books

I used to keep track of all my book read during the year on my book blog.  After Claire's arrival, my reading time diminished to basically nothing and that blog was abandoned.  So, I'm going to keep track of my books read here.  Maybe with a note or a star rating, but mostly just a list.

2013 Books
1. A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon, ebook, finished 1/3/13 Outlander novella
2. A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein, ebook, finished 1/29/13
3. Fire by Kristin Cashore, audio, finished 2/9/13
4. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, finished 2/19/13
5. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin, finished 3/15/13
6. Line of Fire by Stephen White, finished 3/24/13  
7. A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay, audio, finished 4/7/13 Wonderful narrator, good story
8. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins, finished 4/21/13  Can't go wrong with Hopkins
9. The Promeise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley, ebook, finished 4/29/13 Wonderful!
10. How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran, audio, finished 5/4/13  Not as funny as I'd hoped
11. Wonder by R.J. Palacio, ebook, finished 5/7/13 Don't let this being a "kids" book turn you off, worth reading!!
12. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, finished 5/16/13  Loved it!
13. Joy For Beginners by Erica Bauermeister, audio, finished 5/18/13  Fabulous, reminded me of Joshilyn Jackson's narration
14. Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods, finished 5/20/13
15. The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro, ebook, finished 5/24/13 Really, really good
16. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, ebook, finished 5/30/13  Awesome
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2012 Books
1. Intervention by Robin Cook, ebook, finished 1/6/12  Another series I probably will abandon
2. Hold Still by Nina LaCour, finished 1/11/12 YA, teen suicide.
3. The Human Bobby by Gabe Rotter, finished 1/16/12  Very good!
4. The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian, ebook, finished 1/31/12
5. The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver, finished 02/09/12  Love this series
6. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, ebook, finished 02/26/12  WWII non-fiction, Pacific theater.  Amazing story.  I learned a lot.  Highly recommended.
7. DC Dead by Stuart Woods, finished 3/4/12
8. Vision Impossible by Victoria Laurie, ebook, finished 3/6/12 
9. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, ebook, finished 3/17/12 
10. I Am the Messenger, ebook, finished 3/31/12
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling, ebook, finished 4/4/12
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling, ebook, finished 4/10/12
13. Backseats Saints by Joshilyn Jackson, audio, finished 4/21/12  One of my favorite authors. Always amazing on audio
14. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, ebook, finished 4/30/12
15. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, ebook, finished 5/21/12
16. A Grown Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson, audio, finished 6/1/12  Listen to her books!
17. Lift by Kelly Corrigan, audio, finished 6/3/12
18. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, ebook, finished 6/5/12  Fabulously different
19. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon, ebook, finished 7/13/12
20. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, ebook, finished 7/25/12  Very creepy and good
21. Criminal by Karin Slaughter, ebook, finished 8/1/12  Will Trent series
22. Snatched by Karin Slaughter, ebook, finished 8/3/12
23. Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton, ebook, finished 8/9/12
24. The Peach Keepers by Sarah Addison Allen, ebook, finished 8/12/12  Not her best
25. Bloom by Kelle Hampton, ebook, finished 8/18/12
26. Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods, finished 9/4/12
27. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, ebook, finished 9/8/12
28. Running with the Kenyan by Adharanand Finn, ebook, finished 9/18/12  Really good travel/running memoir.  I enjoyed it, and I don't run!
29. Severe Clear by Stuart Woods, finished 9/27/12
30. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, ebook, finished 10/22/12  If you read on a read make sure you can see the pictures.
31. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness, finished 11/14/12  Second in the series
32. Dreams of the Dead by Perri O'Shaughnessy, finished 11/19/12
33. Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens, audio, finished 11/25/12 Eh.  Both the story and the narration were sub-par.
34. And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman, finished 12/9/12
35. Graceling by Kristin Cashore, audio, finished 12/24/12
36. The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman, finished 12/31/12  Awesome

