Currently Reading:
Breakheart Hill, by Thomas Cook
The Amen Heresy, by WH Muhlenfeld
By the Grand Canal, by William Riviere
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
Isabel’s Bed, by Elinor Lipman
Finished:
November 09
The Left Hander Syndrome, by Stanley Coren ***
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich **
The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake ****
October 09
The Pale Blue Eye, by Louis Bayard *****
The Book of Lies, by Brad Meltzer ****
The Last Cato, by Matilde Asensi ***
The Woman in the Alcove, by Anna Katherine Green ***
September 09
35/46
Wethersfield 1634-1790, by William P. Mcdermott ****
Capote in Kansas, by Kim Powers ***
Fractured, by Karen Slaughter ***
The Black Tower, by Louis Bayard *****
Rusty Nail, by JA Conrath ***
Sacred Hearts, by Sarah Dunant *****
Hush, by Anne Frasier ***
Paranoia, by Joseph Finder ***
The Thief of Venice, by Jane Langton ***
The Wise Woman, by Philippa Gregory ***
Completed 
9/3/09 Read at least 6 books about art this year:
* The Last Van Gogh6/26/09
* The Luncheon of the Boating Party 4/2/09
* The Painter5/29/09
* Pictures at an Exhibition8/3/09
* Stone Virgin 7/12/09
* The Thief of Venice 9/3
* The Miracles of Prato – 1/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Completed 6/27/09
Feb 1 – July 31
Read at least 5 books with 2 shared themes (mine is fiction/nonfiction set in Europe):
*Shakespeare’s Wife3/27/09
* The Alchemist’s Daughter4/24/09
* The Book of Unholy Mischief 2/6
*Agnes Grey 2/1
* The Keep 2/4
* The Last Van Gogh6/27/09
August 09
29/42
Innocent Blood, by PD James ****
Lady Elizabeth, by Alison Weir *****
Lorna Doone, by RD Blackwell ****
The Wet Nurse’s Tale, by Erica Eisdorfer *****
Tallgrass, by Sandra Dallas ****
The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton *****
Hour Game, by David Baldacci **
Pictures at an Exhibition, by Sarah Houghteling ****
July 09
26/37
Savannah, by James Reasoner ***
The Garden of Evil, by David Hewson *****
The Reserve, by Russell Banks ****
Cathedral of the Black Madonna, by Jean Markale ****
Secret Admirer, by Patricia McDonald **
The Constant Princess, by Philippa Gregory ****
Obedience, by Will Lavender ****
Stone Virgin, by Barry Unsworth *****
The Rising Tide, by Jeff Shaara *****
The Lost Throne, by Chris Kuznesky ****
June 09
21/32
The Last VanGogh, by Alyson Richmond ***
Bleeding Heart Square, by Andrew Taylor *****
Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn *****
Of Bees and Mist, by Eric Setiawan *
Darling Jim, by Christian Moerk *****
Moscow Rules, by Daniel Silva ***
The 37th Hour, by Jodi Compton ***
Dust and Shadow, by Lyndsay Faye *****
15/30
May 09
2/6
Life in a Mediaeval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century, by Edwin Benson ***
The Painter, by Will Davenport ****
The Private Patient, by PD James *****
Hunting Season, by P. J. Deutermann ****
Villette, by Charlotte Bronte ****
Figures in Silk, by Vanora Bennett ****
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert **
Ireland, by Frank Delaney *****
April 09
4/7
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe ****
The Overlook, by Michael Connelly ****
Where There’s Smoke, by Simon Beckett ***
All the Colors of Darkness, by Peter Robinson *****
The Alchemist’s Daughter, by Katherine McMahon ***
Where Angels Fear to Tread, by E.M. Forster ***
The Night Villa, by Carol Goodman ****
Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope ****
The Night Caller, by John Lutz ***
The Big Dig, by Linda Barnes ***
Fearless Fourteen, by Janet Evanovich ****
Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Susan Vreeland *****
March 09
2/5
Book of the Dead, by Patricia Cornwell ***
Shakespeare’s Wife, by Germaine Greer ****
Absolute Certainty, by Rose Connors ****
Sullivan’s Law, by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg 0
Among the Mad, by Jacqueline Winspear ****
A Memoir of Jane Austen, by James Edward Austen-Leigh ***
Cold Case, by Kate Wilhelm ****
Almost Home, by Pam Jenoff ***
7/12
February, 2009
3/8
The Abortionist’s Daughter, by Elizabeth Hyde ***
What Would Barbra Do? , by Emma Brockes ****
The Warden, by Anthony Trollope ***
A Simple as Snow, by Gregory Galloway ***
A Darker Domain, by Val McDermid *****
Assassin’s Accomplice, by Kate Clifford Larson ****
Daughter of York, by Anne Easter Smith ***
The Best Defense, by Kate Wilhelm *****
Puck of Pook’s Hill, by Rudyard Kipling ****
The Book of Unholy Mischief, by Elle Newmark ****
An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England, by Brock Clark ****
January, 2009
4/4
Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte ***
The Keep, by Jennifer Egan ***
Black & White and Dead All Over, by John Darnton ***
Casting Spells, by Barbara Bretton **
Inkspell, by Cornelia Funke *****
Blood Print, by Kitty Sewell ***
A Fortunate Age, by Joanna Smith Rakoff **
Voice of the Violin, by Andrea Camilleri ****
The Miracles at Prato, by Laurie Albanese and Lori Moskowitz ****
The Front, by Patricia Cornwell **
Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs ***
A Coffin for King Charles, by CV Wedgwood ****
Maybe I missed it on your list – but have you read Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. It’s the book I now recommend most!
Just a visitor – love your blog.
Only read part of it, b/c I hated the animal abuse. I know most people really loved it.
Do you read Jodi Picoult? How about Ann Patchet? Just finished one by each and would like to compare notes/questions.
I’ve read quite a bit by Picoult, and Bel Canto by Patchet.
You might enjoy The Magician’s Assistant and Run (both by Ann Patchet). Am going to see My Sister’s Keeper today and am somewhat dreading it, based on reviews I have read.
Just dropped by to catch up on your current reading, felt much pleasure in seeing that you’re reading “Villette.” I read it and then listened to it, never wanting it to end. I found that I liked it almost as much as Charlotte’s most famous book, yet its not much discussed or mentioned when people list “great books”. Even now, just discussing this book makes me yearn to be reading it for the 1st time, with all of the joyful discoveries still ahead of me. I hope that you find as much pleasure in it as I did.
loved Villette—bought it because wuthering heights wasn’t on the shelf, and I wanted more Bronte. I teach at a girls school–all the parallels were there! Recently finished Miracles of Prato—good; checked out all the beautiful artwork of Lucrezia. Especially love Fra Lippi’s Annunciations, and the Madonna in the Forest.
Thanks for the recommendations, Pam!