Books read in 2019

1. I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron (Jan)
2. The Royal Runaway - Lindsay Emory (Jan)
3. Forget You Know Me - Jessica Strawser (Feb)
4. Daughters of the Lake - Wendy Webb (Feb)
5. White Elephant - Julie Langsdorf (Feb)
6. I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual - Luvvie Ajayi (Mar)
7. Looker - Laura Sims (Mar)
8. Home - Harlan Coben (Mar)
9. Summer on the Little Cornish Isles: The Starfish Studio - Phillipa Ashley (Apr)
10. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) - Martha Wells (Apr)
11. Us Against You (Beartown #2)- Fredrik Backman (May)
12. Between the Lies - Michelle Adams (May)
13. Porch Lights - Dorothea Benton Frank (Jun)
14. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens (Jun)
15. The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn (Jul)
16. Things You Save in a Fire - Katherine Center (Jul)
17. Those Girls - Chevy Stevens (Jul)
18. The Me I Used to Be - Jennifer Ryan (Aug)
19. The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan (Aug)
20. Stuck in Manistique - Dennis Cuesta (Aug)
21. Girl Stop Apologizing - Rachel Hollis (Sept)
22. Someone We Know - Shari Lapena (Oct)
23. The Descendants - Kaui Hart Hemmings (Oct)
24. Bring Her Home - David Bell (Oct)
25. Origin - Dan Brown (Nov)
26. Sarah Jane - James Sallis (Nov)

Books read in 2018

1. The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye (Millenium #5) – David Lagercrantz (Jan)
2. The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah (Jan)
3. Maniac Mcgee - Jerry Spinelli (Jan)
4. The Passenger - Lisa Lutz (Feb)
5. Britt-Marie Was Here - Fredrik Backman (Mar)
6. Haven - Mary Lindsey (Mar)
7. Spring Fever - Mary Kay Andrews (Mar)
8. All The Missing Girls - Megan Miranda (Mar)
9. The Simplicity of Cider - Amy E. Reichert (Apr)
10. Let Me Lie - Claire Mackintosh (Apr)
11. Up at Butternut Lake - Mary McNear (Apr)
12. The Lake House - Kate Morton (May)
13. Tell the Wolves I'm Home -  Carol Rifka Brunt (May)
14. Butternut Summer - Mary McNear (Jun)
15. Hold Tight - Harlan Corbin (Jun)
16. Nature Girl - Carl Hiaasen (Jul)
17. Unraveling Oliver - Liz Nugent (Jul)
18. The Story of Arthur Truluv - Elizabeth Berg (Jul)
19. Armada - Ernest Cline (Aug)
20. Artemis - Andy Weir (Aug)
21. Bear Town - Fredrik Backman (Aug)
22. No Talking - Andrew Clements (Aug)
23. Camino Island - John Grisham (Aug)
24. The Rooster Bar - John Grisham (Sept)
25. Five Miles South of Peculiar - Angela Elwell Hunt (Sept)
26. We are Legion - We are Bob - Dennis E. Taylor (Oct)
27. Italian Lessons - Peter Pezzelli (Oct)
28. The Green Glass Sea - llen Klages (Oct)
29. Magdalene - Angela Elwell Hunt (Nov)
30. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery - Jenny Colgan (Nov)
31. Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty (Dec)

