Member: amyrenee

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Groups50 Book Challenge, Early Reviewers

Favorite bookstoresA Novel Idea Bookstore, Bluestem Books, Tattered Cover Book Store - Historic LoDo

Favorite librariesLincoln City Libraries -- Bennett Martin Public Library

About meI'm a former English major, working full-time and missing the days of school, reading and papers.

About my libraryMostly contemporary fiction, with a bit of everything else thrown in. I have a particular soft spot for children's literature.

Currently Reading: The Elegance of the Hedgehog- Muriel Barbery

Books Read 2009:
The Tales of Beedle the Bard- J.K. Rowling
America America- Ethan Canin
Firmin- Sam Savage
The Reader- Bernhard Schlink
Lark and Termite- Jayne Anne Phillips
The Sea- John Banville
Daniel Isn't Talking- Marti Leimbach
Three Junes- Julia Glass
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth- Kevin Wilson
Then We Came to the End- Joshua Ferris
Jesus' Son- Denis Johnson
The Weight of Dreams- Jonis Agee
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- J.K. Rowling
Herry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Price- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling
The Book of Lost Things- John Connolly
The Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
The Book Thief- Hannah Tinti
Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy
Her Fearful Symmetry- Audrey Niffenegger
The Wild Things- Dave Eggers
My Sister, My Love- Joyce Carol Oates

Books Read in 2008:
The Magic Barrel- Bernard Malamud
In Cold Blood- Truman Capote
Goodbye, Columbus- Philip Roth
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius- Dave Eggers
Monkeys- Susan Minot
On Beauty- Zadie Smith
The Accidental- Ali Smith
Away- Amy Bloom
The Echo Maker- Richard Powers
Zoology- Ben Dolnick
Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro
The Mistress's Daughter- A.M. Homes
The Descendants- Kaui Hart Hemmings
The God of Animals- Aryn Kyle
The Patron Saint of Liars- Ann Patchett
Life of Pi- Yann Martel
You Are Not a Stranger Here- Adam Haslett
The Palace Thief- Ethan Canin
Dancing After Hours- Andre Dubus
Twilight- Stephanie Meyer
New Moon- Stephanie Meyer
Eclipse- Stephanie Meyer
Breaking Dawn- Stephanie Meyer
On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan
Animal Crackers- Hannah Tinti
The Gathering- Anne Enright
The Almost Moon- Alice Sebold
Lighthousekeeping- Jeanette Winterson
The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Steven Chbosky
Please Don't Kill the Freshmen- Zoe Trope
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves- Karen Russell
Best American Non-Required Reading 2008- Dave Eggers
The Long Way Home(BVS, Vol. 1)- Joss Whedon
No Future for You (BVS, Vol. 2)- Joss Whedon
Wolves at the Gate (BVS, Vol. 3)- Joss Whedon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao- Junot Diaz

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LocationLincoln, Nebraska

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Member sinceDec 19, 2006

Currently readingThe Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery