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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.

18. The Cleft by Doris Lessing
19. The Gravediggers Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
20. Deadly Appraisal Jane K Cleland
21 Quietly in their Sleep by Donna Leon - An Inspector Brunelli mystery, set in Venice - I really like this series

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.

26 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith - I love Precious Ramotswe and her friends, and husband. What a different world they live in!

27 Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith - another sunday Philosophy Club book

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

29. Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking by Aoibheann Sweeney - a coming of age and learning about sexuality novel.
30. The Right Attitude to Rain by Alexander McCall Smith - the third in the Sunday Philosophy Club series....there still hasn't actually been a Club meeting. Isabel complicates her life tremendously in this one.

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.

35. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - very good book, no disappointment

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.

40 The Echo Makerby Richard Powers - very intriguing look at the workings of the brain and some people with brains.
41Sweet 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.

45 The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette by R. T. Raichev, 46. The Jury by Steve Martini, 47. Keeping the House by Ellen Baker

48 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
49 The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

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!

55 What is the What by Dave Eggers. An autobiography/novel about a young man in Sudan who encounters incredible hardship due to the Civil War.
56. The Penguin who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews.

That's it for 2007.

2008

#1 Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. A 21st century woman switches bodies with an 18th century woman and learns some things never change.

2.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 3. Maisie Dodd and 4. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear 5. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 6. Tipperary by Frank Delaney 7. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

8. The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman, 9. The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux 10. Clapton the Autobiography by Eric Clapton, 11. Gonzo: the life of Hunter S. Thompson: an oral biography by Jann Wenner and Corey Seymour 12. World Without End by Ken Follett 13. The Penguin who knew too much by Donna Andrews

14. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 15 Just Jane by Nancy Moser 16. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 17.Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear 19The Closers by Michael Connelly