May 16, 2012

Books Read in 2012

date refers to date finished; i.e., just b/c I finished two books in a given day doesn't mean I read two entire books that day!

  • Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/16) (reread)
  • Dead Iron; the Age of Steam, by Devon Monk (5/15)
  • Insurgent, by Veronica Roth (5/9)
  • Divergent, by Veronica Roth (5/8) (reread)
  • The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (5/7)
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green & David Levithan (4/28)
  • Life: An Unexploded Diagram, by Mal Peet (4/27)
  • Tattoo (Ice Song #2), by Kirsten Imani Kasai (4/22)
  • Mountainfit: Fjällsommar, Fjällsjälv, by Meera Lee Sethi (4/10)
  • Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (4/7) (reread)
  • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (4/4) (reread)
  • Soul Thief, by Jana Oliver (3/27)
  • The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (3/26)
  • Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (3/24) (reread)
  • Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchetta (3/19)
  • The High King, by Lloyd Alexander (3/17) (reread)
  • Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan (3/16)
  • Taran Wanderer, by Lloyd Alexander (3/3) (reread)
  • The Castle of Llyr, by Lloyd Alexander (3/1) (reread)
  • An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (3/1)
  • The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer (2/16)
  • Magic on the Line, by Devon Monk (2/5)
  • Magic on the Hunt, by Devon Monk (2/4)
  • The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly (1/30)
  • The Looking Glass War, by John LeCarre (1/30)
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John LeCarre (1/22)
  • A Murder of Quality, by John LeCarre (1/13)
  • Call for the Dead, by John LeCarre (1/13)
  • Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes (1/9)
  • Everyone Remain Calm, by Megan Stielstra (1/4) (stories)

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January 06, 2012

Books Read in 2011

date refers to date finished; i.e., just b/c I finished two books in a given day doesn't mean I read two entire books that day!

  • Enclave, by Ann Aguirre (12/27)
  • The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, by Margarita Engle (12/27) (biography) (poetry)
  • Someday Soon, by Joan Wolf (12/26)
  • No Dark Place, by Joan Wolf (12/26) (re-read)
  • Life, by Keith Richards (12/25) (memoir)
  • Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam, by David H. Hackworth (12/24) (memoir)
  • Foiled, by Jane Yolen (12/20) (graphic novel)
  • To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel, by Siena Cherson (12/20) (memoir) (graphic novel)
  • One Day, by David Nicholls (12/19)
  • Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai (12/18)
  • Falling Together, by Marisa de los Santos (12/17)
  • A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (12/16)
  • The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander (12/10)
  • Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery (12/6) (re-read) (audio)
  • Three Cups of Deceit, by Jon Krakauer (11/11)
  • A Life in Stitches, by Rachael Herron (11/10)
  • Invitation to the Game, by Monica Hughes (11/10)
  • The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt (11/8)
  • Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine (11/8)
  • When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (11/7)
  • Love Is the Higher Law, by David Levithan (11/6)
  • Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bertoletti (11/6)
  • Charles and Emma; the Darwins' Leap of Faith, by Deborah Heiligman (11/6)
  • Honeybee, by Naomi Shihab Nye (10/30) (poetry)
  • The Ocean Between Us, by Susan Wiggs (10/30)
  • Life as We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer (10/28)
  • The Demon Trapper's Daughter, by Jana Oliver (10/23)
  • The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander (10/23)(re-read)
  • Feed, by M.T. Anderson (10/21)
  • Educating Esme, Diary of a Teacher's First Year, by Esme Raji Codell (10/18)
  • Northlanders Vol 2: The Cross + The Hammer (10/15)
  • Northlanders Vol 1: Sven The Returned, by Brian Wood (10/15)
  • Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Patterson (10/15)
  • Where do you think you're going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz, pics by Margot Tomes (10/10)
  • The Good Soldiers, by David Finkel (10/10)
  • Don't You Know There's a War On? by Avi (10/9)
  • Ten Birds, by Cybele Young (10/9)
  • The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin (10/9)
  • The Trouble with Thirteen, by Betty Miles (10/8) (re-read)
  • Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick (10/8)
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick (10/8)
  • Journey Into Mohawk Country, by George O'Connor (10/2)
  • Y: The Last Man -- Unmanned, by Brian K. Vaughn (10/1)
  • Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt (9/25)
  • Stitches, by David Small (9/23)
  • The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life, by Ann Patchett (9/22)
  • The Arrival, by Shaun Tan (9/18)
  • Lockdown, by Walter Dean Myers (9/17)
  • Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem, by Marilyn Nelson (9/15) (poetry)
  • The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flournoy (9/11)
  • The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss (9/11)
  • Maizon at Blue Hill, by Jacqueline Woodson (9/10)
  • Weed Flower, by Cynthia Kadohata (9/10)
  • The Northern Girl, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (9/x) (re-read)
  • The Dancers of Arun, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (9/x) (re-read)
  • Watchtower, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (9/x) (re-read)
  • The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis (9/4)
  • Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi (9/4)
  • Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest (9/3)
  • Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (8/29)
  • Purgatory Chasm, by Steve Ulfelder (8/27)
  • A Summer to Die, by Lois Lowry (8/27) (re-read)
  • Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White (8/26) (re-read)
  • The New Teacher Book, from Rethinking Schools (8/24)
  • The Bone People, by Keri Hulme (8/21)
  • The Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner (8/12)
  • Heartless, by Gail Carriger (8/8)
  • Rebirth, by Sophie Littlefield (8/6)
  • The Cradle in the Grave, by Sophie Hannah (8/4)
  • Divergent, by Veronica Roth (8/1)
  • Maybe This Time, by Jennifer Crusie (7/26)
  • Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, by Tom Franklin (6/28)
  • The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss (6/26)
  • The Price of Honor, by Colonel David H. Hackworth (6/19)
  • Just Like Heaven, by Julia Quinn (6/19)
  • The Hunted, by Elmore Leonard (6/19)
  • State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett (6/18)
  • The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson (6/17)
  • One Bullet Away, the Making of a Marine Officer, by Nathaniel Fick (6/6)
  • Generation Kill, by Evan Wright (6/5)
  • Red Seas Under Red Skies, by Scott Lynch (6/2)
  • Trust No One, by Gregg Hurwitz (5/?)
  • All Clear, by Connie Willis (5/15)
  • Blackout, by Connie Willis (5/14) (re-read)
  • Relentless, by Lauren Dane (5/12)
  • Carry Me Down, by M.J. Hyland (5/12)
  • Blameless, by Gail Carriger (5/11)
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch (5/7)
  • Killbox, by Ann Aguirre (4/28)
  • 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (4/28)
  • The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson (4/17)
  • Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson (4/14)
  • Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White (4/10) (re-read)
  • Changeless, by Gail Carriger (4/8)
  • The Berrybender Narratives, Book 1: Sin Killer, by Larry McMurtry (4/6)
  • Soulless, by Gail Carriger (4/5)
  • Aftertime, by Sophie Littlefield (3/29)
  • The Night Season, by Chelsea Cain (3/24)
  • Undercover, by Lauren Dane (3/18)
  • Tempest Rising, By Nicole Peeler (3/18)
  • Composed, by Rosanne Cash (3/15)
  • Magic at the Gate, by Devon Monk (3/15)
  • The Dark and Hollow Places, by Carrie Ryan (3/15)
  • How to Knit a Heart Back Home, by Rachael Herron (3/13)
  • Mother's Milk, by Edward St Aubyn (3/12)
  • River Marked, by Patricia Briggs (3/9)
  • Faith Fox, by Jane Gardam (2/20)
  • Visitation, by Jenny Erpenbeck (2/14)
  • Across the Universe, by Beth Revis (2/1)
  • The Old Devils, by Kingsley Amis (1/27)
  • What the Librarian Did, by Karina Bliss (1/19)
  • The Sentry, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (1/18)
  • Hunger, by Jackie Morse Kessler (1/5)

