Kristine's "To 50 and Beyond!" for 2011 - Complete

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I am hoping to read some longer books in 2011 that have been on my TBR list for years, (Beach Music, I Know This Much Is True, Ride the Wind, The Owl Killers, Silent in the Grave, The Children's Book) to name a few.

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1. The Forgery of Venus: A Novel by Michael Gruber (4 Stars)

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2. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan (3 Stars)

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3. The Last Child by John Hart (3 Stars)

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4. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (4 Stars)

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5. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard (4 Stars)

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6. South of Broad by Pat Conroy (3 Stars)

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7. The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds (4 Stars)

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8. Doomsday Bookby Connie Willis(4 Stars)

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9. Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris (4 Stars)

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10. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (4.5 Stars)

Just as good or maybe even better in my second reading!

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11. Beach Music by Pat Conroy (2 Stars)

Filled with unpleasant characters. Such a disappointment.

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12. Anna's Book by Barbara Vine (4 Stars)

I love the way the mystery unfolded.

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13. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (3 Stars)

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14. Heresy by S.J. Parris (3 Stars)

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15. The Girl On Legare Street by Karen White (4 Stars)

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16. The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich (3 Stars)

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17. Prophecy by S.J. Parris (3 Stars)

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18. Roses by Leila Meacham (3.5 Stars)

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19. Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay (4 Stars)

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20. The Sign of the Book by John Dunning (3 Stars)

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21. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (4 Stars)

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22. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen (3 Stars)

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23. The Daughter of Siena by Marina Fiorato (3 Stars)

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24. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg (4 Stars)

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25. The Lost Hoursby Karen White (3 1/2 Stars)

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26. The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton (4 Stars)

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27. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (3 1/2 Stars)

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28. Room by Emma Donoghue (4 Stars)

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29. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (3 Stars)

The story was amazing but I found the writing very choppy.

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30. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart (3 1/2 Stars)

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31. The Broken Teaglass: A Novel by Emily Arsenault (4 Stars)

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32. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (3 Stars)

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33. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (4 Stars)

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34. On Folly Beach by Karen White (3 Stars)

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35. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (4 Stars)

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36. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (3 Stars)

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37. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (4 Stars)

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38. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (3 Stars)

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39. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (3 Stars)

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40. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton (4 Stars)

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41. The Beach Trees by Karen White (3 Stars)

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42. Sister: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton by (3 Stars)

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43. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (4 Stars)

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44. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova (4 Stars)

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45. Scottish Brides by Christina Dodd (3 Stars)

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46. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (3 Stars)

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47. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (4 Stars)

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48. Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson (4 Stars)

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49. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (4 Stars)