July 12, 2016

Books Read in 2016

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!

• Because You're Mine, by Lisa Kleypas (7/11)
  
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (7/10)
  
• Uprooted, by Naomi Novik (7/7)
  
• Untold, by Sarah Rees Brennan (7/7)
  
• The Hare, by Cesar Aira (7/5)
  
• Until Friday Night, by Abbi Gilnes (7/5)
  
• Stiletto, by Daniel O'Malley (7/2)
  
• Hamilton: The Revolution, by Lin-Manuel Miranda (6/30) (nonfiction)
  
• Fire Touched, by Patricia Briggs (6/29)
  
• The Trees, Vol. 1: In Shadow, by Warren Ellis (6/26) (graphic novel)
  
• The Last One, by Alexandra Oliva (6/25)
  
• Snow Like Ashes, by Sara Raasch (6/22)
  
• The Girl from Everywhere, by Heidi Heilig (6/17)
  
• Unspoken, by Sarah Rees Brennan (6/14)
  
• Article 5, by Kristen Simmons (6/11)
  
• If I Was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo (6/10)
  
• Sex Object, by Jessica Valenti (6/10) (nonfiction)
  
• The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater (6/8) (reread)
  
• Mr Fox, by Helen Oyeyemi (6/7)
  
• I Kill Giants, by Joe Kelly (6/6) (graphic novel)
  
• The Sellout, by Paul Beatty (5/31)
  
• The Raven King, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/30)
  
• Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/29) (reread)
  
• The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/28) (reread)
  
• The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/28) (reread)
  
• Blaze, by Rachael Herron (5/27)
  
• Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore( (5/21) (reread)
  
• Fire, by Kristin Cashore (5/21) (reread)
  
• Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (5/21) (reread)
  
• Bolt, by Dick Francis (5/11) (reread)
  
• Break In, by Dick Francis (5/9) (reread)
  
• Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays, by Eula Biss (5/7) (nonfiction)
  
• The Turner House, by Angela Flournoy (5/5)
  
• Booked, by Kwame Alexander (4/22)
  
• Gym Candy, by Carl Deuker (4/21)
  
• The Argonauts, by Maggie Nelson (4/19) (nonfiction)
  
• Son, by Lois Lowry (4/17)
  
• The Story of My Teeth, by Valeria Liuselli (4/17)
  
• Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs, by Sally Mann (4/17) (nonfiction)
  
• Ancillary Mercy, by Ann Leckie (4/16)
  
• The Crimson Skew, by S.E. Grove (4/12)
  
• The Golden Specific, by S.E. Grove (4/12)
  
• Giant Days, Vol 1, by John Allison (4/5) (graphic novel)
  
• This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki (4/4) (graphic novel)
  
• The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 1: The Faust Act, by Kieron Gillen (4/2) (graphic novel)
  
• The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die, by April Henry (3/30)
  
• Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie (3/27)
  
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin (3/22)
  
• Mara, by Brian Wood (3/19) (graphic novel)
  
• The Radiant Road, by Katherine Catmull (3/16)
  
• On Immunity, An Inoculation, by Eula Biss (3/5) (nonfiction)
  
• An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir (3/4)
  
• Messenger, by Lois Lowry (3/2)
  
• Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry (2/29)
  
• The Giver, by Lois Lowry (2/28) (reread)
  
• The Darling Songbirds, by Rachael Herron (2/27) (romance)
  
• The Door, by Magda Szabo (2/27)
  
• The Raising, by Laura Kasischke (2/13)
  
• Black Wolves, by Kate Elliott (1/23)
  
• Loitering: New and Collected Essays, by Charles D'Ambrosio (1/19) (nonfiction) (essays)
  
• It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single, by Sara Eckel (1/10) (nonfiction)
  
• Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown (1/5) (nonfiction) (advice)
  
• The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brene Brown (1/2) (nonfiction) (advice)
  

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January 03, 2016

Books Read in 2015.

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!

