Books read in 2014

1. Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich (Jan)
2. Divergent - Veronica Roth (Jan)
3. Insurgent - Veronica Roth (Jan)
4. Allegiant - Veronica Roth (Feb)
5. Cradle & All - James Patterson (Feb)
6. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun - Gretchen Rubin (Feb)
7. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (March)
8. The Confession - John Grisham (March)
9. The Last Girls - Lee Smith (April)
10. The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie (April)
11. The Serpent of Venice - Christopher Moore (May)
12. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett (May)
13. A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore (June)
14. Return to Sullivan's Island - Dorothea Benton Frank (July)
15. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (July)
16. Moment of Truth - Lisa Scottoline (Aug)
17. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs (Aug)
18. The Idea of Him - Holly Peterson (Sept)
19. Prayers for Sale - Sandra Dallas (Oct)
20. Relic - Douglas Preston (Oct)
21. If I Stay - Gayle Foreman (Nov)
22. Where She Went - Gayle Foreman (Nov)
23. An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List - Laurie Notaro (Dec)

Books read in 2013

1. Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes (Jan)
2. The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D. - Nichole Bernier (Feb)
3. Off Season - Anne Rivers Siddon (Mar)
4. The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes (Mar)
5. Home - Toni Morrison (Apr)
6. Almost Dead - Lisa Jackson (Apr)
7. Then Came You - Jennifer Weiner (Apr)
8. Mom & Me & Mom - Maya Angelou (May)
9. The Paris Wife - Paula McLain (May)
9. Home Front - Kristen Hannah (May)
10. Life's A Beach - Claire Cook (June)
11. D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton (June)
12. Rescue Me - Gigi Levangie Grazer (June)
13.  The Ocean at the End of Lane - Neil Gaiman (July)
14. Inferno - Dan Brown (July)
15. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman (July)
16. The Vendetta Defense - Lisa Scottoline (Aug)
17. The Light Between the Oceans - M. L. Stedman (Aug)
18. Beach Road - James Patterson (Aug)
19. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - Cheryl Strayed (Aug)
20. A Summer Affair - Elin Hillderbrand (Sept)
21. Oh My Stars - Lorna Landvik (Sept)
22. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn (Oct)
23. A Cruise to Die For - Charlotte & Aaron Elkins (Oct)
24. If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now - Claire LaZebnik (Oct)
25. Gods in Alabama - Joshilyn Jackson (Oct)
26. Life in Plan B - Jennifer Vessells (Nov)
27. A Christmas Blizzard - Garrison Kellior (Dec)
28. Sullivan's Island - Dorethea Benton Frank (Dec)

Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah review

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


A book about two friends from different worlds who face a tragedy and how their lives and the lives of their families change afterwards. It is a story about teenagers but written with different points of views - the teens, and their parents/guardians. This was one I couldn't put down and ended up reading late into the night.



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No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series

Books read:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Feb 2012

Books Read in 2012

1. Practical Demonkeeping - Christopher Moore (Jan)
2. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorena Landvik (Jan)
3. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah (Feb)
4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith (Feb)
5. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (Mar)
6. Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (Mar)
7.  Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (Apr)
8. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins (May)
9. Sacre Bleu - Christopher Moore (May)
10. Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James (June)
11. Fifty Shades Darker - E.L. James (June)
12. Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. James (July)
13. Lonely Werewolf Girl - Martin Millar (Aug)
14. The Postcard Killers - James Patterson (Aug)
15. I Was Told There'd be Cake - Sloane Crosley (Aug)
16. Dance Upon the Air - Nora Roberts (Sept)
17. Heaven and Earth - Nora Roberts (Sept)
18. Face the Fire - Nora Roberts (Sept)
19. Lady Killer - Lisa Scottoline (Oct)
20. Diary of a Married Call Girl - Tracy Quan (Oct)
21. The Dim Sum of All Things - Kim Wong Keltner (Nov) 
22. The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc - Loraine Despres (Nov)
23. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson (Dec)
24. A Christmas Memory - Truman Capote (Dec)
25. Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich (Dec)
26. The Quickie - James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Dec)

Where's Alice Bliss

A couple of months ago I signed up to be part of the Where's Alice Bliss project.

I recently finished the book: a current coming-of-age novel with a family dealing with deployment to Iraq. Alice Bliss is a normal teen facing normal transitions and changes but also must deal with her father's deployment to Iraq. It's a novel everyone can relate to - facing the absence of someone important in your life and how your outlook on the world around you changes.

I have given it a Bookcrossing number and will send it on.

Following Polly review

Following Polly by Karen Bergreen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. I was a little uncomfortable with her following (stalking!) at first. After awhile I found it funny and that I could even relate with her. Alice Teakle is a "Stephanie Plum" character - funny, witty, and a bit bumbling but always comes out ahead. The story was entertaining, not predictable, and believable.



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