Sunday, January 1, 2012

BOOKS OF 2011

Okay, y'all.  Here they are - my books of 2011 with ratings (max 4 stars).  I'm going to list them in the order that I read them - with author, title, pages, and rating.  I'm not going to add a synopsis because I've done that throughout the year.  At the end of the list, I will give you my 5 top books of the year.  I mentioned last time that I would break the list up into 2 blogs.  I changed my mind.  Since I'm not doing any kind of recap of the book, it's only going to be one line per book.  Here goes:

Griffin, W.E.B. - The Outlaws - 422 - 3.0
Crais, Robert - Free Fall - 288 - 2.0
Hoag, Tami - Secrets to the Grave - 449 - 3.0
Meltzer, Brad - The Inner Circle - 449 - 2.5
Koontz, Dean - What the Night Knows - 442 - 2.5
Stein, Garth - The Art of Racing in the Rain - 321 - 3.0
Robison, John Elder - Look Me in the Eye - 288 - 3.0
Berenson, Alex - The Secret Soldier - 401 - 2.5
Palmer, Michael - A Heartbeat Away - 404 - 3.0
Rosenfelt, David - On Borrowed Time - 291 - 2.5
Eastland, Sam - Shadow Pass - 289 - 2.5
Bourne, Sam - The Righteous Men - 562 - 2.5
Stevens, Taylor - The Informationist - 307 - 2.0
Picoult, Jodi - Sing You Home - 466 - 366
Thomson, Keith - Twice A Spy - 324 - 2.0
Verghese, Abraham - Cutting for Stone - 658 - 3.0
Coben, Harlan - Live Wire - 371 - 3.0
Grippando, James - Afraid of the Dark - 406 - 2.5
Baldacci, David - The Sixth Man - 416 - 2.5
See, Lisa - Peony in Love - 273 - 1.5
Patchett, Ann - The Patron Saint of Liars - 392 - 3.0
Patterson, Richard North - The Devil's Light - 337 - 2.5
Berry, Steve - The Jefferson Key - 451 - 2.5
Patchett, Ann - Taft - 246 - 2.5
Larson, Erik - In the Garden of Beasts - 365 - 3.5
Nesbo, Jo - The Redbreast - 521 - 3.0
Gran, Sara - Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead - 273 - 2.0
McEuen, Paul - Spiral - 310 - 3.0
Baldacci, David - One Summer - 353 - 2.5
Patchett, Ann - State of Wonder - 353 - 2.5
Pelecanos, George - The Turnaround - 294 - 3.5
Ignatius, David - Body of Lies - 337 - 3.0
Rosenfelt, David - One Dog Night - 387 - 2.5
La Plante, Alice - Turn of Mind - 305 - 2.5
Pelecanos, George - The Way Home - 323 - 3.0
Kava, Alex - Hot Wire - 288 - 2.0
O'Shaughnessy, Peri - Dreams of the Dead - 340 - 2.0
Silva, Daniel - Portrait of a Spy - 448 - 3.0
O'Keefe, Bobbie - Family Skeletons - 279 - 2.5
Hart, John - The Last Child - 419 - 4.0
Griffin, W.E.B. - Victory and Honor - 310 - 3.0
Hillenbrand, Laura - Unbroken - 398 - 3.5
Silverberry, A.R. - Wyndano's Cloak - 406 - 3.0
Hart, John - Iron House - 421 - 4.0
Hart, John - Down River - 342 - 3.0
Tinti, Hannah - The Good Thief - 327 - 2.0
LaVigne, Michael - Not Me - 320 - 3.0
Britton, Andrew - The American - 409 - 3.0
Hart, John - King of Lies - 371 - 3.0
Pelecanos, George - The Cut - 292 - 2.5
Coben, Harlan - Miracle Cure - 511 - 3.0
Steinhauer, Olin - The Tourist - 408 - 2.5
Sparks, Nicholas - The Best of Me - 292 - 3.0
Archer, Jeffrey - Only Time Will Tell - 386 - 3.0
Thor, Brad - The Athena Project - 393 - 2.5
Eisler, Barry - The Detachment - 296 - 3.0
de Rosnay, Tatiana - Sarah's Key - 293 - 3.0
Baldacci, David - Zero Day - 434 - 3.0
Haynes, Jasmine - Past Midnight - 320 - 3.0
Taylor, Brad - One Rough Man - 415 - 3.0
Senft, Adina - The Wounded Heart - 285 - 2.5
Jayne, Hannah - Under Wraps - 330 - 2.5
Philbin, Regis - How I Got This Way - 309 - 3.0
Rosenberg, Joel - The Tehran Initiative - 459 - 3.0
Clayton, Meg Waite - The Four Ms. Bradwells - 317 - 2.5
Blackwell, Juliet - If Walls Could Talk - 316 - 2.5
Siegel, Sheldon - The Terrorist Next Door - 392 - 2.5
Thompson, James - Helsinki White - 321 -2.5

68 books
24,901 pages

Top 5 - in order:
The Last Child - John Hart
The Iron House - John Hart
The Turnaround - George Pelecanos
In the Garden of Beasts - Erik Larson
Jodi Picoult - Sing Me Home
Laura Hillenbrand - Unbroken

Yes, I know that was 6.  So, sue me.

Happy New Year!  Here's to a lot of reading in 2012!

1 comment:

  1. Nice work in 2011, absolutely agree with your opinion on John Hart

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