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Books I have read in 2009

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Hard to believe another year has ended. What a year it has been. Here is my list of books that I have read through out the year.

Anything with * is books not included in the 100+ Reading challenge.

January
The Misadventures of Oliver Booth by David Desmond
The Kings of Innocence by Michael Burns
The First Person & other Stories by Ali Smith
The Bishop’s Daughter by Tiffany L. Warren
Cross County by James Patterson
Daughter of Mine by Laura Fabiani
The Debs by Susan McBride
*You’re my woman because…by Patrick J. Murphy & You’re my guy because…by Patricia Storm
Across the Pond by Storyheart
Art of Compassion
No more us For You by David Hernandez

February
Kiss me Kill Me by Lauren Henderson
Kisses & Lies by Lauren Henderson
The Crazy School by Cornelie Read
Mixed Bags #1 by Melody Carlson
Stealing Bradford #2 by Melody Carlson
Home Coming Queen #3 by Melody Carlson
Viva Vermont #4 by Melody Carlson
Lost in Las Vegas #5 by Melody Carlson
*How not to look old by Charla Krupp
*Great Hair by Nick Arrojo
The Dead Guy by Doug Hewitt
Sum: Forty Tales by David Eagleman

March
Run For Your Life by James Patterson
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
Letters between Us by Linda Radar Overman
Not so simply Life #1 by Melody Carlson
Its a Green Thing #2 by Melody Carlson
The Next big Thing by Johanna Edwards
*Every day Indian Cookbook

April
Professor’s Wife Club by Joanne Rendell
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
An Offer You Can’t Refuse by Jill Mansell
This One is Mine by Maria Semple
The Girl She used to be by David Cristofano
Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Life Cycles by Neil Killion
Hindsight: What you need to know
Stop The Traffik
New York Debute #6 by Melody Carlson

May
Muder by Family by Kent Whitaker
What’s the best you can do? by Derek Rowlinson
Always Watching by Brandilyn Collins
Four Corners of the sky by Michael Malone
Klepto by Lori Weber
Split by Lori Weber
Tattoo Heaven by Lori Weber
Strange beauty by Lori Weber
Holly’s Inbox by Bill Surie

June
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St.John Mandel
Neil Armstrong is my uncle by Nan Marino
The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leikne
Call me Mimi by Francis Chalifour & Worst Case Scenerio Book
Would you by Marthe Jocelyn
Dear Jo by Christina Kilbourne
Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell
They called me red by Christina Kilbourne
The Chosen one by Carol Lynch Williams
Swimsuit by James Patterson

July
The Castaways by Erin Hilderbrand
Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Two Years, No Rain by Shawn Klompareno
The Debs: Love, Lies and Texas Dip by Susan McBride
Summer House by Nancy Thayer

August
Obama’s Blackberry by Kasper Hauser
Truth or Dare #1 by Nicole O’Dell
All that Glitters #2 by Nicole O’Dell
The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall
Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett
To Tempt the Wolf by Terry Spear
How it Ends by Laura Weiss
Millie’s Fing by Jill Mansell
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

September
Bran Hambric: The Fairfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
Willow by Julia Hoban
Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah by Melody Carlson
Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani

October
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
The Awakening by Kelley Armstron
The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall
Camp Fossil Eyes by Mark Abley
Good Neighbors Book 1 by Holly Black
Good Neighbors Book 2 by Holly Black
I am neurotic & So are you by Lianna Kong
Spiderwick Chronicles Book 1 by Holly Black
After the Moment by Garrett Freyman Neyer
Thanksgiving at the Inn by Tim Whitney
*Make A-Head Meals by Jane Dorion
*Simon’s Cat by Scott Tofield

November
Medina Hill by Tribly Kent
Tell me Something true by Leila Cobo
Step Back From the Baggage Claim by Jason Barger
Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
Sins of the Fles by Caridad Pineiro
What Matters Most Book 3 by Melody Carlson
The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson
The Housekeeper & Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Your Family Constitution by Scott Gale
Ripley’s Believe it or not

December
Limelight by Melody Carlson
The Christmas Secret by Donna VanLiere
The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
Perfect Timing by Jill Mansell
All I Have to Give by Melody Carlson
More Pages from The Red Suit Diaries by Ed Butchart
Of All the Stupid Things by Alexandra Diaz
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
Don’t Touch Me by Howie Mandel

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Happy New Year

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New Years MySpace Comments and Graphics

Happy New Year Everyone. Wishing a you a happy and joyous New Year. All the best for 2010.

