2010 Reading Recap
Completed Challenges:
Tudor Mania -- 6 books read (May to July 2010)
Incomplete Challenges:
Read the World -- (April 2010 to April 2011; ongoing)
All Alcott -- (May to December 2010; abandoned)
Five and Dime -- (October 2010 to October 2011; ongoing)
Rikki's Steampunk Challenge (October 2010 to October 2011; ongoing)
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper -- Fuchsia Dunlop
99 Lives: Cats in History, Legend, and Literature -- Howard Loxton
Not Becoming My Mother -- Ruth Reichl
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled -- Doug Lansky, ed.
Great Tales from English History, Volume 3 -- Robert Lacey
A Year in Provence -- Peter Mayle
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry -- Kathleen Finn
In the President's Secret Service -- Ronald Kessler
Death by Pad Thai -- Douglas Bauer, ed.
A Homemade Life -- Molly Wizenberg
The Poyson Garden -- Karen Harper (Elizabeth I Mysteries #1)
The Queen's Gambit -- Diane A. S. Stuckart (Leonard da Vinci Mysteries #1)
Encore Provence -- Peter Mayle
Following the Brush -- John Elder
Rachel's Secret -- B. J. Hoff (The Riverhaven Years #1)
Service Included -- Phoebe Damrosch
Royal Pain -- Rhys Bowen (Royal Spyness #2)
The Tidal Poole -- Karen Harper (Elizabeth I Mysteries #2)
To Shield the Queen -- Fiona Buckley (Ursula Blanchard #1)
Learning to Bow -- Bruce S. Feiler
Death Comes as Epiphany -- Sharan Newman (Catherine LeVendeur #1)
Amazing Women of the Civil War -- Webb Garrison
Under the Tuscan Sun -- Frances Mayes
The Last Templar -- Michael Jecks (Templar Mysteries #1)
Beyond the World of Pooh: Selections from the Memoirs of Christopher Milne -- A. R. Melrose, ed.
The Storyteller's Daughter -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #1)
Beauty Sleep -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #2)
Snow -- Tracy Lynn (Once Upon a Time #3)
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth -- Tamar Myers (Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries #1)
The Sanctuary Seeker -- Bernard Knight (Crowner John #1)
Maisie Dobbs -- Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #1)
Fire, Bed, and Bone -- Henrietta Branford
The Twylight Tower -- Karen Harper (Elizabeth I Mysteries #3)
Looking for Class -- Bruce S. Feiler
Gods Behaving Badly -- Marie Phillips
Midnight Pearls -- Debbie Viguie (Once Upon a Time #4)
Queen's Own Fool -- Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
Evans Above -- Rhys Bowen (Evan Evans #1)
A Short History of Women -- Kate Walbert
Under the Big Top -- Bruce S. Feiler
My Lady Judge -- Cora Harrison (Mara O'Davoren #1)
The Boy Next Door -- Meg Cabot
A Celibate Season -- Carol Shields and Blanche Howard
Face-Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie -- Kathy Lynn Emerson (Susanna Appleton #1)
Portrait of a Lady -- Diane A. S. Stuckart (Leonard da Vinci Mysteries #2)
The Queen's Governess -- Karen Harper
Veil of Lies -- Jeri Westerson (Crispin Guest: Medieval Noir #1)
Fortune Like the Moon -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #1)
Garden Spells -- Sarah Addison Allen
The Novice's Tale -- Margaret Frazer (Dame Frevisse #1)
A Shrine of Murders -- C. L. Grace (Kathryn Swinburne #1)
The Apothecary Rose -- Candance Robb (Owen Archer #1)
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography -- Agatha Christie
February, though the shortest month, had the most reads (17); total for four months comes to 53, average of 13 a month.
The Ramsay Scallop -- Frances Temple
Scarlet Moon -- Debbie Viguié (Once Upon a Time #5)
Sunlight and Shadow -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #6)
The King's Confidante -- Jean Plaidy (Tudor Mania Challenge #1)
Rowing to Latitude -- Jill Fredston (Read the World Challenge #1, 2, and 3)
O, Juliet -- Robin Maxwell
Bellefield Hall -- Anna Dean
Midnight Never Come -- Marie Brennan (Tudor Mania Challenge #2)
The Servant's Tale -- Margaret Frazer (Sister Frevisse #2)
The Princess of the Midnight Ball -- Jessica Day George
Twenties Girl -- Sophie Kinsella
The Leper of Saint Giles -- Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael #5)
The Cat Who Went to Paris -- Peter Gethers
The Family Trade -- Charles Stross
The Cat Who Covered the World -- Christopher Wren
Diary of a Provincial Lady -- E. M. Delafield (Read the World Challenge #4)
It's Not About the Tapas -- Polly Evans
Girl in a Cage -- Jane Yolen and Robert Harris (Read the World Challenge #5)
Women of the Pleasure Quarters -- Lesley Downer
Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl -- Susan McCorkindale
Haunted Ground -- Erin Hart (Read the World Challenge #6)
The Last Chinese Chef -- Nicole Mones
Stolen Figs and Other Adventures in Calabria -- Mark Rotella
A Cat Abroad: The Further Adventures of Norton -- Peter Gethers
Distant Music -- Lee Langley (Read the World Challenge #7)
For a Queen's Love -- Jean Plaidy (Tudor Mania Challenge #3)
The Queen's Players -- Jane Feather (Tudor Mania Challenge #4)
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip -- Matthew Algeo
Ashes of the Elements -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #2)
Alchemy and Meggie Swann -- Karen Cushman (Tudor Mania Challenge #5)
Cocaine Blues -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #1)
Flying Too High -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #2)
Murder on the Ballarat Train -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #3)
First Ladies -- Margaret Truman
Off the Road -- Jack Hitt (Read the World Challenge #8)
Evan Help Us -- Rhys Bowen
The Virgin in the Ice -- Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael #6)
Blind Justice -- Bruce Alexander
A Secret and Unlawful Killing -- Cora Harrison (Mara O'Davoren #2)
Murder in the White House -- Margaret Truman (Capital Crimes #1)
