Sunday, December 30, 2012

I can't believe I have not posted since the beginning of September! It has been a busy four months and I have been reading, but not as much as usual. this post will include all the books, but not all the reviews. The best books are at the top of the list. New Year's Resolution: revamp the blog and post more often. Let's see how I do with that!

1. Maisie Dobbs  by Jacqueline Winspear: Author recommended by Sheila, these are great books! Mysteries about a young nurse during World War I.
2. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
3. Run by Ann Patchett
4. Fierce angels by Sheri Parks: Non-fiction, one of the best books I read in 2012!
5. The importance of being seven by Alexander McCall Smith
6. A conspiracy of friends by Alexander McCall Smith
7. The dog who came in from the cold by Alexander McCall Smith
8. Corduroy mansion by Alexander McCall Smith
9. The Limpopo academy of private detection by Alexander McCall Smith If you haven’t read any Alexander McCall Smith, make that your new year’s resolution. These are great books and he has several series; a most prolific author!
10.         The red book by Deborah Copaken Kogan More by Kogan is on my list for 2013!
11.         The time in between by Maria Duenas
12.         The undomestic goddess by Sophie Kinsella
13.         I'd know you anywhere by Laura Lippman A stand-alone novel with a great concept for crime fiction.
14.         The devil in silver by Victor LaVelle A realistic fantasy about life in a mental hospital in 2012. Scary in a very deep sense.
15.         Gone girl by Gillian Flynn The book everyone is talking about. The big secret is easy to detect, but the ambiguous ending left me with something to think about.
16.         The black ice by Michael Connelly
17.         The concrete blonde by Michael Connelly Will read more Michael Connelly in 2013
18.         Chasing the skip by Janci Patterson (Young Adult) Contemporary fiction, realistic voice, new author
19.         The stolen one by Suzanne Crowley (Young Adult) Historical Fiction
20.         More than you know by Penny Vincenzi True love gone bad, nothing special here.
21.         The red tent by Anita Diamont
22.         Gold by Chris Cleave This was good, but not as good as Little Bee
23.         An impartial by Charles Todd
24.         A duty to the dead by Charles Todd witness
25.         A test of wills by Charles Todd
26.         A bitter truth by Charles Todd
27.         One day by David Nicholls
28.         The lost years by Mary Higgins Clark
29.         God don't like ugly by Mary Monroe
30.         A stranger's child by Allan Hollinghurst Highly touted literary novel, not my cup of tea, a little too full of itself.
31.         Merry ex-mas by Sheila Roberts
32.         A place of secrets by Rachel Hore
33.         The great escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
34.         Jason's why by Beth Goobie
35.         Now and Then by Robert G. Parker (audio book)
36.         Murder on bank street by Victoria Thompson (audio book)
37.         Landing by Emma Donoghue