List of Books Read in 2009

So here is my list of books I read in 2009, the year I decided to start challenging myself to read more by setting a goal for myself. That year I was hoping to average 4 books a month, and ended up with a total of 54 books, which works out to 4.5 books per month on average. Here is the list arranged by month (and the books are listed in the order that I read them):

January - 8 books total

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (my third time reading it)
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Port Mungo by Patrick McGrath
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk-Kidd
• P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
• The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club by Jessica Morrison
• The Cellist of Sarajevo by Stephen Galloway
• Marley & Me by John Grogan

February - 5 books total

• She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
• Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
• The Host by Stephenie Meyer

March - 2 books total

• Luck by Joan Barfoot
• Electric God by Catherine Ryan Hyde

April - 1 book total

• A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

May - 6 books total

• At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
• A Complicated Kindness by Mariam Toews
• In the Palace of Repose by Holly Phillips
• All Times Have Been Modern by Elisabeth Harvor
• The Tender Years by Janette Oke
• Return to Harmony by Janette Oke

June - 7 books total

• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Holding by Marilyn Simonds
• The Matchmakers by Janette Oke
• The Measure of a Heart by Janette Oke
• River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
• My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
• Good Grief by Lolly Winston

July - 3 books total

• Under the Lilacs by Kory Shillam
• A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
• The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

August - 3 books total

• When the Finch Rises by Jack Riggs
• Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

September - 1 book total

• Firethorn by Sarah Micklem

October - 8 books total

• Diablo: Legacy of Blood by Richard A. Knaak
• Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
• Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
• Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
• Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
• Still Alice by Lisa Genova
• Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
• Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote

November - 8 books total

• Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
• Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
• Making Friends with Hitler by Ian Kershaw
• White Crosses by Larry Watson
• Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
• Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
• All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
• From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

December - 2 books total

• An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
• Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris