Sun - August 23, 2009
Sun - July 26, 2009
Wed - July 15, 2009
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
finished 7/12 ........ classic UK ........
rating 8
Posted at 06:38 PM Read More
Mon - July 13, 2009
Sun - July 12, 2009
An Ordinary Lunacy by Jessica Anderson
finished 7/12 .... Australia (1962) .....
rating 7.5
Posted at 05:13 PM Read More
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
finished 7/11 ......... classic Brit ......
rating 7
Posted at 05:12 PM Read More
Thu - July 9, 2009
Davy by Edgar Pangborn
"finished" 7/9......... classic sci-fi (US
1964) ....... rating 3
Posted at 02:01 PM Read More
Wed - July 8, 2009
Tue - July 7, 2009
Sun - July 5, 2009
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
finished 7/5 ........ contemp. non-fiction
........ rating 8
Posted at 07:14 AM Read More
Thu - July 2, 2009
Wed - July 1, 2009
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
finished 7/1 ........ contemp. US (Pulitzer)
....... rating 9
Posted at 11:26 PM Read More
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
finished 6/28 ...... contemp English .........
rating 7
Posted at 11:22 PM Read More
The Prince by Niccolo Macchiavali
finished 6/28 ..... Italian classic (14th
century) ........ rating 8.5
Posted at 11:18 PM Read More
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreisser
finished 6/27 ....... classic American .....
rating 7.5
Posted at 11:15 PM Read More
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
finished 6/26 ........ contemp India (Booker)
...... rating 8
Posted at 11:13 PM Read More
Fatelessness by Imre Kertész
finished 6/25 .......... contemp classic (1992)
........ rating 9
Posted at 11:03 PM Read More
The House of the Dead by F. Dostoevsky
finished 6/23 ......... classic Russian .......
rating 8
Posted at 10:59 PM Read More
The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester
finished 6/22 ....... contemp history book
........ rating 9
Posted at 10:56 PM Read More
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Finished 6/22 ...... contemp. French
...... rating 8
Posted at 10:53 PM Read More
The Diary of a Bad Year by J. M. Coetzee
finished 6/20 ....... contemp
Australian......... rating 8.5
Posted at 10:51 PM Read More
Eden's Outcasts: Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John
Matteson
finished 6/18 ........ contemp biography
....... rating 9
Posted at 10:49 PM Read More
Sun - June 14, 2009
Sat - June 6, 2009
Columbine by Dave Cullen
finished 6/6 ............... Non-fict/ 2009
..... rating 8.5.
Posted at 01:09 PM Read More
Thu - June 4, 2009
Ava by Carole Maso
finished 6/4 ............ US (1995) ........
rating 7
Posted at 05:26 AM Read More
Sat - May 30, 2009
TInkers by Paul Harding
finished 5/30 ........ US 2008 ....... rating
8.5
Posted at 04:06 PM Read More
The Suspicions of Mr. Wicher by Kate Summerscale
finished 5/30 ........ UK 2008 / true crime
............ rating 7
Posted at 03:59 PM Read More
Fri - May 29, 2009
The BItter Road to Freedom by William I. Hitchcock
finished 5/25......... US history (2008)
....... rating 9
Posted at 05:32 PM Read More
The Help by Katherine Stockett
finished 5/29 ....... US (2009) .............
rating 7.5
Posted at 05:26 PM Read More
Sun - May 24, 2009
Hard Evidence by John Lescroart
finished 5/23 ......... US genre detective
....... rating 6
Posted at 07:42 AM Read More
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton
finished 5/24 ........ US classic 1913
............ rating 7.5
Posted at 07:40 AM Read More
Mon - May 18, 2009
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
finished 5/18 ....... US 2001......... rating
8
Posted at 07:25 PM Read More
Tue - May 12, 2009
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
finished 5/12....... Contemp English (2009)
....... rating 8
Posted at 09:27 PM Read More
Sun - May 10, 2009
Ada by Vladimir Nabokov
finished 5/10 ....... US (1969) ...... rating
8
Posted at 07:25 PM Read More
Fri - May 8, 2009
First Love by Ivan Turgenev
finished 5/8 ........ Russian classic .......