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December 31, 2010

Books Read in 2010

date refers to date finished; i.e., just b/c I finished two books in a given day doesn't mean I read two entire books that day!

  • The Girls with Games of Blood, by Alex Bledsoe (12/29)
  • Vampire Academy 6: Last Sacrifice, by Richelle Mead (12/29)
  • Vampire Academy 5: Spirit Bound, by Richelle Mead (12/28)
  • Vampire Academy 4: Blood Promise, by Richelle Mead (12/27)
  • King Hereafter, by Dorothy Dunnett (12/26) (re-read)
  • Vampire Academy 3: Shadow Kiss, by Richelle Mead (12/22)
  • Vampire Academy 2: Frostbite, by Richelle Mead (12/20)
  • Hounded to Death, by Rita Mae Brown (12/19)
  • The Tell-Tale Horse, by Rita Mae Brown (12/16)
  • Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead (12/16)
  • Doors Open, by Ian Rankin (12/15)
  • The Dead-Tossed Waves, by Carrie Ryan (12/10)
  • Worth Dying For: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (12/8)
  • Halo, by Alexandra Adornetto (12/6)
  • The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson (12/5)
  • Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen (11/28)
  • Skymaze, by Gillian Rubinstein (11/26)
  • How to Ditch Your Personal Fairy, by Justine Larbalestier (11/25)
  • Ice Song, by Kirsten Imani Kasai (11/23)
  • Space Demons, by Gillian Rubinstein (11/11)
  • Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, by Sarah MacLean (11/9)
  • Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, Bk 13), by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (11/7)
  • Eleven, by Patricia Reilly Giff (11/5)
  • Locomotion, by Jacqueline Woodson (11/4)
  • The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger (10/28)
  • The Skin I'm In, by Sharon G. Flake (10/28)
  • Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices, bk 1), by Cassandra Clare (10/16)
  • Stormrider, by David Gemmell (10/6)
  • Ravenheart, by David Gemmell (10/2)
  • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell (9/29)
  • Linger, by Maggie Stiefvater (9/21)
  • Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater (9/20)
  • Faithful Place, by Tana French (9/11)
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan (9/10)
  • The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman (9/5) (re-read)
  • The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman (9/3) (re-read)
  • The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (9/1) (re-read)
  • Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (8/27)
  • White Teacher, by Vivian Gussin Paley (8/25)
  • Memory in Death, by Nora Roberts writing as J.D.Robb (8/21)
  • Within the Frame; The Journey of Photographic Vision, by David duChemin (8/11)
  • The Eye of the Storm, by Jack Higgins (8/6)
  • Midnight Falcon, by David Gemmell (8/4)
  • Slut Lullabies, by Gina Frangello (7/31)(stories)
  • Curse of the Wolf Girl, by Martin Millar (7/30)
  • Sword in the Storm, by David Gemmell (7/23)
  • The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (7/5)(re-read)
  • I Shall Not Want, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (7/5)
  • All Mortal Flesh, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (7/5)
  • To Darkness and to Death, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (7/4)
  • Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (7/4)
  • A Fountain Filled with Blood, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (7/3)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (7/3)
  • Still Missing, by Chevy Stevens (6/20)
  • Dead in the Family, by Charlaine Harris (6/15)
  • A Distant Magic, by Mary Jo Putney (6/6)
  • The Hidden City, by Michelle West (6/4)
  • The Photogenic Soprano, by Dorothy Dunnett (5/27)
  • The Fool's Progress, by Edward Abbey (5/24)
  • 61 Hours, by Lee Child (5/19)
  • Magic on the Storm, by Devon Monk (5/4)
  • Possession, by A.S. Byatt (4/30) (re-read)
  • Silver Borne, a Mercy Thompson novel, by Patricia Briggs (4/30)
  • I Won't Learn from You, by Herbert Kohl (4/17)
  • Death at an Early Age, by Jonathan Kozol (4/17)
  • Letters to a Young Teacher, by Jonathan Kozol (4/12)
  • What's Bred in the Bone, by Robertson Davies (4/10) (re-read)
  • Inside Mrs. B.'s Classroom, by Leslie Baldacci (3/30)
  • The Delicacy and Strength of Lace, by Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright (3/23) (letters)
  • The Ugliest House in the World, by Peter Ho Davies (3/21)
  • The Walls of the Universe, by Paul Melko (3/15)
  • Blackout, by Connie Willis (3/9)
  • The Rebel Angels, by Robertson Davies (3/5) (re-read)
  • How to Knit a Love Song, by Rachael Herron (3/3)
  • Black and White, by Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge (2/26)
  • The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2/11) (re-read)
  • Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth 1), by Terry Goodkind (2/10) (re-read)
  • The First Rule; a Joe Pike Novel, by Robert Crais (2/4)
  • The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (1/31)
  • Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (1/28)
  • Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde (1/28)
  • Man Walks Into a Room, by Nicole Krauss (1/22)
  • The Prophecy of the Sisters, by Michelle Zink (1/15)
  • A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle (1/15) (re-read)
  • Lonely Werewolf Girl, by Martin Millar (1/13)
  • This Is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper (1/3)
  • Night Child, by Jes Battis (1/3)

