Monday, December 19, 2005

Reading List

November 2015
Halfway There by Susan Mallery
Thrill Me by Susan Mallery
 

October 2015
distant shores by Kristin Hannah
All I want for Christmas by Nora Roberts
The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber
The Inn At Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Wild by Cheryl Strayer
Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts


September 2015
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debie Macomber
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
Lost and Found in Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber
The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs 
Until We Touch by Susan Mallery
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
The Forgotten Bride by Debbie Macomber
When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson
The one in my heart by Sherry Thomas

August  2015
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber
Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery
Only His by Susan Mallory
A Christmas Bride by Susan Mallery
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

July 2015
Only Mine by  Susan Mallory 
Two of a Kind by Susan Mallory
8 Sandpiper Way  by Debbie Macomber       Emily Flemming
Only Yours by Susan Mallory
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber     Teri (Miller) Polgar
6 Ranier Drive  by Debbie Macomber            Justine Gunderson
50 Harbor Street    by Debbie Macomber       Corrie McAfee

June 2015
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber      Peggy Beldon
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber        Rosie Cox
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
If I Stay by Gayle Forman

When We Met by Susan Mallery
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber    Grace Sherman
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber    Olivia Lockhart

May 2015
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
So anyway... by John Cleese
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
Those Christmas Angels by Debbie Macomer

April 2015
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

March 2015
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by  Emily Danforth
Food a Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

February 2015
The Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
The Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
Before We Kiss by Susan Mallory

Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallory

January 2015
Promise Me Forever by  Debbie Macomber
Marriage Pact by Linda Lae Miller
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

December 2014
Wyoming Widow by Elizabeth Lane
Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Philips
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle

November 2014
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer

Turning Angel by Greg Iles 
What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Philips
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson 

October 2014
The Tourist
by Olen Steinhauer
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

September 2014
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

August 2014
Natchez Burning by Greg Illes
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

July 2014
Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
 
June 2014
One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting
by Marie Monville
What Janie Saw by Pamela Tracy
The Light in the Ruins - Chris Bohjalian
The Collector by Nora Roberts
Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell

May 2014
A Leaf in the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon
Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

April 2014
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

March 2014
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Bride Wanted by Debbie Macomber

February 2014
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake 
Native Son by Richard Wright

January 2014
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
 

December 2013
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh  


July 2013
The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood

June 2013
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
The Brunei window washer : bringing business partnership to life / James  D. Kirkpatrick, Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick.

May 2013
Lord John and the Hellfire Club,” a short story. Originally published in PAST POISONS, ed. Maxim Jakubowski.  Collected in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.

LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER, a novel.

“Lord John and the Succubus,” a novella, originally published in LEGENDS II: Short novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Robert Silverberg.  Collected inLORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.

LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE, a novel.

“Lord John and the Haunted Soldier,” a novella.  Published only in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.

LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS, a book-length collection of three novellas: “Hell-Fire Club,” “Succubus,” and “Haunted Soldier.”

“Lord John and the Custom of the Army,” a novella, originally published in WARRIORS (volume 1), edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

THE SCOTTISH PRISONER, a novel.  Released on November 29, 2011.

“Lord John and the Plague of Zombies,” a novella.  Appeared in DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, released in October, 2011.


April 2013 
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

March 2013
Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

February 2013
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

January 2013
Notorious nineteen : a Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich

August 2012
Dream When You're Feeling Blue
  by Elizabeth Berg


June 2012
The Man You'll Marry by Debbie Macomber
Izzy & Lenore by Jon Katz
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber 

May 2012
A Dance with Dragons Book 5 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

March 2012
Thura's Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq by Thura al-Windawi

February 2012
A Feast for Crows Book 4
Game of Thrones by George R. R. MartinJanuary 2012
A Storm of Swords Book 3
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings Book 2 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

October 2011
The Red Geranium by Janette Oke
Song of Fire and Ice Book 1 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Bossypants by Tina Fey

