Reviewing the Shelf

In 2007, I read the following books:

• The Story of Chicago May - Nuala O'Faolain
• Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads - Sheila J. Curran and Suzanne Greewald
• The Last Life - Claire Messud
• Backlash - Susan Faludi
• Buddhist Women on the Edge - Marianne Dresser
• Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
• Madame Blavatsky's Baboon - Peter Washington
• The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud
• The Little Friend - Donna Tartt
• The Etiquette Advantage in Business - Peggy Post and Peter Post
• Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked - Catherine Orenstein
• Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men--And What to Do About It - Evelyn Murphy
• Bones to Ashes - Kathy Reichs
• Lace - Shirley Conran
• The Observations - Jane Harris
• Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women - Ellison Banks Findly
• Abundance - Sena Jeter Naslund
• Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
• Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs
• Molokai - Alan Brennert
• Empress Orchid - Anchee Min
• Eva Moves the Furniture - Margot Livesey
• Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs
• Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs
• Hotel World - Ali Smith
• Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan
• The Teahouse Fire - Ellis Avery
• Stealing Buddha's Dinner - Bich Minh Nguyen
• Flux - Peggy Orenstein
• Death du Jour - Kathy Reichs
• City of Shadows - Ariana Franklin

Of this list, my favorites would be:

• City of Shadows - Ariana Franklin
• Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan
• The Observations - Jane Harris
• Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men--And What to Do About It - Evelyn Murphy
• The Last Life - Claire Messud
• Backlash - Susan Faludi

I should also put in a mention for Gail Tsukiyama's The Samurai's Garden, which I'm pretty sure I read this year, but before I started keeping the online list.

For the upcoming year, I have Donna's recommendation of Notes on a Scandal and another blogger rec of Cathie Black's Basic Black. I also currently have The Thirteenth Tale out from the library. I wonder how many books I'll make it through this year.