Read in 2009

Here is my 2009 read list with ratings and links to reviews:

1 * did not like it at all, couldn't stand it actually, best used as a paperweight!

2** eh , could take it or leave it, mostly leave it

3* **liked it

4**** Really liked it :)

5***** Just hated to see it end, could not put it down, Loved it!

If a book is not starred, it is planned to be read in that month, once I finish the book, then I rate it. This is just a way to help me better plan my reading.
January 5,372 pages read

1. I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson *** 337 pp
2. Night of Many Dreams by Gail Tsukiyama *** 275 pp
3. Scot On The Rocks by Brenda Janowitz ***** 295 pp
4. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani 4.5 **** 263 pp
5. The Christmas Edition by Robin Shope 4**** 236 pp
6. Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons 4**** 358 pp
7. The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes by Marlane Kennedy**** 240 pp
8. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks 4**** 372 pp
9. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 5***** 290 pp
10. Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson 3 *** 309 pp
11. The Good Sister by Diana Diamond 4**** 296 pp
12. Collision of Angels by Michael Carver 2.5** 438 pp
13. Firefly lane by Kristin Hannah 4**** 479 pp
14. Good-Bye and Amen by Beth Gutcheon 3 *** 279 pp
15. The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer 2.5** 256 pp
16. Little Skink's Tail by Janet Halfmann 5***** 32 pp
17. Faithful unto Death by Caroline Graham 5 ***** 311 pp
18. Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff 2** 306 pp

February 5,136 pages read

1. Rococo by Adriana Trigiani 4**** 272 pp
2. Vineyard Chill by Philip Craig 4**** 256
3. Death by Latte by Linda Gerber 3*** 224 pp
4. Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper 3.5 *** 384 pp
5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 5***** 464 pp
6. The Pre-Nup by Beth Kendrick 4**** 304 pp
7. Waggitt Again by Peter Howe 3*** 304 pp
8. A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris 4**** 272 pp
9. Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani 4**** 304 pp
10. The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama 4.5**** 288 pp
11. Death of a Witch by M.C.Beaton 4**** 256 pp
12. Irreplaceable by Stephen Lovely 4**** 352 pp
13. Death by Pantyhose by Laura Levine 4**** 256 pp
14. Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung 3*** 304 pp
15. The Italian Lover by Robert Hellenga 4**** 368 pp
16. Dating Da Vinci by Malena Lott 3*** 288 pp
17. Death by Bikini by Linda Gerber3*** 240 pp

March 4,918 pages read

1. The Suburban Dragon by Garasamo Maccagnone 5***** 50 pp
2. To My Senses by Alexandrea Weis 3*** 336 pp
3. Dead Man Docking by Mary Daheim 3*** 320 pp
4. Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs 4**** 384 pp
5. Sonata for Miriam by Linda Olsson 4**** 304 pp
6. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly 5***** 576 pp
7. Oolong Dead by Laura Childs 5***** 336 pp
8. MacKenzie Blue by Tina Wells 4**** 224 pp
9. Life Sentences by Laura Lippman3*** 352 pp
10. Palace Circle by Rebecca Dean 5***** 432 pp
11. Murder at Madingley Grange by Caroline Graham 4***** 292 pp
12. A Recipe 4 Robbery by Marybeth Kelsey 4**** 288 pp
13. Third Strike by Philip Craig & William Tapply 5***** 336 pp
14. Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry 3*** 288 pp
15. Sweet Waters: An Otter Bay Novel by Julie Carobini 3***400 pp

April 5,444 pages read

1. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 5***** 384 pp
2. Stiffs and Swine by J.B. Stanley 4**** 288 pp
3. The Battered Body by J.B. Stanley 4**** 312 pp
4. The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo 4**** 352 pp
5. Steamed by Jessica Conant-Park and Susan Conant 2** 320 pp
6. The Local News by Miriam Gershow 3*** 368 pp
7. The Towering World of Jimmy Choo by Lauren Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Maceira De Rosen 2** 240 pp
8. The Witch's Grave by Shirley Damsgaard 4**** 272 pp
9. A Flickering Light by Jane Kirkpatrick 4**** 400pp
10. The Big Dig by Linda Barnes 4**** 352 pp
11. Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart 5***** 304 pp
12. Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Janet Halfmann 4**** 32 pp
13. Plot Counter-Plot by Anna Clarke 3*** 192 pp
14. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 5***** 560 pp
15. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 4**** 336 pp
16. The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane 4**** 416 pp
17. Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie 4.5 ***** 316 pp