• Dear Mr. You, by Mary Louise Parker (12/29) (epistolary essays)
  
• Descender, Vol 1, by Jeff Lemire (12/27) (graphic novel)
  
• Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, by Carrie Brownstein (12/26) (memoir)
  
• Pretty Deadly, Vol 1, by Kelly Sue DeConnick (12/26)
  
• Lumberjanes, Vol 1, by Noelle Stevenson (12/25) (graphic novel)
  
• Dryland, by Sara Jaffe (12/25)
  
• Yellowcake, by Margo Lanagan (12/4) (short stories)
  
• Wytches, Vol 1, by Scott Snyder (11/30) (graphic novel)
  
• Saga, Vol 5, by Brian K. Vaughn (11/29) (graphic novel)
  
• Saga, Vol 4, by Brian K. Vaughn (11/29) (graphic novel)
  
• Saga, Vol 3, by Brian K. Vaughn (11/29) (graphic novel)
  
• Saga, Vol 2, by Brian K. Vaughn (11/29) (graphic novel)
  
• Saga, Vol 1, by Brian K. Vaughn (11/29) (graphic novel) (reread)
  
• The Promise, by Robert Crais (11/26)
  
• Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari (11/26) (nonfiction)
  
• The Promise, by Robert Crais (11/26)
  
• Ms. Marvel Vol 1: No Normal, by G. Willow Wilson (11/25) (graphic novel)
  
• Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo (11/24)
  
• Back Lash, by Devon Monk (11/17)
  
• The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara (11/17)
  
• The Sins of the Fathers, by Lawrence Block (11/9)
  
• Slade House, by David Mitchell (11/6)
  
• The Glass Sentence, by S.E. Grove (11/4)
  
• Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll (11/2) (graphic short stories)
  
• Deadly Blessings, by Julie Hyzy (10/29)
  
• The Invasion of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen (10/28)
  
• The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley (10/22)
  
• Bad Blood, by Aline Templeton (10/20)
  
• Evil for Evil, by Aline Templeton (10/18)
  
• Cradle to Grave, by Aline Templeton (10/16)
  
• Dead in the Water, by Aline Templeton (10/14)
  
• Lamb to the Slaughter, by Aline Templeton (10/12)
  
• Lying Dead, by Aline Templeton (10/11)
  
• The Darkness and the Deep, by Aline Templeton (10/9)
  
• Cold in the Earth, by Aline Templeton (10/7)
  
• Christopher's Cloud: An Epic Adventure, Peter Pommer (10/5)
  
• The Odyssey, by Homer (Fagles translation) (10/2) (poetry) (reread)
  
• Make Me, by Lee Child (9/26)
  
• Tinkers, by Paul Harding (9/21)
  
• After the Apocalypse, by Maureen McHugh (9/18) (short stories)
  
• Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (9/16)
  
• Speak, by Louisa Hall (9/9)
  
• The Warrior Laird, by Margo Maguire (9/4)
  
• Harbor Island, by Carla Neggers (8/29)
  
• Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel (8/29)
  
• Mind of Winter, by Laura Kasischke (8/24)
  
• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, by Anthony Marra (8/22)
  
• The Tin Collectors, by Stephen J. Cannell (8/18)
  
• Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (8/12)
  
• Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, by Karen Abbott (8/10) (nonfiction!)
  
• World Gone By, by Dennis Lehane (8/3)
  
• Just Like Heaven, by Julia Quinn (7/23)
  
• Lord of Misrule, by Jaimy Gordon (7/21)
  
• Live by Night, by Dennis Lehane (7/4)
  
• The Dragonet Prophecy, by Tui Sutherland (7/3)
  
• Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline (7/2)
  
• Just the Sexiest Man Alive, by Julie James (6/29)
  
• Suddenly One Summer, by Julie James (6/28)
  
• Practice Makes Perfect, by Julie James (6/28)
  
• It Happened One Wedding, by Julie James (6/28)
  
• Love Irresistibly, by Julie James (6/26)
  
• About That Night, by Julie James (6/25)
  
• A Lot Like Love, by Julie James (6/24)
  
• Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie (6/21)
  
• Something About You, by Julie James (6/21)
  
• World of Trouble, by Ben H. Winters (6/17)
  
• Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (6/13)
  
• Countdown City, by Ben H. Winters (6/9)
  
