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SonjaMarie's Books Read In 2011

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Post by Veronica » Fri April 1st, 2011, 2:15 am

I am still very impressed! :)
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Post by SonjaMarie » Sun May 1st, 2011, 2:17 am

My best month in regards to pages read! WOOT!

April 2011 17
"The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem - From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007" by Doris Flexner and Stuart Berg Flexner (2008, 468pgs) (4/2)*
"The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York" by Deborah Blum (280pgs, 2010) (4/5)
"Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth" edited by Susan Walker and Peter Higgs (371pgs, 2001) (4/6)*
"Murder on the Marmora: A George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield Mystery #5" by Conrad Allen (295pgs 2004) (4/8)*
"The Second Duchess" by Elizabeth Loupas (374pgs, 2011) (4/10)
"Old London Bridge: The Story of the Longest Inhabited Bridge In Europe" by Patricia Pierce (322pgs, 2001) (4/10)*
"The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History" by Robert Darnton (268pgs, 1984orig, 2009ed) (4/12)
"Henry I (Yale English Monarchs) by C. Warren Hollister (ed. and completed by Amanada Clark Frost, on CWH's death) (530pgs, 2001) (4/14)*
"Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women In Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe" by Brian Dolan (312pgs, 2001) (4/16)*
"The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy" by John Cannon & Ralph Griffiths (681pgs, 1988) (4/19)*
"The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired 'Chicago'" by Douglas Perry (276pgs, 2010) (4/19)*
"The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of The North Atlantic" by John Malcolm Brinnin (608pgs, 1971orig, 1986ed) (4/21)*
"Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties" by Lucy Moore (332pgs, 2010) (4/25)
"Sins of the House of Borgia" by Sarah Bower (533pgs, 2011) (4/27)
"King Stephen" by RHC Davis (163pgs, 1967) (4/27)*
"The Vampire Encyclopedia" by Matthew Bunson (289pgs, 1993) (4/29)*
"Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life In Elizabethan London" by Liza Picard (327pgs, 2003) (4/30)*
Pages: 6428 - 378pgs aver (5 BF, 12 Own)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed June 1st, 2011, 2:28 am

My best month in terms of how many books I finished, 18, but I was 265pgs short of my highest total of pages read, 6428:
May 2011 18
"Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort" by Deborah Davis (282pgs, 2009) (5/4)
"1000 Years of Annoying the French" by Stephen Clarke (520pgs, 2010) (5/5)*
"Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century" by Julie Peakman (292pgs, 2004) (5/6)*
"The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Natural Disasters America Has Ever Known" by David McCullough (285pgs, 1968orig, 1987ed) (5/7)
"Napoleon's Hemorrhoids and Other Small Events That Changed History" by Phil Mason (244pgs, 2010) (5/10)
"Chronicle of the Royal Family" ed. Derrick Mercer (611pgs, 1991) (5/12)*
"The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison" by John Emsley (398pgs, 2005) (5/13)*
"The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500 - 2000" ed. Regina Schulte (343pgs, 2006) (5/13)*
"Tutankhamun: The Last Secret" by Christian Jacq (342pgs, 2008) (5/17)*
"Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana" by Janet Gleeson (393pgs, 2006) (5/19)
"Henry Plantagenet, 1133 - 1189" by Richard Barber (251pgs, 1964) (5/19)*
"The Big Spenders: A Witty Chronicle of the Very Rich and How They Spent Their Enormous Wealth" by Lucius Beebe (486pgs, 1966) (5/23)*
"Fabulous Finds: How Expert Appraiser Lee Drexler Sold Wall Street's "Charging Bull", Found Hidden Treasures and Mingled with the Rich & Famous" by J. Lee Drexler & James R. Cohen (178pgs, 2011) (5/25)
"The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Brides in the Bath" by Jane Robins (254pgs, 2010) (5/26)*
"The Victorian House" by Judith Flanders (455pgs, 2003) (5/27)*
"This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection" by Carol Burnett (267pgs, 2010) (5/28)
"Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials" by Michael Kammen (237pgs, 2011) (5/29)
"Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe" by William Rosen (325pgs, 2007) (5/31)*
Pages: 6163 - 342pgs aver (7 BF, 11 Own)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Fri July 1st, 2011, 2:32 am

