Tuesday, April 30, 2013

April Reading List

Books Read in April



049 - 01  Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (4/8)
Wow. I read this on a friend's recommendation. I had been on the waiting list for it over six weeks. (I started as #198, with 7 copies at the library.) This was such a great book, with lots of unexpected plot twists and a disturbing ending.
050 - 02  Living Gluten-Free for Dummies, by Danna Korn (4/9)
051 - 03  Fluke, by Christopher Moore (4/15)
052 - 04  State Secrets, by Linda Lael Miller (4/17)
053 - 05  Divergent, by Veronica Roth (4/19)
054 - 06  Captive Star, by Nora Roberts (4/22)
055 - 07  The Ideal Wife, by Mary Balogh (4/23)
056 - 08  Lord Gray's List, by Maggie Robinson (4/27)
057 - 09  Almost Amish, by Kathryn Cushman (4/28)
058 - 10  Child of Grace, by Irene Hannon (4/29)
059 - 11  Courting Cate, by Leslie Gould (4/29)
060 - 12  The Lady Confesses, by Carole Mortimer (4/30)

Sunday, April 14, 2013

March Reading List

Books Read in March


032 - 01  Dream Eyes,  by Jayne Ann Krentz (3/1)
033 - 02  The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side, by CJ Hawk (3/3)
034 - 03  Rumors: The McCaffertys, by Lisa Jackson (3/6)
035 - 04  Beach Season, by Lisa Jackson (3/10)
036 - 05  A Creed in Stone Creek, by Linda Lael Miller (3/12)
037 - 06  Love Will Find a Way, by Barbara Freethly (3/13)
038 - 07  Smitten, by C. Coble, K. Billerbeck, D. Hunter, and D. Hunt (3/14) AUDIOBOOK
039 - 08  Bossypants, by Tina Fey (3/15)
040 - 09  A Walk in the Park, by Jill Mansell (3/16)
041 - 10  Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health by Dr. Caldwell Esselsty et al (3/17)
042 - 11  Eat to Live, by Joel Furman, MD (3/17)
043 - 12  Priced to Move, by Ginny Aiken (3/17)
044 - 13  It's All Relative, by Wade Rouse (3/18)
045 - 14  Minding Frankie, by Maeve Binchy (3/21)
I thought this was going to be a light read. Instead, it was a wonderfully worthwhile read. There was a huge cast of characters with many different plots running tangled together - just like life. I hate to admit it, but I cried when one of the characters (not even a "main" one) died.
046 - 15  The Fall of Shane McKade, by Nora Roberts (3/23)
I'm the one who fell, from reading a really great book, and true literature, to reading this. Sigh.
047 - 16  Mr. Churchill's Secretary, by Susan Ella MacNeal (3/29)

Great book! It was recommended to me by a friend and I want to pass the recommendation along. Very loosely based on historical fact (ie Mr. Churchill was prime minister of England; England was bombed during the war), this was a fun story of mystery and romance without going overboard.
048 - 17  Meatless, by Martha Stewart (3/29)
This is a cookbook, so I didn't really read the entire thing. I sort of skimmed through each recipe. I did, howeer, look at each recipe and evaluate it based on y dietary restrictions vs my tastes. And I did read all the descriptions, notes, and other material. Surprisingly, I really like this cookbook. I hadn't expected Martha Stewart to be "doable." But I've already made use of her "how to cook the perfect post of beans" and her lentil curry is on this week's menu.