Books Read in 2011!

Lots of folks are compiling their lists and I wasn't going to do this since I haven't kept very good track this past year, and I was embarrassed at the dearth of books I've read. Usually there are a lot more! It's been quite a year personally and professionally in so many ways: Emotional on a daily basis, full of tears, full of joy, several book deals, emergencies, lack of sleep, lots of travel, book launch, you name it! 


Caroline Starr Rose has her list here and it sort of kicked me in the pants this afternoon to sit down and go through my library list of books checked out and read, as well as all the books tucked around the house that I bought and read. 


Not as much adult or non-fiction, even though I checked out several highly recommended adult titles that I haven't finished and are sitting under my bed, waiting for me. They'll be on next year's list - I hope! 

I am amazed that the total is still 68 books!!! I thought for sure it would be a measly 30 or 40. :-) 

Books Read in 2011:

MIDDLE-GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT:

DRIZZLE by Kathleen Van Cleve

SHIPBREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi

FALLING IN by Frances O’Roark Dowell

THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP by Liz Kessler

KEYS TO THE DEMON PRISON by Brandon Mull

GHOSTGIRL by Tonya Hurley

THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY by Victoria Forester

THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff

GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS’ ROOM: A Blogtastic! Novel by Rose Cooper 

AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS by Sarah Weeks

PIE by Sarah Weeks

TURTLE IN PARADISE by Jennifer L. Holm

THE NIGHT FAIRY by Laura Amy Schlitz  

BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruta Sepetys

HOURGLASS by Myra McEntire

INCARCERON by Catherine Fisher

SAPPHIQUE by Catherine Fisher

SMALL PERSONS WITH WINGS by Ellen Booraem

STOLEN by Lucy Christopher

CLARITY by Kim Harrington

THE HIDDEN GALLERY by Maryrose Wood

THE MYSTERIOUS HOWLING by Maryrose Wood

THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

MY INVENTED LIFE by Lauren Bjorkman

OUT OF MY MIND by Sharon M. Draper

THEODOSIA AND THE EYES OF HORUS by R. L. LaFevers

THEODOSIA AND THE LAST PHARAOH by R. L. LaFevers   

THEODOSIA AND THE STAFF OF OSIRIS by R. L. LaFevers 

THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS by R. L. LaFevers

DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth

13 TREASURES by Michelle Harrison

THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Steivfater

THE JUMBEE Pamela Keyes

CLEOPATRA by Carolyn Meyer

WOLVES, BOYS AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT KILL ME, Kristin Chandler

THROAT by R.A. Nelson

TYGER, TYGER by Kersten Hamilton

PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White

EXPOSED by Kimberly Marcus

THE LIAR SOCIETY by Lisa and Laura Roecker

FORBIDDEN SEA by Sheila Neilson

MOON OVER MANIFEST by Clare Vanderpool

MARCELLO IN THE REAL WORLD by Francisco X Stork

LADY MACBETH’S DAUGHTER by Lisa Klein

THE GRAND PLAN TO FIX EVERYTHING by Uma Krishnaswami

GLIMPSE by Carol Lynch Williams

PALACE BEAUTIFUL by Sarah DeFord Williams

HOUND DOG TRUE by Linda Urban

MATCHED by Allie Condie

ABANDON by Meg Cabot

THE FOURTH NEPHITE by Jeffrey Savage

THE CLOCKWORK THREE by Matthew Kirby

CROSS MY HEART by Julie Wright

MY DOUBLE LIFE by Janette Rallison

MISSING IN ACTION by Dean Hughes

THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins, (for the second time with hubby while driving across 950 miles of Texas.)

An assortment of Picture Books, probably about 20-30

ADULT: 

THE MADONNA’S OF LENINGRAD by Debra Dean

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt

SARAH’S KEY by Tatiana de Rosnay

SOME GIRLS, MY LIFE IN A HAREM by Jillian Lauren

NON-FICTION: 

THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank (for a book club and for the 3rd time)

BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS: the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 

SAVE THE CAT! GOES TO THE MOVIES: THE SCREENWRITE’RS GUIDE TO EVERY STORY EVER TOLD by Blake Snyder 

THE COURAGE TO WRITE: how writers transcend fear by Ralph Keyes 

WORD AFTER WORD AFTER WORD by Patricia MacLachlan, 

THE BOOK OF MORMON written and compiled by several prophets, between 600 BC and 400 AD

JESUS THE CHRIST by James E. Talmadge