Meredith (naughtykitty), here is the starter list. :-) I haven't compiled the list from 2012 and early 2013 yet but it's coming. :-) Will list the upcoming 2013 books as we read them. 1998 Eva Perón Fraser, Nicholas and Marysa Navarro A Cup of Tea Ephron, Amy The Notebook Sparks, Nicholas A Change of Heart Claire Sylvia; William Novak A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Dorris, Michael Divided Lives Elsa Walsh Divine Secrets of the YA-YA Sisterhood Wells, Rebecca The Color of Water McBride, James The Horse Whisperer Evans, Nicholas 1999 The Chin Kiss King Veciana-Suarez, Ana A Year In Provence Mayle, Peter All The Pretty Horses McCarthy, Cormac Falling Leaves Yen Mah, Adeline Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur Snow Falling in Cedars Guterson, David Stones for Ibarra Doerr, Harriet The Fencing Master Perez-Reverte, Arturo The Reader Schlink, Bernhard; Carol Brown Janeway The Song of the Lark Cather, Willa; Doris Grumbach 2000 A Prayer for Owen Meany Irving, John Gap Creek Morgan, Robert Laguna Heat Jefferson Parker, T. Midwives Bohjalian, Chris Prodigal Summer Kingslover, Barbara Red Light Jefferson Parker, T. The Blue Hour Jefferson Parker, T. The Slave Girl Emecheta, Buchi We The Living Rand, Ayn Where the Heart Is Letts, Billie 2001 Before Women Had Wings Fowler, Connie May Chocolat Harris, Joanne Fortune's Rocks Shreve, Anita Guests of the Sheik Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock Left Behind Tim F. LaHaye; Jerry B. Jenkins Silent Joe Jefferson Parker, T. The Bone Setter Tan, Amy The Haj Uris, Leon The Ladies Auxiliary Mirvis, Tova The Red Tent Diamant, Anita 2002 Drowning Ruth Schwarz, Christina Good in Bed Weiner, Jennifer Managing Ignatius Strahan, Jerry Sister of My Heart Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee The Fig Eater Shields, Jody The Fourth Treasure Shimoda, Todd The Girl With The Pearl Earring Chevalier, Tracy The Makioka Sisters Tanizaki, Junichiro; Jun-Ichir-O Tanizaki The Painted Bird Kosinski, Jerzy The Shipping News Proulx, Annie 2003 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Sijie, Daj Blue Shoe LaMott, Anne Embers Márai, Sándor I Am Madame X Diliberto, Gioia Lovely Bones Sebold, Alice Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf; Maureen Howard Running In The Family Ondaatje, Michael The Da Vinci Code Brown, Dan The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency McCall Smith, Alexander Unsolicited Kaewert, Julie Waller 2004 Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons Landvik, Lorna Caramelo Cisneros, Sandra I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Angelou, Maya Reading Lolita in Tehran Nafisi, Azar The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Haddon, Mark The Lady and the Unicorn Chevalier, Tracy The Miracle of Edgar Mint Udall, Brady The Namesake Lahiri, Jhumpa The Secret Life of Bees Monk Kidd, Sue The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Gilman, Dorothy 2005 Death Comes for the Archbishop Cather, Willa Dreams From My Father Obama, Barack Having Our Say Delany, Sarah L. ; A. Elizabeth Delany Heart Full of Lies Rule, Ann The Chinese Gold Murders van Gulik, Robert The Cold Sassy Tree Burns, Olive Ann The Cruelest Miles Salisbury, Gay; Laney Salisbury The Kite Runner Hosseini, Khaled The Sunday Tertulia Carlson, Lori Mari The Tender Bar Moehringer, J.R. 2006 Devil in the White City Larson, Erik Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight Alexandra Fuller Hallbaloo in the Guava Orchard Desai, Kiran How to Read Literature like a College Professor Foster, Thomas M.C. Beaton Mystery (member selection) Beaton, M.C. Me Talk Pretty One Day Sedaris, David Snow Flower and the Secret Fan See, Lisa Sweet Diamond Dust Ferré, Rosario The Memory Keeper's Daughter Edwards, Kim The Mermaid Chair Monk Kidd, Sue 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled Infidel Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Jane Austen's 'Read Alikes' Various Memory of Running McLarty, Ron The Ginger Tree Wyland, Oswald The Glass Castle Walls, Jeannette The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Ryan, Terry The Thirteenth Tale Settersfield, Diane Unpardonable Lies Winspear, Jacqueline Waiting for Snow in Havana Eire, Carlos 2008 The Shadow of the Wind Ruiz Zafon, Carlos Body Surfing Shreve, Anita Bel Canto Patchett, Ann The Day the World Came to Town Defede, Jim Water for Elephant Gruen, Sara Hundred Secret Senses Tan, Amy Three Cups of Tea Mortenson, Greg Life of Pi Martel, Yann 2009 The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loan Eco, Umberto Plain Truth Picoult, Jodi Kids from Nowhere Guthridge, George Rabbit Run Updike, John The Cure for Modern Life Tucker, Lisa Winterdance Paulson, Gary Obscene in the Extreme Wartzman, Rick Down River Hart, John Outliers Gladwell, Malcolm Molokai Busnell, O.A. 2010 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Larsenn, Steig The Help Stockett, Kathryn Travels with Charley Steinbeck, John Sarah's Key de Rosnay, Tatiana Olive Kitterdge Strout, Elizabeth The Weight of Heaven Umrigar, Thrity The Season of Second Chances Meier, Diane South of Broad Conroy, Pat An Inconvenient Wife Chance, Megan The Home for Broken Hearts Coleman, Rowan 2011 Murder on Astor Place Thompson, Victoria Cutting for Stone Verghese, Abraham The Lady Matador's Hotel Garcia, Cristina You Know When the Men are Gone Fallon, Siobhan The Poisoner's Handbook Blum, Deborah Crocodile in the Sand Bank Peters, Elizabeth Mink River Doyle, Brian Daughter’s in Law Trollope, Joana Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffrey Kosher Chinese Levy, Michael

The Black Arrow...Robert Louis Stevenson

ullis - it's The Shadow of the Wind. I gave Joan Didion's book to my mom for Xmas, and was very happy to see that both my parents are reading it now. My father, who doesn't read, is 100 pages into it. He went to see King Kong in the afternoon on his birthday last week (my mom was working and in any case was not interested in that movie), and while he found it novel to be at the movies by himself, because he was reading that book he found himself wondering about life without my mom, and how he would feel, and I actually think this book is bringing them closer. They have been empty nesters for a year now, and there have been some rocky times as they are still learning to relate to each other without mediators........................................................................ I also gave my mom Oprah's 50th anniversary DVD, and there are some very moving interviews on that (with Nelson Mandela, for instance).

I didn't make it to my personal goal of 200 books, but I did manage to read/listen to 189 books (even if many of them were re-reads). For my top 10 list, I am only including books that were new reads during 2007. In no particular order: Fiction Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Deephaven & Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Invisible Lives by Anjali Banerjee Nonfiction (only had 4 that actually counted) Murder in the Adirondacks by Craig Grandon Sarah Orne Jewett (a biography) by Paula Blanchard The Medicine Wheel Garden by E. Barrie Kavasch The Creative Home Herbal by Susan Bellsinger & Tina Marie Wilcox Okay, I said I wasn't going to list any re-reads, but here are my top 5 favorite re-reads from 2007 The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Beauty by Robin McKinley Persuasion by Jane Austen Farewell I'm Bound to Leave You by Fred Chappell