• Splinters of Light, by Rachael Herron (6/4)
  
• The Last Policeman, by Ben H. Winters (6/4)
  
• Foxglove Summer, by Ben Aaronovitch (5/31)
  
• Hausfrau, by Jill Alexander Essbaum (5/23)
  
• Blue Stars, by Emily Gray Tedrowe (5/2)
  
• This Present Moment, by Gary Snyder (4/25) (poetry)
  
• H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald (4/25) (memoir)
  
• Dead Heat, by Patricia Briggs (4/21)
  
• Glow, by Ned Beauman (4/19)
  
• All the Birds, Singing, by Evie Wyld (4/18)
  
• Hell bent, by Devon Monk (4/18)
  
• Stone Cold, by Devon Monk (4/18)
  
• Kiss Me Hello, by Grace Burrowes (4/12)
  
• The First Kiss, by Grace Burrowes (4/11)
  
• A Single Kiss, by Grace Burrowes (4/11)
  
• The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane (4/10)
  
• Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding & Losing Myself in Books, by Maureen Corrigan (4/9) (essays)
  
• Shadowscale (Seraphina #2), by Rachel Hartman (4/7)
  
• Pioneer Girl, by Bich Minh Nguyen (4/6) (nonfiction)
  
• A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall, by Will Chancellor (4/5)
  
• Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson (3/21)
  
• Tiny Beautiful Things, by Cheryl Strayed (3/20) (essays)
  
• The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander (3/17)
  
• Sugar, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (3/12)
  
• Wool (Omnibus), by Hugh Howey (3/12)
  
• The Manhattan Projects, Vol 1, by Jonathan Hickman (3/6) (graphic novel)
  
• Rat Queens Vol 1, by Kurtis Wiebe (3/6) (graphic novel)
  
• Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals, by Patricia Lockwood (3/6) (poetry)
  
• Wittgenstein Jr, by Lars Iyer (3/5)
  
• Silence Once Begun, by Jesse Ball (2/21)
  
• Boxer, Beetle, by Ned Beauman (2/14)
  
• The Paying Guests, by Sarah Waters (2/14)
  
• Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill (2/1)
  
• The Blazing World, by Siri Hustvedt (1/25)
  
• Horns, by Joe Hill (1/3)
  
• The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson (1/3)
  

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January 01, 2015

Books Read in 2014.

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!

• Mean Streak, by Iris Johansen (12/25)
  
• The Parsifal Mosaic (12/23) (reread)
  
• The Moving Toyshop, by Edmund Crispin (11/27)
  
• Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel (11/26)
  
• Magic Breaks, by Ilona Andrews (11/22)
  
• Magic Rises, by Ilona Andrews (11/22)
  
• Magic Slays, by Ilona Andrews (11/20)
  
• Magic Bleeds, by Ilona Andrews (11/17)
  
• Magic Strikes, by Ilona Andrews (11/16)
  
• Magic Burns, by Ilona Andrews (11/15)
  
• Magic Bites, by Ilona Andrews (11/11)
  
• The Young Elites, by Marie Lu (11/2)
  
• Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater (11/1)
  
• Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater (11/1)
  
• Personal, by Lee Child (10/26)
  
• One Kick, by Chelsea Cain (10/19)
  
• Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie (10/18)
  
• How to Talk so Kids Can Learn, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (10/12) (nonfiction) (teaching)
  
• Knife of Dreams (WoT 11), by Robert Jordan (10/11)
  
• Summer and Bird, by Katherine Catmull (10/5)
  
• The Beginning of Everything, by Robyn Schneider (10/4)
  
• Broken Monsters, by Lauren Beukes (9/20)
  
• The Secret Place, by Tana French (9/13)
  
• The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell (9/13)
  
• The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever, by Julia Quinn (9/1)
  
• Crossroads of Twilight (WoT 10), by Robert Jordan (8/31) (reread)
  
• Winter's Heart (WoT 9), by Robert Jordan (8/30) (reread)
  
• The Queen of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen (8/30)
  
• The Path of Daggers (WoT 8), by Robert Jordan (8/29) (reread)
  
