)**
City of Glass (Paul Auster)**
The House of Paper (Carlos Maria Dominguez)**
I'll Be Home Late Tonight (Susan Thames)*
Adventures of a Scottish Heiress (Cathy Maxwell)
My Lady Reluctant (Laurie Grant)
Lifted Up By Angels (Lurlene McDaniel)
Breakable You (Brian Morton)*
My Devilish Scotsman (Jen Holling)
The Last of Her Kind (Sigrid Nunez)
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)*
Dangerous Tides (Christine Feehan)!!!
Oceans of Fire (Christine Feehan)!!!
The Twilight Before Christmas (Christine Feehan)!!!
Magic in the Wind (Christine Feehan)!!!
Breadfruit (Celestine Vaite)**
One Enchanted Evening (Christine Dodd)
The Barefoot Princess (Christine Dodd)
The Secret Seduction (Cathy Gillen Thacker)
Savage Beloved (Cassie Edwards)
The Train to Lo Wu (Jess Row)**
Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic (Roger Sederat)*
"Fucking Around" (Marie Lyn Bernard)*
A Million Little Pieces (James Frey)
Sons and Other Flammable Objects (Porochista Khakpour)*
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Kerrelyn Sparks)
Here Is New York (E. B. White)**
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)**
Leaving Atlanta (Tayari Jones)*
The Guardians (Ana Castillo)*
The Electrical Field (Kerri Sakamoto)*
A Place Where the Sea Remembers (Sandra Benítez)*
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)**
Other Fugitives and Other Strangers (Rigoberto González)
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)*
I Sailed with Magellan (Stuart Dybek)** (see this post too)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Dandicat)**
The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum (Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh)
The Mover of Bones (Robert Vivian)*
Crossing Vines (Rigoberto González)*
In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing (Christopher Noel)*
2008
Atonement (Ian McEwan)**
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)**
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa (Rigoberto González)*
So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks (Rigoberto González)*
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Nicholas Drayson)*
No One Belongs Here More Than You (Miranda July)**
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)**
Dog Years (Mark Doty)**
Be the Pack Leader (Cesar Millan)*
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog (John Grogran)*
The End of Mr. Y (Scarlett Thomas)*
Cesar's Way (Cesar Millan)*
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel (Amy Hempel)**
The Darkest Pleasure (Gena Showalter)
Dark Desires after Dusk (Kresley Cole)!!!
Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture (Lee A. Tonouchi)** (re-read for, like, the tenth time)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott)*
The Boat (Nam Le)**
Duchess By Night (Eloisa James)
The Mariner's Wife (Emma Bolden)*
Turbulent Sea (Christine Feehan)!!!
Overleaf Hong Kong (Xu Xi)*
Makai (Kathleen Tyau)*
Becoming Madame Mao (Anchee Min)*
The Most of It (Mary Ruefle)*
Specials (Scott Westerfeld)*
Pretties (Scott Westerfeld)*
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)*
The Autobiography of My Mother: A Novel (Jamaica Kincaid)
Jazz (Toni Morrison)*
The Border Lord's Bride (Bertrice Small)
White Apples (Jonathan Carroll) ** (see also this post)
A Writer's San Francisco: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul (Eric Maisel, with illustrations by the incredible Paul Madonna)
Dark Symphony (Christine Feehan)
To Catch a Highlander (Karen Hawkins)
Truth and Beauty (Ann Patchett)*
Naked (David Sedaris)*
The Story Behind the Story (Peter Turchi and Andrea Barrett, eds.)*
Hunger Mountain, Fall 2006 (no. 9) issue (Vermont College journal)*
The Double Bind (Chris Bohjalian)*
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)*
Lure of the Wolf (Jennifer St. Giles)!!!
Close Range (Annie Proulx)*
An Affair Before Christmas (Eloisa James)
Video (Meera Nair)*
2007
No Lease on Life (Lynne Tillman)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)*
Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)** (see also here)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)*
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)**
The Dog of the Marriage (Amy Hempel)*
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Moloka'i (Alan Brennert)*
Tiare in Bloom (Célestine Vaite)**
All Over Coffee (Paul Madonna)**
Frangipani (Célestine Vaite)**
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)*
God Is Dead (Ron Currie Jr.)*
The Border of Truth (Victoria Redel)*
Ines of My Soul (Isabel Allende)
Rex and the City: A Woman, a Man, and a Dysfunctional Dog (Lee Harrington)*
Travels in the Scriptorum (Paul Auster)**
Safe Harbor (Christine Feehan)!!!
The Parrot Who Owns Me (Joanna Burger)
The Descendents (Kaui Hart Hemmings)*
House of Many Gods (Kiana Davenport)
Evening (Susan Minot)
And the Bride Wore Plaid (Karen Hawkins)
Good Groom Hunting (Shana Galen)
Once Upon a Wedding Night (Sophie Jordan)
No Man's Bride (Shana Galen)
The Locked Room (Paul Auster)**
Red Lily (Nora Roberts)
Black Rose (Nora Roberts)
Blue Dahlia (Nora Roberts)
First Lady (Susan Elizabeth Phillips)!!!
Prince of Theives (Saranne Dawson)
A Forbidden Love (Alexandra Benedict)
Ghosts (Paul Auster)**
City of Glass (Paul Auster)**
The House of Paper (Carlos Maria Dominguez)**
I'll Be Home Late Tonight (Susan Thames)*
Adventures of a Scottish Heiress (Cathy Maxwell)
My Lady Reluctant (Laurie Grant)
Lifted Up By Angels (Lurlene McDaniel)
Breakable You (Brian Morton)*
My Devilish Scotsman (Jen Holling)
The Last of Her Kind (Sigrid Nunez)
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)*
Dangerous Tides (Christine Feehan)!!!
Oceans of Fire (Christine Feehan)!!!
The Twilight Before Christmas (Christine Feehan)!!!
Magic in the Wind (Christine Feehan)!!!
Breadfruit (Celestine Vaite)**
One Enchanted Evening (Christine Dodd)
The Barefoot Princess (Christine Dodd)
The Secret Seduction (Cathy Gillen Thacker)
Savage Beloved (Cassie Edwards)
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