Not my best month, but not bad:
June 2011 16
"Resurrecting Pompeii" by Estelle Lazer (296pgs, 2011) (6/5)*
"A History of the Breast" by Marilyn Yalom (281pgs, 1997) (6/7)*
"Murder on the Salsette: A George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield Mystery #6" by Conrad Allen (281pgs, 2005) (6/7)*
"The Life and Times of Richard I" by John Gillingham (221pgs, 1973) (6/7)*
"Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883" by Simon Winchester (394pgs, 2003) (6/9)
"Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton" by C. David Heyman (429pgs, 1986) (6/10)*
"Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson" by Paula Byrne (420pgs, 2006) (6/13)*
"Harry Potter and History" ed. by Nancy R. Reagin (325pgs, 2011) (6/18)
"The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI" by Colin Evans (323pgs, 2006) (6/19)*
"The Queen's Rival: In the Court of Henry VIII" by Diane Haeger (400pgs, 2011) (6/20)
"The Secret History of Georgian London" by Dan Cruickshank (595pgs, 2010) (6/21)*
"Airtight Case: Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery #5" by Beverly Connor (411pgs, 2000) (6/23)~
"The Sickly Stuarts: The Medical Downfall of a Dynasty" by Dr. Frederick Holmes (217pgs, 2003) (6/25)*
"The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parson" by Samantha Barbas (361pgs, 2005) (6/26)*
"Inside Oscar: 1927 to 1991: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards" by Mason Wiley & Damien Bona (979pgs, 1993) (6/28)*
"Priceless: How I Went Undercover To Rescue the World's Stolen Treasure" by Robert K. Wittman w/ John Shiffman (325pgs, 2010) (6/29)
Pages: 6240 - 390pgs aver (4 BF, 11 Own, 1 Loan)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon August 1st, 2011, 3:24 pm

Again, not a great month in terms of pages read, but still read a lot of good books, regardless of size.
July 2011 16
"The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases" by Michael Capuzzo (440pgs 2011) (7/3)
"The Story of Archaeology in 50 Great Discoveries" by Justin Pollard (250pgs, 2007) (7/3)*
"The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830's London" by Sarah Wise (319pgs, 2004) (7/5)*
"Victorian London: The Life of a City 1840-1870" by Liza Picard (419pgs, 2006) (7/5)*
"Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, & Folly From Royal Britain" by Michael Farquhar (299pgs, 2011) (7/7)
"California Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom #2" by Julie Kenner (342pgs, 2007) (7/8)
"The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty" by G.J. Meyer (596pgs, 2010) (7/13)*
"Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England" by Amanda Vickery (340pgs, 2009) (7/16)*
"The Man Who Outshone the Sun King: A Life of Gleaming Opulence & Wretched Reversal in the Reign of Louis XIV" by Charles Drazin (320pgs, 2008) (7/16)*
"King John" by W.L. Warren (293pgs, 1961orig, 1978ed) (7/20)*
"One Grave Too Many: Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #1" by Beverly Connor (383pgs, 2003) (7/21)
"Seeing Through Clothes" by Anne Hollander (461pgs, 1980) (7/22)*
"Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917" by Laura M. Mac Donald (305pgs, 2005) (7/23)*
"The Book of the Courtesans" by Susan Griffin (258pgs, 2001) (7/23)*
"The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend" by Robert L. Mack (333pgs, 2007) (7/26)*
"And the Bride Wore...The Story of the White Wedding" by Ann Monsarrat (252pgs, 1975) (7/28)*
Pages: 5610 - 350pgs aver (4 BF, 12 Own)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Mon August 29th, 2011, 2:23 am

Wow, I was checking my reading list from last year and I'm 8 books away from beating that total (141 books) and I'm already 2030pages ahead of last year. This will be my best year ever since I've been keeping track.

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Post by SonjaMarie » Fri September 9th, 2011, 6:07 pm

A good month. But this month will be bad cause I have only started to read again since my surgery today, sigh :(

August 2011 17
"Here We Go Again: My Life in Television 1949 - 1995" by Betty White (298pgs, 1995orig, 2010ed) (8/1)
"The Art of the Steal: Inside of Sotheby's - Christie's Auction House Scandal" by Christopher Mason (390pgs, 2004) (8/1)*
"Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton (404pgs, 1990) (8/2)*
"Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World" by Claire Harman (245pgs, 2009) (8/4)
"The Royal Tombs of Great Britain" by Aidan Dodson (227pgs, 2004) (8/10)~
"The Breast Book: An Intimate and Curious History" by Maura Spiegel & Lithe Sebesta (462pgs, 2002) (8/10)*
"Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII" by Linda Porter (366pgs, 2010) (8/11)*
"To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine" by Christy English (380pgs, 2011) (8/14)
"What the Butler Winked At: Being the Life and Adventures of Eric Horne, Butler" by Eric Horne (273pgs, 1923orig, 2011ed) (8/14)
"The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century" by Jeremy Black (330pgs, 1992orig, 1999ed) (8/15)*
"A House of Kings: The Official History of Westminster Abbey" ed. by Edward Carpenter (535pgs, 1966orig, 1992ed) (8/18)*
"The Treasures of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings" by Kent R. Weeks (551pgs, 2005) (8/19)*
"A History of the Wife" by Marilyn Yalom (409pgs, 2001) (8/21)*
"Lost At Sea: Ghost Ships and Other Mysteries" by Michael Goss & George Behe (354pgs, 1994) (8/24)*
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (759pgs, 2007, reread) (8/25)*
"The Watchtower: Watchtower Book #2" by Lee Carroll (aka Carol Goodman & Lee Slonimsky) (385pgs, 2011) (8/26)
"Bess of Hardwick, Empire Builder" by Mary S. Lovell (522pgs, 2005) (8/26)*
Pages: 6890 - 405pgs aver (5 BF, 11 Own, 1 Loan)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Fri September 30th, 2011, 5:42 pm

