{"id":6060,"date":"2014-01-21T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6060"},"modified":"2014-01-21T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:23:30","slug":"the-books-of-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6060","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>So many books, so little time<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list and so I decided to try it last year as well. Though I didn\u2019t calculate pages, or get any prizes when I got around \u201cMrs. Brown\u2019s Brook\u201d every time I read 1,000 pages like he did.<\/p>\n

When it came time to put this all together I was surprised both by how many books I read\u2014I thought 44 was pretty impressive\u2014but also how many not particularly challenging books I read.\u00a0 There\u2019s obviously a connection. So my reading goal for 2008 is to be a little more selective about what I read.<\/p>\n

My favorite book of 2007 was probably The Sportswriter<\/a><\/em>, by Richard Ford.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of those very male books that men are always talking about loving, so I resisted it for a lot of years. It\u2019s a little dated, circa 1986, but definitely worth picking up.\u00a0 Another favorite this year was The Wife<\/em><\/a> by Meg Wolitzer. Go figure, both of these books are about writers.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n

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  1. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert<\/li>\n
  2. Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA by Ellen Meister<\/li>\n
  3. Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie<\/li>\n
  4. Sandcastles by Luanne Rice<\/li>\n
  5. Silver Tongue by Steven Crandell<\/li>\n
  6. Wives Behaving Badly by Elizabeth Buchan<\/li>\n
  7. Fool Me Once by Fern Michaels<\/li>\n
  8. Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels<\/li>\n
  9. Chicken Soup for the Scrapbookers Soul<\/li>\n
  10. Digging to America by Anne Tyler<\/li>\n
  11. Smart Vs. Pretty by Valerie Frankel<\/li>\n
  12. Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts<\/li>\n
  13. Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts<\/li>\n
  14. Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares<\/li>\n
  15. Wild Swans by Jung Chang<\/li>\n
  16. The Memory Keeper\u2019s Daughter by Kim Edwards<\/li>\n
  17. Leaving Normal by Stef Ann Holm<\/li>\n
  18. Humanities by Eric Anzalone<\/li>\n
  19. Avalon High by Meg Cabot<\/li>\n
  20. Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen<\/li>\n
  21. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophic Kinsella<\/li>\n
  22. Mom CEO by Jodie Lynn<\/li>\n
  23. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie<\/li>\n
  24. Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel<\/li>\n
  25. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert<\/li>\n
  26. High Noon by Nora Roberts<\/li>\n
  27. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby<\/li>\n
  28. The Wife by Meg Wolitzer<\/li>\n
  29. Innocent in Death by JD Robb<\/li>\n
  30. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini<\/li>\n
  31. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love<\/li>\n
  32. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophic Kinsella<\/li>\n
  33. Goodbye Without Leaving by Laurie Colwin<\/li>\n
  34. Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophic Kinsella<\/li>\n
  35. Straight Talking by Jane Green<\/li>\n
  36. Angels All Over Town by Luanne Rice<\/li>\n
  37. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/li>\n
  38. The Sportswriter by Richard Ford<\/li>\n
  39. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian<\/li>\n
  40. Paint it Black by Janet Fitch<\/li>\n
  41. Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge<\/li>\n
  42. Bump in the Night by JD Robb<\/li>\n
  43. The Yiddish Policeman\u2019s Union by Michael Chabon<\/li>\n
  44. Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Originally posted January 1, 2008.<\/p>\n

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