Books read in 2009
2009 was a pretty poor year for me and reading. Only 23 books finished (one additional book is still being read, and as such will get counted as 2010, or perhaps not at all).
Here they are in all their glory:
| Pirate Sun | Karl Schroeder | “Jan 12, 2009” | “Jan 18, 2009” | ||||
| One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko | Mike Royko | “Jan 19, 2009” | “Jan 28, 2009” | ||||
| Encore Provence | Peter Mayle | “Jan 30, 2009” | “Feb 05, 2009” | ||||
| Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman | “Feb 04, 2009” | “Feb 15, 2009” | ||||
| The Inferno | Dante (Translated by Robert Pinsky) | “Feb 05, 2009” | “Feb 21, 2009” | ||||
| The Throwback | Tom Sharpe | “Feb 10, 2009” | “Mar 09, 2009” | ||||
| Mortal Engines | Philip Reeve | “Feb 22, 2009” | “Feb 28, 2009” | ||||
| Boss – Richard J. Daley of Chicago | Mike Royko | “Mar 01, 2009” | “Mar 26, 2009” | ||||
| His Majesty’s Dragon | Naomi Novik | “Mar 25, 2009” | “May 10, 2009” | ||||
| The Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger | “Mar 27, 2009” | “Apr 04, 2009” | ||||
| Cheeseburgers – the Best of Bob Greene | Bob Greene | “Apr 05, 2009” | “Apr 17, 2009” | ||||
| Full Circle | Michael Palin | “Apr 18, 2009” | “May 15, 2009” | ||||
| The Algebraist | Iain M. Banks | “Apr 28, 2009” | “May 09, 2009” | ||||
| Settling Accounts: Return Engagement | Harry Turtledove | “May 11, 2009” | “Aug 17, 2009” | ||||
| Focault’s Pendulum | Umberto Eco | “May 16, 2009” | “Jun 14, 2009” | ||||
| Food Politics | Marion Nestle | “Jun 15, 2009” | “Oct 26, 2009” | ||||
| Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace | “Jun 28, 2009” | “Sep 20, 2009” | ||||
| Anathem | Neal Stephenson | “Jul 02, 2009” | “Jul 12, 2009” | ||||
| Dead Witch Walking | Kim Harrison | “Aug 07, 2009” | “Aug 09, 2009” | ||||
| The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights | John Steinbeck | “Aug 25, 2009” | “Oct 01, 2009” | ||||
| Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel | Susanna Clark | “Oct 26, 2009” | “Dec 01, 2009” | ||||
| Spook Country | William Gibson | “Dec 05, 2009” | “Dec 14, 2009” | ||||
| Momofuku | David Change and Peter Meehan | “Dec 11, 2009” | “Dec 25, 2009” |
I’m not going to make excuses, I just didn’t read a lot. I will point out a couple of personal highlights in the list, and we’ll just leave it at that:
- Boss – Richard J. Daley of Chicago: this was a fantastic book, but I really wanted to punch the guy (Daley, not Royko!)
- Infinite Jest: This was my second read, which I did for “Infinite Summer” and probably helps account to my less than one book per two weeks total. Upon a second reading I noticed a lot of things I missed the first time, although I still ended up with a lot of questions