SonjaMarie's Books Read In 2011

[SonjaMarie]

*Means I own or owned the book at time of read.

Historical Fiction:
"Kathryn: In the Court of Six Queens" by Anne Merton Abbey (454pgs, 1989, reread) (10/3)*
"The People's Queen: A Novel of Alice Perrers & Geoffrey Chaucer" by Vanora Bennett (542pgs, 2011) (12/13)*
"Sins of the House of Borgia" by Sarah Bower (533pgs, 2011) (4/27)
"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)
"Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore" by Stella Duffy (336pgs, 2011) (10/27)
"To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine" by Christy English (380pgs, 2011) (8/14)
"The Queen's Rival: In the Court of Henry VIII" by Diane Haeger (400pgs, 2011) (6/20)
"The Queen's Governess" by Karen Harper (356pgs, 2011) (9/18)
"The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou" by Susan Higginbotham (336pgs, 2011) (2/18)
"Madame Tussaud" by Michelle Moran (446pgs, 2011) (2/13)*
Total: 11 - Pages: 4621 - 420pgs aver ~

Historical Fiction Mysteries:
"Tutankhamum: The Book of Shadows - Rahotep Mystery #2" by Nick Drake (373pgs, 2010) (1/6)*
"The Plot to Kill Wallis Simpson" by Graham Fisher (175pgs, 1989) (reread) (3/25)*
"The Tudor Secret: The Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles #1" by C.W. Gortner (324pgs, 2011) (2/27)
"The Second Duchess" by Elizabeth Loupas (374pgs, 2011) (4/10)
Total: 4 - Pages: 1246 - 311pgs aver ~

Mysteries:
"Murder on the Caronia: A George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield Mystery #4" by Conrad Allen (290pgs, 2003) (1/9)*
"Murder on the Marmora: A George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield Mystery #5" by Conrad Allen (295pgs 2004) (4/8)*
"Murder on the Salsette: A George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield Mystery #6" by Conrad Allen (263pgs, 2005) (6/7)*
"Airtight Case: Lindsay Chamberlain Mystery #5" by Beverly Connor (411pgs, 2000) (6/23)~
"One Grave Too Many: Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #1" by Beverly Connor (383pgs, 2003) (7/21)
"Dead Guilty: Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #2" by Beverly Connor (389pgs, 2004) (12/2)
"Strangers: A Faye Longchamp Mystery #6" by Mary Anna Evans (305pgs, 2010) (1/25)
"Tutankhamun: The Last Secret" by Christian Jacq (342pgs, 2008) (5/17)*
"The Sherlockian" by Graham Moore (350pgs, 2010) (10/20)*
"Treachery In Death" by J.D. Robb (375pgs, 2011) (3/3)*
"New York To Dallas (In Death) by J.D. Robb (402pgs, 2011) (9/28)*
"Chaos In Death" by J.D Robb, short story in anthology "The Unquiet" (95pgs, 2011) (10/13)
"Huckleberry Finished: Literary Tour Mystery #2" by Livia J. Washburn (297pgs, 2010) (9/9)
Total: 13 - Pages: 4197 - 322pgs aver ~

Miscellaneous Fiction:
"Changes: Dresden Files #12" by Jim Butcher (438pgs, 2010) (3/22)*
"Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher (418pgs, 2011) (12/29)*
"Black Swan Rising: Watchtower Book #1" by Lee Carroll (aka Carol Goodman & Lee Slonimsky) (386pgs, 2010) (1/18)
"The Watchtower: Watchtower Book #2" by Lee Carroll (aka Carol Goodman & Lee Slonimsky) (385pgs, 2011) (8/26)
"Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton (404pgs, 1990) (8/2)*
"Arcadia Falls" by Carol Goodman (355pgs, 2010) (3/24)
"California Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom #2" by Julie Kenner (342pgs, 2007) (7/8)
"Demons Are Forever: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom #3" by Julie Kenner (292pgs, 2008) (11/19)
"Descent Into Dust: Emma Andrews, Vampire Hunter #1" by Jacqueline Lepore (359pgs, 2010) (1/20)
"Immortal With A Kiss: Emma Andrews, Vampire Hunter #2" by Jacqueline Lepore (346pgs, 2011) (3/30)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (759pgs, 2007, reread) (8/25)*
Total: 11 - Pages: 4484 - 407pgs aver ~

