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This picture is a self-portrait in my library, January 2007. April 11. King Hedley II--August Wilson 12. *Grand Expectations--James Patterson 13. Restless Giant--James Patterson May 14. 2. *Have Mercy On Us All--Fred Vargas 12. *The Last Witchfinder--James Morrow 16. *Unwind--Neal Shusterman 22. *Last Queen of the Gypsies--William Cobb 23. *The Help--Kathyrn Stockett 35. *The Boneshaker--Kate Milford (reviewed) 36. *The Company Man--Robert Jackson Bennett (reviewed) 43. *Mr. Shivers--Robert Jackson Bennett 50. *In the Next Room--Sarah Ruhl 55. *Ruined--Lynn Nottage 66. *Last Lists of My Mad Mother--Julie Jensen 67 *The Radiance of a Thousand Suns: The Hiroshima Project--Anne V. McGravie 78. *Once Upon a Wolf--Steph DeFerie 79. Southern Fried Murder--Billy St. John 80. *Employees Must Wash Hands . . . Before Murder--Don Zolidis 81. *An Evening of Culture--Mark Landon Smith 86. *Dragonswood--Janet Lee Carey 9. *Under the Dome--Stephen King 12. *The Girl Who Played With Fire--Steig Larsson 14. *The Strain--Guillermo del Toro 16. *Betrayal--Lily St. Crow 22. *House Rules--Jodi Picoult 25. *The Male Brain--Dr. Louann Brizendine 28. *Major Pettigrew's Last Stand--Helen Simonson 35. *Open House--Elizabeth Berg 52. *The Coal Tattoo--Silas House 56. *Be the Pack Leader--Cesar Millan 60. *Mockingjay--Suzanne Collins--reviewed 65. *275 Acting Games--Gavin Levy--reviewed 75. *The Historian--Elizabeth Kostova 80. *Packing for Mars--Mary Roach 6. *Pandemic--Daniel Kalla 16. *Who Moved My Cheese?--Spencer Johnson 19. *In the Shadow of the Pali: A Story of the Hawaiian Leper Colony--Lisa Cindrich 24. *Out of Captivity: Surviving 1967 Days in the Colombian Jungle--Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell, Gary Brozek 28. *Doubt--John Patrick Stanley 29. *Salem Falls--Jodi Picoult 32. *Beat the Reaper--Josh Bazell 37. *A Confederacy of Dunces--John Kennedy Toole 48. *The Mystic Art of Removing all Signs of Death--Charlie Huston 49. *Long Lost--Harlan Coben 50. *Bonk--Mary Roach 51. *The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins 65. *Pygmy--Chuck Pahlinuk 71. *Souless--Gail Carrigar reviewed 78. *Shanghai Girls--Lisa See 83. *The Elegance of the Hedgehog--Muriel Barbery and Alison Anderson 84. *The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane--Katherine Howe 88. *Relentless--Dean Koontz 96. *The Lady and the Unicorn--Tracy Chevalier 100. *The Blue Nowhere--Jeffery Deaver 104. *Say You're One of Them--Uwem Akpan 105. *Push--Sapphire
**Please journal the book when you receive it/find it so I don't worry about it! You can always re-journal the book later after you have read it and/or when you pass it along!**
I am a bibliophile with an eclectic taste in books. I read in virtually every genre. My daughters are both prolific readers, and I share books back and forth with them.
Some of my favorite modern authors are: Chuck Palahniuk, Ridley Pearson, Michael Connelly, Ursula LeGuin, Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, Billie Letts, Harlan Coben, Tony Hillerman, Eoin Colfer, Jasper Fforde, Sue Monk Kid, Lisa Gardner, Lorna
Landvik, Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, and Lilith Saintcrow.
Some of my favorite classic novels are: Wuthering Heights, Main Street, Moll Flanders, Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sister Carrie.
I also enjoy historical non-fiction, biography, and any type of literary "theory." I LOVE drama from the Elizabethan and Restoration periods. I usually love anything from Britain, specifically England.
