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\"Let<\/a>So many books, so little time\u2014part five.<\/p>\n

This was the year I embraced technology in earnest and had a number of different books going on various devices. I also experimented with going back and forth between reading and audio books, and found I liked it with some books, particularly nonfiction when the author read their own work.<\/p>\n

I loved\u00a0The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/a>\u00a0by Rebecca Skloot\u00a0and Let the Great World Spin<\/em><\/a>, by Colum McCann, both of which were book club picks. Henrietta Lacks was also the Santa Barbara Reads pick this year, and Skloot was an amazing speaker at UCSB’s free event. This started a book club tradition that we continue to try to follow by reading the SB Reads books and attending the author talks.<\/p>\n

Ironically before I read Let the Great World Spin, <\/em>\u00a0I read a bit of it aloud at the Read-a-thon for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (a great nonprofit that no longer exists). It peaked my interest and that was part of why I picked it up after that and recommended to our book club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Boys, Girls and Other Hazardous Materials<\/td>\nWiseman<\/td>\nRosalind<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress<\/td>\nJanzen<\/td>\nRhoda<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Committed<\/td>\nGilbert<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crazy for You<\/td>\nCruisie<\/td>\nJulie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Before I Fall<\/td>\nOliver<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girl 15, Charming But Insane<\/td>\nLimb<\/td>\nSue<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freedom<\/td>\nFranzen<\/td>\nJonathan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dirty Sugar Cookies<\/td>\nHalliday<\/td>\nAyun<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Remember Nothing<\/td>\nEphron<\/td>\nNora<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lipstick Jungle<\/td>\nBushnell<\/td>\nCandice<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confessions of a Shoe Addict<\/td>\nHarbison<\/td>\nBeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Between a Rock and a Hot Place<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\nTracey<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
There Will Never Be Another You<\/td>\nSee<\/td>\nCarolyn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Let the Great World Spin<\/td>\nMcCann<\/td>\nColum<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/td>\nSkloot<\/td>\n\u00a0Rebecca<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Making Toast<\/td>\nRosenblatt<\/td>\nRoger<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smooth Talking Stranger<\/td>\nKleypass<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner<\/td>\nMeyer<\/td>\nStephenie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Middle Place<\/td>\nCorrigan<\/td>\nKelly<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devil’s Corner<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stones Into Schools<\/td>\nMortensen<\/td>\nGreg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Batlle Hymn of the Tiger Mother<\/td>\nChua<\/td>\nAmy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perfect Timing<\/td>\nMansell<\/td>\nJill<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lifeguard<\/td>\nPatterson<\/td>\nJames<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Camelot Conspiracy<\/td>\nVincent<\/td>\nE. Duke<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Insatiable<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self-Help<\/td>\nMoore<\/td>\nLorrie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courting Trouble<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Too Big to Miss<\/td>\nJafarian<\/td>\nSue Ann<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
As Husbands Go<\/td>\nIsaacs<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Love You More<\/td>\nGardner<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Me Irresistable<\/td>\nPhilips<\/td>\nSusan Elizabeth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Family Affair<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fly Away Home<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dead Ringer<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bossy Pants<\/td>\nFey<\/td>\nTina<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Book Thief<\/td>\nZusak<\/td>\nMarkus<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daddy’s Little Helper<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If Looks Could Kill<\/td>\nWhite<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Think Twice<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchard Valley Grooms<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steps to the Altar<\/td>\nFowler<\/td>\nEarlene<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deep Dish<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Elegance of the Hedgehog<\/td>\nBarbery<\/td>\nMuriel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Paris Wife<\/td>\nMcLain<\/td>\nPaula<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Fixer Upper<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Still Life<\/td>\nFielding<\/td>\nJoy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ocotillo Dreams<\/td>\nPalacio<\/td>\nMelinda<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Think I Love You<\/td>\nPearson<\/td>\nAllison<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 Reasons Why<\/td>\nAsher<\/td>\nJay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16 Lighthouse Road<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Run<\/td>\nPatchett<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Card Turner<\/td>\nSachar<\/td>\nLouis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92 Pacific Boulevard<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sisterhood Everlasting<\/td>\nBrashears<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indulgence in Death<\/td>\nRobb<\/td>\nJ.D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vendetta Defense<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not My Daughter<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Durable Goods<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Say When<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Other Side<\/td>\nRobb<\/td>\nJ.D.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savannah Breeze<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home Safe<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loop Group<\/td>\nMcMurtry<\/td>\nLarry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Art of Mending<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If It Was Easy, They’d Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon<\/td>\nMcCarthy<\/td>\nJenna<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sing You Home<\/td>\nPiccoult<\/td>\nJodi<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promises to Keep<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everywhere That Mary Went<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Post-Birthday World<\/td>\nShriver<\/td>\nLionel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?<\/td>\nKaling<\/td>\nMindy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flirting With Pete<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Next Always<\/td>\nRoberts<\/td>\nNora<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Christmas Carol<\/td>\nDickens<\/td>\nCharles<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Year of Pleasures<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
While My Sister Sleeps<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Originally posted January 4, 2012.<\/p>\n

Click to read The Books of 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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