Pride & Prejudice Sequels, Darcy POV's & Mysteries:
"The Intrigue at Highbury or, Emma's Match: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery #5" by Carrie Bebris (306pgs, 2010) (2/8)*
Total: 1 - Pages: 306

Nonfiction - Royalty or Connected - Tudors:
"The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty" by G.J. Meyer (596pgs, 2010) (7/13)*
"Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII" by Linda Porter (366pgs, 2010) (8/11)*
Total: 2 - Pages: 962 - 481pg aver. ~

Nonfiction - Royalty or Connected - Great Britain:
"The King In Love: Edward VII's Mistresses: Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel & Others" by Theo Aronson (302pgs, 1988, reread) (10/12)*
"Henry Plantagenet, 1133 - 1189" by Richard Barber (251pgs, 1964) (5/19)*
"The Life and Times of Edward II" by Caroline Bingham (211pgs, Aug 23, 73, my bday) (11/7)*
"The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy" by John Cannon & Ralph Griffiths (681pgs, 1988) (4/19)*
"Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses" by Helen Castor (392pgs, 2006) (11/26)
"She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth" by Helen Castor (470pgs, 2011) (10/14)*
"King Stephen" by RHC Davis (163pgs, 1967) (4/27)*
"The Royal Tombs of Great Britain" by Aidan Dodson (227pgs, 2004) (8/10)~
"Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, & Folly From Royal Britain" by Michael Farquhar (299pgs, 2011) (7/7)
"The Life and Times of William I" by Maurice Ashley, Intro. by Antonia Fraser (219pgs, 1992ed, 1973orig) (2/2)*
"The Queen's Jewels" by Leslie Field (184pgs, 1987) (reread) (2/15)*
"The Life and Times of Richard I" by John Gillingham (221pgs, 1973) (6/7)*
"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)*
"Henry I (Yale English Monarchs) by C. Warren Hollister (ed. and completed by Amanada Clark Frost, on CWH's death) (530pgs, 2001) (4/14)*
"The Sickly Stuarts: The Medical Downfall of a Dynasty" by Dr. Frederick Holmes (217pgs, 2003) (6/25)*
"Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery" by Terry Jones, et al. (361pgs, 2003) (10/24)*
"Bess of Hardwick, Empire Builder" by Mary S. Lovell (522pgs, 2005) (8/26)*
"King Rufus: The Life & Murder of William II of England" by Emma Mason (235pgs, 2008) (2/27)*
"Chronicle of the Royal Family" ed. Derrick Mercer (611pgs, 1991) (5/12)*
"The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III - Father of the English Nation" by Ian Mortimer (464pgs, 2008) (12/29)*
"Royal Heritage: A Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors" by J.H. Plumb & Huw Wheldon (342pgs, 1981) (3/7)*
"Edward I (Yale English Monarchs)" by Michael Prestwich (595pgs, 1988, 1997ed) (10/24)*
"Unnatural Murder: Poison At The Court of James I" by Anne Somerset (476pgs, 1997) (10/25)*
"A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings" by Stella Tillyard (337pgs, 2006) (1/5)*
"King John" by W.L. Warren (293pgs, 1961orig, 1978ed) (7/20)*
Total: 25 - Pages: 8902 - 356pgs aver (pages corrected)

Nonfiction - Royalty or Connected:
"The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria" by Brigitte Hamann, trans. Ruth Hein (405pgs, 1986) (10/6)*
"Treasures of Catherine the Great" edited by Professor Mikhail B. Piotrovski (241pgs, 2000) (11/1)*
"Cleopatra: A Life" by Stacy Schiff (321pgs, 2010) (1/20)*
"The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500 - 2000" ed. Regina Schulte (343pgs, 2006) (5/13)*
"Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth" edited by Susan Walker and Peter Higgs (371pgs, 2001) (4/6)*
"The Treasures of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings" by Kent R. Weeks (551pgs, 2005) (8/19)*
Total: 6 - Pages: 2232 - 372pgs aver ~

