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Becky's Reads for 2009

What have you read in 2009? Post your list here and update it as you go along! (One thread per member, please.)
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Telynor
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Post by Telynor » Tue September 1st, 2009, 1:23 am

Here are the reviews for August for books. The links will take you to the review at Epinions. Any thoughts or comments most welcome!


http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 9700225668 -- The Stars Down Under by Sandra McDonald (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 0483643012 -- The French Mistress: A Novel of the Duchess of Portsmouth and King Charles II by Susan Holloway Scott (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_A_D ... 1264569988 -- A Duty to the Dead: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_My_ ... 1721290372 -- My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud?homme (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Pri ... 2121780868 -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 2582302340 -- The Devil?s Company by David Liss (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/John_Sca ... 3185102468 -- The Last Colony by John Scalzi (fiction)
?And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule (nonfiction) -- review forthcoming

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Post by diamondlil » Tue September 1st, 2009, 12:24 pm

I really need to read David Liss.
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Post by Telynor » Thu September 3rd, 2009, 2:30 am

[quote=""diamondlil""]I really need to read David Liss.[/quote]

I found The Devil's Company to be very good, and right up with his earlier Benjamin Weaver novels. I think it's this series where he has hit gold, I haven't read his other novels yet, but I intend to. What I like is that he makes his characters very complex, and knows his history, which makes it true pleasure for me to read.

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Post by Telynor » Wed September 30th, 2009, 11:28 am

September's reads. The links will take you to the reviews on Epinions. Didn't quite reach my goal of reading ten books this month, but I got close.

http://www.epinions.com/review/And_Neve ... 3422867076 -- ?And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 3892760196 -- The Medieval Cook by Bridget Ann Henisch (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 4743810692 -- The Life of Meresamun (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 4861251204 -- The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Cle ... 5432397444 -- Cleopatra?s Daughter by Michelle Moran (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 5587127940 -- The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Zoe ... 8577370893 -- Zoe?s Tale by John Scalzi (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 6119870084 -- The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Spe ... 6688788100 -- Spectres in the Smoke by Tony Broadbent (fiction)

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Post by Telynor » Sun November 1st, 2009, 9:14 pm

Not a lot of reading this month, what with the traveling and all. The links will take you to the reviews, and the travel blog as well. As always , all comments and suggestions most gratefully accepted.

http://www.epinions.com/review/Precurso ... 6820384388 -- Precursor (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Sou ... 7532826244 -- South of Broad (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 9705213572 -- The Various Flavors of Coffee (fiction)

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Post by Telynor » Tue December 1st, 2009, 5:33 pm

November Reads. The links will take you to the longer reviews. As always, any comments or suggestions are most gratefully accepted. And this time, I nearly hit my goal of reading ten books a month.

http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 0505014916 -- The Lady Queen by Nancy Goldstone (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Dk_ ... 1520822916 -- Cruise Guide to Europe and the Mediterranean (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Simon_Wi ... 1690626692 -- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded August 27 1883 by Simon Winchester (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Defender ... 1788078724 -- Defender by CJ Cherryh (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 2484464260 -- The Captive Heart by Bertrice Small (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_But ... 2641816196 -- But I Trusted You and Other True Crimes by Ann Rule (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Cal ... 3191138948 -- Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Cle ... 3434343044 -- Cleaving by Julie Powell (nonfiction)

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Post by Telynor » Sat January 2nd, 2010, 4:53 pm

December 2009 reads

http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Jap ... 3995396740 -- Japan Took the JAP Out of Me by Lisa F. Cook (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_To_ ... 4303219332 -- To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Hug ... 4419873412 -- Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Fab ... 4672121476 -- Faberge’s Eggs by Toby Faber (nonfiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_A_P ... 4803717764 -- A Perfect Jewel by Mary Balogh (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 5072939652 -- The Dreaded Feast: Writers on Enduring the Holidays (anthology)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_Lor ... 5723712132 -- Lords of the Two Lands: Re Ascending by Chaz Desowl (fiction)
http://www.epinions.com/review/Book_The ... 6722742916 -- The Tudor Rose by Margaret Campbell Barnes (fiction)

All told, it came out to about 91 books for the year.

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