***** I couldn't put it down - a must-read!!
**** Wasn't jumping out of my seat with excitement, but I really enjoyed it
*** Good - nothing to write home about, but interesting nonetheless
** Not the worst thing I've ever read, but pretty close
* Somebody should have warned me not to waste my time/money/ brain cells
Books Read in 2011
12. Pao by Kerry Young - 3.5*
11. Beautiful Child by Torey Hayden - 4*
10. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - 2.5*
9. Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper - 4*
8. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - 4.5*
7. Room by Emma Donoghue - 3*
6. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang - 4.5*
5. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell - 4*
4. Linger by Maggie Stiefvater - 4*
3. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 4.5*
2. Chocolat by Joanne Harris - 4*
1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - 3.75*
Books Read in 2010
72. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 4.5*
71. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson - 4*
70. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 4*
69. Love Story by Erich Segal - 3*
68. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory - 4.5*
67. Ape House by Sara Gruen - 4*
66. Husband and Wife by Leah Stewart - 3.5*
65. Crestmont by Holly Weiss - 3.5*
64. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer - 4*
63. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - 4.5*
62. Her Mother's Hope by Francine Rivers - 3.25*
61. Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carre - 3.5*
60. Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich - 1*
59. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward - 4*
58. If I Stay by Gayle Forman - 3.75*
57. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker - 2.5*
56. The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka - 5*
55. From the Seeds of Sadness by Gemma Geisman - 3*
54. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick - 3.5*
53. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters - 5*
52. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe - 4*
51. The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller - 3*
50. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford - 3*
49. City of Thieves by David Benioff - 4.5*
48. A Secret Kept by Tatiane de Rosnay - 4*
47. Dibs in Search of Self by Virginia M. Axline - 3*
46. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - 2*
45. House Rules by Jodi Picoult - 3*
44. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist - 3*
43. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters - 2*
42. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - 5*
41. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens - 4*
40. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 5*
39. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen - 4*
38. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 3*
37. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame Smith - 3*
36. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater - 3.5*
35. Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abuljawa - 4*
34. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo - 5*
33. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman - 4*
32. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - 1*
31. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - 5*
30. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - 5*
29. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula LeGuin - 4*
28. Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich - 3*
27. Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff - 3*
26. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 5*
25. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell - 3*
24. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer - 3*
23. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks - 3*
22. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - 4*
21. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - 5*
20. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - 1*
19. Night by Elie Weisel - 5*
18. Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen - 4*
17. A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly - 3*
16. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin - 4*
15. Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi - 5*
14. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks - 3*
13. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See - 2*
12. Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman - 3*
11. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 5*
10. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane - 4*
9. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 5*
8. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 3*
7. The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran - 5*
6. Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran - 5*
5. Drood by Dan Simmons - 3 *
4. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - 1*