Nonfiction - Great Britain:
"Thames the Biography" by Peter Ackroyd (479pgs, 2009) (11/21)*
"City of Sin: London and Its Vices" by Catharine Arnold (333pgs, 2010) (3/9)*
"Landmarks of Britain: The Five Hundred Place That Made Our History" by Clive Aslet (572pgs, 2005) (9/26)*
"A House of Kings: The Official History of Westminster Abbey" ed. by Edward Carpenter (535pgs, 1966orig, 1992ed) (8/18)*
"London's Hidden Secrets: A Guide to the City's Quirky & Unusual Sights" by Graeme Chesters (304pgs, 2011) (12/19)
"Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking" by Kate Colquhoun (397pgs, 2008) (12/23)*
"The Secret History of Georgian London" by Dan Cruickshank (595pgs, 2010) (6/21)*
"The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303" by Paul Doherty (208pgs, 2005) (1/28)*
"Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain" by Judith Flanders (527pgs, 2006) (12/18)*
"The Victorian House" by Judith Flanders (455pgs, 2003) (5/27)*
"The Great Fire of London, In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666" by Neil Hanson (264pgs, 2002) (9/12)*
"The Treasure Houses of Britain: Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting" ed. by Gervase Jackson-Stops (654pgs, 1985) (11/18)*
"Terry Jones' Medieval Lives" by Terry Jones & Alan Ereira (224pgs, 2005) (11/3)*
"St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London 604 - 2004" ed. by Derek Keene, Arthur Burns, & Andrew Saint (467pgs, 2004) (11/7)*
"Lascivious Bodies: A Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century" by Julie Peakman (292pgs, 2004) (5/6)*
"Old London Bridge: The Story of the Longest Inhabited Bridge In Europe" by Patricia Pierce (322pgs, 2001) (4/10)*
"Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life In Elizabethan London" by Liza Picard (327pgs, 2003) (4/30)*
"Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights" by Liza Picard (306pgs, 1997) (3/26)*
"Victorian London: The Life of a City 1840-1870" by Liza Picard (419pgs, 2006) (7/5)*
"Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits of Our History" by Justin Pollard (304pgs, 2009) (12/8)*
"Harry Potter and History" ed. by Nancy R. Reagin (325pgs, 2011) (6/18)
"The Annals of London: A Year-by-Year Record of a Thousand Years of History" by John Richardson (395pgs, 2000) (2/2)*
"London Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City" by Steven Roud (448pgs, 2008) (3/22)*
"Amazing Grace: The Great Days of the Dukes" by E.S. Turner (315pgs, 1975, 2003ed) (3/13)*
"What the Butler Saw: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servent Problem" by E.S. Turner (298pgs, 1962orig, 2001ed) (12/17)*
"Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England" by Amanda Vickery (340pgs, 2009) (7/16)*
"The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789-1837" by Ben Wilson (404pgs, 2007) (2/24)*
Total: 27 - Pages: 10509 - 389pgs aver ~

Nonfiction - French History:
"The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon" by Veronica Buckley (456pgs, 2008) (3/5)
"Marguerite of Navarre" by E.R. Chamberlain (283pgs, 1974) (2/14)*
"1000 Years of Annoying the French" by Stephen Clarke (520pgs, 2010) (5/5)*
"The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History" by Robert Darnton (268pgs, 1984orig, 2009ed) (4/12)
"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)*
"Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France" by Leonie Frieda (429pgs, 2003) (2/21)
"Capetian France 987-1328" by Elizabeth M. Hallam (329pgs, 1980, 1986ed) (12/12)*
"Seven Ages of Paris" by Alistair Horne (455pgs, 2004) (2/25)*
Total: 8 - Pages: 3062 - 382pgs aver ~