August 2011
The Counterfeit Lady by Jude Deveraux
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Duchess by Jude Deveraux
Smoking Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
A Week from Sunday by Dorothy Garlock


July 2011
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
the face by Angela Hunt
Flirting with Pete by Barbara Delinsky
A Touch So Wicked by Connie Mason

June 2011
Night Shadows by Nora Roberts
Night Shift by Nora Roberts
The Countess by Catherine Coulter
A Stolen Heart by Candace Camp

May 2011
The Sherbrooke Twins by Catherine Coulter
The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter
The Scottish Bride by Catherine Coulter
Point Blank Catherine Coulter
The Wild Baron by Catherine Coulter
Riptide by Catherine Coulter
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
The Target by Catherine Coulter
The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
Slow burn by Julie Garwood
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter
Tail Spin by Catherine Coulter
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter
Murder List by Julie Garwood
Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
Mercy by Julie Garwood
Killjoy by Julie Garwood
The Maze by Catherine Coulter

April 2011
False Pretenses by Catherine Coulter
A Morning for Flamingos by James Lee Burke
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice
The Secret by Julie Garwood
The Ransom by Julie Garwood
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods
The Gift by Julie Garwood

March 2011
We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
The Horsemasters's Daughter by Susan Wiggs

February 2011
Sarah's Key by
Tatiana de Rosnay

December 2010
Sizzle by Julie Garwood
Christmas Wishes by Debbie Macomber
On a Snowy Night by Debbie Macomber
Mr and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels

November 2010
The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich

October 2010
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Juliet by Anne Fortier
Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux

September 2010
This Year it Will be Different by Maeve Bnchy
A Kingdom of Dreams by
Judith McNaught
"Wicked Appetite" by Janet Evanovich
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon

August 2010
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

July 2010
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
Full Blast by Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes
The River Knows by Amanda Quick

June 2010
Angels All Over Town by Luanne Rice

May 2010
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult

the void....

December 2009
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brook
A Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
Snow Angels by Fern Michaels

October 2009
On This Day by Melody Carlson
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich

September 2009
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
Lonesome Cowboy by Debbie Macomber
Texas Two-Step by Debbie Macomber


May 2009
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer

March 2009
The Fighting 69th : one remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad by Sean Michael Flynn

Remembrance of the Angels : 50th Anniversary Remembrance of the Fire No One Can Forget by John Kuenster
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

February 2009
The Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Code Sixty-One by Donald Harstad
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz

January 2009
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
I don't want to be crazy by Samantha Schutz
Please Stop Laughing at Me... by Jodee Blancc
look me in the eye: my life with asperger's by John Elder Robinson

November 2008
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Snuff by Chuck Palahnuik

September 2008
Bittersweet by Danielle Steel
Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull
Smitten by Janet Evanovich
Back to the Bedroom by Janet Evanovich
Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich

August 2008
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital

July 2008
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Manhunt by Janet Evanovich
In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson
Baghdad Without a Map by Tony Horowitz

June 2008
Navy Brat by Debbie Macomber
Navy Wife by
Debbie Macomber

May 2008
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

March 2008
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich

February 2008
The Floor of the Sky by Pamela Carter Joern
Smashed; story of a drunken girlhood by Koren Zailckas
Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot

January 2008
Taken by Chris Jordan
The Tenth Circe by Jodi Picoult

November 2007
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

October 2007
Wicked by Gregory Maguire

September 2007
Echo Burning by Lee Child
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evenovich

August 2007
Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline
Damsels in Distress by Joan Hess
Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell

July 2007
Beautiful Dreamer by Elizabeth Lowell
Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell
Heartbreaker by Linda Howard

June 2007
Storm Front : Book One of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

May 2007
D-Day & Beyond: A True Story of Escape and POW Survival by Julie M. Phend and Stanley E. Edwards, Jr.