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December 31, 2009

Books Read in 2009

date refers to date finished only; some books get started, and then set down for ages. i.e., just b/c I finished two books in a given day doesn't mean I read two entire books that day!

  • The Good Fairies of New York, by Martin Millar (12/30)
  • Marcher, by Chris Beckett (12/28)
  • A Plea for Eros, By Siri Hustvedt (12/27)
  • The Flying Troutmans, by Miriam Toews (12/22)
  • City of Thieves, by David Benioff (12/21)
  • Undiscovered Country, by Lin Enger (12/14)
  • Doubleblind, by Ann Aguirre (12/13)
  • Blue Diablo, by Ann Aguirre (12/6)
  • Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, by Preston Jones and Greg Graffin (11/29)
  • The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks (11/25)
  • Normal People Don't Live Like This, by Dylan Landis (11/21)
  • The English American, by Alison Larkin (11/20)
  • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (11/18)
  • Fire, by Kristin Cashore (11/16)
  • Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (11/16)
  • Magic in the Shadows, by Devon Monk (11/8)
  • Toast, by Nigel Slater (11/5)
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson (10/28)
  • Mother of Storms, by John Barnes (10/26)
  • Ravens, by George Dawes Green (10/19)
  • Even Money, by Dick Francis (and Felix Francis) (10/16)
  • Liar, by Justine Larbalestier (10/14)
  • Midnighters 3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld (10/13)
  • The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean (10/12)
  • Sweep 15: Night's Child, by Cate Tiernan (10/10)
  • Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld (10/9)
  • Sweep 14: Full Circle, by Cate Tiernan (10/8)
  • Sweep 13: Reckoning, by Cate Tiernan (10/8)
  • Sweep 12: Eclipse, by Cate Tiernan (10/7)
  • Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour, by Scott Westerfeld (9/30)
  • Sweep 11: Origins, by Cate Tiernan (9/29)
  • Sweep 10: Seeker, by Cate Tiernan (9/28)
  • Sweep 9: Strife, by Cate Tiernan (9/26)
  • Sweep 8: Changeling, by Cate Tiernan (9/25)
  • Sweep 7: The Calling, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 6: Spellbound, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 5: Awakening, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 4: Dark Magick, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 3: Blood Witch, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 2: The Coven, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • Sweep 1: Book of Shadows, by Cate Tiernan (9/23)
  • A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy (9/20)
  • Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (9/18)
  • Evil at Heart, by Chelsea Cain (9/11)
  • White Time, by Margo Lanagan (8/31) (stories)
  • Hunting Ground, by Patricia Briggs (8/25)
  • Happy All the Time, by Laurie Colwin (8/24)
  • Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs (8/20)
  • Carved in Bone, by Jefferson Bass (8/17)
  • Netherland, by Joseph O'Neill (8/16)
  • Sea Lord, by Virginia Kantra (8/2)
  • Sea Fever, by Virginia Kantra (8/1)
  • Mark of the Demon, by Diana Rowland (7/31)
  • Sea Witch, by Virginia Kantra (7/28)
  • The Death of Sweet Mister, by Daniel Woodrell (7/27)
  • In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan (7/27)
  • Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (7/25)
  • Emerald City, by Jennifer Egan (6/25)
  • 13 Bullets, by David Wellington (6/21)
  • Old Man's War, by John Scalzi (6/19)
  • Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn (6/12)
  • Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem (6/8)
  • Magic in the Blood, by Devon Monk (6/3)
  • Gone Tomorrow: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child (6/1)
  • Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris (5/31)
  • All Summer, by Claire Kilroy (5/28)
  • Dracula, by Bram Stoker (5/21) (re-read)
  • Wanderlust, by Ann Aguirre (5/21)
  • Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre (5/18)
  • From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris (5/11)
  • All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris (5/8)
  • Definitely Dead, by Charlaine Harris (5/6)
  • The Dart League King, by Keith Lee Morris (5/4)
  • Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris (5/1)
  • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart (4/25)
  • Eureka Street, by Robert McLiam Wilson (4/24)
  • Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris (4/23)
  • Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris (4/21)
  • Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris (4/14)
  • The Three Evanglists, by Fred Vargas (4/14)
  • Tell No One, by Harlan Coben (4/12)
  • Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson (4/11)
  • Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris (4/8)
  • City of Glass, by Cassandra Clare (4/2)
  • Little Bee, by Chris Cleave (4/1)
  • The Pianist, by Wladyslaw Szpilman (3/28)
  • The Feminists Go Swimming, by Michael Collins (3/28)
  • Circle of the Dead, by Ingrid Black (3/27)
  • City of Refuge, by Tom Piazza (3/25)
  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth, by Carrie Ryan (3/19)
  • Domestic Violence, by Eavan Boland (3/12) (poetry)
  • Flesh and Bone, by Jefferson Bass (3/9)
  • A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, by Molly Wizenberg (3/8)
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (3/8)
  • Bone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs (3/7)
  • Antarctica, by Claire Keegan (3/6) (stories)
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson (3/4) (re-read)
  • For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (2/26) (poetry)
  • Delicate Edible Birds, by Lauren Groff (2/22) (stories)
  • Dark Hollow, by John Connolly (2/22)
  • Sweetheart, by Chelsea Cain (2/21)
  • Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly (2/19)
  • Lies of Silence, by Brian Moore (2/17)
  • The Devil's Bones, by Jefferson Bass (2/16)
  • L.A. Outlaws, by T. Jefferson Parker (2/15)
  • The Broom of the System, by David Foster Wallace (2/13)
  • Satan Says, by Sharon Olds (2/11) (poetry)(reread)
  • Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang (1/31) (stories)
  • The Partly Cloudy Patriot, by Sarah Vowell (1/28)
  • Tethered, by Amy MacKinnon (1/24)
  • City of Ashes, by Cassandra Clare (1/24)
  • Magic to the Bone, by Devon Monk (1/21)
  • Mainspring, by Jay Lake (1/19)
  • A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens (reread) (1/14)
  • HeartSick, by Chelsea Cain (1/4)
  • Shakespeare Wrote for Money, by Nick Hornby (1/3) (essays)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (1/2)
  • City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare (1/2)

