14.
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky - recommended by someone on this list. Very interesting, about France during the second world war, when it was defeated by Germany, and during the occupation. I never read anything about this time in France before
15.
Size 14 Isn't Fat Either by Meg Cabot. Heather Wells is an assistant manager of a dorm at N.Y. College (NYU?) and solves murders. This is the second book and very likable.
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16.
A Model Summer by Paulina Porizkova - a young girl is sent to Paris for the summer to model. She encounters a life she never envisioned, and how she deals with it. I can't help but wonder if this is autobiographical - Paulina is a supermodel, and the setting is 1980, so I'm pretty sure it is.
17.
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd.
22.
Catalogue of Death by Jo Dereske - another mystery series, this one about a librarian who solves crime in the Pacific Northwest.
23
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith - a series with an editor of a philosophy journal as the central character. She is a very interesting lady, and the book was really good
24.
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich - the latest in the Stephanie Plum series
25.
The Adultery Diet by Eva Cassady - an editor wants to meet up with an old boyfriend, which causes her to lose weight.
27 Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith - another sunday Philosophy Club book
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28
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon - a really good book based in Sitka Alaska, which is the home of the Jews who were chased out of Israel in 1948. Excellent story
31. Pontoon by Garrison Keillor - cute
32.
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett - I read a review of her new novel, then decided to read some other books by her. This is a very interesting story, but a little far-fetched.
33.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - an amazing memoir of someone who survived any incredible childhood with really crazy/irresponsible parents. She has managed to tell the story with sympathy and love.
34. American Diva by Julia London. Okay story, predictable.
36.
BelCanto by Ann Patchett - another one I read because of the author. A group is held hostage in what seems like South America.
37.
Madam of the House by Donna Birdsell - I read because of a recommendation, but really not worth it.
38 Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg. About WWII and those left behind in Chicago.
39The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner - the third in a series about Sarah Prine, a rancher in the Arizona Territories in the early 20th century. I really like these novels.
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40
The Echo Makerby Richard Powers - very intriguing look at the workings of the brain and some people with brains.
41
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson - a new Goldy Shultz mystery
42
I capture the castle by Dodie Smith - a young impoverished girl living in a castle with her family falls in love and faces other crises
43
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Now I'm up to speed and can finish the saga
44.
The 6th Target by James Patterson - one of the Women's Murder Club mysteries, set in San Francisco. I was just there, and had fun figuring out the locations in the book. A fast read.
50 Run by Ann Patchett
51 On the Road The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac
52
The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg
53
The Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer
54
An Educated Death by Kate Flora
Well, the year is almost ended, I am reading one book, and I'll probably finish another by New years Day. I read over 50 and I only joined in the summer. On to 2008!
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