Favorite Books 2009

AUDIOBOOKS
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle	Kingsolver, Barbara (read by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L Hopp, Camille Kingsolver)
Help, The	Stockett, Kathryn (read by Jenna Lamia, Bahni Turpin, Octavia Spencer, Cassandra Campbell)
Lord of the Rings trilogy, The	Tolkien, J R R (read by Rob Inglis)
Prayers for Sale	Dallas, Sandra (read by Maggi-Meg Reed)
Story of Edgar Sawtelle, The	Wroblewski, David (read by Richard Poe)
Strain, The	Del Toro, Guillermo and Chuck Hogan (read by Ron Perlman)
Tiffany Aching Series	Pratchett, Terry (read by Stephen Briggs)
Wild Things, The	Eggers, Dave (read by Dion Graham)
Zietoun	Eggers ,Dave (read by Firdous Bamji)
BOOKS
American Salvage	Campbell, Bonnie Jo
And Another Thing	Colfer, Eoin
Await Your Reply	Chaon, Dan
Blood Game	Johansen, Iris
Blueberry Girl	Gaiman, Neil and Charles Vess
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The	Kamkwamba, William and Brian Mealor
Cazalet Chronicle Quartet, The (starts with The Light Years)	Howard, Elizabeth Jane
Cry of the Sloth, The	Savage, Sam
Echo in the Bone, An	Gabaldon, Diana
Elantris	Sanderson, Brandon
Elegance of the Hedgehog, The	Barbery, Muriel
Empire of Illusion	Hedges, Chris
Essays	Shawn, Wallace
Fire	Cashore, Kristin
Food Matters	Bittman, Mark
Forest of Hands and Teeth, The	Ryan, Carrie
Gathering Storm, The	Jordan, Robert and Brandon Sanderson
Geek Logic	Sundem, Garth
Goat Song	Kessler, Brad
Graceling	Cashore, Kristin
Homer’s Odyssey	Cooper, Gwen
Hunger Games	Collins, Suzanne
Lieutenant, The	Grenville, Kate
Lion and Mouse	Pinckney, Jerry
Little Giant of Aberdeen County	Baker, Tiffany
Lord of Death, The	Pattison, Eliot
Love, Loss, and What I Wore	Beckerman, Ilene
Lucky breaks	Patron, Susan
Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventure, The	Miller, Laura
Middlesex	Eugenides, Jeffrey
Middlesex	Eugenides, Jeffrey
My Life in France	Child, Julia
Nocturne City novels	Kittredge, Caitlin
Paradise Built in Hell, A	Solnit, Rebecca
Parties and potions	Mlynowski, Sarah
Physick Book of Deliverance Dane	Howe, Katherine
Physick book of Deliverance Dane, The	Howe, Katherine
Q Road	Campbell, Bonnie Jo
Queen of Song and Souls	Wilson, C L
Republican Gomorrah	Blumenthal, Max
Secrets of a Lady	Grant, Tracy
Something Wicked This Way Comes	Bradbury, Ray
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1)	Carriger, Gail
Sovereign	Sansom, C J
Starfish	Watts, Peter
Swampwalker’s Journal	Carroll, David M
Team of Rivals	Goodwin, Doris Kearns
That Summer in Sicily	di Blasi, Marlena
Three cups of tea	Mortenson, Greg
Tunnels	Williams, Brian
Vampire Diaries, The	Smith, L J
Vanishing Face of Gaia, The	Lovelock, James
What the World Eats	Menzel, Peter
When a Man Loves a Weapon	Causey, Toni McGee
When You Reach Me	Stead, Rebecca
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	Grabien, Deb
Zeitoun	Eggers, Dave
Zeitoun	Eggers, Dave
	Neil, Gaiman
	Robb, J D
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Asterios Polyp	Mazzucchelli, David
Bone (series)	Smith, Jeff
Locke and Key	Hill, Joe and Gabriel Rodriguez
RASL	Smith, Jeff
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter	Cooke, Darwyn
Stitches: a Memoir	Small, David
MOVIES
Bright Star	Campion, Jane (dir)
Capitalism: A Love Story	Moore, Michael (dir)
Counterfeiters, The	Ruzowitzky, Stefan (dir)
Gran Torino	Eastwood, Clint (dir)
Inglourious Basterds	Tarantino, Quentin (dir)
Julie & Julia	Ephron, Nora (dir)
Lars and the Real Girl	Gillespie, Craig (dir)
Moon	Jones, Duncan (dir)
Paris 36 (aka Faubourg 36)	Barratier, Christophe (dir)
Phoebe in Wonderland	Barnz, Daniel (dir)
Revolutionary Road	Mendes, Sam (dir)
Star Trek	Abrams, J J (dir)
MUSIC
All Rebel Rockers	Michael Franti and Spearhead
Bernstein’s Mass	Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Burn it to the Ground	Nickelback
Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony	Nashville Symphony
Fresh Horses	Byrnes, Jim
House of Refuge	Byrnes, Jim
Invisible Cities	Nomo
Kuri Kuri	Jassi, Jasbir
Middle Cyclone	Case, Neko
Motions	West, Matthew
My Walking Stick	Byrnes, Jim
No Line on the Horizon	U2
Petit Oiseau	William Parker Quartet
Song of Songs	Stile Antico
Strict Joy	Swell Season
Welcome to Mali	Amadou and Mariam
Zabalaza	Thandiswa
	Daughtry
	Rascal Flatts
	Opeth
POEM
Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch	Wakoski, Diane
TV SHOW
CBS Sunday Morning
Defying Gravity
Dexter
House
House
Mad Men
Parks and Rec
Vampire Diaries, The
TV SHOW (WORST)
Star Wars Holiday Special, The