Books Reviewed

Books Reviewed*
(and *Books To Be Read)

Current Month

October

- Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig



- Odd Hours (Odd Thomas, #4) by Dean Koontz


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November

- Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire

- The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

- The Stand by Stephen King *Winter Long Read-a-thon*

December

- Beijing Bastard by Val Wang

- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin


2015

January

- Revival by Stephen King 

- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

- Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

- The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
 
- A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire

2014

September

Read Nothing :-( 

August

- William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher

- Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

July

- The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer

- Countdown City by Ben H. Winters

June

- A Gift of Love by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

- The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

- Maleficent by Elizabeth Rudnick

May

- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

- The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore

April

- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

March

- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

- Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton

February

- Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer

- Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter Trilogy, #2) by Megan Shepherd

- City of Night (Frankenstein, #2) by Dean Koontz

January

- Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

- Hollow City (The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Children) by Ransom Riggs

- Redwall (Redwall, #1) by Brian Jacques


2013

December
 
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

- Brother Odd (Odd Thomas, #3) by Dean Koontz

- William Shakespeare's Star Wars VI by Ian Doescher

November

- The Prodigal Son (Frankenstein, #1) by Dean Koontz

- Casino Royale by Ian Flemming

October

- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

- The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

- Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

- So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane

September

- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

August

- Forever Odd by Dean Koontz

- Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

- The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket

- The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer

July

- Joyland by Stephen King

- The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett

- The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket

- Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

- The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

- The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket

June

- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

- The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket

- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

May

- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

- The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

April

- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket

- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

- The Sherlock Holmes Handbook by Ransom Riggs

March

- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

- Quiet by Susan Cain

- The Narrative of John Smith by Arthur Conan Doyle

- A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

February

- The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

- The Shining by Stephen King

- The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd

- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

January

- Mind Over Murder by Allison Kingsley

- The Pigman by Paul Zindel

- Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

- Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

- Divergent by Veronica Roth

- Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck

2012

- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ★★★ (2/23/12)

- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ★★★★ (2/25/12)

- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ★★★★★ (3/1/12)

- The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott ★★★ (3/9/12) 

- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson ★★★★★ (4/21/12)

- The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott ★★★

- Cinder by Marissa Meyer ★★★★ 1/2

- Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore ★★★ 1/2

- Hitlerland by Andrew Nagorski

- The Trial by Franz Kafka

- The Little Red Guard by Wenguang Huang

- Aleph by Paulo Coelho

- The Communist by Paul Kengor, Ph. D.

- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

- Blacklash by Deneen Borelli

- The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

Did Not Finish (DNF)

- Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James ★

- The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

- Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

- A Midsummer Nights Scream by R.L. Stine

Movie Reviews

- The Artist (2011) A-

- The Lorax 3-D (2012) B-

- The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) B

- Casablanca TCM 70th Anniversary (1942) A+

- The Hunger Games (2012) D

- Monumental: In Search of America’s National Treasure (2012) A+

- The Bodyguard 20th Anniversary (1992) A

- The Women (1939) A

- Titanic an IMAX 3-D Experience (1997) B+

- Born Yesterday (1950) A

- Dark Shadows (2012) B-

- Mame (1974)

- Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

- Singin' in the Rain (1952)

- Rear Window (1954)

- Step Up Revolution (2012)

- The Expendables 2 (2012)

- Bringing Up Baby (1938)

- Les Miserables (2012)

TCM Presents...

- The Bishop’s Wife (1948)

- Jezebel (1938)

- Possessed (1947)

- Gaslight (1944)

- Julie (1956)

- The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

- Dial M for Murder (1954)

- Kings Row (1942)

- We're No Angels (1955)

- Cabin in the Sky (1943)

- Torch Song (1953)

- Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)