Books I read in 2009

Last January I decided to keep a list of books I read in 2009. My purpose was to see how many books I really do read in a year. I was surprised to discover that its not nearly as many as I had thought (only 59?!). I didn't rate the books and the only order they're in is the order in which I read them. Below this list are my favorites of 2009.

Freedom's Choice		Suzanne Brockmann
Touch of Fire		Linda Howard
The Hunted		Rachel Lee
Under Suspicion		Rachel Lee
A Seduction at Christmas		Cathy Maxwell
A Highlander Never Surrenders		Paula Quinn
Finders Keepers		Sharon Sala
Fearless Fourteen		Janet Evanovich
Sight Unseen		Samantha Graves
Out of Time		Samantha Graves
Veil of Midnight		Lara Adrian
Stay the Night		Lynn Viehl
Thigh High		Christina Dodd
Safe Passage		Ida Cook
Dangerous Deceptions		Lynn Kerstan
The Golden Leopard		Lynn Kerstan
Tall, Dark and Texan		Jodi Thomas
Master of the Highlands		Sue-Ellen Welfonder
New Moon		Stephenie Myers
Don't Tell		Karen Rose
Finding Mary Blaine		Jodi Thomas
The Power of Makeup		Trish McEvoy
How Not to Look Old		Charla Krupp
Don't Go to the Cosmetics....		Paula Begoun
The Warrior		Sharon Sala
Living Beauty		Bobbi Brown
Real Beauty		Sonia Kashuk
Plum Spooky		Janet Evanovich
The Secret Wedding		Jo Beverley
Sword of the Highlands		Veronica Wolff
Warrior of the Highlands		Veronica Wolff
The Rose and the Shield		Elaine Barbieri
Knave's Honor		Margaret Moore
The Notorious Knight		Margaret Moore
Hit Hard		Joey Kramer
Master of the Highlands		Veronica Wolff
Child 44		Tom Rob Smith
Got the Life		Fieldy
The Maiden's Hand		Susan Wiggs
Sexiest Man Alive		Diana Holquist
How to Tame a Modern Rogue		Diana Holquist
The Treasures of Venice		Loucinda McGary
The Knights Templar		Sean Martin
Protector of One		Rachel Lee
Bounty Hunter's Woman		Linda Turner
Manhunter		Loreth Anne White
The Redemption of Rafe Diaz		Maggie Price
In Care of Sam Beaudry		Kathleen Eagle
Lie to Me		Starr Ambrose
Ladies Man		Suzanne Brockmann
The Lone Texan		Jodi Thomas
In the Highlanders Bed		Cathy Maxwell
It Happened One Night		Anthology - Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jackquie D'Alessandro, Candice Hern
Whispered Lies		Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love
Shadowlight		Lynn Viehl
On the Edge		Susan Kearney
Fangs But No Fangs		Kathy Love
The Madness of Lord MacKenzie		Jennifer Ashley
Immortals: The Calling		Jennifer Ashley
Fangs for the Memories		Kathy Love

The Heroin Diaries Nikki Sixx


Favorite Book: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Least Favorite: Fangs for the Memories by Kathy Love
Favorite Hero: The Madness of Lord MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley
Favorite Heroine: Finding Mary Blaine by Jodi Thomas
Favorite Non-Fiction: The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx

Books I Couldn't Finish:
There are a lot of reasons I don't finish a book. Sometimes its just that I'm not in the mood for that particular genre but more often than not its because I can't connect to the characters. For whatever reason, these are the books I couldn't finish:

Skinny Dipping		Connie Brockway
The Raven's Moon		Susan King
A Knight Well Spent		Jackie Ivie
My Wicked Enemy		Carolyn Jewel
Wicked Deeds on a Winters Night			Kresley Cole
Guarded Heart		Jennifer Blake
Bad Penny		Sharon Sala
For the love of Pete		Julia Harper
Foul Play		Janet Evanovich
Highlander in her dreams		Allie MacKay
Highlander Untamed		Monica McCarty
Outcast		Joan Johnston
Take Me Two Times		Karen Kendall
Tempted at Midnight		Jacquie D'Alessandro