Book Reviews & Grades
A – One of the best books I’ve ever read, would read again
B – Very good, would recommend to others
C – Eh, just ok, probably wouldn’t recommend to anyone
D – bad, definitely wouldn’t recommend to anyone
F – Awful, one of the worst books I’ve ever read

Books for the 2012 Historical Reading Challenge posted here.

Book Reviews

Fiction

All Souls Trilogy (by Deborah Harkness)
- A Discovery of Witches
- Shadow of Night
- (waiting anxiously for the third!)
The Alchemist (by Paulo Coelho)
Ella Minnow Pea (by Mark Dunn)
The Dirty Secrets Club (by Meg Gardiner)
Gone Girl (by Gillian Flynn)
Graceling Realms (by Kristin Cashore)
- Graceling
- Fire
- Bitterblue
The Help (by Kathryn Stockett)
The Historian (by Elizabeth Kostova)
The Hunger Games Series (by Suzanne Collins)
- Hunger Games
- Catching Fire
- Mockingjay
In the Woods (by Tana French)
The Invisible Bridge (by Julie Orringer)
The Keepsake (by Tess Gerritsen)
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County (by Tiffany Baker)
The Lover’s Dictionary (by David Levithan)
The Millennium Trilogy (by Stieg Larsson)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The Secret Speech (by Tom Rob Smith)
My Sunshine (Catherine Anderson)
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
One Day (by David Nicholls)
The Pillars of the Earth (by Ken Follett)
The Princess Bride (by William Goldman)
Revolution (by Jennifer Donnelly)
Saffron Skies (by Lesley Lokko)
Sarah’s Key (by Tatiana de Rosnay)
Shadow Zone (by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen)
Silent Thunder (by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen)
Simply From Scratch (by Alicia Bessette)
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel (by Louise Murphy)
Tatiana & Alexander Series (by Paullina Simons)
- The Bronze Horseman
– Tatiana and Alexander
– The Summer Garden
World Without End (by Ken Follett)

Mysteries

The Dirty Secrets Club (by Meg Gardiner)
Gone Girl (by Gillian Flynn)
In the Woods (by Tana French)
The Keepsake (by Tess Gerritsen)
The Millennium Trilogy (by Stieg Larsson)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Shadow Zone (by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen)
Silent Thunder (by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen)

Fave Mystery Authors Part 1: James Patterson, Kay Hooper, Suzanne Brockmann, Brenda Novak

Fave Mystery Authors Part 2: Alex Kava, Allison Brennan, Mariah Stewart, Karen Rose, Iris Johansen

Non-Fiction

Bossypants (by Tina Fey)
Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women (by Alexa Albert)
Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob (by Bob Delaney with Dave Scheiber)
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria (by Eve Brown-Waite)
Garlic & Sapphires (by Ruth Reichl)
Government Girl (by Stacy Parker Aab)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (by Rebecca Skloot)
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (by Jenny Lawson)
My Life in France (by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme)
The Sweet Life in Paris (by David Lebovitz)
The Vow (by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson)
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie (by Wendy McClure)
The Zookeeper’s Wife (by Diane Ackerman)

Young Adult

Graceling Realms (by Kristin Cashore)
- Graceling
- Fire
- Bitterblue
The Hunger Games Series (by Suzanne Collins)
- Hunger Games
- Catching Fire
- Mockingjay
Don’t You Know There’s A War On? (by Avi)
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (by Julia Alvarez)
Life As We Knew It (by Susan Beth Pfeffer)
Poppy (by Avi)
Revolution (by Jennifer Donnelly)

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Annual Wrap Ups

My Best-Read Books of 2010 & A 2010 Summary
2011: A Year in Review
2011: Happy New Year! (goals for 2012)
2012: Happy New Year! (goals for 2013)
2012: A Year in Review (favorites for 2012 – mine and yours!)