January
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (1/2)
2. Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo (1/3)
3. Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (1/8)
4. * Cooling Time by CD Wright (1/11)
5. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (1/13)
- Photographs by Eudora Welty (1/14)
6. * My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson by Alfred Habeggger (1/15)
7. Emily Dickinson: Woman Poet by Paula Bennett (1/17)
8. * School of the Arts: Poems by Mark Doty (1/18)
9. Open Me Carefully: The Intimate Letters of Emily Dickinson to Susan Huntington Dickinson (1/21)
10. * The Last Clear Narrative: Poems by Rachel Zucker (1/22)
11. Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler (1/22)
12. * The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1/23) (re-read; bookclub)
13. No Impact Man by Colin Beavan (1/27)
14. Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd (1/28) (audio)
15. Night-Sea: Poems by Rachel Moritz (1/29)
16. Green Barbarians by Ellen Sandbeck (1/29)
17. Project X by Jim Shepard (1/30)
February
18. Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein (2/1)
19. Crossing the Moon by Paulette Bates Alden (2/4)
20. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2/6)
21. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (2/8)
22. Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof (2/8)
23. A Death in Texas by Dina Temple-Raston (2/9)
24. Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler (2/10)
25. Selected Poems by George Oppen (2/11) (school)
26. PCOS: A Woman's Guide to Dealing with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (2/14)
27. Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (2/15)
28. The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg (2/16) (audio)
29. Crush: Poems by Richard Siken (2/17)
30. Selected Poems by Denise Levertov (2/18) (school)
31. Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution by Robin Marantz Henig (2/21)
32. Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers & Writers on Tattoos (2/22) (bookclub)
33. Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities (2/24)
34. A Wave: Poems by John Ashbery (2/25) (school)
March
35. The Birth House (3/2)
36. Averno: Poems by Louise Gluck (3/4) (school)
37. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama (3/6) (audio)
38. Child of Mine: Writers on the First Year of Motherhood (3/7)
39. Because it is Bitter, and Because it is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates (3/8)
40. Tiger's Daughter by Bharata Mukherjee (3/11)
41. The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder (3/13)
42. So Far From God by Ana Castillo (3/15)
43. Plainsong by Kent Haruf (3/16)
44. Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd + Ann Kidd Taylor (3/18) (audio)
45. Nature's Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm (3/20) (bookclub)
46. The Wife of Winter: Poems by Michael Dennis Browne (3/27)
47. Mommy Wars: Stay at Home Moms and Career Moms Face Off. etc (3/28)
48. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler (3/29)
49. Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies (3/30)
50. Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg (3/31) (audio)
April
51. The Echo Maker by Richard Powers (4/1)
52. Figure Studies: Poems by Claudia Emerson (4/2)
53. Smoke from the Fires: Poems by Michael Dennis Browne (4/3)
54. You Won't Remember This: Poems by Michael Dennis Browne (4/4)
55. Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre (4/5)
56. Things I Can't Tell You: Poems by Michael Dennis Browne (4/7)
57. Unrest: Poems by Joanna Rawson (4/8)
58. Body Painting: Poems by Jane Hillberry (4/9)
59. Humanimal, a project for future children by Bhanu Kapil (4/10)
60. The Sister: a novel of Emily Dickinson by Paola Kaufmann (4/12)
61. Magical Thinking by August Burroughs (4/14)
62. The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett (4/15) (audio)
63: Flow: the Cultural Story of Menstruation (4/16) (bookclub)
64. A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson (4/18)
65. The Book of Guys by Garrison Keillor (4/20)
66. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (4/23) (audio)
67. Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles (4/24)
68. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (4/26)
May
69. The Body is Water by Julie Schumacher (5/10)
70. Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo (5/11)
71. Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth by Randi Hutter Epstein (5/12)
72. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova (5/13) (audio)
73. Descendant: Poems by Marianne Boruch (5/20)
74. Until I Find You by John Irving (5/21)
75. Bewitched Playground: Poems by David Rivard (5/22)
76. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (5/24) (bookclub)
77. The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter (5/25)
78. Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende (5/27)
79. * Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport (5/30)
80. Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants (5/31)
June
81. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (6/1)
82. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (6/2)
83. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse (6/3)
84. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labrinyth (6/7)
85. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian (6/8)
86. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Demigod Files (6/8)
87. * Push by Sapphire (6/9)
88. The Keening by A. LaFaye (6/10)
89. Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich (6/11)
90. Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane (6/12)
91. My Life in Orange by Tim Guest (6/13)
92. N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto (6/14)
93. Little Bee by Chris Cleave (6/15)
94. The Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz (6/16)
95. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (6/20)
96. In the Gloaming by Alice Elliott Dark (6/21)
97. The Night Villa by Carol Goodman (6/22) (audio)
98. The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo (6/23)
99. Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen (6/24)
100. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (6/27)
July
101. Waterborne: Poems by Linda Gregerson (7/3)
102. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (7/5)
103. Magnetic North by Linda Gregerson (7/6)
104. Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett (7/8)
105. The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle (7/10)
106. Wise Poison: Poems by David Rivard (7/11)
107. * The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep: Poems by Linda Gregerson (7/11)
108. * Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (7/12)
109. Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses: Poems by Alberto Rios (7/13)
110. Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto (7/13)
111. Ace of Cakes by Duff Goldman (7/14)
112. The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body: Poems by Alberto Rios (7/17)
113. Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers (7/19)
114. Total Loss Farm: A Year in the Life by Raymond Mungo (7/20)
115. The Lime Orchard Woman: Poems by Alberto Rios (7/21)
116. The Theater of Night: Poems by Alberto Rios (7/21)
117. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (7/22) (audio)
118. Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry by Kenneth Koch (7/22)
119. Cortege: Poems by Carl Phillips (7/23)
120. Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry ed. Billy Collins (7/26)
121. A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger (7/27) (audio)
122. Not Yet Feathers: A Beginner's Guide to the Poetic Life by Lola Haskins (7/28) (taught)
123. A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates (7/29) (audio)
124. Tea: Poems by DA Powell (7/29)
125. Cocktails: Poems by DA Powell (7/30)
August
126. World's End by TC Boyle (8/2)
127. Wild Ginger by Anchee Min (8/4)
128. Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee (8/6)
129. Kicked, Bitten and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers by Amy Sutherland (8/8)
130. Quiver of Arrows: Selected Poems, 1986-2006 by Carl Phillips (8/12)
131. Incident at the Edge of Bayonet Woods: Poems by Paula Bohince (8/13)
132. * Bird Eating Bird: Poems by Kristin Naca (8/14)
133. Mister Skylight: Poems by Ed Skoog (8/15)
134. Temper: Poems by Beth Bachmann (8/15)
135. The Road to Wellville by TC Boyle (8/16)
136. Wait for Me, I'm Gone: Poems by Amy Holman (8/17)
137. Please: Poems by Jericho Brown (8/17)
138. Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food by Gene Baur (8/18)
139. * Juvenilia: Poems by Ken Chen (8/19)
140. Turbulence: A Novel by Jia Pingwa (8/29)
141. A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass (8/31)
September
142. What to Expect When You Are Expecting (9/1)
143. The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song by Ellen Bryant Voigt (9/2)
144. 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day edited by Billy Collins (9/3)
145. Pleasure Dome: New and Selected Poems by Yusef Komonyakaa (9/4)
146. Morning Poems by Robert Bly (9/4)
147. What Have I Ever Lost By Dying: Poems by Robert Bly (9/5)
148. The Insanity of Empire: Poems Against the Iraq War by Robert Bly (9/5)
149. Meditations on the Insatiable Soul: Poems by Robert Bly (9/6)
150. Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (9/7)
151. Blackbird and Wolf: Poems by Henri Cole (9/8)
152. The End of the Alphabet: Poems by Claudia Rankine (9/8)
153. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir (9/9) (audio)
154. Face: Poems by Sherman Alexie (9/10)
155. Dread: Poems by Ai (9/11)
156. The Cow: Poems by Ariana Reines (9/12)
157. The Good Body by Eve Ensler (9/13)
158. Wind in a Box: Poems by Terrance Hayes (9/14) (school)
159. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney (9/23) (audio)
160. Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth (9/29)
October
161. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer (10/4)
162. * We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (10/6) (re-read) (bookclub)
163. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (10/7)
164. Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin (10/8) (audio)
165. Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto (10/10)
166. The Iliad by Homer, trans. Lattimore (10/11) (school)
167. Chronic: Poems by DA Powell (10/11) (taught)
168. Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato (10/15)
169. After the Plague: Stories by TC Boyle (10/17)
170. Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min (10/20)
171. By Myself: An Autobiography by DA Powell and David Trinidad (10/21)
173. The Multicultibohosideshow by Alexs D Pate (10/23)
174. The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer (10/24)
175. Native Guard: Poems by Natasha Tretheway (10/25) (taught)
176. My Life, The Early Years, Part I by Bill Clinton (10/26) (audio)
177. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson (10/27)
178. Greed: Poems by Ai (10/30)
179. The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter (10/31)
November
180. Man Crazy by Joyce Carol Oates (11/1)
181. * The Country Between Us: Poems by Carolyn Forche (11/2) (re-read) (taught)
182. Here, Bullet: Poets by Brian Turner (11/3) (re-read) (taught)
183. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (11/4)
184. The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates (11/5)
185. Caught by Harlan Coben (11/6)
186. Sorry, Tree: Poems by Eileen Myles (11/7)
187. * Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger (11/8) (bookclub)
188. Words for Empty and Words for Full: Poems by Bob Hicok (11/9) (school)
189. Practical Water: Poems by Brenda Hillman (11/9) (school)
190. The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker (11/10)
191. * Little Boat: Poems by Jean Valentine (11/11)
192. * This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich (11/14)
193. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (11/15)
194. My Life, The Presidential Years, Part II by Bill Clinton (11/16) (audio)
195. Thousand Pieces of Gold by RuthAnne Lum McCunn (11/17)
196. One Stick Song: Poems by Sherman Alexie (11/19)
197. My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer (11/20)
198. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (11/21) (audio)
199. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (11/21)
200. Sapogonia by Ana Castillo (11/22)
201. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar (11/23) (audio)
202. Unmentionables: Poems by Beth Ann Fennelly (11/24)
203. Cold Water Memory: Poems by Greg Watson (11/25)
204. Things You Will Never See Again: Poems by Greg Watson (11/25)
205. The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino (11/26)
206. Foreign Wife Elegy: Poems by Yuko Taniguchi (11/26)
207. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger (11/27)
208. The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillio (11/28)
209. The Good, Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery (11/30)
December
210. Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles by Kira Henehan (12/3)
211. Vestments by John Reimringer (12/6)
212. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (12/7) (audio)
213. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thaddeus Carhart (12/7)
214. Thirst: Stories by Ken Kalfus (12/8)
215. Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (12/10)
216. Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (12/11)
217. Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest: Poems by BH Fairchild (12/12)
218. The Odyssey by Homer; translation by Robert Fagles (12/13) (re-read) (school)
219. * Compulsions of Silkworms & Bees: Poems by Julianna Baggott (12/14)
220. Away by Amy Bloom (audio) (12/14)
221: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (12/15)
222. Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Peggy O'Mara (12/16)
223. The Colorado Kid by Stephen King (12/21) (audio)
224. Drood by Dan Simmons (12/22) (bookclub)
225. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (12/28)
226. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (12/29)
227. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (12/30)
228. Husband-Coached Childbirth: the Bradley Method by Robert A Bradley (12/31)
+ 3 manuscripts during thesis seminar and editing my own chapbook, The Recent History of Middle Sand Lake
* = favorites
225. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (12/28)
226. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (12/29)
227. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (12/30)
228. Husband-Coached Childbirth: the Bradley Method by Robert A Bradley (12/31)
+ 3 manuscripts during thesis seminar and editing my own chapbook, The Recent History of Middle Sand Lake
* = favorites
