I have finally archived my Books Read List for 2008 and started a new one for 2009. Whew, that took a bit of html fiddling. Here it is – just to flash before your eyes before it gets stored. (It can still be accessed through my Read Page or through the sidebar.)

This would be a great time (and place) to recommend a book for me to read (even if you have already). Read something good lately?

My (incomplete,  sorry) book list for 2008: I also filled in the gaps with the New Yorker, Artforum, Mothering, Martha Stewart Living , Dwell, KoreAm, and Vogue – as far as print goes. Damn, I got a lot of magazines… To view my cyber reading habits, look under my Links page. You can see my Books Read 2007 list here.

  1. The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life by Geshe Michael Roach.
  2. The Secret Life of the Unborn Child by Thomas Verny, M.D., with John Kelly
  3. Getting Things Done by David Allen (just finished it for a second time)
  4. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin (excellent inspirational reading for expecting mothers)
  5. Any Place I Hang My Hat by Susan Isaacs (fast, fun read)
  6. Away by Amy Bloom
  7. Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (abandoned this one because I didn’t want to read about somebody killing her mother while I was pregnant)
  8. And Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
  9. Human Wishes by Robert Hass (poetry)
  10. Birthing from Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz
  11. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (on audio)
  12. And Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
  13. The Golden Spruce by John Valliant
  14. A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
  15. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
  16. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
  17. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
  18. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
  19. Speed Cleaning by Jeff Campbell and the Clean Team
  20. Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer
  21. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
  22. All’s Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  23. Nellcott is my Darling by Golda Fried
  24. In Revere, In Those Days by Roland Merullo
  25. Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
  26. Louder Than Words by Jenny McCarthy