• Transformation (Rai-Kirah 1), by Carol Berg (8/23)
  
• A Crown of Swords (WoT 7), by Robert Jordan (8/18) (reread)
  
• Lord of Chaos (WoT 6), by Robert Jordan (8/17) (reread)
  
• The Fires of Heaven (WoT 5), by Robert Jordan (8/16) (reread)
  
• The Shadow Rising (WoT 4), by Robert Jordan (8/14) (reread)
  
• The Dragon Reborn (WoT 3), by Robert Jordan (8/13) (reread)
  
• The Great Hunt (WoT 2), by Robert Jordan (8/12) (reread)
  
• The Eye of the World (WoT 1), by Robert Jordan (8/11) (reread)
  
• Autobiography of Red, by Anne Carson (8/8) (poetry) (reread)
  
• Red Doc>, by Anne Carson (8/7) (poetry)
  
• It's All Too Much: A Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff, by Peter Walsh (8/7)
  
• The Iron King, by Julie Kagawa (8/1)
  
• To Desire a Devil, by Elizabeth Hoyt (7/25)
  
• Hero on a Bicycle, by Shirley Hughes (7/25)
  
• Mass of the Forgotten, by James Tolan (7/25) (poetry)
  
• Highland Captive, by Hannah Howell (7/25)
  
• Lara's Gift, by Annemarie O'Brien (7/23)
  
• Broken Homes, by Ben Aaronovitch (7/21)
  
• Whispers Under Ground, by Ben Aaronovitch (7/21)
  
• Moon Over Soho , by Ben Aaronovitch (7/20)
  
• Midnight Riot, by Ben Aaronovitch (7/18)
  
• The Tempest, by William Shakespeare (7/14) (play) (reread)
  
• The Tilted World, by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelley
  
• Landline, by Rainbow Rowell (7/9)
  
• A Summer to Remember, by Mary Balogh (7/5)
  
• The Clock Flower, by Adrian Rice (7/2) (poetry)
  
• Lexicon, by Max Barry (7/1)
  
• Ruby Red, by Kerstin Gier (6/29)
  
• Hill William, by Scott McClanahan (6/27)
  
• We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart (6/26)
  
• Ruin and Rising, by Leigh Bardugo (6/26)
  
• Siege and Storm, by Leigh Bardugo (6/24)
  
• Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo (6/23)
  
• Where She Went, by Gayle Forman (6/22)
  
• The Gathering Storm, by Robin Bridges (6/21)
  
• If I Stay, by Gayle Forman (6/21)
  
• Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow (6/20)
  
• Sea of Shadows, by Kelley Armstrong (6/18)
  
• What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding, by Kristin Newman (6/14) (memoir)
  
• The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, by Leslye Walton (6/14)
  
• Faking Normal, by Courtney C. Stevens (5/31)
  
• Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8), by Patricia Briggs (5/17)
  
• One Foot in Eden, by Ron Rash (5/12)
  
• How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, by Kiese Laymon (4/23) (essays)
  
• This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett (4/22) (essays)
  
• Damn Love, by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara (4/17) (short stories)
  
• Dreams of Gods & Monsters, by Laini Taylor (4/16)
  
• Someone Else's Love Story, by Joshilyn Jackson (4/16)
  
• A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki (4/14)
  
• Artifact (Jaya Jones #1), by Gigi Pandian (4/5)
  
• The Secret of the Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene (3/19) (reread)
  
• Pack Up the Moon, by Rachael Herron (3/9)
  
• Days of Blood and Starlight, by Laini Taylor (3/8)
  
• Champion, by Marie Lu (2/1)
  
• Prodigy, by Marie Lu (1/28)
  
• Legend, by Marie Lu (1/27)
  
• Wild Born, by Brandon Mull (1/15)
  
• No One Else Can Have You, by Kathleen Hale (1/12)
  
• Horde, by Ann Aguirre (1/11)
  
• Quintana of Cheryn, by Melina Marchetta (1/11)
  
• Hild, by Nicola Griffith (1/3)
  
• Forbidden, by Jo Beverly (1/2)
  
• Christmas Angel, by Jo Beverly (1/1)
  

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December 31, 2013

Books Read in 2013

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!

