MB's Book Diary: What She Read in 2010

[Cindi]

Mine came last night, and I am feeling the same strange vacillation between modern and Victorian feel...they speak with the right words, but say and do the wrong things! But I am enjoying it so far. I'll report when I'm done :) It's fun to be able to talk about it!

MB wrote: "(47) 3/5/10 "The Dead Travel Fast" by Deanna Raybourn (***)

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(50) 3/8/10 "Murder in Montparnasse" by Kerry Greenwood (***)

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(50) 3/10/10 "A Wizard Alone" by Diane Duane (****)

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(51) 3/10/10 "Reading Women" by Stefan Bollman (***)
aka "Women Who Read Are Dangerous"

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(52) 3/11/10 "The Weed That Strings The Hangman's Bag" by Alan Bradley (****)

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(53) 3/15/10 "Ten Second Staircase" by Christopher Fowler (**1/2)

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(54) 3/16/10 "A Vintage Affair" by Isabel Wolff (***1/2)

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(55) 3/16/10 "The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My" by Tove Jansson (***)

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(56) 3/17/10 "More Alive With Color" by Leatrice Eiseman (***)

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(57 & 58) 3/22/10 "The Steerswomen's Road" by Rosemary Kirstein (***1/2)
Contains two books The Steerswoman and The Outskirter's Secret

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(59) 3/24/10 "Wild Ride" by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (***1/2)

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(60) 3/24/10 "Which Brings Me To You" by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott (***)

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(61) 3/27/10 "Bite Me" by Christopher Moore (***1/2)

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(62) 3/28/10 "The Girl Who Chased The Moon" by Sarah Addison Allen (***)

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(63) 3/29/10 "Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger" by Lee Smith (***1/2)

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(64) 3/29/10 "The Magicians and Mrs. Quent" by Galen Beckett (***1/2)

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(65) 3/31/10 "All Hallows Eve" edited by Mary Elizabeth Allen (**1/2)

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(66) 4/2/10 "Dissolution" by C.J. Sansom (****)

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(67) 4/4/10 "Shattered" by Karen Robards (****)

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(68) 4/4/10 "Dark Fire" by C.J. Sansom (****)

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(69) 4/6/10 "A Conspiracy of Kings" by Megan Whalen Turner (****)

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(70) 4/8/10 "Not Less Than Gods" by Kage Baker (****)



Wow! Five 4-star books in a row! I am a happy camper (reader)! What a wonderful streak!

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(71) 4/11/10 "Crimes by Moonlight" ed. by Charlaine Harris (***)

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(72) 4/12/10 "Coyote Destiny" by Allen Steele (***)

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(73) 4/13/10 "A Wizard Of Mars" by Diane Duane (***3/4)

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(74) 4/13/10 "Little Fuzzy" by H.Beam Piper (***1/2)

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(75) 4/14/10 "Fuzzy Sapiens" by H. Beam Piper (***)

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(76) 4/16/10 "Fuzzies and Other People" by H. Beam Piper (***)

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(77) 4/16/10 "Enchanted Glass" by Diana Wynne Jones (****1/2)

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(78) 4/18/10 "Muse and Reverie" by Charles De Lint (***)

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(79) 4/19/10 "A Murderous Procession" by Ariana Franklin (****)

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(80) 4/22/10 "The Adventures of Goodnight & Loving" by Leslie Thomas (***1/2)



I'm not going to count these 2 picture books, but wow, they were cute!


"Bats At The Library"
and
"Bats At The Beach"

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(81) 4/23/10 "Princess of the Midnight Ball" by Jessica Day George (***)

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(82) 4/24/10 "The Other Family: A Novel" by Joanna Trollope (****)

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(83) 4/25/10 "The Merlin Conspiracy" by Diana Wynne-Jones (*****) A comfort re-read

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(84) 4/26/10 "The House of Many Ways" by Diana Wynne Jones (*****) Another comfort re-read

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(85) 4/27/10 "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang (***)

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(86) 4/29/10 "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams (***)

For some odd reason GR won't allow me to add a picture here? Weird!

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(87) 4/29/10 "Sovereign" by C.J. Sansom (****)

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(88) 5/2/10 "Chalice" by Robin McKinley (***2/3) Another comfort re-read.

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(89) 5/4/10 "Nightingale Wood" by Stella Gibbons (****)

[Cindi]

I have been trying to track down a copy of the book "Cold Comfort Farm" (One of my favorite movies). Is this Gibbons outing as hilarious?

[MB (What she read)]

Cindi, it is not quite as hilarious, and due to the subject matter may seem a little more dated, but it was still very funny, especially the last part of the book where all the ends were tied up. I really enjoyed it--I love Gibbons' humor.

I don't think readers who aren't Anglophiles or used to reading 'antique' books would get as much out of it. I think since she was writing satire/social commentary, you'd have to be aware of the time period to 'get' some of the humor.

Hmmm...I hope I'm explaining that? It's hard to put how I feel about books into words sometimes.

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(90) 5/4/10 "The Mysterious Howling: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place" by MaryRose Wood (***1/2)

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[Cindi]

I am a huge fan of British comedy of manners (particularly Wodehouse & Wilde). It is so difficult to find humor that is also intelligent and witty. I'm definitely adding this to my "To Read" list!

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Cindi, I hope you enjoy it! I'll be interested to see what you think about it.

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(91) 5/7/10 "Wit's End" by Karen Joy Fowler (***)

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(92) 5/8/10 "Up The Pier" by Helen Cresswell (**)

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(93) 5/11/10 "Ordinary Jack" by Helen Cresswell (****)

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(94) 5/16/10 "Absolute Zero" by Helen Cresswell (****)