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December 29, 2008

Books Read in 2008

  • The Scarecrow and His Servant, by Philip Pullman (12/29)
  • Disquiet, by Julia Leigh (12/28)
  • Silver Wings for Vicki, by Helen Wells (12/28)
  • If the River Was Whiskey, by T. Coraghessan Boyle (12/25) (stories)
  • Black & White, by Dani Shapiro (12/22)
  • A Spy in the Family; An Erotic Comedy, by Alec Waugh (12/22)
  • A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both: Stories about Human Love, by Ben Greenman (12/21)
  • Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan (12/20)
  • The Trial, by Kafka (12/12)
  • Deaf Sentence, by David Lodge (12/3)
  • The Lover's Knot, by Clare O'Donohue (12/1)
  • The Way of Shadows, by Brent Weeks (11/30)
  • The Oxford Book of Short Stories, edited by V.S. Pritchett (11/29)
  • The Conversations at Curlow Creek, by David Malouf (10/31)
  • The New Granta Book of the American Short Story, edited by Richard Ford (10/31)
  • Her Majesty's Dragon, by Naomi Novik (10/19)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (10/09)
  • Iodine, by Haven Kimmel (9/24)
  • Sway, by Zachary Lazar (9/20)
  • Dead Boys, by Richard Lange (9/15) (stories)
  • The Man Without Qualities, Vol 1, by Robert Musil (9/7)
  • The Hob's Bargain, by Patricia Briggs (8/19)
  • Bolt, by Dick Francis (8/11) (re-read, many times over)
  • Break In, by Dick Francis (8/11) (re-read, many times over)
  • Unmentionables, by Beth Ann Fennelly (8/3) (poetry)
  • Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl (8/3)
  • Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (8/2)
  • The Likeness, by Tana French (8/2)
  • Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld (7/26)
  • Finding Battlestar Galactica, an Unauthorized Guide, ed. by Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, & Hillary Robson (7/24)
  • Absurdistan, A Novel, by Gary Shteyngart (7/20)
  • Trespass, by Valerie Martin (7/7)
  • Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child (6/29)
  • Dark Roots, by Cate Kennedy (6/25) (stories)
  • Lush Life, by Richard Price (6/23)
  • Life Class, by Pat Barker (6/16)
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom (6/13)
  • Raven's Strike, by Patricia Briggs (6/12)
  • The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck (6/11)
  • Raven's Shadow, by Patricia Briggs (6/10)
  • War with the Newts, by Karel Capek (6/9)
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom (6/8)
  • Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom (6/6)
  • The Collected Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer (5/31) (stories)
  • The Final Detail, by Harlan Coben (5/24)
  • One False Move, by Harlan Coben (5/22)
  • Dragon Blood, by Patricia Briggs (5/20)
  • Dragon Bones, by Patricia Briggs (5/18)
  • The Devil of Nanking, by Mo Hayder (5/10)
  • Slam, by Nick Hornby (5/4)
  • Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child (5/2)
  • Just One Look, by Harlan Coben (5/2)
  • Back Spin, by Harlan Coben (4/29)
  • The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch (4/28)
  • Fade Away, by Harlan Coben (4/28)
  • The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff (4/22)
  • Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos (4/18)
  • Drop Shot, by Harlan Coben (4/13)
  • The Watchman, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (4/5)
  • The Tourmaline, by Paul Park (3/30)
  • The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie (3/26)
  • Let`s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, by Carl Wilson (3/25)
  • The Naming of the Dead, by Ian Rankin (3/24)
  • Ms. Pettigrew Lives for the Day, by Winifred Watson (3/22)
  • The Hounds and the Fury, by Rita Mae Brown (3/20 or 21 while crossing international date line)
  • The Hunt Ball, by Rita Mae Brown (3/20)
  • The Complete Stories, by David Malouf (3/19) (stories)
  • The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist, by Richard P. Feynman (3/3)
  • The Good Soldier Svejk, by Jaroslav Hasek (2/28)
  • The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson (2/19)
  • A Princess of Roumania, by Paul Park (2/18)
  • Iron Kissed, by Patricia Briggs (2/1)
  • You Must Be This Happy to Enter, by Elizabeth Crane (1/31) (stories)
  • Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson (1/29)
  • Fortunate Son, by Walter Mosley (1/27)
  • Dead I Well May Be, by Adrian McKinty (1/27)
  • Native Guard, by Natasha Trethewey (1/25) (poetry)
  • The Oxford Book of English Short Stories, edited by A.S. Byatt (1/24) (stories)
  • Housekeeping vs. the Dirt, by Nick Hornby (1/1)

