Books Read in Past Years
2005 – 77 books
White by Ted Dekker – 3 stars
Eyes of Elisha by Brandilyn Collins – 3 stars
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger – 5 stars
Tiger Lillie by Lisa Samson – 4 stars
The Last Disciple by Hank Hannegraaf – 3 stars
Mom’s Everything Book for Daughters by Becky Freeman – 3 stars
Mom’s Everything Book for Sons by Becky Freeman – 3 stars
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal – 4 stars
At the Scent of Water by Linda Nichols – 4 stars
Sandpebbles by Patricia Hickman – 4 stars
Dread Champion by Brandilyn Collins – 3 stars
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell – 5 stars
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult – 3 stars
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss – 4 stars
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell – 4 stars
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell – 4 stars
A Tale of Three Kings: a Study in Brokenness by Gene Edwards – 4 stars
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks – 4 stars
The Broker by John Grisham – 3 stars
A Continual Feast by Jan Karon – 4 stars
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger – 4 stars
March: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks – 3 stars
Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith by Martha Nibley Beck – 3 stars
A Patchwork Planet (audiobook) by Anne Tyler – 5 stars
Home Learning Year By Year by Rebecca Rupp – 3 stars
The Lazarus Trap by Davis Bunn – 3 stars
Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman’s Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond by Deborah Laake – 3 stars
Homeschooling for Excellence by David and Micki Colfax – 4 stars
Ireland: A Novel by Frank Delaney – 5 stars
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd – 4 stars
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
Book Lust: Recommended Reading For Ever Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl – 3 stars
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
Evensong by Gail Godwin – 4 stars
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson – 2 stars
More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl – 3 stars
I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brendan Manning – 4 stars
J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
K is for Killer by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
M is for Malice by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
N is for Noose by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
P is for Peril by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ John Piper & Justin Taylor, Editors – 4 stars
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton – 3 stars
The Moms’ Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time! by Janice Newell Bissex and Liz Weiss – 3 stars
On Writing by Stephen King – 4 stars
The Victory Club by Robin Lee Hatcher – 4 stars
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss – 3 stars
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler – 4 stars
The Bible or the Axe: One Man’s Dramatic Escape from Persecution in the Sudan by William O. Levi – 3 stars
In the Beginning There Were No Diapers by Tim Bete – 4 stars
The Justice by Angela Hunt – 4 stars
Grace for the Race: Meditations for Busy Moms by Dena Dyer – 3 stars
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, and Other Things I’ve Learned by Alan Alda – 4 stars
Notes From a Small Island (audiobook) by Bill Bryson – 4 stars
Heaven by Randy Alcorn – 5 stars
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon – 5 stars
Brokenness: How God Redeems Pain and Suffering by Lon Solomon – 4 stars
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler – 3 stars
Songbird by Lisa Samson – 4 stars
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg – 2 stars
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door by Lynne Truss – 4 stars
Outrageous Love by Sheila Walsh – 3 stars
Run Plant Fly by Ellie Belew – 4 stars
The Difference Between Men and Women: Stories by Brett Lott – 3 stars
Making It Up by Penelope Lively – 3 stars
Snow in August by Pete Hamill – 4 stars
2006 – 95 books
Cooks Overboard by Joanne Spence – 2-and-a-half stars
1776 by David McCullough – 3 stars – my thoughts
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott – 4 stars –
favorite passages
Homestead by Rosina Lippi – 5 stars – favorite passages
The Fulness of Times by Ron Rennick – 3 and a half stars
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids On 25 Words Or Less by Terry Ryan – 4 stars – my thoughts
Imagined London: A Tour of the World’s Greatest Fictional City by Anna Quindlen – 3 stars
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion – 3 stars – my thoughts
Club Sandwich by Lisa Samson – 4 stars
Light From Heaven by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice (audiobook) – 4 stars
Jack’s Life: A Memory of C. S. Lewis by Douglas H. Gresham – 4 stars – favorite passages
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton – 5 stars
Good Grief by Lolly Winston – 4 stars – my thoughts
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge – 2 and a half stars – my thoughts
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith – 3 and a half stars
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason – 3 stars
The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs – 4 stars – my thoughts and some favorite passages
The Novelist by Angela Hunt – 4 stars
Atonement by Ian McEwan – 2 and a half stars
Fresh Brewed Life by Nicole Johnson (re-read) – 5 stars – my (many) thoughts
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates – 2 stars
Obsessed by Ted Dekker – 3 stars