Murder and the First Lady -- Elliott Roosevelt (First Lady Murders #1)
All the Daring of the Soldier -- E. Leonard
Moon of Two Dark Horses -- Sally M. Keehn (Across the States Challenge #1)
Consequences of Sin -- Clare Langley-Hawthorne (Ursula Marlow #1)
Death at Victoria Dock -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #4)
The Green Mill Murder -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #5)
To Dream of Snow -- Rosalind Laker
The Sugar Pavilion -- Rosalind Laker (Read the World Challenge #9)
Princess of Glass -- Jessica Day George
Golden -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #9)
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow -- Jessica Day George
The Eye of God -- C. L. Grace (Kathryn Swineburne #2)
Water Song -- Suzanne Weyn (Once Upon a Time #10)
The Night Dance -- Suzanne Weyn (Once Upon a Time #8) <-- Yes, the number is correct
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats -- T. S. Eliot
Blood and Circuses -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #6)
Ruddy Gore -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #7)
Urn Burial -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #8)
A Cup of Light -- Nicole Mones
The Lady Chapel -- Candace Robb (Owen Archer #2)
Before Midnight -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #11)
My Life in France -- Julia Child
The Sting of Justice -- Cora Harrison (Mara O'Davoren #3)
Dancing With Demons -- Peter Tremayne (Sister Fidelma #17)
First Lady Murders -- Nancy Pickard, ed.
Martha Washington: An American Life -- Patricia Brady
Raisins and Almonds -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #9)
Death Before Wicket -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #10)
Merchant of Death -- C. L. Grace (Kathryn Swinburne #3)
Away with the Fairies -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #11)
Callander Square -- Anne Perry (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt #2)
Murder in Montparnasse -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #12)
The Castlemaine Murders -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #13)
June afforded lots of opportunity to read, what with an abundance of going places on public transit, and so had the most reads (25); total for four months comes to 73, average of 18 (and a quarter) a month.
Face-Down Upon an Herbal -- Kathy Lynn Emerson (Susanna Appleton #2)
Birds of a Feather -- Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #2)
Queen of the Flowers -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #14)
Death by Water -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #15)
Murder in the Dark -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #16)
A Question of Death -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #17)
The Rose Bride -- Nancy Holder (Once Upon a Time #12)
Murder on a Midsummer Night -- Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #18)
Pardonable Lies -- Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #3)
The Crimson Thread -- Suzanne Weyn (Once Upon a Time #13)
The Devil's Door -- Sharan Newman (Catherine LeVendeur #1)
Belle -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #14)
The Doublet Affair -- Fiona Buckley (Ursula Blanchard #2)
Mark of the Lion -- Suzanne Arruda (Jade del Cameron #1)
The Tavern in the Morning -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #3)
Chalice -- Robin McKinley (5&10 Challenge)
The Book of Shadows -- C. L. Grace (Kathryn Swinburne #4) (5&10 Challenge)
Wild Orchid -- Cameron Dokey (Once Upon a Time #15) (5&10 Challenge)
The Sanctuary Sparrow -- Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael #7) (5&10 Challenge)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch -- Jean Lee Latham (5&10 Challenge)
To Say Nothing of the Dog -- Connie Willis (5&10 Challenge)
The Cat Who'll Live Forever -- Peter Gethers (5&10 Challenge)
The Chatter of the Maidens -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #4) (5&10 Challenge)
Toujours Provence -- Peter Mayle (5&10 Challenge)
Stalking Ivory -- Suzanne Arruda (Jade del Cameron #2)
Miriam's Kitchen -- Elizabeth Ehrlich (5&10 Challenge)
Every Day in Tuscany -- Frances Mayes (5&10 Challenge)
Murder on the Lusitania -- Conrad Allen (George Porter Dillman #1) (5&10 Challenge)
Enchanted Glass -- Diana Wynne Jones (5&10 Challenge)
The Faithful Dead -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #5) (5&10 Challenge)
The Devil's Novice -- Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael #8) (5&10 Challenge)
Queen's Ransom -- Fiona Buckley (Ursula Blanchard #3) (5&10 Challenge)
Messenger of Truth -- Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #4) (5&10 Challenge)
A Dark Night Hidden -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #6) (5&10 Challenge)
The Serpent's Daughter -- Suzanne Arruda (Jade del Cameron #3) (5&10 Challenge)
Saintly Murders -- C. L. Grace (Kathryn Swinburne #5) (5&10 Challenge)
Dead Man's Ransom -- Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael #9) (5&10 Challenge)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance -- Gyles Brandreth (Oscar Wilde #1) (5&10 Challenge)
The Ransom of Mercy Carter -- Caroline Cooney (5&10 Challenge)
Whiter than the Lily -- Alys Clare (Hawkenlye #7) (5&10 Challenge)
The Leopard's Prey -- Suzanne Arruda (Jade del Cameron #4)
The Cosmic Clues -- Manjiri Prabhu (Sonia Samarth #1)
The holiday rush brought me to a screeching halt (only half-hearted re-reads in December; none of those count towards this list). November had the most reads with 17; total for four months comes to 42, average of 10 (and a half) a month.
Yearly total is 168; though seven short of my goal of 175, I'm pretty pleased. Not a bad number at all!
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010