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December 30, 2007

Books Read in 2007

  • The Zero, by Jess Walter (1/4)
  • 12 Edmondstone Street, by David Malouf (memoir)(1/7)
  • Blameless in Abaddon, by James Morrow (1/10)
  • Great Black Kanba, by Constance & Gwenyth Little (1/11)
  • They Call Me Naughty Lolita: The London Review of Books Personal Ads, edited by David Rose (humorous nonfiction) (1/12)
  • Beasts of No Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala (1/17)
  • The Eternal Footman, by James Morrow (1/30)
  • The Guermantes Way, by Marcel Proust (Bk 3 of the new Penguin translation) (3/8)
  • Black Cat, by Martyn Beford (3/10)
  • Who Killed the Curate?, a Christmas mystery, by Joan Coggin (3/10)
  • The Quarry, by Damon Galgut (3/12)
  • Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan (3/15)
  • Late Wife, by Claudia Emerson (Poetry) (3/15)
  • The Post-Birthday World, by Lionel Shriver (3/27)
  • Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell (3/29)
  • She Got Up Off the Couch, and Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana, by Haven Kimmel (memoir) (4/1)
  • The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman (4/2)
  • Tea on the Blue Sofa, by Natasha IllumBerg (4/3)
  • Magic's Child, (Magic or Madness: Book III) by Justine Larbalestier (4/6)
  • Death of a Writer, by Michael Collins (4/22)
  • Chainfire (Sword of Truth Bk 10, Chainfire Bk 1), by Terry Goodkind (4/30)
  • Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth Bk 1), by Terry Goodkind (5/6)
  • The End of Mr. Y, by Scarlett Thomas (5/11)
  • The Submerged Cathedral, by Charlotte Wood (5/15)
  • When I Was a Loser, True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School, edited by John McNally (5/21)
  • Love Is a Mix Tape, by Rob Sheffield (5/23)
  • The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon (5/28)
  • Killing Pablo, by Mark Bowden (5/31)
  • Pippa Passes, by Rumer Godden (6/2)
  • Kaaterskill Falls, by Allegra Goodman (6/5)
  • Single Wife, by Nina Solomon (6/12)
  • An Invisible Sign of My Own, by Aimee Bender (6/15)
  • Ghosts of Albion: Accursed, by Amber Benson & Christopher Golden (6/19)
  • Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison (6/27)
  • Freddy and Fredericka, by Mark Helprin (7/3)
  • Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs (7/4)
  • Blood Bound, by Patricia Briggs (7/5)
  • The Interloper, by Antoine Wilson (7/7)
  • Blood Trail, by Tanya Huff (7/23) (reread)
  • Blood Price, by Tanya Huff (7/24) (reread)
  • (two-thirds of) Landor's Tower, by Iain Sinclair (stopped 7/24)
  • Remainder, by Tom McCarthy (7/29)
  • The Hard Way, by Lee Child (8/4)
  • Risk, by Dick Francis (8/5) (reread)
  • Inglorious, by Joanna Kavenna (8/6)
  • Taft, by Ann Patchett (8/9)
  • The Buffalo Soldier, by Chris Bohjalian (8/10)
  • Run, by Ann Patchett (8/18)
  • Witchery, a Ghosts of Albion novel, by Amber Benson & Christopher Golden (8/19)
  • Seven Types of Ambiguity, by Elliot Perlman (8/21)
  • Rain Fall, by Barry Eisler (8/29)
  • Indemnity, by Sara Paretsky (8/31)
  • Stray, by Rachel Vincent (9/2)
  • Day, by A.L. Kennedy (9/6)
  • Storm Front, by Jim Butcher (9/14)
  • A Three Dog Life, by Abigail Thomas (9/14)
  • Don't Make a Scene, by Valerie Block (9/19)
  • Under the Banner of Heaven; A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer (9/21)
  • Love Walked in, by Marisa de los Santos (9/26)
  • The Used World, by Haven Kimmel (10/5)
  • Tolstoy Lied, a love story, by Rachel Kadish (10/7)
  • The Long Firm, by Jake Arnott (10/13) (reread)
  • The Rain Before It Falls, by Jonathan Coe (10/20)
  • In the Woods, by Tana French (10/23)
  • The Myth of You & Me, by Leah Stewart (10/26)
  • Beware of God, by Shalom Auslander (short stories) (10/28)
  • A Complicated Kindness, by Miriam Toews (11/1)
  • Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (11/2)
  • New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (11/3)
  • Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (11/4)
  • A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit (11/6)
  • He Kills Coppers, by Jake Arnott (11/12)
  • Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work, by Jason Brown (11/16)
  • Deal Breaker, by Harlan Coben (11/17)
  • The Life of Hunger, by Amelie Nothomb (11/23)
  • True Evil, by Greg Iles (12/2)
  • Simplify, by Tod Goldberg (12/5)
  • Red Spikes, by Margo Lanagan (12/7)
  • Gentlemen of the Road, by Michael Chabon (12/13)
  • Incendiary, by Chris Cleave (12/18)
  • The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett (12/19)
  • Ludmilla's Broken English, by DBC Pierre (12/24)
  • A Feast for Crows (A Song for Fire & Ice, Book 4), by George R.R. Martin (12/26)
  • The Midnight Court, translated by Ciaran Carson ("Cuirt an Mhean Oiche" by Brian Merriman) (12/27)
  • Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth (12/29)

