I’m going to go ahead and use the Coldstone size options as my rating system because, well, I have an inner fat kid that’s always thinking about food. So here it goes:

* Like It    **Love It   *** Gotta Have It

And if there’s no star, well, no ice cream for you, fatty (and that’s never good news).

I’ve Read That 08-09:

  1. The Hour I First Believed – Wally Lamb **
  2. The History of Love- Nicole Krauss **
  3. Twilight – Stephanie Meyer*
  4. New Moon – Stephanie Meyer*
  5. Eclipse – Stephanie Meyer**
  6. Breaking Dawn – Stephanie Meyer**
  7. The Shack- William P. Young **
  8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle- David Wroblewski **
  9. I Was Told There’d Be Cake- Sloane Crosley *
  10. Revolutionary Road- Richard Yates *
  11. Love the One You’re With- Emily Giffin **
  12. Something Borrowed – Emily Giffin*
  13. Something Blue – Emily Giffin*
  14. The Host – Stephanie Meyer *
  15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows ***
  16. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte ***
  17. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon ***
  18. The Color of Water – James McBride *
  19. The Angel’s Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafon *
  20. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger ***
  21. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger- I think you all know how I feel. If not, see 8/17 post.
  22. Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson *
  23. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie **
  24. Schooled – Anisha Lakhani **
  25. Traveling with Pomegranates – Sue Monk Kidd *
  26. Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris *
  27. Still Alice – Lisa Genova *
  28. Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris *
  29. Bitter is the New Black – Jen Lancaster **
  30. Club Dead – Charlaine Harris *
  31. Dead to the World- Charlaine Harris **
  32. Dead as a Doornail*
  33. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris *
  34. Altogether Dead – Charlaine Harris *
  35. From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris *
  36. The Help – Kathryn Stockett ***
  37. Little Bee – Chris Cleave ***
  38. While I’m Falling – Laura Moriarty *
  39. The Heart of the Matter – Emily Giffin – no stars for you!
  40. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins **
  41. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins **
  42. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins **
  43. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley *
  44. Angels & Demons – Dan Brown *
  45. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak **
  46. The Summer We Read Gatsby – Danielle Ganek **
  47. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson **
  48. The Girl Who Played With Fire – Stieg Larsson **
  49. The Lightning Thief ( #1 of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series)- Rick Riordan *
  50. The Sea of Monsters (#2) – Rick Riordan *
  51. Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout ***