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Jan 08, 2011 02:23PM
#1. Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford
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#2 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet, David Mitchell
#3 The Scent of Rain and Lightning, Nancy Pickard, Very Good, except the ending is a little too neat.
#5 Murder on a Girls Night Out, Anne George
#6 Bloodroot, Amy Greene I haven't decided what I think about this one. It was beautifully written, wonderful characters, but I'm not sure about the end.
#7 The Poison Tree, Erin Kelly, very good
#8 Bitter is the New Black, Jen Lancaster, love her!
#9 The Wolves of Andover, Kathleen Kent. Good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as her other novel. Might have been more enjoyable had I read it first, as I now want to go back and re-read Heretic's Daughter
#11 Through the Glass Darkly, Bill McClellan#12 Faithful Place, Tana French, 4*s, would have been 5 had I not figured out who did it so quickly. loved it.
#13 Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls#14 Inheritance, Simon Tolkein
#16 the likeness, tana french, very, very good
#17 Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin,#18 Rule of Murder, Louise Penny
#20 Dexter by Design, Jeff Lindsey#21 Marjorie Morningstar, Herman Wouk
#23 The Divide, Nicholas Evans, Very good
#24 Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins Wow! Why was I so stubborn to put off reading this so long?#25 Straight Man, Richard Russo
#27 Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins#28 Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
#29 The Tiger's Wife, Tea Obreht, beautiful book
#30 Pretty In Plaid, Jen Lancaster#31 Dexter Is Delicious, Jeff Lindsay
#32 Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel#33 La's Orchestra Saves the World, Alexander McCall Smith
#34 Dead Reckoning, Charlaine Harris, ok#35 City of Thieves, David Benioff, fantastic!
#37 Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, Christine Watson, wonderful book.
#39 A Novel Bookstore, Laurence Cosse, Fantastic premise, not so much the story.#40 Baker Towers, Jennifer Haigh, disappointing
#41 The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar Wilde, loved it!
#42 The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga, Very good.
#43 The Camel Bookmobile, Marsha Hamilton, A little flat.
#44 If You Were Here, Jen Lancaster, Ok.
#46 Mini Shopaholic Sophie Kinsella, good heart or not, the pathological lying is getting a little old
#48 The Charming Quirks of Others, Alexander McCall Smith
#49 The Hunting Wind, Steve Hamilton#50 When We Were Strangers, Pamela Schoenewaldt
#52 Little Bee, Chris Cleave, 3*'s Loved the first part, but disappointed in the end. Almost deserved and extra star though for Charlie in the batman costume.#53 A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness. Was expecting more. But I did love the house.
#54 Original Sin, Beth Mullen, Lots of fun. I look forward to the next.
#55 Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen
#56 The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, Amazing book, Wonderful characters
#57 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs. Ok story, wonderful photos
#59 If I Stay, Gayle Foreman#60 A Good Hard Look, Ann Napolitano
#61 Never Knowing, Chevy Stevens, very good
#62 Iron House, John Hart#63 Turn of Mind, Alice LaPlante, Fascintating. I will be thinking about this one for a long time.
#64 Secrets of Eden, Chris Bohjalian, disappointing
#65 The Saturday Big Tent Wedding, Alexander McCall Smith #66 This Is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Tropper