April 2007
Tell No One Harlan Coben

March 2007
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Jennifer Government by Max Barry

December
The Closers by Michael Connelly

November
Good Cop, Bad Cop by Barbara D'Amato
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
Hard Road by Barbara D'Amato
City of Bones by Michael Connelly

October
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
A House Divided by Catherine Cookson
At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant

September
Summer I Dared by Barbara Delinsky
Katie Mulholland by Catherine Cookson
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Coast Road by Barbara Delinsky
The Girl by Catherine Cookson

August
The Trophy Wife by Diana Diamond
Resort to Murder by Carolyn Hart
Happenstance ; the wife's Story by Carol Shields

July
First Impressions by Jude Deveraux
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shereve
The Art of Deception by Laurie R. King
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs

June
The Mulberry Tree by Jude Deveraux
Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Happenstance by Carol Shields
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
Unless by Carol Shields
Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs

May
A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
DeJa Dead by Kathy Reichs
Almost Home : My Life Story Vol. 1 by Damien Echols
The Box Garden by Carol Shields
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

April
Night Work by Laurie R. King
with child by Laurie R. King
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
"S" is for Silence by Sue Grafton
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy
"R" is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
And One More thing Before You Go... by Maria Shriver
"P" is for Peril by Sue Grafton
Jewel by Bret Lott
"Q" is for Quarry by Sue Grafton

March
"O" is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King
"N" is for Noose by Sue Grafton
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King


February 2006
"H" is for Homicide by Sue Grafton
"I" is for Innocent by Sue Grafton
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
"J" is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
"K" is for Killer by Sue Grafton
"M" is for Malice by Sue Grafton

January 2006
Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
"D" is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton.
"E" is for Evidence by Sue Grafton.
Lilac Bus : Stories by Maeve Binchy.
"F" is for Fugutive by Sue Grafton.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
The Silver Wedding by Maeve Binchy.
"G" is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton.

December 2005
Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, c 2005.
"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton.
"B" is for Burglar by Sue Grafton.
"C" is for Corpse by Sue Grafton.

November 2005
Lord John and the private matter by Diana Gabaldon.
The fiery cross by Diana Gabaldon, c 2001.
Drums of autumn by Diana Gabaldon, c 1996.

October 2005
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, c 1994.
Dragonfly in amber by Diana Gabaldon, c 1992.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, c 1991.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

What I Believe

I believe that the ability to read is a wondrous thing. Making the most of this ability has application to all aspects of your life. Reading can be done nearly everywhere at anytime with a minimum of requirements. Individual preferences would fill in additional levels of comfort past illumination and reading matter.

I believe that reading and playing are more important than cleaning under the bed. Additionally, I believe that everyone has rights and responsibilities. It is my opinion that a successful person enjoys the proper balance between the two.

According to my Mom, I have visited libraries since before I was born. I have worked in a library of some form or another since 1975 and am committeed to doing what I love, and loving what I do! My natural tendancy is to collect and organize. I have surrounded myself with family, friends, books, pets, garden plants and kids.

Words to Live By:
...Always be curious, devoted, enthusiastic, factual, generous, humane, impassioned, jocund, kindhearted ...

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Books Worth Their Weight in Gold

My reading memories are filled with "good books." Titles which have shaped my life. The reading of a "good book" is a life altering experience. My life experience and my reactions to people, places, events, and things are a direct result of my reading life. The essence of who I am has been shaped as much by my family, nature, nurture, friends, etc... as is has been shaped by my reading habit.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Library Moments

As I think back over my memories of being in libraries there are some special moments to treasure. My first clear memory comes from being in line for Story Time at the Maze Branch of the Oak Park Public Library. I can still feel the excitement of standing there with my name tag around my neck, Miss Peaslee in the lead, and the anticipation of the adventure around the corner and down the stairs in the room for Story Time.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Reading Evangelists

"Finally, I wonder that we shouldn't somehow see ourselves as reading evangelists, each carrying around a bag of relish reading seeds to be planted on the fertile field of our future, the minds of our youth." I love this quote and would like to give credit to the individual responsible for setting me off on my task of sowing those reading relish seeds...

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Just a simple step

I took a simple step to post on the September Project blog and here I am a blogstress.