Thursday, January 1, 2009

THE EVERCHANGING, ONGOING TO BE READ LIST

This list is compiled by genres. Each entry lists the author, book title, who I heard about the book from, and a rating found on Amazon.com. The asterisk indicates I own it.
Children’s Literature
Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three ~Mekosuchinae 4.5 *
Avi - Ragweed*
Jeanne Birdsall - The Penderwicks of Gardam Street ~Charlie m
Pierre Berton - The Secret World of Og - Amazon 5 m
William J Brocke - A is for Aargh 5 *
Sharon Creech - Replay*
Sharon Creech - Ruby Holler*
Roald Dahl - The BFG *
Kate DiCamillo - Tiger Rising*
Kate DeCamillo - The Magician's Elephant*
Kate DiCamillo - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Edward Eager - Half Magic*
Louise Fitzhugh - Harriet the Spy ~SuzieQ 4.5*
Jean Craighead George – My Side of the Mountains ~Amazon 4 *
Jennifer Holm - Our Only May Amelia*
Madeleine L'Engle - A Swiftly Tilting Planet*
Madeleine L'Engle -Many Waters*
Astrid Lindgren - Pippi Longstocking ~Amazon 5 *
Lois Lowry - Gossamer*
Lois Lowry - The Willoughbys ~Semicolon 4.5 m
L N Montgomery - Felicity's Challenge*
L N Montgomery - Song of the Night *
L N Montgomer - Story Girl Earns Her Name*
Ralph Moody - Little Britches ~Amazon 5 m
Richard Mosher - The Taxi Navigator*
Mary Norton - The Borrowers Afloat*
Katharine Paterson - Great Gilly Hopkins*
Ron Roy - The X'd Out X-Ray ~Joy 5 *
J K Rowling - The Tales of The Beetle Bard *
Barbara Sleigh - Carbonel ~Amazon 5 *
Sidney Taylor - All of a Kind Family*
Sylvia Waugh - The Memmyns - Noel 4.5 *
Classics
Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret ~Nymeth 4 *
Agatha Christie – 4:50 From Paddington*
Agatha Christie - Appointment with Death*
Agatha Christie - The Body int he Library*
Agatha Christie - Evil Under the Sun 4.5 *
Agatha Christie - The Mirror Crack'd*
Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd *
Agatha Christie - A Pocket Full of Rye*
Agatha Christie - Sleeping Murder*
Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn*
James Hilton - Goodbye, Mr. Chips*
J D Salinger - Franny and Zooey*
Richard Llewellyn - How Green Was My Valley ~Wendy 4.5*
John Steinbeck - Travels with Charley *
Fairy Tale
Cameron Dokey - The Storyteller's Daughter *
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Just Ella*
Donna Jo Napoli - Sirena - amazon 4.5 *
Donna Jo Napoli - The Spinners - Amazon *
Donna Jo Napoli - Zel - Miss Erin 4.5 *
Robin Palmer - Cindy Ella - Ink Magic 5 *
Diane Stanley - Bella at Midnight ~Semicolon 4*
Fantasy
Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three*
James Branch Cabell - Jurgen ~Amazon 4.5*
Orson Scott Card - Hart's Hope ~Stuff as Dreams 5*
Orson Scott Card - Magic Street ~Nymeth 3.5*
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl*
Charles de Lint - Moonheart *
Charles de Lint - The Riddle of the Wren*
Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys *
Linda Howard - Son of the Morning*
Diana Wynne Jones - Charmed Life*
Diana Wynne Jones - Magicians of Caprona*
Diana Wynne Jones - Witch Week*
Mercedes Lackey - The Fairy Godmother*
Mercedes Lackey - One Good Knight *
Juliet Marrillier - Cybele's Secret*
Juliet Marrillier - Daughters of the Forest*
Juliet Marrillier – Wildwood Dancing ~Carl 4.5 *
Patricia McKillip - Harrowing the Dragon*
Robin McKinley - Deerskin*
Robin McKinley – The Hero and the Crown ~Katie 4.5 *
Martin Millar - The Good Fairies of New York *
Terry Pratchett - Carpe Jugulum*
Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay*
Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant*
Terry Pratchett - Guards, Guards 4.5*
Terry Pratchett - Hogfather - Moomin Light 4.5*
Terry Pratchett - Jingo *
Terry Pratchett - Lords and Ladies*
Terry Pratchett - Maskerade*
Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms*
Terry Pratchett - Monstrous Regiment*
Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures*
Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind *
Terry Pratchett - Night Watch*
Terry Pratchett - Pyramids*
Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man*
Terry Pratchett - Small Gods *
Terry Pratchett - Soul Music*
Terry Pratchett - The Truth*
Terry Pratchett - Thief of Time*
Terry Pratchett - Thud*
Terry Pratchett - Witches Abroad *
Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters*
Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief ~Cafreshree 4.5 *
J R R Tolkien - The Children of Hurin* ~QPB 4.5*
T H White - The Sword in the Stone - writer2b 4*
Chris Wooding - The Storm Thief ~Gothic Freaks 4 *
Fiction
Sarah Addison Allen - Garden Spell ~QPB *
Kate Atkinson - Behind The Scenes at the Museum - Amazon 4.5*
Julian Barnes - Arthur and George*
Wendell Berry - Hannah Coulter ~Semi Colon 5 *
Stefan Merrill Block - The Story of Forgetting*
Taylor Caldwell – Grandmother and the Priests*
Taylor Caldwell - The Eagles Gather*
Truman Capote - The Grass Harp ~Amazon 5 *
Jennifer Chiaveri - The Lost Quilter*
Christine Conrad - Mademoiselle Benoir ~Lesley 5*
Pat Conroy - South of Broad (audio) ~Mark
Laura Dave - London is the Best City in America*
Maria de Los Santos - Love Walked in 4 *
Lisa Genova - Still Alice ~Joy 5 *
Jan Goldstein - All that Matters*
Jeannette Haren - The All of It*
Marsha Hamilton - The Camel Bookmobile ~Read Warbler 4.5 *
Joanne Harris - Five Quarters of the Orange*
John Husband - Maggie Again - Booklogged 5 *
Taunia James - Atlas of the Unknown 5 m
Marion Keyes – Watermelon ~SuzieQ 4.5 *
Steve Kluger - The Last Days of Summer ~Joy 5 *
Tosca Lee - Havah:  The Story of Eve ~Leslie 5 m
Charles Martin - When Crickets Cry ~Lit Feline 5*
Peter Mayle - Anything Considered*
John McGahern - By the Lake ~NY Mag 4.5*
Diane Meier - The Season of Second Chances ~jennclair 5
Sue Miller - The World Below*
Lathryn Maughn - Did I Expect Angels ~Booklogged *
Carolyn Parkhurst - Lost and Found*
Chaim Potok - In the Beginning 5 *
Barbara Pym - Excellent Women ~SemiColon 4.5 *
Miss Read - Village School *
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim ~B&N*
Scott Simon - Pretty Birds ~APB 4.5*
Jill Smolinski - The Next Thing on My List - Borders *
Donald Smurthwaite - Letters by a Half-Moon*
Muriel Sparks - A Far Cry From Kensington ~Bookfool 5 *
Muriel Sparks - The Ballad of Peckham Rye*
D E Stevenson - Rochester's Wife ~S Mehren 4.5 m
D E Stevenson - Miss Brunele's Books ~ S Mehren 4.5 m
Monica Wood - Any Bitter Thing ~Ruth 5 *
Julie Wright - My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life *
Historical Fiction
A S Byatt - The Virgin in the Garden ~Nymeth 4 *
Steven Galloway - The Cellist of Sarajevo *
Terry Kay - To Dance with a White Dog*
Terry Kay - The Year the Lights Came On ~Sage 5 *
Antoinette May - Pilate's Wife ~BOMC 4.5*
Chaim Potok – Davita’s Harp ~Sugar Mouse 4.5*
Holiday
Marion Babson - Twelve Deaths of Christmas*
David Baldacci - The Christmas Train*
Mary Higgins Clark - The Christmas Thief*
Becky Cochrane - Coventry Christmas*
Thomas Davis - The Christmas Quilt*
Kate Dicamillo - Great Joy ~CBOMC *
Alice Ellis - Inn at the Edge of the World*
Johanna Fluke - Candy Cane Murder *
Andrew Greeley - Star Bright ~Mom*
Carolyn Hart - Sugarplum Dead*
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr Ives Christmas*
Linda Laycock* Evergreen Christmas*
Linda Laycock - Gathering Christmas*
Max Lucado - The Christmas Candle ~CBOMC*
Deborah Macomber - Christmas Wishes*
Deborah Macomber - Glad Tidings*
Deborah Macomber - Home for the Holidays*
Deborah Macomber - Small Town Christmas*
Margaret Maron - Corpus Christmas *
Judith McNaught - A Holiday of Love ~Mark Mooch**
Katharine Paterson - A Midnight Clear*
Gervaise Phinn - A Wayne in the Manger - Amazon 5 *
Jason Wright - Christmas Jar*
Humor
Bill Bryson - I'm a Stranger Here Myself*
