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SonjaMarie's Books Read In 2009

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SonjaMarie
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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon August 31st, 2009, 11:36 pm

August 2009 13
"City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London" by Vic Gatrell (8/2)*
"Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World" by Rosalind Miles (8/5)
"Coronation: From the 8th to the 21st Century" by Roy Strong (8/5)*
"Suspense and Sensibility (Or, First Impressions Revisited): A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery #2" by Carrie Bebris (8/9)
"James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America's Pop Culture Landmarks" by Chris Epting (8/10)
"A Secret Alchemy" by Emma Darwin (8/13)
"American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, Birth of the It Girl & the Crime of the Century" by Paula Uruburu (8/15)
"Cleopatra's Daughter" by Michelle Moran (8/19)
"Jack the Ripper: His Life and Crimes in Popular Entertainment" by Gary Coville and Patrick Lucanio (8/23)*
"Highgate Cemetary: Victorian Valhalla" by Felix Barker (text), and John Gay (photos) (8/28)
"The Dakota Cipher: Ethan Gage Book #3" by William Dietrich (8/28)*
"Necropolis: London and Its Dead" by Catharine Arnold (8/30)*
"Versailles: A Biography of A Palace" by Tony Spawforth (8/31)*

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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed September 30th, 2009, 5:46 pm

This was a slow month for me due to 3 books that took longer to read then I expected:
September 2009 9
"The Q Guide to The Golden Girls" by Jim Colucci (9/2)
"Questionable Remains: Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery #2" by Beverly Connor (9/5)
"Ghost Hunter's Guide to Seattle and Puget Sound" by Jeff Dwyer (9/6)
"Life In These United States" by Reader's Digest (9/13)*
"The Dead Guy Interviews: Conversations With 45 of the Most Accomplished, Notorious, and Deceased Personalities In History" by Michael A. Stusser (9/13)
"The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette" by Deborah Cadbury (9/15)
"London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide & Gazetteer" by Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons (9/21)*
"The Victorian Celebration of Death" by James Stevens Curl (9/22)*
"Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City" ed. by Marisa Ranieri Panetta (many authors) (9/24)*

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Post by SonjaMarie » Sun November 1st, 2009, 6:07 am

I thought I'd have more read this month but decided not to read so fast since most of the books I have at home are my own and only reading one from BF at the moment:
(* means I owned the book when I read it):

October 2009 10
"Bloody Business: An Anecdotal History of Scotland Yard" by H. Paul Jeffers (10/6)*
"Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours" by HRH Princess Michael of Kent (10/6)
"Mae West: 'It Ain't No Sin'" by Simon Louvish (10/10)
"Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown" by Maureen Waller (10/10)
"Dixie Spirits: True Tales of the Strange and Supernatural in the South" by Christopher Coleman (10/13)
"Dressed to Die: Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery #3" by Beverly Connor (10/14)
"The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown (10/15)*
"Murder Guide To London" by Martin Fido (10/18)*
"London: City of the Dead" by David Brandon & Alan Brooke (10/20)*
"The Fabrication of Louis XIV" by Peter Burke (10/21)*

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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue December 1st, 2009, 12:18 am

(* means I owned the book when I read it):

November 2009 11
"Conan Doyle, Detective: The True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes" by Peter Costello (11/4)
"Pompeii Awakened: A Story of Rediscovery" by Judith Harris (11/4)*
"Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy" by Ian Kelly (11/7)*
"Adventures in Time Travel: Undercover at the Court of Henry II" (short story) by Miss Moppet (11/9)
"Adventures in Time Travel: Deeper Undercover" (short story) by Miss Moppet (11/9)
"Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson" by Lyndsay Faye (11/11)*
"Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets" by Stephen Smith (11/18)
"Old Ghosts of New England: A Traveler's Guide to the Spookiest Sites in the Northeast" by C.J Fusco (11/18)
"Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford" by Julia Fox (11/22)
"North by Northanger (Or, the Shades of Pemberley): A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery #3" by Carrie Bebris (11/22)
"Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery" by Eric Ives (11/26)*

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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed December 30th, 2009, 7:26 pm

It's highly unlikely that I'll finish another book by tomorrow so here is the list of my books read in Dec:

December 2009 11
"It's Good To Be King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks" by James Robert Parish (12/3)
"The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovere" by Caroline P. Murphy (12/5)
"Kindred in Death" by J.D Robb (12/8)*
"The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily" by Nancy Goldstone (12/11)
"Walking Haunted London: 25 Original Walks Exploring London's Ghostly Past" by Richard Jones (12/13)
"Dial H For Hitchcock: Cece Caruso Mystery #5" by Susan Kandel (12/17)
"The Hooded Hawke: Elizabeth I Mystery #9" by Karen Harper (12/19)
"Duchess: A Novel of Sarah Churchill" by Susan Holloway Scott (12/21)
"What A Way To Go: Some of the Strangest Deaths On Record" by Peter Bowler & Jonathan Green (12/21)*
"Royal Bastards: Illegtimate Children of the British Royal Family" by Peter Beauclerk-Dewar & Roger Powell (12/23)*
"Death In England: An Illustrated History" ed. Peter C. Jupp & Clare Gittings (12/30)*

(* means I owned it at the time of reading)

I've read 130 books this year, woot!

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