My dissertation was on Clemence Dane (Winifred Ashton), who was an early 20th century British playwright, novelist, screenwriter, painter, and activist. I am ALWAYS looking for her books and plays. If you have one you'd like to sell, (or you just feel like
sending me something) I'm your gal to contact!
Some of my plays have been produced locally, though no one ever gets the idea to PAY THE AUTHOR!!!!! I write short fiction and recently finished writing a historical young adult novel set in London. I've started researching and writing my second young adult
novel set on a modern ranch in Western Kansas.
Besides reading, I enjoy movies--especially foreign and independent ones! I am an English and theatre teacher and have taught at both the high school and college levels. Currently, I'm an independent book reviewer with a monthly bookshelf at Midwest Book Review,
and a pretty steady reviewing gig with School Library Journal. I teach high school in Jefferson County, Kentucky and adjunct English at Indiana University Southeast and University of Phoenix.
I only keep the books I highly recommend from month to month on my list. Books I've read (in order) in 2012:
* denotes I highly recommend the book
3. *Daughters of the Witching Hill--Mary Sharrat
I read 86 books in 2011. These were the best:
1. *The Book Thief--Markus Zusak
I read 80 books in 2010. Here are my recommendations:
I read 110 books in 2009. These are my recommendations.
3. *The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaimen
I made my goal of reading 150 books in 2008! Here are the ones I recommend:
2. *Night--Elie Wiesel
3. *Terrible Things--Eve Bunting
12. *The Pillars of the Earth--Ken Follett
13. *Bloody Jack--L. A. Meyer
14. *The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald
19. *Mississippi Jack--L. A. Meyer
25. *The Outlaw Demon Wails--Kim Harrison reviewed
39. *Bitten--Kelley Armstrong
47. *Dime Store Magic--Kelley Armstrong
48. *Industrial Magic--Kelley Armstrong
54. *Certain Girls--Jennifer Weiner reviewed
55. *Mindhealer--Lilith Saintcrow reviewed
59. *Twilight--Stephanie Meyer
62. *The Quiet American--Graham Greene
64. *Night Shift--Lilith Saintcrow reviewed
69. *Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens---Erin Detrick reviewed
77. *The Survivor--Susan Nanus
81. *All Souls Night--Jennifer Armintrout
86. *Dear American Airlines--Jonathan Miles
87. *The Ten Year Nap--Meg Wolitzer
91. *Beach Road--James Patterson & Peter De Jonge
96. *Iphiginea--Euripides/P. Seth Bauer
100. *The Harvesting--John Bishop
101. *On Borrowed Time--Paul Osborn
102. *Pig--Tammy Ryan
105. *The Double Bind--Chris Bohjalian
107. *An Arsonist's Guide to Writers Homes in New England--Brock Clarke
108. *The Alchemist--Paulo Coelho
109. *Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?--Allyson Beatrice Bookray
114. *The Learners--Chip Kidd
117. *The Quickie--James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
120. *The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon--Don Zolidis
122. *Steelflower--Lilith Saintcrow
123. *The Story of Edgar Sawtelle--David Wroblewski
128. *The Art of Racing in the Rain--Garth Stein
137. *Cross Country--James Patterson
142. *Anathem--Neal Stephenson
149. *Kitty and the Silver Bullet--Carrie Vaughn
150. *The Demon in the Freezer--Richard Preston
I read 140 books in 2007 and these are the ones I recommend:
1. *A Fistful of Charms--Kim Harrison
6. *Getting Mother's Body--Suzan-Lori Parks
7. *The Dogs of Babel--Carolyn Parkhurst
12. *The Bitch Posse--Martha O'Connor
13. *The Knife Man--Wendy Moore
21. *Minion--L. A. Banks
22. *The Awakening--L. A. Banks
24. *The Great Plague and Fire of London--Charles J. Shields
