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Books have been my vocation and avocation at various times of my life. Growing up in a family of readers; I started my slow descent into the hobby of reading. Reading is so addictive, I often use to read into the wee hours of the morning. The early birds were out there looking for worms and I had 50 pages left to finish my book. PLEASE NOTE: My bookshelf does not reflect my reading habits!

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Books completed in 2006 53
Books completed in 2007 57
Books completed in 2008 55
Books completed in 2009 54
Books completed in 2010 57

Books completed in 2011

1. Lights Out Tonight/Mary Jane Clark (8) January
2. Walking Shadow/Parker (5) January
3. I'm Just a DJ but/Tom Joyner (7) January
4. Babylon Rising/Tim LaHaye (6) February
5. Season of the Machete/Patterson (8) February
6. Here's the Story/Maureen McCormick (7) March
7. 3 Men and a Body/Stephanie Bond (6) March
8. Up Till Now/Wm Shatner (8) March
9. Swapping Lives/Jane Green (8) March
10. My Girl/Patricia Hermes (9) March
11. The Mountain Lion/Robert Murphy (6) March
12. Cross/J. Patterson (8) March
13. So Far/Kelsey Grammer (6) April
14. The Killing Man/Mickey Spillane (5) April
15. Smitten/J. Evanovich (6) April
16. Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul/Canfield (8) April
17. Far Side Gallery 2/G. Larson (8) April
18. Jewish Wit & Wisdom/Sally Ann Berk (9) April
19. Cherished Thoughts on Friendship/Hallmark Books (8) April
20. The 5th Horseman/Patterson (8) April
21. Denial/Keith Ablow (5) April
22. Don't Make Me Stop This Car! Al Roker (8) April
23. It Only Takes a Moment/Mary Jane Clark (8) April
24. Lake Wobegon Days/Garrison Keiller (5) May
25. 2,001 Ways to Pamper Yourself/Lorraine Badger (10) May
26. Far Side 3/Gary Larson (10) May
27. Visions of Sugar Plums/J. Evanovich (7) May
28. Inner Simplicity/Elaine St. James (8) May
29. Simple Abundance/Sarah Ban Breathnach (10) May
30. Vampire Academy/Richelle Mead (7) May
31. Sex to Sixty (5) May
32. Girl's Poker Night/Jill A. Davis (7) May
33. Charade/Sandra Brown (8) May
34. Daniel X/James Patterson (7) May
35. Quicksand/Iris Johansen (7) June
36. Tell No One/Harlan Coben (8) June
37. Christmas Cookie Murder/Leslie Meier (7) June
38. Jemima J/Jane Green (8) June
39. Sundays at Tiffany's/James Patterson (6) June
40. Zapped/Carol Higgins Clark (6) June
41. 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul/Canfield (8) June
42. Expect Miracles/Mary Ellen (8) July
43, The Lone Star Lonely Heart Club/McBride (5) July
44. A Cup of Comfort/Coleen Sell (9) July
45. Appaloosa/Parker (7) July
46. Still Life with Crows/Lincoln-Childs (8) July
47. Further Along the Road Less Traveled/Scott Peck (5) July
48. The Cat Who Went Up the Creek/Lilian Jackson Braun (6) July
49. Murder Most Delicious/Martin H. Greenberg (5) August
50. Private/James Patterson (7) August
51. P.S. Your Cat is Dead/James Kirkwood (7) August
52. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories/Carolyn Keene (7) August
53. World War Z/Max Brooks (7) September
54. 6th Target/James Patterson (8) September
55. Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul/Canfield (8) September
56. Time is a River/Mary Alice Monroe (7) October
57. Just Take My Heart/M.H. Clark (7) October
58. Cross Country/James Patterson (8) October
59. The Vampire Diaries/L.J. Smith (7) October
60. The Red Hat Society/Sue Ellen Cooper (6) October
61. A Capital Holiday/Janet Daley (6) October
62. Ally McBeal/Tim Appelo (9) October
63. The Road//Cormac McCarthy (8) October
64. Out of my Mind/Andy Rooney (8) October
65. Let Me Whisper in Your Ear/Mary Jane Clark (7) November
66. James Herriot's Dog Stories/J Herriot (6) November
67. The Murder of King Tut/J. Patterson (7) November
68. School Days/Robert B. Parker (6) November
69. Goodnight Nobody/Jennifer Weiner (7) November
70. Just After Sunset/Stephen King (7) November
71. Sam's Letters to Jennifer/James Patterson (7) November
72. Blue Screen/Robert B. Parker (7) November
73. More Twisted/Jeffery Deaver (8) November
74. Body Dump/Fred Rosen (6) December
75. Step on a Crack/James Patterson (8) December
76. Wishin' and Hopin'/Wally Lamb (9) December
77. Eleven on Top/Janet Evanovich (7) December
78. A Christmas Journey/Anne Perry (6) December
79. I Remember Nothing/Nora Ephron (9) December
80. For Love of Angels/Katrina Fried (9) December
81. What the Dead Know/Laura Lippman (7) December
82. One False Move/Harlan Coben (8) December
83. Promise Me/Richard Paul Evans (8) December
84. Blue-Eyed Devil/Robert B. Parker (8) December
85. Chicken Soup for the Soul #4/Canfield/Hansen (10) December
86. Book of the Dead/Preston-Child (8) December

