Tamora Pierce

My Favorite Books 2009
 

FLAWED DOGS by Berkeley Brethed

Abbreviations: 

(YA) = Young Adult/Teen

(YR) = Young Reader/Intermediate/Tween

(2nd read) = the second time I’ve read it

(collection) = all stories by one author

(syn.) = synonym

(alt hi) = alternate history

(anthology) = stories/articles by different authors

(b) = boy hero, of interest to boys

(c) = current

(ed(s).) = editor(s)

(f) = fantasy

(gn) = graphic novel

(h) = horror

(hi) = historical

(nf) = nonfiction

(sf) = science fiction

(v) = novel in verse

Kristin Cashore's FIRE

 

AM I BLUE: Coming Out From the SilenceMainstream  YA

  • Anderson, Laurie Halse — CHAINS (hi), SPEAK (2nd read), WINTERGIRLS (c/f?)

  • Bauer, Marion Dane — AM I BLUE (anthology, 2nd read)

  • Black, Holly & Casteucci, Cecil, (eds.) — GEEKSTASTIC (anthology)

  • Brown, Jennifer — HATE LIST (c)

  • Carvell, Marlene — CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PAGES (b), WHO WILL TELL MY BROTHER? (b)(v)

  • Garden, Nancy — ENDGAME  (c)

  • Giles, Gail — RIGHT BEHIND YOU (c)

  • Hiaasen, Carl — SCAT (b)(c)

  • Hopkins, Lee Bennett — AMERICA AT WAR (poetry collection)

  • Rinaldi, Ann — GIRL IN BLUE (hi)

  • BIG FAT MANIFESTO by Susan VaughtShaw, Susan — ONE OF THE SURVIVORS (b?) (c)

  • Vaught, Susan — BIG FAT MANIFESTO (c), TRIGGER (c)

  • Watson, Carrie Gordon — QUAD (b)(c)

  • Wittlinger, Ellen — PARROTFISH (2nd read)(c)

Fantasy/SF — YA

  • Anderson, Jodi Lynn — MAY BIRD: AMONG THE STARS Book Two (f)(YR)

  • Breathed, Berkeley — FLAWED DOGS (picture book)

  • Briceland, V, — GLASS MAKER’S DAUGHTER, THE (f)

  • Bull, Emma — FINDER (f)

  • Cammuso, Frank (gn) — KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE: The Dodgeball Chronicles 1 (b, f, c)

  • SILVERTONGUE by Charlie FletcherCashore, Kristin — FIRE (f)

  • Chima, Cinda Williams — THE DEMON KING (f)(b)

  • Clare, Cassandra — CITY OF GLASS (f)

  • Cohen, Barbara & Lovejoy, Barhija — SEVEN DAUGHTERS AND SEVEN SONS (2nd read) (f)

  • Durst, Sarah Beth — ICE (f)

  • Fisher, Catherine — CORBENIC (b) (f)

  • Fletcher, Charlie — SILVERTONGUE (b) (f)

  • Gibson, Marley — GHOSTHUNTRESS 1: THE AWAKENING, GHOSTHUNTRESS 2: THE GUIDANCE

  • Haddix, Margaret Peterson — FOUND (b)

  • Holm, Jennifer & Holm, Matthew — BABYMOUSE: OUR HERO (gn, younger readers)

  • RAMPANT by Diana PeterfreundJinks, Catherine — GENIUS SQUAD (2nd of series) (b) (sf)

  • Kaye, Marilyn — BETTER LATE THAN NEVER (psychic), OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND (psychic)

  • Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody — SUDDENLY SUPERNATURAL

  • LaFevers, R. L. — FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (b) (younger)

  • Lanagan, Margot — BLACK JUICE (collection) (f)

  • Law, Ingrid — SAVVY (YR)(f)

  • Mantchev, Lisa — EYES LIKE STARS (f)

  • Mitchell, Saundra — SHADOWED SUMMER (ghost)

  • Osterlund, Anne — ACADEMY 7 (sf)

  • Peterfreund, Diana — RAMPANT (f)

  • Prineas, Sarah — LOST (Magic Thief 2) (b), MAGIC THIEF, THE (b)

  • Rutkoski, Marie — CABINET OF WONDERS, THE (f)

  • TREE SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER by Gillian SummersSherman, Delia — MAGIC MIRROR OF THE MERMAID QUEEN, THE (c, f)

  • Simner, Janni Lee — BONES OF FAERIE (f)

  • Smith, Cynthia Leitich — ETERNAL (f)

  • Snyder, Maria — POISON STUDY (f)

  • Staub, Wendi Corsi — AWAKENING (psychic), BELIEVING (psychic)

  • Stead, Rebecca — WHEN YOU REACH ME (sf)

  • Stiefvater, Maggie — BALLAD (c, f), SHIVER (c, f)

  • Summers, Gillian — INTO THE WILDE WOOD (c, f), SECRET OF THE DREAD FOREST, THE (c, f), TREE SHEPHERD’S DAUGHTER, THE (c, f)

  • Turner, Megan Whelan — KING OF ATTOLIA, THE (b, f)

  • Ward, David — ESCAPE THE MASK (b)

  • Wasserman, Robin — CRASHED (sf)

  • Webb, Holly — DOGMAGIC  (f) YR

  • DRAGON & THIEF by Timothy ZahnWilson, N. D. — DANDELION FIRE (f),  100 CUPBOARDS (f)

  • Wrede, Patricia — THIRTEENTH CHILD (hi f)

  • Zahn, Timothy — DRAGON AND THIEF (b, sf)

  • Zink, Michelle — PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS (f)

