July 7, 2011

People often ask me for book recommendations. Here are the books I read in 2010. Let me know if you have read any of these or if you recommend any as well.

"Book" - Author - Letter Grade

"The Wheel of Darkness" - Preston/Child - A-

"Quietly in their Sleep" - Donna Leon - B+

"Fatal Remedies" - Donna Leon - B+

"On the Banks of Plum Creek" - Laura Ingalls Wilder - A

"Banana: The Fruit that Changed the World" - Dan Koeppel - B-

"Napoleon's Pyramid" - W. Dietrich - A-

"Digital Fortress" - Dan Brown - B-

"Bones" - Jan Burke - B+

"Relic" - Preston/Child - A

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - Stieg Larsson - A-

"By the Shores of Silver Lake" - Laura Ingalls Wilder - A

"The Hunger Games" - K. Collins - A

"Julie/Julia" - Julie Powell - B+

"My Life in France" - Julia Child - A-

"The Codex" - Douglas Preston - C

"The Mysterious Benedict Society" - Trenton Lee Stewart - D

"The Lost City of Z" - David Grann - A-

"The Magicians" - Lev Grossman - B+

"Beautiful Creatures" - Garcia/Stohl - B+

"The Zombie Survival Guide" - Max Brooks - C

"War World Z" - Max Brooks - [QUIT halfway through]

"The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming" - Lemony Snicket - B+

"Zeitoun" - Dave Eggers - A+

"The Sign" - R. Khoury - A

"Incarceron" - Catherine Fisher - D

"Cujo" - Stephen King - B

"The Art of Racing in the Rain" - Garth Stein - [QUIT halfway through]

"Spaceman Blues" - Brian F. Slattery - [QUIT halfway through]

"The Dirt" - Motley Crue - A

"Reliquary" - Preston/Child - C+

"Jurassic Park" - Michael Crichton - A+ (I've read this multiple times)

"The Lost World" - Michael Crichton - B+

"Catching Fire (Hunger Games part 2) - K. Collins - A

"Mount Dragon" - Preston/Child - D

"Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" - Bryan Lee O'Malley - B+

"Scott Pilgrim Versus the World" - Bryan Lee O'Malley - B+

"Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness" - Bryan Lee O'Malley - B+

"Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together" - Bryan Lee O'Malley - B+

"Scott Pilgrim versus the Universe" - Bryan Lee O'Malley - B+

"Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour" - Bryan Lee O'Malley - B+

"Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'" - Paula Deen - C

"Mocking Jay (Hunger Games part 3) - K. Collins - B+

"The Girl who Played with Fire" - Stieg Larsson - A-

"Tip it!" - Maggie Griffin - A-

"Stiff" - Mary Roach - A-

"Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" - Allison Arngrim - A

"The Little Stranger" - Sarah Waters - C

"Break No Bones" - Kathy Reichs - D

"Tim Gunn's Rules" - Tim Gunn - B

"Coma" - Robin Cook - D

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - JK Rowling - A

"Bonk" - Mary Roach - B+

"The Rosetta Key" - W. Dietrich - B+

"Cabinet of Curiosities" - Preston/Child - B+

July 7, 2011

People often ask me for book recommendations. Here are the books I read  so far in 2011. Let me know if you have read any of these or if you recommend any as well.

"Book" - Author - Letter Grade

--Currently reading "Kill Shakespeare" (graphic novel)

--Currently reading "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin

"Sarah's Key" - Tatianna De Rosnay - A

"Shudder" - Paul Rudnick - B

"The Long Winter" - Laura Ingalls Wilder - B+

"Fragment" - Warren Fahy - B-

"Friends in High Places" - Donna Leon - B+

"It's Not Really About the Hair" - Tabatha Coffey - B

"Pillars of the Earth" - Ken Follett - A

"The Help" - Katheryn Stockett - A

"Not That You Asked" - Steven Almond - D

"The Narrows" - Michael Connelly - C

"A Sea of Troubles" - Donna Leon - A-

"Packing for Mars" - Mary Roach - A

"The Book Thief" - Markus Zusak - [QUIT halfway through]

"Maryann in Autumn" - Armistead Maupin - A-

"Still Life with Crows" - Preston/Child - A

"B is for Burglar" - Sue Grafton - B

"Willful Behavior" - Donna Leon - B+

"21: The Story of Roberto Clemente" - Wilfred Santiago - B+

"Don't Shoot! I'm The Guitar Man!" - Buzzy Martin - C+

"The Prince of Mist" - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - C

"Rain" - Keiryn Nicolas - B-

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8" - graphic novels issues 1-40 - Joss Whedon - A

"Astonishing X-Men" - graphic novels issues 1-24 - Joss Whedon - A

"Y: The Last Man" - graphic novels issues 1-36 (so far) - A