This is my list of books read and/or reading in 2009. I was teaching from January through the beginning of June, which cut down on my personal reading dramatically, and HOPEFULLY will be teaching this fall, so this list may be short – but not if my voracious summer reading appetite can help it! Honestly, I remember what I read during spring semester, but not when, so… yeah. Deal. 
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Items are italicized until I finish reading them.
January-May
Acheron by Sherillyn Kenyon
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (re-read)
The Dreaming by Queenie Chan
Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner (stupid title, fun book)
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon (another stupid title, and not really worth it)
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Interworld by Neil Gaiman
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Meridian: Flying Solo by Barbara Kesel, Steve McNiven, and Joshua Middleton
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
The Outsiders (re-read) by S.E. Hinton
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
The Quest by Wilbur Smith
Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
River God by Wilbur Smith
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo
Warlock by Wilbur Smith
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom by Christiane Northrup
June
Biblia’s Guide to Warrior Librarianship: Humor for Librarians Who Refuse to Be Classified by Amanda Credaro
Cell by Stephen King
For the Love of Reading: Books to Build Lifelong Readers by David Bouchard, et. al.
Hero by Perry Moore
The Librarian’s Career Guidebook by Priscilla Shontz
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L. A. Banks, and Jim Butcher
A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava
A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
The Summons by John Grisham
Write is a Verb: Sit Down, Start Writing, No Excuses by Bill O’Hanlon
You’re Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop by John Scalzi
July
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (finally finished – and loved – after putting it down for a while)
Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
Los Dos Mundos: Rural Mexican Americans, Another America by Richard Baker
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger
Nocturnes by John Connolly
Dates from Hell by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Kelley Armstrong, and Lori Handeland
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
August
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn
The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
September
Broken by Kelley Armstrong
I Read It, But I Don’t Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani
Paper Towns by John Green
Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
October
Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong (re-read, because I’m weak like that)
Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Isaac Asimov’s Werewolves (anthology, edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams)
Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn
One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (rereading, obviously – I’m going to teach it! huzzah!)
Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
November
Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton (because, seriously, could we possibly write a paranormal book that didn’t have a sexually suggestive title? noooooo)
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
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