Last Light by Terri Blackstock – 3 and a half stars
Where Is God When It Hurts? by Philip Yancey – 4 stars – favorite passages and my thoughts
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz – 3 stars
Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church by Philip Yancey – 5 stars – some of my favorite passages
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – 5 stars
Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh – 3 and a half stars – favorite passage
Trinity by Leon Uris – 4 and a half stars – thoughts and a favorite passage
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien – 4 stars – my thoughts
Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading: Finding and Losing Myself In Books by Maureen Corrigan – 2 and a half stars – my thoughts
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby – 3 and a half stars
Levi’s Will by W. Dale Cramer (audiobook) – 4 stars
Patrick: Son of Ireland by Stephen R. Lawhead – 3 stars
The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart – 4 stars – my thoughts
A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L’Engle – 4 stars – my thoughts and favorite passages
Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton – 3 stars – my thoughts, favorite passages
The Ha-Ha by Dave King – 2 and a half stars
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller – 4 stars – favorite passages
A Year With C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings From His Classic Works – 5 stars
Everything and a Kite by Ray Romano (audiobook) – 3 stars
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher (audiobook) – 4 stars
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom by Mary Griffith – 4 stars
A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levinson – 2 and a half stars
A Light in the Window by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
A Common Life by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
The Way of the Wilderking by Jonathan Rogers – 3 and a half stars
These High Green Hills by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling – 4 stars
Out to Canaan by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
A New Song by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 4 and a half stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling – 4 and a half stars
In This Mountain by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling – 5 stars
Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling – 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling – 4 stars
Night Light by Terri Blackstock – 3 stars
Monster by Frank Peretti (audiobook) – 3 and a half stars
The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler (audiobook) – 4 stars
Letters to Children by C. S. Lewis – 4 stars
Pirates by Celia Rees (audiobook) – 4 and a half stars – review
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (audiobook) – 4 stars
Persuasion by Jane Austen – 5 stars – favorite passage
Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott (audiobook) – 3 stars
Sisterchicks Say Ooh La La! by Robin Jones Gunn (audiobook) – 3 and a half stars
Looking for God in Harry Potter by John Granger – 4 stars – review
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – 5 stars
How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen – 4 stars – my thoughts
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield – 5 stars – review
Sisterchicks Down Under by Robin Jones Gunn (audiobook) – 3 and a half stars
Angels in the Snow: A Novella by Melody Carlson – 3 and a half stars
No Room at the Inn: A Novella by Melody Carlson – 3 and a half stars
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose – 5 stars – my thoughts
Living Under God by Toby Mac & Michael Tait – 3 stars – review
Connecting With Your Kids by Timothy Smith – 3 and a half stars – review
The Witness by Dee Henderson – 4 stars – review
Credo: Believing in Something to Die For by Ray Pritchard – 4 stars – review
Global Deception: The UN’s Stealth Assault on America’s Freedom by Joseph A. Klein – 3 stars – review
The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, Book 1) by Jonathan Rogers – 4 and a half stars – review
The Secret of the Swamp King (The Wilderking Trilogy, Book 2) by Jonathan Rogers – 4 stars – review
Presumed Guilty by James Scott Bell – 4 stars – review
Divine by Karen Kingsbury – 4 stars – review
He Talk Like a White Boy by Joseph C. Phillips – 4 stars – review
Before I Wake by Dee Henderson – 3 and a half stars – review
Magdalene by Angela Elwell Hunt – 4 stars – review
Confessions of Super Mom by Melanie Lynne Hauser – 3 and a half stars – review
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Phillip Yancey – 4 and a half stars – review
Straight Up by Lisa Samson – 5 stars – review
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling – 4 and a half stars
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis – 3 and a half stars
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle – 3 and a half stars
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo – 4 stars
2007 – 111 books
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte – 5 stars – related post
Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L’Amour – 5 stars – related post
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary – 5 stars – related post
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor – 5 stars – related post
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (audiobook) – 5 stars – related post
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (audiobook) – 5 stars
The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982 – 5 stars – related post