Books completed in 2012

1. Blaze/Richard Bachman (7) January
2. Your Heart Belongs to Me/Dean Koontz (6) January
3. Run for Your Life/James Patterson (7) January
4. Family Honor/Robert B. Parker (7) January
5. Remember Me?/Sophie Kinsella (7) January
6. Lean Mean Thirteen/Janet Evanovich (7) January
7. White Hot/Sandra Brown (7) January
8. Shrink Rap/Robert B. Parker (6) February
9. The Final Detail/Harlan Coben (7) February
10. Dead Until Dark/Charlaine Harris (6) February
11. 7th Heaven/James Patterson (7) March
12. Terminal Freeze/Lincoln Child (6) March
13. Assault and Pepper/Tamar Myers (6) March
14. The Bean Trees/Barbara Kingsolver (8) March
15. Brimstone/Robert B. Parker (8) March
16. and more by Andy Rooney (7) March
17. Drop Shot/Harlan Coben (7) March
18. Leaving a Trace/Alexandra Johnson (7) April
19. Bewitched/Constance O'day-Flannery (6) April
20. Now & Then/Robert B. Parker (7) April
21. Open Season/Linda Howard (7) April
22. Bitter Sweets/G.A. McKevett (6) April
23. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister/Gregory Maguire (7) April
24. Hundred-Dollar Baby/Robert B. Parker (7) May
25. Toys/James Patterson & Neil McMahon (6) May
26. 8th Confession/James Patterson (7) May
27. Angels Everywhere/Lynn Valentine (7) May
28. Murder List/Julie Garwood (7) May




























































Books completed in 2010

1. Thousand Pieces of Gold/Ruthanne Lum (8) Jan
2. A Lesson Before Dying/Ernest J. Gaines (8) Jan
3. Inner Simplicity/Elaine St. James (8) Jan
4. Cul-de-Sac/David Martin (6) Feb
5. Crossroads/Belva Plain (6) March
6. Hannah's Dream/Diane Hammond (7) March
7. Odd Hours/Dean Koontz (7) March
8. Prayers for Sale/Sandra Dallas (7) April
9. Phantom Prey/J Sandford (6) April
10. White Shark/Peter Benchley (8) April
11. Sail/James Patterson (8) April
12. Leaving Jack/Gareth Crocker (7) April
13. Postcards from Heaven/Dan Gordon (8) May
14. Murder by Family/Kent Whitaker (7) May
15. Russian Diary/Charlotte Y. Salisbury (6) May
16. A Remarkable Mother/Jimmy Carter (7) May

17. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress/Susan Jane Gilman (8) June
18. Meri Strikes Back/M. Apostolina (4) June
19. The Purpose Driven Life/Rick Warren (7) June
20. When You Are Engulfed in Flames/D Sedaris (8) June
21.I Remember my Teacher/David Shribman (8) June
22. The Island of Dr. Moreau/H.G. Wells (8) June
23. Angels Flight/Michael Connelly (6) June
24. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself/A. Alda (6) June
25. The Picasso Flop/Vince van Patten (7) July
26. Destiny Kills/Keri Arthur (5) July
27. Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark (6) July
28. One Magical Sunday/Phil Mickelson (6) July
29. This Life She's Chosen/Lunstrum (7) July
30. Hothouse Orchid/Stuart Woods (7) August
31. Project Fashion/Jasmine Oliver (7) August
32. Velocity/Dean Koontz (7) August
33. Going Rogue/Sarah Palin (6) August
34. Crystal/V.C. Andrews (6) August
35. Hundred-Dollar Baby/Robert B. Parker (7) August
36. Whiteout/Ken Follett (7) August
37. Just One Look/Harlan Coben (7) August
38. Wake-Up Call/Kristen Breitweiser (6) September
39. Grits and Glory/Ron & Janet Benrey (5) September
40. 70 Great Mysteries of the Ancient World/Brian Fagan (5) September
41. Taste-Berry Tales/Bettie Young (6) September
42. Lost Lake/Phillip Margolin (6) September
43. Backtrack/Joseph Hansen (5) September
44. The Quickie/James Patterson (7) September
45. Plum Lovin'/J. Evanovich (7) October
46. Audition/Barbara Walters (9) October
47. Grace/Richard Paul Evans (6) October
48. Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul/J. Canfield (7) October
49. Fingerprints 2/Melinda Metz (6) October
50. Life Beyond Measure/S. Poitier (6) November
51. True Blue/Ed Nowicki (5) November
52. Hardly Knew Her/Laura Lippman (8) November
53. Celebrity Detox/Rosie O'donnell (7) November
54. The Woods/Harlan Coben (7) December
55. Off Season/Jack Ketchum (6) December
56. The Prince of Frogtown/Rick Bragg (8) December
57. Hide and Seek/J. Patterson (8) December








Books completed in 2009

1. Side Effects by Woody Allen (4) January
2. See No Evil by Allison Brennan (5) January
3. Why I'm Like This by Cynthis Kaplan (8) January
4. See How They Run by James Patterson (7) January
5. Step on a Crack by James Patterson (8) January
6. A Hangman's Dozen by Alfred Hitchcock (7) January
7. Fire Lover by Joseph Wambaugh (6) January
8. No-Fad Diet by The American Heart Asso. (10) January
9. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (4) February
10. Laced by Carol Higgins Clark (6) March
11. The Seance by Heather Graham (4) March
12. Leave the Building Quickly by Cynthia Kaplan (8) April
13. Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker (5) April
14. Coyote by Linda Barnes (6) May
15. City of Thieves by David Benioff (7) May
16. Nowhere to Run by Mary Jane Clark (5) May
17. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (5) June
18. The Sweet Potato Queens 1st Big-Ass Novel (8) J.
19. The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg (5) June
20. The Thomas Berryman Number/James Patterson
June (5)
21. Death Wore a Smart Little Outfit/Orland Outland
July (3)
22. The Shack/Wm. Paul Young (6) July
23. Double Cross/James Patterson (8) July
24. Confessions of a Shopaholic/Sophie Kinsella
July (8)
25. Swimsuit/James Patterson (6) July
26. The Darkest Evening of the Year/D. Koontz (6)
July
27. The Hot Flash Club/Nancy Thayer (7) July
28. Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou (7) August
29. Elizabeth Taylor by E. Taylor (7) August
30. Beach Road by J. Patterson (7) August
31. The Eyes of the Dragon by S. King (8) Sept.
32. Ellen My Point and I Do Have One by Ellen D (8) Sept.
33. Run for Your Life by J Patterson (8) Sept.
34. Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch/Haywood Smith (6) Sep
35. All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat/S.
Becker (8) Sept.
36. Wherever You Go, You're Always My Friend/H. Satterberg (7) Sept.
37. September 9, Happy Birthday/Natalis Press (7) S.
38. Old Age is for Sissies/Peter Pauper Press (7) s.
39. 267 Stupidest Things Demo/Rep Ever Said/T. Rueter (8) Sept.
40. How to Live With a Neurotic Cat/S. Baker (8) S.
41. Murphy's Law #3/Arthur Block (6) Sept.
42. I Love You, Ronnie/Nancy Reagan (8) Sept
43. 7th Heaven/James Patterson (8) Sept
44. When You Look Like/Erma Bombeck (7) Oct.
45. Fearless Fourteen/J Evanovich (7) Oct.
46. Spare Change/R.B. Parker (5) Nov.
47. You've Been Warned/J Patterson (8) Nov.
48. Lies & the Lying Liars/Al Franken (5) Nov.
49. Perish Twice/R.B. Parker (5) Nov.
50. Ransomed From Darkness/Moira Noonan (5) Nov.
51. Bookplate Special/Lorna Barrett (5) Dec.
52. Tribulation Force/Lahaye, Jenkings (5) Dec.
53. The House on the Rock/Alex Jordon (8) Dec.
54. The Julius House/Charlaine Harris (5) Dec.












