Lists of Bests: Karen's "Books I read in 2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/47937 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:45:27 GMT en-us 0 50 35 0 0 A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2680609 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mariane Pearl</div> Black Dogs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1992749 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1992749"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0099277085.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian McEwan</div> The Echo Maker: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2588086 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Powers</div> God Said, Ha!: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1082731 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1082731"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553379232.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056455569_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Sweeney</div> My Own Two Feet: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105097 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/105097"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380727463.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beverly Cleary</div> One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2817681 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2817681"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01+3lDjiV8L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kyle Macdonald</div> In Defense of Food http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2738226 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Pollan</div> So B. It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334708 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3334708"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/014METS792L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Weeks</div> A Girl from Yamhill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/485740 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/485740"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380727404.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beverly Cleary</div> Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078776.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757727 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3757727"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11a-%2BWrfDSL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel McGinn</div> Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1292712 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1292712"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449209830.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dorothy Gilman</div> Beautiful Boy CL: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2561930 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2561930"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618683356.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36974485_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Sheff</div> Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2801884 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2801884"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11NX3ZR29KL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Serano</div> The Abstinence Teacher http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2792252 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Perrotta</div> Summer Crossing (Audiobook) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3126057 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3126057"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01323E1M87L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Unless: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557998 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/557998"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060874406.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Shields</div> Weight Watchers Weight Loss That Lasts: Break Through the 10 Big Diet Myths (Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642157 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/642157"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471736295.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James M. Rippe</div> Transition and Beyond, Observations On Gender Identity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3923820 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3923820"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V-Z47VT5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Reid Vanderburgh</div> REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3923822 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3923822"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EN07MY21L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by ELIZABETH BUCHAN</div> The Emperor's Children (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781628 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2781628"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11OmIxiBq9L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claire Messud</div> A Spot of Bother (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2614400 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25591"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/081297106X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Azar Nafisi</div> Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3500291 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3500291"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01tIaIpTCCL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nic Sheff</div> Intensive Care: A Doctor's Journal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/444622 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/444622"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0520234677.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John F. Murray</div> 21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3778818 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Mezrich</div> House http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17107 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17107"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618001913.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Kidder</div> Kafka on the Shore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82736"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400079276.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Haruki Murakami</div> An Unconventional Family http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782885 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782885"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01W0K7XT24L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sandra Lipsitz Bem</div> Wasted http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1132225 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marya Hornbacher</div> A Civil Action http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2774433 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Harr</div> A Prisoner of Birth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5078508 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5078508"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Nu09fe--L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Archer</div> The End of Food http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3546093 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3546093"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YthW2EDlL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Roberts</div> The Way the Crow Flies: A Novel (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060586370.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann-Marie MacDonald</div> Sharp Objects: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2429168 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gillian Flynn</div>