25. *Possession--Jennifer Armintrout
30. *Loimographia: An Account of the Great Plague of London 1665--William Boghurst
32. *The Talisman--Stephen King
37. *Roses are Red--James Patterson
38. *Pop Goes the Weasel--James Patterson
42. *I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl--Laurie Notaro
43. *For a Few Demons More--Kim Harrison
46. *Out--Natsuo Kirino
48. *The Prophet--Kahlil Gibran
49. *Autobiography of a Face--Lucy Grealy
53. *The Wicked--L. A. Banks
59. *Gregor and the Code of Claw--Suzanne Collins
62. *Booked To Die--John Dunning
63. *Bad Girls Club--Judy Gregerson (reviewed)
64. *Lord Have Mercy Upon Us London's Plague Years--Stephen Porter
66. *Dark Watcher--Lilith Saintcrow
69. *Fire Watcher--Lilith Saintcrow
70. *Cloud Watcher--Lilith Saintcrow
71. *Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (#3)--James Patterson (reviewed)
75. *The Tooth Fairy--Graham Joyce
87. *Hunter, Healer--Lilith Saintcrow
88. *The Society--Lilith Saintcrow
89. *When the Wind Blows--James Patterson
92. *The Pesthouse--Jim Crace
94. *Nervous Conditions--Tsitsi Dangarembga
97. *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows--J. K. Rowling
99. *Kiss Me, Judas--Will Christopher Baer bookray
100. *Sellevision--Augusten Burroughs
101. *Heart-Shaped Box--Joe Hill
104. *Sausagey Santa--Carlton Mellick III bookray
109. *The Thirteenth Tale--Diane Setterfield
111. *The Devil's Right Hand--Lilith Saintcrow
112. *Return of the Black Death: The World's Greatest Serial Killer--Susan Scott & Christopher Duncan
113. *A Thousand Splendid Suns--Khaled Hosseini
118. *Redemption Song--Bertice Berry
121. *The Electric Church--Jeff Somers
130. *Saint City Sinners--Lilith Saintcrow
132. *The Golden Compass--Phillip Pullman
133. *Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History--Jorge Ramos
134. *A Painted House--John Grisham
135. *The Subtle Knife--Phillip Pullman
138. *Tell It Like It Is--Peg Keheret reviewed
139. *The Future Happens Twice--Matt Browne reviewed
140. *The Things They Carried--Tim O'Brien bookray
I read 130 books in 2006, and these are the ones I recommend:
6. *The Doctor's Wife--Elizabeth Brundage
16. *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants--Ann Brashares
24. *The Bookseller of Kabul--Asne Seierstad
31. *Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister--Gregory Maguire
32. *Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons--Lorna Landvik
43. *In Her Shoes--Jennifer Weiner
45. *Perfume--Patrick Suskind
46. *Wizard and Glass--Stephen King
51. *Patty Jane's House of Curl--Lorna Landvik
54. *Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers--Mary Roach
56. *What's the Matter with Kansas--Thomas Frank
57. *In the Lake of the Woods--Tim O'Brien
58. *Your Oasis on Flame Lake--Lorna Landvik
62. *Many Children Left Behind--Deborah Meier and George Wood
64. *Alone--Lisa Gardner
66. *The Killing Hour--Lisa Gardner
70. *The Survivors Club--Lisa Gardner
75.*The Dark Tower--Stephen King
79. *Inappropriate Men--Stacey Ballus
82. *Goodnight Nobody--Jennifer Weiner
86. *Diamond Age--Neal Stephenson
99. *Dead Man Rising--Lilith Saintcrow
101. *Tabula Rasa--Shelly Reuben bookring
103. *Death of a Darklord--Laurell K. Hamilton
104. *Blood Ties Book One: The Turning--Jennifer Armintrout
117.*The Time Traveller's Wife--Audrey Neffinger
118.*The Sex Lives of Cannibals--J. Maarten Troost
119.*Cell--Stephen King
120. *How I Learned to Drive--Paula Vogel
122. *Fairie Wars--Herbie Brennan
123. *Cunt--Inga Muscio bookray
126. *The Purple Emperor--Herbie Brennan
127. *Dead Witch Walking--Kim Harrison
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