Mainstream—Adult

 

  • Ali, Ayaan Hirsi — NFIDEL (nf)

  • Borowski, Tadeusz — THIS WAY FOR THE GAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN (collection)

  • Collins, Gail — AMERICAN WOMEN (nf)

  • Corona, Laurel — FOUR SEASONS, THE (hi)

  • CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR by George CrileCrile, George — CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR (nf)

  • Cullen, Dave — COLUMBINE (nf)

  • Edghill, India — DELILAH (hi)

  • Gilman, Dorothy — UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX, THE (c)

  • Goldman, Dave, Lt. Col. — ON KILLING (nf)

  • Goodwin, Jan — PRICE OF HONOR (nf)

  • Hambly, Barbara — PATRIOT HEARTS (hi)

  • Hamilton, Barbara (syn. Hambly) — NINTH DAUGHTER, THE (hi)

  • Lehane, Dennis — SHUTTER ISLAND (2nd read)

  • Lustbader, Victoria — HIDDEN (hi)

  • MacDonald, Gregory — THE BUCK PASSES FLYNN (multiple reads)

  • McDaniel, David — VAMPIRE AFFAIR, THE (Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

  • Nilsen, Alleen Pace & Don L. — NAMES & NAMING IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION LADIES IN WAITING by Anne Somerset(nf)

  • Norman, Diana (pen name for Ariana Franklin) — A CATCH OF CONSEQUENCE (hi)

  • O’Brien, Stacey — WESLEY THE OWL (nf)

  • Penman, Sharon Kay — FALLS THE SHADOW (hi)

  • Picoult, Jodi — HANDLE WITH CARE, PLAIN TRUTH (c)

  • Schreiber, Flora Rheta — SYBIL (nf)

  • Somerset, Anne — LADIES IN WAITING (nf)

  • Skinner, E. Benjamin — A CRIME SO MONSTROUS: Face to Face w/ Modern-Day Slavery (nf)

  • Uris, Leon — EXODUS (hi)(6th reading)

  • Wiesel, Elie — NIGHT (nf)

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE by Philip MargolinThrillers—adult

  • Balducci, David — LAST MAN STANDING, STONE COLD, THE WHOLE TRUTH

  • Burdett, John — BANGKOK 8

  • Connolly, John (3rd read for all) — BAD MEN, THE BLACK ANGEL, EVERY DEAD THING, DARK HOLLOW, THE KILLING KIND, THE LOVERS (new), THE UNQUIET, THE WHITE ROAD

  • Emley, Dianne — FIRST CUT, THE

  • Flynn, Vince — ACT OF TREASON

  • Hartley, A. J. — ON THE FIFTH DAY

  • Johansen, Iris — BLIND ALLEY, DARK SUMMER, FIRESTORM, THE SEARCH

  • Margolin, Philip — EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE

  • Parker, T. Jefferson — L.A. OUTLAWS

  • Preston, Douglas & Child, Lincoln — MOUNT DRAGON

 JOKER Graphic Novel by Brian AzzarelloSF&F--Adult

  • Aaron, Jason (writer) & Guéra, R.M. (ill.) — SCALPED: DEAD MOTHERS (gn)

  • Andrews, Ilona — MAGIC BITES (c, f), MAGIC BURNS (c, f), MAGIC STRIKES (c, f)

  • Armstrong, Kelley — PERSONAL DEMON (c, f)

  • Azzarello, Brian — JOKER (gn)

  • Bishop, Anne — DAUGHTER OF THE BLOOD, HEIR TO THE SHADOWS

  • Bray, Patricia — DEVLIN’S LUCK

  • Brouwer, Sigmund — BROKEN ANGEL (adult/ya) (sf)

  • Carey, Jacqueline — SANTA OLIVIA (sf)

  • Gingrich, Newt & Forstchen, William — NEVER CALL THE SILICON MAGE by Barbara HamblyRETREAT (alt hi)

  • Hambly, Barbara (multiple readings for all) — DOG WIZARD (f), THE SILENT TOWER (f), THE SILICON MAGE (f), STRANGER AT THE WEDDING (f)

  • Keck, David — IN THE EYE OF HEAVEN (f)

  • King, Stephen — THE SHINING (multiple readings) (c, f)

  • Lindskold, Jane — THIRTEEN ORPHANS (f)

  • Priest, Cherie — FATHOM (horror)

  • Rardin, Jennifer — ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST (c, f), ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY (c, f)

  • Ringo, John — PRINCESS OF WANDS (3rd reading) (c, f)

  • Robb, J.B. — SALVATION IN DEATH (sf)

  • Saberhagen, Fred — THE HOLMES DRACULA FILE (multiple readings) (c, f), AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY (multiple readings) (c, f)

  • THE LAST SECRET OF THE TEMPLE by Paul SussmanSanderson, Brandon — MISTBORN (f)

  • Shepherd, Joel — SASHA (f)

  • Spencer, Wen — A BROTHER’S PRICE (f)

  • Strout, Anton — DEAD TO ME (c, f)

  • Sussman, Paul — LAST SECRET OF THE TEMPLE, THE

  • Tan, Shaun — THE ARRIVAL (gn)

  • Vaughn, Carrie — KITTY & THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (c, f), KITTY & THE SILVER BULLET (c, f), KITTY GOES TO WASHINGTON (c, f), KITTY ON HOLIDAY (c, f)

  • Ward, J. R. — COVET

  • Williams, Liz — SNAKE AGENT (sf)

  • Willingham, Bill (writer) & Buckingham, Mark (ill.) — FABLES 11: WAR AND PIECES (gn, f)

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