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SonjaMarie's Books Read In 2011

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SonjaMarie
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Post by SonjaMarie » Sun November 6th, 2011, 2:12 am

Bec: I actually don't read all that fast, I usually devote 30mins a day to each book I'm reading. Some of the books I finished last month I started the month before or even the month before that. If a book is really engrossing I can read up to 24 or more pages in 30 mins, so that a 400 or 500 plus book I can polish off in a few weeks.

I send you a Private Message through the board, hope you can access it.

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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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Post by SonjaMarie » Thu December 1st, 2011, 3:13 am

Not a bad month:
November 2011 15
"Treasures of Catherine the Great" edited by Professor Mikhail B. Piotrovski (241pgs, 2000) (11/1)*
"Terry Jones' Medieval Lives" by Terry Jones & Alan Ereira (224pgs, 2005) (11/3)*
"The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World: A Reader's Companion to the People, Places, Events, and Everyday Life of the Victorian Era" by Melinda Corey & George Ochoa (516pgs, 1996) (11/7)*
"St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London 604 - 2004" ed. by Derek Keene, Arthur Burns, & Andrew Saint (467pgs, 2004) (11/7)*
"The Life and Times of Edward II" by Caroline Bingham (211pgs, Aug 23, 73, my bday) (11/7)*
"The Italian Renaissance" by J.H. Plumb, et al (298pgs, 1961orig, 2001ed) (11/14)*
"Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy" by Diana Preston (456pgs, 2002) (11/16)*
"Mad Madge: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, The First Woman to Live By Her Pen" by Katie Whitaker (378, 2002) (11/17)*
"The Treasure Houses of Britain: Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting" ed. by Gervase Jackson-Stops (654pgs, 1985) (11/18)*
"Demons Are Forever: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom #3" by Julie Kenner (292pgs, 2008) (11/19)
"Feast: A History of Grand Eating" by Roy Strong (316pgs, 2002) (11/20)*
"Thames the Biography" by Peter Ackroyd (479pgs, 2009) (11/21)*
"Ghosthunting New York City" by L'Aura Hladik (225pgs, 2010) (11/25)
"London's Cemeteries" by Darren Beach (241pgs, 2011) (11/25)
"Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses" by Helen Castor (392pgs, 2006) (11/26)
Pages: 5390 - 359pgs aver (4 BF, 11 Own)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon January 2nd, 2012, 4:16 am

Great month, great way to end the year.

December 2011 17
"Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World" by Vicki León (310pgs, 2007) (12/2)*
"The Murder Guide to Great Britain - 100 Bizarre & Gruesome Murders" by Brian Lane (635pgs, 1993) (12/2)*
"Dead Guilty: Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #2" by Beverly Connor (389pgs, 2004) (12/2)
"Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits of Our History" by Justin Pollard (304pgs, 2009) (12/8)*
"Capetian France 987-1328" by Elizabeth M. Hallam (331pgs, 1980, 1986ed) (12/12)*
"The People's Queen: A Novel of Alice Perrers & Geoffrey Chaucer" by Vanora Bennett (542pgs, 2011) (12/13)*
"What the Butler Saw: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servent Problem" by E.S. Turner (298pgs, 1962orig, 2001ed) (12/17)*
"A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome" by Alberto Angela (365pgs, 2009) (12/17)*
"Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain" by Judith Flanders (527pgs, 2006) (12/18)*
"London's Hidden Secrets: A Guide to the City's Quirky & Unusual Sights" by Graeme Chesters (304pgs, 2011) (12/19)
"Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy" by Roger Collins (522pgs, 2009) (12/19)*
"A History of Jewellery 1100 - 1870" by Joan Evans (360pgs, 1950orig, 1989ed) (12/23)*
"Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking" by Kate Colquhoun (397pgs, 2008) (12/23)*
"The Elephant to Hollywood" by Michael Caine (330pgs, 2010) (12/23)
"Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher (418pgs, 2011) (12/29)*
"The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III - Father of the English Nation" by Ian Mortimer (464pgs, 2008) (12/29)*
"The Civilization of the Middle Ages" by Norman F. Cantor (569pgs, 1963orig, 1993ed) (12/31)*
Pages: 7075 - 416pgs aver (5 BF, 12 Own)

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Post by Susan » Mon January 2nd, 2012, 7:26 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]"Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World" by Vicki León[/quote]

Love that title! In my classes (7th grade language arts) we are currently reading a novel that uses Roman numerals as chapter numbers. My kids learned about Roman numerals sometime during their schooling, but they love getting a refresher course in them! My siblings and I learned Roman numerals early as our parents had a clock with Roman numerals.
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