Books Read During 2011

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 Every year I used to promise myself I would keep a log of the books I read. And I would immediately forget. Then I'd remember again, but only after I'd already read a few books, but couldn't be sure I'd remember them all to include on the list, and so - - I couldn't bring myself to start the list. It's sort of like missing the first 30 minutes of a movie. I just can't watch it if I've missed the beginning. And being the anal ol' soul I am, I can't bring myself to start a list if I can't be sure it's going to be a complete one.

So.

 I finally remembered to start a list during 2010 and found it to be a fun thing. Great fun for a compulsive list-maker like myself!

If you're interested, you can see my 2010 list here -
http://meanderingsandmuses.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-during-2010.html

And because I had so much fun with it, I did it again in 2011, and plan on continuing the tradition in 2012.

'Tis a fun thing.

It may seem a little early to post this list since it's only December 19th, but with the holidays I stay a little busy doing all the things we all seem to be doing this time of year, including baking.  I seem to do a good bit of baking, which I always enjoy anyway, any time of the year.  And making candy.  I don't usually do a lot of candy making, but this year is  "The Year of White Chocolate Bark" at our house.  White chocolate bark with lemon was such a hit that tomorrow we're going to try making some with crunched up root beer barrels.  I'll let you know how that goes.  Here's a picture of the Lemon Bark

In addition to all these holiday activities, the next book I'm going to read is a biggie.  In more ways than one.  I'm hearing pretty impressive things from people who have read it.  The word "amazing" keeps popping up.

Although, I'm not a huge fan of everything by Stephen King, the books I have liked, I've liked a lot.  And since I'm of an age that I remember exactly where I was when President Kennedy was shot and vividly recall being in front of the TV seeing Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald, this is a book I can't pass up.

Coming in at 849 pages, I may still be reading it come January 1. 

This is also the time of year when many of us pick our favorite books of the year, which is an almost impossible task for me.   I'm going to ponder this for awhile and post that list separately at a later date.

But I can post my favorite cover!  Hands down - for me - Erin Morgenstern's THE NIGHT CIRCUS (which will definitely end up on my "Best Of" list.  I loved it!).

Here's my list of Books Read During 2011

Harley loves being read to

Since writing this, I received two ARCs in the mail that I just couldn't resist, so I have two new books to add (both excellent!):

• PARIS, MY SWEET: A YEAR IN THE CITY OF LIGHT (AND DARK CHOCOLATE) by Amy Thomas (ARC)
• WAYWARD SAINTS by Suzzy Roche (ARC)

• AN APPETITE FOR MURDER Lucy Burdette (ARC)
• THE FACES OF ANGELS by Lucretia Grindle
• THE HURT MACHINE by Reed Farrel Coleman
• THE LAST WORD by Ellery Adams
• WATERBURY: A Holiday Crime Novel by Katia Lief
• NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME by Katia Lief
• FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS by Michael Popek
• YOU ARE NEXT by Katia Lief
• THE VERY PICTURE OF YOU by Isabel Wolff (ARC)
• THE STRANGERS ON MONTAGU STREET by Karen White
• THE GIRL ON LEGARE STREET by Karen White
• FEVER DREAM by Dennis Palumbo (ARC)
• THE NEXT ALWAYS by Nora Roberts
• THE BETRAYAL OF TRUST by Susan Hill
• THREE-DAY TOWN by Margaret Maron
• THE BEADS OF LAPIS LAZULI: A GREEK MYSTERY by Doris Kenney Marcotte
• THE SIXES by Kate White
• THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern
• DIE TWICE by Andrew Grant
• SAVAGE GARDEN by Denise Hamilton
• SOCK MONKEY DREAMS - DAILY LIFE AT THE RED HEEL MONKEY SHELTER by Whitney Shroyer and Letitia Walker
• CEMETERY ROAD by Gar Anthony Haywood
• AFTERTASTE (A NOVEL IN FIVE COURSES) by Meredith Mileti
• MURDER NEW YORK STYLE, FRESH SLICES edited by Terrie Farley Moran
• THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE MURDEROUS by Chester D. Campbell
• SKELETON LETTERS by Laura Childs (ARC)
• THE DAY I ATE WHATEVER I WANTED by Elizabeth Berg
• RIVERSONG by Tess Hardwick
• THE MILL RIVER RECLUSE by Darcie Chan
• COMMENCEMENT by J. Courtney Sullivan