Books read in 2017

1. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman (Jan)
2. A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman (Jan)
3. Hardwired (Hacker #1) – Meredith Wild (Jan)
4. Hardpressed (Hacker #2) – Meredith Wild (Feb)
5. Pretty Baby – Mary Kubica (Feb)
6. Happier at Home – Gretchen Rubin (Mar)
7. Out of My Mind – Sharon Draper (Mar)
8. The Hypnotist's Love Story – Liane Moriarity (Mar)
9. Today Will Be Different - Maria Semple (Apr)
10. Devil's Corner - Lisa Scottoline (Apr)
11. The Good Neighbor - Amy Sue Nathan (May)
12. The Zookeepers Wife - Diane Ackerman (May)
13. The Magicians Assistant - Ann Patchett (June)
14. Into the Water - Paula Hawkins (June)
15. The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware (June)
16. After You - JoJo Moyes (July)
17. Gray Mountain - John Grisham (July)
18. Stella by Starlight - Sharon Draper (July)
19. Last Bus to Wisdom - Ivan Doig (Aug)
20. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (Aug)
21. The Light In Summer - Mary McNear (Sept)
22. In a Dark, Dark Wood - Ruth Ware (Oct)
23. The Husband's Secret – Liane Moriarity (Oct)
24. Runaway – Alice Munroe (Nov)
25. The Book Seller – Cynthia Swanson (Nov)
26. Crooks, Crimes and Christmas – Susan Slater (Dec)
27. Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe – Stuart McLean (Dec)
28. The Night Before Christmas – Mary McNear (Dec)

Books read in 2016

1. The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb (Jan)
2. The Precious One - Marisa de los Santos (Feb)
3. The Last Anniversary - Liane Moriaty (Feb)
4. The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbreath (Mar)
5. Surface - Stacy Robinson (Apr)
6. Etta and Otto and Russell and James - Emma Hooper (Apr)
7. Me Before You - Jojo Moyes (Apr)
8. The Throwaway Children - Diney Costeloe (May)
9. Private London - James Patterson (May)
10. Over the Edge - Jonathan Kellerman (June)
11. Every Fifteen Minutes - Lisa Scottoline (June)
12. The Weird Sisters - Eleanor Brown (June)
13. What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriaty (June)
14. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming - Joshilyn Jackson (July)
15. The Beach House - Mary Alice Monroe (July)
16. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters - Elizabeth Robinson (July)
17. Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple - (Aug)
18. Corrupted: A Rosato and DiNunzio Novel - Lisa Scottoline (Aug)
19. Woof - Spencer Quinn (Aug)
20. Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriaty (Sept)
21. Don't Get Caught - Kurt Dinan (Sept)
22. Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs (Oct)
23. Tales of the Peculiar - Ransom Riggs (Oct)
24. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - Fredrik Backman (Oct)
25. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (Nov)
26. Red Shirts - John Scalzi (Nov)
27. Let It Snow - John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle (Dec)
28. First Frost - Sarah Addison Allen (Dec)

Books read in 2015

1. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith (Jan)
2. Heroes Are My Weakness - Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Jan)
3. Heartburn - Nora Ephron (Jan)
4. The Dog Stars - Peter Heller (Jan)
5. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Feb)
6. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jaime Ford (Mar)
7. The One and Only - Emily Griffin (Apr)
8. Trigger Warning - Neil Gaiman (Apr)
9. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins (May)
10. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot (May)
11. Hide - Lisa Gardner (June)
12. Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng (June)
13. Hollow City - Ransom Riggs (July)
14. In the Unlikely Event - Judy Blume (Aug)
15. Still Life - Louise Penny (Aug)
16. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriaty (Aug)
17. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce (Sept)
18. The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz (Sept)
19. Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline (Oct)
20. Takedown Twenty - Janet Evanovich (Nov)
21. Doll Bones - Holly Black (Nov)
22. All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr (Dec)
23. A Christmas Escape - Anne Perry (Dec)

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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Review of "A Modern Witch"

A Modern Witch
by Debora Geary

I was lucky to win a copy from LibraryThing.

I wouldn't say I've read a lot of books with witches as a subject but this one was a fresh approach. I enjoyed the unexpected story line with slight twists and turns. I enjoyed the unique approach to combining spells with software coding (with just enough geekspeak to explain what needs to be explained without being too geeky). It is lighthearted and easy to read -- perfect for summer reading or the beach. I am looking forward to reading more by author Debora Geary.

