January
[Maya born 1/3]
1. Your Amazing Newborn by Phyllis H Klaus (1/27)
February
2. The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins (2/1)
3. The Best American Short Stories 2003 edited by Walter Mosley (2/3)
4. Room by Emma Donoghue (2/6)
5. Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich (2/8)
6. ♥ Great With Child: Letters to a Young Mother by Beth Ann Fennelly (2/9)
7. Tender Hooks: Poems by Beth Ann Fennelly (2/10)
8. Life is So Good by George Dawson (2/14) (bookclub)
9. Sleeping Through the Night by Jodi A Mindell (2/16)
10. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (2/22)
11. The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp (2/25)
12. King Baby: Poems by Lia Purpura (2/27)
13. Your Baby's First Year by the Academy of American Pediatrics (2/28)
March
14. Plot (Grove Press Poetry Series) by Claudia Rankine (3/1)
15. Sin Eater: Poems by William Reichard (3/2)
16. Find the Girl: Poems by Lightsey Darst (3/3)
17. Dreaming Man, Face Down: Poems by Mark Conway (3/4)
18. On Speaking Terms: Poems by Connie Wanek (3/4)
19. Infancy by Tiffany Field (3/7)
20. Bandanna: An Opera in Two Acts and a Prologue by Paul Muldoon (3/13)
21. Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck (3/14)
22. All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost by Lan Samantha Chang (3/16) (bookclub)
23. Not What I Expected: The Unpredictable Road from Womanhood to Motherhood edited by Donya Currie Arias and Hildie S Block (3/18)
24. The 90 Minute Baby Sleep Program by Holly Moore (3/21)
25. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (3/22)
26. kinesthesia: poems by Stephanie Johnson (3/24)
27. ♥ The Resurrection Trade: Poems by Leslie Adrienne Miller (3/25)
28. Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf (3/27)
April
29. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (4/5)
30. The Idle Parent by Tom Hodgkinson (4/6)
31. Deepstep Come Shining: Poems by C.D. Wright (4/10)
32. That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx (4/12) (bookclub)
33. Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler (4/15)
34. Waiting for my Clothes: Poems by Leanne O'Sullivan (4/16)
35. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (4/18)
36. Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman (4/19)
37. Getting Stoned With Savages by J Maarten Troost (4/27)
38. Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems by Adrienne Rich (4/28)
May
39. Fever Dream by Preston & Child (5/2)
40. Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein (5/5)
41. Hecate Lochia: Poems by Hoa Nguyen (5/11)
42. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell (5/17)
43. Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival by Alison Wright (5/18)
44. Chasing the Night by Iris Johansen (5/20)
45. Brendan Wolf by Brian Malloy (5/22)
46. The Year of Ice by Brian Malloy (5/27)
47. Bossypants by Tina Fey (5/31) (bookclub)
June
48. Twelve Long Months by Brian Malloy (6/1)
49. The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind by Gopnik, Meltzoff, and Kuhl (6/8)
50. The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara (6/11)
51. The End by Salvatore Scibona (6/12)
52. Ice Cold by Tess Gerritson (6/14)
53. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (6/19)
54. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (6/20)
55. Confessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-Ferro (6/23)
56. The Family Bed by Tine Thevenin (6/28)
57. Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy (6/30)
July
58. Sign with Your Baby by Dr Joseph Garcia (7/2)
59. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (7/4)
60. Bringing Up Baby: Three Steps to Making Good Decisions in Your Child's First Years by Lerner & Dombro (7/5)
61. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (7/6) (re-read)
62. Rescue by Anita Shreve (7/7) (audio)
63. Baby's First Skills by Miriam Stoppard (7/8)
64. It Sucked and Then I Cried by Heather B Armstrong (7/9)
65. How We Are Hungry: Stories by Dave Eggers (7/10)
66. The Sinks: Poems by Ryan Walsh (7/11)
67. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman (7/14)
68. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (7/15)
69. Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read by Bernice Cullinan (7/16)
70. The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan (7/18)
71. The Book of Dead Birds by Gayle Brandeis (7/19)
72. The Wilding by Benjamin Percy (7/21) (bookclub)
73. The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell (7/25)