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian by Stephen Ambrose – 5 stars – related post
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (read aloud to the kids) – 5 stars – related post
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (audiobook) – 5 stars
That Distant Land: The Collected Stories by Wendell Berry – 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling – 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling – 5 stars
River Rising by Athol Dickson – 5 stars – related post
Night by Elie Wiesel – 5 stars – related post
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor – 5 stars – related post
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare – 5 stars – related post
Emma by Jane Austen – 5 stars – related post
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen – 5 stars – related post
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling – 5 stars – related post
Persuasion by Jane Austen – 5 stars
One True Thing by Anna Quindlen – 5 stars – related post
Summer of Light by W. Dale Cramer (audiobook) – 5 stars – related post
Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset – 5 stars – related post
The Trouble with Poetry: and Other Poems by Billy Collins – 5 stars
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry – 5 stars
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alan Alda – 5 stars – related post
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde – 5 stars
The Road by Cormac McCarthy – 5 stars – related post
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (audiobook) – 5 stars – related post
The Cure by Athol Dickson – 5 stars – related post
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – 5 stars – related post
All She Ever Wanted by Lynn Austin (audiobook) – 5 stars
The Duel by Anton Chekhov (translated by Constance Garnett) – 4 stars
The Children of Men by P. D. James – 4 stars – related post
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (read aloud to the kids) – 4 stars – related post
The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction by Kate Chopin – 4 stars – related post
Great American Women’s Fiction: Ten Unabridged Classics by Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, & Charlotte Perkins Gilman (audiobook) – 4 stars
Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson – 4 stars – related post
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (read aloud to Natalie) – 4 stars
Super Mom Saves the World by Melanie Lynne Hauser – 4 stars – related post
My Own Two Feet: A Memoir by Beverly Cleary – 4 stars
Take Joy: A Writer’s Guide to Loving the Craft by Jane Yolen – 4 stars – related post
The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard (audiobook) – 4 stars
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens – 4 stars – related post
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer (audiobook) – 4 stars
I Went to Vassar For This? by Naomi Neale (audiobook) – 4 stars
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman – 4 stars – related post
Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays by Wendell Berry – 4 stars
The Living End by Lisa Samson – 4 stars
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards – 4 stars
Return to Me by Robin Lee Hatcher – 4 stars – related post
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (audiobook) – 4 stars
Echoes by Maeve Binchy – 4 stars
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy – 4 stars
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James – 4 stars
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen – 4 stars – related post
In Search of Eden by Linda Nichols (audiobook) – 4 stars
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde – 4 stars – related post
Sisterchicks in Gondolas by Robin Jones Gunn (audiobook) – 4 stars
Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell – 4 stars
Austenland by Shannon Hale – 4 stars – related post
The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton – 4 stars
The Teacher’s Funeral : A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck (read aloud to the kids) – 4 stars – related post
I’ll Watch the Moon by Ann Tatlock (audiobook) – 4 stars
Rules by Cynthia Lord (audiobook) – 4 stars
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (audiobook) – 4 stars
Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout – 4 stars – related
post
Unnatural Causes by P.D. James (audiobook) – 4 stars
Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife by Sigrid Undset – 4 stars – related post
The Book Without Words by Avi – 4 stars
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier (audiobook) – 4 stars
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke – 4 stars
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi – 4 stars
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde – 4 stars
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs – 4 stars – related post
The Warden by Anthony Trollope – 4 stars
The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick (read aloud to Natalie) – 4 stars
Jotham’s Journey: A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide (read aloud) – 4 stars
Arthur and George by Julian Barnes – 4 stars
Bibliotopia Or, Mr. Gilbar’s Book of Books & Catch-all of Literary Facts And Curiosities compiled by Steven Gilbar – 3 stars – related post
An Irish Christmas Feast: The Best of John B. Keane – 3 stars
Proverbs and Sayings of Ireland Edited by Sean Gaffney & Seamus Cashman – 3 stars
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman – 3 stars
Redemption by Leon Uris – 3 stars – related post
The Collected Works of Emily Dickinson – 3 stars
