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A list of my 2012 book reviews by title. Click the letter to jump to the corresponding section.
A
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon–3 Stars
- The Arabian Nights–5 Stars
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein–4 Stars
- Ava’s Man by Rick Bragg–4 Stars
B
- Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie, read by Deanna Hurst–4 Stars
- The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad, translated by Ingrid Christopherson–3.5 Stars
C
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London–4 Stars
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese–4.5 Stars
D
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, read by Khristine Hvam–4 Stars
- Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá–5 Stars
- Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs–4 Stars
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson–4 Stars
- Dingo by Charles de Lint–3 Stars
- Drama: An Actor’s Education by John Lithgow, read by the author–4 Stars
- Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop–4 Stars
- Duma Key by Stephen King–3 Stars
E
- Elliot and the Goblin War by Jennifer A. Nielsen–3 Stars
- Empire Falls by Richard Russo–4 Stars
F
- Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham–4 Stars
- Fairest by Gail Carson Levine, read by Sarah Naughton, et al.–3 Stars
- Fire by Kristin Cashore–4 Stars
- Fool by Christopher Moore–2 Stars
- Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer–2 Stars
- Forever by Maggie Stiefvater–4 Stars
- Four to Score by Janet Evanovich–4 Stars
- From a Whisper to a Scream by Charles de Lint–3 Stars
G
- Ghost Riders by Sharyn McCrumb–3 Stars
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente, read by the author–4 Stars
- The Girl Who Was On Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy, edited by Leah Wilson–3.5 Stars
- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell–4.5 Stars
- Graveminder by Melissa Marr, read by Emma Galvin–2 Stars
H
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers–2 Stars
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins–4 Stars
I
- I’ll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint–3 Stars
- Ice by Sarah Beth Durst–4 Stars
- The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child–3 Stars
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, read by Cassandra Campbell with Bahni Turpin–4 Stars
- In Odd We Trust by Dean Koontz and Queenie Chan–2 Stars
- The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow–3 Stars
- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, translated by Anthea Bell–4 Stars
K
- The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany–3 Stars
L
- Letters From Home by Kristina McMorris–4 Stars
M
- Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran–5 Stars
- Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder–3 Stars
- Memory & Dream by Charles de Lint–5 Stars
N
- Naked Came the Leaf Peeper by Brian Lee Knopp et al.–4 Stars
- The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger–3 Stars
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, read by Jim Dale–3 Stars
O
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King–4 Stars
- The Once and Future King by T. H. White–2 Stars
P
- The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall, read by Susan Denaker–4 Stars
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde–4 Stars
- The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg, read by the author–4 Stars
- The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Lucia Graves–3.5 Stars
R
- Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull–4 Stars
- Room by Emma Donoghue, read by Michal Friedman, et al.–4 Stars
S
- Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d’Art by Christopher Moore–2.5 Stars
- Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey–4 Stars
- Second Hand Heart by Catherine Ryan Hyde–4 Stars
- The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver–4 Stars
- So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger–5 Stars
- The Society of S by Susan Hubbard–3 Stars
- Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce–3 Stars
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova–4 Stars
- The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon, read by Kate Reading–4.5 Stars
- The Sweet Potato Queens’ First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn’t Actually Do, But Could Have, and May Yet by Jill Conner Browne with Karin Gillespie, read by the author–4 Stars
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, read by Jayne Entwistle–4 Stars
T
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo–5 Stars
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell–4 Stars
- The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss–4 Stars
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee–5 Stars
U
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld–3 Stars
- Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes–4 Stars
W
- Watchers by Dean Koontz–4 Stars
- The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks–4 Stars
- The Wayside School Collection by Louis Sachar, read by the author–4 Stars
- When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde–3.5 Stars
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin–3 Stars
- The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley–4 Stars
- The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain–4 Stars