My worst month in a long time but it couldn't be helped:
September 2011 10 (Didn't read for a week because of being sick and then started out slowly)
"Huckleberry Finished: Literary Tour Mystery #2" by Livia J. Washburn (297pgs, 2010) (9/9)
"The Great Fire of London, In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666" by Neil Hanson (264pgs, 2002) (9/12)*
"Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed" by Robert Seller (294pgs, 2009) (9/14)
"Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History" by Mark Juddery (223pgs, 2010) (9/14)
"Four Gothic Kings: The Turburlent History of Medieval England and the Plantagenet Kings (1216-1377) - Henry III, Edwards I to III" ed. Elizabeth Hallam (299pgs, 1987) (9/15)*
"The Queen's Governess" by Karen Harper (356pgs, 2011) (9/18)
"Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edward P. Kohn (275pgs, 2011) (9/22)
"Crying: The Natural & Cultural History of Tears" by Tom Lutz (288pgs, 1999) (9/25)*
"Landmarks of Britain: The Five Hundred Place That Made Our History" by Clive Aslet (572pgs, 2005) (9/26)*
"New York To Dallas (In Death) by J.D. Robb (402pgs, 2011) (9/28)*
Pages: 3270 - 327pgs aver (5 BF, 5 Own)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed November 2nd, 2011, 5:45 pm

A very good month :)
October 2011 17
"Kathryn: In the Court of Six Queens" by Anne Merton Abbey (454pgs, 1989, reread) (10/3)*
"A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby" by Mary S. Lovell (357pgs, 1995) (10/6)*
"The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria" by Brigitte Hamann, trans. Ruth Hein (405pgs, 1986) (10/6)*
"The King In Love: Edward VII's Mistresses: Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel & Others" by Theo Aronson (302pgs, 1988, reread) (10/12)*
"Chaos In Death" by J.D Robb, short story in anthology "The Unquiet" (95pgs, 2011) (10/13)
"She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth" by Helen Castor (470pgs, 2011) (10/14)*
"The Fall of the House of Walworth: A Tale of Madness and Murder in Gilded Age America" by Geoffrey O'Brien (300pgs, 2010) (10/16)
"Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes" by Eamon Duffy (308pgs, 1997) (10/16)*
"To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn" by Sandra Byrd (329pgs, 2011) (10/17)
"Lady of the English: One Queen, One Empress, and the Crown That Would Define Them Both" by Elizabeth Chadwick (509pgs, 2011) (10/18)
"The Sherlockian" by Graham Moore (350pgs, 2010) (10/20)*
"Edward I (Yale English Monarchs)" by Michael Prestwich (595pgs, 1988, 1997ed) (10/24)*
"Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery" by Terry Jones, et al. (361pgs, 2003) (10/24)*
"The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down: An Informal History of Hospitality" by Jesse Browner (190pgs, 2003) (10/24)*
"Unnatural Murder: Poison At The Court of James I" by Anne Somerset (476pgs, 1997) (10/25)*
"Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore" by Stella Duffy (336pgs, 2011) (10/27)
"Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners" by Laura Claridge (464pgs, 2009) (10/31)
Pages: 6301 - 370pgs aver (6 BF, 11 Own)

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Post by rebecca » Sat November 5th, 2011, 3:05 am

Sonyamarie! My goodness *gulps and hangs my head in book shame* :o ...You are amazing! I wish I could read that quick :D ...I now have Lionheart and havent had time to even start it!

Here are the books that I have also read.

"Lady of the English: One Queen, One Empress, and the Crown That Would Define Them Both" by Elizabeth Chadwick

"The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou" by Susan Higginbotham

"Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France" by Leonie Frieda

"Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton" by C. David Heyman

And the rest on my TBR list

"Bess of Hardwick, Empire Builder" by Mary S. Lovell TBR list

"The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria" by Brigitte Hamann(It is now enroute. Thanks for the heads up SM)

"The Victorian House" by Judith Flanders TBR list

"A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century" by Barbara W. Tuchman TBR list

"A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby" by Mary S. Lovell TBR

What's that old saying..'you go girl' :D

Bec :)

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