rating 8
Posted at 09:06 PM Read More
Tue - May 5, 2009
Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks
finished 4/5......... US graphic novel 2005
........ rating 7.5
Posted at 07:48 PM Read More
Seek My Face by John Updike
finished 5/5 ....... US 2002 ....... rating
6
Posted at 07:16 PM Read More
Sun - April 26, 2009
The VIrgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt
finished 4/26 ..... Brit 1979s ....... rating
8.5
Posted at 07:41 PM Read More
Fri - April 17, 2009
French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France by Richard
Goodman
finished 4/17........... non-fiction/gardening
- 1991 ......... rating 7
Posted at 08:21 PM Read More
Sun - April 12, 2009
Offshore by Penelope FItzgerald
reread 4/11 ..... Brit Booker 1979 .........
rating 8.5
Posted at 12:55 PM Read More
Dead Irish by John Lescroart
finished 4/12 ........ US Det. series #1 ......
rating 7
Posted at 10:17 AM Read More
Sat - April 11, 2009
The Second Coming by Walker Percy
finished 4/11 ........ US fiction (1980)
........ rating 7
Posted at 07:33 AM Read More
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
finished 4/10....... US Detective .......
rating 5
Posted at 07:10 AM Read More
Wed - April 8, 2009
The Motive by John Lescroart
finished 4/7 ....... US detective ........
rating 7
Posted at 06:03 PM Read More
Sat - April 4, 2009
The Bloomday Dead by Adrian McKinty
finished 4/3 ....... Irish detective .......
rating 3
Posted at 07:29 AM Read More
Sun - March 29, 2009
The Confessions oF Nat Turner by William Styron
finished (skim!) 3/29........ US 1967 ......
rating ?
Posted at 06:02 PM Read More
Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullers
finished 3/29 ........... US - 1961 .........
rating 8
Posted at 04:43 PM Read More
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
finished 3/29 ..... British 2008........ rating
8.5
Posted at 11:46 AM Read More
Sat - March 28, 2009
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
finished 3/29....... US 1979 ...... rating
10
Posted at 07:33 PM Read More
The Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith
finished 3/29 ....... contemp - Scot ........
rating 5
Posted at 07:27 PM Read More
Sun - March 22, 2009
Angel's Flight by Michael Connelly
finished 3/22 .....US detective - 2008 ......
rating 7 (highest for genre)
Posted at 06:16 PM Read More
Fri - March 20, 2009
Great Expectaions by Charles Dickens
finished 3/20 ...... 19th century British
........ rating 8
Posted at 09:09 PM Read More
Wed - March 18, 2009
FOR KIDS!
Tue - March 17, 2009
Offshore by Penelope Lively
finished 3/17 ......... Brit - 1978 (Booker
winner) ........ rating 8
Posted at 10:55 AM Read More
Mon - March 16, 2009
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
finished 3/16 .......... US (1905)..........
rating 8
Posted at 04:37 PM Read More
Sun - March 15, 2009
The Post American World by Fareek Zakaria
finished 3/15 ....... US politics
(2008)........ rating 8
Posted at 04:39 PM Read More
Sat - March 14, 2009
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
finished 3/14 ...... US 2006 ..... rating
8
Posted at 10:49 PM Read More
Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair
finished 3/14 ........ US - 2006....... rating
8
Posted at 07:11 PM Read More
Fri - March 13, 2009
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
finished 3/12 ......... US classic ..........
rating 10
Posted at 07:38 PM Read More
The Death of Ivan Illych by Leo Tolstoy
finished 3/13 ....... classic Russian .........