Writers on Writing, Volume II: More Collected Essays from The New York Times – 3 stars – related post
The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Krauss & Emma McLaughlin – 3 stars
The Tales of Chekhov, Volume 1 by Anton Chekhov – 3 stars
Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet’s Life by Allan Wolf – 3 stars
The Dragon’s Eye: The Dragonology Chronicles, Volume 1 by Dugald A. Steer (read aloud to Noah) – 3 stars
The Last Girls by Lee Smith (audiobook) – 3 stars
Nerve Damage by Peter Abrahams (audiobook) – 3 stars
Fondling Your Muse: Infallible Advice From a Published Author to the Writerly Aspirant by John Warner – 3 stars
Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence – 3 stars
Love to Eat, Hate to Eat: Breaking the Bondage of Destructive Eating Habits by Elyse Fitzpatrick – 3 stars
Plainsong by Kent Haruf (audiobook) – 3 stars
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen – 3 stars – related post
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler – 3 stars
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks – 3 stars
To My Dearest Friends by Patricia Volk – 3 stars
Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett – 3 stars
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham – 3 stars – related post
Enzymes and Your Health by Howard W. Fisher – 3 stars – related post
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow (audiobook) – 3 stars
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan – 3 stars
Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston – 2 stars – related post
Famous Writers School by Steven Carter – 2 stars
Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs – 2 stars
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton – 2 stars – related post
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (audiobook) – 2 stars
2008 – 132 books
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin (audiobook) – 3 stars – related post
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult (audiobook) – 4 stars – related post
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton – 2 stars – related post
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos – 5 stars – related post
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel Pool – 3 stars – related post
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (read-aloud) – 4 stars
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (read-aloud) – 3 stars
Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah, Stephen, and Grace Mally (read-aloud) – 3 stars
Standing by Words: Essays by Wendell Berry – 3 stars – related post
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier (audiobook) – 4 stars – related post
The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi – 3 stars
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray – 4 stars – related post
Lucinda’s Secret (Spiderwick Chronicles #3) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (read-aloud) – 3 stars
The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (read-aloud) – 3 stars
The Wrath of Mulgarath (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5) by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi (read-aloud) – 3 stars
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee – 4 stars – related post
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (read-aloud) – 3 stars
The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz (audiobook) – 3 stars
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin – 2 stars
Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis (read-aloud) – 4 stars
Winter Haven by Athol Dickson – 4 stars – related post
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby – 4 stars – related post
Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake – 5 stars – related post
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (read-aloud) – 4 stars
The Senator’s Wife by Sue Miller (audiobook) – 2 stars
Heart of Darkness & Selected Short Fiction by Joseph Conrad – 3 stars – related post
Heidi by Johanna Spyri – 4 stars
The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 by P.J. Haarsma – 3 stars – related post
Ararat (American Poetry Series) by Louise Gluck – 4 stars
The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbis 2 by P.J. Haarsma – 4 stars – related post
A Window to the World by Susan Meissner – 4 stars
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon (audiobook) – 4 stars – related post
Heaven for Kids by Randy Alcorn and Linda Washington (read-aloud) – 5 stars
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick – 4 stars – related post
Blasphemy by Douglas Preston (audiobook) – 3 stars
The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L’Engle – 5 stars – related post
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick – 4 stars
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy – 4 stars – related post
The Radiation Sonnets: For My Love, in Sickness and in Health by Jane Yolen – 4 stars
About My Sisters by Debra Ginsberg – 4 stars
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman (audiobook) – 3 stars
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – 5 stars
The House at Midnight (ARC) by Lucie Whitehouse – 2 stars
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (audiobook) – 2 stars
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer – 3 stars
Fly by Night by Francis Hardinge (read-aloud) – 3 stars
What the Light Was Like: Poems by Luci Shaw – 3 stars
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (audiobook) – 4 stars
The Best American Short Stories 2007 edited by Stephen King – 3 stars
Doesn’t She Look Natural by Angela Hunt – 4 stars – related post
The Quiet American by Graham Greene – 4 stars – related post