Nonfiction - History:
"A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome" by Alberto Angela (365pgs, 2009) (12/17)*
"The Civilization of the Middle Ages" by Norman F. Cantor (569pgs, 1963orig, 1993ed) (12/31)*
"The British Museum: A-Z Companion to the Collection" by Marjorie Caygill (387pgs, 2004ed) (1/20)*
"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)*
"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 (468pgs, 2008) (4/2)*
"Seeing Through Clothes" by Anne Hollander (461pgs, 1980) (7/22)*
"Ancient Mysteries" by Peter James and Nick Thorpe (626pgs, 1999) (2/1)*
"The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, The Most Devastating Plague of All Time" by John Kelly (310pgs, 2006) (3/27)*
"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)
"Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World" by Vicki León (310pgs, 2007) (12/2)*
"Napoleon's Hemorrhoids and Other Small Events That Changed History" by Phil Mason (244pgs, 2010) (5/10)
"The Italian Renaissance" by J.H. Plumb, et al (298pgs, 1961orig, 2001ed) (11/14)*
"The Story of Archaeology in 50 Great Discoveries" by Justin Pollard (250pgs, 2007) (7/3)*
"Jumbo's Hide, Elvis' Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts" by Harvey Rachlin (331pgs, 2000) (2/12)*
"Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe" by William Rosen (325pgs, 2007) (5/31)*
"Feast: A History of Grand Eating" by Roy Strong (316pgs, 2002) (11/20)*
"A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century" by Barbara W. Tuchman (648pgs, 1978) (1/24)*
"A History of the Breast" by Marilyn Yalom (281pgs, 1997) (6/7)*
"A History of the Wife" by Marilyn Yalom (409pgs, 2001) (8/21)*
Total: 19 - Pages: 7389 - 388pgs aver ~

Nonfiction - History - Pompeii/Herculaneum:
"Resurrecting Pompeii" by Estelle Lazer (296pgs, 2011) (6/5)*
Total: 1 - Pages: 296

Nonfiction - History - Papal/Church Related:
"Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy" by Roger Collins (522pgs, 2009) (12/19)*
"Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes" by Eamon Duffy (308pgs, 1997) (10/16)*
Total: 2 - Pages: 830 - 415pgs aver.

Nonfiction - Biographies/Autobiographies:
"Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson" by Paula Byrne (420pgs, 2006) (6/13)*
"Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners" by Laura Claridge (464pgs, 2009) (10/31)
"Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana" by Janet Gleeson (393pgs, 2006) (5/19)
"Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World" by Claire Harman (245pgs, 2009) (8/4)
"Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton" by C. David Heyman (429pgs, 1986) (6/10)*
"A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby" by Mary S. Lovell (357pgs, 1995) (10/6)*
"What the Butler Winked At: Being the Life and Adventures of Eric Horne, Butler" by Eric Horne (273pgs, 1923orig, 2011ed) (8/14)
"Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women" by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (287pgs, 2011) (3/23)
"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 Courtesan's Revenge: Harriette Wilson, the Woman Who Blackmailed the King" by Frances Wilson (325pgs, 2003) (3/22)*
Total: 10 - Pages: 3571 - 357pgs aver ~