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Library Thing Secret Santa

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This was the first year that I participated in LibraryThings Secret Santa gift exchange. I missed it last year so this year I was excited to take part in it.

This was a super easy Secret Santa because you got assigned a person and you got to pick out $25 dollars worth of books for the person. If you were lucky enough the person had a wish list posted. I have to stay I was extremely lucky with my pick and I was extremely with the person who picked for me. I have a wish listed posted on LibraryThing.

The added bonus was that no addresses were exchanged between the people. The staff at LibraryThings ordered your choices and the vendors shipped the books.

I received my books before Christmas and I have to apologize for only posting this now. The person who bought for me was mom-of-two and she got me:


Just Another Girl by Melody Carlson and Ash by Miranda Lo. Both are books that I have been anxious to read.

Thank you mom-of-two for the books. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

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After Christmas comic

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I meant to post this on Xmas Eve but with having Christmas Eve dinner here with family I didn’t get much of a chance and then when everyone left I was up till 1am wrapping presents.
Christmas day was another busy day with opening presents and then going to family for Christmas dinner and when I got back home the only thing I did was upload photos onto facebook that my brother in laws wanted for their pages.
See even Santa tweets.

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My Favorite Holiday Picture

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Out of all the pictures I have taken over this holiday season I have to say this is by far my favorite picture of Michael.

This was taken Christmas Eve when I had my in laws over for the Christmas Eve dinner.

Michael’s uncle was playing with Michael and they were fooling around with his uncle’s hat. His uncle placed the hat on him like this and I snapped the picture it was only afterwards when I looked at it that I feel in love with it. In the New Year I am going to get this picture enlarged and framed.

Isn’t this just to cute and priceless?

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Merry Christmas

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Christmas MySpace Comments and Graphics

Merry Christmas everyone. Wishing you a great holiday season.

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All I have to Give Review

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TITLE: All I Have to Give
AUTHOR: Melody Carlson
PUB DATE: July 2008
ISBN: 978-08007-1882-4
PUBLISHER: Revell Books
PAGES: 176

From the Inside Flap
What would you do to make Christmas special? Anna wants this to be the best Christmas ever, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish that. But what happens when everything and everyone around her seems to be falling apart? Is this destined to be the worst Christmas ever? Fortunately for her, as often happens at this time of year, there are miracles in store. Just when Anna’s happy holidays look hopeless, the magic of Christmas works its way into her life. And what she unwraps for Christmas will surprise everyone.

From the Back Cover
What does it take to make the perfect Christmas? A picture-perfect tree? Piles of brightly wrapped presents? A sumptuous spread on a gorgeous table? Take some time this Christmas to rediscover what it means to give–and receive–the gift of pure love. It may not be what you expect, but it might be just what you need.

MY THOUGHTS:
As you already know by now I am a huge fan of Melody Carlson and can pretty much devour her books in one sitting. This one was no exception I managed to finish in it about 2 hours.

The book opens up with Anna and Meredith talking about their martial relationships while they are cleaning up after Thanksgiving dinner. Anna thinks her husband is going through a midlife crisis’s. She thinks this because he has been distant and distracted lately.

As she is putting away her grandmother’s good china, Michael suggests that they make the baby’s room into a home office. Anna has been pregnant in the past but always ends up loosing the baby. This upsets her.

Anna has this nagging feeling something is wrong and she thinks she has cancer because that is what her mother died of. She research’s online and realizes she has some of the symptoms. She can’t go to the dr because they have no health insurance. She doesn’t tell Michael but makes it her mission for them to have the best Christmas ever because its been a few years since they have made a big fuss over it.

Anna begins to wonder if Michael is cheating on her and in all honesty I was beginning to think that yes he was cheating on her because he was always working late (he started his own business) and when she would call the office he wasn’t there, when she went to the office he wasn’t there when he said he was going there, he was spotted hanging out at a college coffee shop, and many other things. I felt bad for Anna because she was going through this all on her own.

No one knows what Anna is going through until she lets it slip to her sister who demands she goes to the doctors right way, health insurance or not. Meredith suddenly realizes something about Anna’s symptoms and puts two and two together and realizes that Anna might not have cancer but something else. Something that is much more exciting.

I really enjoyed the book and would recommend the book to anyone who wanted a love story this holiday season. Its not one of the mushy romance ones but a heartful loving one.

This book was a book that I won from Revell and I wasn’t asked to review it but I am only because any book I read I review.

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