2009 in books.

2009 Page Count

1. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
326 pages, finished 1/4/09

2. The Tales of Beetle the Bard by JK Rowling
109 pages, finished 1/6/09

3. Marley & Me by John Grogan
288 pages, finished 2/11/09

4. Beyond Baby Talk: From Sounds to Sentences, A Parent’s Complete Guide to Language Development
by Kenn Apel
207 pages, finished 2/13/09

5. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
368 pages, finished 2/14/09

6. Out of the Blue by Isabel Wolff
448 pages, finished 2/16/09

7. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
973 pages, finished 3/1/09

8. Izzy & Lenore by Jon Katz
198 pages, finished 3/5/09

9. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory
664 pages, finished 3/31/09

10. The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
295 pages, finished 4/5/09

11. The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
269 pages, finished 4/7/09

12. Second Helpings by Megan Mccafferty
357 pages, finished 4/10/09

13. Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
285 pages, finished 4/26/09

14. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
423 pages, finished 5/3/09

15. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Baby Sign Language by Diane Ryan
211 pages, finished 5/5/09

16. I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids by Trisha Ashworth
172 pages, finished 5/17/09

17. Charmed Thirds by Megan Mccafferty
359 pages, finished 5/24/09

18. Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
622 pages, part 1 finished 5/21/09, part 2 finished 6/3/09

19. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
418 pages, finished 6/8/09

20. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
405 pages, finished 6/14/09

21. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
340 pages, finished 6/16/09

22. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
555 pages, finished 6/29/09

23. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
455 pages, finished 7/6/09

24. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
302 pages, finished 7/15/09

25. The Pact by Jodi Picoult
389 pages, finished 7/23/09

26. Bergdorf Blondes: A Novel by Plum Sykes
309 pages, finished 8/20/09

27. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
385 pages, finished 8/30/09

28. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
536 pages, finished 9/7/09

29. Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
264 pages, finished 9/10/09

30. sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling
276 pages, finished 9/15/09

31. Made from Scratch by Sandra Lee
269 pages, finished 9/19/09

32. Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin
342 pages, finished 9/21/09

33. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
331 pages, finished 9/24/09

34. Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth about the First Year of Mommyhood by Jenny McCarthy
207 pages, finished 9/27/09

2009 running total:  12357 pages

So, those are all the books I read in 2009 for the first time. I’m only counting first-time reads in my book count. My min goal for the year was 30, my over-the-top goal was 50. I obviously accomplished the first, and then since we moved back home I crapped out big time. Partially because I have an actual life in Buffalo, and partly because…I’m in love with Edward Cullen.

I read the Twilight series at the end of 2008 so they didn’t count towards this year. However, I re-read Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse twice in 2009. I read Breaking Dawn once (I’m on read #3 now). I’m counting the pages as read (because they were), but not in my book total. SO.

New Pages Read: 12,357
Twilight Pages Read: 4,134 (i pulled the page totals off good reads, they might be slightly off)
Total Pages Read: 16,491

Pretty good! I wanted to increase my book & page numbers each year (at least slightly) but I don’t think I’m going to set that goal. I’m not sure I can accomplish that in the coming year with a toddler, my sister’s wedding, house hunting, and ttc-ing #2 at the end of the year. I am going to shoot for 30 books again, though.

Favorites from this year? 9, 10, 11, 16, 24, 28, 29, & 33.

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