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27. Chicks Dig Time Lords edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea. Wonderful collection of essays by women who love Doctor Who. I could really identify with so many of the writers, especially because I was a fan of Tom Baker's Who as a teenager.

28. The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook by Kim O'Donnel. Meh. Got this from the library because the title seemed to imply a sort of awesomeness, but in fact few of the recipes really interest me.

29. Room by Emma Donoghue. Wow. I don't even want to comment too much on this one because almost anything I could say would be spoilery right off the bat, but it was completely amazing and I think everyone should consider reading it (once they're aware that there's some stuff with trigger potential, that is. I'd be glad to provide more detail re: that if it would help anyone on the fence decide one way or the other.)

20. Affinity by Sarah Waters. I didn't like this nearly as much as Fingersmith or Tipping the Velvet, or as much as I liked the movie. It was okay. I actually expected to love it because of the 'supernatural' element, but turns out not so much.

21. Food Lovers' Guide to Massachusetts by Patricia Harris and David Lyon. Okay, but glad I borrowed it from the library instead of buying it!

22. Stir-Fry: A Novel by Emma Donoghue. Very good. I wasn't a fan of her book of fairy-tale based short stories, but I loved Landing and this book.

23. Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher. Wonderful young adult book about a high school boy who falls for a girl who turns out to be transgendered.

15. Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks by Ethan Gilsdorf. Non-fiction book about people who are into gaming, D&D, LARPing, etc. Interesting!

16. Aftermath, Inc.: Cleaning Up After CSI Goes Home by Gil Reavill. Informative. I found it interesting but I think a few chapters would have done it - not sure it really required so many.

11. Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall and Lisa Pulitzer. I've been re-watching some of Big Love and got curious enough to go looking in the library for books about this topic.

12. Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After a Suicide by Beverly Cobain and Jean Larch. I think I found a link to this title somewhere when I was reading about homophobia, but maybe not. Not an easy read emotionally.

7. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl. LOVED this book. Not only the stuff about food, but the stuff about Ms. Reichl creating disguises so that she could dine anonymously. Really, really interesting.

8. Feed by Mira Grant. Good but not great. Actually, I think it's probably great - it just wasn't what I wanted, somehow. It's very well written, great details, wonderful world-building. But I wasn't emotionally involved in the story.

3. Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd - Young adult book about a British girl who runs away from her foster home to try to find her mother. Good story.

4. The Butcher and the Vegetarian by Tara Austen Weaver. Interesting non-fiction about a woman raised as a vegetarian who decided to experiment with cooking and eating meat in an attempt to improve her health.