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December 31, 2006

Books Read in 2006

(In descending order this time around!)

  • Acts of Faith, by Philip Caputo
  • Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • Cherry Ames, Veterans' Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • Here Kitty Kitty, by Jardine Libaire
  • The Summer of Ordinary Ways, by Nicole Lea Helget
  • The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
  • Cherry Ames, Private Duty Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • The Thin Place, by Kathryn Davis
  • The Aquitaine Progression, by Robert Ludlum (reread)
  • Cherry Ames, Visiting Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • The Liberated Bride, by A.B. Yehoshua
  • (half of) Victoria Victorious, by Jean Plaidy
  • The Accidental, by Ali Smith
  • Raymond + Hannah, by Stephen Marche
  • Cash, by Johnny Cash
  • I'll Go to Bed at Noon, by Gerard Woodward
  • The Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
  • Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter, by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
  • Mutant Message: Down Under, by Marlo Morgan
  • Garner, by Kristin Allio
  • My Sister's Continent, by Gina Frangello
  • The Apricot Colonel, by Marion Halligan
  • A Carnivore's Inquiry, by Sabina Murray
  • Fly Away Peter, by David Malouf
  • One Shot, by Lee Child
  • A Cry in the Jungle Bar, by Robert Drewe
  • The Blood-Dimmed Tide, by Rennie Airth
  • Praise, by Andrew McGahan
  • Killing Floor, by Lee Child
  • Johnno, by David Malouf
  • Die Trying, by Lee Child
  • Shadowboxing, by Tony Birch
  • Magic or Madness, by Justine Larbalestier
  • Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell
  • The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett
  • Tripwire, by Lee Child
  • Everyman, by Philip Roth
  • Magic Lessons, by Justine Larbalestier
  • Cloudstreet, by Tim Winton
  • A Mathematician's Apology, by G.H. Hardy
  • Lies I Told About a Girl, by Anson Cameron
  • Running Blind, by Lee Child
  • The Pact, by Jodi Picoult
  • Adverbs, by Daniel Handler
  • A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
  • In Persuasion Nation, stories by George Saunders
  • Poetic Justice; The Literary Imagination and Public Life, by Martha Nussbaum
  • Echo Burning, by Lee Child
  • Without Fail, by Lee Child
  • Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  • Persuader, by Lee Child
  • The Enemy, by Lee Child
  • Michael Martone, by Michael Martone
  • In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, by Marcel Proust
  • The Afterlife, by Donald Antrim
  • Guests of the Ayatollah, by Mark Bowden
  • Snow Blind, by P.J. Tracy
  • Skin, by Kellie Wells
  • I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
  • When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka
  • Liars and Saints, by Maile Meloy
  • Hocus Pocus, by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Private Wars, by Greg Rucka
  • The Dissident, by Nell Freudenberger
  • Which Brings Me to You, by Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott
  • China Mountain Zhang, by Maureen F. McHugh
  • The Lone Pilgrim, by Laurie Colwin
  • Forgetfulness, by Ward Just
  • When the Messenger Is Hot, by Elisabeth Crane
  • That Eye, That Sky, by Tim Winton
  • A Student of Living Things, by Susan Richards Streve
  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
  • Restless, by William Boyd
  • Stolen Magic, by M.J. Putney
  • Mind Over Matter, Conversations with the Cosmos, by K.C. Cole
  • White, by Christopher Whitcomb
  • Towing Jehovah, by James Morrow
  • Be My Knife, by David Grossman
  • Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
  • The Keep, by Jennifer Egan
  • The Kitchen Diaries, A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater, by Nigel Slater
  • Strong Is Your Hold, by Galway Kinnell (poetry)
  • (the first half of) Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl
  • Semper Fi, A Novel of the Corps, by W.E.B. Griffin
  • Versailles, by Kathryn Davis
  • Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette, by Sena Jeter Naslund
  • All This Heavenly Glory, by Elizabeth Crane

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December 31, 2005

Books Read in 2005

(In descending order this time around!)

