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Christy's 2009 Book List

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Christy's 2009 Book List

Post by CrimsonPetal » Sat August 22nd, 2009, 6:46 pm

January
1. Affinity by Sarah Waters
2. The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories by Michel Faber
3. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne, Dave King
4. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
5. Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by Alison Gernsheim
6. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
7. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
8. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (Pink Carnation, Book 5) by Lauren Willig

February
9. Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourn
10. Silent In The Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
11. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
12. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
13. Silent On The Moor by Deanna Raybourn

March
14. Catharine: and Other Writings by Jane Austen
15. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
16. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
17. The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
18. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Abraham Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

April
19. Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
20. Year Of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
21. Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt
22. The Observations by Jane Harris

May
23. Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York by Marge Piercy
24. Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling
25. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
26. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
27. Frederica by Georgette Heyer

June
28. Venetia by Georgette Heyer
29. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
30. Summer by Edith Wharton
31. Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers by Guerrilla Girls
32. The House At Riverton by Kate Morton
33. Other Powers by Barbara Goldsmith
34. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

July
35. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
36. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer
37. Middlemarch by George Eliot
38. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
39. The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton

August
40. Arabella by Georgette Heyer
41. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
42. What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
43. When Gods Die by C.S. Harris
44. Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris
45. The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 by Kristine Hughes
46. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
47. 1776 by David McCullough
48. Indiscretion by Jude Morgan

September
49. Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution by Gerald M. Carbone
50. The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham
51. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
52. The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox
53. Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh
54. Secrets of a Lady by Tracy Grant
55. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

October
56. This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters by Edward G. Lengel
57. The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland
58. Sonnets from the Portuguese: A Celebration 0f Love by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
59. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
60. Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe by Sandra Gulland
61. The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
62. The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

November
63. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
64. Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander
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Post by CrimsonPetal » Tue August 25th, 2009, 2:19 am

Added: 46. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Fri August 28th, 2009, 4:38 am

Added: 47. 1776 by David McCullough

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Tue September 1st, 2009, 8:41 pm

Added: 48. Indiscretion by Jude Morgan

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Thu September 10th, 2009, 5:11 am

Added: 49. Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution by Gerald M. Carbone
50. The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham

50 books! Woot! :)

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Wed September 16th, 2009, 5:36 am

Added: 51. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
52. The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Fri September 25th, 2009, 10:18 pm

Added: 53. Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh
54. Secrets of a Lady by Tracy Grant

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Mon October 5th, 2009, 5:05 am

Added: 55. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
56. This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters by Edward G. Lengel
57. The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland
58. Sonnets from the Portuguese: A Celebration 0f Love by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Thu October 15th, 2009, 5:22 am

Added: 59. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
60. Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe by Sandra Gulland

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Post by CrimsonPetal » Thu October 22nd, 2009, 7:53 pm

Added: 61. The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
62. The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

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