W Dale Cramer - Summer of Light ~CarrieK 5 *
Jean Ferris - Love among the Walnuts ~Amazon 5*
Nicholas Hornby - Polysyllabic Spree ~Jennclair 4.5 *
Patrick McManus - Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing*
Inspirational Literature
Robert Eaton – Thrust in Your Sickle*
James Ferrell - The Peacegiver*
Lynn C Jaynes - Heaven Bound* ~Deseret Book *
C S Lewis – Miracles*
Virginia Pearce - A Heart Like His* ~Deseret Book*
Mystery
Susan Albert Wittig - Bleeding Hearts (15) *
Susan Albert Wittig - Nightshade - (16) *
Susan Albert Wittig - Wormwood (17)  *
Lorna Barrett - Murder is Binding*
Jefferson Bass - Carved in Bone ~Nicola 4.5*
Judy Blundell -What I Saw and How I Lied ~Amazon 4.5 *
Rhys Bowen - Murphy's Law*
Rhys Bowen - O Danny Boy *
Kate Carlisle - Homocide in Hardcover ~B&N*
Michael Connelly - The Concrete Blond *
Michael Connelly - Blood Work*
Alisa Craig - The Grub and Stakes Quilting Bee*
Joanne Dobson - Cold and Pure and Very Dead*
John Dunning - The Bookman's Promise - Mark**
J F Engelert - A Dog About Town ~Gautami 4.5*
Julia Spencer Fleming - In the Bleak Midwinter ~SuzieQ 4 *
Johanna Fluke - Candy Cane Murder *
Johanna Fluke - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murders*
Johanna Fluke - Key Lime Pie Murder*
Johanna Fluke - Sugar Cookie Murders - B&N*
Margaret Grace - Murder in Miniature 4.5 *
Martha Grimes - The Deer Leap*
Martha Grimes - The Stargazey*
Jane Haddam - Glass Houses*
Carolyn Haines - Crossed Bones ~Booklogged*
Carolyn Hart - April Fool Dead*
Carolyn Hart - Dare to Die m
Carolyn Hart - Engaged to Die *
Chalaine Harris - Shakespeare's Landlord ~Lit Feline 5 *
Charlotte Hughes - What Looks Like Crazy*
Bill Ison - Killrad*
Alex Kava - A Perfect Evil ~Leslie 3.5 *
Jack Kerley – (Ryder/Nautilus Series ) 4 *
Camille Minichino - The Hydrogen Murder ~Laura 5 *
Jennifer McMahon - Promise Not to Tell *
Anne Perry - Defend and Betray *
Nancy Pickard – The Secret Ingredient Murders 3.5 *
Clair Poulson - I'll Find You*
Clair Poulson – Mirror Image*
Clair Poulson - Relentless*
Amanda Quick - Second Sight ~Tammy 4 *
David Rosenfelt - Dead Center ~SuzieQ 4 *
Ian Sansom - The Case of the Missing Books ~Bookfool 4 *
Lisa Scottoline – Courting Trouble* ~Booklogged*
Lisa Scottoline - The Vendetta Defense*
Sarah Stewart Taylor - O Artful Death - 4*
Joseph Teller - The Tenth Case ~Booklogged 4 *
Terry Thayer - Wild Goose Chase*
Victoria Thompson - Murder on Astor Place - B&N *
Charles Todd - A Test of Wills*
M J Zellnick - Murder at the Portland Variety ~SuzieQ 4 *
Non-Fiction
Angelus Arrien - The Second Half of Life ~QPB*
Patricia Brady - Martha Washington*
Joan Didion – The Year of Magical Thinking*
Gerald Durrell - My Family and Other Animals*
Richard Feyman - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman ~Jennclair 4.5 *
Michael J Fox - Lucky Man*
Pete Hamill - Downtown ~Amazon 4.5*
Jonathan Harr - The Lost Painting ~QPB 4.5*
Marjorie Hart - Summer at Tiffany*
Evelyn Husband - High Calling (audio) *
Mildred Kalish - Little Heathens ~BOMC*
Reeve Lindberg - Under a Wing ~Mom 4.5 *
Mary Lovell - Straight on Till Morning 4*
Peter Mathiessen - The Snow Leopard ~Gautami 4.5 *
Peter Mayle - Toujours Provence*
Peter Mayle - Year in Provence*
Michael Phelps - The Will to Succeed*
Barbara Tuchman - The Guns of August 4.5*
Paula Uruburu - American Eve*
Louise Ulrich - A Midwive's Tale ~SLBF*
Gordon S Wood - The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin *
Romance
Cecelia Ahern - P S I Love You *
Richard Paul Evans – A Perfect Day* ~Deseret Book 4 *
Richard Paul Evans – The Sunflower* ~Deseret Book 4.5 *
Georgette Heyer - The Nonesuch ~Bookfool 4.5 *
Iris Johanson - The Wind Dancer - Gautami 4.5*
Cathy Lamb - Julia's Chocolates - 5 *
Marsha Newman – Vicarey Harbor*
Alison Winn Scotch - Time of My Life *
John Shors - Beneath a Marble Sky 4.5*
