2010 Book Reviews by Title


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A list of my 2010 book reviews by title. In a shameless plug, I have 440 other reviews on my GoodReads profile.

Letter A
Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund–5 Stars

Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson–4 Stars
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot–5 Stars
The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón–3 Stars
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery–5 Stars
Annexed by Sharon Dogar–5 Stars
Ash by Malinda Lo–3 Stars

Letter B
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl–4.5 Stars

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King–4 Stars
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld–4 Stars
The Bells by Richard Harvell–4 Stars
Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson–3.5 Stars
Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore–4 Stars
Black Mountain Breakdown by Lee Smith–3 Stars
The Blind Contessa’s New Machine by Carey Wallace–3.5 Stars
Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer–4 Stars
Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews–4 Stars
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory–4 Stars
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly–4 Stars
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak–5 Stars
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale–5 Stars
Bound South by Susan Rebecca White–3 Stars
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz–4 Stars
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin–4 Stars
By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan–3 Stars

Letter C
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones–4 Stars

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller–4 Stars
Changeless by Gail Carriger–4 Stars
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans–4 Stars
Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens–3 Stars
The Classics by Caroline Taggart–4 Stars
Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell–3 Stars
The Clearing by Heather Davis–4 Stars
Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran–4 Stars
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C. W. Gortner–4 Stars
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters–4 Stars
Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier–4 Stars

Letter D
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain–3 Stars

Daughter of My People by James Kilgo–3 Stars
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank–5 Stars
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson–3 Stars
Dracula by Bram Stoker–4 Stars
Dracula in Love by Karen Essex–DNF
Duchess of Aquitaine by Margaret Ball–3 Stars
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston–4 Stars

Letter E
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert–4 Stars

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer–4 Stars
The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz-Logsted–3 Stars
Everlasting by Angie Frazier–4 Stars
Everything is Going to be Great: An Overexposed and Underfunded European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert–3 Stars

Letter F
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith–5 Stars

The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey–4 Stars
The Fairy-Folk and She by Mary-Anne Grosse Ivie–4 Stars
The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb–3 Stars
Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff–3 Stars
Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson–4 Stars

Letter G
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin–5 Stars

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson–4.5 Stars
The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland–5 Stars
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen–3.5 Stars
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson–4 Stars
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson–4 Stars
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson–3 Stars

Letter H
The Haunting of Andrew Sharpai by Jerome Peterson–3 Stars

The Help by Kathryn Stockett–5 Stars
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick–1 Star

Letter I
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou–4 Stars

The Ice Soldier by Paul Watkins–4 Stars

Letter J
The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall–4 Stars

Juliet by Anne Fortier–4 Stars

Letter L

Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception by Maggie Stiefvater–3 Stars
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld–4 Stars
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch–4 Stars
Life of Pi by Yann Martel–2 Stars
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan–5 Stars
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez–3 Stars
Lumby on the Air by Gail Fraser–4 Stars

Letter M
Madapple by Christina Meldrum–4 Stars

The Magicians by Lev Grossman–4 Stars
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs–4 Stars
Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint–4 Stars

Letter N
Night by Elie Wiesel–5 Stars

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer–3 Stars
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly–5 Stars

Letter O
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout–4 Stars

Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris–4 Stars
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich–4 Stars
The Outer Banks House by Diann Ducharme–3 Stars

Letter P
People of the Sword by Neil O’Donnell–2 Stars

Persuasion by Jane Austen–5 Stars
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett–4 Stars
Poison by Sara Poole–4 Stars
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder–5 Stars
Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende–3 Stars
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake–5 Stars
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving–3.5 Stars
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón–3 Stars

Letter R
Random Magic by Sasha Soren–2.5 Stars

The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez–5 Stars
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly–4 Stars
The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell–4 Stars

Letter S
The Sandman Vol. I: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman et al–3 Stars

The Sandman Vol. II: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman et al–3.5 Stars
Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership With a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson–4 Stars
The Secret Lives of Princesses by Philippe Lechermeier–5 Stars
Sent: The Missing: Book Two by Margaret Peterson Haddix–3 Stars
Serena by Ron Rash–4 Stars
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde–3 Stars
Shadow of the Swords by Kamran Pasha–4 Stars
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón–4 Stars
She-Rain by Michael Cogdill–5 Stars
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater–4 Stars
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane–4 Stars
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce–3 Stars
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian–5 Stars
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson–4 Stars
The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes–3.5 Stars
Soulless by Gail Carriger–5 Stars
Spell Hunter by R. J. Anderson–4 Stars
Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pajamas by Judy Parkinson–3.5 Stars
Stardust by Neil Gaiman–5 Stars
Storm Front by Jim Butcher–4 Stars
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore–3.5 Stars
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen–4 Stars
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George–3.5 Stars

Letter T
Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler–3.5 Stars

The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig–3.5 Stars
Thumb Flagging by Jerome Peterson–4 Stars
Thumbing Through Thoreau compiled by Kenny Luck–3 Stars
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan–4 Stars
Truly, Madly by Heather Webber–3.5 Stars

Letter U
Un Lun Dun by China Miéville–5 Stars

Under the Dome by Stephen King–4 Stars
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay–3 Stars

Letter V
Venom by Joan Brady–2.5 Stars

Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani–3 Stars
The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi–3 Stars

Letter W
War For The Oaks by Emma Bull–5 Stars

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier–5 Stars
World Without End by Ken Follett–3 Stars


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