2011 Books


1. Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer, audio, finished 2/08/11  Polygamy, very interesting, but maddening at the same time.
2. Tick Tock by James Patterson, ebook, finished 2/13/11
3. Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods, finished 2/25/11
4. The Last Lie by Stephen White, ebook, finished 3/17/11
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6. Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees, ebook, finished 4/18/11  Good, I learned quite a bit about Brees, but the story seemed a bit basic at times.
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Laarson, audio, finished 4/19/11 (1)
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9. The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Laarson, audio, finished 5/15/11 (2)
10. Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods, ebook, finished 6/10/11
11. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Laarson, audio, finished 6/25/11 (3) Awesome trilogy on audio.  Great narrator, he really made the books.  They started a little slow, lots of detail and Swedish place names.  Probably would have given up on books in print.
12. Storm Prey by John Sandford, finished 6/26/11
13. Buried Prey by John Sandford, audio, finished 7/09/11
14. The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert, ebook, finished 7/13/11  
15. Crank by Ellen Hopkins, finished 7/30/11  Young adult, novel in verse.  Love this author.  Gritty subjects, but very well done.
16. Fallen by Karin Slaughter, audio, finished 8/01/11
17. A Glimpse of Evil by Victoria Laurie, finished 8/02/11
18. My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares, finished 8/16/11  Not my usual kind of book, but I really got into it.
19. The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan, audio, finished 8/29/11  Young adult, 3rd in a trilogy, zombies (not my usual), but the narrators (especially on first book) were very good.
20. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, finished 9/05/11  Dark book, with very damaged characters, but good.
21. Faith by Jennifer Haigh, audio, finished 9/12/11 Awesome narrator, loved the perspective.
22. First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Eva Brown Waite, finished 9/17/11  Travel memoir-ish, funny
23. After by Amy Efaw, finished 9/22/11  YA
24. If I Stay by Gayle Forman, finished 9/25/11 Young adult, quick read, sad, very good.
25. The Cradle by Patrick Somerville, finished 10/2/11  Choppy, a little strange.  Good, but not great.
26. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J K Rowling, finished 10/09/11
27. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, audio, finished 10/11/11
28. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling, finished 10/13/11
29. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling, finished 10/18/11
30. Bossypants by Tina Fey, audio, finished 10/25/11
31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, finished 10/31/11
32. Son of Stone by Stuart Woods, ebook, finished 11/03/11
33. Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman, ebook, finished 11/06/11
34. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, audio, finished 11/14/11  Very good, but felt a little drawn out towards the end
35. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling, finished 11/15/11
36. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, ebook, finished 11/24/11  Not as good as I thought it would be
37. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, ebook, finished 11/27/11  Awesome
38. Where She Went by Gayle Forman, finished 12/01/11
39. What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman, ebook, finished 12/15/11
40. As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott, ebook, finished 12/21/11  Strange YA sci-fi.  Wouldn't have read it if I'd known.
41. You Are My Only by Beth Kephart, ebook, finished 12/28/11
42. Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres, audio, finished 12/30/11  Good, but not as funny as I'd hoped.  Mostly a whole lot of random stuff.

Did not finish:
1. Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson.  I'd heard lots of great things about this one, but it just moved too slow for me.  I set it down, and could never make myself pick it up again.



2010 Books

1. Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas, audio, finished 1/09/10
2. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah, finished 2/05/10

3. Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander, finished 2/16/10

4. Life Sentences by Laura Lippman, finished 
5. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren, finished 
6. Kisser by Stuart Woods, finished 4/07/10
7. Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron, finished 4/09/10
8. Avenging Angels by Mary Stanton, finished 4/19/10
9. A Gift From Brittany by Marjorie Price, finished 4/29/10
10. The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan, audio, finished 5/18/10
11. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens, finished 5/24/10
12. Bright Light, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster, finished 6/06/10
13. Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods, finished 6/08/10
14. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, finished 7/03/10
15. Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian, finished 7/10/10
16. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter, audio, finished 7/14/10
17. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, finished 7/28/10
18. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory, finished 8/12/10
19. I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman, finished 8/23/10
20. Girl Missing by Tess Gerritsen, audio, finished 8/27/10
21.  Leaving Before It's Over by Jean Reynolds Page, finished 9/05/10
22.  Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, finished 9/08/10
23.  Room by Emma Donoghue, finished 9/16/10
24.  One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon, finished 10/15/10
25.  Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson, audio, finished 10/29/10
26.  Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein, finished 11/01/10
27.  Tricks by Ellen Hopkins, finished 11/15/10
28.  Broken by Karin Slaughter, finished 11/24/10

29. Columbine by Dave Cullen, audio, finished 12/06/10

30.  The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley, finished 12/10/10