rating 8.5
Posted at 06:53 PM Read More
Thu - March 12, 2009
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
finished 3/12 ........ history (2007) ........
rating 9
Posted at 09:36 PM Read More
Sat - March 7, 2009
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
finished 3/7 ........ US 1990 ........ rating
9
Posted at 08:35 PM Read More
Gazelle by Rikki Ducornet
Finished 3/7 ........... US, 2003
............ rating 9
Posted at 03:43 PM Read More
Thu - March 5, 2009
Notes From the Underground by Leo Tolstoy
finished 3/5 ....... classic Russian .......
rating 9
Posted at 09:42 PM Read More
Wed - March 4, 2009
Coming Up For Air by George Orwell
finished 3/4 ........ 1930 Brit ........ rating
7.5
Posted at 09:43 PM Read More
Tue - March 3, 2009
Tomorrow by Graham Swift
finished 3/3 ......... Brit 2007 ..........
rating 7
Posted at 09:50 PM Read More
The Islands of Divine Music by John Addeigo
finished 3/1 ..... US 2008..... rating
7.5
Posted at 06:40 AM Read More
Sat - February 28, 2009
The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
finished 2/24 ....... contemp. US ..........
rating 6
Posted at 09:21 AM Read More
Sat - February 21, 2009
Short Stories
The Man of Property by John Galsworthy
finished 2/21 ..... early 20th cent. Brit
....... rating 7
Posted at 09:52 PM Read More
Sun - February 15, 2009
The Guernsey LIterary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
and Annie Barrows
finished 2/15....... contemp history/romance
...... rating 4
Posted at 07:42 PM Read More
Sat - January 31, 2009
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
finished 1/31 ... short stories (2008 - 333
pages) rating 8.5
Posted at 07:27 AM Read More
Fri - January 30, 2009
The Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters
finished 1/30 ... detective ...... rating
5
Posted at 10:33 PM Read More
Wed - January 28, 2009
Tue - January 27, 2009
Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman
finished 1/27 ... Aust. 2003/ 623 pgs ........
rating 8
Posted at 08:16 PM Read More
Sun - January 25, 2009
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
finished 1/25 ...... historical fiction US
(1974 - 374 pages) ....... rating 10
Posted at 12:13 PM Read More
Sat - January 24, 2009
Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham
finished 1/24 ........ Brit fiction (1930 -
320 pgs) ........... rating 7.5
Posted at 05:43 PM Read More
Fri - January 23, 2009
Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement by Sally G.
McMillen
finished 1/23 ......... US history (2008 - 320
pgs).......... rating 8
Posted at 09:38 PM Read More
Mon - January 19, 2009
Eugene Onegin by Aleksander Pushkin
finished 1/19 ......Russian Classic {1825-32 -
288 pgs) ... rating 10
Posted at 08:56 PM Read More
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
finished 1/19 ....... memoir (1995 464 pgs ).
......... rating 8
Posted at 01:46 PM Read More
Sun - January 18, 2009
Eclipse by RIchard North Patterson
finished 1/18 ......contemp detect - (2009- 384
pgs).... rating 5
Posted at 10:43 PM Read More
Fri - January 16, 2009
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
finished 1/16 ...... contemp philosophy (2001 -
272 pgs) ....... rating 7
Posted at 11:07 PM Read More
Fri - January 9, 2009
Lush Life by Richard Price
finished 1/9 ....... (2007 - 464 pgs)
......... rating 8
Posted at 03:37 PM Read More
Wed - January 7, 2009
Dreamland by Kevin Baker
finished 1/6 ........ - - US hist. fict -
(1999- 672 pages) ........ rating 8
Posted at 05:21 AM Read More
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
finished 1/1 ........ (2007 - 256 pages)
......... rating 5
Posted at 05:19 AM Read More
Sun - December 28, 2008
Sat - December 27, 2008
This is a test to see if I'm ready for 2009.
For 2008 and prior click on the archives
link.
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