I am going to share this here as well as on my book blog, Reading in White Bear Lake.  It has been a very slow year of reading for me.   Life and work have gotten in the way of my sitting around and reading into the wee hours of the night.  Since I am no longer going to Duluth for work each month, my nights to read in the hotel room are gone as well.  Alas, I have only read 28 books in 2009, but some very good ones!! 

Jen’s Best Books of 2009

1.   The Hour I First Believed – Wally Lamb (5/5)

2.  The Crying Tree – Naseem Rakha – (5/5)

3.  A Year On Ladybug Farm – Donna Ball – (4.5/5)

4.  At Home on Ladybug Farm – Donna Ball (4.5/5)

5.  The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown (4.5/5)

6.  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – David Wroblewski (4.5/5)

7.  The Kindness of Strangers – Katrina Kittle (4.5/5) 

8.  Lace Reader – Brunonia Barry – (4.5/5)

9.  Moloka’i – Alan Brennert – (4.5/5)

10. Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel – Elizabeth Noble – (4.5/5)

I love making my list of best books each year.  I forget about all the great books I read in the beginning of the year!  Next, I will enjoy reading other book bloggers lists which will certainly make my “To Be Read” list even longer!