• An Unwilling Bride, by Jo Beverly (12/31)
  
• An Arranged Marriage, by Jo Beverly (12/30)
  
• Grave Mercy, by Robin LaFevers (12/30)
  
• Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell (12/29)
  
• Lady Beware, by Jo Beverly (12/27)
  
• Deadline, by Sandra Brown (12/26)
  
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor (12/25)
  
• Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell (12/24)
  
• Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, by Maggie Stiefvater (12/23)
  
• Beautiful Wreck, by Larissa Brown (12/22)
  
• Froi of the Exiles, by Melina Marchetta (12/22)
  
• Finnikin of the Rock, by Melina Marchetta (12/6)
  
• The Panopticon, by Jenni Fagan (11/30)
  
• Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell (11/27)
  
• Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu (11/23)
  
• Doll Bones, by Holly Black (11/17)
  
• Reading in the Wild, by Donalyn Miller (11/10) (teaching)
  
• The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater (11/10)
  
• The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater (11/9) (reread)
  
• This Song Will Save Your Life, by Leila Sales (10/19)
  
• How to Love, by Katie Cotugno (10/19)
  
• Endgame, by Ann Aguirre (9/13)
  
• Aftermath, by Ann Aguirre (9/13)
  
• The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker (8/31)
  
• One Crazy Summer, by Rita Garcia-Williams (8/31)
  
• Magic for a Price, by Devon Monk (8/31)
  
• The Shining Girls, by Lauren Beukes (8/16)
  
• The Faraway Nearby, by Rebecca Solnit (8/16)
  
• All Hands Stand by to Repel Boarders: Tales from Life as a Lutheran Pastor, by Cordell Strug (8/16)
  
• Let Me Go (Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell #6), by Chelsea Cain (8/14)
  
• Kill Me Twice (Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell #5), by Chelsea Cain (8/14)
  
• Wishes and Stitches, by Rachael Herron (7/20)
  
• Vampires in the Lemon Grove, by Karen Russell (7/6)
  
• The Summer Prince, by Alaya Dawn Johnson (7/1)
  
• Shades of Earth, by Beth Revis (6/23)
  
• A Million Suns, by Beth Revis (6/22)
  
• Across the Universe, by Beth Revis (6/21) (reread)
  
• Saving Zasha, by Randi Barrow (6/1)
  
• Blood Magic, by Tessa Gratton (5/25)
  
• Paper Valentine, by Brenna Yovanoff (5/4)
  
• Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7), by Patricia Briggs (5/1)
  
• The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley (4/29)
  
• The River of No Return, by Bee Ridgway (4/28)
  
• The Curiosities, by Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff and Tessa Gratton (4/20)
  
• Big Jack, by J.D. Robb (3/31)
  
• Sarah, Plain & Tall, by Patricia McLachlan (3/31)
  
• Etiquette & Espionage, by Gail Carriger (3/28)
  
• Choice Words, by Peter H. Johnston (3/25)
  
• The Giver, by Lois Lowry (3/18)
  
• Suspect, by Robert Crais (3/10)
  
• The Order of Odd Fish, by James Kennedy (3/10)
  
• Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein (2/25)
  
• Blood Song, by Anthony Ryan (1/18)
  
• Touch of Frost, by Jennifer Estep (1/5)
  
• Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman (1/4)
  

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December 29, 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!

• Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (12/27)
  
• If I Lie, by Corrine Jackson (12/26)
  
• The Fighting Man, by Gerald Seymour (12/25)
  
• Fox Tracks, by Rita Mae Brown (12/25)
  
• Paper Towns, by John Green (12/24)
  
• Sleeper: Season One, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (12/23) (graphic novel)
  
• The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher (12/21) (reread)
  
• Thrall, by Natasha Trethewey (12/20) (poetry)
  
• Looking for Alaska, by John Green (12/19)
  
• Outpost, by Ann Aguirre (12/16)
  
• Revival Vol 1: You're Among Friends, by Tim Seeley (12/16) (graphic novel)
  
• Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, by Patricia Briggs (12/2) (graphic novel)
  
