Lauren's 2010 Reads

I'm feeling pretty proud of myself. Sure, I didn't quite make my 65 book goal, but considering that in 2009 I only read 42 books (and some pretty skimpy ones at that) I think 59 solid books (including only one unfinished attempt) is pretty damn good.

Jane Austen-esque Novels and Continuations (17)
North by Northanger, by Carrie Bebris
The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy, by Mary Street
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters
Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, by Amanda Grange
Jane Austen Ruined My Life, by Beth Pattillo
The Matters at Mansfield, by Carrie Bebris
What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
Pride & Prejudice - Graphic Novel, by Austen; adapted by Nancy Butler & Hugo Petrus (technically a re-read)
Murder at Mansfield Park, by Lynn Shepherd
Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: the last man in the world, by Abigail Reynolds
Austenland, by Shannon Hale
From Lambton to Longbourn, by Abigail Reynolds
By Force of Instinct, by Abigail Reynolds
Without Reserve, by Abigail Reynolds
Pride & Prejudice, by Jane Austen (re-read) 

And if you think that's a lot of Jane Austen-like books, I'm not through! Just wait til you see what's in store for 2011!

Librarything.com Early Reviewers'/Member Give-away Books (10)
Logan and the Magic Fish, by Otto Scamfer
E.S. Pete: Sixth-Grade Sense, by Arnold Rudnick
Tales from Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Pieces of a Rainbow, by Maria Savva
The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick, by Elizabeth Hardwick
Time Among the Dead, by Thomas Rayfiel
Lester Higata's 20th Century, stories by Barbara Hamby
before you suffocate your own fool self, by Danielle Evans
Bound, by Antonya Nelson
Little Women and Werewolves, by Louisa May Alcott and Porter Grand 


I was extremely fortunate to receive 12 books through Librarything.com this year (that's one per month, although in some months I received two, and other months got none). The other two will be among my first few reviews of 2011. 

Other Fiction (23)
Venetian Holiday, by David Campbell
Peter and the Sword of Mercy, by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Nocturnes, by John Connolly
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories, by Susanna Clarke
How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell (re-read)
Diary, A Novel, by Chuck Palahniuk
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (re-read)
Inkspell, by Cornelia Funke
Skeleton Man, by Joseph Bruchac
Enduring Love, by Ian McEwan
2666, by Roberto Bolaño
If I loved you, I would tell you this: Stories, by Robin Black
Inkdeath, by Cornelia Funke
Possession, by A.S. Byatt
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want it, by Maile Meloy
The Princetta, by Anne-Laure Bondoux
The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke
Stardust: A Novel, by Joseph Kanon
Jaws, by Peter Benchley
The Lost Princess of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
The Children's Hour, by Lillian Hellman

Other Non-fiction (9)
Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction, by Catriona Kelly
The Pixar Touch, by David A. Price
Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction, by Ken Binmore (the only book I gave up on)
The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction, by Terry Eagleton
Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theatre Story Ever Told, by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp, with the assistance of Gail Merrifield Papp
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Salem Possessed. The Social Origins of Witchcraft, by Stephen Nissenbaum and Paul Boyer
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, by Richard Holmes
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the birth of the "It" girl and the Crime of the Century, by Paula M. Uruburu

This is perhaps the most non-fiction I've read outside of when I was in college. I plan on continuing this trend!

A quick thank you to my readers - a Happy New Year! - and happy reading in 2011!