Nonfiction - Miscellaneous:
"The Dirt On Clean: An Unsanitized History" by Katherine Ashenburg (297pgs, 2007) (3/3)*
"The Big Spenders: A Witty Chronicle of the Very Rich and How They Spent Their Enormous Wealth" by Lucius Beebe (486pgs, 1966) (5/23)*
"The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century" by Jeremy Black (330pgs, 1992orig, 1999ed) (8/15)*
"The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down: An Informal History of Hospitality" by Jesse Browner (190pgs, 2003) (10/24)*
"The Vampire Encyclopedia" by Matthew Bunson (289pgs, 1993) (4/29)*
"Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort" by Deborah Davis (282pgs, 2009) (5/4)
"Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women In Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe" by Brian Dolan (312pgs, 2001) (4/16)*
"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)
"A History of Jewellery 1100 - 1870" by Joan Evans (360pgs, 1950orig, 1989ed) (12/23)*
"The Book of the Courtesans" by Susan Griffin (258pgs, 2001) (7/23)*
"Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis" by Deborah Hayden (331pgs, 2003) (1/25)*
"What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food & Fame" by Matthew Jacob & Mark Jacob (281pgs, 2010) (1/26)
"Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris' Beloved Monument & the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It" by Jill Jonnes (314pgs, 2009) (1/1)*
"Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History" by Mark Juddery (223pgs, 2010) (9/14)
"Crying: The Natural & Cultural History of Tears" by Tom Lutz (288pgs, 1999) (9/25)*
"Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917" by Laura M. Mac Donald (305pgs, 2005) (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)*
"Myths of the Ancient Greeks" by Richard P. Martin (332pgs, 2003) (1/22)
"The Art of the Steal: Inside of Sotheby's - Christie's Auction House Scandal" by Christopher Mason (390pgs, 2004) (8/1)*
"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)
"Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties" by Lucy Moore (332pgs, 2010) (4/25)
"Cartier" by Hans Nadelhoffer (329pgs, 2007) (1/23)*
"And the Bride Wore...The Story of the White Wedding" by Ann Monsarrat (252pgs, 1975) (7/28)*
"The Breast Book: An Intimate and Curious History" by Maura Spiegel & Lithe Sebesta (462pgs, 2002) (8/10)*
"The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman (354pgs, 2007) (2/21)
"Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883" by Simon Winchester (394pgs, 2003) (6/9)
"Warm & Snug: The History of the Bed" by Lawrence Wright (343pgs, orig. 1962, 2004ed) (1/8)*
Total: 27 - Pages: 8530 - 315pgs aver ~

Nonfiction - Books on Cemeteries, Death, etc
"London's Cemeteries" by Darren Beach (241pgs, 2011) (11/25)
"Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials" by Michael Kammen (237pgs, 2011) (5/29)
Total: 2 - Pages: 478 - 239pgs aver

Nonfiction - Books on Ships, Shipwrecks & Ghost Ships:
"The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of The North Atlantic" by John Malcolm Brinnin (608pgs, 1971orig, 1986ed) (4/21)*
"When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake" by Brian Hicks (312pgs, 2006) (2/7)*
"Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy" by Diana Preston (456pgs, 2002) (11/16)*
Total: 3 - Pages: 1376 - 458pgs aver

Nonfiction - Real Life Murders/Murder Mysteries/Crimes:
"The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York" by Deborah Blum (280pgs, 2010) (4/5)
"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 Elements of Murder: A History of Poison" by John Emsley (398pgs, 2005) (5/13)*
"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 Complete Murders of the Black Museum 1870-1970" by Gordon Honeycombe (391pgs, 1992) (2/13)*
"The Murder Guide to Great Britain - 100 Bizarre & Gruesome Murders" by Brian Lane (635pgs, 1993) (12/2)*
"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)
"The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired 'Chicago'" by Douglas Perry (276pgs, 2010) (4/19)*
"The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Brides in the Bath" by Jane Robins (254pgs, 2010) (5/26)*
"The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830's London" by Sarah Wise (319pgs, 2004) (7/5)*
"Priceless: How I Went Undercover To Rescue the World's Stolen Treasure" by Robert K. Wittman w/ John Shiffman (325pgs, 2010) (6/29)
Total: 11 - Pages: 3941 - 358pgs aver ~

True Ghost Stories:
"Ghost Hunter's Guide to New Orleans" by Jeff Dwyer (250pgs, 2007) (3/14)
"Lost At Sea: Ghost Ships and Other Mysteries" by Michael Goss & George Behe (354pgs, 1994) (8/24)*
"Ghosthunting New York City" by L'Aura Hladik (225pgs, 2010) (11/25)
"Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory" by Stacy Horn (246pgs, 2010) (1/18)
Total: 4 - Pages: 1075 - 268pgs aver