Books Read in 2011

Books read in 2011

1. The Secret History - Donna Tartt (Jan)
2. New York Dead - Stuart Woods (Jan)
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan (Jan)
4. Serving Crazy with Curry - Amulya Malladi (Jan)
5. Fearless Fourteen - Janet Evanovich (Feb)
6. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky (Feb)
7. A Little Magic - Nora Roberts (Feb)
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three: The Titan’s Curse - Rick Riordan (Mar)
9. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke (Mar)
10. Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-be - Rebecca Eckler (Apr)
11. The Summer of Naked Swim Parties - Jessica Anya Blau (Apr)
13. Friday Mornings at Nine - Marilyn Brant (May)
14. A Modern Witch - Debora Geary (May)
15. Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult (May)
16. Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Janet Evanovich (May)
17. Dirty Little Angels - Chris Tusa (June)
18. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova (July)
19. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler (July)
20. Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs - Heather Lende (Aug)
21. Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich (Aug)
22. Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman - Lisa Scottoline (Sept)
23. Following Polly - Karen Bergreen (Sept)
24. Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach (Sept)
25. Alice Bliss - Laura Harrington (Oct)
26. Look Again - Lisa Scottoline (Oct)
27. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Oct)
28. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan (Nov)
29. Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham (Nov)
30. Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Nov)
31. Smokin' Seventeen - Janet Evanovich (Dec)
32. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris (Dec)
33. The Truth about Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve - Gregory Mone (Dec)
34. The Starter Wife - Gigi Levangie Grazer (Dec)

Hannah Swenson Mysteries read

Hannah Swensen Mysteries (Joanne Fluke)
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - March 2011

Book contest for Evenfall

Novelist Joshilyn Jackson has a contest posted on her blog for fellow novelist Liz Michalski's new novel, Evenfall. She also has three questions posted that include some great stories about Liz's real-life dog, Harley.

And if you email Liz Michalski a picture of yourself with Evenfall (or go to a signing) — she’s giving away little mini bookmarks with codes on them. The codes let you access secret pages on her web site to find out more about the story behind Evenfall.

Diane Mott Davidson books read

Diane Mott Davidson books read:

#6 - The Main Corpse - May 2007
Double Shot - March 2007

Bookrays/Bookrings completed 2011-2012

Bookrays/Bookrings completed 2011-
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: Sea of Monsters - arrived 1/4/11, sent 1/20/11
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three: The Titan’s Curse - arrived 2/19/11, sent 3/14/11
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth - rec'd 10/26/11, sent 1/21/12
Suite Francaise - - arrived 7/7/10, sent 2/17/11
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman - Lisa Scottoline – arrived 8/17/11, end of ray

Stuart Woods books read

Stuart Woods Books Read:

Holly Barker series:
Orchid Beach (Oct 2009)
Orchid Blues (Dec 2009)
Blood Orchid (Jan 2010)
Iron Orchid (Feb 2010)
Hothouse Orchid (May 2010)

Stone Barrington series:
New York Dead (Jan 2011)
Dark Harbor - Stuart Woods (Mar 2010)

Books Read in 2010

Books read in 2010

1. Blood Orchid - Stuart Woods (Jan)
2. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (Jan)
3. Dog On It - Spencer Quinn (Jan)
4. Iron Orchid - Stuart Woods (Feb)
5. Fool - Christopher Moore (Feb)
6. Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich (Feb)
7. Plum Lovin’ - Janet Evanovich (Feb)
8. The School of Essential Ingredients - Erica Bauermeister (Mar)
9. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (Mar)
10. Dark Harbor - Stuart Woods (Mar)
11. Saving the World - Jula Alverez (Apr)
12. Children of the Waters - Carleen Brice (Apr)
13. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski (May)
14. Hothouse Orchid - Stuart Woods (May)
15. Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert (June)
16. Bite Me - Christopher Moore (June)
17. The Help - Kathryn Stockett (June)
18. Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella (June)
19. Dog Bless America: Tails From the Road - Jeff Selis (June)
20. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (June)
21. Beat the Reaper - Josh Bazell (July)
22. The Lost Continent - Bill Bryson (July)
23. Pure Drivel - Steve Martin (Aug)
24. The Heretic’s Daughter - Kathleen Kent (Aug)
25. Plum Lucky - Janet Evanovich (Aug)
26. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum (Sept)
27. The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (Oct)
28. The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson (Nov)
29. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson (Nov)
30. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson (Dec)
31. Ford County: Stories - John Grisham (Dec)