  • An Unfinished Season, by Ward Just
  • Author, Author, by David Lodge
  • The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, by Elisabeth Robinson
  • Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson
  • She Is Me, by Cathleen Schine
  • The World According to Mimi Smartypants
  • Neighboring Lives, by Thomas Disch and Charles Naylor
  • The Shape of Water, by Andrea Camilleri
  • Home Land, by Sam Lipsyte
  • Behind the Scenes at the Museum, by Kate Atkinson
  • The Devil's Tour, by Mary Karr (poetry)
  • Criminals, by Margot Livesey
  • Samaritan, by Richard Price
  • A Changed Man, by Francine Prose
  • Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
  • Dreamer, by Charles Johnson
  • Camp Concentration, by Thomas Disch
  • The Translator, by Ward Just
  • Blue Hour, by Carolyn Forche (poetry)
  • Paradise, by A.L.Kennedy
  • Sixpence House, by Paul Collins
  • Saturday, by Ian McEwan
  • A Girl Named Zippy, by Haven Kimmel
  • The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
  • Oracle Night, by Paul Auster
  • The Lives of the Muses, by Francine Prose
  • Hamlet, by Shakespeare (reread)
  • The Preservationist, by David Maine
  • Monkeewrench, by P.J. Tracy
  • Live Bait, by P.J. Tracy
  • The Company of Strangers, by Robert Wilson
  • Dead Run, by P.J. Tracy
  • The James Joyce Murders, by Amanda Cross
  • The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss
  • Wine & War, The French, the Nazis and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure, by Don & Petie Kladstrup
  • Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson
  • Rhapsody, by Elizabeth Haydon
  • Prophecy, by Elizabeth Haydon
  • Destiny, by Elizabeth Haydon
  • Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn
  • The Falls, by Ian Rankin
  • Nam-A-Rama, by Phillip Jennings
  • Sidetracked, by Henning Mankell
  • Bankok 8, by John Burdett
  • Foreign Babes in Beijing, by Rachel DeWoskin
  • Travels with a Tangerine, by Tim MacKintosh-Smith
  • The Closed Circle, by Jonathan Coe
  • Wish You Were Here, by Stewart O'Nan
  • The Wonder Spot, by Melissa Bank
  • Dragon's Winter, by Elizabeth A. Lynn (re-read)
  • Dragon's Treasure, by Elizabeth A. Lynn
  • Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak
  • Why Are We at War?, by Norman Mailer
  • Sleep With Me, by Joanna Briscoe
  • The Ha-Ha, by Dave King
  • Specimen Days, by Michael Cunningham
  • Echo House, by Ward Just
  • Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
  • Crossing California, by Adam Langer
  • The Dreams, by Naguib Mahfouz
  • The Blackbird Papers, by Ian Smith
  • Here is Where We Meet, by John Berger
  • Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Birds of a Feather, (Maisie Dobbs #2) by Jaqueline Winspear
  • Indelible Acts, by A.L. Kennedy
  • Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
  • On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
  • A Gentleman's Game, by Greg Rucka
  • Nobody's Warriors, by Maurice Shadbolt
  • Mothers & Other Monsters, by Maureen F. McHugh
  • Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time Book 11), by Robert Jordan
  • Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown (blech. Airport reading. 'nuff said.)
  • (half of) Henderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow
  • Willful Creatures, by Aimee Bender
  • The House of Sleep, by Jonathan Coe
  • Silent Bob Speaks, the Collected Writings of Kevin Smith
  • Burr, by Gore Vidal
  • To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
  • Birthmarks, by Sarah Dunant
  • The Way by Swann's, by Marcel Proust
  • In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson
  • The Whore's Child (and Other Stories) , by Richard Russo
  • The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, by K.C. Cole
  • Cherry Ames, Student Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • The Philosopher's Demise, Learning to Speak French, by Richard Watson
  • Cherry Ames, Army Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse, by Helen Wells (reread)
  • The Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis (reread)
  • Thank You for Not Smoking, by Christopher Buckley
  • Old School, by Tobias Wolff
  • The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
  • Siren Song (Royal Dynasty, Bk 1), by Roberta Gellis (reread)
  • To the Castle, by Joan Wolf
  • The Diamond King, by Patricia Potter

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December 31, 2004

Books Read in 2004

(In opposite order, last read up top)