Acting/Hollywood:
"The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parson" by Samantha Barbas (361pgs, 2005) (6/26)*
"This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection" by Carol Burnett (267pgs, 2010) (5/28)
"The Elephant to Hollywood" by Michael Caine (330pgs, 2010) (12/23)
"Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed" by Robert Seller (294pgs, 2009) (9/14)
"Here We Go Again: My Life in Television 1949 - 1995" by Betty White (298pgs, 1995orig, 2010ed) (8/1)
"Inside Oscar: 1927 to 1991: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards" by Mason Wiley & Damien Bona (979pgs, 1993) (6/28)*
Total: 6 - Pages: 2529 - 421pgs aver

Grand Total: 193 - Pages: 70536 - 365pgs aver
(60 BF, 129 Own, 2 Loan)

[Brenna]

Holy Cow! You have read more books in the 25 days we have been in 2011 then I will likely read over the next two months. I'm very, very jealous! Go you!!

[SonjaMarie]

[quote=""Brenna""]Holy Cow! You have read more books in the 25 days we have been in 2011 then I will likely read over the next two months. I'm very, very jealous! Go you!![/quote]

LOL! We'll I'm going to make you even more jealous, I just finished 2 more today and plan to finish another one before the end of the month.

SM

[SonjaMarie]

This was my best month ever, and if I had wanted to I could've finished a few more but decided to save them for Feb, lol!

January 2011 17
"Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris' Beloved Monument & the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It" by Jill Jonnes (314pgs, 2009) (1/1)*
"A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings" by Stella Tillyard (337pgs, 2006) (1/5)*
"Tutankhamum: The Book of Shadows - Rahotep Mystery #2" by Nick Drake (373pgs, 2010) (1/6)*
"Warm & Snug: The History of the Bed" by Lawrence Wright (343pgs, orig. 1962, 2004ed) (1/8)*
"Murder on the Caronia: A George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield Mystery #4" by Conrad Allen (290pgs, 2003) (1/9)*
"Black Swan Rising Book #1" by Lee Carroll (aka Carol Goodman & Lee Slonimsky) (386pgs, 2010) (1/18)
"Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory" by Stacy Horn (246pgs, 2010) (1/18)
"Descent Into Dust: Emma Andrews, Vampire Hunter #1" by Jacqueline Lepore (359pgs, 2010) (1/20)
"The British Museum: A-Z Companion to the Collection" by Marjorie Caygill (387pgs, 2004ed) (1/20)*
"Cleopatra: A Life" by Stacy Schiff (321pgs, 2010) (1/20)*
"Myths of the Ancient Greeks" by Richard P. Martin (332pgs, 2003) (1/22)
"Cartier" by Hans Nadelhoffer (329pgs, 2007) (1/23)*
"A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century" by Barbara W. Tuchman (648pgs, 1978) (1/24)*
"Strangers: A Faye Longchamp Mystery #6" by Mary Anna Evans (305pgs, 2010) (1/25)
"Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis" by Deborah Hayden (331pgs, 2003) (1/25)*
"What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food & Fame" by Matthew Jacob & Mark Jacob (281pgs, 2010) (1/26)
"The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303" by Paul Doherty (208pgs, 2005) (1/28)*
Pages: 5790 - 340pgs aver (6 BF, 10 Own)

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[SonjaMarie]

Another stellar month for me for February, I read the same amount of books, 17, but was 240pgs more then last month:

