Since I only started rating my reads as of December, there’s no reference to my favorites throughout the year.  Here are my Top 5  books of 2009 (in no order).  All are 5 Stars without a doubt.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Guernsey Literary and the Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary [...]

Here are the books (in reverse order) that I completed in 2009.  It was a good year of reading with some months very lean while others were very heavy. Of course, the best months for reading contained school vacations and offered me time to spend on my passion.  Also, the ability to read audio books [...]

Here’s the list of books that I read  and reviewed this month.  All links are in the library or individual posts.

A Christmas Promise: A Novel by Anne Perry
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber
Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Knit [...]

For the final book of the 2009 Holiday Reading Challenge, I read A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry, on the final day of the challenge and of the year.
About the book (from the jacket) : Three days before Christmas, in the freezing slums of London’s East End, thirteen-year-old race Phipps encounters Minnie Maude Mudway, who [...]

I’m starting to really get hooked on the Cedar Cove series here!  204 Rosewood Lane is the 2nd book in the series by Debbie Macomber.
About the Book: Six months after her husband of 35 years, Dan, disappeared, Grace Sherman is confident he’s run off with another woman, so, against her daughter, Kelly’s wishes, she files [...]

The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans is re-read and one that I like to pick up when I’m looking for a short Christmas story. It’s also part of my Holiday Reading Challenge.
About the book: (from Amazon)  Richard Paul Evans originally wrote The Christmas Box as an expression of love for his two daughters, never [...]

Continuing on my Holiday Reading Challenge, I sat down with Wishin’ and Hopin‘ by one of my favorite authors Wally Lamb.
About the book:
It’s 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he’ll never forget.
LBJ and Lady Bird [...]

I just finished the  second book in the excellent Millenium Series trilogy by Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire.  It followed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
About the book: (From Amazon) Stieg Larsson’s seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a [...]

The latest in the Stephanie Plum Reading Challenge is High Five by Janet Evanovich.  Once again, I read it via audio book and love it that way!
About the book:
High fives all around! The New York Times bestselling
author of FOUR TO SCORE puts Stephanie Plum, America’s favorite bounty hunter, back behind the wheel in her fifth [...]

Continuing in on my comic novel spree, Book #3 in the Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney was The Last Straw.
About the book: For those wondering why tween boys don’t read very much, the answer is that more books aren’t like this. In this third (but not last, despite the subtitle’s implication) series entry, Greg [...]