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (audiobook) – 3 stars
Gone by Michael Grant – 4 stars – related post
Tigerheart by Peter David – 5 stars – related post
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer – 4 stars
She Always Wore Red by Angela Hunt – 5 stars
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer – 4 stars
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat (audiobook) – 3 stars
Belong to Me by Marisa De Los Santos – 5 stars – related post
Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1) by Angie Sage – 4 stars
Life Studies: Stories by Susan Vreeland – 4 stars
Life Class by Pat Barker (audiobook) – 3 stars
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman – 5 stars
The Complete Maus by Art Speigelman – 4 stars
The Host by Stephenie Meyer – 5 stars – related post
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn’t by Judy Jones & William Wilson – 4 stars
Booked to Die (A Cliff Janeway Mystery) by John Dunning – 3 stars
The Woman Who Can’t Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science by Jill Price & Bart Davis (audiobook) – 3 stars – related post
The White Mary by Kira Salak – 3 stars – related post
Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France’s Cote d’Azur and Italy’s Costa Bella by David Shalleck and Erol Munuz – 3 stars
The Bookman’s Wake (A Cliff Janeway Mystery) by John Dunning – 3 stars
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James – 4 stars
Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold by Geoff and Janet Benge (read-aloud) – 4 stars
Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset – 4 stars – related post
The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning – 4 stars
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi – 3 stars
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi – 3 stars
Penny From Heaven by Jennifer Holm (audiobook) – 4 stars
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes – 2 stars
Inglorious by Joanna Kavenna – 2 stars
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (audiobook) – 3 stars
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer – 4 stars
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein (audiobook) – 3 stars
My Husband’s Sweethearts by Bridget Asher – 4 stars
Stealing Athena by Karen Essex – 4 stars
The Cross-Time Engineer (Book 1 in The Adventures of Conrad Stargard) by Leo Frankowski (re-read) – 3 stars
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro – 3 stars – related post
Half-*ssed: A Weight-Loss Memoir by Jennette Fulda – 4 stars
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen – 5 stars
Guernica by Dave Boling – 5 stars
The High-Tech Knight (Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 2) by Leo Frankowski – 3 stars
The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin (audiobook) – 3 stars
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall – 5 stars
The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent – 5 stars
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (audio) – 3 stars
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor (audio) – 4 stars
Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers – 4 stars
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski – 5 stars
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey – 3 stars
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King (audiobook) – 5 stars
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (read-aloud) – 5 stars
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver – 3 stars
1602 by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert – 4 stars
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano – 3 stars
Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars Volume 1 by Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier & Ben Templesmith – 3 stars – related post
North River by Pete Hamill (audio) – 5 stars
Slow News Day by Andi Watson – 3 stars
The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan – 4 stars – related post
The Faith of Barack Obama by Stephen Mansfield – 3 stars
A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King – 5 stars
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (audiobook) – 5 stars
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow – 3 stars
Peril and Peace: Chronicles of the Ancient Church by Brandon and Mindy Withrow – 4 stars
Company of Liars by Karen Maitland – 3 stars
American Widow by Alissa Torres & Sungyoon Choi – 4 stars
Flyte (Septimus Heap, Book 2) by Angie Sage (read-aloud) – 4 stars
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows – 5 stars
The Grift by Debra Ginsberg – 4 stars
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (audiobook) – 3 stars
The Professors’ Wives’ Club by Joanne Rendell – 3 stars
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King – 5 stars
The Intellectual Devotional by David S. Kidder & Noah D. Oppenheim – 3 stars
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (audiobook) – 5 stars
Blindspot: By a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise by Jane Kamensky & Jill Lepore – 4 stars
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister – 5 stars
Goldengrove by Francine Prose (audiobook) – 3 stars
Irish Girls Are Back in Town by various authors – 2 stars
The Moor by Laurie R. King – 4 stars
The Observations by Jane Harris – 4 stars
Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears – 3 stars
Cover Her Face by P.D. James (audiobook) – 3 stars
Names My Sisters Call Me by Megan Crane – 3 stars
Rating system:
1 star – Hated It!
2 stars – Didn’t Like It
3 stars – Liked It
4 stars – Really Liked It
5 stars – Loved It!