February 2011 17
"Ancient Mysteries" by Peter James and Nick Thorpe (626pgs, 1999) (2/1)*
"The Annals of London: A Year-by-Year Record of a Thousand Years of History" by John Richardson (395pgs, 2000) (2/2)*
"The Life and Times of William I" by Maurice Ashley, Intro. by Antonia Fraser (219pgs, 1992ed, 1973orig) (2/2)*
"When the Dancing Stopped: The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake" by Brian Hicks (312pgs, 2006) (2/7)*
"The Intrigue at Highbury or, Emma's Match: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery #5" by Carrie Bebris (306pgs, 2010) (2/8)*
"Jumbo's Hide, Elvis' Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts" by Harvey Rachlin (331pgs, 2000) (2/12)*
"Madame Tussaud" by Michelle Moran (446pgs, 2011) (2/13)*
"The Complete Murders of the Black Museum 1870-1970" by Gordon Honeycombe (391pgs, 1992) (2/13)*
"Marguerite of Navarre" by E.R. Chamberlain (283pgs, 1974) (2/14)*
"The Queen's Jewels" by Leslie Field (184pgs, 1987) (reread) (2/15)*
"The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou" by Susan Higginbotham (336pgs, 2011) (2/18)
"Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France" by Leonie Frieda (429pgs, 2003) (2/21)
"The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman (354pgs, 2007) (2/21)
"The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789-1837 (404pgs, 2007) (2/24)*
"Seven Ages of Paris" by Alistair Horne (455pgs, 2004) (2/25)*
"The Tudor Secret: The Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles #1" by C.W. Gortner (324pgs, 2011) (2/27)
"King Rufus: The Life & Murder of William II of England" by Emma Mason (235pgs, 2008) (2/27)*
Pages: 6030 - 354pgs aver (4 BF, 13 Own)

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[Veronica]

How is it possible to read so many books? That is probably more than I'll manage to read in a year. You must be a very fast reader!

[SonjaMarie]

[quote=""Veronica""]How is it possible to read so many books? That is probably more than I'll manage to read in a year. You must be a very fast reader! [/quote]

Well first off, I don't work (I'm disabled), so I have hours during the day that I can read. Also I'm reading from at least between 12 to 14 (sometimes 15) books a day (I devote usually 30 minutes or more to each one, sometimes a lot more depending on if I'm trying to finish it by a certain day).

Some books actually take me a month or more to read but I have others that are shorter that I read faster.

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[Veronica]

Even with taking all that in account I am very impressed! I'm not even sure I would be able to keep up with more than 2 books at a time either.

Oh I just realised I am ruining your list by chatting.

[SonjaMarie]

Oh I don't mind chatting in here, I'm actually happy when someone comments!

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[SonjaMarie]

Not my best month of the year so far, but not bad either:
March 2011 16
"The Dirt On Clean: An Unsanitized History" by Katherine Ashenburg (297pgs, 2007) (3/3)*
"Treachery In Death" by J.D. Robb (375pgs, 2011) (3/3)*
"The Secret Wife of Louis XIV: Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon" by Veronica Buckley (456pgs, 2008) (3/5)
"Royal Heritage: A Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors" by J.H. Plumb & Huw Wheldon (342pgs, 1981) (3/7)*
"City of Sin: London and Its Vices" by Catharine Arnold (2010, 333pgs) (3/9)*
"Amazing Grace: The Great Days of the Dukes" by E.S. Turner (315pgs, 1975, 2003ed) (3/13)*
"Ghost Hunter's Guide to New Orleans" by Jeff Dwyer (250pgs, 2007) (3/14)
"London Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City" by Steven Roud (448pgs, 2008) (3/22)*
"The Courtesan's Revenge: Harriette Wilson, the Woman Who Blackmailed the King" by Frances Wilson (325pgs, 2003) (3/22)*
"Changes: Dresden Files #12" by Jim Butcher (438pgs, 2010) (3/22)*
"Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women" by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (287pgs, 2011) (3/23)
"Arcadia Falls" by Carol Goodman (355pgs, 2010) (3/24)
"The Plot to Kill Wallis Simpson" by Graham Fisher (175pgs, 1989) (reread) (3/25)*
"Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights" by Liza Picard (306pgs, 1997) (3/26)*
"The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, The Most Devastating Plague of All Time" by John Kelly (310pgs, 2006) (3/27)*
"Immortal With A Kiss: Emma Andrews, Vampire Hunter #2" by Jacqueline Lepore (346pgs, 2011) (3/30)
Pages: 5359 - 334pgs aver (5 BF, 11 Own)

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