Dot's Booklist for 2010

[Dorothy]

#4 for April, 45 YTD:
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

[Dorothy]

#5 for April: 46 ytd
Homecoming by Bernard Schlink audio book version DNF

[Dorothy]

#6 for April, 47 YTD
The Bear Went Over the Mountain (Paperback) by William Kotzwinkle

[Dorothy]

#7 for April, 48 ytd
Wolf Hall audio book by Hilary Mantel narrated by Simon Slater

[Dorothy]

#8 for April, 49 ytd
New York by Edward Rutherfurd, hardcover

[Dorothy]

#1 for May, 50 ytd
A False Mirror by Charles Todd

[Dorothy]

#2 for May, 51 ytd. Just finished on audio. I've read and enjoyed many books by this author but found this one disappointing. It is the story of a family beginning just before WW2 to present day but I felt the story either moved sluggishly or jumped generations too abruptly.Consequences by Penelope Lively

[Dorothy]

#3 for May, 52 ytd. Troubles by JG Farrell. Wonderful book set in a crumbling hotel in a small town south of Dublin, just after the First World War. The author has you laughing and crying in the same paragraph. Extremely subtle wit but a tragic story.

[Dorothy]

#4 for May, 53 ytdRemarkable Creaturesby Tracy Chevalier (audio book)
Highly recommended...a book about Mary Anning who collected fossils of pre-historic animals on the shores of Dorset in early 19th century England.

[Dorothy]

#5 for May, 54 ytd
Cemetery of Secrets by David Hewson....this book is set partly in contemporary Venice and partly in the time of Vivaldi when events similar to the story in present day occur. The plot involves a piece of music and musicians who fall into a trap set by an unsavoury character.

[Dorothy]

#6 for May, 55 ytd
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See on audio.
Gripping story of 2 sisters living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and their subsequent experiences living in LA.

[Dorothy]

#7 for May, 56 ytd
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel
Engaging account of Galileo's life and work, focussing on his relationship with his daughter who was a nun in an enclosed order.

[Dorothy]

#8 for May, 57 ytd
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson on CD. Got a bit tired of this half way through and DNF

[Dorothy]

#9 for May, 58 YTD
U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton on audio.

[Dorothy]

#10 for May, 59 YTD
M is for Malice by Sue Grafton on audio

[Dorothy]

#1 for June, 60 YTD
"Curiosity" by Joan Thomas in hardback: a novel about Mary Anning who discovered many of the fossils that began the science of paleontology.

[Dorothy]

#2 for June, 61 ytd
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton audio book

[Dorothy]

#3 for June, 62 ytdMajor Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Hardback)....a very enjoyable read.

[Dorothy]

#4 for June, 63 ytd.
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby on audio

[Dorothy]

#5 for Junem 64 ytd
The Imperfectionists: A Novel, by Tom Rachman : an excellent novel about the characters who inhabit the newsroom of an international newspaper based in Rome.

[Dorothy]

#6 for June, 65 ytd
Until I Find You by John Irving on CD (28 discs) I gave up on this after 8 discs. The beginning was very entertaining but after that I lost interest. The author tends to discuss sexual episodes in such great detail that it becomes boring. The fact that a young child is involved did not endear the book to me....it's definitely not 'Lolita'. :-(

[Dorothy]

#7 for June, 66 ytd
A Noble Radiance by Donna Leon, on audio...another mystery in the Inspector Brunetti series set in Venice.

[Dorothy]

#8 for June 67 ytd
Anthill by E.O. Wilson. A first novel from an eminent biologist, this book tells the story of a young lawyer who finds a way to limit development of a sensitive ecosystem in Alabama. Fascinating information on ant societies inviting comparison with human history and behaviour.

[Dorothy]

#9 for June, 68 ytd
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Allen Bradley on audio

[Dorothy]

#10 for June, 69 ytd

The Turning by Tim Winton audio CD

[Dorothy]

#11 for June, 70 ytd
Ghost Brush by Katherine Govier
Wonderful novel based on the lives of Japan's most famous artist Hokusai and his daughter Eio

[Dorothy]

#12 for June, 71 ytd
Suffer the Little Children: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon audio CD

[Dorothy]

#13 for June, 72 ytd
About Face by Donna Leon audio CD

[Dorothy]

#1 for July, 73 ytd

The Tattooed Map by Barbara Hodgson
An illustrated travel fantasy

[Dorothy]

#2 for July, 74 ytd
Black Dog by Stephen Booth paperback

[Dorothy]

#3 for July, 75 ytd
Gilgamesh by Joan London

[Dorothy]

#4 for July, 76 ytdPretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8): A Memoir of Love, Exile, and Crosswords by Sandy Balfour

[Dorothy]

#5 for July, 77 ytd
The Castlemaine Murders on audio.

[Dorothy]

#6 for July, 78 ytd
Dead Point: A Jack Irish Thriller by Peter Temple on audio

[Dorothy]

#7 for July, 79 ytd
The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya by Frances Osborne

[Dorothy]

#8 for July, 80 ytd
The Broken Shore: A Novel by Peter Temple on audio CD.

[Dorothy]

#9 for July, 81 ytd
Dancing with the Virgins : A Constable Ben Cooper Novel by Stephen Booth, paperback.

[Dorothy]

#10 for July, 82 ytd
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, audio CD

[Dorothy]

#11 for July, 83 ytd
The Year of Finding Memory: A Memoir
by Judy Fong Bates

[Dorothy]

#12 for July, 84 ytd
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer Purcell. HB library

[Dorothy]

#13 for July, 85 ytd
A Question of Belief: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon
Audio library

[Dorothy]

#1 for August, 86 ytd
The Good Son: A Novel by Michael Gruber.
HB library

[Dorothy]

#2 for August, 87 ytdThe Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon, Library audio

[Dorothy]

#3 for Augus, 88 ytd
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant, trade pb, owned

[Dorothy]

#4 for Augustm 89 ytd
The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato pb borrowed from a friend.

[Dorothy]

#5 for August, 90 ytd
Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth, third in a series of mysteries set in Derbyshire, UK , pb, owned

[Dorothy]

#6 for August, 91 ytd
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear audio from library

[Dorothy]

#7 for August, 92 ytd
At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist by Anne Fadiman pb owned.

[Dorothy]

#8 for August, 93 ytd. Kanata by Don Gillmor, hardback, owned.

[Dorothy]

#9 for August, 94 ytd
Death and Judgment by Donna Leon, audio from library.