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Abandoned farm building at the US/Canada border, Langley, BC - April 2006. Copyright © 2006 Deborah McIntosh
My 2007 reading list
Books marked with a are those I found particularly memorable, whether for the quality of the writing, the uniqueness of the story or just general enjoyability. Highlighted titles have been -- or will be -- released through BookCrossing.com. (Here are my 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 lists.)
What It Takes to Be Human - Marilyn Bowering (January 1, 07)
Sweetness in the Belly - Camilla Gibb (January 4, 07)
Homesick - Guy Vanderhaeghe (January 6, 07)
Keeper'n Me - Richard Wagamese (January 11, 07) 
Leave Me by Dying - Rosemary Aubert (January 14, 07)
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard - Kiran Desai (January 17, 07)
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka (January 19, 07) 
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her - Melanie Rehak (January 22, 07)
Hearing Secret Harmonies - Anthony Powell (January 23, 07) 
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis (January 26, 07) 
The Way I Found Her - Rose Tremain (February 1, 07) 
The Red Mass - Rosemary Aubert (February 2, 07)
The Bone People - Keri Hulme (February 5, 07) 
Lullabies for Little Criminals - Heather O'Neill (February 13, 07) 
The Girls - Lori Lansens (February 15, 07) 
The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict - William Leith (February 19, 07)
The Love of a Good Woman - Alice Munro (February 19, 07)
101 Reykjavik - Hallgrímur Helgason (February 23, 07)
The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes - K.C. Constantine (March 3, 07)
Hard Rain - Janwillem van de Wetering (March 6, 07)
The Sea - John Banville (March 10, 07)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men - Alexander McCall Smith (March 21, 07).
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle (March 23, 07) 
The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith (March 28, 07)
Voyage in the Dark - Jean Rhys (March 31, 07)
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver (April 3, 07)
The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst (April 8, 07) 
Fun Home - Alison Bechdel (April 13, 2007) 
Adultery - Richard B. Wright (April 14, 07)
Easy Peasy - Lesley Glaister (April 15, 07)
Howards End - E.M. Forster (April 16, 07)
On Beauty - Zadie Smith (April 28, 07) 
The Romantic - Barbara Gowdy (May 6, 07)
A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby (May 10, 07)
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan (May 16, 07)
The End of California - Steve Yarbrough (May 18, 07) 
Burning Ground - Pearl Luke (May 22, 07)
Reparations - Stephen Kimber (May 23, 07)
Sointula - Bill Gaston (June 7, 07)
Bottle Rocket Hearts - Zoe Whittall (June 18, 07)
The Shadow of Desire - Rebecca Stowe (June 29, 07)
Planet Reese - Cordelia Strube (July 17, 07)
While I Was Gone - Sue Miller (July 29, 07)
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet - Joanne Proulx (August 1, 07)
Lisey's Story - Stephen King (August 22, 07)
The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver (September 5, 07) 
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve (September 10, 07)
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell (September 13, 07) 
Faith Fox - Jane Gardam (September 25, 07)
The Nature of Passion - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (October 2, 07) 
The War At Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada's Poor - Pat Capponi (October 12, 07) 
Wide Open - Nicola Barker (October 13, 07)
Resurrection Men - Ian Rankin (December 15, 07)
A Question of Blood - Ian Rankin (December 24, 07)
top 10 favourites of 2007
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
On Beauty - Zadie Smith
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
The Bone People - Keri Hulme
The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
Lullabies for Little Criminals - Heather O'Neill
The Girls - Lori Lansens
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
The War At Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada's Poor - Pat Capponi

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