Books completed in 2008
1. Santa Cruise by Mary Higgins and Carol Higgins Clark (7) January
2. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (8) January
3. Bury the Lead by David Rosenfelt (5) January
4. The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner (6) January
5. Potshot by Robert B. Parker (5) February
6. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz (7) February
7. Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary (6) February
8. The Rebirth of Patriotism by Mike Radford (6) February
9. Shutter Island by Dennis LeHane (7) March
10. Everything Rosie by Patrick Spreng (5) March
11. Chocolate Quake by Nancy Fairbanks (5) March
12. Die Laughing by Steve Allen (5) April
13. Chill Factor by Sandra Brown (7) April
14. The Last Innocent Man by Phillip Margolin (7) April
15. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (8) May
16. Umney's Last Case by Stephen King (7) May
17. Women of Mystery by Cynthia Manson (5) May
18. Endless Night by Richard Laymon (7) May
19. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank (8) June
20. Christmas Stalkings by Charlotte MacLeod (5) June
21. Twisted by Jeffrey Deaver (8) June
22. Drinking A Love Story by Caroline Knapp (9) June
23. The Courage to Change by Dennis Wholey (9) June
24. Nightmare in Shining Armor by Tamar Myers (6) June
25. Finder's Keepers by Barbara Nickolae (7) June
26. The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon (8) June
27. Hispanic by Geraldo Rivera (5) June
28. The Funny Thing Is ... by Ellen Degeneres (7) June
29. The Fifth Horseman by James Patterson (7) June
30. The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (5) July
31. Silent Lies by M.L. Malcolm (6) July
32. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (8) July
33. The Killing Circle by Marcie Walsh (5) July
34. Blubber by Judy Blume (7) July
35. My Perfect Life by Dyan Sheldon (8) July
36. Chocolate for a Woman's Heart (6) July
37. Aunt Erma's Cope Book by Erma Bombeck (5) July
38. Uh-Oh by Robert Fulghum (7) July
39. Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston/Child (8) August
40. Splendor in the Glass by Tamar Myers (5) August
41. Prime Suspects by Bill Pronzini (5) August
42. Brian Piccolo: A Short Season by Jennie Morris (5) August
43. The Looking Glass by Richard Paul Evans (7) August
44. Cat Crimes 3 by Martin H. Greenberg (7) August
45. Dark Truth by Mariah Stewart (7) September
46. Rats by Paul Zindel (6) September
47. The Cat on my Shoulder by Lisa Rogak (8) September
48. Twisted Tales by Brandon Massey (6) October
49. A Sanctuary for Your Soul by Kay Arthur (10) October
50. Crimson Joy by Robert B. Parker (7) October
51. Living a Beautiful Life by Alexandra Stoddard (10) November
52. Leaving a Trace by Alexandra Johnson (8) November
53. Coming Out by Danielle Steel (5) November
54. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz (8) December
55. Hey, Wait a Minute I Wrote a Book by John Madden (4) December