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I’m a librarian. This is the list where I keep track of things I run into, or read reviews of, and want to read. I never make real statistical progress on it, because for every book I finish, six more find their way onto my desk.

I read young adult (YA) and children’s fiction, fantasy and sci-fi, non-fiction, contemporary fiction, short stories, biographies and memoirs, and the occasional graphic novel. Sometimes things find their way onto this list, not because I have particular enthusiasm for them, but because my curiosity has been sparked by a request from a library visitor. (Like Twilight, which is the most popular book in the world for some reason.)

Beginning in late March, 2006…

June, 2008: Landmark: 150 books read (some of them very short, but some of them also <Blindness>
Mid-March, 2009: 185 books read! That’s more than 61 books a year, 1.18 books a week…
Nov, 2009: 222 books read.

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  1. 101.
    Arrival
    by Shaun Tan

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  3. 103.
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    by Jim Munroe

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  4. 104.
    The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
    by Diane Setterfield

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  5. 105.
    The Outsiders
    by S. E. Hinton

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  6. 106.
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    by Stephen Chbosky

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  7. 108.
    Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians
    by Brandon Sanderson

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  8. 111.
    Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
    by Rachel Cohn

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  9. 112.
    Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Hardcover ISBN 0439852706
    by Cornelia Funke

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  10. 113.
    Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
    by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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  11. 115.
    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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  12. 116.
    The World Without Us
    by Alan Weisman

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  13. 117.
    King Dork
    by Frank Portman

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  14. 118.
    Under the Banner of Heaven
    by Jon Krakauer

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  15. 119.
    The City of Words (CBC Massey Lecture)
    by Alberto Manguel

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  16. 121.
    13 Little Blue Envelopes
    by Maureen Johnson

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  17. 122.
    An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire
    by Arundhati Roy

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  18. 123.
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    Partly Cloudy Patriot
    by Sarah Vowell

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  19. 125.
    Not-So-Very-Nice Goings On at Victoria Lodge
    by Philip Ardagh

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  20. 126.
    Journey to an 800 Number
    by E.L. Konigsburg

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  21. 127.
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    The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper
    by E. L. Konigsburg

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  22. 128.
    Princess Academy
    by Shannon Hale

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  23. 129.
    M is for Magic
    by Neil Gaiman

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  25. 131.
    Blindness (Harvest Book)
    by Jose Saramago

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  26. 132.
    Empress of the World
    by Sara Ryan

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  27. 134.
    The Keep
    by Jennifer Egan

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  28. 135.
    Library Juice Concentrate

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  29. 136.
    At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
    by Alexander Mccall Smith

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  30. 137.
    The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
    by Alexander McCall Smith

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  31. 138.
    Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess' Stardust
    by Neil Gaiman

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  32. 139.
    Portuguese Irregular Verbs
    by Alexander McCall Smith

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  33. 140.
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
    by J. K. Rowling

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  34. 141.
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    How We Are Hungry
    by Dave Eggers

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  35. 142.
    Gathering Blue
    by Lois Lowry

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  36. 143.
    Messenger (Readers Circle)
    by Lois Lowry

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  37. 144.
    Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    by Edward S. Herman

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  38. 145.
    Night Probe!
    by Clive Cussler

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  39. 146.
    HEADLESS CUPID, THE (Yearling Books (Paperback))
    by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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  40. 147.
    No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
    by Miranda July

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  41. 148.
    The Prestige
    by Christopher Priest

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  42. 149.
    From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E.Frankweiler
    by E.L. Konigsburg

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  43. 150.
    Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
    by Barbara Kingsolver

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Created by prolix on Mar 27, 2006.
 

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