  

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• SECRET SMILE by Nicci French
• WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE by JT Ellison
• THE LANTERN by Deborah Lawrenson
• GHOST HERO by S.J. Rozan
• THE AFFAIR by Lee Child
• THE CHALK GIRL by Carol O'Connell (ARC)
• THE ATLAS OF LOVE by Laurie Frankel
• THE DAMAGE DONE by Hilary Davidson
• A FAMILY OF STRANGERS by Tim Myers
• QUIET:THE P0WER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN'T STOP TALKING by Susan Cain (ARC)
• MURDER IN THE 11th HOUSE by Mitchell Scott Lewis (ARC)
• PIRATE KING by Laurie R. King
• NORTHWEST ANGLE by William Kent Krueger
• JUDAS CHILD by Carol O'Connell
• AMMIE COME HOME by Barbara Michaels
• FRENCH LESSONS by Ellen Sussman (ARC)
• THE MOST DANGEROUS THING by Laura Lippman
• UNDER THE SKIN by Vicki Lane (ARC)
• THE WATCHTOWER by Lee Carroll
• COVENTRY by Tim Myers
• THE WHOLE WORLD OVER by Julia Glass
• SECONDHAND SPIRITS by Juliet Blackwell
• THREE JUNES by Julia Glass
• THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING by Nancy Pickard
• THE SANDBURG CONNECTION by Mark de Castrique (ARC)
• DAMAGE CONTROL by Denise Hamilton (ARC)
• GEORGIA'S KITCHEN by Jenny Nelson
• THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN by Kate Morton
• BURNT MOUNTAIN by Anne Rivers Siddons
• AWAIT YOUR REPLY by Dan Chaon
• PIE A LA MURDER by Melinda Wells
• THE WOMAN IN BLACK by Susan Hill
• MAINE by J. Courtney Sullivan
• IN SEARCH OF THE ROSE NOTES by EmilyArsenault (ARC)
• WHATEVER DOESN'T KILL YOU by Gillian Roberts
• THE SILENT GIRL by Tess Gerritsen
• THE END OF EVERYTHING by Megan Abbott
• THE MIDWIFE'S CONFESSION by Diane Chamberlain
• LONG GONE by Alafair Burke
• THE TENDER MERCY OF ROSES by Anna Michaels
• STARTING FROM SCRATCH by Susan Gilbert-Collins
• FOLLY BEACH by Dorothea Benton Frank
• MISERY BAY by Steve Hamilton
• THE SCHOOL OF ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS by Erica Bauermeister
• SUMMER IN THE SOUTH by Cathy Holton
• SO COLD THE RIVER by Michael Koryta
• THE RIDGE by Michael Koryta
• HELL IS EMPTY by Craig Johnson
• CLAIRE DEWITT AND THE CITY OF THE DEAD by Sara Gran
• THE BEACH TREES by Karen White
• BURIED SECRETS by Joseph Finder (ARC)
• CLASSIFIED AS MURDER by Miranda James
• LOOKING FOR PEYTON PLACE by Barbara Delinsky
• HOW TO BAKE A PERFECT LIFE by Barbara O'Neal
• A TRICK OF THE LIGHT by Louise Penny (ARC)
• SHE HAD TO KNOW by Coco Ihle
• SIXKILL by Robert B. Parker
• SOUTH OF SUPERIOR by Ellen Airgood (ARC)
• THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS by Barbara O'Neal
• THE MAP OF TIME by Felix J. Palma (ARC)
• VANISHED by Joseph Finder
• TIME AND TROUBLE by Gillian Roberts
• MY NEST ISN'T EMPTY, IT JUST HAS MORE CLOSET SPACE by Lisa Scottoline
• FIT FOR FATE by Eugene Aubrey Stratton
• TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET by Beth Groundwater
• CAUGHT DEAD IN PHILADELPHIA by Gillian Roberts
