Lists of Bests: SDC's "Read 100 Books in 2007" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25996 An old friend of mine used to read 100 books every year. Now that I'm through the sleep-deprived first year of parenthood, I'm going to aspire to this goal as well. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:32:18 GMT en-us 0 50 59 50 0 Wow! Babies! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538664 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538664"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0517709635.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Penny Gentieu</div> Goodnight Moon (Live Oak Readalong) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2435367 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Wise Brown</div> Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964103 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1964103"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Gilbert</div> A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546749 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2546749"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374105235.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45148870_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ishmael Beah</div> The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/163931"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594481776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> Little Children (Movie Tie-In) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502769 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/502769"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/031236282X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Perrotta</div> Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027732 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027732"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307237486.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Godfrey-June</div> The Guy Not Taken: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1179267 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1179267"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416535209.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jennifer Weiner</div> All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/161230 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/161230"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786888202.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Gross</div> The Namesake http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60537 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60537"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0006551807.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jhumpa Lahiri</div> Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25567 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25567"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812968379.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Firoozeh Dumas</div> Stern Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11370 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11370"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0395836220.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Gilbert</div> A Thousand Days in Venice (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/232672 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/232672"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345457641.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marlena De Blasi</div> The Last American Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3612 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3612"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142002836.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Gilbert</div> To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2723248 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2723248"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316066273.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Caitlin Flanagan</div> The Year of Magical Thinking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1414090"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joan Didion</div> The Joys of Much Too Much: Go for the Big Life--The Great Career, The Perfect Guy, and Everything Else You've Ever Wanted http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2501920 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2501920"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743238362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bonnie Fuller</div> Sandcastles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2558266 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2558266"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JSDPQE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luanne Rice</div> The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/780228 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/780228"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452287634.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Savage</div> Try http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1097684 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1097684"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/031235505X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lily Burana</div> Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42819 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42819"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401352243.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edwin John Wintle</div> I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790346 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2790346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11YiFE0qT9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Trisha Ashworth</div> Evening(MTI) (Vintage Contemporaries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764042 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764042"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307387127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V42530306_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Minot</div> How She Really Does It: Secrets of Success from Stay-at-work Moms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67550 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67550"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0738210625.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V65566557_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendy Sachs</div> Elements of Style http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/745639 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/745639"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400042313.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wendy Wasserstein</div> Finishing Touches http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2411445 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deanna Kizis</div> The Debutante Divorcee http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2400801 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2400801"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401360238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plum Sykes</div> Apex Hides the Hurt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2188992 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2188992"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ICTCHM.01-ABK0V7DLYO5NU._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colson Whitehead</div> Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1570959 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1570959"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060828374.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vendela Vida</div> Brick Lane: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21060"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Monica Ali</div> The Myth of You and Me: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/856482 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/856482"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400098076.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leah Stewart</div> Suzy Zeus Gets Organized: A Novel (Tin House) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2064325 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2064325"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/158234535X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maggie Robbins</div> The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1085644 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1085644"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805066195.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Crittenden</div> Letter to a Christian Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1147768 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1147768"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307265773.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Harris</div> Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393061310.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88289 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/88289"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143036556.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jared Diamond</div> Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974728 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974728"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/055338368X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Pressfield</div> The Descendants: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2786761 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2786761"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/1191iqSotpL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kaui Hart Hemmings</div> So Far from God: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1012269 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1012269"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393326934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ana Castillo</div> The Whole World Over: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/225850 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/225850"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375422749.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Glass</div> Nefertiti: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2746611 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2746611"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307381463.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelle Moran</div> Notes From The Underbelly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60933 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60933"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0451214161.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Risa Green</div> Atlas of the Human Heart: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31709 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31709"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580050883.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ariel Gore</div> Whatever, Mom: Hip Mama's Guide to Raising a Teenager http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31710 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31710"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580050891.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ariel Gore</div> Skinny Bitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131472 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131472"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0762424931.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Barnouin</div> Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Solutions for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap (and Start Looking Hot!) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2740942 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rory Freedman</div> Breeder: Real-Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31697 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31697"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1580050514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477063 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1477063"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743244567.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mo'Nique Imes Jackson</div> Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773061 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773061"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400065887.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44072243_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Rich</div> This Is How We Do It: A Practical Guide for the Working Mother http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776529 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2776529"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11nESaC0d0L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Evans</div>