May 7,542 pages read

1. Letter from Home by Carolyn Hart 4**** 272 pp
2. Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell 4**** 288 pp
3. A Murderous Innocence by Susan Oleksiw 3.5*** 263 pp
4. Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke 3*** 288 pp
5. The Tree of Death by Marcia Muller 3 *** 208 pp
6. Cut, Crop & Die by Joanna Campbell Slan 4.5**** 336 pp
7. Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah 4**** 432 pp
8. Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan 4.5**** 336 pp
9. A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton 4**** 160 pp
10. Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer 4.5**** 640 pp
11. Fault Line by Barry Eisler 4.5 **** 320 pp
12. Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp by Lauren Lipton 4**** 368 pp
13. Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch 1* 272 pp
14. It Happened in Italy by Elizabeth Bettina 4**** 384 pp
15. Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods 4**** 304 pp
16. Murder Under Blue Skies by Willard Scott & Bill Crider 3*** 368 pp
17. Desert Sinner by Ralph McInerney 3*** 250 pp
18. Saints in Limbo by River Jordan 4.5***** 352 pp
19. High Water by Lynn Hightower 3*** 336 pp
20. A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore 3.5 *** 432 pp
21. September by Rosamund Pilcher 4**** 613 pp
22. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich 5***** 320 pp

June 6,054 pages read 6 month total 34,466 pages read

1. Deception by Christiane Heggan 4**** 378 pp
2. Sister Chicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn 2.5** 288 pp
3. Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin 3.5*** 352 pp
4. The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian 4**** 288 pp
5. Worshipful Lucia by E.F. Benson 4.5**** 175 pp
6. Only You by Deborah Grace Staley 4 **** 208 pp
7. The Captain's Bride by Lisa Tawn Bergren 4.5**** 400 pp
8. Tomorrow's Treasure by Linda Lee Chaikin 4**** 392 pp
9. The Night Gardener by George Pelicanos 4**** 372 pp
10. The Dixie Divas by Virginia Brown 4.5**** 308 pp
11. The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha 353 pp
12. *Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (audio) 2 hours
13. The Gift of War by Mackenzie Ford 3.5*** 350 pp
14. Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs 4**** 544 pp
15. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson 4.5**** 336 pp
16. Trouble for Lucia by E.F. Benson 4.5**** 176 pp
17. The Wackiest, Wildest, Wierdest Animals in the World by Jack Hanna 4 **** 32 pp
18. Midnight Sun by Lisa Tawn Bergren 4**** 384 pp
19. A Man to Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey 4**** 442 pp
20. Corpse Pose by Diana Killian 4**** 276 pp
21. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand 3*** 359 pp

July 6,304 pages read

1. Dolled up for Murder by Deb Baker 4**** 276 pp
2. Summer House by Nancy Thayer 5***** 351 pp
3. One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon 4.5**** 394 pp
4. Trail of Crumbs by Kim Sunee 2 ** 370 pp
5. Return to Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank 3.5*** 387 pp
6. The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs 4 ****408 pp
7. Dockside by Susan Wiggs 4 **** 574 pp (lg pr)
8. Deep Harbor by Lisa Tawn Bergren 4**** 363 pp
9. Snowfall at Willow Lodge by Susan Wiggs 4**** 439 pp
10. The Chocolate Lover's Club by Carole Matthews 3 *** 312 pp
11. Janeology by Karen Harrington 3*** 246 pp
12. Loitering with Intent by Stuart Wood 4**** 290 pp
13. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells 3.5*** 391 pp
14. Swimsuit by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 3.5*** 391 pp
15. Dearly Depotted by Kate Collins 3.5 *** 285 pp
16. Dying to Sell by Maggie Sefton 4**** 250 pp
17. Beach Trip by Cathy Holton 4 ***** 404 pp
18. One Scream Away by Kate Brady 5***** 423 pp

August 6152 pages read

1. The Best of Times by Penny Vincenzi 4.5**** 598 pp
2. Circle of Friends Book III James by L. Diane Wolfe 290 pp 3***
3. Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love by Beth Pattillo 4**** 354 pp
4. Rose House by Tina Ann Forker 2 ** 304 pp
5. The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper by Kathleen Y'Barbo 4**** 344 pp
6. Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus 4**** 306 pp
7. It had to be you by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 3*** 376 pp
8. Seduce Me by Robyn DeHart 4**** 297 pp
9. Summer of Two Wishes by Julia London 3.5*** 401 pp
10. The Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman 3.5*** 323 pp
11. The Lie by Fredrica Wagman 1* 214 pp
12. North! Or be Eaten by Andrew Peterson 2.5 ** 313 pp
13. Benny and Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti 3.5*** 209 pp
14. Frenchman's Creek by Daphne DuMaurier 4**** 280 pp
15. Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger 3.5 *** 309 pp
16. Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand 4 **** 403 pp
17. Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich 4**** 303 pp
18. The Court by William J. Coughlin 4**** 313 pp
19. Who Made You a Princess? by Shelley Adina 3*** 215 pp