  • The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
  • The Weather in Berlin, by Ward Just
  • Pagan Babies, by Elmore Leonard
  • (sections of) Boys & Girls Forever: Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter, by Alison Lurie
  • (sections of) Don't Tell the Grown-ups: Subversive Children's Literature, by Alison Lurie
  • The Daughter in Law, by Diana Diamond
  • California Girl, by T. Jefferson Parker
  • The New York Trilogy (City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room), by Paul Auster
  • Witch Hunt, by Ian Rankin
  • Mrs. Satoris, by Elke Schmitter
  • The Final Solution, by Michael Chabon
  • The Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby
  • Lucky Girls, by Nell Freudenberger
  • Shadow Baby, by Alison McGhee
  • The Girl Who Played Go, by Shan Sa
  • Never Mind the Pollacks, by Neal Pollack
  • Don't Think of an Elephant, by George Lakoff
  • The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
  • Stars and Bars, by William Boyd
  • How to Get into Law School, by Susan Estrich
  • The Rotters Club, by Jonathan Coe
  • The Armies of the Night, by Norman Mailer
  • The Evening of the Holiday, by Shirley Hazzard
  • Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
  • The Adventures of Flash Jackson, by William Kowalski
  • Marriage: A Duet, by Anne Taylor Fleming
  • The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
  • Twice Shy, by Dick Francis
  • The Gunslinger, Dark Tower Part I, by Stephen King
  • Macbeth, by Shakespeare (reread)
  • Men in the Off Hours, by Anne Carson
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
  • The Dogs of Riga, by Henning Mankell
  • Blood of Victory, by Alan Furst
  • Eva Moves the Furniture, by Margot Livesey
  • Rainlight, by Alison McGhee
  • The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory
  • Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
  • The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (reread)
  • Light of the Moon, by Elizabeth Buchan
  • Chasing Shakespeare, by Sarah Smith
  • The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard
  • Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell
  • Daughter of God, by Lewis Perdue
  • Flashman, by George Macdonald Fraser
  • French Lessons, by Alice Kaplan
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
  • Gallows View, by Peter Robinson
  • The Houdini Girl, by Martyn Bedford
  • Uniform Justice, by Donna Leon
  • The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
  • The Photograph, by Penelope Lively
  • The Game, by Laurie R. King
  • The Big Love, by Sarah Dunn
  • Truth & Beauty, by Ann Patchett
  • The Winshaw Legacy, by Jonathan Coe
  • The Black Book, by Ian Rankin
  • Hopscotch, by Julio Cortazar
  • Something Rising (Light and Swift), by Haven Kimmel
  • Hearing Birds Fly, by Louisa Waugh
  • The Long Firm, by Jake Arnott
  • Dead Souls, by Ian Rankin
  • Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by Helen Fielding
  • Faceless Killers, by Henning Mankell
  • Decider, by Dick Francis
  • Rat Race, by Dick Francis
  • Driving Force, by Dick Francis
  • To the Hilt, by Dick Francis
  • Abandon, by Pico Iyer
  • Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
  • The Epicure's Lament, by Kate Christensen
  • Let It Bleed, by Ian Rankin
  • Fox River, by Emilie Richards
  • New Spring: The Novel, by Robert Jordan
  • Strip Jack, by Ian Rankin
  • Mortal Causes, by Ian Rankin
  • Angelica, by Sharon Shinn
  • Mrs. Kimble, by Jennifer Haigh
  • The Fall, by Simon Mawer
  • Tooth and Nail, by Ian Rankin
  • The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, by Louise Erdrich
  • Final Target, by Iris Johansen
  • The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
  • A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep, by Rumer Godden
  • What I loved, by Siri Hustvedt
  • The Solace of Leaving Early, by Haven Kimmel
  • Little Children, by Tom Perrotta
  • Wild Horses, by Dick Francis
  • Wedding Season, by Darcy Cosper
  • Bringing Down the House, the Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, by Ben Mezrich
  • A Fistful of Rain, by Greg Rucka
  • The Last Detective, by Robert Crais
  • Hide and Seek, by Ian Rankin
  • Trial Run, by Dick Francis
  • The New Confessions, by William Boyd
  • Straight, by Dick Francis
  • Dead Aim, by Iris Johansen
  • Isn't It Romantic, by Ron Hansen
  • The Dog of the South, by Charles Portis
  • Remember Me, by Trezza Azzopardi
  • Knots and Crosses, by Ian Rankin
  • On Love, by Alain de Botton
  • I Wish Someone Were There Waiting for Me, by Anna Gavalda
  • Untangling my Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
  • The Well of Lost Plots, [Thursday Next book 3] by Jasper Fforde
  • Any Human Heart, by William Boyd
  • Blood Brothers, by Richard Price
  • Picture Palace, by Paul Theroux
  • Giving Up the Ghost, a Memoir, by Hilary Mantel
  • The Good Doctor, by Damon Galgut
  • Perfume, by Patrick Susskind
  • Nothing Remains the Same; Rereading and Remembering, by Wendy Lesser
  • Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss
  • Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken

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December 31, 2003

Books Reviewed in 2003

because I was a dork and didn't actually keep track of everything I read!!
(In opposite order, last read up top)

  • The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
  • Learning to Bow, Inside the Heart of Japan, by Bruce Feiler
  • A Landing on the Sun, by Michael Frayn
  • Looking for Class, Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge, by Bruce Feiler
  • Instances of the Number 3, by Salley Vickers
  • And Now You Can Go, by Vendala Vida
  • Kingfishers Catch Fire, by Rumer Godden
  • Double Vision, by Pat Barker
  • Astonishing Splashes of Color, by Clare Morrall
  • Vernon God Little, by DBC Pierre
  • What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal], by Zoe Heller
  • No Angel, by Penny Vincenzi
  • China Court by Rumer Godden
  • In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
  • Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Brick Lane by Monica Ali
  • Scissors Paper Rock by Fenton Johnson
  • Red Ant Hill by Ann Cummins
  • Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelley
  • Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
  • In Cuba I was a German Shepherd by Ana Menéndez
  • Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
  • Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy
  • Mortals by Norman Rush
  • Three Junes, by Julia Glass
  • A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin
  • High Hearts, by Rita Mae Brown
  • Straight Man by Richard Russo
  • Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
  • The Crimson Petal and The White by Michael Faber
  • Skating to Antarctica by Jenny Diski
  • Shooting at Midnight by Greg Rucka
  • Critical Space by Greg Rucka
  • Shopgirl, by Steve Martin
  • The Early Arrival of Dreams: A Year in China by Rosemary Mahoney
  • Atonement, by Ian McEwan
  • The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
  • Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
  • Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  • A Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt
  • The Blue Hour, by T. Jefferson Parker
  • The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov
  • A Whistling Woman, by A.S. Byatt
  • Keeper by Greg Rucka
  • Finder by Greg Rucka
  • Smoker, by Greg Rucka
  • A Cook's Tour; Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines, by Anthony Bourdain
  • Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver
  • Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros
  • Outfoxed, by Rita Mae Brown
  • Empire Falls, by Richard Russo
  • Tipping the Velvet, by Sarah Waters
  • The Slynx, by Tatyana Tolstaya
  • Winter Journey by Isabel Colegate
  • Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron
  • Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers
  • Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
  • Fire and Sword by Henry Sienkiewicz

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