74. The Postpartum Husband (7/31)
August
75. Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs (8/1)
n/a The Wonder of Babies: The World Through the Eyes of a Child by Karen Henrich (8/1)
76. Your Baby is Speaking to You: A Visual Guide to the Amazing Behaviors of Your Newborn and Growing Baby by Kevin Nugent (8/2)
77. The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum (8/3) (audio)
78. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (8/6)
79. Three in a Bed by Deborah Jackson (8/17)
80. Typical American by Gish Jen (8/18)
81. The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Jack Newman (8/21)
82. Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children from Birth to Age Five by Lisa Guernsey (8/22)
83. Your Child at Play: Birth to Age Five by Marilyn Segal (8/23)
84. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (8/29) (bookclub)
85. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs (8/30) (audio)
86. Bright from the Start: The Simple, Science-Based Way to Nurture Your Baby's Developing Mind, Birth to Age 3 by Jill Stamm (8/31)
September
87. Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love by Linda Acredolo (9/1)
88. Strong for Potatoes by Cynthia Thayer (9/3)
89. Garner by Kristin Allio (9/5)
90. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (9/7)
91. In the Woods by Tana French (9/11)
92. The Swordfish Tooth: Poems by Cynthia Zarin (9/13)
93. Taboo: Poems by Yusef Komonyakaa (9/14)
94. Broken April by Ismail Kadare (9/16)
95. School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (9/17)
96. Reading Magic by Mem Fox (9/18)
97. We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11 by Tram Nguyen (9/19)
98. Just Kids by Patti Smith (9/24)
99. ♥ Chinoiserie by Karen Rigby (9/25)
100. The Best American Short Stories 2009 ed. Alice Sebold (9/27)
101. Save Me by Lisa Scottoline (9/29) (audio)
October
102. Other People: Poems by Peter Campion (10/2)
103. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (10/3)
104. The Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick (10/6)
105. Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas (10/10) (audio)
106. What have you done to our ears to make us hear echoes?: Poems by Arlene Kim (10/14)
107. She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel (10/16)
108. A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior by Norman Herschkowitz (10/17)
109. Two Kisses for Maddy by Matt Logelin (10/18)
110. The Attachment Parenting Book by Dr Sears (10/20)
111. The Blessing: A Memoir by Gregory Orr (10/22) (bookclub)
112. The Lions: Poems by Peter Campion (10/28)
113. War by Sebastian Junger (10/30) (audio)
November
114. Road Work Ahead: Poems by Raymond Luczak (11/1)
115. Escape by Carolyn Jessop (11/6) (audio)
116. Superbaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years by Jenn Berman (11/10)
117. Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto (11/11)
118. Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily by Gioia Timpanelli (11/16)
119. What Babies Say Before They Can Talk: The Nine Signals Babies Use to Express Their Feelings by Paul Holinger (11/17)
120. World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler (11/19)
121. The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan (11/21) (bookclub)
+ transcript of my father's musical, Searching for Romeo
122. Sunday Tertulia by Lori Marie Carlson (11/25)
123. Boys Like Her: Transfictions by Taste This (11/27)
December
124. State of Fear by Michael Crichton (12/2) (audio)
125. The Gathering by Anne Enright (12/3)
126. I Remember by Joe Brainerd (12/3)
127. Mother to Mother by Sindwe Magona (12/7)
128. Graceful Parenting: Simple Advice for Raising a Gentle and Loving Child by Eve M. Dreyfus (12/12)
129. Peony in Love by Lisa See (12/14)
130. 365 TV-free Activities You Can Do With Your Child by Steve Bennett (12/15)
131. French Lessons by Ellen Sussman (12/16) (audio)
132. Your Child at Play: One to Two Years by Marilyn Segal (12/18)
133. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (12/19)
134. Crossing State Lines: An American Renga ed. Carol Muske-Dukes (12/20)
135. Mercury by Ariana Reins (12/23)
136. Riprap and Cold Mountain: Poems by Gary Snyder (12/26)
137. The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm by Nancy Farmer (12/27)
138. Baby Signs by Linda Acredolo (12/28)
139. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (12/30)
+ my father's musical manuscript and editing my manuscript (working title: Little Pine)
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