• Morning Glories, Vol 1: For a Better Future, by Nick Spencer (12/2) (graphic novel)
  
• Enclave, by Ann Aguirre (12/1)(reread)
  
• The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (11/25)
  
• Little Red Riding Hood, by J. Grimm, illu by Trina Schart Hyman (11/10)
  
• Little Red Riding Hood, by Jacob Grimm, illu by Daniel Egneus (11/9)
  
• The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate (10/29)
  
• Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, by Sarah MacLean (10/27)
  
• Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (10/26) (graphic novel)
  
• The Stranger's Child, by Alan Hollinghurst (10/25)
  
• The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater (10/21)
  
• American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (10/15) (graphic novel)
  
• Emiko Superstar, by Mariko Tamaki (10/13) (graphic novel)
  
• The Michigan Mega Monsters (American Chillers #1), by Jonathan Rand (10/12)
  
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konisburg (10/4)
  
• Any Small Goodness, by Tony Johnston (9/29)
  
• The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke (9/27)
  
• A Tale Dark & Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz (9/21)
  
• A Wanted Man, by Lee Child (9/19)
  
• The Book Whisperer, by Donalyn Miller (8/30)
  
• Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech (8/29)
  
• Far Arden, by Kevin Cannon (8/27) (graphic novel)
  
• Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, by Hena Khan(8/27) (picture book)
  
• Hark a Vagrant, by Kate Beaton (8/16) (graphic novel)
  
• Throne of the Crescent Moon, by Saladin Ahmed (8/15)
  
• Dragondrums, by Anne McCaffrey (8/9) (reread)
  
• The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey (8/9) (reread)
  
• Dragonsinger, by Anne McCaffrey (8/8) (reread)
  
• Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey (8/8) (reread)
  
• Dragonquest, by Anne McCaffrey (8/7) (reread)
  
• Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (8/7) (reread)
  
• Kornwolf, by Tristan Egolf (8/7)
  
• You and No Other, by Cathy Maxwell (8/5)
  
• Broken Harbor, by Tana French (8/4)
  
• The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss (8/3)
  
• Blue Front, by Martha Collins (8/3) (poetry)
  
• Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith (7/30) (poetry)
  
• Strangeness and Charm, by Mike Shevdon (7/21)
  
• The Road to Bedlam, by Mike Shevdon (7/19)
  
• Sixty-One Nails, by Mike Shevdon (7/17)
  
• Swamplandia, by Karen Russell (7/13)
  
• Grave Witch, by Kalayna Price (7/11)
  
• Horizon, by Sophie Littlefield (7/9)
  
• The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness (7/6)
  
• Shoot to Thrill, by P.J. Tracy (7/5)
  
• The Pox Party; The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation #1, by M.T. Anderson (7/4)
  
• Ash, by Malinda Lo (7/3)
  
• Silver, by Rhiannon Held (7/3)
  
• Tell The Wolves I'm Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt (6/30)
  
• Magic Without Mercy, by Devon Monk (6/29)
  
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (6/27)
  
• Niccolo Rising, by Dorothy Dunnett (6/23) (reread)
  
• Taken, by Robert Crais (6/13)
  
• Bolt, by Dick Francis (6/10) (reread)
  
• Break In, by Dick Francis (6/10) (reread)
  
• Fire, by Kristin Cashore (6/9) (reread)
  
• Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (6/9) (reread)
  
• Trickster's Choice, by Tamara Pierce (6/9)
  
• The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater (6/7)
  
• After the War, by Carol Matas (6/5)
  
• Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore (6/3)
  
• Arcadia, by Lauren Graff (6/1)
  
• City of the Beasts, by Isabel Allende (5/31)
  
• Over Sea, Under Stone, by Susan Cooper (5/24)
  
• The River Between Us, by Richard Peck (5/24)
  
• Fair Game (Alpha & Omega #3), by Patricia Briggs (5/22)
  
• Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli (5/21)
  
• Icefall, by Matthew J. Kirby (5/19)
  
• Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins (5/19)
  
• The Lover's Dictionary, by David Levithan (5/18)
  
• Linger, by Maggie Stiefvater (5/18)
  
• 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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