• IN WINTER'S GRIP by Brenda Chapman
• MRS. DE WINTER by Susan Hill
• COME AND FIND ME by Hallie Ephron
• BUSH POODLES ARE MURDER by Lou Allin
• DOLCI DI LOVE by Sarah-Kate Lynch (ARC)
• A PIZZA TO DIE FOR by Chris Cavender (ARC)
• BLACK SWAN RISING by Lee Carroll
• MOURNING GLORIA by Susan Wittig Albert
• THE AMERICAN HEIRESS by Daisy Goodwin (ARC)
• LIVE WIRE by Harlan Coben
• THE QUESTION OF MAX by Amanda Cross
• THE SHADOWS IN THE STREET by Susan Hill
• PURSUIT & PERSUASION by Sally S. Wright
• THE SUGAR QUEEN by Sarah Addison Allen
• THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON by Sarah Addison Allen
• THE VOWS OF SILENCE by Susan Hill
• THE RISK OF DARKNESS by Susan Hill
• THE PURE IN HEART by Susan Hill
• PUBLISH & PERISH by Sally S. Wright
• GARDEN SPELLS by Sarah Addison Allen
• HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY by Audrey Niffenegger
• THE NEWS WHERE YOU ARE by Catherine O'Flynn
• THE THEBAN MYSTERIES by Amanda Cross
• THE VARIOUS HAUNTS OF MEN by Susan Hill
• TO HAVE AND TO KILL by Mary Jane Clark
• THE PEACH KEEPER by Sarah Addison Allen (ARC)
• THE BUSY WOMAN'S GUIDE TO MURDER by Mary Jane Maffini (ARC)
• A DEADLY CLICHE by Ellery Adams
• 212 by Alafair Burke
• THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT by Cathleen Schine
• HEMLOCK LAKE by Carolyn J. Rose
• SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S by James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet
• HOWARD'S END IS ON THE LANDING by Susan Hill
• FAITHFUL PLACE by Tana French
• AS HUSBANDS GO by Susan Isaacs
• BREAD ALONE by Judith Ryan Hendricks
• THE LIKENESS by Tana French
• IN THE WOODS by Tana French
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE EXQUISITE by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins
• KAT, INCORRIGIBLE by Stephanie Burgis (ARC)
• POETIC JUSTICE by Amanda Cross
• SILENT MERCY by Linda Fairstein (ARC)
• ANGEL'S TIP by Alafair Burke
• THE JAMES JOYCE MURDER by Amanda Cross
• A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM by Donna Ball
• WHERE PEACHTREE MEETS SWEET AUBURN by Gary M. Pomerantz
• SO CLOSE THE HAND OF DEATH by J.T. Ellison (ARC)
• IN THE LAST ANALYSIS by Amanda Cross
• BLACKFLIES ARE MURDERY by Lou Allin
• GIFTS AND SECRETS by Elizabeth Zelvin
• DEAD CONNECTION by Alafair Burke
• HOLLYWOOD DU JOUR by Betty Goodwin
• THE GIRL IN THE GREEN RAINCOAT by Laura Lippman
• SWEET DEATH, KIND DEATH by Amanda Cross
• MEN AND DOGS by Katie Crouch
• NORTHERN WINTERS ARE MURDER by Lou Allin
• THE WEIRD SISTERS by Eleanor Brown (ARC)
• HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER by Kate Carlisle
• IN THIS RAIN by S.J. Rozan
• GOOD OMENS by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
• A KILLER PLOT by Ellery Adams
• MY MAN JEEVES by P. G. Wodehouse
• THE GENIUS by Jesse Kellerman
• LIFE by Keith Richards

Keith Richards' library

 

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