September 5567 pages read

1. Confessions of a Master Baker by Gesine Bullock-Prado 3.5** 223 pp
2. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny 4 **** 372 pp
3. Holy Bullett by Luis Miquel Rocha 4**** 458 pp
4. The Moon Looked Down by Dorothy Garlock 3*** 386 pp
5. Laced With Magic by Barbara Bretton 3.5 *** 342 pp
6. South of Broad by Pat Conroy 2.5*** 513 pp
7. Hollywood is Like High School with Money by Zoey Dean 3.5*** 278 pp
8. Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo 4.5**** 321 pp
9. Dying for Mercy by Mary Jane Clark 4**** 371 pp
10. Whiskey Gulf by Clyde Ford 3*** 255 pp
11. Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline 4.5**** 303 pp
12. The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel 4.5 ****by Maureen Lindley 285 pp
13. A Highlander's Temptation by Suellen Welfonder 3***375 pp
14. Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton 3.5*** 299 pp
15. Getting Rid of Rosie by Lynda Simmons 3*** 371 pp
16. The Last Ember by Daniel Levine 4**** 415 pp

October 6,287 pages read

1. Night of Flames by Douglas W. Jacobson 4.5**** 382 pp
2. Hot and Irresistable by Dianne Castell 2** 259 pp
3. The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall 4**** 194 pp
4. Little Giant of Aberdeen by Tiffany Baker 3*** 341 pp
5. Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson 4.5**** 367 pp
6. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory 3.5*** 415 pp
7. Mandarin Sea by Helen Tse 3.5 *** 273 pp
8. Shadow Government by Grant R. Jeffrey 3 *** 227 pp
9. Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur 2 ** 320 pp
10. Eye of the Storm by Dee Davis 4**** 376 pp
11. High Tea by Sandra Harper 4**** 259 pp
12. The Body in the Ivy by Katherine Hall Page 5***** 346 pp
13. The Body in the Bouillon by Katherine Hall Page 3.5**** 210 pp
14. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 4.5**** 380 pp
15. Show No Fear by Marliss Melton 3.5*** 292 pp
16. Murder on a Mystery Tour by Marian Babson 3*** 167 pp
17. Murder Well-Bred by Caroline Banks 2.5** 183 pp
18. Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley 5***** 285pp
19. Leaving Carolina by Tamara Leigh 2.5** 370 pp
20. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2.5** 180 pp
21. Missing, Maybe Dead by Tom Mitcheltree 4**** 251 pp
22. Tourist Trap by Julie Smith 2.5 ** 210 pp

November 4,156 pages read 7 hours audio

1. The Girl in the Face of the Clock by Charles Mathes 3 *** 253 pp
2. Limelight by Melody Carlson 4 **** 378 pp
3. Merry Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart 4**** 282 pp
4. *Eighth Confession by James Patterson 4**** audio approx. 7 hours
5. The Ocean Between by Lynda Coker 5 ***** 230 pp
6. The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers 3*** 739 pp
7. Too Many Visitors for This Little House by Susan Chodakiewitz 4**** 34 pp
8. Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs 4.5 **** 366 pp
9. The Way Home by George Pelecanos 4.5**** 323 pp
10. Malice by Lisa Jackson 4.5**** 424 pp
11. Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely 3*** 306 pp
12. The Ripple Effect by Lynn Erickson 4 **** 378 pp
13. The Unbidden Truth by Kate Wilhelm 4 **** 443 pp

December 6,449 Pages read

1. Past Imperfect by Janice Harrell 3.5*** 276 pp
2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2** 537 pp
3. Bodies by Robert Barnard 2.5** 222 pp
4. Nicolas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie 5***** 601 pp
5. Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer 4**** 314 pp
6. Dead Pan by Gayle Trent 4**** 155 pp
7. The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page 4**** 256 pp
8. Hasty Death by Marion Chesney 3*** 225 pp
9. Sail by James Patterson/Howard Roughan 4**** 388 pp
10. Assassins at Osprey by R.T. Raichev 4* 222 pp
11. The Wild Sight by Lucinda McGary 4****317 pp
12. There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton 3.5**** 277 pp
13. The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall 4.5**** 470 pp
14. A Guilty Thing Surprised by Ruth Rendell 3*** 193 pp
15. Some Like it Haute by Julie L. Dam 3.5*** 293 pp
16. A Right to Die by Rex Stout 2** 136 pp
17. The Treasures of Venice by Loucinda McGary 4**** 314 pp
18. So Into You by Sandra Hill 4**** 324 pp
19. Tamed By A Laird by Amanda Scott 3*** 415 pp
20. Hunter's Moon by Don Hoesel 3*** 250 pp
21. Melinda and the Wild West by Linda Weaver Clarke 2.5 **264 pp

219 books in total = 9 hours audio/69,381 pages read