Sarah Strohmeyer - Sweet Love*
David Treuer - The Translation of Dr. Appelles*
Debbie Viguie - Violet Eyes *
Phyllis Whitney - Woman Without a Past*
Science Fiction
Douglas Adams - The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 5 *
Orson Scott Card - Children of the Mind*
Robert Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ~Bellezza 4.5*
Dan Simmons - Summer of Night*
Stephen Woodworth - Through Violet Eyes Series ~Mo 4.5*
Thriller/Horror/Gothic
Peter Beagle - A Fine and Private Place ~Nymeth 4.5 *
Peter Beagle - Tamsin *
John Bellairs - The House with a Clock in Its Wall ~Nymeth 4.5*
Libba Bray - A Great & Terrible Beauty ~Jennclair 4*
P C Cast - Marked - Stephanie 4*
P C Cast - Betrayed*
P C Cast - Chosen *
John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things*
Ariana Franklin - Mistress of the Art of Death ~Susan 4.5*
Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book ~Tasses 5*
Elizabeth George - A Great Deliverance *
Lisa Glass - Prince Rupert's Teardrop*
Tim Green - The Letter of the Law*
Daniel Hecht - The Land of Echoes*
Annette Curtis Klaus - Blood and Chocolate ~Carl V 4.5 *
John LeCarre - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ~Newsweek 4.5*
A Lee Martinez - Gil's All Fright Diner ~Deslily 4.5 *
Robin McKinley - Sunshine ~Moomin Light *
Jennifer McMahon - Promise Not to Tell ~Nicola 4.5 *
Charles Todd - A Test of Wills*
Western
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun*
Ivan Doig - Dancing at Rascal's Fair - Amazon 4.5*
Ivan Doig - Heart Earth ~Amazon 4.5 *
Kent Haruf - Plainsong*
Louis L'mour  - The High Graders*
World Literature
Louise Esquirel - Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico)~Mark**
Benedict Freedman - The Search for Joyful (Canada)*
Steve Galloway - The Cellist of Sarajevo ~Gautami 4 *
Howard Norman - The Bird Artist (Nfld)*
Yoko Ogawa - The Housekeeper and the Professor ~Semicolon 4.5*
Linda Olsson - Astrid and Veronika*
Edward Riche - Rare Birds ~J Mutford 5 (Nfld) *
Patrick Taylor - An Irish Country Doctor ~Lynne 4.5 *
Gail Tsukiyam - The Samari Garden ~Cassie *
Young Adult
Laurie Halse Anderson - Speak ~Sleepy Reader 4.5 *
Avi - The Book Without Words*
Dia Calhoun – White Midnight ~Booklogged 5 *
Ally Carter - I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You ~Darla D 4.5*
Ally Carter - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy *
Sharon Creech - The Wanderer ~Mooch *
Jules Feifer - The Man in the Ceiling ~Amazon 4.5*
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Among the Barons*
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Among the Betrayed *
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Among the Hidden*
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Among the Imposters*
George Harrar - Not As Crazy As I Seem ~DCR 4.5 *
Polly Horvath - Everything on a Waffle *
Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew - A Race Against Time*
Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew - Without a Trace*
Annette Curtis Klaus - Blood and Chocolate ~Carl V 4.5 *
Justiner Larbalestier - How to Ditch Your Fairies ~Reader Rabitt *
James Marsden - Tomorrow When the War Begins ~ SuzieQ 5 *
Carolyn Parkhurst – Lost and Found ~BOMC 4.5 *
Katherine Paterson - Jacob Have I Loved*
Richard Peck - Here Lies the Librarian ~Amazon 4 *
Martha Qualey - Just Like That ~Linnea 5 *
Ellen Raskin - The Westing Game ~CBOMC *
Gary Schmidt - The Wednesday Wars ~Maw Books 5 *
Trenton Lee Stewart - The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey *
Trenton Lee Stewart - The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma*
Craig Thomspon - Blankets ~Joy 4.5 *
Wendeline Van Drannen - Flipped ~Joy 4.5 *
Gloria Whelan - Listening for Lions - Booklogged *
Patricia Wiles - The Final Farewell *
Sara Zarr- Sweetheart - The Reading Zone 5 audio *
Sara Zarr - Story of a Girl ~Maw Books 5 *