NOTE: Italics denote books on my “Keeper” shelf (favorites), and asterisks denote re-reads (usually only non-fiction). Plus signs indicate non-fiction. Links go to my review of a title. I’ll mention if I got the book for free from someone, a contest or whatever, but otherwise, assume it’s from the bookstore or the library.
2010
- Flesh Circus, Lilith Saintcrow
- StarDoc, S. L. Viehl
- Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev
- The Hole in our Gospel, Richard Stearns +
- The Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis
- Perchance to Dream, Lisa Mantchev
- Graceling, Kristin Cashore
- Rosemary and Rue, Seanan McGuire
- Staying Dead, Laura Anne Gilman
- Wraith, Phaedra Weldon
- Street Magic, Caitlin Kittredge
- Fire, Kristin Cashore
- A Local Habitation, Seanan McGuire
- The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
- A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore
- A Kiss Before the Apocalypse, Tom Sniegoski
- Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld
- Blue Diablo, Ann Aguirre
- Liar, Justine Larbalestier
- Heist Society, Ally Carter
- Bleeding Violet, Dia Reeves
- Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver
- Living Dead Girl, Elizabeth Scott
- Better Part of Darkness, Kelly Gay
- Curse the Dark, Laura Anne Gilman
- Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan
- Alchemy of Air, Thomas Hager +
- The Conqueror’s Shadow, Ari Marmell
- Magic Under Glass, Jaclyn Dolamore
- Revision & Self-Editing, James Scott Bell +
- The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan
- Forget-Her-Nots, Amy Brecount White
- Prada and Prejudice, Mandy Hubbard
- The Warded Man, Peter V. Brett
- Demon Bound, Caitlin Kittredge
- Mistwood, Leah Cypess
- The Red Wolf Conspiracy, Robert V. S. Redick
- The Mermaid’s Madness, Jim C. Hines
- Hellfire, Ann Aguirre
(Review Roundup of 34-39 here.) - Shade, Jeri Smith-Ready
- On Writing, Stephen King* +
- Ice, Sarah Beth Durst
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N. K. Jemisin
- The Monster of Florence, Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi
- Innocent, Scott Turow
- Backseat Saints, Joshilyn Jackson
- The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Unholy Ghosts, Stacia Kane
- Unholy Magic, Stacia Kane
- Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson*
- Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Kings of the Earth, Jon Clinch
- Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Paranormalcy, Kiersten White
2009
- On Writing, Stephen King* +
- Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing, David Morrell * +
- Writing the Breakout Novel, Donald Maass* +
- Trusting God, Jerry Bridges +
- The Stepsister Scheme, Jim C. Hines
- gods in Alabama, Joshilyn Jackson
- Confessions of a Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella
- The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch
- Save the Cat, Blake Snyder* +
- Mainspring, Jay Lake
- Strange Angels, Lili St. CrowMainspring, Jay Lake
- Midnight Never Come, Marie Brennan
- Writing the Life Poetic, Sage Cohen +
- Bad to the Bone, Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Sleeping Doll, Jeffrey Deaver
- Roadside Crosses, Jeffrey Deaver
- The Demon’s Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan
- Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges +
- Night Shift, Lilith Saintcrow
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Katherine Howe
- Hunter’s Prayer, Lilith Saintcrow
- Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Iron Hunt, Marjorie M. Liu
- The Iron Hunt, Marjorie M. Liu*
- The Fire King, Marjorie M. Liu
- It’s All Too Much, Peter Walsh +
- Redemption Alley, Lilith Saintcrow
- Rampant, Diana Peterfreund
- Intertwined, Gena Showalter
- Trick of the Light, Rob Thurman
- My Soul to Take, Rachel Vincent
- Bipolar 101, Ruth White +
- Skinny Bitch, Rory Freedman and Kim whose-surname-escapes-me +
- Watchmen, Alan Moore - didn’t finish - close but nahhh
- Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott* +
- gods in Alabama, Joshilyn Jackson*