Bob's 2011 Bookshelf

[Bob]

I've got so many books that I can't wait to read in 2011!! It's like getting a gift everytime I start one.

[Bob]

1. We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Armine Howarth

4 Stars (****)

[Kristine]

I am so glad this amazing story is getting attention again! My mom read it to my sister and me when we were kids back in the early 70's!

[Bob]

2. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

3. Eventide by Kent Haruf

4 Stars (****)

Excellent follow-up to Plainsong!!!

[Bob]

4. The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

5. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

6. The Last Child by John Hart

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

7. The Girl in the Glass: A Novel by Jeffrey Ford

4 Stars(****)

[Bob]

8. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

9. The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia by Curt Sampson

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

10. Conjurer's Bird by Martin Davies

4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)

Excellent Book!!

[Bob]

11. Ancestral Links: A Golf Obsession Spanning Generations by John Garrity

4 Stars (****)

I bought this book for $1 at a Borders that was closing...I couldnt put it down when I started...not just about golf but how the game just takes us and defines who we are and how it effects our relationships with those close to us...

[Bob]

12. Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

13. The Match by Mark Frost

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

14. The Cigar Maker by Mark McGinty

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

15. Anna's Book by Barbara Vine

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

16. Republic: A Novel of America's Future by Charles Sheehan-Miles

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

17. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

18. A Cruel Harvest by Paul Reid

3 Stars (***)

[Bob]

19. The Sign of the Book by John Dunning

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

20. The Masters: A Hole-by-Hole History of America's Golf Classic by David Sowell

[Bob]

21. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)

I loved it and I loved how this story was told by the author....excellent book that I would highly recommend!!

[Bob]

22. East of the Mountains by David Guterson

Excellent...I couldn't put it down...

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

23. The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton

3 Stars (***)

[Bob]

24. Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom inAfghanistan by Ed Darack

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

25. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

4 Stars (****)

The more I think about this book the more I want to go back and read it again...it just provoked alot of thought for me...

[Bob]

26. That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

3 1/2 Stars (*** 1/2)

[Bob]

27. The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf

4 Stars (****)

As I read this book really began to grow on me...to me Kent Haruf just has a way of developing these characters which who remind you of someone you know or have met...The book started a little slow for me but by the end I couldn't put it down...

[Bob]

28. The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds

3 Stars (***)

[Bob]

29. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

30. Heartbroke Bay by Lynn D'urso

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

31. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)

I loved it...I just laughed out loud so many times at the crazy characters in this book...this is one that I will recommend to my friends...

[Bob]

32. The Eight by Katherine Neville

4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)

Almost a month since I posted my last book and this was worth the time and effort...The further I got in this book the more I wanted it...I love the dual time periods and every time the author switched to the other it was very smooth and fluid and the story lines were evenly matched...one of my favorites this year so far...

[Bob]

33. Preferred Lies: A Journey into the Heart of Scottish Golf by Andrew Greig

5 Stars (*****)

Although golf is the underlying subject in this book there are so many other things which strike home...reading it made me appreciate the time Ive had with the ones who are most important to me, but more than that it's made me excited about the time I have left with the ones I love...

[Bob]

34. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

5 Stars (*****)

The best book that I have read in 2011 so far!!! I just enjoyed every page of this one....

[Bob]

35. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

4 Stars (****)

It took me a while but it was worth the effort...could be one that I would read again just to get all the relationships between the characters straight...

[Bob]

36. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

37. Missing Links by Rick Reilly

4 Stars (****)

Very funny with some laugh out loud moments...

[Bob]

38. Room by Emma Donoghue

3 1/2 Stars (*** 1/2)

[Bob]

39. Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy

3 Stars (***)

[Bob]

40. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

41. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

3 Stars (***)

3 different story lines and I really only warmed to one of them....

[Bob]

42. The Holy Thief by William Ryan

3 Stars (***)

[Bob]

43. The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

44. The Greatest Course That Never Was: A Novel by J. Michael Veron

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

45. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova

4 Stars (****)

The "Thief" trilogy I chose....The Holy Thief, The Coral Thief, and The Swan Thieves!!...I enjoyed them all!!

[Bob]

46. The Prestige by Christopher Priest

4 Stars (****)

[Bob]

47. The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox

4 Stars (****)

Good book and a quick read for 700 pages!!

[Bob]

48. The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine

4 Stars (****)